Chapter 26: Chapter 26

"Reil! What did he say?" Emiem whispered while I was closing the front door in the cottage.

"Who?" I whispered back.

"Blake." She whispered, only air came out of her mouth.

"I didn't tell him." I twisted the key twice the time and pulled the door to confirm whether it was locked tightly.

"You what?" She practically yelled, her eyes widen like a panda.

"Shhh! don’t shout!!" I scolded her before wrapping the scrap around my face.

"I thought you are going to ask for his help too!!" She whispered yelled.

"I had thought but it's not a good idea. He was not in the right mind when I found him in his cabin. And don't expect a positive reaction from him. Definitely, he would stop me." I glanced at my wristwatch only to see we have ten minutes to six.

"How will a single pen stop Heil from attacking us?." She blabbered throughout the entire walk, me on the while simply prayed inside my heart. I'm not risking my life, Emiem's too as well as Blake.

He won't survive without me. But Blake was right when he said Heil was allergic by this tone. He has saved his life several times from Heil and I trust my man and his skill. If this pen has the capacity to save my man's life then it will save ours too.

"Trust me. I don't know but it will." I zipped her mouth and handed her a pen. She shook her head but I placed the pen in her palm forcefully.

"What if I put the pen down out of anxiety?" Her hand shook a bit.

"You won't because you are caring for my life." I winked at her.

"I think your phone is vibrating." Emiem pointed my clutch but I pretended like I didn't hear her and walked further.

I know who is calling me. He has no other way, he should call me if he wants to seek my apology. He touched my patience when I tried to convince him in his cabin.

He was mad at me for no reason. What's going on inside his pretty brain? Only God can predict him correctly.

"Hey! I'm talking to you." Emiem shouted but slapped her mouth with her hands when we heard the cracking sounds from the bush.

"Emiem switch ON that device," I whispered while my hand searches the 6' syringe which my Uncle gave to me. Inside the syringe, I placed a liquid that would harm any species.

"Emiem! What are you doing?" I yelled at her.

"I..I put it down. Help me to find the device!!" She screamed.

"Shitt!!" I cursed loudly. I dogged my clutch and took out my phone. "Are you going to call Blake?" She asked, her face covered with sweat.

"No!! Let's search for the device!!" I switched on the torchlight.

"What if Heil comes?" She asked but froze on her spot. Fortunately, she got the device.

"It's.. it's... Your.. behind." She uttered something but I couldn't able to catch exactly what she was saying.

"Don't turn around." She cried but I was too fast to turn my back and faced Heil face to face.

Labtab... Labtab....labtab.....

He was staring at me intensively as my face was very familiar to him. But I'm covering my face with the shawl so he couldn't have seen my face, right?

"I..I know you.. you are a human. We can sit and talk.." I gulped down not knowing what to say. I'm talking to the blood-sucking animal, not the principal of my college!!

In a fraction of second, it grabbed my waist and lifted me in his hand. God!! He is so huge!!!

"Reilll!" Emiem shouted loudly, her voice would have broken the eardrum of all the animals that were living in the bushes.

"Listen...Listen we can talk. Don't do anything." I tried to divert his mind but no vain.

"Emiem! What the fu*k are you doing. Press the button!!!" I screamed when the huge monster brought my small frame towards his face. Probably it's gonna eat me alive!!

But it unwrapped the knot behind my head with his nail and my face was fully revealed in front of him. Huhuuh! What if he changes his mind and ripped me two-part? A bead of sweat formed in the corner of my head.

"Please don't kill me." I surrendered myself raising my hands but luck was not on my side cause he saw the syringe in my right hand and his features became softened. Wait... Softened??

And then I noticed he was looking at my waist where the drop of blood was stained against my shirt. Ohh! Is his human side overcame his monster? Using this opportunity as my life saving second, I stabbed the giant syringe in his chest and injected the whole liquid.

It snarled angrily and when I thought it's going to crush me in his hand, Emiem pressed the right button and the squealing sound occupied the entire bush.

Thank God!!!

"Oops!" I rubbed my butts where I got a heavy slap from the ground. Glaring at us for what seemed to years, it ran away.

"Shuu!!" I let out a sigh of relief and tried to wake up but the pain in my waist dragged me to the ground once again.

"Reil! You okay!" Emiem helped me to stand up. Her eyes were wet with tears.

"I think so." I wiped the dust from my pants and shirt then smiled vigorously like I achieved something big in my life.

"I thought you were okay.." Emiem's tone changed from concern to anxiety.

