Happy weekend, Amores! 

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SABINA's POV

I opened my eyes and sat up right away when I heard the door open. I just fell asleep but now that this man entered this room, I should make sure not to get my guard down. If I remember it right, it's been 3 days since they brought me here and never let me see the light of day from that day on.

I wasn't sure where they took make because they blindfolded me to ensure that the place would remain secret. They made sure to lock every window including the door so that I wouldn't be able to escape.

Even though I haven't seen the outside of this room yet, I knew for sure that there were guards around.

"Good morning, Sabina." He greeted with a smile while holding a tray full of food. My jaw flexed full loathe, giving him deathly glare.

"Where did you take my mom? Where is she?"

He chuckled. "C'mon, Sabina. You don't have to worry about her. She's safe. You will see him again after the wedding so be a good girl and just do as I say. Just like I told you before, just be obedient and everything will be more than okay." My fist tightened.

I wanted nothing but to hit him in the face but I knew that I would only put my mother in further danger if I do that. Ever since they brought me here, I've never had any good night sleep because I was so worried about my mother.

I wanted to blame myself because if it wasn't because of me, she wouldn't be in this kind of danger. But then, I realized that I shouldn't do that because Father Nicolas and the other leaders were the one at fault.

I couldn't understand why no one in Safe Haven questions their authority over our lives. Well, I couldn't blame them. Most of them were afraid to say anything against the SFH.

"Looks like you finally understand. That's more like it. The real Sabina is finally slowly coming back." I remained silent and that seemed to please him more. He placed the tray on the small coffee table and approached me.

"That's my girl." He then sat next to me on the edge of the bed and my body jerked when he touched my shoulder. "You're really so beautiful, Sabina. I knew you'd be this beautiful from the moment I first laid my eyes on you." His voice was slightly trembling while ogling at me full of lust. I felt like all the hair on my body stand up.

Every part of my being loathes this man to the core. Ever since the moment I discovered about the fixed marriage, slowly but surely, his true colors were coming out of the box.

I knew way before that that he wasn't the kindest person but I've never thought that he's such a terrible person like this.

"Get away from me." I answered sternly, full of disgust.

He smirked as he toyed some strands of my hair with his finger. "It's a pity that I can't make love with you right now because of tradition but on our wedding night, you'll finally be mine and nothing could stop me from finally having you." I turned my head and met his gaze.

"Make love? People who make love do it out of love."

His eyes thinned. "Who told you that? How come, you know this much about making love? You shouldn't've learned all those things before our marriage. Besides, whoever told you that was lying. Making love is a normal part of union between a man and a woman." His voice became dangerous but I didn't let myself get intimidated.

I'm sick and tired of all their manipulations.

"I don't have any obligation to answer any of your questions. Now, if you don't mind, get out of here." I then averted my gaze from his. I saw him stand up from the corner of my eyes.

"Beware of what's coming out of your mouth, Sabina. You don't want to spite me. Remember that your mother's well-being is in my hands." He warned. I scoffed.

"Now, your true colors are getting more vivid with each passing day. I can't believe that people here in Safe Haven are so blinded by your manipulations and keep on following all your crap. Don't they have any idea how much of a monster you are?" I looked at him upon uttering the last word full of hatred and saw how his jaw flex in anger.

He raised his hand, intending to hit me but I kept our eye contact bravely, letting him know that I wasn't scared. His hand stopped in mid-air.

Then, to my surprise, he laughed. "Oh, how I love the look on your face right now, Sabina. Now, I'm really excited to break your spirit. One day, you'll bow down to me and do everything I say. Mark my word." With every word that he was spewing, the hatred and disgust that were boiling inside of me kept on intensifying. I've never thought that I had the ability to feel such intense negative emotion towards someone.

I thought, I wasn't capable of it until lately.

"You make me sick!" I spat at him firmly but instead of getting angry, he smirked.

"Your actions are adding to my excitement, Sabina. Oh, I really can't wait. No one has the authority over me. Everyone tried but failed and you're no exception. Anyway, I brought you your breakfast. Don't worry, there's no poison or anything in there." His hand patted my shoulder and I thought, that was the only thing he would do but my eyes widened when he suddenly caressed it down to my arm.

I roughly pushed his hand away. "Don't you dare touch me!" His hand against my skin felt so dirty. I couldn't stand it.

He laughed. "You're really tempting me, Sabina. I really can't wait." I was about to yell at him when we heard a knock on the door.

"Who's that? Didn't I tell you not to disturb us?!" Father Nicolas' voice held danger.

"I'm sorry, Father Nic, but the other leaders are already waiting for you." The guy outside the door said.

