The Unveiling

Chapter 15: Baseball Bat and Shoes

Sarah was a great company to be with but Ashley was still hesitant thinking about the images she got when she touched Sarah, confused if it will happen again if she touches her. Ashley was certain that it was Sarah and she actually felt the tortures Sarah went through. Ashley wanted to ask Sarah but Ashley was waiting for her to open up on her own time, so as to not invade her privacy.

Sarah was looking through some summer dress for her self when Ashley heard commotion going on near the counter. As Ashley approached near the scene, she saw some masked thugs, holding one of the women by neck and a gun pushed against her temple. They were three of them, one of them forcing the counter lady to give them all money and all people in the store standing afar, scared.

Ashley just rolled her eyes and scanned around.

The thug keeps yelling at people, mentioning they'll shoot the girl, everybody went down on knees, scared that they'll shoot them too. They were stashing money in bags when they heard distance noise coming from distant of something hitting the floor hard, echoing around the walls with clicking of heels.

Everybody turned to look at the source of voice. Sarah also was curious and was looking for missing Ashley when she heard this.

Ashley stood there, afar, when the crowd in front of her moved to the side, she was standing straight in front of the thugs with a baseball bat in one of her hand.

"Hello Boys, shall we?" Ashley smirked at them

One of them pointed his gun towards her, threatening her to stay away or he'll shoot.

Oh, how much she's gonna enjoy this – she thought

"I'll shoot you, stay away" other one yelled

"Let the games begin" she thumped the bat hard on the floor

Ashley confidently started walking towards them, swinging the bat round and round vertically on side, she knew they weren't going to shoot her. Just as she neared them, she easily pulled the girl away from his hold, ushering to run.

"Do I have to dial for the cops as well" Ashley said looking at people standing around

Scared thugs wanted to run before the cops arrive, so one of them tried to hit her but, effortlessly, she took down each one of them. Two of them were seriously hurt and they remained down, but one of them saw the opportunity to run and made a dash for it. She saw him moving, but seeing her following him, he threatened her by pointing the gun.

He pulled the trigger, shooting the bullet, he had a smirk laced on his face thinking he got her, but Ashley dogged the bullet by bat while walking towards him in rage. She was furious that this guy has the audacity to not only point the gun at her twice but try to shoot her.

Seeing the angry girl walking determined towards him, he started running. When He put a bullet through the new bat, she glanced at his running form and threw it right at him, knocking him down on the floor by the impact of hit from bat.

Cops came taking them away, thanking Ashley. People who were cornered by them, happily walked towards, circling around thanking her gratefully.

Ashley's face twisted in anger and disgust, when she yelled,

"Stop! You're so pathetic"

Everybody stunned, so does Sarah, she didn't quite get her fury, shouldn't she be happy from getting so much affection and attention from these people

"They were three and how many you were? Didn't you think all of you together would've taken them down?

10 people are here and you can't rescue a simple girl out of their hands. I did, solely.

What does that make you guys, huh? Rather than feeling grateful to me, think about how to be a better being"

She rolled her eyes walking away from congested crowd, when one of them said

"They had guns. You might be fearless and not care about your life but we are simple people, you cannot judge us from getting scared in a drastic situation"

Now that ticked her and she turned with an unbelievable feeling written on her face

"You were meant to be scared in an overwhelming situation but you aren't raised that way. You have to outgrow yourself from self-pity, thinking someone will come to save you."

Ashley shook her head in disappointment, walking out of the store when her eyes fell on the person watching and listening her all along. She didn't spare a second glance to him and started walking away.

But before Ashley could move further away, the heel had to break making her stumble twisting her ankle, she cursed under her breath and Alarick turned to look at her at the same moment.

God! Why is this happening and that too in front of this person?! -  she cursed inside

Sarah saw from inside the store and was about to approach her to help when she stopped in her steps, smiling, seeing someone particular approaching towards Ashley.

Alarick scooped Ashley up in his arms, making a small shriek leave from Ashley's lips, as she looked up at the intruder Alarick holding her up in his arms and that too in public place like this.

He made her sit on a chair nearby and asked one of his subordinates at work, standing next to him to bring an ointment and something else, which Ashley couldn't hear as Alarick whispered to him. Alarick slowly kneeled in front of Ashley, removing the heels from her feet.

Ashley couldn't help but admire at the beautiful specimen in front of her, his tall and broad built fit right into his black suit and his black long jacket adding a different elegance to his personality. His blonde hair gelled perfectly back, exposing his forehead, not letting a single hair fall on it, making his aura dynamic and dangerously attractive.

But what attracted the people around was, this tall brood kneeling in front of girl, removing the heels and helping her apply ointment.

Ashley wanted to touch his hair, feel the lusciousness beneath her fingertips, how their unruliness would feel after running her hand through it, the strong grip on it as she pulls them hard. Unknowingly she started biting her bottom lip, nibbling on it over and over again as her breath went shallow.

Alarick slid new snickers on her feet, which his subordinate bought, massaging a little before putting them on. While Ashley's heart keeps pounding harder than ever against her ribcage, making her flustered and leave puffs of breath. Alarick scooched a little near her face, whispering lowly in her ear while his cheek softly grazing hers.

"Calm your heart down. Your body is on fire and so is my need. If you won't stop tingling, my wolf will take over and claim you as his mate. In front of everyone." Slowly coming on eye level of hers as Alarick's eyes amusingly danced between her lips and eyes, "Is that what you want?" a smirk grazed his face with a hint of tease

His words were like a knife on her cold heart, Ashley raised her head slightly up and her gaze halting on his face, cold and unmoving.
If he thinks that these antics of his is going to bend her than boy he is so wrong, though her body might be getting allured because of mate bond, she was still a person to first think with brain than a heart.

He will always lose this game.

Ashley's pale eyes making him stiff on the spot as her lips thinned down in a line and freezing him into confusion bubble, where he thought, what will make this girl tick?

Ashley glanced up at Sarah, walking towards her and dragging her away from the scene, without a thank you and glance back to Alarick.

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