Alice was healing quite well. Her cast was off and she had gotten her surgery done. She couldn't get the thought of the car blowing her up and that gave her nightmares. She didn't tell anyone but she wasn't able to sleep at night.

One day, Derek came home late. He went out to meet Willy around 10 p.m. Willy had asked to meet him because they had gotten to know that Daniel had fled the asylum. Derek was worried about his family's safety.

"Taylor, it's me, Derek." He said as Taylor picked up the phone.

"Yes sir, is everything okay?" He asked.

"Tell everyone to meet me in the security room in twenty minutes. Make sure nobody is left out." Derek said.

"Yes, sir. will do. Anything else?" He asked.

"That'll be all for now," Derek said as he hung up the call.

Derek reached home and as he was going to the security room, he passed Alice's room. He could hear someone sobbing quietly. He turned the doorknob softly to see Alice curled up like a frightened little kitten and she was sobbing. Derek touched her shoulder lightly. Alice nearly jumped.

"Ww..what are you doing here, brother?" She asked with panic visible in her eyes.

"I was passing outside your door, I heard some sounds so just came in to check. Are you okay?" He asked her.

"Yyyyes I'm fine, brother." She stammered.

"What's bothering you, Alice? Let it out. Tell me." Derek sat beside her as he made circles on her arm. He enveloped her in his arms. He held her sister like a glass doll.

"Every night I see the accident replaying in my head. A black car coming to blow me off. I don't know where that car came from. I wanted to move out of its way but I couldn't. It hits me every night. I can't sleep." She said as she sobbed hysterically.

"Oh, Alice. Don't let these foul memories hurt you. I'm here for you. Emily is here. Mother is here. We're all here to protect you. We won't let him harm you. We won't let anything harm you, okay? Now sleep. Sleep like the good girl you are." He said as he covered her with the duvet and left her room.

Derek was angry. He wanted to get to Daniel as soon as possible. He couldn't let him ruin his family. He made a promise to himself that he'll promise his family no matter what the price is. Family always came first for him.

Derek stormed into the room. All security personnel was there.

"I'm so sorry everyone but it's a matter that needed to be discussed urgently." He said as he paced around the room.

"A man named Daniel is on the loose. He has had a history with my family and has fled from a rehab. Anyone that enters the estate should be checked thoroughly before entering the premises. No weapons are allowed. If there are any servicemen coming in for wedding preparations, note their names and ID. I don't want anyone to be harmed. If anyone is harmed while you people are on service, I won't hesitate to kill you all with my own hands. It's my family and nobody lays a bad eye on them, you've got to make sure of it. You're all dismissed." He said as he stormed out of the room. He was angry. Really angry. He wanted his relaxant. Emily was his relaxant. He wanted her.

Derek went to Emily's room and opened the door slightly ajar. She was sleeping soundly. He went inside and sat on one of the chairs in her room. He looked at her sleeping form. Her hair spread out like a halo on an angel's head. Her beautiful eyes closed. Her face shining in the dim moonlight that entered through the window. He touched her hair lightly. She was his angel and no matter what happened he was going to protect her from every harm. He couldn't wait to call her his wife. He would never give up on her. He stood up and walked out of the room.

Derek was working on his laptop when his phone buzzed. It was a message from Willy.

"Sir, we found Daniel. Meet me at the warehouse."

Derek felt a bit weird about this message but he ignored all the false alarms that were rising in his mind, wore his jacket and informed Taylor about his departure. He wanted Taylor to be on stand by if anything happened. This time he went without a gun.

Derek reached the warehouse, it was empty. Willy wasn't there. He couldn't see anyone there. It was all dark. He walked round to the back of the warehouse. He saw Willy tied to the bark of the tree unconscious. As he tried to go near him, he was hit at the back of his head with something heavy. He felt himself go into darkness as he fell down and closed his eyes.

"Meet me at this address. Wear something black. You look beautiful in black. Waiting to meet you." Emily read the message as she rubbed the sleep of her eyes. The message came from Derek's phone. Emily reluctantly got up, got dressed and left the mansion.
"Excuse me, are you going somewhere, Ms. Brooke? I need to send someone with you." Taylor said as he blocked her path.

"No Taylor, you don't need to send someone with me. I'm going to meet Derek. He just texted me." She replied.

"But Mr. Derek is with Willy. He's gone for some work, Ms. Brookes." Taylor said.

