Chapter 129 - 129

"My sweet Sara, it has been a while haven't you missed me?" Joaquin asked with a sly smile. He could feel the fear emanating from her, and it was feeding his excitement. She was here at last.

"Where is… Why are you here?" Sara's voice was trembling. She had expected to see Blake and have a wonderful afternoon with him, why was this monster here instead?

"Sara, I am the king of Cadiz, nothing can stop me from being here," Joaquin said arrogantly.

"Please leave me alone. I am not coming with you no matter what you do," Sara begged. Why can't he just leave her alone? She was finally getting her life back on track, and she was trying to sort out her feelings for Blake, and she wants to find out where they are headed.

"Just do what I want, and you will never see me again. Do we have a deal?" sneering like the devil making his deal.

"What is it that you want from me? I have nothing to offer you," she asked helplessly.

"Of course you do, you can take me to the Maple Kingdom. I heard that the princess was fond of you. All you need to do is get me into the castle, and you can be on your way," he said it like it was just that simple. He had the map, and she was his entrance ticket. The last few weeks he had been trying to get in without Sara, but it was proving to be difficult, the castle was airtight with their security. This time he couldn't even buy his way in. He was getting desperate.

"My answer is still NO! I will never help you, she is my friend, and I will not jeopardize her security for your gain. I don't know what you want from inside the castle, but I bet your reasons are purely evil," she said.

"Sara don't you get it, you really know me too well. I would suggest you dump your boyfriend and just be with me. You will make a good queen," he said, dangling his ace in her face. Everybody wants to be queen so, he was enticing her with this option to take his deal. 

She was sure that he would never make her his queen and as soon as she gets him in the castle, he would probably slit her throat without a second thought.

"Sara, Sara, Sara," he says as he traces her cheek with his finger, "You really are a bad girl. Why are you not listening to me? We could be happy right now..'

"You're disgusting!" she said as she slaps his hand away.

Somebody knocks on her trailer, "Miss Sara, the photographer wants me to show you something," the assistant says on the other side of the door.

Joaquin had anticipated that Sara would scream, so he clamped his hand over her mouth. "Go away! She will deal with you later," Joaquin ordered.

The assistant thought it was Blake, so he left, his job was very important to him and he didn't want to get fired. He'll come back later.

Sara bit his hand so hard that she was able to getaway.

"Agghh...you bitch!" Joaquin screamed while Sara scrambled out of the trailer, running for her life. 

"SARA!!!" he screamed, running after her.

She did not know where to go, all she knew was that she needed to get away, and fast. She did not know which part of the forest they were in and ended up on top of a ravine. Stopping to take a breathe, she realized that a few more inches and she would have fallen to her death. 

"When will you learn that you can never escape me?" sneered Joaquin.

"Don't come near me! I will jump," she threatened.

"Go ahead and jump," he said calmly, coming toward her, "we both know that you won't do it. You love yourself too much. And that face, it'll be ugly if you fall."

Sara looked behind her, the height of the ravine got her light-headed, and Joaquin took this as his opportunity to pull her towards him.

"You are mine, and you are coming with me," he said, laughing at her.

"I will tell everyone what a vile and ruthless person you are," she said, trying to break free of his grasp.

"Who are you going to tell Sara, nobody will believe you, I have them all on the palm of my hand, and it's best you remember that," he said, bringing his face closer. He was going to kiss her, she just knew it and couldn't do anything, all she could do was close her eyes and succumb to her fate. 

"Stop right there!" it was the voice she never thought she'd hear again, "Sara! Are you okay?" She would know this voice anywhere, and she was glad he had come for her.

Sara opened her eyes and stared into Blake's worried gaze, and she nodded to let him know she was okay.

Using his military training to find anything and anyone in the forest he had found them right away. Not in great circumstances, seeing that Joaquin had his arms around her, but he was glad she was still alive. He needed to get into action and save her.

"I didn't think we'd ever meet. Didn't you find it hard to satisfy Sara and her sexual needs? I'd gladly take her off your hands," Joaquin said, mocking Blake. 

Joaquin was incensed when he saw their pictures, he wanted to inflict pain on Blake, insinuating that he had sexual relations with Sara to discredit her. Maybe Blake would give Sara to him freely if he feels disgusted. She was just another of his flings anyway, why should he care?

He was the King of Cadiz, he was not scared of these Aristocratic heirs coming after him, they have nothing compared to his power. "Blake will just bow down to me like everyone else," he thought.

"Blake, don't listen to him...I ne...," Sara said as Blake moved toward her, giving Joaquin one of his murderous glares, but Joaquin saw what he was doing and held Sara's neck with one hand as he pushed her nearer the edge.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he threatened, pushing Sara more toward the edge.

Blake moved backward, "Fine, just let her go, let's talk about it, what do you want?"

Joaquin chuckled as he moved away from the edge, "Well, how about you lend me, Sara, for a few days."

"You bastard! That will never happen. Get your grubby hands off her. I will make you regret crossing paths with me," Blake snapped, veins were popping out of his arms and his neck. He was losing control of his anger.

"It looks like you are serious about her after all. Let me give you free advice, don't get too involved. She will never give you what you want and she'll just drag you down," Joaquin said, tightening the hold on Sara's neck.

"Ahhkk..," Sara choked as she clawed at Joaquin's hand on her neck.

"Don't worry sweetie, it's going to be okay," Blake assured her with full confidence.

Joaquin tightened his hold on Sara's neck, "nobody else can have her," he thought, he would show both of them, when suddenly his arm was on fire, a bullet had shot him from nowhere.

Sara crumpled to the floor, but Blake was there to catch her. 

"Aggghh …," they could hear Joaquin screaming in the background. When Joaquin looked up, Blake was surrounded by his bodyguards.

Blake always had bodyguards stealthily following him wherever he went, all the heirs had their own stealth team because of the constant threats and their many enemies who were always plotting to take them down.

They got there just in time, Blake thought. He had outrun them when he was looking for Sara, and they hid in the background until they could get their chance. When they were sure that Blake and Sara's safety was secured, their next move was to bring Joaquin with them to exact justice but, just in time, Joaquin's security team surrounded him with their guns drawn, so they had no choice but to let them go.

They had hoisted him in a helicopter to get him out of there faster.

Sara was still in shock, holding Blake tightly and sobbing. "Shh... it's okay baby, you are safe now," Blake consoled her and held her just as tight. He felt like his heart was getting squeezed, it made him feel like he did not protect her enough for Joaquin to be able to come that close to her.

He had carried her out of the forest into his waiting car. His security detail informed everybody that Sara should not be disturbed for the next few days. 

She felt very safe now that she was in Blake's arms, he sat her on his lap so he could hold her closer, not ever wanting to let her go out of his sight. 

She was squirming and snuggling closer to him, her body was still chilled to her bone, and the warmth that was seeping from him helped allay her fears.

He was used to fighting off people who tried to take his life before but never, not even once, had he felt scared, but for the first time in his life, he felt what the word meant. 

The scene where Joaquin had his hand on Sara's neck, pushing her over the edge, kept on replaying in his mind. It could have gone wrong several different ways, and all of them had Sara ending up dead at the bottom of that ravine. He hugged her tightly to remind him that they were safely in each other's arms and that nothing had happened to her.

He would have wanted to be able to show Joaquin how the heirs dealt with people like him, but lucky for him, he got away. 

"You came for me Blake, you saved me," Sara murmured into his neck, she didn't have enough tears to shed anymore. She had poured everything out and soaked his shirt in the process.

"Of course, I will always come for you baby," he said as he planted a kiss on her forehead.