Chapter 4 CLAIMING HER

Warm breath escaped her nostrils, despite the room freezing she suddenly felt suffocated and hot, she felt his palm grazing the nape of her neck slightly making her shudder in fear, for the first time in years she felt fear surging through her she had always been careful to keep her identity a secret, her identity been exposed means death.

"I don't know who that is" she replied trying to hide the fear in her voice

A loud, chilling laugh followed, and within a second, she felt her back slamming against the wall; her eyes widened in fear as she came to face him. She could see a glint of madness in his eyes.

"You think you could steal from me," he asked, his voice dripping with venom.

"You are just a tiny ant in my world Hailey", he said her name rolling off his lips with so much disdain

"you entered my world without permission, now am in yours and I will stop at nothing to break

You, to see you tremble at my feet, your pain will be my joy," he said, his eyes boring holes into her body.

"you will never get what you want," she replied, her voice fierce, refusing to break down in front of him.

"oo, Hailey, you know what happens if I reveal your identity? The whole underworld will put a fucking bounty on your head," he said, releasing her; he walked towards the window, lighting a stick of cigarette.

The silence that followed was tense, Hailey's eyes wandered the room again and stopped on the gun lying on the table.

Her breath caught.

Her fingers twitched.

Maybe this was it. Her last chance.

"kill him," a voice in her head whispered.

"End this.Run".

Without a second thought, she lunged. Her fingers curled around the cold metal of the gun. She turned, cocked it, and aimed it at him.

Kamran was already facing her. He didn't flinch. Not even a blink.

He simply tilted his head, cigarette between his lips, lighting it casually, as if she weren't pointing death at him.

"you think that scares me sunshine?" he muttered, exhaling smoke. "Go ahead"

"Let me go, "Hailey said, her hand shaking violently on the gun, "or I will blow your head off".

His dark eyes glittered with amusement.

"then do it, don't be dumb".

"you think am kidding," Hailey said cocking the gun.

But he kept waking.

"Pull the trigger," he growled, "put a bullet through my chest. But I don't think it ends there. Don't think death can keep me away from you?" His voice was a brutal promise.

"Even in hell, I will find you."

"Do it" he grabbed the barrel and pressed it to his heart. "Do it 'cause I will never stop; you belong to me the moment you entered my world to steal from me. You became mine, and I will stop at nothing to break you until you are in pieces," he said with a sinister smile on his face.

" you are deranged, I don't belong to you or anyone," She replied, her eyes fierce.

He didn't move. Didn't speak.

Kamran stared at her. Eyes black, unreadable. Possessive.

She shuddered in fear as she realized there was no escaping from here.

"what do you want?" she asked, her grip loosening on the gun.

Kamran stepped closer, his lips curling into something cruel.

"I want to own you completely, sunshine; I want you to give me your heart, soul, loyalty, and body. I want you to be completely mine". Those words slipped out of his tongue cruelly.