❝ Evil comes if you call my name ❞

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"You fucking useless piece of fucking shit!" I yell, hitting the smoothie maker in anger and frustration because it just stopped working. Just like that. "Fuck," I groan. It's safe to say I didn't wake up in a good mood today.

My phone rings. I don't even check who it is and when I answer I bark, "What!" I keep it on the kitchen counter, putting the person on speaker.

"Bad timing?" Jon asks.

I take a deep breath, taking my hand through my hair and put my hands on the counter, leaning on them. "What do you want?" I ask, completely fed up with this day already.

"Flyn sent us money."

My ears perk up at this. I take my phone in my hand and turn around, leaning against the counter with my hip. "How much?"

"Ten grand."

"That's not enough."

Jon sighs on the other side. "I know, but –"

"Jon," I cut him off with a warning. "We had a deal. He knows what's coming."

Jon's silent for a few moments. "Tonight?" he asks.

"Tonight," I confirm.

"Okay," he agrees as if he has any other option. He knows better than to go against me, even if he doesn't agree with everything I say or do. "By the way, Harper asked if you could let Kadie know to return at least one of her calls since you've apparently locked her in your apartment." Jon chuckles.

I frown, standing up straighter. "I haven't seen Kadie in three days."

I can just hear the laughter die on his lips. "What? Are you sure?"

"Fucking hell!" I say, now really hitting the goddamn smoothie maker.

"I'm calling everyone now. We'll be there in half an hour the latest."

"Make it twenty minutes," I say seriously and hanging up.

"How the fuck is that possible? How the fuck did it happen?"

Ante is looking as if I'm going to explode and strangle him any minute. "Fai, I don't know. I was there with her the whole time at the club. She went on the bus to your place. I followed her so I know she came here." He's looking at me with wide eyes.

She came here, alright. But she left soon after that. I didn't even think that her not contacting me or answering my texts was anything unusual. I wanted to give her some more time to cool off before trying to have a reasonable conversation with her.

It seems like this won't be necessary.

"Are we sure they took her?" Bastian asks.

I just give him a look that makes him shut the hell up and just nod.

"Where could they take her?" Cruz asks next with a toothpick hanging from his mouth.

"Fuck knows," I snap in irritation. I feel like we've already wasted too much time and now we're wasting it even more. I'm going to kill those motherfuckers. Every single one of them. I'll make it so slow and painful, they'll beg me to end their lives. The stupid fuckers. He really thinks this is a game.

I look down at the papers spread on the table that are showing all his hidden places that we know of. If Kadie wasn't in one of them, I'd put them all on fire.

"Let's break it down so we can find her in which building it is and then make a plan for how to enter." Ante leans over the desk in the same way I'm doing and looks at the plans of different buildings in different locations. He puts his finger on the first one that's in the middle of the forest.

I immediately shake my head. "Too obvious." Ante makes a red x over the building. He points to the next one. I stare down at the paper so hard I'm afraid I'll make a hole through it. "We're wasting too much time here. Fuck, we can't waste any more time." I hit the table with my fist and turn around from everyone to cool down, taking my hand to the back of my neck, my head hanging forward.

Knowing Stefan, he won't give her much time, even though nothing of this is her fault and she shouldn't be in this mess. My mess.

Looking back at the guys, I notice they are looking at me warily. "We're going to find her, man," Lev says.

"We're going to have to split up," I say suddenly.

That makes Cruz stand up to his full height, his face full of disapproval. "Fai, man," he says as if he has to talk slowly and carefully to put some sense into me. "That is not really a good idea."

I just give him a cold, sombre look. "What else do you suggest?" I ask him in an obvious mockery. "We can stay here and chat, okay. And while we're here in the comfort of safety, she's fuck knows where getting tormented, if she's not already dead. Because of me. So spare me the fucking preaching, because I know the danger and I'm telling you we split up because I expect you all to go into this as if she was your girl you had to save."

I look each of them at their stunned eyes. "Now, move your fucking asses because we don't have a second more to spare."

"What about tonight's mission with Flyn?" Ante asks, completely nonchalantly, although all of the guys are wary because they're not used to me losing my shit because of a girl.

