CHASE

"Ahhhhhhh!" Her painful cries echoed in the room, and I spurted towards her again.

"Hey hey hey, shhh......calm down, calm down," I whispered in her ear gently, gathering her shivering frail form in my arms. She was sweating profusely, though the air conditioner of my room was on.

"He will kill my baby, he killed them," she mumbled incoherently in her sleep, wiggling in my grip. Her breaths were coming short, which flared up my nerves.

Sitting down on the bed once again, I held her shivering body in my arms, securing her within me. She sobbed in her sleep, but didnt open her eyes. Nuzzling her face deep within my neck, I clasped her tightly.

"Shh my love, nobody will harm him, calm down love, calm down," I hushed her down, gently rubbing her back and rocking her back and forth, completely unaware of these them, she was speaking about.

"He wi....he will...." she murmered rubbing her face on my chest. Minutes passed but she remained silent, her heavy breaths grazing my chest.

Bending down my face, I saw she had opened her eyes. Looking constantly at the small picture frame on the nightstand, which contained her family photo, she cried lowly. Her chest heaving and her broken sobs were breaking my heart. Her nose had turned red, puffy and bloodshot eyes, and her face bloatched.

I kept sitting there, swinging Sarah to and fro, constantly rubbing her back, occasionally dropping kisses on her temple and forehead, mumbling sweet things to her.

After what felt like eternity, her sobs died down, and I felt her breathing getting slower.

She fell asleep, once again.

The only emotion I was feeling for the last 3 days was rage, seeing her in this condition. So vulnerable and breakable. Her encounter with Benjamin had shattered her mental peace, and I couldn't do anything to protect my Sarah.

Anger welled up in my chest, hot fury coarsing through my veins, and I curled my fists in rage, wishing to punch that fucking bastard. A desire raised within me, the yearning to torture Benjamin with my bare hands. A strong need to slice open his each and every vein and to cut off his limp dick.

I still remembered the look of victory on his face, when he left. The malicious smirk, his face contained before jumping off the window.

Flashback

The moment I entered the room, my steps came to an abrupt halt at the scene infront of me.

No! This was not happening. This had to be a joke. Fate was playing a cruel game with me.

A masked man, with only his eyes and lip out, was sitting on my chair, the position I behold, the rank I possessed, with Sarah unconscious of his lap. Her body was facing me, her face on his shoulder.

Burning rage hissed through my body like a deadly poison, demanding a release in the form of violence. It was like a volcano erupting, fury sweeping off me like a ferocious wave, wrath consuming me.

"Hello Chase Morgan." A deadly voice echoed in the room.

"Benjamin Kavanagh," I whispered, my fists curling up in rage. Raw anger shot through me, nearly consuming my whole body. The murderer of my mother was sitting on my throne, with my woman on his lap.

As soon as I took his name, the sound of guns reloading alerted my senses. My warriors, who were standing behind me, raised their guns up, aiming at a single target, the murderer of their formal Queen.

"Uh uh uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you," Benjamin mocked, relaxing back on my throne. His hand coming up to grab Sarah's nape with one hand, and with the other he placed a dagger on her jugular.

"You better don't hurt her Benjamin, or you have no idea what we would do to you," Draven
gritted from my side.

I clenched my jaw in anger at his audacity. How dare he!

"Lower your dagger, you bastard!" Keven growled out.

Benjamin didn't even glance at them, and kept his eyes at me, taunting me, provoking me to take the first step, and he wouldn't even bat an eyelash before hurting Sarah.

"Lower your guns," I whisper-ordered them.

As soon as they got my order, they dropped down their guns. A taunting smirk arose at Benjamin's lip, which I wanted to smack off. I bared my teeth in anger, but didn't take a step forward. I knew he was not bluffing. He wouldn't think twice before hurting Sarah.

"Let her go," I snarled at him, rage pulsing through my veins.

He scoffed and clicked his tongue, ridiculing me.

"You are coward to hide behind a woman," I growled out, taking a step forward, the grip on my gun tightening.

"Really?" He asked, and pressed the dagger slightly into Sarah' neck. Blood seeped through the cut, trickling down her neck and disappeared into her chest, turning her light green dress into reddish brown.

"Benjamin!" I snarled out and sauntered toward him, raising my gun to shoot his brain out, but as soon as I did that, he pressed the dagger deeper into her neck, making Sarah wince out even in her unconscious state.

"Careful there, Young Morgan. Your woman, or should I say your surrogate, may not survive my tricks," he jeered at me, playfully as if it was a game for him.

I growled out in anger, wishing to break his teeth for touching Sarah. He would pay for this, with his every drop of blood.

"Well, I had been waiting for you here for the last 10 minutes. Let's get this over with, huh. What do you say?" he said, or should I say scorned me, looking at his watch.

