Arranged Marriage: Dangerous Heiress

       Christian felt the pain on his whole body. His arms feel numb. It was hung above and those men were playing on him. He groaned in pain. He played for hours and a few of his ribs might be broken. But he needed to stay still and wait for the rescue mission. He needed to stay strong for his Demi and his baby.

       He gently raised his head to the man who is laughing as he\'s filming him. The door burst open and Ilya told them to stop. He demanded one of the men to release the chains. They did as they were told and Christian lay flat on the floor. His breathing heaved.

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"Leave us," Ilya demanded. Jacob is about to speak to him but Ilya raised his hand. "I said leave us!"

       Jacob and the men left the room. Ilya approached him as he pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket. He wiped the blood from his face.

"You are stubborn. If only you didn\'t betray us like this."

"I have my family," Christian mumbled. "When you kill me, can you at least throw my body to the lake or somewhere that my love could find me? I want my body to be buried by her. At least my future son or daughter could visit my grave?"

       Ilya\'s heart clenched from Christian\'s words.

"I know that I might not be able to leave this place alive. But, please father. Let me be with my Demi one last time."

"If that\'s what you wished." Hearing him calling him father felt different.

"They didn\'t do anything wrong." He said. "I saw how my mother drank poison to escape everything that they\'ve done. I saw how my Uncle Adrian apologized and got into his knees…"

"They did something wrong."

"And our family did wrong to them." Christian coughed as he vomited blood.

       Ilya called one of the men to uncuff him. One came and started removing the cuffs.

"Clean him up and let him rest," Ilya said. The man nodded. Ilya left and he glared at Jacob.

"So, are you going to let him off?" Jacob asked.

"I won\'t tolerate you if you kill him. He\'s still my son."

       Jacob rolled his eyes and followed him to nag at him. But Ilya shut him up.

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       Christian looked at the man that is helping him to the sofa. He cleaned him up and he held on to him when he injected something on him.

"I\'m sorry Christian, but you have to die." He murmured. He watched as the man left and he\'s slowly losing his consciousness. He will feel how to die. Slowly, his body stopped responding and his heartbeat slowed down.

       The men went back inside and Jacob ordered them to kill him. One approached to wake him up. Jacob wanted to torture him again but somehow Christian stopped responding. Jacob frowned.

"Wake him up!" He shouted.

"He\'s not responding, boss."

"Check his pulse!" He scolded.

       They check his pulse but he\'s dead. Jacob called Ilya and together with Ilya, Clause came and he checked Christian. His body started getting cold.

"What did you do?" Ilya screamed at Jacob.

"I don\'t know." Jacob rolled his eyes.

"You can\'t trick us!" Claus said. "What are you going to do now?" He asked Ilya. Jacob didn\'t think that Christian would die and Claus checked Christian\'s ribs. "His rib is broken. It caused his breathing to tighten until he couldn\'t breathe." He mumbled.

"Pack him up and call the Phoenix Empire. We are sending his body away."

"What?" Jacob exclaimed.

"He asked me to send his body away from where they could find him. He wanted to be buried where Demi could visit. You killed him. I don\'t want you to act on your own ever again!"

       Claus held Christian\'s hand that was getting cold. He stood and let the men put him in the bag where they use for dead bodies. Christian was put there. They didn\'t delay as Ilya called the Phoenix Empire to mention that Christian is dead.

       Ilya went to his room and watched as Christian was taken away. They said that he\'s dead and he hopes that he\'s not. But even Claus who is a doctor back then declared that he\'s dead.

"He had no pulse, Ilya." Claus gritted his teeth. "You let your son die!"

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       Demi read as the Eagle Empire said that Christian is dead. With the photo of his pale body beaten. She is still waiting for her father\'s response to tell her that Christian isn\'t dead. She waited for hours but nothing happened. She exhaled and stared at the screen. They all waited.

"Everything will be fine," Bea said but she didn\'t want to promise that Christian is dead. Seeing how they beat up Christian with a broken rib is something that would cause him to suffocate. She didn\'t know what else happened but they had to thrust their parents on a rescue mission.

       Zendaya sees Demi\'s tired eyes. Demi cuddled with her mother on the sofa as they waited. None of them eat or sleep. They have to wait for good news. They have to wait for Christian. Although he\'s a Lebedov, Christian is their family. They don\'t care if he\'s a Lebedov. They don\'t care if he came from the family that killed innocents from the Phoenix Empire. He protected them, cared for them, and loved them. He even sacrificed himself by taking out the data from the Eagle Empire and they don\'t know how long it\'s going to take.

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       Fin pulled out the skin and removed the masked. He focused on driving while Samantha is reviving Christian. The man that beat him one and masked his Dmitri. He didn\'t want to hurt Christian so mostly he watched and helped others. He injected it into Christian so they could escape the Eagle Empire.

       Samantha electrifies Christian to revive his heartbeat. After two minutes, Christian coughed and opened his eyes. He looked at Samantha and she put an oxygen mask on him. Fin drive not too fast. But since they are still eying if how it will go, they need to throw Christian\'s body. Jacob\'s spies are just behind them.

"Are you sure that there\'s no bug in here?" Andromeda asked.

"Yeah. There\'s none." Fin said as he glanced at the rear mirror.

"Christian," Samantha could. "Can you breathe now?" She asked.

       Christian nodded and she injected the nanomites into him. It will be at least an hour\'s drive to the lake.

"Dad," Christian called. Dmitri reached his hand. "Demi is fine?"

"Demi is good." He promised.

"I\'m going to be a father?" He asked again.

"Yes." 

       Dmitri pressed his hand to him. Christian responded by pressing his hand back. They drove silently and Fin turned on the auto-drive as he put back his mask. He\'s just acting as a driver and he didn\'t show his face to them but they will check it.

       Fin put his mask on and fixed it.

"We can\'t kill these men," Fin murmured.

"But we can kill ourselves," Dmitri smirked and he felt a little itchy from the mask although the twins Luke and Logan make it anti-allergy.

       Soon, Christian recovered and Samantha gave the mask on his other hand. So, he could use it to breathe when they throw him to the lake.

"You can do it, huh?" Dmitri asked as he gave him a knife. Christian nodded.

       Throwing him in the lake wouldn\'t make them doubt Christian. They stopped the car and Samantha hid. Fin stepped out from the car and Jacob\'s men checked Christian\'s body once again and they were the ones to throw him in the lake. They watched it sink and they left.

       They drove away and those men are still following them. They got ready as Fin took out the things that they needed. Samantha is ready to jump with Dmitri and then someone fires the car behind them first and next, their car. Fin drove it directly to the cliff. Dmitri and Samantha jumped off and Fin followed.

       The car behind them loose control and they hid on the boulders as a car searched around for whoever was firing at them. A car was just behind Jacob\'s spies and they drove fast as they started firing the car. Once they were off, a van stopped for them.

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       Christian put the mask on once that he sank deep into the water. He cut the bag and ripped it open. He swam up to the side. He removed the mask to breathe and looked up at unfamiliar people. They show their badge while the other one is murmuring that they got him. He was taken to the car, and they gave him a warm blanket and wrapped him up. His body limbs couldn\'t move at that moment so they had to carry him. 

       He saw the logo of their suit. A-Special Agents of EPUA. He\'s safe. He can finally go back to his Demi.

       They let him dress up first in the backseat so he won\'t get cold. Then, they went directly to the airport. Christian fixed a mask on, and they gave him a passport to the private plane. They waited in the private plane, and after a few moments, Dmitri and others arrived. Christian removed his mask and hugged Dmitri like his own father.