Chapter 31: Chapter 31

Author’s POV

Chase stopped the car when he reached at the location Albert sent to him.

He came out of his car and found himself standing in front of an old abandoned warehouse.

His heart was still trembling in his chest for Cara. He just hoped that she is okay and is waiting for him.

He moved his gaze to take in his surrounding and saw no one. He frowned. He thought the place would be guarded by at least few goons if not by many but it looked like there was not a single living being breathing around here.

He was just about to fish his phone from his pocket when his phone started ringing making his jaw clench.

He slid his fingers over the phone screen and put it over his ear. His grip on his phone tightened when he heard the voice, “Finally you are here”.

Chase moved his gaze and it fell on the person he wants to kill at this very moment with his bare hands, standing near the entrance of the warehouse.

“Come on my boy, we have so many things to catch up on” Albert said and turned on his heels.

Chase could clearly hear him smirking as he said those words and he wanted nothing but to strode up to him and wipe that smirk off of his face but he stopped himself.

‘You have to calm down Chase. Cara is still in his hold. You can’t make any mistakes' he reminded himself.

Pushing his phone in his front pocket Chase started moving with his jaw clenched and his hands balled to his side.

He saw Albert opening the door and making his way inside as he informed anyone who was inside about his arrival.

Chase reached the door and his concerned eyes searched for the person whose absence around him was driving him insane.

Soon they fell on her and finally he could breath again. He saw her sitting on the other end of the room and couldn’t move his gaze away.

He started walking towards her while keeping his eyes fixed on her. He stared into her blue orbs which were staring at him with recognition in them.

Chase stepped in the light and his name left her lips almost in an inaudible whisper but he heard her.

Seeing her again, hearing her voice say his name made him feel alive again.

His concerned gaze did a quick scan of her entire body and he sighed in relief when he saw she was not hurt.

His gaze fixed on her face again and it lingered over her left cheek which looked red. He could see imprints of fingers forming on her cheek and it burned his insides in anger. To top it off her tear stained face and her bloodshot red eyes were not helping either.

His hands clenched so tight that his knuckles turned white. But he knew better than to act on his impulses right now when Cara was still in enemy’s hands.

He averted his gaze from Cara to glare at Albert and said with clenched jaw, “As you wanted, I am here. So let her go”.

Albert chuckled at his words and said something which made both Cara and Chase anxious,

“What’s the rush? The game is just about to start”.

Chase gulped in fear as he knew Albert was a complete psychopath. The games he always mentions and enjoys playing are always related to ruining someone’s life.

In past it was his sister Valarie and now the person he wants to play with is his girlfriend Cara.

Chase shook his head. He can’t let him take another person away from him. He won’t.

He couldn’t protect his sister in past but he will protect Cara this time. He definitely will, at any cost.

And to do that he has to eliminate this f**king bastard who is hell bound on ruining his life.

With determination in his heart and rage flowing in his each vein Chase marched towards Albert.

He could take only two step forward when he felt someone grabbing both of his arms from behind and Cara’s eyes widened in fear and she whimpered out feeling helpless, “Chase…”.

But only two men were not enough to hold him down to a place. And most definitely not when he was in control of his anger.

With one swift movement Chase pulled the person who was holding his right hand forward and kicked him in his gut using all of his strength making him fall on the floor with a thud.

Then he turned to other person and punched him right across his face breaking his nose in the process. When his hold loosened around his arm he kicked him too, making him fall away from him.

Within few seconds both of them were lying on the floor, groaning in pain.

Chase moved his angry gaze back to Albert who was staring at him in amusement and it resulted in making Chase even more furious.

He again started storming towards Albert ready to kill him but his feet halted in his tracks when suddenly the whole place illuminated with bright light.

His eyes got shut due to sudden invasion of light but when he opened them again they widened in shock.

Almost more than fifty men were present in the same warehouse he was in. All of them were masculine and bigger in size than Chase. By seeing them it seemed like they are going to be good fighters.

‘You can’t fight all of them alone’ his subconscious mind said to him and he had to agree.

“You didn’t thought that I would be all alone here, did you?” Albert asked with a smirk. Chase glared at him with fury in those gray orbs of his.