I remained immobile holding my ground, grinding my teeth.

Benjamin flashed his eyes towards someone at my back, beckoning him towards the vault, whose door was open.

"Its time for you to show, where your loyalty lies, Draven," he said, making my heartbeat stop for as second.

Draven!?

My stomach twisted and my muscles constricted, goosebumps appearing on my body.

Benjamin played his cards right beneath my noses, tricking my men to join him and I didn't even got the idea of it.

"You fucking traitor!" Keven and my other soldiers snarled out in fury, and from the corner of my eyes, I saw them holding Draven by his collars.

I held my ground immobile, too shocked to react.

Draven jerked them away and sauntered towards the vault, disappearing within it, and appearing out of it with ZD-07 shotgun, on his back. He strode towards Benjamin, and stood behind him with his gun, raised up in defence.

My brother by fate, whom I took under my wing, whom I trained with my own bare hands, was aiming his gun at me.

Benjamin kept his eyes fixed at me, the smirk still visible on his face.

"Think twice before planting spies on me Chase Morgan. I pitied Antonio, thats why he is still alive. The next one won't come back in a single frame," he mocked.

Saying this he peeled out a finger print tape, of his thumb, and threw it away.

The sound of blazing helicopter blades caught my attention and I looked at him, furiously. He smirked and stood up from the chair, scooping up Sarah with him.

"My ride is here, I have to go now, but we will meet again." Saying this he started taking backward steps, towards the large glass window of my office, which I noticed, had been broken down.

The more he steeped backwards, the more we stepped forward. When he was at the edge of the window, he looked at me, smirked and said the words, which froze the blood into my veins.

"Beware of the future Chase Morgan. History may repeat itself."

Saying this, he threw Sarah away in the air and jumped off the window, Draven following him.

I bolted towards her, before her body could touch the ground and caught her within my arms. My men shooting at the ascending helicopter.

**** Flashback ends ****

Laying down Sarah back on the bed, I rubbed my face in utter frustration. I haven't left Sarah even for a single second, since that day. From time to time, she woke up, crying and screaming. Her nightmares had not let her sleep for the last 3 days.

Yesterday Melissa and Ares tried to feed her, but she didn't even look at them. She sobbed and hid her face away, buring herself up in the blanket.

Heaving an audible sigh, I looked back at her. Her face was still tensed and tear marks were still visible on her cheeks.

A knock caught my attention and I turned my head towards the door. Lexi was standing there, Melissa behind her, with a medical tray in her hand.

"Hey, I'm here to check her IV tube,"she said. I nodded and changed my position, giving Lexi enough space, to check Sarah. Her right hand was interlocked with mine, and I kissed her knuckles, trying to reassure her, even in her sleep.

After checking everything, Melissa left, not before giving a painful look at Sarah. Lexi sat down beside me on the bed, her eyes welling up.

I didnt bother much and kept my eyes fixed at Sarah. Where was the woman who taunted me, who made fun of me with Diana, who fixed me up when I was broken in the cottage, who hugged me when I was in pain, who slapped me for touching her, who disobeyed me every single day just to irritate me, whose laugh was infectious, who totally changed the atmosphere of my mansion. Where was she?

The girl lying on the bed, was not my Sarah. She was an empty shell of her former self.

I was sitting there, my eyes fixed on Sarah, when a soft touch on my shoulder broke my trance and I looked back. Lexi was looking at me, with painful eyes, as if she knew the reasons of Sarah's condition.

"Chase, you need to know something, before you try to help Sarah," she said, her voice broken.

And then, she told me about Ivy Wilson, Sarah's mother. How she was too brutally murdered by Benjamin, like my mother, when Sarah was just 3 years old. That dreadfull incident took place infront of Sarah, which was too much for a baby to take and she succumbed to PTSD. That little baby had severe nightmares for years, visions and anxiety attacks. She didn't speak much for 2 years and use to eat too less for a growing child.

"How do you know all this?" I asked, my voice almost inaudible.

"Robert told me," she replied. I just nodded and turned my face away. Minutes passed and we both sat mute.

"I think you need to call Robert here," she suggested, which caught my attention.

"Why would you say that?" I asked.

Sighing out audibly, she said, "Only her father can fix her. Her condition is very sensitive Chase. She isnt in right state of mind. We need to bring her back, and only her father can do that."

She was broken, shattered. But I would fix her. I would gather up her broken pieces and would mend her up.

Shaking my head, I stood up from the bed and returned back to my position on her side, anchoring her within me.

"No. This time I will fix her. I will bring her back. I will take care of her heart. I will mend up the shattered pieces of my woman's former self."

"How will you mange alone? You don't understand Chase, it can affect the baby too!" she cried out.

"I perfectly know how to take care of my woman and my baby." I said, and turned my face away from Lexi, dismissing her.

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