Chapter 3

✑ Chapter 3

AUSTIN took off his leather jacket to cover her body even if his jacket has a touch of blood.

His jacket was too big for her to cover her nakedness. He gently carried her and hugged her to ease her shivering body. 

He walked towards the exit when one of his men approached him. 

"Sir, I'll take care of her." He politely bowed his head to him. 

He shook his head. "It's okay." He headed to the tube-like passageway to take her away from that place. 

He couldn't help but stare at her angelic features. He can spot the long mark on her neck that made him fury. 

She was the woman that the men were busy with. 

He called Larkspur through his earpiece. 

"Is there any man alive in the room I entered?" he asked, jaw was tightened. 

"Sorry, dingleberry," he apologized, Larkspur seems to know what was running on Austin's mind. "Unfortunately, you killed all of them merciless." 

As the people who were there got out underground, he heard Lysandros signaled to melt the testing ground of Triumvirs that Lazzini prepared. 

"Smooth! Our work is fully clean!" Lysandros was chuffed. 

"Yea, unlike Austin who couldn't get enough and scattered the whole room," Larkspur vapidly butted in. 

He shook his head as he boarded in Helios' hospital plane. 

He carefully placed the woman on the hospital bed, when he noticed her bosom he immediately covered it using his jacket. 

Hardly looking away so he won't be able to see her body. 

“Dingleberries, ready for departu---”

“Wait, Austin is not here,” Divine cut Larkspur. 

“I’m busy with someone,” he promptly answered to his friends in a fretful tone.

“You sound concerned what’s up with you, Aust?” Efron asked, he connected his earpiece with him.

“I might go home tomorrow, Cleo, tell Lios and Lark that I need them with something, I will call you later. Bye,” he dismissively said.

Anthony turned on his earpiece to join him. “But we planned to play that one-second song quiz,” he whined.

There were a lot of questions that were asked but he didn’t give an answer to anyone, he turned off his earpiece.

When their hospital plane was settled they immediately flew to Helios’ nearest hospital which is covert, he monitored the woman until they reached her assigned room. 

The nurses restricted him for entering the room, he didn't want to leave her side but still followed the nurses advised. Austin sat down when his friend called. 

He answered the phone when Larkspur's name popped in. "That girl I carried, who is she? Can you give me some information about her? I'll give you a minute, dingleberry," he directly said. 

"You sounded like a worried shit, dingleberry," Larkspur commented. 

"I am worried," he truthfully admitted. Larkspur didn't answer him. His fast typing was the only sound he can hear in the other line until he heard his exaggerated gasp. "What's with the gasp?" 

“I don’t think you’ll want to know these, Aust.” There was a hint of hesitation in his voice, he can’t help but to clasped his hand. 

`I was horrified when I saw the long mark of scars on her neck, it looks like it was whipped.`

“Then let me know the basics only.” He has to take it slow since he has anger issues that can trigger anytime. Good thing his best friend knew him too well.

Larkspur cleared his throat before speaking. "Her name is Fauzia Niryana Alfonso, she’s 26 years old. Her mother left her in her father’s care. Her father had a mistress that has two sons. The mistress' sons exploited her." He shut his eyes closed, he continued to listen to his friend. 

It was just started but his blood already boiled. 

"As the information said, her father forcefully chained her when she does something contrast to his likings---" 

He unconsciously stand up because of tension. "What kind of father is that?!" He didn't bother the people around him. 

"Calm down, dingleberry, that was the beginning, do you want me to get going?" Larkspur was having a second thought when he asked. 

He nodded his head even if Larkspur wasn't in front of him. "Keep going." He sat down on his seat 

"She lived in that kind of life in six years, there are some people helped her but later on they will abandon her because her because would pay them to shut their mouths---I don't want to say these parts---and when she got out of jer father's house that's the time when Triumvir caught her." as Austin listened to Larkspur, his voice was getting lowered. 

"She was held captive for four years, if one of the Triumvir men caught her escaping they will whip her and the worst part is---ahm, I don't think you will want to know this..." Austin washed his face when Larkspur discontinued. 

"Tell me, what did they do to her?" he asked, his tone wasn't clear. 

His friend didn't answer in the other line, Larkspur wasn't planning to answer him if he didn't call his name in authority. 

Larkspur couldn't tell it straight away, he knew what would Austin react if he'll pronounce it. "T-They... Gang up on her..." 

His fist balled, Austin unconsciously stand up. He couldn't control his emotions that were about to explode.

“Austin, I can see you. Stop whatever you’re thinking and calm down.” Larkspur tried to calm him down even if he knew he could not stop hin in that kind of state.

Austin continued walking, Larkspur was shouting in the other line. “Austin! Stop right there! Don't let your anger take over you---Austin!” 

When an unknown person passed him Austin didn't let the guy get away in his sight, he welcomed him his outrageous fist. 

He was goaded by anger. He wasn’t restraining, still punching and giving a heavy blow on someone he doesn’t know.

He didn't get to stop himself, every blow he did to the guy it is possible that he can kill him in that kind of state. 

He felt there's someone stopping him using the syringe. 

Because of the syringe his body fell and weakened. 

“W-What…” was the only thing he could say and when he looked at the man who stopped him it was Helios that’s angrily looking down at him.