Married into Alpha Lord

Chapter 44

A sound of steps approaching interfere with the silence.

I turned around and found five men cautiously coming out from the shadow, surrounding us. They all dress in black, wearing a black mask, only showing their eyes. All of them holding knives or daggers in their hands.

Assassins? Shit! Why now of all time? It's not an unusual sight for people wanting to take my life. As the current head of Sealgair's house, it is bound to happen. It's just very annoying to me that they have to come on my rare date. Caden realized my sudden movement and now has also turned around to face them.

"No heart feeling, but we've been paid to kill you," one of the men said so.

I drew my own hand dagger from the sleeve hidden inside my casual suit and walked in front of Caden, feeling bad that he caught up to my problems. "Let's see you trying," I said and immediately started attacking.

I disabled the man closest to us and rapidly continued slashing the one who came after me. I stuck them in the most vital point, easily knocking them down one by one. Two down. I dash towards the third person. He manages to block my attack but it left his other side wide open. I change my handle and attack him with my other hand. After I cut the third one, a fast knife was thrown at me. I manage to avoid by slightest, giving me the position of the source. Still in the shooting distance! I throw my dagger to the fourth assassin who comes at me while pulling the gun and pointing it to the tree, then pull the trigger. A loud bang was heard, followed by a sight of a body falling from it. I walk slowly, pulling the dagger from the body of the fourth assassin who already left unconscious.

Who tries to hire these unskilled people? I grumbled down. Their level is nowhere near what I used to deal with.

"Stop right there if you don't want him to be hurt!"

I turn back and see a man holding a knife on Caden's neck. The sharp edge is closed enough to injure him if he moves the slightest. I immediately got angry and scared at the same time. The fear of Caden getting injured halts my movement but I still hold both my dagger and gun.

Looking towards them, I found a small area where I can hurt the man. I point the gun towards him, ready to aim but he sneakily moves behind Caden and tightens his grip. He manages to make Caden his shield against my gun.

"Don't try anything funny! Drop your weapon before I hurt him!" he shouted. Such a cowardly move yet I can't do anything now. From their position, even with a precise aim, I would definitely injure Caden if I shoot him.

Seeing I don't lower down, his knife was pushed harder to Caden's skin and blood started to run down from the slice on his neck. "Drop it now!"

My body trembles but I have no choice but to back off for now. I slowly kneel down to put my sword and gun. I can't let him hurt Caden even more! It won't be hard to kill a man like him, but I have to ensure Caden's safety first.

"Arrrgh!!!"

The sound of scream brought my head up. There, I saw blood burst out from the man tight where a short thin object sticking out from it. Caden's hand is on that object and when he pulls it out, making another scream of pain from that man, I notice it was the pen that he used before. Caden snatched the knife from the man's loose grip as he bent down to hold his tight. He slipped out, turned his body facing the man, and stabbed him in his neck, with the same pen that he used before. Another stream of blood gushing out from the man's neck, spoiling the surrounding with the red fluid. The man gapping and coughing blood before he fell down in the ground. Unmoved.

Caden looked up my way and I got a chill down my spines. His bloodlust is overflowing. Without warning, Caden dash at me, picking the gun that laid there and pointing it at me. A loud bang was heard and my ear rang from the sudden loud noise nearby. I reflexively close it to subdue the sound, while looking over my shoulder to see what he aims for. A body fell not far behind me, with a knife on his chest and a bullet in the middle of his forehead.

"There's one escape. Should we catch him?" Caden asked, narrowing his eyes towards the bush of trees above.

I got my sense back from my shocked state. Slowly stood up, picking my dagger, trying to look composed. I know Caden has good combat skills, I've seen it from his practice before. But this time is so different. His movement is too unpredictable and seems like it only depends on his muscle memories. I can only feel pure brutality. He looks emotionless when taking the first man's life. At that time, he looks no different than those assassins. Or even worse. A killer looking for his prey.

"Caden, what was that?" I asked slowly.

Caden looking back at me with a questioning looks. "What? Those men are still alive if you want to interrogate," he said, pointing to the people I knocked down. He sounds like he is trying to justify his action of killing the other two.

Looking at him, I can feel some bloodlust linger from him. He's not satisfied. I can't worsen the situation. "Just stay close, I'll call people to come and catch him," I asked. Caden seems unsatisfied, but he does as I said. He gave my gun back and just stayed quiet while I handled the rest.

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