Chapter 65

"Yes mistress"

"Where were you yesterday?" Delaney questioned, still shooting daggers at Antoinette. The scared girl shivered and fiddled with her fingers, trying her best not to look suspicious.

"Um.. I went to the flower shop" she answered, her gaze fixed on the floor.

"Really? And after that?"

"Nowhere mistress"

"Liar!!" Delaney fired, Antoinette flinched.

"I saw you Antoinette, I saw you leaving from the old warehouse" she revealed and Antoinette gasped. She wasn't expecting to be caught.

"Now you better listen to me you little twerp, keep your nose out of my business, don't meddle in affairs that do not concern you. Make sure nobody else hears this, if not" she paused and looked around to make sure that no one was watching them.

"If anyone hears what happened, I'll have you killed and tossed into a pit and nobody will ever know I did it. If you want to dare me, go right ahead and open your mouth, you'll regret it.

Are we clear?"

"Yes mistress, I'm sorry" Antoinette sobbed.

Delaney was powerful enough to do what she had just said and Antoinette knew that. Besides, why would Logan listen to her? Nobody would believe her without proof so she thought it was better to keep her mouth shut than die for nothing.

"Good, now get out of my sight" Delaney ordered and Antoinette rushed back into the kitchen. She made sure that Liliana didn't notice how restless she was, she acted like everything was normal.

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Adena rushed into the torture house breathing heavily, she rushed into Tyson's arms, looking rather perturbed.

"Adena, why do you look so disturbed?" Tyson asked, caressing her hair in a bid to calm her down.

"I heard.. I heard Logan coming. He's going to kill you" Adena was still breathing heavily, tears running down her cheeks.

"Don't cry Adena. I already knew that a day like this would come. It had to be sooner or later" Tyson said, with a smile as he was still comforting Adena.

"No" she pulled away from him and wiped his tears.

"You've been too good to me. I can't bear to see you die just like that. Tyson, I have to get you out of here" she said, springing to her feet with her eyes searching the whole place for escape routes.

"Adena you know it's impossible to leave here. There are guards everywhere outside" Tyson reminded, having lost all hope, but Adena didn't want to give up.

She didn't know whether it was the love she had for him, or the fact that he had a good heart that made her want to help him so badly.

"All the guards are with him right now. He's having a word with them and will be here immediately after that" Adena said, taking a look out the door. There were no guards in sight. She remembered there was a back gate, the same back gate that Damon helped Camilla to escape from.

"Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to go out there and cause a distraction, you take that route" she helped him get up and pointed to the small hallway that led to the back gate.

"You'll leave through the back gate from there and run as far as you can" she said, still panting and sweating. Tyson smiled at her bravery.

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine. Just go" she said.

"I love you Adena" he pulled her to his chest and squeezed her a bit. He had never been in love before, but she made him feel things he had never felt before.

"We shouldn't waste anymore time" she separated from him and smiled, with her eyes glistening with tears.

"I hope to see again someday my precious Adena" he kissed her forehead and she ran off, ready to cause a scene.

"Master!!!" She shrieked, falling at Logan's feet, disrupting his meeting with the guards.

"Oh master!!" She wailed dramatically and they all watched in shock. Logan especially was surprised at what was happening.

"Please, please don't kill the prisoner. I will take any punishment you give me, but please, please don't kill the innocent prisoner" she cried at the top of her voice, throwing herself on the floor and rolling from one end to the other. She managed to capture all their attention and allowed Tyson to sneak away to the back gate.

"Halt!!" The guard at the back gate commanded when he saw Tyson. But before the guard could utter another word, Tyson gave him a big punch to the face with his last energy and picked up the guard's gun.

Shooting him would attract attention, so instead, he used the gun to knock him unconscious. He opened the gate and ran for his life, as fast as his legs could carry him.

"What's this nonsense!!?" Logan thundered, tired of watching Adena's petty display.

"Buster, I thought I told you to lock her up, what is she doing here?"

"Master, you didn't ask me to lock her up. You said to keep her in the torture house, but with the same freedom she had before" Buster bowed. Logan groaned.

"Adena stop this nonsense immediately" he yelled at her but she continued wailing, pleading with him not to kill Tyson.

"Stop it. You're distracting us.." Logan paused and gasped loudly. He had realized exactly what Adena was up to.

"F*ck! Go and check the prisoner!!" He ordered and a few of the guards ran off. He followed them, gritting his teeth and cursing angrily.

"He is not here master!" Buster looked disappointed in himself. He knew he was going to get punished.

"You fools!!" Logan roared.

