A/N: A lot of you have been asking a lot of questions but rest assured, each of it will be answered as the story progresses. I just wanted to remind you too that in the story, it's still year 2019 so there's still a lot to happen. Stay tuned. :)

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SABINA's POV

"What have you done to me, Xzav? I feel like not myself whenever I'm with you and I suddenly become capable of doing things that I've never thought I could do." I shyly admitted and he chuckled. We were now lying in bed with me pillowing my head on his chiseled chest.

Everything that's been happening between us ever since we met were too fast but I couldn't care less. Everything that was happening to us were new to me and I didn't want to end. The important thing is we're happy.

"Like what?" He playfully asked as his arms tightened around my body.

"I've never thought of spending time with a man like this and it feels a little surreal. I feel nothing but happiness whenever I'm with you even though making love with you was painful but great at the same time. I don't think I would do it again though."

"What? You're going to kill me if you did that." I tilted my head to see his face.

"Kill you? Why?" Confusion was evident in my voice.

"Because you're practically telling me that you will not make love to me anymore. That'll be the death of me for sure."

"But if we did it again, I might die in pain." He remained quiet for good three seconds. Then, to my surprise, he laughed before kissing my forehead. He's really an affectionate man and I love that about him.

"You're really adorable, my Ina." He then kissed my lips. I moaned. It started gently until it became an intense. His tongue mated with mine hotly and it felt like the fire between us got ignited once again.

"You're really a fast learner. Now, you're becoming good in kissing."

I smiled. "And that's thanks to my teacher. You." I caressed his cheek. "Even though I'm new to this, I love kissing you." I then admittedly shyly and he seemed to be happy hearing it.

"I can't get enough of kissing you too, my Ina. Those sweet lips are becoming my addiction." We continued kissing like two thirsty people in the desert. That familiar heat was starting to ablaze once again.

I gasped when he suddenly pulled me on top of him without breaking the kiss and I moaned in heat when I felt how hard he was once again. He was deliberately grazing his hardness against my wetness and my body shivered in heat.

His naughty hands were already exploring my body once again, intensifying the fire between us.

"I want to take you again. Would you let me?" He then began toying with my nipples alternately as he continued grazing his maleness against my wet core.

"W-What if it still hurt? I don't think I could accommodate that monster of yours once again." I managed to ask while breathing raggedly.

"It will eventually fade away. Trust me. It will get better." His eyes were staring at me beggingly and I couldn't say no to him. I nodded my head and his face brightened.

"You won't regret this. I promise." He continued teasing me, making sure that my body would be ready to accommodate him once again. Then,

"Guide me inside you, Ina." I looked at him, puzzled with his request.

"But...I'm not sure how to..."

He smiled. "You already know how to. Just trust your instinct."

I bit my bottom lip as I gingerly wrapped that hard thing around my hand. A soft gasp escaped my lips when I felt how hot it was against my palm. It felt like it was about to explode.

"How come you're hiding something this big? Is it really hard like this?" I looked at it in awe, inspecting every detail of it.

"Fùck!" I earned a grunt from him when I moved my hand in an up and down motion all the while watching his facial expression. The pleasure was written all over his face and it gave me more self-confidence to pleasure him even more.

"Ina...I need you now." He begged gutturally. His face was red and I understood that it's time. Just like what he asked me to, I positioned myself on top of him and slowly but surely guided him inside of me.

The pain was still there because he was so big. But I persevered because I was determined to pleasure him...

My cheeks were already hurting because I've been smiling like crazy since a while ago while remembering about what transpired between us yesterday. I couldn't describe what I was feeling but it was beyond happiness. I felt like I was still floating in paradise. Just by remembering Xzav's smile, kiss, warmth and touch were enough to complete my day.

Making love with him was one of the things that I would never regret doing. He made me feel how to be a woman in the arms of a man and the contentment inside of me was understatement.

It was my first time feeling all these pleasant emotions and it was overwhelming. I bit my lower lip., trying to suppress my smile.

"Oh, my gosh, Sab. Concentrate on cleaning the yard not day dream about Xzav!" I was about to continue cleaning our front yard when someone spoke from behind me.

"Hi, Sabina. I'm glad I finally get to see you. It's been a while." I looked up from what I was doing to see who it was. Father Nicolas. I stood up.

"Father Nicolas..."

He smiled. "This is for you." I frowned as I looked at the bouquet of red roses that he was holding.

"What's this for?" I couldn't hide the irritation in my voice. I was aware that he'd been coming over to our house these past few days just to see me but I always manage to escape before he could see me.

