Desire

"Brother?" Crystal called. She exchanged glances with her brother, Gio. According to the testimony of his guards, Dirgan had made love to a woman he had captured the previous night and had just released her.

Crystal and Gio were quite anxious. It was unusual for Dirgan to bring a woman to his room, especially to have sexual relations with a prisoner. Dirgan also did not usually sleep soundly, even though Crystal had banged loudly on his door. They were forced to enter the main room by breaking down the door. Gio thought hard; the several red marks on Dirgan's neck made this incident seem strange to him. Could it be that Dirgan was captivated by Maya's beauty and had lowered his moral standards?

"Brother?! Do you want me to splash you with cold water?!" Crystal protested in annoyance. She shook Dirgantara's body, which was wincing.

"Hm? Five more minutes, Crystal. Why are you guys so noisy?" he asked. Dirgan turned his back on his two younger siblings and went back to sleep. There was a moment of silence before they jumped in surprise when Dirgan suddenly woke up and looked around. He ducked when he realized he was naked.

"Where is Maya?" he asked. Crystal and Gio, of course, don't know more about it than Dirgan.

"Wasn't it you who freed her?"

***

Dirgan massaged his dizzy and weak head, all his energy felt drained when he faced three guards kneeling in the living room.

"Just a small insect, why did it escape!" Dirgan stressed the reason his guards gave him was completely unreasonable. Maya tricked the guards by intending to go out to buy some things with Dirgan's permission.

The guards also had time to check on Dirgan who was fast asleep, even Dirgan himself who chased the guards away so as not to disturb his sleep last night. Dirgan's naked condition and his chest covered in red marks, they were sure that their Captain had indeed freed Maya, so they invited Maya to go out.

Maya brought his wallet and car keys. This was the first time Dirgan had been caught out and someone dared to do it to him.

"Stupid! You guys are stupid!" Dirgan snapped in frustration.

"You're the stupid one," Crystal said.

"This is purely your fault. Who told you to have sex with the prisoner and chase away the guards," Gio replied.

"I didn't have sex with her Gio, we just kissed," he replied. His two younger siblings stared at Dirgan who sighed and closed his eyes.

"Is she that beautiful that you want to kiss her?" Crystal asked.

"That's because…" Dirgan looked awkward, it was true, he was too quick to want to kiss a strange woman.

"Magic?" he said doubtfully. Crystal was of course stunned, Gio choked when he heard his older siblings' words. Dirgan scratched his temples confused by his younger siblings' reactions. Crystal even checked Dirgan's forehead which was indeed quite hot.

"Gio, call a psychiatrist," Crystal asked.

"I'm not crazy, Crystal. Eih." Dirgan clicked his tongue as he felt that he was starting to lose his mind thinking about all of Maya's behavior.

Dirgan immediately contacted Ellam who was looking for Maya's trail after hearing the news that Dirgan had released her. Ellam was always the most alert because Crystal and Gio were not allowed to interfere in matters like this other than focusing on their Zoger.

It only took an hour, Dirgan's car was found in a mall in the eastern city of Winter. Then at noon, a message notification came into his cellphone, a withdrawal of 3 billion was successfully taken from a bank in the Lyly District. Dirgan bit his finger, he was increasingly curious about Maya. Because he could withdraw money from his card without any problems.

As a result, Dirgan deployed thirty people to search for Maya, with the last trace at the central bank of the Lyly District. They relied on CCTV to see where Maya went. For a week they followed the trail left by Maya and ended up at a port.

"Argh!!" Groans of pain were heard from five men. Dirgan tortured them on a work ship that worked to deliver immigrants through illegal routes.

"Where did you take her?" asked Dirgan. Of course, they tried to remember the meaning of this psychopath's question, they had delivered hundreds of people to various countries.

Dirgan snorted in annoyance, then handed over a CCTV recording that managed to capture Maya's face. The three of them just remembered the face of the most beautiful woman who used their services.

The woman in a loose blue shirt with black jeans and a plain hat of the same color had spent five hundred million to be taken to Amici.

"A—amici, We'll take her to Amici," he explained. Dirgan grinned, finally, he found a trace that felt like his pursuit was getting closer to Maya. She wouldn't get away easily. People who stole around twenty million always ended up dead, let alone three billion. Dirgan wouldn't let her go before the woman turned into minced meat.

***

One month later.

