The men sneakily escaped the school with Layla in the back seat. The men turned out to be wizards. Oh heavens how they hated mixed bloods.
Not only a mixed blood but a threat to their existence together with immense powers.
They drove for hours in silence. Unknown to them Layla had woken up but remained silent. She realised that her hands were tied to her back. As she was rendered helpless she sat back observing them. She had already realised that she wasn't dealing with humans but creatures from the underworld. What she couldn't understand is why Betty had to betray her. Well they weren't close friends neither were they enemies.
Could she have been coerced? She wonders.
Whenever the men looked back her eyes would close on instinct. She noticed that the van was leaving the city and was heading to a remote place.
They took several twists and turns driving her into total confusion. Even if she managed to escape it wouldn't be long before they find her again.
'Logan I've been kidnapped. Only the heavens knows if I'll escape here today or meet my demise.' she thought.
She hasn't even gotten to meet her parents, graduate from school, get married and live happily ever after like the stories she read in books. How pitiful of her to die just like that.
Soon they arrived at the destination. An old shabby abandoned cottage. A little one. The men stepped out as one of them approached her. He throws her on his shoulders like a sack of potatoes.
Inside, the musty smell mixed with dust and dried blood in the air hit her nostrils. She wrinkles her nose in disgust.
The man puts her on the chair and bounds her with heavy chains.
He goes to the others who are smoking in the another corner of the room. Layla pretends to be waking up.
"Ah- it hurts." She said while trying to touch her head. Just with the slightest movement the chains restrains her cause pain on her slender hands.
"Where am I? Who are you? What do you what? And why did you bring me here?"
She asks in a shaky voice.
The three men turns in her direction simultaneously.
One scoffs while the second responds.
"Well, well, well. If it's not sleeping beauty. How was you nap? Well is the usual questions they always ask." He glanced at he men who nodded in response.
"Let me answer them." The third replied.
With a single nod from the second man he started.
"Hideout. Wizards. Death." He replied. Layla was indeed shocked. Truly she was going to die. Not only her was shocked but the other two men.
Not shocked because of their identity but the fact that he said she was going to die
"Hey what do you mean by death. I never agreed to that." The first hollered.
"What about her powers? Aren't we supposed to take them away?" The second argued.
Soon a heated argument began. One voice louder than the other. Layla shook her head in disapproval.
'So disunited if it continues at least Logan might find me.' She thought.
After a whole fifteen minutes of argument the finally came to an agreement.
"Hey mixed race. Guess what we're gonna do with you." The first stated.
Silence.
"Make a guess and if you get it all go easy on you."
Silence.
He walks up to her and delivers a skin piercing slap to her right cheek thereby causing her face to swing to the left.
"When I talk to you do not ignore. Do you know who I am??" He questioned.
"Well unfortunately for you I don't know who you are and what you plan on doing to me!" She screamed back.
"Dante don't go to far. Let's wait for our leader to come and then we'll deal with her." The second man named Jake said to the first.
"Well..." Jake said turning to Layla.
"Firstly we are going to take your powers from you rendering you powerless then proceed to the next step which is 'drumroll' 'drumroll'... We will each have our way with you then you'll go through torture. Yes torture then kill you in the most gruesome manner. Ha-ha-ha." He said while laughing and clapping as the others continued with the performance.
Layla tried very hard to mask her fear and terror. She has never been violated and is still a virgin.
"You wouldn't dare. He'll come for you! He'll kill you all!" She said between gritted teeth.
"Who? No one would save you not even your mate if you had one. Look around you and see the place you are at. None of our captives had been able to escape. Jake check her neck and see if she has been marked. We need to take safety precautions." Dante said his gaze fixed intently on her. Layla instinctively looks around for the first time and discovers that the place has only one little window close to the ceiling causing the room to be dim filled with different torture weapons, dried blood on the walls and visible scratches probably made by the past captives fingers.
A sudden chill ran down her spine. Fear enveloped her whole being. She is skilled in swordsmanship but unfortunately she was chained and it just wouldn't budge. She knew no spells or tricks as a demon to save herself.
She felt completely useless.
Zoarah city.
Four hours ago.
The driver kept waiting for minutes and didn't see her figure approaching and decided to call her but to no avail. It just couldn't connect. He decided to step out and headed straight for the building.
He searched each classroomsvand halls until he arrives at a room that had a big sign saying "main hall" in all caps.
The entered and saw her phone on the floor shattered.
Panic set in as he seems to realise what had happened. He immediately mindlinked Logan on the situation.
'My lord. Um the lady is missing!'
'What! How? Wasn't she supposed to be at home?' Logan shouted through the link and the driver felt like his head was spinning.
'My lord the lady told me that she was heading to her college and asked me to take her. I had no idea that she didn't inform you before leaving. It all happened due to my carelessness. I'm sorry my lord.'
'I'm sorry my foot. Get your ass back here. Don't let me meet you there. Bunch of fools!' Logan roared before cutting the mindlink.
Logan's mansion.
Everyone is seen running around in panic as they all had learned that the Lady is missing.
Logan comes out of the elevator with a stern face. One wrong move from anyone and that person is in for his wrath.
It's been ages since they had seen the master in such a state.
"Where are the body guards assigned to the Lady of the house, the gate keeper, gardener, the servants cooks all of you come here at once!" His voice boomed in the whole atmosphere.
They all gathered bowing, no one daring to raise their heads.
"Where were you all when she left all alone! If she doesn't come back safe you are all doomed. Go now and pray to your creator that no harm befalls her else you'll pay dearly with your lives. Useless!" With that he stormed out of the house.
In rage Logan calls his men and also gives them a piece of his mind before passing instructions to them.
"Find out how she was kidnapped from school. The driver had given me a little information but I need a detailed one. I'm off to go find her." As he proceeds to leave Elsa speaks up.
"My lord shall I come with you? We aren't aware of their numbers. It think it's best if you have me to also help out." The other men looks at each other knowing full well the reason she wants to come with him before fixing their gazes on Logan.
"I'll need your help definitely. So follow the lead of Darius in finding out what exactly took place at her school." With that he vanished into thin air leaving no room for excuses.
Logan focusing most of his energy on the scent of his mate couldn't find anything. Everywhere was mixed with her scent causing him to have no sense of direction.
He felt powerless as he couldn't locate her. He remembers how he lost Disha his first wife. He would not relent in finding Layla and loose her to the enemies.
Calming down his nerves and the palpitations of his heart, he tries again this time using all his energy to filter the air and finally singled out her scent in he atmosphere.
He moved like the wind not wasting any minute. Soon enough the scent vanished and he looks around to find himself in the outskirts of the city.
As he could no longer use her scent to locate her he found out that he could sense her presence thanks to the mate bond.
"Just hang on I'm coming." He muttered before heading in the direction where the bond was pulling him to.