Under the V.E.I.L:Book 1

Liam:

What have I become? Why have I become so soft? Why is it that I'm almost brought to tears at the thought of her?
I hadn't acknowledged how deep my feelings for her were. Tears hadn't formed in my eyes in a while.
I taught myself to keep it all in to the point where I became emotionless.That was until now.

I always knew there was something but I never thought it was deep enough to make me want to feel something so extreme.
Though I acknowledged how she didn't feel anything near to what I felt, it hurt when she pushed me away.
Something tells me she wanted me at least just a little bit. Or I might just be some deluded idiot.

I step in the house and I can already sense something wrong. I have no idea what it is. Everything looks the same. Nothing has moved.
I step in my room and take my uniform jacket off. Before I can move another inch my vision blurs and my head spins.

Something had been stabbed into my neck. Liquid went into my body and I'm growing drowsy. I stumble.Everything is spinning.
Why the hell is everything spinning?

With the energy I have I punch the guy behind me and he falls to the floor. I leave my room and find many men waiting in the living room.
They look shocked to see me here. Almost as if they were expecting someone else.

I cant stand straight anymore. Everything and everyone is spinning.My eyesight is blurring.
I don't remember how half of the men end up on the floor and how half of my furniture is broken and thrown around.
After a lot of fight, I fall to the ground letting the sedative do its job.

**

My head was throbbing in a way that was equivalent to a hammer driving into my skull. I struggle my eyes open.
I'm sat up on a chair and my ankles,wrists and waist are tied to it. The ropes were strongly tying me down. I tested the ropes and I couldn't move.

How did I get here? How long have I been here?Hours?Days?Weeks?
"Look who finally woke up from their slumber. Looks like the sedative was too strong."I open my eyes and see a man standing right in front of me. "Goodness you are a spitting image of your father.Emma would've loved you. She was so in love with that piece of shit it made me sick."

I would have fought back and defended my father if I wasn't high on some sedative. But then familiarity hits me.
The name Emma. Why would 'Emma' have loved me? I don't think mum was apart of this. There were no pictures of her and her name was listed nowhere which meant she was never apart of all this. But why does this 'Emma' have the same last name as me? Mum doesn't have my surname either.
What the hell is going on? Why am I just starting to realise this?
Gosh my head hurts.

The man was probably around his late fifties. He was oddly familiar but I couldn't tell where or when I had seen him.
He had a bodyguard next to him who was a lot younger than him.

"Who are you?"I say with the little energy I have.
"Unfortunately I cannot tell you. But maybe I might consider telling you if you don't mind answering my questions without making a fuss."
"Why am I here?"He starts grinning.And not in a good way.

"No no. It's my turn."He pulls a chair in front of me and sits on it. "Liam Kaya. Son of Ozan Kaya. I expected you to have a resemblance to him but I didn't expect to be seeing Ozan here himself."I took a deep breath.
"What do you want with me?"I say calmly trying not to lose my mind.

"It seems you have been snooping through Operation Blackthorn. You, your colleague William Hawke and your pretty friend Lena Mendoza. Or girlfriend. How would I know? But tonight...they'll fall right into my trap. Let's just say Lena has a surprise waiting for her at her computer."My heart dropped at the names he just mentioned.

"Leave her out of this. Whatever you want keep it between us."I say while trying to keep my breathing steady.

"I haven't seen your friend William and I have no idea how he's involved in this. But Lena. That girl is absolutely ravishing. Just like her mother." Rage filled my veins. No one can talk about Lena that way. I can't possibly let it slide."It's a shame she's dead."
I would've ended him if I was in the state for that. "Well I'm going to stop pissing you off and get talking about what I actually want to speak about.
I can see it on your face that you just want to kill me right now."My jaw tenses. "How much have you and your buddies found out about Operation Blackthorn?"I take a deep breath. I stayed silent. I didn't dare to respond. I wasn't going to let this man break me.

"Jason."He looks at his bodyguard and signals with his head towards me. He walks towards me and hesitates. He takes a deep breath and prepares himself. But then his fist collides with my ribs, sending a sharp jolt of pain through my body.
I bit back the cry that he so desperately wanted to hear escape my throat.

"I'm afraid your silence was the wrong answer Liam. We could continue to do this the hard way. Or you could answer my questions and do it easier."
"Go.to.hell."Instead of giving him the answers he wanted I cursed him. I wasn't going to tell this horrid man anything.
He couldn't know how much,or how little,we knew. Seeing how he spoke about my dad and the other agents, he doesn't seem like a good guy.

Another punch. This time to my stomach. I cough up blood.
"I don't want to do this Liam. But you're forcing me to. You don't want to end up like your dad. Do you?"I cough out the last of the blood.

"Do whatever you like but I won't give you what you want." The sentence came out breathless.
"Looks like you're a stubborn one. Soon you'll be begging to give me answers. Right Jason?"He looks up at Jason and he gives a nod.

Jason doesn't seem to enjoy this as much as this stranger in front of me. He looks as if he feels guilty. As if he's only doing this against his will.
"I will never give you what you need. You might as well kill me right here. I'm of no use."He smiles and leans forward.

"Looks and acts just like his father. It's crazy how much your dad has rub off on you. I guess you'll die younger than he did."I clenched my fist.
He tilts his head. This could be my last day on Earth. But I have to pull through. I have to pull through long enough to see my mum and Ava once more.
I have to pull through long enough to see Lena once more.She doesn't want me but I do.
"Sir you have a meeting in 5 minutes." Jason tells the man and he gives an annoyed look.

"Reschedule it. Tell them I have important business to attend."Jason sighs.
"Sir you've already rescheduled twice. Mr Clarkson said he wants you there or the deal is off."The man groans.
"You're lucky this time Liam. But I'm not letting you off the hook yet."He walks through the door and leaves me alone.

***

After receiving many blows to my face and stomach they have decided to try find a different tactic.
They're probably going to try to burn my face off or something like that.
I need to get out of this hell of a situation. My luck is not very good.

I move my wrists trying to set myself free from the bounds. Whoever tied me must've worked out a lot because this is unbelievable strong.
I'm going to pass out again. Thats one thing for sure.
"Follow my lead."I hear a familiar voice whisper.I'm on the verge of passing out but I try my best to hear the voice.

"We're meant to be going underground."A female voice whispers back.Wait.That voice sounded familiar. Like really familiar.
My tired mind couldn't make out who that voice belonged to.The room was dead silent so I could hear these conversations amazingly.
"You brought the USB.Right?"William.That was Williams voice. Which could mean that the female was-

My eyes grew heavy.The were blurring with burning tears of pain.
The last thing I remember feeling waves brush my skin and big eyes looking down at me.