“I didn’t know that you were such a coward to bring that many people for a kid like me” Chase spat.

“I wouldn’t have brought them here if you were a trustworthy person. Yours father is Mayor and who knows you might have cried in front of him complaining that someone stole your favourite toy from you. I had to play safe don’t you agree?” he said.

Chase’s fists tightened even more when he heard Albert call Cara his toy. He can’t tolerate anyone disrespecting her like this.

“Did you call your father to tell him on me?” he asked with a raise of brow making Chase gulp.

“You told me to come alone and I think you can clearly see that I don’t have f**king bunch of people behind me protecting my a*s like you do” Chase gritted out.

Albert chuckled. “I love it. I love this anger in you. I swear I missed it my boy”. Chase cringed at the nickname he uses to address him.

“And do you know what else I miss?” he questioned making Chase raise his brow questioningly.

“You begging in front of my eyes” he said and a very familiar fear settled in Chase’s gut. He has heard him say the same thing to him in the past.

“I miss seeing you beg in front of me with tears in your angry eyes in order to protect the one you cherish” Albert completed and a soul piercing scream fell on Chase’s ears.

His fear filled eyes snapped in the direction of Cara who was still sitting on the floor.

His heart squeezed in his chest when he saw someone was grabbing her hairs harshly in a tight fist, jerking her head backwards.

Her tiny fists were circled around the wrist of the person as she tried to struggle out of his hold. Her teary gaze was still fixed on Chase.

His moved his eyes from her to glare at the person who dared to touch his Cara and his eyes widened.

‘Law…'

He couldn’t believe his eyes. He didn’t see him till now as his whole focus was on Cara and Albert.

‘Was he here the all time? But why is he here? Is he with Albert in all of this?’ a question crossed his mind and his anger flared up.

His face turned hard and he wanted to break the hands which were hurting his Cara.

But before he can make any move to go forward or even think about anything, two men grabbed him from behind, again.

They were holding him by his shoulders and twisted his hands to his back and cuffed them. Then they forced him on his knees and kept holding onto him, not letting him move.

“F**k!” Chase growled trying to struggle out of their holds but the way they were holding him was making it difficult for him to even move an inch of his body.

“Let’s get started with it, shall we?” Albert exclaimed excitedly as if he was having the fun of his life right now.

His words were followed by another scream leaving from Cara’s mouth. Chase snapped his head in her direction to find Law burying his face in the crook of her neck. His one hand still had a tight grip on her hairs pulling her head backwards.

“Get off of her you f**ker” Chase growled like an animal as he used all of his strength to get himself free but his body froze when he heard Albert speaking,

“Do you want to see her without any clothes on her body?” Chase clenched his fists so tight that his nails were digging into his palms, drawing the blood. His whole body was shaking in pure rage.

“Oh you must have already seen everything, right? Then… how do you feel about everyone present in here watching her getting undressed?” Albert asked while staring into Chase’s eyes with a smirk.

“Don’t you dare Albert” Chase growled out. “I won’t even hesitate before killing you and that bastard if he didn’t take his hands off of her right at this moment”.

Albert chuckled and continued ignoring his threat, “So here are the rules for the game I mentioned”.

“If you didn’t stop struggling against my men or tried to fight against them then the consequences are going to be borne by her” he pointed towards Cara who was shivering in Law’s hold as he was keeping her body flushed into his own.

Chase’s heart was trembling in his chest. Yes he was angry to see someone else touching her like this. He was raging, right.

But he was more scared. He knew how crazy Albert is. Everything this monster did to his sister in his presence when he was just a kid and the condition in which she was when he saw her dead body, flashed in front of his eyes.

A cold shiver ran down his spine and he felt something weird building in his stomach as he listened to Albert continuing.

“If you move even an inch of your body then your friend over there who is holding your girlfriend so close to himself will remove a piece of her clothes off of her body. Simple right?”

“Let her go Albert” his voice came out trembling and he felt his throat becoming dry.

“So the game starts now. And it will end as soon as I feel satisfied with your begging in front of me” Albert explained, comfortably getting settled on a chair his man just brought for him.

“You f**ker” Chase growled again trying to get up on his feet as both his anger and fear started overwhelming him. But he was pushed back down by the guys who were holding him.

