Underworld: The Mafia Heiress and The Spy

4 - Silhouette of a Man

I tiptoed to the corner and peeked. The hallway was silent and there was not a single trace of any living being there. Sighing in relief, I took one last look and advanced to the other end of the corridor.

"Hey wait!" A voice came from behind me, startling me. My heartbeat hastened and I bit my lip roughly. A sharp pain rushed through the bite and soon I could taste the blood in my mouth.

A hand snaked on my arm making me turn around and I came face to face with a pretty blonde girl.

"Who- wait you're bleeding"g." She gasped a little and my brows furrowed. Why would she take a bleeding lip that seriously if she were someone trained and sent by the enemy? That only made me think that maybe she was just a normal girl, nobody to run from.

"No, it's okay-" I said taking a step back. "Who are you? I know you're someone important. Just let me help you clean that up." She said catching me off guard. I gulped but winced at the piercing pain in my lips.

"Viv, what are you doing? What if she tells Colt about this?" A man's voice came from behind her. He stood tall and looked almost the same age as the girl.

"Shut it, Curtis. She's bleeding!" she hushed him then pulled me to the side. Taking me inside a room nearby she rushed to get first aid. The room was quite beautiful and I could tell it was hers. After helping me clean the wound, she offered me something to drink which I thought of refusing until my stomach grumbled loudly.

While I drank quietly, the boy kept on complaining about something in her ear.

"I am Vivian and this is Jared." She said and edged closer to me once I had finished my drinking, "What's your name?"

"Noelle," I spoke lowly. "That's great Noelle. Now, we should get going." Jared said pulling Vivian's arm before she snatched it out of his grip. His face looked like he was about to have a panic attack.

"So, judging from your state... how did you end up here?" She asked, ignoring her friend. I opened my mouth to speak when the door slammed open. The two of them stood straight on their feet and Jared cursed out.

"And your asshole of a brother is here," he whispered to Vivian whose features hardened as they both stared behind me.

My gaze following theirs, landed on Colt standing in the doorway.

Wait, why does he look pissed? - I thought but confirmed my statement a second later when he shot a deadly glare at me.

"Viv, what are you doing?" He said turning his attention back to his sister.

Seriously though how can a rude asshole like him have a kind sister like Vivian?

The look on everyone's faces was priceless and I wondered why they looked so scared of Colt.

"Helping somebody out, can't you see?" A very very pissed Vivian replied.

I gulped feeling the air in the room shift. "And you." His eyes narrowed in on Jared. "Had I not made myself clear when I told you to stay away from her?" He hissed and Jared averted his gaze. I almost felt bad for him. He seemed way too innocent to be treated like this.

"I will deal with you later." saying this, Colt then turned to me. "Noelle, get out of here NOW!" He shouted suddenly. I flinched and looked at him with wide eyes before storming out.

How dare he talk to me like that? It wasn't even long ago that my father was bragging to me about how all of this could become mine and I could rule this gang. If it was truly up to me, I would teach this asshole a lesson first.

Panting I stood outside fuming and seconds later Colt's footsteps resounded. Before I could acknowledge his presence, he grabbed my arm roughly and dragged me across the corridor.

"Let go of me!" I shouted, pulling my arm but it was of no use. He came to a halt and let go of my hand once we were far enough.

"What the hell were you thinking going around on your own?" He spoke loudly.

I took a step closer to him, some unknown feeling of power and confidence shooting through me, "So what now? You're gonna keep me imprisoned here?" I hissed.

His hands came up and a hard push on my shoulder made me slam into the wall behind me. It took me completely off guard and I stared in bewilderment.

What the hell is he doing?

"Colt-" I was about to speak when he closed in on me. The only thing I could wrap my mind around was the pure evil look in his eyes. Something was not right... he was up to no good. I knew it all deep down but I still couldn't lift a finger. Fear ran through me.

I trembled as he neared and pushed my back into the wall as if it would open and take me in.

"Get away from me." My cracked voice came out. Weird and outrageous thoughts crossed my head but I jerked them off that was until Colt was hissing onto my face.

"How about you stop being a b***h first?" He gritted out. I trembled a little but rage started to build up in me. "What? You are the one being an asshole here-" I frowned and pressed my hand onto his chest roughly. "Now get off of me."

He didn't budge instead his hand came up and wrapped around my mouth muffling my words. I struggled to take his hand off but because of his bulky figure, he was easily overpowering me. When I attempted to slap and push him off he used his free hand to hold my hands down.

"This is how I felt- helpless when Gael told me about you, about his heiress." He neared my face and spoke, all the while making me look at him. A tear escaped my eye as I struggled and tried to scream for help but there was no one close by to hear me.

What is happening to me? Why does it keep getting harder with each minute?

"Do you have any idea, how many years my family has invested in this gang while your asshole of a father was in prison?" He said and leaned further into me. He buried his nose in my hair and smelled it.

A disgusted feeling ran through me and I jerked my body to get him off me. My tears pooled on the edge of his hand as head me trapped helplessly. If he wanted me gone then I would be gone, I wasn't interested in staying here either, why was he doing this to me?

"And after wasting 7 precious years of my life on this gang, do you really think I would let you have it all?" He smiled evilly and something even dangerous lurked in his eyes. "You know what will help right now?" he paused and gave me the dirtiest look. "Ruining you."

I pushed hard and he budged but not enough to get him off instead now I had pissed him even more.

He pressed his whole body on me hard and a shriek resounded from deep inside of me and his hand let go my mine. Seconds later they were on my waist going lower and no matter how hard I tried, he had overpowered me.

I was sobbing hard and my muffled words echoed in the hallway as his hand went lower and lower until-

"Oomph." A grunt resounded from Colt and he was thrown off me.

Suddenly, I was standing shocked and... free. Through my teary vision, I made out a man in black but his face with something. Traumatised, I watched the scene unfold through a blurred vision, unable to move.

Colt got up and threw a punch at the black silhouette of a man but missed when he dodged. I gulped watching the fight unfold. The man bent and slid his leg in a clockwise motion he swept Colt right off his feet making him fall hard on the floor.

In a matter of seconds, Colt's hand went to his gun holster but the man was fast and with a punch straight to Colt's face, he knocked him out.

Stunned I finally blinked and some of the fears dissipate. My saviour turned to face me and I could barely make out his face through the cloth wrapped on more than half of his face. Although his eyes... they seemed every bit familiar.

He extended his hand, "You okay Bella?"