Chapter 21 ** My Girl **

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Train Wreck By James Arthur ||

[ VERONICA'S POV ]

We both heard another loud explosion that came from nearby spots. Snapping out from my thoughts, we both made our way outside in haste. Asher was already at the top of our ship. His features were taut and composed as he looked through the deep ocean unblinkingly.

Two spots from our ship were on fire. Even the water couldn't reduce the power of bomb after the explosion happened. Dark smoke started engulfing the air and made it impossible to look through what laid beyond the darkeness.

Asher didn't even turn back after our arrival. He spoke knowing that we were standing behind him,
" She was right...They have come to destroy her.."

I almost cried out in anxiety and controlled before questioning worriedly,
" What will we do now? We haven't found Victoria yet."

Asher gripped the railing harder and explained in a deep voice,
" They don't intend to kill us. They are threatening us to give back their girl and go back from here."

Blake spoke scooting closer,
" So you meant that they want us to leave?"

Asher nodded running his sharp eyes into the smokefire,
" Yes! If they really thought about attacking us, something would have happened to us already."

This made sense! Why would they blast in a empty place inside the water?

Blake assured looking away into the fireplace,
" Then we should step back and think about entering in an alternative way. I know that It's needed to find Victoria as soon as possible but we can't put so many people's lives at risk. You have already lost few members for us."

Asher pondered for a while then turned around to face us. His face was darkening in anger as he hated to be threatened this way. I understood that men like him liked to fight back to showcase his power. But Victoria's life was in their hands and that made us all helpless in this situation.

Asher informed us in deep voice,
" We will eventually leave for now but they won't ever get that woman back."

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Blake asked me to put on the bullet proof jacket. Since they were eyeing on us, everything could be happened. We decided to go back through speedboat. The rest of members would come back later but Asher decided to send us fast since we had security issues.

Asher pushed the woman who imposed Victoria in front us. Except her hands, her mouth was tightly sealed and she had no power on her body except whining.

Asher told before leading us the way of speedboat,
" She will stay in your villa for this days, Blake. Keeping her with us isn't safe at all. Her life is threatened."

Blake responded folding his own jacket belt and gave me a hand to pull down from the stairs to jump on the speed boat. The woman followed after us. She managed to jump down without any assistance. I guess, being part of such horrific mafia made her professional in this aspect already.

The speed boat had only four of us. When I was wondering who would drive the boat, I saw Asher starting the engine under Blake's instruction.

Wait... Blake knew how to run a speed boat? It seemed like I don't know nothing of him.

The woman and I were standing on their back. One of the soldier spoke to Asher from the ship,
" Careful on your way, Chief."

Asher responded him in a hum and decided to move from their as soon as possible. I passed a sympathetic look at the tied up woman and asked in a low voice,
" Does it hurt?"

She was captivated for a long time and it made me quite upset that we were the sole reason behind every people's misery. In return, she gave me a sadistic smile through her sealed mouth. I didn't understand why but I felt like her eyes were giving an unknown farewell.

The speed boat drove away, battling against the giant waves hardly and rolled our bodies rhythmically over the boat. Lucky, I had my seatbelt on and didn't let me fall off from my spot.

Blake and Asher were in high alert as they roamed their sharp eyes periodically over the areas nearby. A gasp escaped out from my lips when I saw the black revolver on Blake's waist.

Did he know how to shoot? How did he learn?

I had numerous questions flaunting inside my thoughts. Staring hard at his waist, I began to wonder randomly.

Not a long after, I heard a sound of bullet firing. Before I could proceed what was going to happen, Blake jumped onto me and pressed my body down inside the boat. The bullets passed away over our heads and ran in random direction.

My face was pressed against his chest as I heard his erratic breathing. His fingers raked through my hairs as I pressed my face harder against his chest coaxing softly,
" It's okay! I am here! Don't be afraid! "

My body relaxed in his embrace and his regular manly fragnance inhaled into my nostrils. Tilting my head up slightly, I saw that Asher was firing with his both hands. The boat was running on its own which scared me a lot.

When I thought that everything had calmed down, the woman sitting beside me screamed out in pain. I jerked tilting my head up and saw her blood stained chest. She had been fired several times and was spot dead.

A fearful gasp escaped through my lips as I inteneded to offer her little help but Blake held me down. Another giant wave hit our speed boat and moved it recklessly.

The woman's numb body couldn't manage to stay on its spot and under my watchful eyes, her body fell down into the ocean.

I freaked out in fear and muttered to Blake pressing my nose into his chest,
" She is dead..Blake..She told us that they wouldn't let her live..She was right..We could have saved her.."

I brust into tears and sobbed hard over his chest. This is was the first time that I had seen someone so close dying. Even Victoria's incident didn't terrify me so much as her death caused me.

Blake let me spoke everything and coaxed me still not getting me up,
" Sssh! Veronica! She would have been dead if she stayed with them any longer. At least, she was in peace for a day away from their torture. Our torture was nothing for her in comparison. Stop taking blame for everything! "

Asher turned around to stare down at us worriedly. He asked frowning his brows a little and shot me a concerned glance,
" You okay?"

Blake ran his long fingers through my hairs messily and replied on my behalf,
" She will feel better soon! It was just panic attack that she got from the shot."

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We safely returned to our house at that night. During the ride, I didn't speak much and Blake tried hard to pursue me in talking. The incident left me speechless and fearful. Whenever I memorized the dead body of that young girl, I heard my breathing hitched slightly.

Leaning against the bedpost, I stared outside at the gloomy sky. Blake entered holding a warm glass milk and came over to sit beside me.

His brows were tightly caressed as he spoke passing the glass to me,
" Things like this would happen oftenly from now on, Veronica. We are fighting against a group of bloody cold Mafias who don't care about human lives. It's best for you if you forget everything. You started to make me worry. Please have this one! "

I refused to talk nor did I showed any interest of drinking that milk. He resumed getting closer,
" You want your sister back safe and sound, don't you?"

My body stiffened a little after his words came out. Swallowing down bitterly, I passed him a blank look and his expression melted like water. He pressed the cup between my lips and pursued again,
" Please drink this one! You look so pale. Asher will come back for us tomorrow. Then we will track Victoria's location soon. If you want to find your sister unharmed, please take care of your health first."

His words gave me realization that I was torturing myself for no good reason. Without giving him any additional pressure, I drank the milk from his hands. His lips formed into a wide smile as his comment came out cheekily,
" That's like my girl."

I almost choked on the milk when he addressed me as his girl. It sounded weird and kinda intimate. Even he noticed later on and corrected clearing his throat awkwardly,
" Aah..I mean, that's like a good girl."

His phone vibrated in his pocket. Giving me the cup to continue drinking, he pressed the phone in his ears and replied briefly,
" Okay! I will be there soon."

Who did call him so late at night?