Chapter 19: Yours!!!

“Boys, get ready. When she is here, I want to finish it as fast as possible. Bobby, you got the box in its place?”

“Yes, captain.”

“Good job. You did a great job today, Bobby! But we are not leaving any stone unturned; the next witch is more powerful than the one we got, so if she somehow resists The Box`s effect, I want immediate action from all of you. Am I clear?”

“Yes, sir.” The entire team spoke in chorus.

“Ok, all of you get in your positions.” Everyone started to move.

“Rudy, where are you going?”

“Getting my ‘Baby’ ready!”

“Rudy, do you believe she could get past all of our men?”

“Karim, I hope The Box could overpower her, but if she is not down after going through all of it, then I am going to crush that bitch with my ‘Baby’.”

After driving through the town, they stopped the car half a mile before the location that Minerva was supposed to go.

“Erik, did you remember what I said?”

Just a few minutes ago he was being an aggressive man and playing with her body and mind. Now she could see he was genuinely listening to her.

“Tanha.” Minerva looked toward the demoness who was now in the same grayish armour which she created through her power. Minerva was impressed by this, but she knew it would take a single spell for her to break that armour. “You will stay with Erik in the forested area and only intervene if the situation gets out of control. Okay?”

“Yes, Mistress. I will stay with Master and protect him.” Tanha’s memory was still clear. From her first encounter with Erik, she knew she wasn’t strong enough to be his bodyguard, but she was glad of the excuse to let this witch die.

‘But why does this witch think he needs my protection? Does she not know how powerful he is?’ Tanha refrained from asking that question out loud. At this time, the only thing she wanted was for this witch to go to those hunters and die at their hands.

It was a really strange situation for Minerva. She knew she wasn’t in any kind of serious relationship, but she was extremely jealous and feeling very possessive of Erik. During the sex, her logical mind was suppressed under the pleasure and humiliation that she was experiencing, but now that her mind was clear, she knew her feelings for Erik had reached new heights!

If it wasn’t about saving her sister’s life, she would be performing a ritual to send this demoness back to hell.

‘Then Erik would have been pissed and he would have bent me over his lap and spanked my ass red and then taken me hard ... concentrate, Minerva! You have to go and save your sister.’ She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

“Are you alright, Mistress?” Tanha was worried that the witch might back down after she’d come this close.

“Yeah, are you alright?” asked Erik. Minerva could see a small smile on his face; it was like he knew what she was thinking.

“I am fine.” She took a deep breath. “Let me kick some asses and I will be better.”

She started to walk toward the location while Erik and Tanha started to follow her through the wooded area.

They were standing behind a few trees, with a huge storage building visible to them. She needed to walk out from the wooded area and cross a huge patch of bare ground to reach the building.

She looked at Erik and, with a firm decision, she was about to walk out toward the building, but his strong hand pulled her back.

She turned around and was about to protest against him for stopping her, but he pulled her closer, gave her a hug, and mashed his lips against her.

She felt a weird sensation deep within her chest; never in her life had she felt this. This kind of attachment, the feeling of belonging; she had never felt such a connection before.

It was like there was some kind of bond!

But those feelings were replaced by guilt. She knew the more time she spent with him, the more painful it would be for both of them.

He broke the kiss and gave her a thin smile. She immediately composed herself and with a firm decision walked out of the trees.

While she was just fifty meters away from the building, she looked toward the site. It was big storage-like construction. A huge iron door was at front for entering and exit of big transport vehicles, and it was attached to a huge warehouse structure.

It wasn’t in use after the local industry stopped its operation. Still, the building was in really good shape.

Her magic, which was already low after her fight with Tanha, hadn’t recovered much after that. But she knew she was powerful enough to save her sister. She readied herself; she was prepared to attack at a moment’s notice.

It happened suddenly; her body started to feel pain. Though she was able to negate that pain, in a few moments it became unbearable. She felt like some unknown power was suppressing her body inside out.

She tried to use magic to soothe her aching body but instead of getting any relief the pain just intensified. It wasn’t long before darkness took over.

Erik and Tanha were standing far from Minerva hiding behind the trees, when Minerva started to behave strangely, the shock on Erik`s face was clear. When Minerva fell on the ground, shock turned into anger. He looked toward Tanha, who was also struggling, and it wasn’t long before she lost consciousness.

“We got her. Alpha1, Alpha2, Alpha3, you three go and get her while the rest of you stay on high alert. And Brain, keep The Box frequency on high.”

“Copy that, but I don’t think The Box could last more than a minute.”

“Team you heard him; go get her.”

“Rudy, I think your fear was misplaced,” Karim told his second in command who was standing beside him.

“I can see we got her but that doesn’t mean all the bad omens that happened were for naught.”

For Karim, it was normal. Like any other mission Rudy would complain about his decisions and according to Rudy, any sudden thing happening around them was a bad omen.

When they had to delay their trip due to a heavy storm that came out of nowhere, Rudy argued with Karim that it was a bad omen and they should postpone their mission.

That was something, Karim couldn’t do. He was appointed as a normal Hunter when he joined this unit alongside his brother Abdul.

After hearing about his bravery in Serbia during a hunting mission eleven months ago, their boss gave Abdul a mission to hunt down two witches.

Since Karim was hospitalized during that time, he wasn’t part of his brother’s team but the very next day he received the news of his brother’s death.

On that day he swore that he would only visit his grave after those witches were dead.

Just like his boss, it was also a personal mission for Karim! That was the reason why he was so eager to end this.

Three Hunters came out of the building, moving swiftly, never taking their eyes of the fallen witch.

All of them were dressed in black military-grade gear. They were wearing high-quality bulletproof vests. Each of them had an advanced assault rifle in their hands.

Their stance clearly showed what highly-trained and experienced personnel they were.

Their movement was synchronized; while one in the centre was pointing his assault rifle toward the witch, the other two were looking around for any kind of ambush. It was clear that their target was down, but all of them had read the record that their boss had on these witches, especially this one.

Not only was her magic strong, she had an affinity toward natural flora and could control trees and plants, could use them to attack her enemies. That was the reason why they waited until she was far enough from the tall trees.

The hunters reached the witch.

“INCOMING!!!”

That was all the warning they got before all of them felt pain shooting through their body. The first Hunter turned to see where their attacker was coming from but he could already see a big man was standing behind him and the next moment his neck was twisted back.

The other two started to open fire toward their attacker but he was already moving and using the dead body as a shield. He got closer to the second Hunter, lifted him by the neck and placed his body between him and the third Hunter, who had opened fire on the attacker, so after taking a few shots the second Hunter was dead.

He threw the first body that he had in one hand towards the third hunter. While the Hunter was unbalanced the man rushed him. He lifted the third hunter and turned in the direction of the building; a sniper shot that was aimed at the attacker pierced through the third hunter’s chest.