Demon

chapter 80

The family had all enjoyed their first Christmas in 14 years all together. They had spent a few days in France and had come back to Italy.

It was the 27th.   It was a time where they could all catch up with friends.

Damon decided to put off work for another day and he and Mason went to find Callum and Olivia , it was still daytime but they planned to have a few drinks tonight. Damon didn't feel like being around Olivia but she was one of his oldest friends and Mason insisted.

"Aren't you inviting your girlfriend" Callum teased.

"I don't have a girlfriend. Besides there's plenty of desperate girls out tonight" Damon said. He planned to have a one night stand. He didn't do commitment.

"I suppose she's probably busy with her family. Maybe rekindling with her old love" Callum added the last bit to try and make Damon annoyed.

However everyone seemed surprised when Damon looked concerned.
"She was due back yesterday" he said.

"And you know this how?" Mason asked.

"She probably just wanted to spend more time with her family" Callum said.

"Maybe" Damon replied. He figured after so long she'd end up staying longer. It was logical. But he knew how she found her family to be quite difficult so he found himself wanting to call her.

"I'm going to give her a call. We'll head out after" Damon replied. He decided he'd only be distracted if he didn't check. She had told him her family was difficult so she'd only be staying till the 26th.

"It's only been a day more. Leave her to enjoy her holidays. Let's go out" Olivia said.

He had been friends with Olivia since they were kids. They were always strictly friends. Maybe that's why he was so blind to a stupid crush she had. But now alot of things made sense.

Damon simply walked away and called Clara. She would pick up insult him for bothering her and everything would be fine.

But she didn't pick up.

She always picked up. Simply because he was her boss.

It's Christmas period though so she might be busy.

But what if she got hurt?

He had so many conflicting thoughts on his mind. He didn't know what to do. Mason came up to him though and spoke "what happened"
"She always picks up my calls. No matter what. She is really determined to be successful so because I'm her boss she'll anwser even if she hates me" Damon said .

"Well there's one way to fix it. Call her parents" Macon suggested.

Damon nodded. He had done a background check on Clara when he first saw her as a fret. He kept all files of people working for him so all he had to do was go to his office and find her file.

When he eventually called her parents. He was greeted by an angry woman who wouldn't stop yelling. Finally she told him that she had left Christmas day.

"She should be back" he muttered.

He went back downstairs to see his brother on the phone to someone. He looked annoyed and concerned. Callum was telling Olivia to stop complaining.

Mason ended the call once his brother approached them.

"Let's just go out. she's strong enough to take care of herself. She's probably sleeping" Damon said ignoring the worry.

"Well actually Damon, when you told me she always answers, I sent two men round to her apartment and they said she wasn't there"

"She's probably catching up with some friends or gone out" Olivia said.

"You guys go out. I'm gonna find out where she's got to" Damon said giving up and a day and night of drinking and hooking up.

Both Callum and Mason silently agreed with each other "we'll stay" Callum said.

"No it's fine like Olivia said she's just out. I'm just going to check the street footage in her area to make sure she got the coach home"  Damon said.

"You should come out with us Damon. Have some fun"

Damon really was starting to find Olivia more annoying by the second.

"We'll go out after we found out where she's got to" Callum said.

So Damon and Mason got to work hacking street cameras. Mason hacked the ones near the coach station and Damon near her house.

"Fuck" Damon muttered when he spotted her on Christmas day leaving the house, she walked a bit but then was attacked.

He was impressed. She took down several men killing two. He thought at that point she was probably somewhere like a hospital or police station reporting the crime.

His heart stopped when she was drugged and thrown into a van.

"She's been kidnapped" he whispered. It was hard to believe but it happened and he needed to get her back.

"Could this be by the same people who the mole is working for" Mason whispered.

"I don't know. Fuck." Damon was stressed now. He didn't know who was behind it and he didn't know who he could trust at this point.

"I can call dad, he can help. We don't need to make it a big thing " Mason said knowing the issue was they had to keep it quiet.
"No dad is enjoying Christmas. He needed this. They all did. So do you. Go out, have fun. I'll find her" Damon said.

"What about Xavier" Mason asked.

"No. He and Zach have had a tough year, they need time with uncle " Damon said.

"Fine. You, Callum and I will go find her" Mason said.

"You don't have to" Damon didn't want to ruin his brothers Christmas.

"Of course I do" Mason replied.

"Fine. Go get Callum, he was hacking street cameras around here" Damon said.

He was the only one to know her home address. He knew how important family was so he never intended to go after them and so he kept that information to himself. Mason knew the town. But Callum knew very little.

So the three men got to work trying to find out where Clara had been taken. The van had been stolen. They didn't know how far she had been taken but Damon found himself willing to go to hell and back for her.

Meanwhile Clara was coughing up blood. She refused to give in. Each mark, she took. She gave information to Damon about her old gang making her a traitor but she really didn't like her gang that much. She respected Damon. He had been cruel and she didn't know if she could ever forgive him for that but despite all that , he had helped her so much. And she found herself being extremely loyal.

She wasn't scared of these people. They were amateurs. One let her be untied  because she was going to be sick. He ended up dead. She had never been sick. But she wasnt going to let them kidnap her and not fight back. She was kept tied since then. But when a man approached her, she bit him. So they ductaped her mouth.

The main man behind it all visited again. She rolled her eyes at how he thought today would be the day she cracked. He ripped off the tape so he could hear her screams and began his usual torture.

She wondered if she'd survive at one point when the lashes started to get worse.
Her clothes were barely on her anymore, after all the attacks, they had holes in and were hanging on.

"Found her" Damon breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since Emilia. They had become tighter with security. It only took a few hours to find her.

He would get her back.