"Am I crazy to get up from my sleep, get ready and go to meet someone at this hour of the night?" Emily said irritatedly.

"Please, Ms. Brookes. Be careful." He said as he opened the door of the car to let her sit inside.

Emily drove off in her car. Taylor followed her car with a few men in the other car. He stayed away from her line of sight to avoid her getting suspicious. Emily stopped at the warehouse. Taylor and his men parked their cars a bit far from Emily's car. They saw Derek's car there. He told his men to be as discreet as possible and ensure that Derek and Emily are not hurt in any way.

Emily went inside the dark warehouse. It was so dark that she couldn't even see the floor. She lit the torch in her phone and raised it higher so she could see something around. Just as she raised her hand, her phone was snatched from her hand and thrown in a corner. A strong hand clamped over mouth to muffle her voice. She was dragged to sit on a chair where her hands and feet were tied. Suddenly the lights turned on. Emily turned a bit to see around. She saw Derek and some other men tied just like her.

"Derek!!!" Emily shouted. Her shouts fell on deaf ears.

"What have you done to him?!" Emily questioned the guy staring at her.

"Show me your face!" She said to him. The masked guy removed his mask. It was Daniel.

"Daniel?!" Emily said shocked.

"Why did you tie all of them up? What do you want?" Asked Emily.

Taylor heard Emily talking to Daniel. He signaled his men to close in and surround the warehouse. He sent one man to get the car as near to the warehouse as possible and called the police. He informed them of the situation. The police were on their way.

"What do I want?! Oh, how naive you are, Emily!" Daniel said as he came closer to Emily. He reeked of alcohol and sweat. His clothes were dirty.

"Please let us go, Daniel. Please!" Emily pleaded.

"I want you back. I want you to be my wife. You are mine. Mine only." He said as he inched closer to her. He caressed his gun from her hair to her neck. As the cold metal of the gun came in contact with her skin, Emily shivered.

"I will do anything you want. Just let Derek go. You want me not him then why have you tied him up?" She told him while it broke her heart to see that Derek was in this condition because of her.

"Because he dared to take away what's mine. He dared to take you away from me. How could I live without you, Emily?" Daniel said as he was just an inch away from her lips. He tried to kiss her but she moved her head sideways so he was able to kiss her cheek. Emily was disgusted. Daniel held Emily her jaw and slapped her hard. Emily cried as her cheek stung when it came in contact with his skin.

Suddenly Derek stirred. He blinked his eyes to adjust to his surroundings. He found Emily tied on a chair in front of him. What the hell? Was it a joke?

"Emily? What are you doing here?" Derek asked to make sure he was not dreaming.

"I got a text from your mobile and you wanted me here. I thought it was you with some surprise. But it was a trap. I'm so sorry, Derek. It's all happening because of me." She said.

"Oh... I see. So it was him who called you here. He's made a very big mistake. He messed up with the wrong person." Derek said looking at Daniel. Daniel laughed like he was told a joke.

"Shut up! Stop talking you two!" Daniel shouted.

"Daniel, did you try to kill Alice? " Emily asked.

"Oh this bastard's sister! She was a mistake. I thought it was you, Emily. I wanted to punish you for choosing him over me but she came in between." Daniel replied.

"How dare you abuse my sister?" Derek shouted at Daniel.

"You! Messed with the wrong person, Stevenson. Now you're going down for it." He said as he pointed the gun at Derek.

"Daniel! No!" Emily shouted as she saw the gun pointing at Derek. Derek was smiling.

"You don't have the guts to shoot a gun," Derek said as he dared Daniel to fire.

"Stop it, Daniel! Please! Stop!" Emily shouted.

"I will not spare him. How dare you ask me to leave him?" He aimed the gun once more at Derek.

"Drop your weapons! Put your hands where we can see them!" Said the policemen as they broke open the door. A policeman held Daniel's hands behind his back and cuffed them while he picked up his gun and gave it to another officer.

Taylor and his men came inside and freed Derek and Emily. Derek hugged Emily.

"Emily, are you okay?" Derek asked her.

"I'm fine. I'm so sorry it all happened because of me." Emily said as she cried.

"Shhh...nothing happened because of you. It all happened because it had to. I love you." Derek said as he kissed her forehead and held her.

Taylor led Emily and Derek to the car and drove them home.