Chapter 42 - Coward Or Strong?

Name:The Villain Author:tanu_sam
A few hours later…

Persephone was sitting on the edge of the oversized window facing the ocean when the lights suddenly went off. Looking out of the window, she realized that it wasn't just the villa which was facing the electricity issue, instead the whole island had plunged into the darkness. 

Thankfully, she was not afraid of darkness. Or else she would have died here in this dark and lonely place. 

'Five minutes,' Persephone said to herself. 'I have five minutes to get out of here if I want to leave this hell.' 

Villain might have saved her from the hell Nicolas was about to put her in, but he gave her more pain than the latter. 

Until this day, she had never thought that she would ever try to escape from him but today, he had left her with no other option instead of fleeing. 

She had no idea why Villain sent her back to the villa when he could have locked her anywhere on this island. 

[Sorry, Villain. I have to leave now or I would never be able to face myself. As much as I hate you, I still love myself more.] 

Call her coward but she didn't care. At the end of the day, he proved to her that he was her captor, her tormentor, not her ally, or worse her well-wisher. 

All the care and tenderness that he had bestowed on her had been nothing but a cruel faux like her boldness. 

Taking advantage of the darkness, she left the villa and reached the area where the way to different wings started. She took deep breaths before closing her eyes and tried to remember the way to the port. 

Oh, you think she was only exploring the island for the past few days? Come on, she had Marino blood flowing through her veins. No matter how much she hated Marinos, she would always appreciate the intelligence that was passed on to her by her father. 

"Hurry up, we are leaving in five minutes." Persephone heard a man speak in Sicilian as soon as she made her way to the port area while saving herself from getting caught. She had successfully dodged several flashlights on her way. Perhaps, Heaven was on her side today. 

[Ah, I should take Papa to force me to learn Sicilian. Although it was mainly because,

Nico's side of the family was from Sicily...still I am not stingy with gratitude. ]

"Don't you think man we should wait for light to come first?" Another man shouted. 

"Are you crazy?! Boss asked us to leave at the exact time no matter what calamity had befallen us. We must reach there on time," Third man who came with a huge flashlight spoke, but still not enough to see Persephone hiding behind them. 

"Load the barrels now, Georgy." Persephone heard them say. "We don't have fucking time to waste especially when American Navy is after our asses." 

"But how are we supposed to load the barrels when the stupid Caro placed empty and field barrels together?"

"For once use your damn brain, Georgy. Even a dumb one knows that a filled barrel is heavy and empty is not," Caro growled as he came to punch this sorry excuse of a human being. Georgy had been trying to provoke him for a long time now. He must teach him a lesson now. 

Their leader grasped Caro's shoulder in order to stop the childish fight. Taking advantage of the situation, Persephone decided to hide inside one of the empty barrels. 

It was a stupid plan and she knew it. If she got caught at their hands, she would face the most brutal aftermath. But if she didn't try to run from here, she was going to regret it for the rest of her life. 

Even if she died of lack of oxygen supply inside the empty barrel, she would not come out until she left this island for one and for all. 

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"Did you find the reason for the sudden electricity shutdown?" Santiago asked his subordinate. He had assigned a very important task to his men when the whole island suddenly tumbled into darkness. 

"Boss! It's a nationwide electricity outage," His subordinate replied. "And since we were using the generators during the day, we are out of fuel now. The solar system is not working too due to some technical problems." 

It was said that the country was facing some issues related to power supply for a few months due to the upgrade in the system and the prime minister had been ignoring it because of incoming elections. But who would have thought that the problem was so dire? 

More reasons to get rid of the prime minister! 

And persuade Callum to think over Leonardo's suggestion!

"Make sure the boys reach their destination without any hitch," Santiago said while remembering the mission which still couldn't be stopped due to a sudden power outage. 

It was not easy to get their hands on some high-quality petrol. But since those fuckwads plundered oil in his territory and without his permission, he stole back from them. Even if it was going to cost him his life if he got caught. 

But for money, he was willing to take any risk. After all, it was only money which would never betray you. And he and King Leonardo were going to make a lot of money from this bargain. 

"Should we inform His Majesty that the ship has retired to the destination?"

Santiago nodded. "Inform him as soon as possible. And also make sure, the boys won't end up killing each other before completing the mission." 

"Sure, boss! Any other order?"

Santiago took a moment before saying, "Inform Alpha and Beta to guard my Villa. And make sure, she is alright. I want her in one piece. No harm should be done to her." 

As for her punishment, he would think about it later. 

And if his Red thinks that she could get rid of him so easily, then she has another thing waiting for her. 

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