chapter 21

Evita's pov

"Why? You look shocked. Well I'm not surprised. I'm Zachary but I am not Zachary.

"What do you mean by that ?" I asked him confused.

"It's actually pretty simple, but you might get lost. Have a seat" he gestured behind me. I eyed him suspiciously and reluctantly nodded sat down.

"What is going on?" I asked him again

"It's a long story. Killian and i go a long way back. You see my family used to owe his family a lot of money, a lot. Unfortunately for us, we were unable to pay during the speculated time,and guess what he did. He killed my father. The poor old man begged for his life but all to no avail. My brother Shawn and i were made to work for him to repay the loan. 15 and 17year old children were made to cut trees, build tracks and do all sort of tedious jobs. After about 5 years we were let free and we had to start our life from the scratch. Luckily for us, luck was on our side. After sleeping in the alleys for some weeks, we made some friends and they introduced us to a business that changed our lives. After about 2 years, killian just had to appear again. He came to us asking to buy our new company. We refused but he was too proud to accept failure. So he killed my wife too. We had just gotten married and were supposed to go on our honey moon. Fast forward two years and here We are." He concluded stretching his limbs.

"You are after killian so you took me to lure him here right? But then why are you not punishing me? I'm supposed to be tied up and beaten up into a pulp but here i am" I asked

"Do you want to be treated like that?I have nothing against you. And you are still here because Shawn isn't back. He is the one who wants to kill killian and he would do anything to get him. I have no problem whatsoever with killian, i chose to forgive him. And i have found someone else I am interested in. She doesn't know it yet. She's totally clueless. But, i will let her know soon, and i will do anything to get her. Anything"

"Okay but why are you telling me all this? Aren't we like enemies?" I raised one brow as my eyes followed him around. He moved from a window to another, a painting to another.

"We are not exactly enemies, we have no thing to fight about. Let's be friends" he said with a smile and continued with his painting.

"Friends? Your brother is after my boss and you want us to be friends?"I said looking at him from head to toe.

"What is your brother planning? What will he do when killian gets here?" I asked him after a while of silence.

"I have no idea. And even if i did, i wouldn't let you know because a small part of me also wants killian dead. If what he's saying is true then I'd also want to killian to die. But then i believe in second chances and i think everyone deserves it...everyone but killian" he smiled and i got the creeps for the first time since I've been talking with him.

"Are you hungry?" He asked me after a while and i looked at him from up to down.

"Well, if you are, there's food in the kitchen" he said and left. I should find a way to tell killian not to come. It's a trap, killian probably already knows this but he will still come here for me. I made my way back to the room I was in as fast as i could. I frantically search for my phone but it was no where to be found.

"That's right, i left it on the table at the restaurant" there is no telephone in here either. I should find another way out of here. I went back out and found the same maid by the stairs this time.

"Where is he?" I asked her.

"Who madam?" She smiled.

"Zachary, where is Zachary?"

"He's in his study madam, down the hall 3rd door" she said. Okay so i should check everywhere but his study.

Killian's pov

The stench of the room I was in kept me from drifting out of consciousness. The dimly lit room smelled like dead animals and human blood and shit. The air was so very contaminated, i am sure even a rat wont want to stay in here. I felt my stomach turn inside out with pain, my head throbbing and my left eye barely opening.

"Heyy" my voice echoed though the cold, empty room. I doubt if any one is close by to even hear me.i have to get out of here. Evita needs me.

"Heyyy" I yelled louder to get anybody's attention.

"Keep it down" a think voice yelled back. That's a good thing.

"Shut up asshole, you keep it down" i slured. The doors opened and a buff guard walked in.

"What did you just call me?" He asked walking towards me.

"I called you an asshole" i chuckled.

"Well guess who is tied up to a chair? You. That's pretty stupid dont you think?" He chuckled also.

"Yeah it is stupid and it kinda sucks, don't you think?"

"What?" His brows creased with confusion.

"Come closer, let me tell you a secret" I said gesturing with my head. He hesitated and tried to speak but I cut him off.

"Oh come on, don't tell me you are so much of a pussy, scared of a weak guy tied up in a chair, are you? I scoffed. He grunt and came closer. With all the power and force I could get, i hit my head against his and he fainted immediately. I guess he's a pussy after all. I fell on my side and dragged my self to reach for the lighter sticking out of his pocket. I lit it after a few tries and directed it towards the cable ties on my wrist. It melted off so i went for the one at my ankle.

Once they were both off, i sneaked out of the room to find miss valkov.

I took several corners in the house but she was no where to be found. Was she kept In a stinky room like i was? The sound quick footsteps coming from behind me got my attention.

I dashed to the closest turn and stood at alert. The steps became faster and louder as they approached. When I was sure the person was close enough, i jumped out of the corner, ready to attack, but I was shocked by who I found. Evita.