"Fùck!" I heard him say in annoyance before shifting his gaze on me. "The next time we see each other will be during our wedding ceremony. We're already preparing everything so you should prepare yourself too." He then went out of the door.

I ran after him and tried to open the door but it was already locked.

"Let me out of here! You can't keep me here!" I shouted as I pounded my fists on the hard surface of the door. But until my throat became sore, no one answered nor came to rescue me. My eyes watered but I tried my best to blink my tears back.

"This is not the right time for you to be weak, Sab. Your mother needs you." I told myself and then took a deep breath to calm senses. I then slowly walked towards the door like all the life within me got dissipated out of me.

"Xzav..." For some reason, his face popped on in my mind. All of our memories together came back to me. All those laughs and sweet moments we shared made my heart ache.

I couldn't go to our meeting place the other day to meet him there. He surely waited for me and just thinking that I wouldn't b able to see him anymore almost made my heart stop beating. My heart felt so heavy. Thinking about my mother and Xzavier made me want to scream in so much agony and helplessness.

I couldn't even tell to them how important they were to me before all this happened, especially my mother.

I did nothing but to chide at her for not doing anything about our situation without appreciating her efforts from the day I was born.

"I'm sorry, mom." That was when my tears fell. "I'm sorry, Xzav." I didn't know how long I cried in bed before I fell asleep. My body finally gave in to sleep.

I didn't know how long I slept like that before I woke up when I felt someone's fingers on my face as if wiping my tears.

"My Ina..." My heart skipped a beat. That voice!

I opened my eyes, expecting to see Xzavier but there was no one there aside from me. I sat up and looked around me. But I was really alone. It was nothing but a dream. I slowly touched my cheeks. I couldn't explain but his touch felt so real.

I still could feel the warmth of his hand on my skin and I couldn't be wrong. I got off the bed and went to the door. I tried opening it but it was locked. I slumped down on the floor as if all my strength were sucked out of my body.

I closed my eyes and hugged myself. I've never felt this cold before. The desire to see him again was so strong but I knew that I couldn't do anything about it.

Tears started to form in my eyes. "Oh, Xzav...Please, help me here."

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I went on alert more when the door opened. But then, I almost sighed in relief when I saw that the person who came in was Mother Fernanda. She's one of the leaders of Safe Haven and ever since I was young, she's been nothing but nice to me.

"Here is your dinner for tonight, Sabina."

I chuckled bitterly. "Why do you even bother to bring me food anyway? Dying is a lot sweeter right now anyway."

"Don't talk like that, Sabina. Your mother will be sad if she hears you talking stuff like that." She placed the tray of food on the small coffee table before she sat on the edge of the bed. I met her gaze.

"And do you think she's not sad and crying right now knowing about my situation? Even if I'm not with her right now, I know that she's more worried about me than about herself."

"Oh, Sabina." I could see the concern in her eyes.

"How can you do all these, Sister Fernanda? Even when I was still young, I already saw how kind of a person you were. But the thing that I couldn't understand was why you couldn't stand up against Father Nicolas and the other leaders? Even though you see that what's happening is wrong, you can't raise your voice and defend the oppressed people. Was I wrong about you?" I couldn't hide my disappointment.

"Sabina, you know that I'm on your side. Sarah is my best friend."

"But you can't do anything to help us, right? Even if you're my mother's best friend, you don't have enough guts to fight against the SFH." She averted her gaze. Guilt was written all over her face.

"I'm sorry, Sabina. All I could do right now is to make sure that they wouldn't hurt the both of you. If I do something that's against them, I'll put our lives in danger." I chuckled full of bitterness while shaking my head.

"I knew it." My eyes watered again as helplessness almost crashed my heart but then, I knew better than to give up. "Please, just leave me alone." I uttered softly. I heard her heave a sigh and then patted me by the shoulder.

"I'm so sorry, Sabina." She then stood up. "Please, eat. You will be able to think properly if your stomach is full. Even though I don't know how to help you and Sarah right now, I think someone could." I looked at her in surprise.

"Y-You mean..."

"Honestly speaking, Sabina; much as I wanted to help you myself, I am afraid and I don't know what to do either. I hope that this person in my mind would somehow have the guts to do something." Because of so much happiness, I stood up and hugged her.

"Thank you, Sister Fernanda."

She heaved a sigh. "I am not promising anything, Sabina. Let's just hope for the better." I nodded my head full of emotion. Now, even though it was still uncertain, at least, everything wasn't totally hopeless.

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Do you think everything is hopeless for Sabina now that she's being held captive by Father Nicolas?

Will there be a chance for her to see Xzavier once again?

Do you think sister Fernanda will manage to help Sabina and Sarah?

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