Arranged Marriage: Dangerous Heiress

       Ashton injected the nanomites to Pamela under him that made her shrill. Pamela looked at him and he hushed her.

"Pretend to be dead," Ashton mumbled. Pamela's eyes widened as a man stepped forward and kicked the helmet from Ashton. The guy is lowered, pointing at Ashton. She screamed when the man pulled the trigger. It felt like slow motion as the bullet ran to Ashton's head. His face falls to her, his protective hands are at loose. He shot him at the back two times

       Everyone is shocked by what happened. Christian pulled his gun back and didn't think twice of firing it as his team followed. He felt a laser gun run through his suit. Ignoring the pain he used his body to protect his team.

       Jaxon and others freeze when a red dot is right to them. It felt like slow motion as multiple laser guns ran directly to his team's body. They fell on the ground lifelessly, bathing in their blood. Christian screamed and dropped his gun. He knew that they wouldn't shoot him.

       He looked at the lifeless body of his team.

"Christian, I'm sorry but our snipers are down," Aria said solemnly. "We are surrounded."

       At that moment, Christian's life shattered. There's only one piece left. He turned to the footsteps that are coming. A man in a suit with few men along with him.

"My son,"

       Christian froze and looked at him straight. Ilya Lebedov. Ilya smiled at him yet he showed no emotions.

"You only have a few men around," Ilya said. "Surrender yourself and we'll let this girl who is surely alive go?"

       His hand clenched hard. His teeth gritted almost crushing his teeth.

"I think that your little girlfriend won't live for long," Jacob said and he showed to him the live footage of Bea and Demi laughing on the bar counter talking about weddings.

"No!" Christian shouted. "Do not touch her!"

"What's the use?" Jacob chuckled. "This one girl's man is already dead. Her boyfriend is bathing on his blood."

       Christian froze and looked at Noah, lying on his stomach, his blood just kept on coming out.

"You see this woman?" Jacob zoomed the woman eating by the glass. "She had a bomb in her jacket. In a few minutes, she'll explode right in the first café that you ever built with these lowly people you friended with."

"What do you want? You already killed my friends. You set us up. If you want any information from them, I won't give it to you."

"How about in exchange for the life of your girlfriend?" Ilya stepped forward. "You are my son, Christian. But you choose to be with the people who killed your mother. And even had an affair with the daughter of the man who killed your family? You are such a disappointment."

"My family had done wrong to them. The number of innocent people that they killed is nothing compared to their deaths. Now, I am paying for it."

"Paying?" Ilya scoffed. He approached him and slapped him across his cheek. "Take him!" Ilya ordered. Christian felt a need on his nape. He turned to the man sneaking behind him. He stepped backward but the medicine is kicking in. His vision became blurry and he heard them talking instinctively. "Make it explode now. We just killed two heiresses in one bullet."

"Demi…" Christian murmured as they dragged his body. "Demi!" He shouted. He pushed them with all of his force. He ran to Jacob and grabbed the tablet. But someone shot him with another tranquilizer and it lost his consciousness.

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       Zendaya leaned on the desk as she watched the news about the explosion in the Empire Café. No one survived. They are still identifying the bodies. She exhaled and turned off the news. She looked at Demi who is eating ramen, slurping it like she hasn't eaten for years. It's been twelve hours and the news of the bombing has become viral.

       Christian is gone and they retrieve all of the bodies of the agents that are now under Cyra's facility. They retrieve their heartbeat and take them before they lose all of the blood. The most critical is Ashton who got hit on the head first. His heartbeat is okay and that's how he survived.

       All of the team are in a coma and Christian is far away from them. Zendy knows well that Demi is lonely because he's far away and might not be able to make it back here alive. Christian has the detox for nanomites with him and he has to take it in a few days since his body is well.

"Demi, aren't you going home?"

       She shook her head.

"Dad is busy and I don't want to make mom worried."

"Not going home is making your mom worried," Zendaya said. She exhaled. "I'll leave now. I think you need to keep on hiding. I called your mom and she'll be here with your brothers."

"Thanks." Demi searches for a movie to watch.

"Groceries and everything you needed is also there."

"Got it." Demi nodded.

       Zendaya left Christian's penthouse with a heavy heart. Timothy is with her all the time when he doesn't have a job to do.

"You need a massage?" Zendaya asked him.

"Yeah. Just back massage, love." He put a hand over the small of her back as he led her to the elevator. He clicked the elevator button to the arrow down and it opened. He followed her inside and clicked the ground floor. Then, he wrapped his arms around her from behind. "What kind of message do you want?" he whispered that tickled her ear. She giggled and held his hand in front of her abdomen.

"You know well." She said in a very flirtatious way.

"Got it. I exercise a lot for that."

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       Bea stared at Noah lying on the bed. He is topless with bandages around. It's good that he secured his heart. He isn't well yet but the nanomites are working deep in their body. Those laser guns have been poisoned.

       Natalia and Cyra have been sleepless and they keep checking everyone. Jaxon is safe and he got less hit than the others. She turned to Natalia as they put Ashton in the operation room to remove the bullet on his head and his spine.

"Hey," She turned to his dad and Fin kissed her forehead. Then, he looked at Noah behind the glass. "He seemed to be doing well."

"Yes," Bea said. "Dad, those laser guns, how did they have it?"

"It is first from EPUA, someone from EPUA stole it. That's what Athena is working for a while now. But it seemed like they multiplied it fast. It only means that they have more resources outside of Russia which we don't know. These resources might be old and new."

"Tsk, too bad."

"How's Demi?" He asked.

"She's home. Zendy just visited her."

       Fin nodded.

"Why won't you go home too and eat?" He suggested.

"I'm fine. I'll just eat here with them. Natalia and Cyra are restless and I think Butler Samson is worried."

"Ashton is still in the operation room?" Fin asked.

"Yes."

"How about the former President's daughter?"

"She's fine. Sleeping."

       Fin and Bea left the ICU and went to where Pamela Rodriguez is. She's awake and Dr. Samantha is checking up on her. She looked around with a question on her face.

"Where am I?"

"Dragon facility." Fin answered. "Miss Rodriguez, we already contact your parents with regards to what happened."

"The soldier. The one who saved me."

"Ashton." Fin smiled. "He's under operation."

"They shot him in the head."

"Yes, we know that." Fin said. "Please stay well Miss Rodriguez, we'll send a lawyer here. You have to sign a few papers for confidentiality."

       She nodded.

"If you are hungry, just click whatever you want to eat on the tablet and they will deliver it to you."

"Thank you."

       Bea and Fin left Pamela's room. She crossed her arm and exhaled. They went back to the ICU. Jaxon is awake and the nurse is checking upon him. Then, Noah's eyes are open, and looking directly at her. Bea immediately moved closer to the glass and waved at him. He smiled slowly and winked at him.

       Seeing the two who still looked so in love with each other makes Fin confident that Bea is indeed in good hands. Noah is for Bea. They both love each other endlessly. Even though it has been years. The nurse checked on Noah. He hates to keep his eyes off from her but he still responded to the nurse's question. Then, Samantha entered to check upon them. Mason woke up next and he complained about the pain.

       They are laughing over some jokes.

"Where's Christian and Ashton?" Jaxon asked. Samantha didn't answer for a while.

"Let's check your health first if it's functional."

"My lower part is very functional," Mason said, and they laughed.

       Bea smiled but somehow, thinking that Christian didn't make it back still makes her sad. Demi is lonely at this moment. Dmitri is somewhere negotiating. It's very depressing, but they have to fight. Even though they knew that Christian is the only heir to the Eagle Empire, they still want to get him back because he's their family.