Chapter 5

"Anna~"

"What?"

"Give me attention~ I need attention~" Scarlett whined and hugged her girlfriend's neck from the back. Scarlett had nothing to do but her girlfriend had work and she was bored.

"Not right now sweetie pie."

"Aw~ why~?" Scarlett rubbed her face against Anastasia's face and whined.

"I'll give you attention later, okay?"

"No! I want attention right now!"

Anastasia rolled her eyes. "Fine, you can sit on my lap."

"What? What do you mean?"

Anastasia turned her chair around and pulled Scarlett to her lap, then turned around to do her work. Scarlett blushed and slightly smiled. She hugged her girlfriend and buried her face in Anastasia's shoulder.

This was all she needed.

-

"Honey~"

"What?"

"I'm going to visit my friends in a few minutes."

"Okay. but when will you come back?" Anastasia back hugged her girlfriend. Scarlett chuckled and turned around to pinch her cheeks. "Don't worry, I'll be back by eight or nine, okay?"

"Okay~" Anastasia pouted.

"Aw~ you big baby." Scarlett kissed her cheeks and picked her phone to see the notification.

"I'm not a baby!"

"Well, you behave like one though."

Anastasia pecked her lips. "Okay, but I'm your baby. Should I drop you there?"

"No, it's okay. I'll go there by cab."

"Okay~ but come back home soon? I want to cuddle later."

Scarlett smiled and left. But little did they both know she would not come back for a long time.

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Anastasia anxiously walked around. It was one AM and Scarlett hadn't still come home. She tried to call her but it kept saying her phone was switched off or her phone wasn't in range.

She didn't have any of her girlfriend's contacts at all. Did she drink too much and pass out somewhere? No, she had vowed that she'll never touch alcohol again after that embarrassing situation a few weeks ago.

The doorbell ran, and Anastasia sighed in relief. She ran up to the door and opened it. "Oh my god! Where were you!? I was so-" she stopped talking. Nobody was at the door, and there was a small cardboard box lying on the ground.

"Eh? What is this?" she thought aloud and picked it up. She checked it from the outside and opened it. Then she regretted her decision and dropped the box when she saw the contents inside.

There were pictures of Scarlett being tied up to a chair with her mouth taped, and she was unconscious. There was a letter as well. She picked it up and read it.

'If you want to see your girlfriend alive, come to this address. xxxxxxxxx'

Anastasia didn't know what she should do. Her first thought was to call for her sister. She ran up to her sister's door and banged on it. "Cassandra! Please open the door!" she yelled through her tears.

After a few seconds, a sleepy zombie haired Cassandra opened the door. "Eh? What do you want?"

"Scarlett! They, they, they-"

"What?!"

"Scarlett has been, they have-"

Cassandra suddenly slapped her sister and calmly said. "Calm down! The fuck! Tell me what happened from the start!"

Anastasia spoke about whatever happened a few minutes ago. The box and the contents and threat in it. "What?! Show it to me!"

Anastasia gave Cassandra the box and she sniffed it. She had a conversation with her wolf inside.

"Ayo Wolfie!"

"What?"

"Can you smell this and tell me who touched it?"

"Okay~" a few seconds later, her wolf said in a confused voice. "It smells weird. Like as if nobody had touched it a bit, and it came out fresh from the factory."

"What?! Please don't tell me you're joking!"

"I'm not joking! It smells like that! It doesn't smell like any creature at all!"

She frowned on the outside. "It smells weird. It doesn't smell like someone has touched it or any creature at all."

"But what are we going to do?!" Anastasia broke down at the thought of those pictures. How careless can she be?! Her stupid self literally had to meet Scarlett and then involve her in her mess.

Cassandra hugged her sister and wiped her tears. "Don't worry. I'll inform my team and we'll go to the place they have written in the letter, okay? I'll go wake up Avery, they might be of some help."

Anastasia nodded and wiped her tears. Cassandra forced a smile on her face just to reassure her sister that all would go well. While she questioning if they can ever find this person.