But today, I didn't have a choice but to stay home because Xzavier told me that he couldn't come to our meeting place for the reason that he had something important that he needed to do.

Before my mother left this morning, she told me to clean our yard because she would be joining the other women here in Safe Haven to plant wheat in the field the whole day.

Normally, the leaders would be there too including Father Nicolas but he actually stayed behind.

"It's a present for my future bride." I felt like cold chills crawled down my spine upon hearing that. I couldn't help but to feel disgusted. He's already in his mid-forties but he's been eyeing me to be his wife.

"I'm sorry, Father Nicolas, but I can't accept that. If you'll excuse me, I have something else to do." I turned my back on him and was about to walk away when he was quick to stop me by the hand.

"You already know that you're my destined wife, right? God chose you to be mine. You know that being rude like this in front of me or any leaders at that is punishable by our law."

I met his gaze bravely. "Punishable? As far as I know, I am not doing anything. And for the record, I am not destined to be your wife. Don't use God just to get away with all this. You should be ashamed of yourself!" It was my first time standing up for myself and I almost clapped at myself for not stuttering.

Xzav was right. I shouldn't let other people, especially the leaders of SFH, to dictate and manipulate me anymore. I should stand my ground because this is my life.

I haven't told him about the arranged marriage yet but I informed him about the kind of life we have here at Safe Haven. He looked so interested in everything about Safe Haven and I gladly answered his questions. Finally, I found someone who supports me and encourages me to reach my goals one day.

"It seems that you really don't understand, Sabina. No one is using God here. God is using me for the betterment of everyone here in Safe Haven. You should be scared of what you're saying because you're defying what He desires. You're becoming a sinner and that should be corrected before it's too late." I met his gaze bravely.

"And what are you planning to do with me? Kill me?"

"Oh, we don't do that here, Sabina. Everyone here in Safe Haven is family and you know that. I don't understand where are all these coming from. Where did you learn all these? Your mother will be saddened if she hears about this for sure." He was shaking his head in disbelief.

I clenched my jaw and roughly pulled back my hand from his. "Stop it! If you really treat everyone here as your family, then you shouldn't be doing this to me."

"What am I doing wrong, Sabina? You were destined to be mine that's why you've been chosen to be my wife. We're a family but that doesn't mean we can't be together. If you read the bible, people back then marry even if they were blood-related. God will never tell me to marry you if you weren't destined to be mine."

I shook my head in disbelief. "You're sick!" I then walked away from him, going straight towards the door of our small house, wanting nothing but to get away from him this instant.

Just when I was about to open the door, I heard him speak. "Looks like going outside Save Haven have already tainted your mind, Sabina." My body went still upon hearing that as my heartbeat became fast.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I feigned innocence and thankfully, I didn't stutter.

He scoffed. "Do you really think that I didn't notice that you've been sneaking out of Safe Haven? I don't know what you've been up to but now that I saw the negative effect of what you've been doing, you're forbidden to leave from now on." My hands formed into fists but I didn't say anything and then entered our house, shutting the door behind me with such force.

I clutched my chest while breathing heavily. How come he knew about me leaving Safe haven all this time? Thankfully, looked like he didn't have any idea yet where I've been going to. I swallowed hard. Just thinking that I wouldn't be able to see Xzavier was almost robbing me off my breath.

"No! You people can't keep me here!" I went to my room and locked the door. I tried my best to calm down so that I would be able to think properly of what my next move would be but it was difficult to do so.

I took a peek through the window of my room and when I saw that Father Nicolas was still at the yard looking at my direction, I closed it right away and sat in the corner of my room as if that place would be able to hide me from that man if he decided to force his way inside our house.

"Xzav..." I called for his name helplessly as my eyes watered.

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I only became calm and felt safe when I heard the voice of my mother outside my door. I couldn't even recall how many hours I stayed sitting there in the corner until she finally arrived.

I quickly stood up and opened the door. "Mom!" I ran into her arms and she automatically embraced me.

"What happened to you, my dear?" I couldn't hold back my emotions as my tears fell. I've been trying my best not to cry since a while ago but now, I couldn't take it anymore. My emotions poured.

"I want to get out of this place as soon as possible, mom." I then said when I managed to gather myself a little bit. She cupped my face.

"Are you okay? Why are you crying? C'mon, baby, tell mom because you're making me worry."

"Father Nicolas came here while I was cleaning the yard. He reminded me about the wedding and he even knew about me sneaking out of Safe Haven."

"What?! He knows?!"

