THAT BITCH

"She stooped this low!" I exclaimed.

"Told ya that" Hayden said making me hit him in the back.

"If anyone see's you guys right now, they would have a hard time wondering wether you are a king and queen or not." Ivy shook her head.

"Why, aren't king's and queen's a human being?" I counter questioned her, rolling my eyes.

"I want to meet her" I said getting out of the bed.

"I thought that your left side of the body was numb?" Jeremy asked.

"Owww, It is still numb" I wined, getting my jacket on.

"You won't stay put, until you question her by yourself right." Hayden sighed. I gave him a look and stumbled as I moved two feet. He stood up and picked me up, taking me towards the basement where Annabel was kept. He placed me on my feet. I glared at Annabel who was kept in a cage.

"So, you tried to sell us" I kneeled down in front of her, ignoring the pain in my left side.

"But, you know, the tranquilizer did work very well, but let's just say in my case, I am too good." I made her raise her head and look at me in the eye.

"You really are a good actress. Get a job in the entertainment industry, you will surely make a fortune." i said in a suggestive voice.

"What do you want?" She asked bitterly.

"What do I want?. No, What do you want. You didn't agree to just trap me and get the money. There must be something else too. What is it that you are hiding from me? I queried further.

"What else would I want?" She asked.

"Umm, let see. My husband." I pointed at Hayden.

"You thought that you could lure me in a trap and kill me. Get the money and persuade Hayden into marrying you after showing him this" I showed her the tape.

"You know, living in Magna, has it's advantages. You don't need to find something. You just find an Atlas and make her tell you, easy" I rocked on my toes. I turned around to see Hayden talking on his phone.

"You wanted to murder me in order to get to him, didn't you? But will you be able to do it when I am around, will you?" I looked at her but she kept her head low.

"Ohh, when will you open your mouth. I can assure you the process will be painful and a girl like you will not be able to handle the pain. So, decide and tell me. Will it be the easy way or the hard way." I took out a nail ripper from my pocket. Fear was evident in her eyes as she tried to hide it. I took a deep before moving towards er. She backed off.

"If I can't get him, so won't you" She spoke in a spitting voice.

"We will see about that but for now.." I was interrupted by Hayden.

"I am going somewhere in a hurry, Jeremy will soon be here" He said and left, leaving me confused. After a minute, Jeremy and Katie arrived. I looked at them, before turning to Annabel and pulled a couple of her hair out. She managed to stay quiet but when I looked at her she was fainted. I stood up, kicking her angrily.

"You need to keep your anger in check. These uncertain movements will cause more damage" Katie spoke up. I turned towards her to retort but was disturbed by my phone. It was Hayden.

"Yeah, where are you and why did you leave in such a rush?" I questioned him immedieatly after I picked up the call.

"Hayden, HAYDEN?" I exclaimed as I ran upstairs towards my study. I opened my laptop and traced his car and his phone. The location confirmed itself on the Roding Valley. I took my car keys and ran outside with Katie and Jeremy following me. I zoomed the car out, chasing the streets towards Roding Valley. It took me ten minutes to reach there. I got out of the car and looked around the station. Stepping forward with caution, I felt something hard beneath my foot. I picked it up to see it was Hayden's phone. I looked around to see his car parked in a distance. I walked towards it and examined it. Everything looked fine. I felt someone staring at me. I turned around to see, no one was there. I once turned around to face the car when Hayden's phone dinged.

"Come near the Aythorpe Roding windmill" I sat in my car and turned towards the windmill. After five long minutes, I was able to find it. I came out of the car, my hand clamped over my dagger, keeping myself on guard. His phone dinged once agin.

"Behind it" The message said. I moved cautiously towards the backside of the mill. As I approached I saw Hayden lying on the ground, beaten up. I ran towards him.

"Hayden" I breathed out.

"I am okay" He groaned. I pulled him up but was alarmed when I saw men in black approaching us. I stood up, leaving him on the ground as I took my dagger out. They also tok out their weapons. I was keeping an eye on each of them. They were thirteen in person against only me. I glanced behind me as they came closer and so did the people in the front.

"Clare, leave" Hayden groaned.

"Are you in your right mind?" I twirled around so that they would keep their distance. A man came forward to catch me but I pierced the dagger in his right shoulder, twisted it and threw him forward.

"One down, twelve to go" I spoke as if I was watching a cricket match. The men looked at me, smirking. I darted my eyes, here and there, keeping me and Hayden safe. The all suddenly advanced at me at once. I once again twirled, so they would keep their distance. Finding out that the person on my left side had his knee injured because he was limping slightly, I hit him with a stone on the spot. He sat down and clutched his knee as I tried finding out the weakness of other's. The person behind me had a loose grip on his dagger. I turned around and kicked his left hand, which resulted in him hitting himself right above the heart and he fell on the ground with a grunt. Everyone suddenly backed off.

'So that was the leader, huh' I thought as I kept my feet firmly planted in the battleground

"Nothing can defeat you, except the defeat within"

A man came charging at me, I jumped up and landed right on top of him, piercing the dagger in his arm and then twisting his neck which cracked. I smiled looking up at them. They looked at em in alarm.

"The fun has just begun" I smiled saying loudly before throwing daggers in the direction of the two bulky man. I jumped on a fence, using it as my boost as I attacked the men, taking two down in one blow. I turned around, taking the knife out of my pocket and cutting the throat of the person, who was trying to attack me, kicking the other two person and smashed their head together.

"Boy, I am getting good at this" I commented and turned towards Hayden. He was not lying their anymore. I heard my phone ringing and I took it out. "Hayden Calling" was showing. I turned my other pocket to get Hayden's phone out, but it was not there. I picked up the call.

"I am in my car" I heard him groaning. I turned around towards my car to see Hayden's car just behind it. I shook my head and took out my phone, dialing to Jeremy.

"We are behind the windmill" I told him and dismissed the call. I opened the door of the car and sat down inside.

"How the heck did you made it?" I asked him. He gave me a look as I gave a sigh. Jeremy's car stopped and Ivy came out, sprinting towards us.

"Here take my car back home" I handed her the car keys, starting Hayden's car. We moved towards the mansion.

"What happened?" Katie asked worriedly.

"Nothing, just killed a bunch of people" I rolled my eyes as Hayden laid down on the stretcher and was taken to the infirmary. After a while, the doctor came outside.

"Do you know who did this?" He asked.

"We are running an investigation. How is Hayden?" I questioned him. He stepped out of my way and I entered the room. He was awake.

"Still, how did you manage to walk all the way to your car and I never noticed" I pointed at him.

"Somethings are meant to happen. Even if you try to stop them, they will happen. We just have to learn to live with it. Back there when I was beaten up, I remembered my mom. She was also beaten that way." He stopped to take a sigh.

"I want tog o meet her and stay with her" He spoke looking at me.

"Stop talking like that" I scolded him as a cold shiver ran down my spine. He just laughed.

"The poison was spread. Just one day."