Author's Pov
"Zahira, why were you there and why did you go outside huh?"
Hazira scolded as she pulled zahira by her hand, Zahira winced as she looked up to see her Ammi really angry
after her parents found her in the garden, they didn't wait a single second before immediately bringing her back home
" yes bacche, why did you leave? you don't know how worried you made us"
when suddenly her father asked as he dropped on his knees and hugged his daughter,
" Allah tala ka shukr he ki tumhe kuch hua nahi
agar tume kuch ho jata to?"
(Thank god, that nothing happened to you,
but what if something would have happened to you, then?)
her abbu said softly and this time Zahira pouted and lowered her head as she realized how worried they must have been for her
" I am sorry abbu, I am sorry Ammi"
she apologized as she tugged her ears, slight tears pricking in her innocent eyes
as mistake and guilt hit her hard,
' I shouldn't have left home like this
I worried abbu ammi so much,
I am a bad girl,
very bad girl!'
her little mind scolded and she sniffed as big fat tears clouded her eyes as she bowed her head down
but Hazira and Abbas looking at her their little girl's cute gesture and her crying, their heart which was angry a second ago immediately melted as they both quickly engulfed her in a hug
" it's okay dear, but never do this again okay cupcake?" Her ammi said as she tightly hugged her daughter
only a mother's heart knows how scared and worried she would be for her daughter after not finding her in the house
where is she? how is she? what if somebody took her? kidnapped her? the outside world is not safe and only her heart knows how scared she became for her daughter,
crying and praying for her safety as she looked around for her
and abbas almost had been on the verge to fire all the guards for being careless as he was that angry and worried for his daughter,
but they were very thankful to god for keeping her safe and sound
" yes Abbu and Ammi " she said looking at her parents as Hazira slowly wiped her tears, like little diamonds, from her cheeks and she sniffed
" good now let's go you don't what all I have made for you I..."
Hazira started saying as she picked up her girl in her hands, followed by her abbu
but all of the words went deaf to her ears
as the only thing that kept flashing in her head was those
blue eyes
and the thought that constantly kept ringing in her little head was
' who was that boy?'
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" Mary, you know I saw a boy today in that old garden!!" zahira said surprisingly as she looked at her lamb, Mary, which her father gifted to me last year on her 5th birthday and her best friend!
the night was pressing outside as the window blew chilly air into the room fluttering the curtains,
everybody was asleep, the whole mansion was silent
except for the little highness herself, alone in her room deprived of sleep because of all the questions that swirled in her mind and nobody to talk to
so she decided to ask it to mary, as the moonlight shined on its face
" but where did he go? why did he run away after seeing me? did I scare him?" she questioned puzzlingly as she innocently swung Mary in her arms as if she was expecting it to answer,
these questions had been stuck in her mind for how long only she knows
a cute pout on her face as nobody knew what was going inside that little mischievous head of hers,
She sighed when she got no answer, but soon a smile refaced her face as she told mary
" but he had very pretty eyes, you know!
prettier than the stars and the moon in the sky!
His blue eyes,
They were bluer than the eyes of my barbie dolls!
as bright as the morning sky!"
she said excitedly as she swung mary in her hands like an airplane
" I wish if I could see him again!"
and finally letting her wish out, she sighed as if she was certain that would never happen
" Good night, Mary"
but soon she finished her pep talk as she wished her lamb and she laid it on her side as she hugged her closed her little eyes,
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But little Zahira had no idea of the figure who heard her whole conversation with her little toy
on seeing her asleep, he jumped away from the window of her room that he was hanging onto this whole time,
and ran somewhere far away..
away from anybody's reach in the wild night...
with a racing heart...
and that night little zahira slept peacefully with the last thought of him in her mind..
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Back to Present
Zahira's Pov
My eyes snapped open,
to again be met with the room,
which was no less than a torture room itself,
a golden cage,
as the sun rays peeked through the windows
I didn't even realize when and how I fell asleep
as I tried to sit up, only to be hit by crushing pain between my legs and I checked my wrist and chest to be painted in his hickeys
and the memories of last night flushed in my mind , I fisted the duvet in my hands as fresh tears reappeared in my eyes,
as I was no less than a prisoner
his prisoner
and he had bounded me here,
Tainted me as his
forever
I snatched the shawl, as I wrapped it around my used, impured body, engulfing me in its warmth
knowing the condition of my clothes, torn and thrown in a corner of the room the only option i was left with was the shawl,
'He is an animal'
when suddenly somebody's words rang in my head as I tried getting up on my feet to go and clean myself, wince at my miseries
but as soon as I took my first step,
only to fall back on the ground, hard
and my head snapped towards my ankle
only to see-
I was chained
to the bedpost and my eyes widened
when suddenly,
"Trying to escape, my love"
and my head snaps at the door to be met with my capturer again
Faiz
" Get this off me, Faiz!?"
I screamed as I violently tried tugging on the chain to set my ankle free, tears refacing in my eyes again as i struggled
" why? so that you can run away from me again, huh Jaan?"
He said as he bend down to my level and gripped my chin by his fingers, as our eyes met
and that sent a shiver down my spine,
as I looked into his eyes, the blues
but this time the only thing i could see in them
was Darkness...
covered with layers of Coldness, directed towards me
so ironic, so different from how they used to be...
and I cut off the contact, as i lower my eyes
before I lost myself in his eternal darkness
" you can't escape from me my jaan,
not now, not ever
you know who you belong to,
and the sooner you get it the better.."
and I whimpered as his grip on my chin tightened causing it to pain as he whispered near my ears...
" and anybody who dares to come in our way..
Remember what I did with Bella right?
My Jaan"
and my eyes widened, as they snapped towards him
as I couldn't believe what he said,
He sounded like a psycho
" take care of yourself Jaan,
We'll be seeing Aaqil tonight.."
and I didn't even realize when I started trembling,
trembling in fear like a leaf, as his words rang in my mind repeatedly
Bella?.. Aaqil?
and my eyes widened as realization hit me , a tear escaped down my eyes as it fell on my hand
No...