My lover, my assassin

Chapter 42

I joined the men in their search for the escaped prisoner while Asano went to find the guard that had been by the cells. He said he would see if the man could be paid to keep his mouth shut. He wasn't part of his fathers group of loyal men so there was some hope that he could be bought. If not, then the boss would know that I was in the cell around the time that Kayano had escaped. He would know for sure that I had been part of it. 

I knew he would find some way to punish me, even if he didn't find out that I had orchestrated the escape. With Kayano's freedom he lost his hold on me. He would have to find something else to keep me here and unspoken was the fact that he might threaten his own son. Asano knew what his father was like, knew that in getting Kayano away he might end up next in his fathers sights but he never faltered. He pushed for the two of us to get away, despite the risk to himself. 

I felt guilty that I had not let him in on the plan to give Karasuma and Irina their freedom but I knew that if I had told him he would have refused and made me go with them. The only thing I regretted about that decision was that Karma might be suffering. If Sensei had done as I asked and contacted Karma after I had returned here then he would have expected me back tonight. I had hoped he would have come with the group to get Kayano so I could have seen him, let him know how much I loved him and I will still fight to make it back to his side. I knew he would be angry and worried but he knew me, he knew I would not have been able to stand by while others were in trouble. 

I had saved Kayano, Karasuma and Irina. I had made it so the boss couldn't use me to get to Karma but no matter how I raked my brain I could not think of how to protect Asano from his father. Parents should not treat their children like objects to be used or punching bags. I saw a lot of myself in him but unlike me had grown stronger and fought against his father while I still woke up from nightmares about things my mother had put me through. 

That was what I feared more than what might happen to me. What the boss would do to Asano. Maybe I should make a run for it. Try and cut the tracker out myself. If I was gone then there would be no point in hurting Asano. Even as I thought it I knew it was too late. I could see my guard staring at me as I helped the groggy men to their feet and to their rooms. I was being watched by no less then five sets of eyes. All watching to see what I would do, if I had been part of the escape and to report it back to the boss. I wonder if Asano was being watched just as closely? 

As if my thoughts had summoned him he appeared, rubbing the back of his neck, looking tired.

"I found the guard from the cells."

The men turned to him, eyes filled with anger and ready to pummel the poor man. I felt a little bad for him, he had simply been unlucky and now he was going to suffer. 

"He's dead."

My heart stopped in my chest as I met Asano's purple eyes. There was no sign of remorse or guilt in them. 

"Throat was slit and body dumped in one of the cells. One of the intruders must have snuck up on him. They are probably long gone. Report to my father and double the guards around the perimeter so we don't get any more surprises tonight. I am going to bed, come Nagisa."

I followed the red head, still shocked by what I had heard. We walked in silence and as soon as we were in our room he lay down on the bed and covered his eyes with his arm.

"You killed him."

He peeked out from underneath the body part, his purple eyes cold, nothing like what I had seen before on his face.

"He saw us. He would have reported back to my father. This was the easiest way."

"You could have bribed him! Or sent him away! You didn't have to kill him!"