Zayn

“Enough Louis, he is already half dead” I say and Louis stops kicking Miller. Miller groans and tries to stand up but ends up falling on the ground sputtering blood. Javier pulls him up by his hair and makes him kneel. Louis’s knuckles connect with Miller’s jaw with yet another blow making Miller spit up more blood. I just stand there and see him getting beaten up. I was never the one liked the fistfights. I left to them. They enjoyed it. I usually didn’t like to get my hands dirty. I was there to finish the work. I was always the one who never lost his control or calm. Although there were times I enjoyed beating the shit out of someone, their blood staining my hands but I liked seeing them bleed out more, watching as the light of life left their eyes.

“You really thought you could get away with it?” I ask coolly and see Miller’s eyes harden as he glares at me. “I told you before I was going to pay you. I am just a little behind that’s it” he spits. “You are behind payment again. Then today you disappeared. I don’t need to tell you what happens to people who try to cross us?” I pull my gun out from the back of my jeans and point it at him. “I am a little late. That’s all. You are not going to fucking kill me for that Malik!” his eyes start to show fear and this is the moment that I love. The moment their eyes widen with fear and they realize that it is soon about to end. It is something that makes me feel powerful and it is a feeling I love.

“What do you think?” I challenge. If he thinks I am bluffing then surely he doesn’t know me well. All the fight pent up inside him leaves and his shoulder slumps. He knows there is nothing he can do now to save himself. “Please Malik. I know I am late to pay you but I am on it trust me. I will pay you, just give me another chance” he starts begging even though he knows it is fruitless and I hear Louis snicker. He is about to say something but I beat him to it. I want to end it as soon as possible and head back home. Today has been long as it is and I did not want to stretch out something that could be done within five minutes any longer. “Oh No Miller you don’t get another chance. You knew what you were going to get when were behind payment again. You are going to get what you deserve” I don’t give him time to form a response. I don’t wait another fraction of second before I slide back the barrel and pull the trigger.

A small snap sound is all that echoes because of the silencer but I catch something else. “Fuck” a voice mutters and it is not from the guys. I look around and to my right I see waves of blonde hair running away. She is the girl with Raven. Fuck! As if this is what I need right now. “Get rid of him” I bark at Louis and start the girl. “Where are you going?” Louis calls behind me. “I need to take care of something” I yell back and start jogging. She hasn’t gone too far. I wrap my hands around her waist from back and put her over my shoulder. As soon as she realizes what happened she starts kicking and beating my back with her fists in an attempt to get away from me. “Stay still or else I will put a gun through you head right fucking now” I hiss and her rebuttal stops considerably. I jog my way up to the corner where my car is parked. I open the door and push her inside the passenger seat before securing the seat belt. I walk to the other side get inside the car.

“Fuck!” I hiss and run a hand through my hair. “Are you going to kill me now?” her voice penetrates the cloud of thoughts over my head right now. I look at her. Her eyes are wide with an emotion I don’t know. It is not fear. I am well acquainted with fear. Her wide grey eyes shine but nor with tears. I think she is still in shock to process all that happened only a few minutes ago. “I don’t know” I answer her honestly. I don’t want to kill her because she didn’t really do anything but then again I also know I can’t just let her go. She saw me kill him. She is a witness. If she ever opened her mouth in front of the wrong person, any person for that matter fact, it would put me and my whole team in jeopardy and I could not have that. I did not have that luxury. I couldn’t just drop her back to her house and I couldn’t kill her right here.

Damn it! This location was wrong from the starting. There was a block party going on just a mile or two away and I had been against the location from the starting but Louis had found Miller hiding in his nest house just a couple blocks away and he wasn’t sure he would be able to keep him alive to carry him to their usual place. I should have never agreed. I was regretting it now. I ran another hand through my hair and scrubbed a hand over my face trying to sort out every fucking thing I had to do now. “I swear I won’t tell anyone” her meek voice said again and I barked out a laugh. I turned to look at her again. “And you expect me to trust you?” I challenged. I have learned the hard way not to trust anyone. “I promise… if you let me go I won’t tell anyone what I saw” she says and turns in her seat face me fully.

