𝘼𝙧𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙚 (𝙄𝙢𝙡𝙞𝙚 & 𝘼𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣)

Chapter Twenty Four

Aryan's POV

He shoved me into a room and shut the door. I needed to find a way to get out of here.

I struggled to free my hands to no avail. I screamed in agony and stared into the darkness.

I didn't know how much time had passed, but I woke up to cold water being splashed on me.

'Wake up, Raja, this isn't your palace.' An unfamiliar voice spoke. He wasn't the man from yesterday.

'Get him up and bring him here.' He said, motioning to the chair in front of his table.

'What do you want?' I asked, and he burst out laughing. I stared at him with disgust.

'You, of all people, should know why we are doing this, Mr Rathore.' He continued talking.

'You know that girl you were with yesterday is quite a fighter. She bit one of my men's hands so hard he has teeth marks.'

'That serves him right for trying to mess with my woman.' I spat out.

'Your woman? Not for long.' He rubbed his chin and stroked the gun he was holding. 'She is a valuable asset. She will make strong babies.'

'I promise you if you lay a single finger on Imlie. I'm going to give you the worst death to ever happen in history.'

'Oooo, I'm scared, I'm scared.' He started to mimic a scared person before he and his men burst out laughing.

'Your threats are empty, Mr Rathore.' He shrugged.

'Why are you doing this?'

'For a lot of reasons Mr. Rathore. You see, the government captured my men, and we need them to release our men.'

'We need money also, and the women we captured will make good sex slaves while the children will be recruited as child soldiers.'

'We are demanding 8.3 lakh per person, and for you, we are collecting 20 lakhs.'

'You are insane!' I screamed at him. I tried to struggle free, but I was slammed into the table.

'You would know I'm insane when I bed your woman tonight.' He stared at me straight in the eye.

'Don't you dare!' I glared back at him.

'Your words are empty, Mr Rathore.' He chuckled.

'Untie me and see what I will do to you.' I was seething with rage.

He scoffed and moved up and down the room. One of his men whispered something into his ear, and he whispered back, dismissing him.

He left the room, and no one had come in since then.

I must have dozed off because the next time I opened my eyes, it was dark, and what startled me was screaming.

I listened closely, and I heard Imile screaming.

'Imlie!' I yelled. I struggled to free my hands, but I couldn't.

I heard gunshots, and suddenly, the door flew open, and someone grabbed me.

'Hey, let me go!'

'Keep quiet before I blow your brains out. Let's go.' He commanded.

I protested, but the butt of the gun hit my head, and everything went black.

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I woke up to people screaming, and I sat up frantically. My eyes darted across the room, and I felt a searing pain shot through my head.

I shut my eyes quickly and I remembered what had happened.

Bastard! I gritted my teeth. I would make him pay for this.

I could still hear screams, and I was wondering what was going on. I hope Imlie is safe.

I called out, but I got no answer. I didn't hear any movements outside.

I twisted my hands to see if I could loosen the knot. I can't just sit here like this in the darkness.

I was struggling to free myself when I heard someone scream.

'The police are here!'

Imlie's POV

I was cooking up a plan to distract the men and figure out how to get to Aryan when I heard one of the men screaming.

'The police are here!' The room erupted with panicked voices and screams. The man standing behind the door fired his gun.

The person close to me dropped to the ground, but the screaming continued.

'If you don't stop screaming, I will put a bullet through all your heads.' He stated firmly.

The room quieted down, but the next order that came shocked me.

'Set the place on fire!'

'What!' I blurted out and stood up.

The man by the door opened it with a quick move, still pointing his gun at us, and slammed the door, trapping us in the room.

People started panicking. They were crying and cursing themselves.

'Stop!' I shouted, and everyone turned to face my direction. 'We can get out of here.'

'How? I can smell the smoke already. We are all going to die.'

'No, we won't.' We are going to use all our weight and push the door open. Aditya was by my side already.

'Who's with me?' I asked, and they all rushed forward.

Together, we broke down the door, and we all rushed out through the opening we saw, and we met the police.

I saw my mum and Malini. Malini rushed up to Aditya, but I was searching the crowd.

'Mum, where is Aryan?'

'Isn't he with you?' She asked and started searching for him also.

My heart dropped to my stomach as I ran towards the burning building.

'Imlie!' My mum screamed, but I wasn't turning back. I was about to reach the building when someone grabbed me by the waist.

'Imlie, you can't go in there.' I turned around, and it was Aditya.

'Let me go, Adi!' I screamed and struggled to no avail. The building suddenly blew up in flames, and I lost consciousness.

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