"Updates" Karlye walked into his house.
He loosened his tie, took off his coat, folded his sleeves and sat down.
David and two of his men followed him inside the study.
"I told you to be careful, you should have taken precautions while with her ", David let out.
Karlye gritted his teeth glaring right back at him.
"David, do I seem to be in the mood to be lectured? "
David sighed, "I am sorry, let's get right to it . It seems they noticed her after the first day you dropped her off, and have been watching her ".
"Is the location we have of their base still the same ?" he asked.
"No they moved the moment she was taken. It was perfectly planned. And our spies lost track of them " said one of his men.
"And the car that took her ?".
"Being tracked as we speak, it won't be long before we find them " he assured.
"I will give you all thirty minutes, and after that, I will do it my way ", he declared.
The two men nodded and rushed off.
David looked back at his friend , Karlye was on his third glass of whiskey .
He is trying to keep calm, but he will snap soon.
David knew Karlye's way of doing things would only cause problems for all of them and anger his father . Karlye did not follow the rules since they didn't work against him and that made him even more dangerous than he already was.
"Stay here, I will call you when we have something ", he said and left.
Karlye sat back finishing his third glass. He was only late a few minutes and this happened.
He didn't want to imagine anything bad happening to her but the people who had taken her weren't normal either.
His phone rang, he frowned it was unknown. The moment he picked up, he heard her screams; she was sobbing as she begged to be let go.
"Where is she ?" he gritted his jaw.
"Come alone, and maybe we can consider letting your woman go ", the other said before hanging up.
Karlye poured himself another glass of whiskey finished it and bent down under his desk pulling a hidden drawer that held his gun .
Loading it, he got up and left.
By the time David and the others found out he was already gone.
....
Andriana had been so excited to see Karlye that when she was told his car had arrived she rushed off.
He didn't come out as he usually did, but it looked like his car. She got in, but the moment she did, someone pushed a cloth on her face, knocking her out.
When she finally opened her eyes she was in a room laying on a bed.
Her head and body felt heavy from the side effects of the knockout drug they used on her.
She breathed forcing her body to get up. Looking around she didn't see anyone but could hear voices on the other side of the door.
Who had she offended now, she thought.
The door flung open and two men walked in who holding a phone pushed it down to her face while grabbing her hair .
"Speak " he commanded.
"Let me go ", she tried to pull away from his grasp, but it was tight; the other held her while the other spoke on the phone.
After he was done he looked back at her.
"You seem like an ordinary woman, so why get involved with a killer like him?" he muttered.
"Huh?.. I don't know what you're talking about " she cried.
"Really, he drops you off, picks you up and you even had dinner with him", he smirked.
"You mean Mr Lockhart?" she sniffed.
He nodded.
"His nothing more than a cold-blooded killer and since you're involved with him you will pay the price alongside him "
She gulped, knowing that they were his enemies. She remembered Mira and Samantha saying he was involved with the mafia,...where these men from that, was she going to die just like that.
After they left, she moved to the corner of the room, wondering what to do.
A few moments later, she heard the door open. One of the strangers walked in with a smirk on his face.
"We can have some fun while you wait for your lover " he smirked.
"Don't come any closer " she yelled.
He laughed, coming to the corner, but Andriana had been prepared this time.
The moment he got closer, she raised her hand, hitting him hard in the head with her heel.
It wasn't as sharp as the ones Mira had made her wear, but it served a good hit. He groaned, but she landed another , pushing him back.
He fell back crying in pain, not giving him a chance, she delivered a final blow and rushed to the door.
She got out and closed it, locking him inside. Breathing heavily, she tried to focus, searching around with her eyes.
It was an empty building , she could hear the other men in the next room. Grabbing one of the broken pieces of furniture she chose her defence weapon, a arm length steel pipe instead .
Quietly, she ran off heading towards the bigger door, but to her dismay, she bumped into the second man who had come to her room.
Andriana gripped the steel pipe not giving him a chance to react and hit him right in the face.
But when he fell back groaning in pain, his voice altered the others who burst out of the room.
Pushing him out of the way, she ran off, not looking back, and hid in the unfinished washroom, jamming the door with the steel pipe she had.
She stepped back hearing the scream and threat to kill her if she was caught.
Andriana fell back, trembling; she felt her feet stung and noticed a cut close to her ankle. Must have gotten it while she ran from her pursuer.
How did this happen this time she had really been kidnapped all cause she was associated with a man she barely knew.
Andriana felt her tears fall. Did he even know she was kidnapped or even cared? What he had called seemed to be why she had been taken to bring him into their trap.
"Open up, you stupid b*tch ...the moment we get our hands on you, you're dead ", they kept banging on the door, yelling.
She flinched upon every hit covering her ears and closing her eyes.
Sundenly she heard gun shots , her tears fell even more as he body tensed up. She heard them yell and run off.
Then it all stopped. A knock came at the door.
"Andriana, it's me " he said.
She looked up the moment she recognised his voice. But when she tried to get up, her feet gave way, and she couldn't stand up due to the fear.
Her body was stiff in fear.
"Open up, it's me " he knocked again.
"I can't move " she yelled through her tears.
" Alright stay there, am coming ", he said.
She heard the door being kicked, then pushed after the third try, it jerked open with the pipe falling off with the handle.
He walked in, she bit her lip, holding back her tears.
Karlye was on his knees holding her in his arms in a few seconds . His breathing was unstabled and his hands trembled.
Was he scared too? She wondered, forgetting her own pain she looked up at him.
"It's alright, I am okay " she lied.
"Andriana, it's okay to be weak in front of me .....so don't hold it in, I know it hurts " he kissed her left cheek, then her right, "okay?"
"Mmm", she burst into tears, "I was so scared ", she cried.
"I know, thank you for being brave enough to run away " he said.
"Can you hug me then ....my body won't stop trembling " she cried.
He held her so tight he could feel her heart beat next to his.
David and the others came in to see Karlye hugging the crying Andriana.
"Get the car ready for them to leave, the rest, let's clean up ", he said, walking away.