New Enemy

Athena


He looked so unaffected and casual as if it wasn't just a murder he committed. He normally lit up a cigarette, the smoke that came off of it reflecting against his dark sunglass as he raised it to his mouth.

There was no rage I could notice, there was no hurry, it was just an utterly calm demeanour of Sebastian that I had got to see a few times but that too was not this intense.

The situation to me was confusing at first glance, and it was true that it scared me to see Sebastian killing another person right in front of my eyes with no emotion whatsoever. But when my eyes moved to take a look at the rest three men being held down to the ground by the guards, I became aware of what might be going on.

But I still have no idea about who these people were and why they were brought here; Each of them was heavily injured as if they have badly beaten before they were put in this place and Sebastian's bloody knuckles told the story— He was the one who have beaten them.

"Are these the same guys you all have noticed last night?" Sebastian's question was to the few guards who were just standing there for some reason I was yet to know.

But then when I looked at them carefully, I recognized two of them— They were the guards who were speaking about intruders last night.

So could that means these people were....

I did not get the chance to finish my thoughts because one of the guard's responses came, "Yes. We can recognize their smell really well, also we have seen this guy trying to hide in the backyard area." He pointed at the second guy in the row.

So they were the intruders. But was their real intention? Wait...were they hired by Celine to kill me?

Sebastian did not say anything else, instead, he walked closer to the guy that the guard had pointed at.

Without any word or reaction except for the slight clench of his jaw, he just grabbed that guy's jaw and shoved the muzzle of the gun inside of his mouth.

"Thinking of abducting my mate, huh? Quiet a brave move may I say," I laughed, but there was no humour in it, "Each one of you will die just like I killed that companion of yours." He motioned at the dead body floating over the pool.

"Alpha please forgive us, we did what we were told. Please spare our lives." One of the guys begged. He was scared, very scared for his life that Sebastian could take away at any time.

"You should have thought that before listening to your boss's order blindly. Hiding in the forest after trying to do such a forte wasn't the best choice either," He sounded cold and insensitive as always, "How much money Vincent Thompson gave you for the cost of your life?"

The eyes of the rest two men widened, the one who had the muzzle shoved in his mouth looked terrified to even breathe. None of them said a word.

Who could be Vincent Thompson?

"What if I give you triple the amount he has given you and your life in return to assassinate him? Would you do that?" He blew out the smoke and took out the gun and this time that man released a heavy breath he seemed to be holding till now.

"You all have got five minutes to decide," Sebastian took a few steps back and sat on the edge of the chaise lounge set opposite them, "Your answer will decide your fate."

Three of them exchanged a glance with each other, doubt shading their facial expressions since they were supposed to know it very well Sebastian Valdez was not amongst those who'd spare.

But what was he planning to do and who was Vincent Thompson and why that man wanted to abduct me?

"We will do it," One of the three men spoke.

At first, I thought it was because of the fear of their lives that they agreed to assassinate Vincent but...it was not, it was greed. Greed for money and judging by the smirk that took over Sebastian's lips I knew, he have noticed it too.

"But we need the cash in advance." Another one, added.

"Of course," Sebastian stood up, slowly loading his gun, "In fact, you all will get a reward too right now because I believe....humans who aren't loyal as dogs are venomous as snakes."

And in a flash of a second, three gunshots were heard.

All three of the man's dead bodies dropped on the floor— Each of them was shot right in the middle of the forehead.

I stood there on my spot, my stare settling unmoved and body stilled in shock. There was confusion regarding how was I even supposed to react. All of it happened just in the lapse of the blink of an eye.

All of them were dead.

"Discard these bodies," Sebastian told the guards and threw the cigarette away before he took off his sunglasses.

And then....his eyes locked with mine.

Thousands of surreal emotions exploded inside of me, my breathing halted and my eyes stopped blinking.

I felt the fear trying to consume me but I did not let it take control of me, I did not break away from his gaze in fact I looked at him. Trying to read through the blue of his enchanting eyes that were always so cold and indecipherable. But I found nothing— Perhaps he was just too good at hiding everything or perhaps, he didn't let himself feel anything at all.

A few moments later, he looked away but that was only so that had inside the mansion.

I found myself shifting my gaze towards the door of the room, nervousness and somewhat terror seeping through the cracks.

I knew he was coming here.

And the next moments I heard his heavy footsteps causing me to move inside the room from the balcony and then the door opened with a slam and like I had expected, Sebastian walked in.

His blue eyes set on me as he put the gun on the table and stalked towards me. I clutched onto the sides of my dress, trying to stop myself from shaking.

It was hard to act unaffected when all those terrible memories of Sebastian's torture were flashing in front of my eyes a thousand times a minute.

