His Queen (18+)

Chapter LIV

THE HOSTAGES

Psychopathic but it's okay, okay

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CHAPTER LIV

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I MADE MY way down the hallway as Leon had instructed, not stopping until I had seen the end of it where my father was supposed to be located if Leon's word was to be trusted. Which it wasn't but that was behind the point. Unfortunately, a guard had stood positioned by it, making me have to quickly think up a plan as I confidently made my way towards him, no falter in my steps.

“Go,” was the only thing I had said as I reached him as if he would magically start taking orders from someone he didn't even know. As expected, he only raised a confused eyebrow at me before his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“Who the hell are you?” he asked me as he assumed a more defensive position, making me raise my arms in mock surrender as I rolled my eyes at him. The key was to play it cool.

“Boss says he wants you,” I lied to him smoothly, making him relax a little as a worried frown fell upon his lips.

“Did he look angry?”

“Very,” I answered.

“Fuck,” he muttered under his breath, now too afraid for his own wellbeing to be suspicious of me. I wondered what kind of boss Frederick must've been to his workers for him to be this scared. “You'll watch him for me, yeah?” he asked as he began walking away to which I nodded. I wasn't even sure who "him" was but my intuition told me he was the very man I was searching for.

“I will.”

I remained silent as I watched him walk off, debating whether or not I should fire my gun before firing it anyway. The bullet had hit his thigh, making him fall to the floor in pain as he clutched his wound in an effort to stop the bleeding and numb the pain. I made my way over to him, making sure to take his gun away from him before he could draw it and use it against me. After, I began to tie up his bullet wound so he wouldn't end up bleeding out. Because I was nice, of course.

“Who are you?” he groaned in pain as I tightly tied a bit of his own shirt around his leg. “Why did you shoot me?”

“I'm Araceli. The woman your boss captured and locked up down the hallway,” I confessed, making his eyes widen in surprise and fear. “I didn't want to kill you so I only immobilised you but one wrong move on your part and I won't hesitate scheduling a meeting between you and your ancestors. I am not the one to be played with.”

He only nodded his head in response, leaving me to make my way back down the hallway until I had reached the end. Lo and behold, my father was exactly where Leon had said he'd be, sitting there looking so sorry for himself. I couldn't see him too well, but even I could tell that he was wasting away in here. It made me realise what could've possibly been waiting for me if I didn't come here with a plan. It was what Daniel wanted to protect me from. So all this time, this was where he was? I almost felt bad for thinking the worst of him.

“Raymundo,” I said in a firm tone, making him snap his eyes up at me, his forlorn gaze now filled with surprise and even happiness once he realised who it was that called his name.

“Araceli?” he asked, not trying to hide his shock at my presence as he made his way over to me to look at me through the bars. Gently he took my hand in his and just held it. “How did you find me? How did you get here?”

“They brought me here,” I confessed, making a sad expression take over his features again, but I wasn't in the mood to dwell on the details of being captured. Instead, I wanted to move faster. “How do I get you out?”