If I am Satan then he is Ruler and King of the Hell
She clutched her chest tightly. Her breathing came out uneven and irregular.
"I--- ne--- my--- p--ump..", she said some words but they appeared to be muffled. With her shaking and trembling hand, she rummaged through her storage compartment of the car in search of her asthma pump. She found it underneath her things.
However, it fell down by her hands.
'Esther, you can't let the demons of your past chase and scare you now.'
She tried to control her breaths then she lowered herself and took her asthma pump from the car floor.
She moved it closer to her mouth, opening her mouth and putting the nozzle of the pump. She inhaled a deep breath. This helped in calming down her nerves. She inhaled deep breaths a couple of times more before stabilizing her breathing.
She closed her eyes, her long and beautiful eyelashes covered them like a soft and smooth blanket. They cast a shadow.
"I need to go fast!! She needs me!" She exclaimed hurriedly. She roared her car on the empty highway.
"Sean, arrange a private plane quickly. Also contact the bodyguards assigned to Alisha and report to me immediately about it." Esther commanded through her phone.
Esther accelerated the car and it raced on the road.
"Stop!! Stop it!! Don't overthink!!" She screamed at herself. She did that so she doesn't get engrossed in her mind which was only giving her bad ideas and thoughts. It won't do her any better in the current situation.
Esther knew she couldn't control her mind when her sanity was at edge. She could feel her anxiety and fear advancing towards her.
"No!! Not this time!!! I won't let anything happen to anyone!!" She took an oath.
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"Kill me… Just kill me…."
A man sat on a metal chair as his hands and legs were tied with metallic cuffs. His ragged clothes were wet. His hair dripped with water. He had cuts on his skin. The blood oozed out of his injuries. The man begged his kidnappers to kill and end his sufferings.
"I don't want to feel this pain. Just kill me."
Again, he asked them.
"Tsk...you want us to give you an easy kill?"
Another man fully dressed in black clothes came inside the dimly lighted room. He had a mask with a skull that covered the most of the part of his face, leaving out his eyes only. His green iris eyes gave goosebumps to the already dead man. The injured man didn't dare to raise his eyes or move his body.
It would be the second time he was meeting this masked man. The first would be the day he was captured and abducted here. He had not seen the man yet, only his ears had heard the man's deep and raspy voice.
When he was kidnapped, they had blindfolded him. He kept his head down to avoid any eye contact with the masked man. He had listened to the other men here that looking at his eyes was the same as inviting the grim reaper.
The men would talk about how his mask hid, an ugly scar on his cheek that he received when he had killed his own father.
"Hmm… Why am I feeling that you are afraid of me?" The masked man walked around him in circles. He could notice how the other man had tightly shut his eyes and was clenching his hands in a fist.
"Am I that horrible?" He joked but he knew the truth that he wasn't only horrible if not more than a Satan. He had witnessed the disgust in other people's eyes along with dread and horror.
The masked man stood behind the metallic chair and put his hands on it. He felt the injured man stiffened. He laughed at this. The masked man moved his face to the man's ears and whispered, "I think I am the big bad wolf here and you are my prey, a little dear otherwise you wouldn't have been terrified by me."
The other man shook his head.
"Just end my pain and torture and let me die in peace."
He murmured under his breath however the masked man behind him heard it clearly.
"Nope. I can't do that."
"Why? I already told you what I know…Then let me die please…"
"Awwww… I really pity you, however I can't give you death yet.."
"Why?? At least tell me the reason…!!"
The man pleaded with the masked man.
"Hmmm… I think I can do this… I can't grant your wishes since someone wants to have a deep and serious discussion with you."
"Someone? But who? I had not offended anyone then why?"
"Dude, here is where you are wrong… You had offended the man that no one dared to imagine even in their dreams. If I am Satan then he is the Ruler and King of Hell, itself. If it was me then I would have tortured and eventually killed you but it seems like your luck was worse that you had unknowingly revolted against him."
The masked man didn't tell him the name of the person yet he specified his identity using adjectives. The tied man hung his head again. He fathomed the result of his fake curiosity and the masked man proved him correct when he told him about the 'someone'.
The man didn't try to lament or grief over his past actions. He understood the fact that the past can never change and thinking of it would only give pain.
"Also your life and death is in their hands."
The masked man left the room after saying this. It busted the only ray of hope he had. Now, he would have to wait until that person comes and give him the end that he deserves.
He breathed out a sigh. He grunted when he felt the pain in his lower jaw. From the day he had been seized by them. They beat him senseless and then they would treat his injuries. He was given good quality and protein food to keep him alive and healthy.
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"Louis, are you sure?"
"Dude, don't doubt your friend and his talent in taking out the truth from anyone. I am definitely sure he isn't the one to plan and orchestrate the whole incident."
"I also felt he was innocent, still I didn't want to take any chances so I had asked you to see him. Now you are also saying the same thing as I thought. It seems that what we are seeing is only the surface of a deep ocean."
"You are right. I could see from his eyes and body movements. The man appeared to be tired of his own life and the one desire left inside was death."
"I'll be reaching there within an hour. Wait for me. Also contact Mike. I have some work for him too."
"Ugh… I'll be making you pay for disturbing my beauty sleep."
"Hahaha… We will see that."
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