2 Owned?

•Azalea

My vision began to blur as I kept running through the unknown dark alleys. It must be around noon yet the area was very dark and I couldn't comprehend why? Was it because these alleys were behind the skyscrapers of the city?

I shook my head as I felt my energy drain. I had been running for God knows how long from people I don't even know.

As I began to slow down I heard footsteps behind me even more clearly. The men chasing me were clearly gangsters, with their tattoos and piercings, their aura and look, anyone could tell they were in the wrong business.

But what I didn't get was, why were they after me? I didn't do anything wrong! I'm just a young girl minding her own business, doing my part-time job at a cafe, trying to save up for college and all of a sudden these men barge in and demand me to go with them.

Like hell I will!

I gulped to lubricate my dry throat but it didn't really work, I tried to force myself to run more but my legs stumbled and I fell, I didn't even have the energy to stand back up again. I was too tired and out of breath, I could hear my heart pounding as I struggled to move a bit, just a bit more...

A painful groan escaped my mouth as one of the guys chasing me grabbed my hair with brute force and yanked me up.

"You thought you could outrun us you little bitch."

"What do you want from me?" I did a useless struggle dance at which none of them even batted an eye.

Ignoring my question the bald guy holding me up extended his hand out for something and the thin guy next to him took out a cloth from his jacket and placed it on his hand.

Oh great...

I was already tired enough, now they were going to knock me out for good.

I stopped struggling and fell into unconsciousness a few minutes after I smelled the well soaked cloth.

***

My eyes fluttered open and my vision began to adjust to the unfamiliar environment, my hands and feet tied behind my back and something wrapped around my neck? It felt like a choker.

As I regained my senses, I realized I was in a big room, almost empty except for a few people staring at me.

Even among them, one man, who sat on a beautifully crafted chair on a platform a few flights of steps above the ground caught my attention.

Actually he would catch anyone's attention.

He stood out exceptionally well, with his fair features, his silky blonde hair, and, was it a shade of brown? He had pretty golden eyes.

Such a rare combination, forget about rare, I don't think I've ever heard of this combination at all. It was almost as if he was from a fairy tale.

He stared down at me with those piercing pretty eyes and spoke.

"Azalea violet."

"..." I didn't respond to him calling my name.

"I'm sure you can guess why you're here."

I tilted my head slightly, "Because I'm very unfit and couldn't out run the baboons you sent?"

He cracked a smile but didn't laugh.

"Trying to act innocent won't help." He shifted in his seat, "It was hard to find you, no doubt about that. Living as the daughter of your aunt. Clever but not fool proof."

"..."

"Your family caused quite some trouble for mine."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied as I glared at him.

"Oh I know you do." He got up from his seat, walked to me and crouched down, " And I know you know how the Mafia works. No one is spared in revenge. Especially not from the Alucards" He grabbed my face in his hand.

Alucards?

This must be Arius Alucard.

I gritted my teeth in anger.

His golden, venomous eyes stared into mine and I couldn't help it.

I spit on his face.

"You already killed everyone in my family! What more do you want?!"

His lips twitched in anger as he wiped the saliva from his cheek and looked at me, a menacing smile appeared on his face as he pressed a finger on the collar around my neck.

"You know what this is?" I kept glaring at him, trying not to look confused, "This is a slave collar." He stood up and looked at the men standing against the wall. "Take her and throw her with the other slaves."

What?

slaves? He wants to keep me as a slave?

Two muscular men came and picked me up and I began throwing a useless tantrum.

"You bloody mother fucker. You kill people, torture them and even keep slaves! You son of a bitch!! Do you enjoy this?!!?"

Arius silently looked at me as I was being dragged away but finally decided to say something in the end.

"Is that my fault?"