Their face was just an inch apart that any small nudge will cause their lips to clash. She held her breath and just stared at him.
She was aware that he was one of the most gorgeous man she had seen, even from afar he turns heads but up close it was even more captivating.
His deep hazel eyes seemed to pierce through her soul, and his jawline was strong and perfectly chiseled. His skin was porcelain-like and totally unblemished, his cheeks dusted with a light shadow of stubble. His lips were slightly parted, as if he were always about to whisper something mysterious.
His hair was artfully tousled and several strands fell enticingly across one eye, giving him a dashingly romantic look. But the thing that really made the him stand out was the almost ethereal glow that seemed to be emanating from within him, as if there was something magical alive inside of him.
A hint of smile playing in his lips as he watched her spellbound look, he knew he had this effect on people, but it never really meant anything to him but her also being affected by him made him feel good about himself. For whatever reason he is yet to come to terms with, he liked that she found him attractive to look at.
One of his hands that was free, moved and removed a strand of her platinum hair away from her eyes,and kept it behind her ears. The artery on her neck came into view and for the first time in his life he had the urge to sink his fangs into the flesh of a human.
He couldnt stop himself so he leaned closer but immediately stopped when he heard her voice.
"Damien what are you doing?" She asked and gently pushed him off.
"I'm so sorry if I startled you" he said, ashamed at his action just a moment ago.
She looked at him and felt like something was wrong, he looked paler than his normal pale look.
"Are you ok?" She asked.. he heard the trace of worry in her voice and instantly the raging in his heart calmed.
He looked up and smiled at her. "I'm good, you should go to your room before anyone would think something happened " he said giving his ever devious lopsided smile.
"So tell me exactly how I ended up in your bed?" She asked staring at him with both hands on her waist.
"You drank so much and fell asleep on the sofa, I carried you to the bed afterwards" he said casually while getting up from the bed, and to her chagrin he was topless again.
"And you, where did you sleep if I slept on your bed?" she asked ,but deep down she already knew the answer and wished for it not to be true.
"We slept together on my bed of course" he said sipping a hot coffee.
"Pervert, what do you mean we slept together" she shouted looking down at her body, checking for any give away that she was taken advantage of, but alas nothing. Her body felt ok, no sores or marks(hickeys).
He stared at her in amusement and wondered why she was checking her self out. When it clicked in his head, he burst out laughing..
" you did not just think I...we...did something sexual did you?" He asked laughing at her embarrassed look.
"I wouldn't take advantage of a women especially you" he said and went back to his coffee.
"What do you mean, 'especially you'..." she asked pursing her slips and staring daggers at him.
He looked at her face and laughed again.
"Oh you are so cute" he commented and went into the closet.. few minutes later he came out with only a white towel on his waist, it was barely hanging on his waist as it was so low and highlighted his v shaped lower abdomen.
"Pervert" she screamed and ran out of his room.
He gave a deep throaty laugh as he saw her zoom out of his room.
"Pretty cute human" he mutterd before going into the jacuzzi.
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Their plane touched down in Milan airport at exactly 6PM. The field agents were already geared up and ready to move out as they have located where the ladies were been held captive.
"Let's move out" Anderson commanded his team as they headed out of the plane, followed by the NDI agents..
They entered a three black SUV that was waiting for them at the airport terminal.
Lauren drove with her team this time while Damien, Derek and Damon drove alone.
It was a thirty minutes drive to the location. The agents positioned themselves around the building and went in one after the other, the agents from Apex took the lead while NDI agents followed behind.
Damien , Derek and Damon strolled behind them into the property.
"Something is off" Damine asserted.
"Exactly, this looks so easy, I mean mazariou can't go through all the stress to kidnap these ladies and just keep them where he knows you can just find them and leave" derek said..
"I know, the president daughter is not even here" Damien said casually, he didn't seem at all suprised, he had anticipated it, mazariou will not make it easy for him.
One of the kidnappers ran towards their direction just to get away but got his neck snapped by Derek.
"Why was he even running?" Derek asked dusting off imaginary dirts from his hands.
Several gun shots were heard inside the facility as the agents carried out their assaults on the kidnappers.
After what seemed like ten minutes, the shooting stopped and the three went inside the room where the ladies were kept.
They were in a very sorry state, all pale and drained of blood, but thankfully were still breathing and very much alive.