"Does it look like I'm in the mood to deal with Flyn right now? He can fuck off for now, he's the least of my worries."

And then some sort of realization suddenly hits me. "The phone," I say. Everyone just stares at me blankly. "We can track her by her phone. If it's still turned on."

Cruz spurs into action. He's the man for stuff like that. "Shit, man, why didn't you say you haven't done this already sooner. Give me her number," he says impatiently, taking my laptop.

I let him do his thing while I march around the room. Every second that passes makes me realize Kadie is one second away from dying. "Did you tell her cousin anything? Harper?" my question is directed at Jon. I don't know what's going on between these two, but it's something.

"No, I haven't. That's why we need to bring her back alive, Fai."

I go through my hair again. I'm going to be bald by the end of this day.

"So, what? You're seeing her now? For real?" Ante asks Jon, his lips up in a curl.

Ante had hots for Harper first, but I doubt it was anything serious. He probably just wanted to fuck the innocence out of her and Kadience would most likely shoot him if he came near him. And then she'd shoot me.

I start sweating at the thought of shooting because I just hope she wasn't the one getting shot. Fucking hell.

"Got her," Cruz says. Her phone is off but I'm sending the location to your phones where it was last detected. Hopefully it's off just because her battery died."

I shoot him a look for that unnecessary remark and he just shrugs, half-apologetically.

I look at the location and then at the map on the table with Stefan's buildings. That motherfucker. He literally took her in the middle of nowhere.

"Someone has to go with a car, others are going with motorcycles to get there faster. We don't know what we're going to find there." I get a weird taste in my mouth just for saying it.

"How the fuck do we even get there? There seems to be no road," Bastian says.

I'm already putting on my jacket and taking the gun out, making sure it's fully loaded. "We don't have time for questions anymore. We'll have to make a plan on the spot when we get there."

It turns out that there is a road to the building, it's just not shown in the maps. The fucker thinks he's smart for this.

We go right to the door, not even caring if he'll hear us. Instead, I hope he does. I want this fight to be fair so I hope he gets ready for what's coming.

I'm surprised there isn't anyone waiting for us already in front of the building. It's quiet. I feel chills running down my body in an uncomfortable way that tells me something is wrong. Something is very wrong.

I'm not trying to be careful, I'm trying to be fast. This building has no visible windows. It has one hidden door that we open up with difficulty. It takes all three of us to break in this godforsaken building.

It's cold in here. Cold and dark. I run forward with the guys running right after me. I come to a full stop because I have to take in a scene. She's the first thing I see, tied up to a bed in only her underwear while Peter, one of Stefan's bastards, stands by her bed.

Kadie lazily lifts her head and looks at me with no emotion. Fuck. Her face is full of bruises. When my eyes move downwards, I see her body is bruised, too. Fucking hell. Looking at her, I slowly lift my gun and point it right at Peter's head completely cold-blooded.

"I really wouldn't do that." He lifts his hand up and shows me a little black device in his hand. "With just a press of my finger, this building is going to explode. And then we all go to hell." His lips turn up into a demonic smile. My blood temperature rises.

I look sideways to see Jon standing completely still. I tighten the grip on the gun.

"If we have to die, we can all die together, right?" Kadie says in a complete monotone voice. "Just fucking kill us all and stop toying with us. I'm getting real fed up of these boring games."

I give Kadie a sharp look to just be quiet, but she's not even looking at me. She's looking at nothing in particular.

"Aw. You'd let your boyfriend die just after days of waiting for him to come and save you?"

She gives him a cold look. "I wasn't waiting for anyone, you were. So maybe you should go to him for hugs and kisses because you were more excited to see him than me."

I don't know if Kadie is just pretending and lying or she's serious. I never know with her. I would've thought she'd be happy to see me so I can save her from this hell.

Peter's jaw ticks. She struck a nerve. "I don't know you can deal with this bitch," Peter says to me. "She's literally asking to get slapped." My blood is boiling.

"Let her go and she's not going to be your problem anymore," I say, trying to keep my voice calm and collected, but clear and loud.