"How could you let him escape right under your noses!? Not even one of you stayed back to guard him!!" He yelled at them and they all got to their knees, apologising. He groaned and shot at one of them. The unlucky guard dropped down dead while the others continued to plead and beg

"Get me that slave!" He ordered. Within seconds, Adena was standing in front of him. She was again, shivering.

"How dare you trick me? How dare you?! You helped him escape and now you'll pay for it!" He screamed at her and tears fell from her eyes, drenching her gown.

"You" he pointed to one of his guards.

"Take her to my room and lock her in there. I will not spare her this around" he flashed his pair of brown eyes at Adena, they were filled with rage and she quickly looked away.

"The rest of you, go and find that son of a b*tch and this time, kill him on sight" he ordered, wiped the roof of his mouth and walked out in anger.

Adena was tied to Logan's bed again, she curled herself up in the corner and wept bitterly. When is all this going to end?

The torture, the fear, the pain.. when?

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Camilla was busy playing with Zoey that evening. Damon was at the study, handling some of Logan's work.

"I win again aunt. You're so bad at this game" Zoey chimed, clapping in excitement. Camilla sighed. She wasn't losing on purpose, she was bad at board games.

"Let's play again" Zoey demanded.

"Do we have to? I'm exhausted" Camilla said, yawning. Her phone rang and she picked it up from the sofa. It was an unknown number.

📞 "Camilla"

The voice sounded familiar.

📞 "Who is this?"

📞 "It's me, Tyson. I'm calling from a landline. Are you okay? Where are you?"

Camilla shed tears when she heard her brother's voice again after so many days of him being in captivity. She was so relieved that he was safe.

📞 "Tyson.. oh my God. How are you? I'm at Damon's"

📞 "No, listen sweetheart, you have to get out of there. Don't tell him anything, just run. Logan is searching for me, he might hurt you too. Please".

📞 "But Damon isn't bad"

📞 "He is still loyal to Logan. Just do as I say and get out of there. I'm out of coins I can't call you again"

The call disconnected immediately and Camilla couldn't control her tears. How on earth is she going to leave without telling Damon?

Many things started going through her head, could she really be in danger with Damon here? What if Damon surrenders her to Logan?

"No" she sighed.

She was about to go upstairs to pack her things when Damon showed up in front of her.

"Babe?" He called.

She froze, her brain tried to rake up a lie.

"Where are you going to in a rush, looking so pale?" He asked.

"I have to go" she started to see him in a a dangerous light.

"Go where?"

"Leave my way Damon!" She shoved him aside and ran upstairs.

He was about to follow her but his own phone rang and it was Logan.

📞 "Boss"

📞 "Is Camilla with you Damon? Or do you know where she is? Don't let her escape. Her brother just escaped and I want him back at all costs"

📞 "What?"

📞 "Damon, if you betray me again, it'll be the end of our friendship and your life. Don't do it"

📞 "Logan.."

The call ended and he was left confused. Why does Logan enjoy putting him in difficult situations? Why now? He just managed to get Camilla to accept him, now he wants to capture her?

"Babe!!" He followed Camilla upstairs.



"Babe!!" Damon entered the room and met Camilla packing her bags in a hurry. He approached her and held her hand. Camilla who was scared, flung his hand away and continued to pack.

"What are you doing? please stop" he said, struggling with her. They continued to struggle until he grabbed both her arms and held them as tightly as he could. Camilla couldn't get free.

"Let me go. I have to go!" She cried, breathing heavily as a result of all the struggling.

"Did Tyson contact you?" Damon asked, annoyed by her behavior. Camilla bit down her lip.

"Camilla, what exactly do you take me for? Did you think I would sell you off to Logan?" He asked, letting her hand go and grabbing her waist swiftly. She squirmed in his arms.

"You're loyal to him" she whispered, sniffing back her tears.

"You've been his friend since he was a boy, why would you betray him for me? A girl you barely know" she complained, tears flowing down her cheeks.

Damon sighed, he wiped her tears with his finger and hugged her head to his chest.

"I love you Camilla, and I would never let anything or anyone hurt you, including Logan. Yes, we've been friends for a long time and I know he would never hurt me, even if he does, then I will know he never deserved my friendship" Damon explained and kissed her hair.

"Listen babe" he pulled her away from his chest and cupped her cheeks in his hands.

"Logan doesn't know you're here. You have to get going. You have to get to a safe place" he said and she nodded, sniffing back her tears.

"I promise I will find you once all this is over" he peered into her eyes and she gave him a weak smile.

"I will find you, marry you, make love to you and get you pregnant" he smiled and she chuckled.

