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Not wanting to get off on the wrong foot, I decided a bit of tact was in order.
"And where would you go, Catalina? You don't know who you are, where you are, or where you should be. Are you even certain that Catalina is your real name? Where do you live? Do you have someone you can call to pick you up?"
Her heated gaze faltered, and she looked at the floor for some time, thinking hard. Finally, she groaned in frustration, her hands squeezing the sides of her head as she sat on the bed.
"Why can't I remember anything?" Tears sprung to her eyes as she looked at me. "If you're protecting me, you must know me. Can you help me?"
"Of course I can. Look. I can see you're overwhelmed. Why don't we take a moment. Let's just calm down first, yeah?"
She looked at me coldly. "That's the same vague bullshit I keep hearing. You're not going to help me, are you? You're as manipulative as him!" She pointed defiantly at the door through which Luca had just left. "You just want to keep me prisoner here!"
"No. Catalina. Calm down." She was breathing heavily, shaking her head, and she jumped off the bed and started pacing the room, shouting what I assume were more expletives that I couldn't understand in Spanish.
I took a deep breath, not at all deterred by her wrath. When she was mad she looked even sexier. Like a sexy little hurricane whipping about the room. But it wasn't her looks that appealed to me, it was her personality that was slowly appearing. Her determination, her resilience, her fire.
"Catalina. Catalina. Stop." When she continued to ignore me, I strode across the room and grasped her wrists. "Please. Stop." I looked down into her seething blue eyes, holding them. "Listen to me when I say, we are here to help you."
She struggled against my grasp. "Let go of me. You're hurting me," she hissed. Letting go, I took a step back as she stormed past me and slammed the ensuite door behind her.
I groaned. I'm too tired for this shit. It had been a long night already and the last thing I needed was to put up with her drama, sexy or not. Slumping down in the chair, I stared at the ensuite door. If she wasn't so damn feisty it would be easier for me to just shout and threaten her into submission. But for some reason, I couldn't.
I waited patiently, looking at my watch. It had been fifteen minutes already. How long was she gonna be in there?
I waited five more minutes then hesitantly climbed to my feet and rapped on the door.
"Catalina? Catalina, can you come out please?"
No response
"Don't make me break down this door, because I will."
Still no response. I pressed my ear to the door, the dead silence within making me immediately nervous. I stood back, and kicked the door in, watching as it flew open to reveal an empty room. Running to the open window, I looked down at the ground below, fearing the worst.
What the fuck was she thinking? We're three floors up!
I didn't know what was worse. The fact that there was no body messed up and sprawled on the ground below, or the fact that she was gone, nowhere to be seen.
Fuck! Luca was gonna be so pissed off.
I ran downstairs and burst out of the back doors and into the garden. She couldn't have gotten far. It wasn't long before I heard shouting at the east gate and I bolted as fast as I could, praying I would get there in time. As I burst into the clearing, I was horrified to find Catalina on her knees, with three guards holding guns to her head, and shouting irately into their radio.
"Sir, we have an intruder."
I ran closer, shouting, "Stop! Put your guns down!"
"Confirmed. We'll take care of it."
I watched in slow motion, horrified as Boris dropped his radio and retook aim. Catalina looked down the barrel defiantly, not a shred of fear in them. I was still hurtling towards them, closing the distance, aware that Boris was oblivious to my presence as I came at him from the side, diving in front of his gun just before it went off.
I felt the bullet pierce my chest as I dropped to the ground, and I could hear Catalina scream.
"Shit. You shot the boss."
"Fuck. Stop the bleeding you dim wit and call for help."
I tried to issue the command to stand down, but I couldn't breathe. I looked down at my chest. Bright red blood gushed forth between my fingertips. Even though I knew I was dying, I was still aware of Catalina behind me and the third guard still holding his gun at her head.
Catalina's eyes were wide as she leaned over me. My blood splattered across her beautiful face.
"Nico, why?" She looked confused, but all I could do was think of her safety.
"R- run." I spluttered. "Run!"
Her eyes went wider and without hesitation, she turned, swiftly kicked the third guard in the balls, and ran through the gate and out of the manor grounds.
The last I saw before my head dropped to the ground, was her raven black hair flying out behind her as she disappeared into the night…