"Of course I'm!!” I flashed her a toothless grin even though the pain in my waist was piercing my every flesh.

"First! The pen is working. Second! I injected the liquid successfully into his chest. We did Emiem, we did it!!" I squealed happily.

"Yes! We did it!" She hugged me. "Okay.. Let’s leave the place quickly before it shows up." Her face turned white however she nodded her head and gave her hand for my support till we reached the cottage.

We both released our heavy breaths once we unlocked the front door but we were welcomed by the loud voice that stopped us in the midway.

"I'm asking you, Reil. Where the heck have you been?"

"Blake?" I whispered, my breath hitched against my throat and I find it's very hard to breathe. In a matter of second, my whole surroundings started to spin around and I saw him running towards my direction through my blur vision, but thankfully I fell in Blake's arm instead of falling on the hard floor.

"Blood?!" His thumb pressed against my injured waist which caused me to flinch with pain. His face has mixed emotions as he was in pain... hurt... and angry?

"You're alright. Don't worry." I nodded my head before passed out in his lap. Don't tell me he is going to inject the same yellow liquid in my butt!!!

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"She's up." I heard the familiar voice says.

"I know. Now leave." A stern voice spoke through the air.

In a short time, footsteps faded out of my room. Feeling very lazy to open my eyes I snuggled very deep into the pillow and once again threw off into sleep but who said I will get the sleep as I want.

The gentleman beside me stroked my cheeks and said, "Let’s put an end card to your drama. Now open your eyes."

"I want to sleep. Please." I murmured, my eyes were closed tightly.

"You have pretty of time. But before that answer my question." He asked smoothly, caressing my hair.

"Go ahead." I yawned.

"Yesterday, where did you go?" My steady heartbeat skipped a bit and accelerated randomly.

I was in the bush with Emiem and Heil was with us too. Then...then...what happened then??

"Reil." My name was being called by him for the nth time.

I sat abruptly and faced his angry face. "I was with Heil" I blurted out.

He gave me a weird look like I was not in the right mind. Oops!

"I mean I saw Heil in the bush." I looked at him like a child who has been waiting for a long time to get her mom's feedback about her report card.

"That's not my question." He gave me a stern look for which I masked my face with a fake cough.

"Let's eat. I will bring your breakfast." He stormed out of my room like a lightning.

I heaved a heavy sigh and fell on the bed with my back. Ouch!! My back hurt like a hell. He has injected me that damn yellow liquid!!

"Reil." I heard a familiar voice and a shy smile appeared in the corner of my lips. It's been a long time since I called him. I wonder how he is doing. Maybe I will call him, later.

"Reil?" That voice heard once again in my head. Ohhooo...I missed him already.

"Reil?" I'm not dreaming!! It's real. My uncle is here.

"Uncle!" I opened my eyes and saw him looking down at me.

"Hey!-" my words cut off in the midst because of his interruption.

"You are coming with me. No argument." He said angrily.

"But why?" I stood up.

"I had warned you already but you haven't heard me seriously and now you dragged your life to hell." His tone held bitterness.

"I'm safe here." I protested.

"Until Heil gets you." He grabbed my hand tightly but his grip was loosened in a slight second and he was thrown away by a sudden force.

"Blake!! What are you doing?" I ran towards them and tried to get his grip from my uncle's throat.

"He is my uncle!" I screamed which made him loosened his grip.

"Who is he?" My uncle coughed rubbing his throat up and down.

"Blake. My.. my boyfriend." His eyes widen with horror and his face became pale as I said to him I was 3 months pregnant with his baby. Having a boyfriend is a normal thing, right?

"You are-?" His voice shuttered. His legs were shaking visibly as someone poured the bucket of ice cubes in his foot whereas he clasped both his hands so that he could remain stable.

"Uncle, what happened to you?" I reached the glass of water but he stopped me. "I want.. to.. talk.. to..to you." He said looking at Blake but his voice has no authority, it looks like he was pleading.

"I don't want to," Blake replied harshly as he doesn't want to meet any new person, especially him. His eyes held so much anger and he drew me very close to him as my uncle is here to kidnap me.

"Just five minu—"

"I said No." He clenched his jaw. They both held eye contact, there I can able to read anger in Blake's eyes whereas my uncle's eyes were sunk by guilty

"Take-- " My uncle cleared his throat. "Take care, Reil." He averted his gaze from me before walking out of my room. It's like he was saying his final goodbye as he will never see me again like me, myself sacrificing my life for nothing.

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