Kain Locke
An arm locked around from behind, strong and unrelenting. Before I could even suck in a breath, a hand clamped over my nose and mouth, stealing the air from my lungs.
Panic hit like a punch to the gut imdiately. My body tensed, instincts kicking in as I struggled to break free. My hands shot up, fingers clawing at the grip over my face, but it didn’t budge.
"Shhh..." A quiet voice, low and familiar, whispered right against my ear.
I froze. Although my heartbeat still pounded, sothing in that voice made hesitate.
I twisted my head slightly, breath coming fast through my nose, my pulse hamring against my skin as my eyes darted back and I saw dark hair first followed by sharp and prominent features, then that lazy, unreadable gaze.
I exhaled sharply through my nose, my body loosening just a little, but the tension still clung to my bones. My fingers twitched, ready to shove him off, but he was already letting go, his arm unhooking from around .
I turned fully now, whispering, "The hell is wrong with you? You almost gave a heart attack."
He dramatically rolled his eyes and pointed at his front, "Just watch." He said quietly.
That’s right, we’re currently in a tight situation, so even if I want to scream and yell my lungs out at him right now I couldn’t, because there’s a much botherso company just a few ters away.
I turned my head back to the door, making sure I wouldn’t be seen by the dark hooded person as I watched him.
The person swiped the card at the lock but it beeped red twice and made an alerting sound repeatedly before going quiet.
The figure didn’t make the second attempt.
Obviously, the passkey is just for a test, whether it was going to work or not, and it doesn’t.
So they brought out sothing tiny from their hoodie pocket and attached it sowhere at the upper side of the door, adjusted it as quickly then they glanced back, the figure’s eyes suddenly went to where we were, but due to the cover, they didn’t see us.
After that, they dusted their palms and walked through the long hallway,
"Are you just going to let them go?" I couldn’t help myself from asking that, noticing they’d disappeared into the next corner where the stairs that lead to the upper floor are. But if Kael still wants them caught, it can still be possible since they took stairs, not elevators.
Kael only shrugged. "What does not letting them go matter?" He gestured lazily toward the door and started walking toward it,
I narrowed my eyes. "Then would you just let them go?"
"What am I supposed to do, give them a chase?" He let out a short chuckle, reaching for his pocket and brought out a card, similar to the one held by the intruder, then he swiped it and the door clicked once, green light beeping continuously then stopped. He was just about to pull at the door knob,
However , my stomach twisted. "Don’t! They did sothing there, they put sothing at the door." I warned him,
That person had clearly attached sothing to the door, didn’t he see them do it? Considering the facts that we are both here. What if the thing at the door was sothing like a human reactive explosion that is going to explode at the slightest mont.
"So?"
"So? What if it’s dangerous?" I clenched my fists. "You didn’t even check before deciding it’s no big deal!"
He didn’t even look at as I heard him sighed like I was making a fuss over nothing, "Dangerous? If sothing like that could actually kill , then I would’ve died a long ti ago." he said nonchalantly.
Before I could argue, he reached out barehanded and plucked it from the doorfra. I barely caught a glimpse of it before his fingers curled around the small device with an amused smile on his face.
"What is that?" I asked, moving closer despite myself.
He rolled it between his fingers, "Monitoring device. Sothing that records everything." he said without looking up, his face now gathering a cloud of frown.
"They were watching?" I whispered as I stared at the mini device blinking a faint red light. It wouldn’t have been noticed if we didn’t see the person there because it was the color of the door.
aning this was beyond ssed up. Soone wants to... might even have been recording everything happening in this room? And having soone watch every movent of you, every step, every action is not just creepy but frightening at the sa ti.
Kael just laughed, pressing his thumb on the chip before tossing it to the ground and stepping on it, twisting his leg, "Obviously, a lot of people want dead. So this kind of thing isn’t exactly new."
I stared at him, a sick feeling curling up my gut. "And you’re just okay with that?"
He just let out a short humourless laugh, "Not really. But it’s not surprising." His eyes flicked back to , amusent dancing in them before he bent down and picked up the chip which was no longer blinking faint red light, "And what’s with all this concern anyway? Could it be... you don’t want dead?"
I clicked my tongue. "Geez, even now, you’re still a dickhead. I don’t even bla the people who want you dead."
He didn’t argue with , just opened the door, stepped inside like he was waiting for sothing instead of closing it, and when his eyes eventually flicked back to .
"I know you want dead too," he said casually with a broad smile, "But you can always do it later, right?"
"Maniac." I scowled, shaking my head.
He just bobbed his head up and down, "I know. Now co on in, will you?" he said, stepping aside, creating space wide enough for soone to pass through.
Was he actually inviting into his room?
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