Peter chuckles humorlessly. "It's not going to be that easy. How much are you prepared to give for her?"

I scowl at him. "How much am I prepared to give? What is this, a garage sale? And why are you doing Stefan's dirty work? He too much of a pussy to face me?"

Peter just shrugs. "Just following orders."

"Yeah because that's all you really know how to do, anyway."

He moves his head to the side. "Careful there. I also know how to press this button right here. Especially if you don't lower your gun. Now."

I take out a deep breath, slowly lowering the gun while not taking my eyes off him. "What the fuck have you done to her?" I ask him, dead serious.

"Ah, this? Just rewards for talking back."

My nostrils flare.

"Don't worry. He couldn't make me come, either," Kadie suddenly says sarcastically.

I hear Lev coughing to hide the sudden laugh. I ignore him."And what the fuck do you want from me?" I'm losing my patience now.

"We have unfinished business, Fai. I want you to finish it."

"No," I say automatically.

Peter shrugs. "As you wish." He suddenly lifts a gun and points it at Kadience.

I hear the surprised intake of breaths behind me of the guys.

"Wait," I say, subconsciously taking a step forward. He gives me a warning look. "Let's make a deal," I say.

"You finish the unfinished and you get your girl back. That's the only deal."

I narrow my eyes at him. "You let her go first and then we can talk business."

I hear shooting outside. My whole body tightens and I see Peter's does, too. "What the fuck is that? Are you fucking with me, Fai? Because I'll shoot her right now."

I shake my head. "I don't know what's going on. Maybe you should check it out? It sounds serious."

He just gives me a dirty look and I shrug. But I notice he looks nervous. He doesn't know what's going on. I'm not worried. Cruz and Bastian know what's up and they're dealing with it. I'm surprised Stefan didn't make sure to think this through more. This was stupid of him.

I hear my phone vibrate in my pocket. Once. Twice. I tilt my head to the side and smile. The horror starts to rise on Peter's face. He knows something's up. "Ah, my dear Peter. We didn't come here without a plan."

He only raises his eyebrows, but he's terrified. "You can let her go and let us leave or this might just turn ugly. And I'm pretty sure you know what ugly means when it comes to me."

"Am I the only one getting turned on right now?" Kadie suddenly asks.

"Definitely the only one," Lev says. I don't look away from Peter.

"What the hell did you do, Mills?"

"Great things."

Cruz and Bastian have no trouble walking in. They're both wearing a smile of triumph on their faces and I can't help but grin. "Now, if you don't mind, I'd like my girlfriend back. I'll gladly forget about this little incident and the disrespect if you let her go. Otherwise, I'll show you hell."

Peter is indecisive. He doesn't know what to do because he hasn't planned that far. Stefan has some really bright people on his side I see ...

"I'm afraid I can't do that."

"No? Are you willing to die for your boss, Peter? Does your life really mean so little to you?"

He hesitates with the answer. He grips that useless black thing in his hands tighter. "How much does your life mean to you? And your girlfriend's? Huh?" His finger hovers over the button and I'm tired of thinking he got us and that he has any kind of power over us.

"This was so very stupid of you." I shoot up once as an indication, but Peter reacts too slow. Before he even gets to aim his gun again, I shot him in the knee and he falls on the floor with a loud scream, his gun flying over the floor. I see he's pressing on the button on the black device in his hand, but ... nothing happens.

I go to Kadie and cut the rope with a knife. Her hands were tied so tightly together that she has red, deep marks all over her wrists. She leans against me until I free her ankles. I take my jacket off and wrap it over her body.

I jump down from the bed and when I want to take her in my arms, she refuses. "I can walk," she snaps. I just lift my hands up and let her walk, but I still wrap my arm around her shoulders. I know she's trying to act tough, but I feel she's trembling.

I let the guys deal with Peter. Stefan is happy he's not here because I'd rip his head off with my own hands tonight.

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How are you guys doing in quarantine? Or better yet, what are you doing?

Dedicated this chapter to IvkaSmatanova because we're friends on Instagram and it's her birthday today - so happy birthday from me! 

Next chapter is in Fai's POV too