Chapter 11 Who Is He?

Aurora's POV I was reading a book after having dinner. Occasionally checking that officers are still out. It was almost past ten and I was wondering if he was going to come that night. What if he came but saw police at the door and went back? A part of me wanted him to come and get caught by police and a part of me wanted him to disappear and never come back like he never existed. I looked at the book again and realised that I was just looking at the page and was thinking about something else. I wasn't reading at all. My mind wasn't working properly, I was scared. My fear came to reality when I heard noise outside. He was out there! I clutched the book tightly as my stomach churned. I thought I won't be scared as the police were out but I was wrong, he scared me even with that hope. I placed the book down and got out of the bed, my hands trembled as I twisted the lock and opened my bedroom door. My soul almost knocked out of my body when I saw Rafael in the living room. He had his hands in his pockets and was standing like a boss. I gasped when I saw those men grunting in pain on the ground. He was looking at men and slowly looked up, straight into my soul. He didn't look like he had a fight with two police officers. He was standing untouched. My head started spinning for a second when he raised his eyebrows at me. "You promised you will be a good girl!" He sighed. "Why do you want to make it difficult for you, Angel?" He shook his head disappointed. I looked at him with teary eyes. "Please!" "Not a word!" He warned and I flinched. "You broke my trust..." The fuck I cared about his trust but I had nothing to say, I couldn't trust him with my safety as he had tackled two police officers. I looked at the door while thinking about running away and he tsked at me. "Try it!" He challenged. "Show me how stupid you can be" He stepped aside from my way. I was really stupid to think that I could escape, I was naive, I underestimated him and paid for it because I did what he challenged me for. I started running towards the door and he jerked me back while grabbing on my hair. It was sudden and painful, my back landed directly on his front. I sobbed in pain when he grabbed my jaw with the other hand. "I wanted to go easy on you but you have different plans it seems..." He released the grip on my hair and made me look at those men. "You really think these low life people can stop me from getting what belongs to me?" He gritted. "There is no one who can protect you from me, not even me!" I sobbed as his grip got painful. "Please, it's hurting" "You made a mistake now you will solve it." I couldn't understand when he said that but my eyes widened when he pulled out something from his waistband and I realised that it's a gun. I froze. I had no idea why he had a gun and why he pulled it out now. The first thought was, he was going to shoot me but then he unlocked the gun and forced me to hold it. My hands trembled with the weight of the metal. "Have you ever killed a human, Angel?" He smirked and I shook my head furiously when I realised what he was going to do to me. "No!" I hadn't even hurt an ant. "Today we will teach you a lesson, that you can't get away with the mistakes..." He patted my head and grabbed my hands which were holding a gun. "No!" I tried to move but his hold was tight on me, his chin rested on my shoulder as he tightened his grip. "Don't move!" He ordered making me freeze. "You could have hired better men..." There was a disappointment in his voice. "These high on sugar men can't even protect you from the street dog. Let alone protecting you from the Rafael Delgado!" He finally told me his surname. It felt familiar, I have heard that name before but couldn't recollect where. Who the fuck was Rafael Delgado and why was he so confident about himself, I wanted to scream that but I was in terror. I sobbed harder when he forced my finger on the trigger. "No, No, No!" I screamed and closed my eyes when he tightened his hold and pulled the trigger. He moved my hand and pulled the trigger again. Two gunshots rang in my ears and head leaving me in complete shock. I felt him taking away the gun from my hands and lifting his chin up from my shoulder. "Welcome to my darkness, Angel" He chuckled while kissing my shoulder. "We should celebrate your first murders, your shot was perfect by the way... I am proud of you." I flinched when he ran his hand through my hair. "Why don't you open your pretty eyes and have a look." I refused to open my eyes and see the sin he forced me to do. I couldn't understand what to do. I killed police officers! I could have been punished for that, they could have arrested me. Rafael trapped me. I was going crazy while thinking about all the circumstances when I almost lost my balance and he pushed me on the chair. My eyes snapped open and found him staring down at me in adoration. "You look beautiful when you cry..." He smirked. I wasn't surprised by his words, from the past few hours I had come to realize that this man is twisted. What shook my world was, two dead bodies lying in my house. I cried looking at them and heard him sigh. "Are you crying because they are dead or because you killed them?" He asked. What was the fucking question. "Because you forced me to kill them" I sobbed loudly. "I didn't kill anyone... I didn't!" I yelled. He sighed and looked at the dead bodies. "Okay, you didn't... Now try telling that to the police..." He smirked at me and my eyes widened in horror. No, he can't do that. That gun had my fingerprints. "Let's inform the police that their honourable men were killed by a girl they wanted to protect..." He mocked. "I didn't" I shook my head. "You know I didn't... Why are you doing this?..." I cried my heart out. "Please don't call the police, please don't inform them..." "But you went to them first..." He leaned down and caressed my cheek. "You involved them in this... It's your fault and you should pay for it." "Rafael, please don't do this" I pleaded. My helpless eyes looked into his cold one. "You won't dare to mess with me after tonight." He smirked and pulled out the phone from my pocket. "Call them!" He ordered. I shook my head furiously. "Please, I beg you!" "Let's practice shooting more" He grabbed my arm and I cowered back with a scream. "No!" He was going to made me shoot more bullets in bodies, that was fucked up. "I won't ask again" His voice turned hard. I blinked my teary eyes and grabbed the phone with my trembling hands, it felt like they would get paralysed anytime. I dialled the number and they answered the call. Rafael was looking at me with the look which said, I have you in my clutches now. "Hello, I am Aurora" I couldn't control my crying. "Aurora, is everything okay... Is he there?..." I was Ken on the call. I had no idea how he would react after knowing that his men are dead. "Yes!" I nodded not realising that he couldn't see me. "Can you come here with more men" I replied, what if he comes alone and Rafael kills him too. I looked at Rafael after disconnecting the call. He chuckled at me. "You are smart!" I had no idea that he meant it or mocked me but his expressions told me that he read what I was trying to do. And that made him more dangerous. He sat beside me on the chair, took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves just like he did the night before. "Let's wait until they come!" He said casually like we are sitting at a cafe and waiting for friends. I thought he was going to leave after making me call them and make them arrest me for murder but he sat beside me waiting for them. I had no idea what was going on in his mind but it wasn't good. His smirk warned me by sending chills to my terrified soul. I wasn't able to understand who Rafael Delgado was?