Chapter 3

Nobody could have ever thought that the girl, who could live a life full of luxury and comfort easily by just off her looks that was as captivating as an enchantress, would be so adamant and stubborn to surrender her life, ambitions and freedom that she'd rather risk her life and be hunted like a prey, than rely on the monster, who could just from the flick of his fingers could give her anything one could desire for.

Aleina had devised everything so flawlessly and was even prepared for any uncertain event occurrence because this wasn't the first time that she was being chased by that monster. For the past three years, she has been moving from place to place, every four months in order to not be traced by the devil. But even if she wanted to she could not be so naive to believe that with the power and connection the devil Alex had, he would not easily find her.

So instead of waiting for her impending doom, she devised her escape plan meticulously and made the required arrangements beforehand. She knew she couldn't beat him but atleast she could slow him down while she was fleeing and that's precisely what she has been doing since the last two times when she almost got caught.

Aleina tried to be active and fit by training in the gym, participating in marathons and learning self-defence. She bought taser guns, pepper sprays, best available security system for her house. In case of an emergency she always had a backup option, where she parked a rundown car a block away from wherever she stayed at that time. The car was always stocked with adequate amount of cash to start off in another city without any monetary issues, their passports, a bag full of their clothes and other necessities. Some might call her behaviour paranoid, but those who knew who she was up against commended her for being so astute.

Alex wanted to applaud her for her quick-wittedness and smart thinking but the savage beast inside him was so furious that it made him want to tear the whole place down, and he might as well but after getting the bewitching woman back and teaching her a lesson for even having the audacity to think she could escape him.

With steps full of hostility, he stepped on the bodies of his men on the stairs, who were struggling to free themselves from the sticky predicament, while he made his way towards her apartment. With every step that he took towards her, there was an increasing itch in his body. He had the aura of a king on a mission to conquer what he had shamelessly declared as his "property."

He finally reached the door with the remaining men, while the ones stuck on the stairs were busy shaking their limbs in a bid to break out of the sticky trap and the group trapped inside the elevator were making their way through the duct.

Alex's men turned the knob of the door, only to find it unlocked which they found strange but before they could inspect it further, Alex who was already raging with all the traps and delays pushed through the door in haste.

Alex was anticipating the moment he would lay his eyes on the ravishing beauty that had mesmerised him since the first day he saw her, with her dark chocolate brown eyes that could melt the hearts of the strongest of men, her luscious full rosy lips so enticing; seeking the attention of the onlookers, her dark filled brows framing her oval-shaped skin which was as fair and smooth as the finest of jade. He didn't believe in God but he thought if God was real then she was truly his masterpiece.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

The ear piercing noise of an alarm system going off broke Alex from his reverie. Instead of encountering the girl who was as pretty as a picture, Alex was met with the infuriating sound of the security alarm going off.

To say Alex was vexed would be an understatement. But before he could fly into a fury, suddenly there was smoke coming out from every corner of the house which pricked their eyes preventing them from even opening it to take a peek and a burning sensation in their throat as such that they were having difficulty in breathing. Alex and his men were coughing profusely with a had over their eyes to cool the irritating from the smoke. Alex straightaway understood that this was a diversion made by the cunning lady. He immediately bolted towards the entrance of the building, still hoping to capture her, not letting his raging beast get the best of him and obstruct his mind from thinking clearly.

"No, No, No. Not again. I don't have much patience left Aleina. You can't escape this time. No, NO!" Alex kept murmuring to himself like a madman. His eyes were out of focus as if all he could see and understand was to stop Aleina from escaping again and in a stupor he kept chanting these words to himself to placate the beast from wreaking havoc.

He was furious, almost on the verge of losing his mind but all he could think at that point was to capture Aleina, HIS Aleina at any cost. He was searching for something, anything that could help him and give him a little hope of tracking her, when his sight fell upon the iron staircase that was attached to the left side of the building as an emergency exit.

At the sight of the iron staircase with its opening to the window of the bedroom of every apartment, it didn't take long for the cunning devil Alex to unravel the mystery of her escape.

"HAHAHAHAAAHAAA!"

The ambience was filled with cold laughter of the Underworld King who looked nothing less than the Grim Reaper himself. He was like a madman who had lost all his rationality which made him all the more dangerous and evil.

"We are sorry Master."

His minions had finally arrived after the long struggle to resolve the various predicaments they were stuck in. They bowed their heads and kept their eyes stuck to the ground as they were ashamed of their incompetence to capture a seemingly harmless little woman.

"Look at me!" Alex commanded with a calm and an indifferent cold voice like the decree of a king, making those who heard him; sweat like a pig.

The group of well-built strong men lifted their gaze from the ground.

"BAM! BAM! BAM!"

Their heavy bodies dropped to the ground in mere seconds before they could even have a proper look at perpetrator. His minions; who just a minute ago were standing upright, dropped dead with a hole in the middle of their head.

"I told you, I won't be forgiving this time." The devil said with a maddening smirk on his face, seeming to quench the thirst of the beast for the time being.