After You Left

Chapter 22

Unknown POV

It's been that same every day, it will be the same for God knows how long. I think I gave up trying to escape a year after I was brought here, my mind is nothing but a jumble of memories and promises and even some hope. Hope that decreases with every day that passes.

The door opens and in walks the devil, he grins at me before pulling a chair and placing it right in front of me and taking a seat. "You look ready to give up." I keep my expression hard, I don't say anything, I don't even know when I actually gave up speaking. "I have a surprise for you, it should be getting at my door in a moment or so. You'll be having some company."

I rest my head back on my knees, ignoring him. I don't want to know anything, I feel his footsteps leaving the dark room.

Lea's POV

"Remember, it's a quick in and out, we don't want to be spotted." I tell Dylan, Thalia and Alex. "We meet back here in exactly 2 hours." I strap in my gun at my waist. Thalia and Alex nod before they head towards the outskirts of his perimeter, Dylan and I will take the main portion.

Dylan slides his hand behind my neck and pulls me in for a breathtaking kiss. "Like nerf war except with real guns and lots of danger." He says softly, I nod and than we both make our way down the streets, even though it's well last midnight the streets are still busy such is great.

Getting to the huge manor is easy but there's way too many guards everywhere but we head to where the sewage system is supposed to be. "I'll be quick." I whisper to Dylan who still looks unsure about me going in alone while he stays out waiting, I peck his lips quickly.

"Be safe, I love you." He says against my lips before letting me go through, it's tight, it stinks, it's humid and my brain is quickly going into panic mode, I crouch low and start to make my way through the dark sewage, every second feels like 1 minute, but after a while I can see the stairs leading me upwards, I sigh relieved as I climb the stairs and slowly push open the lever, as expected, I'm in the back rooms' bathroom, I get out and look out the door for any signs of security before heading into the actual house.

A huge manor with marble floors and chandeliers everywhere, there aren't as many security guards inside as I thought there would be so I quickly head up the stairs heading in the direction Thalia told me his office is, the door isn't locked and I enter the room keeping the door slightly closed; not wanting to lock myself in, my footsteps are nearly silent and I try my best to keep as quiet as possible as I search the drawers and shelves.
I catch a glimpse of white behind a book and I quickly move it to remove it, a thin file of papers that seem to have to do with trucks, hospitals and some other things that I can barely understand. I take pictures of the pages before slipping it back in.

I hear steps behind the door and my heart starts beating faster, I place my hand on my gun and duck behind the table just as the door opens. "I know you're here raspberry." I frown and stand up catching a very panicked looking Liam. "What are you doing here? It's a trap." Liam whisper yells.

"What are you doing here than?" I ask quietly tucking my phone in and moving past Liam but he grabs my arm.

"If you walk out there alone, you're going to get caught Lea, let me help you." He grits out, the silence between us is suffocating but I nod and he sighs in relief.

"How do you know it's a trap?" I ask.

He opens the door slightly before grabbing my hand and pulling me with him. "I listen, I have some guys whom are loyal to me around and they listen as well and right now you have about 2 dozens of guards ready to take you down." We don't go the way I came, instead he takes me further into the house and we get to another smaller set of stairs, we go halfway down before Liam stops and opens a small window, he looks down and I see him trying to work through everything. I look down the window and notice that it's about 20 feet of the ground but right across from us is trees so if we get to them, we can easily go down.

Neither of us say anything as he reaches for the closest branch, climbing on the window to reach it and pull it towards us, I take it and in a few seconds I am on the branch trying to move downwards, I look behind to Liam following behind me.
One we reach the ground he grabs my hand again and pulls me with me with him as we run deeper into the woods but in a few minutes we're standing by the sewage entrance where I entered.

Panic floods me as I stare at Dylan's gun on the ground, I pull my hand from Liam's hold and frantically look around, trying to think on where he went.

"We have to go now!" Liam declares and grabs my hand again.

"I can't, I'm not leaving him. He was right here." I explain picking up his gun, I gasp as I catch some drops of blood on the ground and I stagger back. I look back at the house and start running towards it, just than gunshots fill the air and Liam grabs me from around my waist and pulls me back. "Let me go, he's in there." I trash against Liam but he doesn't let go. "Liam I can leave him, oh God, I can't leave him in there." I cry out.

"I'm sorry." Than I feel him pressing the side of my neck, cutting off my air, I struggle in his arms, I start seeing black dots and in a few seconds I pass out.