He walked closer to me and slipped his hand around my waist as he harshly pulled me closer to him causing my body to slam against his chest, his manly cologne instantly wafted into my nostrils.

His hand moved to grab my jaw and he pressed his lips upon mine, claiming them in a possessive and fierce kiss.

Panic began to permeate through my body and my hands began to fight to push him away, but I did not let them do it.

Instead of pushing him away, I fisted his shirt and kissed him back, letting his tongue invade my mouth as he explored every corner of it.

Surprisingly, I felt no pain in any of his movements. Instead, a strange feeling of desire began crawling up my flesh and the hair on my skin stood up.

His body stiffened because of my lack of resistance to his kiss, however, he did not stop.

His hand moved to grope my breast and a soft gasp slipped past my lips but that was not because of pain, it was due to the heat I felt exploding in my lower abdomen as heat pooled between my thighs.

He finally broke the kiss and grabbed my jaw to look into my eyes. My breathing was erratic, sparks of desire were all over me, and his touches were sending tingles through my body— I'd never felt like this before.

So did that mean it was my resistance the whole time that hurt me more than Sebastian did? Maybe yes.

He did not say anything, he just observed— Searching for fear in my orbs but I refused to show any.

As the moments kept passing in silence, it was then that I realized how beautiful he really was. I never got the time to notice the smallest details of him because fear was all I had felt everything he came close to me but today as I just looked at him...I couldn't tear my gaze away.

His perfectly shaped sea blue eyes looked deeper than the ocean, his sculpted facial features could easily draw anyone's attention, the thick mass of brown hair that lightly fell over his smooth forehead, tanned skin that has a surprisingly beautiful shine of its own and his trimmed stubble that glimmered under the light of the sun—He was ethereal. A beautiful destruction.....

"Why is that instead of fear I can see the longing in your eyes?" He asked, his hold on my jaw tightening to the point of pain.

However, I did not let him see that he was hurting me.

"Because you are my...mate." It took every drop of courage to let out those words but I managed to do it anyways.

"The same person who made your life hell." He said. It felt like he really wanted to see the prior hatred.

He wanted hatred, not love.

"My life was meant to be like this. None can influence what's written in one's fate." I released the sigh I was holding in, "I don't want to blame you for anything, anymore."

A flicker passed through his eyes and beneath them flashed some specks of emotion but he was too quick to cover all of it with a plain sheet of the blank.

"Listen to me very carefully, Athena," His nails began digging into the skin on my jaw, "If you think by saying all of these you can change things between us and the way it has been, you are wrong. Nothing's going to change, it's going to remain the same as it was, I didn't want a mate and I still don't want a mate."

"I know, but I have always wanted my mate and I'll keep wanting for the rest of my life."

"Then you better consider your mate dead because you are never going to find a mate in me." His hand moved from my jaw and grabbed a fistful of my hair, the burning sensation slashing through my scalp.

Before I could say anything, the sound of someone's footsteps distracted both of our attention.

Celine walked inside the room, "Alpha I thought you needed me to—" she stopped midway as her eyes fell on me.

Her facial expression changed almost instantly from normal to enraged; It wasn't a look of jealousy, it was something else. If specified, it could be compared to fume due to defeat.

"I see you are busy, call me if you need me," She shifted her gaze back at Sebastian's, faking a look of hurt that I recognized easily but
perhaps Sebastian didn't since he was too preoccupied with the situation between us.

As Celine began to walk outside of the room, Sebastian released his hold on me and spoke up, "Celine, wait."

She stopped and turned around, "Yeah?" her voice sounded somewhat hopeful.

This entire act of her being innocent and obedient was pure deceit. She was not what she looked like.

"Stay, I need you," He told her before he turned to look at me.

"Athena, get out of the room."

It felt like someone has taken a sharp object and stabbed me in the heart. I knew why he was asking me to get out and what'd happen after it. And it fucking hurt...so bad.

I felt nauseous, hot tears welled up in my eyes and I tried blinking them back whilst my breathing picked up a pace.

"Hurry, or if you want to stay and witness everything, you can. That'll be solely your choice." — As he said this, it worked perfectly to spatter salt all over my fresh wound.

"No, I don't think anyone would ever want to see her mate sleeping with his mistress, so I'll return to the room once you are done." I wiped away my tears quickly with the back of my head as I looked to the side to avoid his gaze as I said the words, "Bye."

With that, I headed out of the room but I did not miss catching a glimpse of the smirk that spread on Celine's face in all joy.

I know, it's going to be tough to free Sebastian from his curse but I think, it was going to be even tougher to find Parasite like Celine's true intentions and throw her out of his life.