“First strike” Albert announced and Chase’s eyes widened in pure terror when he understood the meaning behind his words.

“No…” he whispered under his breath shaking his head side by side as he averted his gaze back to Cara.

“No…ahhh…” she shouted when Law started unbuttoning the shirt she was wearing. She tried to swat his hands away but he grabbed both of her wrist in his one hand and twisted them behind her back, causing a cracked sob escaping her trembling lips.

“No… no..!” Chase shook his head as his features reflected the fear which he was feeling deep inside.

“Please… please Albert.. let her go. I beg you…please!” he shouted in a voice laced with concern, fear, terror.

“I beg you please… I’ll do anything that you say, anything you want me to do. Just leave her alone” Chase begged again as the tears started stinging the back of his eyes.

He moved his gaze back to Cara who was crying bitterly still trying her best to struggle out of Law’s hold but was failing miserably. Law had already unbuttoned all of the buttons and she looked completely helpless.

And Chase knew that feeling of helplessness. He felt that way when he saw Valarie’s dead body. He is feeling the same way right now.

He is cursing himself in his head for not bringing the gun he has taken out of his closet. If he did, then he would have shot Albert as soon as he came here and found his Cara. Then this situation wouldn’t have occurred.

‘Please John come soon. The situation is getting out of control” He wished in desperation.

“How is it so easy for you to beg like this?” Albert asked feeling disappointed yet again, remembering how easily Chase had gotten on his knees and had started begging when his sister was in the same situation in the past.

“I would never beg for ANYONE in this world” He emphasized on the word ‘anyone’.

Chase couldn’t understand what kind of pleasure Albert gets in making him beg like this? And why he gets so pissed when he actually starts begging?

Didn’t he want to see him beg in the first place? What’s his deal?

But Chase didn’t reply to his question and kept begging without stopping.

“It’s not fun if you give up so easily” Albert shook his head. “Let’s try something else” he paused to glance back at Cara who was still in her shirt.

For some reason Law didn’t take it off of her body and stopped right after unbuttoning it.

Albert sent a glare his way but didn’t point it out or questioned him. He just fixed his gaze on her face. Cara stared back at him with her teary eyes.

“He proved his love to you Cara. Now it’s your turn. Let’s see what you can do for your love”. Chase’s eyes widened as another fear started crawling into each and every vein in his body.

“Start beating him” Albert commanded his men while keeping his eyes still fixed on Cara’s face.

Cara’s eyes were as wide as saucers when she heard his words. “No.. no!” she shouted at the top of her lungs when one of the man kicked Chase making him fly away and landing on the floor with a loud thud.

Then four men walked towards him and started beating him, kicking him mercilessly.

“Chase..” she cried out and pain was clearly audible in her voice. “Please… stop it… let him go please…” Cara begged.

Albert lifted his hand up and his men stopped their assault on Chase. Chase lied there on the floor coughing out blood.

Seeing him like this made Cara’s heart squeeze in uncontrollable pain. She wanted to walk up to him and pull him into her arms and tend all of his wounds. But this stupid chain was not even letting her move from her place.

She turned her eyes back to Albert when he started speaking again, “It looks like you can’t see him getting hurt, right?” he faked concern on his face and continued.

“So let’s see if you can sacrifice yourself for the love of your life” he paused. Both Chase and Cara’s insides filled with unimaginable fear at his words.

Cara felt her world crumbling down in front of her eyes when Albert continued.

“This, your boyfriend” he pointed towards Chase “my men will start beating him non stop until his heart stops beating and he lies here dead in front of our eyes”.

Cara’s heart stopped beating when he uttered those words. She tried to swallow the big lump that formed in her throat upon hearing his words but couldn’t swallow it.

Instead the lump became even more bigger that she felt her breath getting stuck at the back of her throat as she heard his next words.

“But they won’t do anything to him and he can live, if you let Law do anything to yourself and devour that gorgeous body of yours until he is satisfied”.

And this time it was Chase whose heart stopped beating in his chest when he heard Albert’s condition.

His wide open eyes which were filled with panic shot towards Cara as she whispered releasing a shaky breath,

“Okay I will do as you say, just don’t do anything to him”.