"Huh? Did you hear something?" Devon turned around, as he heard a sound come from inside the cave.
The lad, however, assumed Devon wanted to use this excuse to escape out of the danger he was in."No, don't try to act smart I can't let you go after telling you all this." He said with a sneer on his face.
When the sound occurred again both men went silent, their gaze lowered toward the lady on the bed, and they were startled when they saw that the eyes of the lady were twitching showing signs that she was about to wake up.
Devon looked to his right and couldn't find the lad anymore.
"Son of a bitch." Devon cursed the lad, as he disappeared from the cave, leaving him to deal with the trouble of the woman opening her eyes.
It was not even up to a second after the lad disappeared. The young lady got up from the bed slowly, her eyelids were starting to open, she looked around trying to figure out what was going on.
After some minutes.
"Where is this?" Her perplexed voice sounded in the cave, as she looked around the cave, which was assumed as though it was someone's bridal ceremony.
Mae looked around and realized she was in a cave, she was astounded. The Cave was well decorated, it was the kind of room meant for newlyweds or coming of age ceremonies. The whole floor was covered with roses, there was even candlelight all around it looked so beautiful.
She turned to look if anybody was in the cave with her, she saw a boy right behind her with his face down. He was like a kid who was caught doing something bad.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" The woman's soft voice rang out. After checking her body and making sure everything was alright with her and also there was no bloodstain on the bed. She heaved a sigh of relief.
"I... I... I can explain." Devon stammered, this was the first woman he ever spoke to after the woman of his family so he was nervous.
The woman teasing voice could be heard"You better have a good reason and tell me how I got here?" She knew this person didn't do anything to her body, but it still felt strange seeing herself in a cave all of a sudden.
Devon's face was still down, he just couldn't look at her at all. Looking and talking to any other woman except those from his family was actually very strange to him.
Anyway, since that lad ditched him, so why should he take the blame. He started explaining the whole thing to her, the two men who dragged her in, the boy that was here as well. He told her everything.
'All this is because of you father, if not I won't even take a look at that brat for even a second.'
Mae murmured that to herself, she clenched her hand so hard that blood was starting to come out from her palm. Knowing she couldn't do anything to the lad at this moment, that was the only way to pass out her frustration.
"Who is that boy anyway?" Devon could not take the awkward silence anymore, the tension he was receiving at the moment was increasing with each breath. He decided to speak first.
Ever since the lad mentioned that he was this woman's fiance, he had been very curious about his identity but the lad refused to tell him about it.
"None of your business." Mae's voice suddenly turned cold as Devon mentioned the lad. If there was one thing she wanted the most right now, was to kill that bastard who brought her here.
So the slight mention of him, made her feel annoyed.
Mae looked at the boy in front of her, she noticed his head was down the whole moment. She began to wonder if something was wrong with him.
Suddenly a thought occurred in her mind, Don't tell me this is his first time talking to a woman.
"Who are you and what are you doing?" Seeing that he continued to act that way, Mae couldn't help but ask.
A minute ago, Devon had thought about the perfect tale to give if the woman was to ask who he was and when she eventually did, he immediately answered her, "I'm Aiden, and I live here."
The woman was about to ask him why he lived here when she felt a change in the environment.
Mae pulled him out of the cave and ran immediately when she felt the energy she was sensing was getting closer meaning people were around. The effect of the drug had yet to wear off, so she was not at her best, her enemy could take advantage of this situation and deliver a fatal blow.
Mae could always sense good energy from a bad one, she knew the people coming were not here for a good cause.
That was the reason why she did not attack Devon earlier, she knew he was innocent about the matter.
"Why are you slowing down?" Mae turned and stared at Devon as she saw him slowing down, panting heavily.
Devon couldn't be blamed for this, how could someone like him who didn't have a single ounce of energy in his body keep up with the speed of Mae. It was simply impossible.
Mae was starting to lose her patience when she saw that Devon was slowing her down. Then it came to her that he was just a mortal.
"Get on my back now."
When she felt the energy getting closer and closer, that was the only option available.
Devon was stunned by her words. He was deeply attracted to her, and who wouldn't by the way the lady was gorgeous. But he knew if he took this step, there was no turning back. That was like admitting to her that he was weak.
Women wanted men who could protect them from danger, not the other way around. That is how it has always been.
"Okay, thank you." Devon's eyes twitched, except he was insane, would he reject her offer.
He hopped on her back immediately, who cares about how it has always been. Men should protect women, once in a while women should also do the protecting.
Not expecting him to really get on her back even if she said so. But there was nothing she could do at the moment. She ran with all the power she had left.
Tssssssskkkkkkk!!!!!
"Bend down now," Devon screamed to her, seeing that. He wasn't getting any reply, he pushed her making both of them fall on the ground.
A sword flew right on top of them.
They had caught up with them, two men were standing at the front of Devon and Mae. From the men's clothes, one could tell there were assassins.
"Mae Silas, I must say that drug really did weak you down." Both men stared at Mae with eyes full of lust. While they were sent to end her life, they were having second choice.
Of course, it wasn't to spare her life but instead to have fun with her body before getting rid of her.
"Who could have thought that the great Mae would end up in a state like this."
"The odds are very low." The two men jested, as they both found Mae's condition very laughable.
Mae managed to get up with great
difficulty. She ignored the two in front of her and adjusted the clothes she was putting on.
Looking at the boy, who was unconscious after the fall. It seemed he fell down really hard. Unlike her brothers, Mae believed that good people still existed in the world. She knew if she gets killed now, the boy's life won't be spared.
"Did he send you here?" Mae sighed as she thought of the unending problem which that person was causing to her.
The two assassins looked at each other and burst out laughing."Do you think we are some mediocre people?" Both men paused for a second before they spoke, "This is an order from above!"
Mae frowned, as the main member of a big family. She knew what order from above meant.
And once an attack was said to be from above then the assassin which was assigned to that mission must see to it that he or she gets the job done or else they would have to pay with their life.
Those who get such orders among assassins are elites among elites. They rose through the ranks with thousands of blood on their hand and because of that, the strength they had was horrifying.
"If that's how it's going to be, I guess there is no other way."
Not waiting for a single minute to pass she brought something that looked like a pill from her sleeve, then swallowed it immediately.
The two men's faces turned ugly, it seemed they knew what the pill was for.