elysian gets out of the hospital after sunset, the air still has a chill, there are 7 days to march and also to his wedding, what should he do with the remainder of his fraile freedom. maybe be a retreat? he thought away from legacy families and their money dramas.
when his phone rings in his pocket. "where are you?" the stern voice of his grandfather, booms in his ears. before he could give him a answer, the grandfather continues," well, doesn't really matter get back to the main villa this instant."
"yes sir", elysian answers politely and then he calls the head of security to send a driver to pick him up from mall nearby and then calls a cab, after getting a paint set from the craft shop.
thankfully he reach the mall before the driver. "mr. starr were you in the mall this afternoon?, the driver asks him politely as soon as he enters the car as was protocol for anyone who came to pick him up.
"yes of course,mr. hayes could make the lunch appointment due to work " elysian smiles, he already knew this conversation was going to be relayed to his aunt who hated him being near her son, whose place she though eli had stolen.
the driver nods his head in acknowledgement and starts the car, after twenty minutes pass he realises that they were not going in the direction of the main villa, his heart starts to hammer in his chest, he asks the driver calmly, " why are you taking this route? this is not the way to the villa."
the air in the car stagnates, the driver looks at him through the reverse mirror keeping his tone polite says, "the master has informed me to first send you to the boutique for a finale fitting of the wedding suit.
"oh i see" elysian smiles, and relaxes into the seat, but his mind is in turmoil, as if! this lousy liar, he though, the wedding fittings were done a month prior to the wedding, this was not a last minute wedding, this was a wedding signifying the deep ties of two legacy families, everything had to be perfect! not like that would matter if one of the grooms were to be kidnapped, his stomach starts to churn and his head starts to get heavy, he wondered if box breathing would stop the bile from rising into his throat. should he contact the head of security, who might or might not be involved or should he just try to brawl with mr. driver here ? so many options none of them good.
he takes a deep breath again, and remembers the protocol for this kind of stuff, and discreetly slithers his hand to the emergency button below the seat, which would send a alert to the police and the masters of the family. he gropes for the button, not finding it on his side he moves to the other blaming his faulty memory, his movements catches the eyes of the driver, who picks up pace, now moving to a more secluded road.
"Oh shit," he mumbled to himself, " I did not sign up to be a part of drama thriller," he releases his pheromones hoping to atleast mess with the drivers brain. " I hoped it won't come to this," the driver sighed. Elysians heart starts hammering in his chest 'come to what ...?' He thought.
The driver slowed down the car and clicked a button in top of a silver cylinder he took out his pocket and threw it on the backseat.
FUCK !!! elysian's soul flew out the window and he started to lose consciousness.
Elysian eyelids felt like they were closed shut with lead, his hands were bound by zip ties and he could hear panicking murmurs from a distance.
"....how.....transport..."
" go ...home....boat ...."
Eli tried to turn his body to see where he was, but area was too dark and a dried branch poked his side.
Dammit, eli swore in his mind, this was the worst possible moment to get kidnapped.
He tried to sit up and grope around for his phone. nothing. he was hoping to atleast have ametaur kidnappers, no such luck it seems.
a young man with sparse beard and a baseball hat with a anime girl t-shirt, walks into the room, his feet crunching all the dried leaves and little pebbles, with each step. he looked at eli and sneered, "this will be your royal stay for the coming week young master. don't get used to it."
"okay dude, listen," eli said hesitantly, "you might think I am worth a lot of money but that's not true, okay ? I'm the Briar's POOREST relative you hear me? kidnapping me wouldn't even fetch a few hundreds, okay? "
the young kidnapper suddenly got annoyed "you think I'm easy to trick ? you think i'm stupid ? mr. rich guy , i ain't letting out nothing! you can rot in this shithole!"
Eli looked at the young man exasperatedly, " okay kidnapper dude, when are you going to call my family to make demands?"
the driver suddenly enters the the room and throws a cushion at the young man, "stop screaming idiot!" he scowled. he had a gasoline lamp in his right hand, he looked at eli like a landlord looking at the golden goose he was about to slaughter out of greed, "sorry young master, there will be no demands, after all, you are going to fetch us riches, don't sell yourself short and don't worry we'll not hurt you." he smiled like the lecherous uncle who acted like he was the funniest person in the room.