Chapter 19

LYRA POV.

Loren kept me behind him. We were sticking to the walls and after a few seconds we heard the sound of a third bullet.

"All clear" Stepheno said. I could hear all of them now. Loren gave me a different Bluetooth and I put it in my ears.

We took the right path as directed by Marco. Successfully we made it out of the mansion.

Marco was out preparing the car. I saw the same lady waiting impatiently for us. She somehow looked like Stepheno to me. She must be waiting for his son.

She was relieved to see Stepheno. I could see the tension going out seeing Stepheno safe. Her eyes were searching for everyone and as soon as she looked at me I turned my eyes away from her.

If she finds out her son was inside for a longer time because of me then she would definitely start hating me.

"Let's get out of here fast" Loren said and all nodded their heads. I was going with Loren when he stopped me.

"N, take Lyra with you" Loren said to someone and I was taken back with his words. I am not going away with anyone.

"I'm not going with anybody else" I shouted at Loren. Seeing me rebel all froze in their place.

"We don't have time for this Lyra" He said facing me. The way his eyes changed from Angel to monster made me rethink my decision.

"Please…" I said, not leaving his shirt. I didn't dare to look at him. He was scary.

"Take her with you Loren, Bullets won't wait for you" I heard the same woman shout at Loren. She was right here.

"Fine..Fine, You promise to not come out from the Car" He said angrily.

"I promise" I said. I just prayed for my voice to come strong because his words were breaking me.

He forcefully put me inside the car and all saw the scene in front of their eyes. I sat near the window and crunched myself closer to the window.

Two men entered and sat in the front, one of them was driving. Loren entered inside and I turned my head towards the window. The car started and we were out of Mansion.

It wasn't the main entrance we were escaping from behind the mansion. Car ride was silent and I wanted it that way. The one sitting on the passenger seat broke the spell.

"Boss, 45 of our men are injured" He informed Loren. That's a lot I thought to myself. we escaped from the back, that's the reason I couldn't see them. Hearing the news Loren hit the wall of the car with his hands like it was his fault.

They exchanged some more information which was not something I would understand so I tried to get lost in the forest.

"Boss," The one on the driving seat said in urgency. Our car stopped.

"Lyra, down" Loren commanded. I instantly sat down in the car.

"What happened?" I asked everyone.

"You will not come out at any cost" Loren replied. The three of them got down from the car. I wanted to peep and so I did.

Loren was surrounded by so many men and slowly they all started hitting him. I couldn't control seeing him get hurt so I opened the door. Foolish step I know.

I saw one of them pointing their gun towards Loren and I shouted with all my strength.

I ran upto Loren. Loren saw me and tried to fight them but he was already weak from getting hurt.

Suddenly a helicopter-like thing flew above my head. It was the same helicopter. I had seen it earlier when I got lost in the forest but it wasn't the regular one because bullets were getting fired from the helicopter.

I got the que and ran towards Loren. I was running faster but it felt like I was slow. I reached him but before I could go near him. One man tried to pull me back by my hair. The pain from pulling made me yell in pain.

This caught the shooter's attention who was pointing the gun at Loren and suddenly he pointed his gun towards me and I was glad he changed his mind.

He was about to fire the gun when out of nowhere Loren jumped in middle and Baam* The bullet was fired.

Loren blood spattered on my face. He took the bullet. He took the bullet I repeated in my head. My mind was unable to process. I saw Loren falling down on the ground.

"Ah shit" The shooter said and again pointed the gun to me but before he could fire. Someone killed him. I saw him fall on the ground and the man who was stopping me from moving also was shot.

I Put his head on my lap. He was hurt, not dead, I repeated in my head.

"You will be fine Loren. Nothing will happen to you" I said to Loren trying to stop the flow of blood. I didn't know that I was crying until Loren wiped my tears with his left hand.

"It's beautiful," He said looking at me and I was a crying mess in front of him.

"when someone worries about you" He said and I stopped for a movement. He smiled at me and I didn't know what to do. That wasn't a compliment for sure.

I saw Stepheno coming running with other men. The information about Loren must have passed because these people were great with the internet and no technology.

They picked up Loren and put him in the car. I just sat there on the road. Loren was truly an important person. There were just so many people who were worried about him then why did he say that.

This was my time to run. I should escape. Run Lyra.

My legs were numb not because of some injury but by Loren words. I knew other than Loren none of them would look for me. Maybe that was the reason I wanted to travel with him.

"Did you plan on staying here?" I heard the most annoyed voice of all time but at least he was here.

"Yes" I told him without giving much thought.

"Don't make me use force" He threatened me.

"He will kill you" I told him the truth. I looked at him. I was expecting a rude response for my words but instead he looked proud of my words. Like he was wanting to hear this from me.

"Let's go Lyra, Boss wants you beside him" He said and I found a ray of hope burning somewhere for me.

Marco would never come unless and until he was commanded to do something. So I decided to go with him.