The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 3

"Hey, Zoey! You didn't tell me you have a boyfriend! Girl, your hottie is waiting for you at the counter!", Lily exclaimed in excitement.

"Wait, slow down Lily, what are you talking about?", Zoey asked in confusion.

Instead Lily didn't answer, she just pushed Zoey in this man's direction. Zoey looked like a weak prey that was about to be attacked by its predator. Lily gave her one last strong push straight into the man's arms. All Zoey could feel was her heart pounding and her warm hands on his chest. His deep black hair shone beautifully under the sun's direction. He had the steadiest breathing and his arms that held Zoey in place were a comfort to her.

"H-hi...", she broke the ice with her stuttering. He found it cute but he kept a neutral look on his face.

"I'm guessing that you're Zoey Smith?", he asked gently while retracting his hands and pulling her closer while holding her waist as he whispered in her ear.

"Is there somewhere more private where we can talk?", he asked in an icy tone.

She felt chills down her spine listening to the tone that changed within seconds. She knew this was it. She was in trouble.

"Sure."

They sat next to each other in awkward silence outside near a water fountain.

"I'm sorry but I don't think we have met before .What is your name? Why are you here for me and how do you know me?",she questioned as she kicked dirt under her foot and looked at him.

"Heh...You get straight to the point, it's nice to meet a fresh face like you.My name is Alexander Griffin",he said as he tossed her his business card."And I know what you do"

"What do you mean ...?",she questioned as her stomach turned and she clenched her sweaty fists against her jeans.

"At first, I was shocked to see someone of a petite size who could fight. It just didn't add up in my head.You occupy my mind often. Everything about you does not make sense.",Alex stated as he crossed his arms against his solid chest.

Zoey started to blush a little until she came back to her senses." I'm so sorry. You must have mistaken me for someone else Mr. Griffin. Have a good day."She said as she started to walk away and he grabbed her arm.

"You'll regret this if you walk away if I was you...I'd keep that business card safe. You know, just in case you have second thoughts because you know I am the only man with such great power", and he let go of her hand, and winked.

She yanked her hand back and started to walk away at a fast pace.

When she went home she started to pace around her room wondering if this guy Alexander was on to her and what she does in secret. Just then she heard a knock on the house door downstairs, before she could even go down to answer it, her father was there and she could hear the greeting exchange between her father and the police officers.

"Mr. Leo Smith, is your daughter at home by any chance right now?", the policeman asked.

"Depends, on what business you have dealing with Zoey. Why are you guys here?", he asked as he held his grip on his house door.

"Sir, we got reasons to believe that your daughter is a vigilante that is killing people. We have the warrant to search your house and if you don't let us in that means we will have you under suspicion.", the officer demanded with a stern voice.

Her father saw a glimpse of Zoey and came up with a plan. "Unfortunately, Zoey is not at home at the moment, she went out. I don't know when she will be back but I don't think it's worth the wait."

The officer just chuckled and whispered into his ear saying," I'm still going to check this house.", as he entered the house."Oh, and there was an eye witness who apparently saw the vigilante enter the house."

Zoey stared in confusion and snapped out of it. She started to remember the man that came earlier into her workplace. She grabbed his card from her desk, along with her vigilante suit, and jumped out of the window. Throughout the city and town, her vigilante name was the KnightOwl, who sought justice. But that was not the main point to her, how in the world did he manage to see her? She didn't see anyone following her, and she was a quick runner. It just didn't make sense.

She kept walking the dark lonely streets that had a couple of drunk people, but that didn't bother her. She was not scared of anything except someone new who popped into her life. She went to a nearby payphone and dialed the number on the card.

"Hello?", she called."Yes, it's me, Zoey. We need to talk as soon as possible face to face please."

"Where are you right now? I'll be there.", Alex on the other side of the phone questioned as he started to dress up in casual clothes.

"How do you know I am not at home if you knew my home address before?", she questioned.

"I can hear the background noise, just tell me where you are, I'll be there as soon as possible.", he stated as he got into his car.

"I'm at a payphone opposite the catholic church in street X.", she said as she cut the call and fell down into a cramped position.

"Hello?Hello?Zoey, are you there? Can you hear me? If so, respond right now.", Alex questioned frantically." Shit!", he started to swear as he took the car out of his mansion with great speed.

He reached there to see a fragile-looking girl clinging to the payphone and curled up in a ball. He picked her up as soon as he saw that and brought her to his car to warm her up. He took out her jacket and put on his coat around her. Her lips were so blue as the frost that covered the edges of his windscreen.

She grabbed his hand tight as she said," Don't go please..."