"The president's daughter isn't here" Anderson informed them.
"Help carry the ladies to the plane" damien said calmly. "There are blood bags in the infirmary part of the plane, we will use it to give an emergency transfusion to the ladies" Derek told Lauren.
They were already back in the plane with the ladies receiving medical care from Lauren and Derek.
"You need to see this boss" one of the tech guys from Apex said and played a video sent to them.
"I believe you must have recovered the ladies from the abandoned facility where I kept them for you, prince Damien Voltorie" mazariou said laughing.
"Ah, I forgot....you must be wondering where the president's daughter is since she wasn't with the other nine, well let me spare you the curiosity " he said and moved the camera to where she was tied to a seat.
"My request is simple, bring me the two swords of your father king Draco and I will willingly give you the girl, if you refuse, well I will just film her being drained alive and sent to you on a body bag, you have twenty minutes to make it to this address" he said showing him the address on the screen.
"Tic toc, and remember to come alone" he said ,laughing menacingly before ending the video.
Shivers ran down the spine of some of the human agents there as that listened to the video, the man they saw was menacing, burly and his aura was deadly.
Many questions went through the minds of everyone in the plane except of cause people from Apex.
"What do we do, you can't give him the sword, that sword is dangerous in the wrong hands and it belongs solely to the voltaire blood line" damon tried to reason with Damien but it was falling on a deaf ear, he had already made up his mind to save the girl.
"What do you mean we shouldn't trade a piece of steel to save the girl, we should be doing it" Alex interrupted.
The three men turned and look at him simultaneously.
"One more word from you and I will snap your neck" Damon said.
"Did you just threaten me?" Alex asked cheekily.
"Oh I am not one of your measly humans that make empty threats, I make do on my promises " Damon threatened walking towards him in a menacing manner.
"Enough" Damien commanded and instantly everyone stopped talking.
"Damon you will go with me, derek you are a doctor so you should stay here and look after the women" he said and went up to get the sword and her ready.
Few minutes later , Damien came down with two beautiful swords in a diamond encrusted sheath. It was shimmering under the lights.
Lauren recognised the sword, it was the one he draw on his spine. She walked up to him to try and find another means of saving the girl.
"From what I gathered, this is your family's heirloom , we can find another way to get her, you don't have to give up what's your familys' " Lauren said to him
He smiled at how thoughtful she was, he would have patted her on the head if they were alone.
"Like alex said, it's just a piece of metal" he winked at her before leaving with damon.
She turned around and found Alex staring at her, staring back at him indifferently before retreating back to cheak
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"where is she" Damien asked Mazariou who looked displeased on seeing damon.
"I told you not to bring anyone?" He asked angrily.
"You do not commande me, now do you want the sword or not, bring the girl to me" Damien commanded.
"Bring the girl" Mazariou barked at his vampire lackeys, who went and brought the girl.
She wanted to call out to Damien but her mouths were gagged.
"Immediately we have her with us, take her and run from here, understood" Damien said telepathically to Damon who looked at him in confusion.
"Now the swords" mazariou demanded, Damien brought the sword out of its sheath and it simmered so brightly.
"Untie her and until she is within my reach I will not release the swords to you" Damien said smiling deviously.
Mazariou got furious but later yielded to Damien's request, he cut the girl loose on her hands and legs ,she managed to stagger towards them, immediately she was within Damon's arm, damien throw the swords on the floor.
"Uncle damien, uncle Damon" she muttered before falling unconscious.
All these while, lauren and the agents on the plane were keeping tabs on what was going on through the comm links on their clothes.
So when they heard her address them as uncles they were now convinced that the three men were some how related to the president.
"Now run" Damien ordered and in a blink of eye damon zoomed off with the speed of light out of the property, and just then shots were fired. Damien winced in pain before the comm link went offline.
"What just happened?" Lauren panicked.
"I think he's been shot" Anderson said calmly. She felt her heart constrict and before she knew it she was finding it hard to breath properly..
"Are you ok Lauren?" Stephanie asked going closer to her partner who was paler than a white sheet.
"We need to go save him" lauren was able to say.
"But he told us to not leave the plane no matter what happened" Anderson asserted.
"He is alone there against God knows how many, are you fucking kidding me?" She lost her composure..