I rake her from head to toe. She had definitely come to the party. “What did you see?” I ask her in a calm voice and she stills, calculating her answers before speaking. “Nothing” another humorless laugh leaves my mouth. What I didn’t understand was… what was she doing alone in the woods so late at night? Was someone with her? “Who were you with?” I interrogate her. She took time answering which made me doubt her. “I was alone. I was walking and then I heard something so I followed and then I you…” she stopped abruptly. “Saw me kill him” I finish for her. “But you look like you were at the party then why were you alone in the woods so late at night?” I keep talking to her hoping in the midst I will understand what I should do with her. “Yes I came to the party but the music was too loud so I started walking and was in the forest. It was dark so I thought of pulling the cell out for light but I realized I had left my cell at my house so I turned to walk back when I heard him… I should have just walked away” her voice cracks and I think she is going to cry but she does not. She just sniffles.

“But you didn’t. You followed the sound like a nosy bitch” I state coldly and her eyes snap back at me and she opens her mouth to say something but thinks better of it. “Are you going to let me go?” she asks after a few minutes, her head turned away looking out the window but I saw her reflection on the glass. “No” I simply answer and finally put the key in and the engine roars to life. “Where are you taking me?” she asks as I start driving the car. I decide not to answer her. I have no fucking idea what to do with her now. “Where are we going?” “This is not the way to my house?” “Are you going to kill me?” she asks again. “I. don’t. fucking. Know” I bite out and my grip on the steering wheel tightens. “I swear if you let me go I will never tell anyone about this. I promise I won’t tell a single soul… just please let me go. I don’t want to die” she pleas and I look at her. I don’t know what to fucking do.

“Where are you taking me?” she asks again. “To my house” I say. I don’t know what else to do with her. First I will speak to Hector about this and then he can decide what to do with her. I rub my temple. My heard hurts. “Are you going to kill me there?” she asks again. She is getting on my nerve. “I don’t fucking know okay so shut your little bitchy mouth” I yell and she looks frightened. Good. If she is scared she will probably ask fewer questions. I drive on and a silence settles upon us. She is looking out the window at the rain drops hitting the window. I see the side of her face. Her blonde hair is swept to the side. She is quite beautiful if you get a good look at her.

We reach the house and I get out then open her side of the door and grab her elbow to pull her out. “I can walk you know” she speaks as I drag her with me. “I know” I answer but I don’t loosen my grip on her. The last thing I need is her trying to make an escape. Even if she does she will not go far because I will find her but why to go through all that? I pull her with me inside the house. Her eyes are wide and she takes in everything around her. I like how pale her eyes are. “Who’s this?” Louis asks. He is sitting on the couch. I don’t have time to explain him this right now. “Later” I mutter and start dragging her upstairs. There is no spare room except the basement but all our equipment are there and files. I can’t have her snooping around there. For a spare second I think of keeping her in Raven’s room but till today I have never dragged her into my shit so I am not going to start now. My only option was my room. I didn’t want her in my room but I couldn’t let her in any other room.

I open the door to my room and push her inside. Once we are both inside I let go of her hand. She rubs the place where my grip was. It may have been a little too tight but fuck I was in deep shit right now I can’t think of little things like this. “You didn’t have to manhandle me. I could have walked on my own” she growls. I am a little surprised at her tone. An hour ago she was pleading me to let her go and now she is arguing back? “Think before you speak. I won’t tolerate your bratty attitude” I bark back. If she thinks just because I haven’t killed her till now that I will bear with her sass then she is mistaken. “It doesn’t matter does it? You’re going to kill me anyways” she huffs and look around.

Am I going to kill her? I am not sure yet. She looks at me expecting an answer. I don’t have the answer to her question so I don’t give her an answer. “Stay here till I get back. Do not touch anything. And I mean do not touch anything” I warn her in the hardest voice I can. “What am I supposed to do till you get back? How long will you be gone? I am tired, I want to sleep. Will you let me go?” she fires her question one after another. “Shut up. Just shut up” I say. God! “I don’t know how long I will be gone. If you’re tired then you can sleep on the floor” I point to the floor in the corner. She looks back at where I am pointing and then back at me. “Are you serious?” she asks, disbelief evident in her voice. “Yes I am serious. I know you are a rich brat but tonight if you want to sleep then your companion is the good hard floor” I tap my shoe on the floor for effect. Her eyes widen but not due to curiosity but anger and she opens her mouth to speak but I beat her to it. “Think before you speak Valentine” I speak. This is probably the first time I say her name out loud.

She closes her mouth again and turns away. I leave the room and lock the door behind me. I need to talk to Hector about a lot of things. And I have no fucking idea what to do with her!



A/N: WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

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