"I love you"

"I love you too"

Damon helped her to pack her bags and sent her off. Camilla couldn't go back to Tyson's house because that's the first place Logan would look, so she had to take the next available flight to Europe, where they grew up.

An hour after Camilla left, Logan arrived at Damon's house and met him with Zoey, still playing board games.

"Damon.."

"Zoey, go upstairs and watch TV" Damon said to Zoey and she ran upstairs happily.

"Where is Camilla?" Logan asked, his eyes scanned the house and it was obvious that he was angry.

"I don't know"

"Damon. I want to be sure that you're not lying to me" he growled at him.

"Affirmative. I'm not lying" Damon put on a straight face and Logan nodded.

"Alright. But you have to get a babysitter for Zoey, you're coming with me. I must find that b@stard and kill him. I made a terrible mistake by letting him live for that long" Logan complained.

"Can you believe that slave was the one who helped him escape?" Logan seethed.

Damon chuckled.

"Tell me the truth Logan, do you want to kill Tyson because he attacked you back then or because Adena loves him?"

"Are you jealous?"

"Why don't you admit that you're falling for your slave?"

"Damon!!" Logan thundered. He couldn't stand it anymore, he tried to stop himself from thinking about those things. He didn't want his heart to start feeling emotions like this.

"Let's just go" he said and left the house.

Damon shook his head and went to get his coat.

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"Dammit.. that sonofabitch!!" Logan growled, storming into the house. He searched literally the whole of New York for Tyson but his search was fruitless.

"Listen Damon, I want you to continue searching for him. And that sister of his, find one of them, at any cost. Even if you have to turn the whole earth upside down!" He ordered and left for his room, throwing dirty glares at anyone who stood in his way.

Adena who was tied up in his room, started to shiver in fear when she heard his voice from downstairs. Hearing his footsteps getting closer to the door made her heart sink into her stomach.

She whimpered, and prayed that he would spare her like the last time.

"Unfaithful slave" his deep, intimidating voice came as the door quietly pushed open. Adena lowered her head and continued moving backwards.

"You know that you betrayed your master, not once but twice. So what am I going to do with you?" Logan's face had a grin plastered on it. He took slow but steady steps over to where Adena was shivering in a corner.

"Please don't hurt me.. I'm sorry" she wept. Logan chuckled.

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle" he said and grabbed her arm, a shriek escaped from her mouth. He untied the ropes that were used to tie her to his bed, then he lifted her off the ground and threw her into the bed. Adena groaned and moved backwards.

"Please.. please don't.." she pleaded. But he approached her like a hungry lion stalking his prey, closer and closer, while she moved back. He got hold of her and tore her clothes off her body, exposing her pale, drained bare skin.

"Today, I'll show you that you're never to mess with me. I'll show you that you're mine and only mine. After I leave my mark on you, no other man will ever come close to you" he smirked dangerously and pounced on her.

Adena screamed her head off, trying to get free from the beast, but he was far too strong, stronger than her weak self.

He r@ped her again, to the point of her losing consciousness. He abandoned her body on the bed and left the room..

"Logan.." Delaney called, when she saw him coming down the staircase.

"Thank goodness you're here. I wanted to talk to you about a few things for the wedding" she said, excited.

"Later, I need some space right now" he said sternly and Delaney quietly stepped away.

Logan took one of his cars and drove out of town, all the way to the countryside, where he could be alone. He had a lot to think about because he didn't understand what was happening to him anymore.

Why did he feel so terrible that Adena loved someone else? Why did it hurt him so badly to see her risk her life for another man?

He couldn't figure it out.

He had promised himself, so many years ago, that his heart would only bear hatred and fury. That he would never feel any emotions. But why was Adena making it so difficult for him to keep that promise?

She is everywhere. He can't do anything without thinking about her, or work without her name repeating in his head.

Damn! Even when he's asleep, he can still see her pretty little face.

He groaned and puffed out smoke from his cigar.

"Logan"

He turned to see Damon smiling at him.

"Hey. How did you find me?"

"Delaney told me you said you wanted to be alone. And I know you quite well. I knew you would come here" Damon answered and Logan nodded. Nobody else, understands him as much as Damon.

"Remember, when we used to come here as kids? Just to give Liliana a heart attack from looking for us?" Damon chuckled, taking the cigar from Logan and putting it in his own mouth.

"Yeah, and she would chase us around the house with that large stick for hours until we all burst out laughing" Logan added and chuckled.

"Yeah, I wonder what happened to that stick"

"I fear that stick more than the devil" Logan said and they both burst out laughing.