Dirgan explored the entire Amici country to look for Maya, his mind which was initially divided by the company and smuggling, was now divided by the search for Maya who was as slippery as a snake. The woman was agile, a few days ago she was found at a museum exhibition in the capital and after exploring the area, she was already in another city.

"You could spend three billion just to look for her, isn't that a double loss?" asked Crystal casually. She didn't think that her brother would chase Maya for a whole month. Ellam said that Maya didn't have any information about Steven and his business. That meant Maya was useless.

However, Crystal and Gio could only support him, they knew their brother very well. If she had been targeted once, then before Dirgan got her, it would always be like that.

Dirgan couldn't let go of Maya. For a whole month, he was tortured by imagining Maya's kiss which managed to attract his desire. Dirgan was excited every time he thought about Maya who was on his lap. "I can't just give up," Dirgan said.

"You're interested in her," Crystal replied.

"You should forget about that for now, I have important news," Gio said. He gave his laptop to Dirgan and Crystal who were reading the news about the candidate for acting defense minister. Steven had served as mayor for two terms. He was the strongest candidate right now.

"If Dad becomes defense minister, it will be difficult for us to do business," Crystal said.

"That's true, but if Dirgan agrees for me to interfere in the organization, maybe it won't be too difficult. I'm good at making strategies, you know that," Gio added. Dirgan didn't answer what his brother said.

Gio was indeed very good at strategy but Dirgan never wanted to get Gio involved in a business that would endanger his life. Dirgan's father kept cornering him. Dirgan couldn't stand it, he would need his young brother.

Their conversation was interrupted by a call from Ellam who probably called after reading the news about Steven's nomination.

"Captain, I found your woman," Ellam explained. Suddenly, this made Dirgan choke—stand up. This news was more surprising than his father's nomination. Dirgan looked at his two younger siblings with sparkling eyes.

"Did Ellam find her?" asked Crystal. She could immediately guess what made her eldest brother look shocked. Dirgan nodded his head. The month-long search finally paid off.

"But, Steven is faster," Ellam said. Dirgantara, who had just stepped forward, fell silent again. His father, who was busy promoting himself as a political clown, apparently still had time to look for Maya, no doubt, the woman was not just any bitch.

Dirgan looked at Gio who continued to persuade him to join the organization. Just like his two younger siblings said. It would be even more difficult in the future. Gio had a lot to learn, no matter what. He would interfere, sooner or later.

"Your first task, plan a strategy to bring Maya. She was arrested at Amici by Dad," said Dirgan. Crystal and Gio were stunned in disbelief because their brother agreed to them interfering, this was unexpected.

"Answer," said Dirgan.

"Y—ready, Captain!" said Gio in shock. Dirgan took a deep breath, he climbed the stairs to get ready to go to Amici when Gio immediately contacted Ellam and asked about the situation there to plan his strategy.

***

Arriving in the city of Amici, which took Dirgan two hours. He took a plane with ten of his bodyguards. If he had gone via the illegal immigrant ship route, Dirgan would have spent up to a whole day to get there.

Everyone was wearing matching black suits. They were walking through a densely populated suburban area. The GPS point that Ellam had shared could not be reached by vehicles and Dirgan was forced to walk.

After walking a kilometer away. Dirgan tried to contact Ellam because the maps that guided his direction had led Dirgan to a wooden house with a large yard.

"Ellam, where are you?"

"Wait there, I see you," said Ellam. Dirgan waited for Ellam who not long after emerged from the bushes, he took Dirgan around the hut which was guarded by two of Steven's bodyguards.

"We have paralyzed all the enemies, thanks to Gio. She's so smart, you finally let him in?" Ellam asked.

"I have no other choice. We need his brain, sooner or later," Dirgan replied. He stood behind a large tree with Ellam. Dirgan couldn't wait to meet Maya.

"Now, she is only guarded by one woman and four men. However, I found something strange in the report regarding the woman's identity," Ellam said.

"Strange?" Dirgan asked.

"You won't believe what I said. Her name is Sabrina, she is Steven's secretary. I also got information that Sabrina... A witch. I have tried sending two guards to catch her before she reaches the cottage," Ellam said doubtfully.

He looked around to make sure no one heard his hallucinations.

"She managed to defeat your two guards?" Dirgan asked. Ellam nodded.

"Both of them committed suicide and shot each other in the head after Sabrina only moved one finger."

To Be Continued…