"Yes, and he even told me that I'm forbidden of leaving from now on. I don't know what to do, mom. I don't want to be wed with him!" Just imagining myself marrying Father Nicolas felt like the end of my world.

"Oh, God, Sab." I could hint the desperation and worry in my mother's voice. "Now that they already discovered about you sneaking out of Safe Haven, I'm sure, the leaders will do anything to tighten the security here and it would become harder for anyone to leave, especially you. Now, your plan to escape this place will be next to impossible."

"This is so unfair mom. Who are they to do this to me?! To us?! I can't do this anymore!" I felt like everything was becoming so hopeless and I didn't know what to do. I felt like a caged bird.

"Your voice, my dear! Someone might hear you!" She shushed me worriedly. I let go of her and then met her gaze.

"I don't care. All I want to do right now is to leave this place as soon as possible." I answered full of determination. "Let's escape this place, mom. Now."

"What are you saying? Do you really think that Father Nicolas would let you escape just like that? Now that he already has an idea of what's been going on, he'll do something about it for sure."

"I don't care, mom! I you really love me, you'll support me and come with me. You know that staying here will give them the impression that I accept my fate. I'd rather die than marrying someone like him!" Her lips parted, wanting to say something but not a word came out.

When she probably saw how desperate and serious I was, she finally nodded her head.

"Okay. If this is what you want, I'll support you. I'd rather try our luck than to stay here and feed you into the lion's mouth." I hugged her happily.

"Thank you, mom." I couldn't help but to be emotional. I've been asking her the same thing but he never agreed to me because she was scared. But now, I could tell that she's finally made up her mind.

After that, we hurriedly prepared for our escape tonight. We agreed to do it at night because it will be harder for the guards to spot us if we become careful enough.

Then, the night came and we quietly readied ourselves. But before we could even step out of the door, we heard footsteps coming closer to our house.

"Mom, someone's coming!" I whisper-yelled.

"Sab, you need to go back to your room, quick!"

"But—"

"—Just do what I say and take all these stuff with you!" The look of panic and fear on her face made me do as she says. I took the two backpacks and ran towards my room. Just after I quietly closed the door of my room, I heard knocks on the door of our house.

I clutched my chest, catching my breath. Beads of sweat were already forming on my forehead. Looked like they read what was on our mind.

I then heard my mother open the door followed by voices. Since our house was relatively small, I could clearly hear what they were talking about.

"Good evening, Sarah." The voice of Father Nicolas! Then I heard other voices greeting my mother too. The leaders are also here!

"Good evening, evening everyone. What brings you here?" Thankfully, my mom sounded calm.

"You look calm, Sarah, but your eyes are the opposite. I'm sure, you're not up to something tonight, right?" My mother chuckled.

"What are you talking about, Father Nicolas? I was about to go to bed when you knocked on my door. Sabina is already sleeping as well. What is this about?"

"Go to bed looking like that?" My mother was wearing pants, t-shirt and a hoodie. The beating of my heart became faster. They really know!

"Well, I just came home that's why I'm still wearing these."

"But I thought, you were about to go to sleep?" I could hint that Father Nicolas was suspecting something and I got scared for my mom.

"Yes, but of course, I need to freshen up first before that. I don't understand this interrogation, Father Nicolas. You and all the other leaders came over to my house just for this? For what?"

"I think, you need to come with us, Sarah. There's a lot of things that we want to discuss with you." My heart skipped a beat as my eyes widened.

"If you need to discuss something with me, then we can do it here. I can't leave my daughter alone, especially at night."

"You don't need to worry about anything, Sarah. I appointed some guards to watch Sabina 24/7 from now on while we're preparing for our wedding."

My mom gasped. "Wedding?! But my daughter didn't agree to it! You said that you would never force her to do it if she decided not to."

"All of us leaders already made up our mind. The wedding will push through and that's final." My fists clenched in so much anger.

"But—"

"—C'mon, Sarah. We need to go."

"No! I will not come with you!" My mother answered determinedly but then, looked like that didn't sit well with them because a couple of seconds later, I heard my mother's screams.

"No! You can't do this to me! Let go of me!" I couldn't take it anymore and went out of my room.

"What are you doing with my mother?! Let go of her!" I yelled angrily and was about to pull her from them when Father Nicolas blocked my way.

"I knew it. You were planning to escape tonight. Thankfully, I was wise enough." He said before he looked at the other leaders. "Go on. Take Sarah with you." He instructed callously and they obliged. My mother kept on struggling but to no avail.

I tried to follow them but Father Nicolas restrained me by holding me by the wrist tightly.

"Mom!"

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