"I miss this side of you, normally, you wouldn't discuss these memories with me, but look at you, laughing out loud" Damon said, grinning.

"So what are you implying?" Logan snatched his cigar stick back.

"Adena.. she brings out the best and the worst in you"

"Stop it Damon. You know I don't love. I have never fallen in love before" he said, sighing loudly.
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"Because you haven't met her. Look at you, you can't even deny it. You've been acting so jealous and possessive of her. Just admit it" Damon said, nudging him with his elbow.

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"Logan you're very stubborn, but one day you will admit that you love her. I just hope it's not too late by then"

"Too late" Logan corked his head to the side to look at Damon."

"Yes, you may lose her to Tyson for good. But you know she hates you"

Logan bit his lip at that statement. Knowing that Adena resents him made him feel bad.

"If you want to win her heart, you have to prove to her that you love her, not only that, but you have to change completely" Damon advised but Logan laughed it off.

"There's no way I'm going to change my entire personality because of a woman" he scoffed.

"Alright, but you'll come begging me to help you" Damon assured.

"We'll see about that" Logan stood up to enjoy the beautiful scenery from the top of the hill. He still couldn't take his mind off Adena.

What about Delaney? He still has to marry her. She's betrothed to him and he has to fulfil that responsibility.

"Logan!" Damon snapped him out from his thoughts.

"Yes?" He turned swiftly to look at the worried Damon.

"Liliana just called from the landline, Adena has been rushed to hospital" he broke the news.

Logan felt his heart skip a beat, and was immediately overwhelmed by guilt.



"Liliana! Liliana!" Damon called, rushing into the hospital reception with Logan behind him. Liliana and Antoinette were sobbing on one of the benches. Liliana rushed to them as soon as she saw them.

"What happened Liliana?" Damon questioned, Logan had his head lowered, unable to lift the guilt he was feeling.

Damon himself could not believe how much he started to care about a slave, maybe because he knew, how much Logan really liked her, despite his refusal to admit it.

"Well.." Liliana sniffed.

"I found her unconscious on Logan's bed. I tried everything to revive her, but she didn't budge. We had to rush her here, I'm scared she's.." Liliana paused and sobbed.

"No, nothing will happen to Adena. She's stronger than she looks" Damon assured, giving Liliana a pat on the shoulder.

"What's happening now?" He asked.

"The doctor is in there with her. They told us to wait" Liliana answered.

Damon nodded and turned to look at Logan was still hadn't said anything yet. He nodded at him and they went to sit on one of the benches.

Logan was surprised when Antoinette flashed a deadly glare at him, showing how angry she was over what he did.

Minutes later, the petite doctor came out to meet them, with her stethoscope in her hand. Her hair was a mess and she looked disorganized. She looked like she hadn't gotten any rest for days.

"Doctor, how is she?" Antoinette was first to speak, rushing to the doctor with tears in her eyes.

"She's fine now. It's nothing to worry about" the doctor answered, rubbing her forehead.

"Oh thank goodness" Liliana breathed out and sighed.

"Great, can we see her?" Damon asked.

"Sure but before that, if I may ask, what did that poor girl do to deserve all the harassment on her? She's bruised everywhere, and is obviously a victim of rape!" The doctor glared at them, infuriated over how Adena has been treated.

Liliana, Antoinette and Damon diverted their gazes to Logan who groaned.

"Mind your business will you?" He said to the doctor. The doctor gasped when she recognized Logan, she bit her lip and scratched her head.

"I'm sorry sir" she said, she wouldn't want to get into trouble with one of the most powerful men in the country, if not the most powerful.

"Follow me, I'll show you her ward" she said, walking ahead and they all followed her into the large hallway. Adena's ward was the room at the extreme.

"Adena" Antoinette called, rushing over to Adena's side.

"How are you feeling now? I thought I lost you!" Antoinette cried, giving her best friend a hug.

"I'm fine, doctor said so" Adena said, giving her a weak smile. Her eyes scanned the room and her gaze rested on Logan's figure. She fumed with hatred just by seeing him.

What was he even doing there?

Why did he come to the hospital when he wanted her dead?

She threw her face away and turned to Liliana.

"You haven't eaten anything. I brought some food from home" Liliana smiled, placing a lunch flask on the drawer. She opened it and the delicious aroma of the soup filled the room. She spoon-fed Adena by herself while Antoinette filled her in with a lot of gossip.

"Did you see?" Damon asked, leading Logan outside the ward.

"See what?"

"The way she looked at you.. she is angry with you, she hates you" Damon said, as they made their way out of the hospital.

