The Blade and The Beloved

Scarlet walked out of the hotel back door keeping her presence in the shadows as she quietly escaped.

She had just eliminated a top government official in his hotel room with his mistress.

She placed her knife back into her left thigh pocket and fixed her mask to covered her face.

She suddnely stopped when a dark figure was in her way standing a few paces ahead of her.

She breathed , had one of his guards followed her out , but she had made sure to kill each one of them .

Reaching for her gun strapped to her right thigh she got armed.

The figure moved heading straight for her, Scarlet breathed getting ready to fight.

"You broke your promise " he said.

She froze recognising the voice ,"I never made one"placing back her gun .

Rae stared at her as she walked past him.

"What about the being careful part , resting and not taking any jobs for now " he followed her.

"I was careful and rested the whole day ,as for work ...I can't stop " she declared reaching her bike .

Rae moved blocking her way.

"Your pregnant Alara please stop doing this and ..."

Before he knew it he was trapped between the wall behind him and her ,she was holding her dagger to his neck.

"I told you to stop reminding me about it . You think I don't know ...don't feel it changing me . I know better than anyone so you don't need to keep saying it "the cold threatening anger in her eyes made him believe it wasn't Alara but Scarlet talking.

"Then you know it's dangerous to be out right now ,or going on killing missions for it affects both...."the dagger at his neck dug deeper into his skin.

"I think what you should do is worry about yourself, my bosses aren't the only ones who want you dead . So please stop following me and go back to your guards ".

"I worry about you more ".

"Don't ....please stop doing it. It's starting to suffocate me and I dont work well under stress . I might snap and kill you before this baby is even born" she hissed.

"Stress isn't good for the baby or you " he muttered.

She pressed on and soon blood flowed down his neck but he didn't flinch or tell her to stop . He seemed ready to die in her hands.

"Arent you hungry?"

"Huh?!"

"I got you some fried chicken ony way here" he said.

She blinked ,"It's in the car " slowly he took the knife she was still holding at his neck from her and took her other hand .

"Come on let's go " he said .

She didn't respond and let him drag her off to his car that was parked ahead of the building.

She sat down on the sideway right under the street light ,he grabbed the chicken from the back seat and sat next to her .

She took the package from him ready to eat but he stopped her.

"Your hands are stained in blood " he pointed out.

"So ...?".

"Let me feed you " he offered.

She frowned but nodded . He took a piece and bought it to her lips letting take a bite.

She smiled chewing on the crispy warm chicken in her mouth.

He went feeding her ,smiling as she seemed to enjoy each bite she took .

Alara was back , he sighed . The blood thirsty woman before had disappeared just like that after he offered her fried chicken .

He chuckled but groaned when his neck hurt.

She turned to him as he placed his hand on the cut .

"Don't worry am fine " he noticed her stare.

"Stay away from me when am working " she muttered.

"I can't promise ,I need to watch over you " he wiped the blood with his handkerchief.

She stood up , "Then the next time I won't hold back".

He sat back watching her slim figure walk back to her bike ,get on and ride away into the dark night.

"Boss " his guard appeared .

"How many ?".he asked.

"Twenty four and she left none alive " he report.

He nodded gesturing him to leave.

He sighed .

.....

"What happened to you ?" Charlotte noticed her brother's bloody neck and shirt.

"My fiancée almost killed " he depressingly sat down.

"That is what you get for falling for an assassin ". She chuckled.

"Stop laughing at your brother and go get the first aid kit " her mother walked in .

"You can expect her to be like other women , falling for you so easily " Charlotte left.

His mother sat down and checked his wound.

"Not deep ,but if she was serious you would be dead"

His eyes expressed no emotions like he was drained .

"What stopped her from making this deep ?" She asked.

He looked back at her and scoffed.

"What?".

"Fried chicken " he replied smiling.

"Huh?" His mother took the box from his sister who had returned.

"I got her friend chicken on the way since I knew she would be hungry " he said.

She took out some disinfectant and cleaned his wound.

"How did you know she would want that ?" his sister asked.

"She has been craving it for awhile " he flinched in pain from the sting of the liquid on is wound .

Charlotte smirked.

"And if she didn't want it and just killed you instead..then what ?".

"Charlotte give your brother some credit , he was able to calm her down. Scarlet isn't just anyone ,she doesn't think the simple way we do so him being able to persuade her not to kill him with fried chicken is a already a win for him ".

"The win was when he got her pregnant , it's still unbelievable that you got her to sleep with you when all she had come to do was kill you " stated Charlotte.

Rae glared back at her.

"It's because I see her as Alara the woman I love ,not Scarlet ".

"But don't forget son , Alara and Scarlet are the same person. " reminded his mother .

"And I don't care " he stood up leaving.

Charlotte frowned.

"And there he leaves again, back to the woman who tried to kill him a second time "