"I don't f*cking care Damon. She can despise me all she wants. She's my f*cking slave and I'll do whatever I want with her!" Logan yelled and walked ahead in anger. He tried to convince himself that Adena will only be a slave and he'll never have anything to do with her emotionally.

"Ma, I need a favor from you" Adena bit her lip, holding Liliana's hand.

"What is it?"

"I have to go and see Tyson" she answered. Liliana and Antoinette gasped, shocked at her request.

"Are you out of your mind? It was Tyson that got you into this situation in the first place! How can you think of going to see him?" Liliana questioned, cross at her request.

"I'm sorry ma. But he called and asked to see me. I have to go and see him" Adena said, tears gathering in her eyes.

She doesn't know if it's love, but she felt something for Tyson, he always gave her a sense of wellbeing.

"Adena, I won't let you go and see him. Besides, if he truly loved you, he wouldn't endanger your life by asking you to come and see him" Liliana said sternly.

"Ma, please let her go. I'll go with her and we'll be back before Logan notices" Antoinette butted in, feeling bad for her friend.

"This is the last time I might see him. Please let me go" Adena added, sobbing already. Liliana sighed.

"I don't want you to get into any more trouble. Be careful and return soon" she said to Adena whose face lit up with excitement.

"Thank you so much ma!" She said, giving her a tight hug.

She didn't mind dying, besides, what was the purpose of her life?

To serve as a slave to Logan? To fulfil his sexual desires and experience pain in return?

Tyson was the only one who made her feel safe and happy and she didn't mind risking a little for him.

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"You came!" Tyson exclaimed, wrapping his arms around Adena and pulling her into a warm hug. Antoinette stood by the corner and watched the lovebirds embrace each other.

"Yes I did. But I have to hurry back soon. To the hospital before Logan notices my absence" Adena answered and looked around.

The apartment was small and packed with a lot of junk. There wasn't much furniture, just a bunch of used items lying around. It was one of Tyson's apartments, but he didn't use it anymore, he sold it to a junk collector.

"Hospital? Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine. I just passed out that's all" Adena replied, giving him a reassuring smile.

"So why did you call me here?"

"I'm leaving for Europe" Tyson announced.

"What?" She exclaimed.

"I have to go. I have to put my life back together. After being in Logan's custody for long, I've lost almost everything and now I'm just as broke as my father all those years ago. I have to build myself again, and I will come back for revenge" Tyson seethed.

"Revenge?" Adena asked, rubbing her arm. She was in doubt.

"Yes. And I'll be happy if you escape with me to Europe. We can start our life together and come back to teach Logan a lesson. I know you hate him too" Tyson took her hands in his and smiled hopefully at her.

"Um.. I.. I don't know" Adena couldn't make up her mind.

Yes, she hated Logan, but the thought of leaving him behind, and running away with Tyson made her cringe. And at the same time, she wanted to be free from slavery.

"Adena, you can't" Antoinette whispered.

"Adena, please" Tyson said, squeezing her hands.

"I.. I just.." she paused and sighed.

"I'll come with you" she said and Antoinette gasped.

"No you won't!" Logan's voice came, as intimidating as it has always been.

"F*ck!" Tyson cursed.

"How.." Adena trembled at the sight of Logan.

"How did I find you? I saw you leaving the hospital. I followed you"

"Do you really think you have that amount of freedom? I will teach you exactly what being a slave is all about, you will never again, leave my sight" he dragged her by the arm and pulled her over to his side. She squealed.

"Let her go!" Tyson yelled.

"She's my slave, mine"

"Today, she'll get to know exactly what the word slave means" he glared at Adena who was already in tears. Antoinette was also in tears, she stood by the corner, begging Logan not to harm Adena but he didn't give her a listening ear.

"And as for you, this is the end of the road for you" Logan said, pulling out a gun and pointing it at Tyson.

"No! No don't shoot him!" Adena yelled out.

In a twinkle of an eye, Tyson had pulled out his own gun and shot at the light bulb, allowing darkness to take over.

Random gunshots were heard, followed by screams from Adena and Antoinette.

"Logan!!" Adena called out but there was no response.

"Logan! Tyson!!" There was still no response.

"Antoinette.."

"Adena" she answered back weakly. Adena traced her voice and found her lying on the floor, she helped her up and they clung unto each other, since it was dark.

"Logan!!" Adena yelled out but there was still no response.

"Tyson.." she couldn't help but cry, her heart thumping in her heart, fearing the worst. She couldn't shake the feeling that this was all her fault.