"Y/n... this way.. come on carefully"

"How far is it??"
She was starting to grow short of breath.. They had been walking for 15 minutes now..Through crunchy leaves and prickly twigs.. Even though Y/n had a firm determination, but her health after being through so much in just in a day was starting to give up on her..

"Just another kilometre and we will be there"

Y/n nodded in determination.. 

But an unknown urge made her look back..

"Don't worry.. No one is following us.. You are far away from Jungkook now..! He won't ever be able to get to you.!!"

Y/n's heart sank little at the statement... This was meant to be good news..! Why did disappointment surround a little part of her heart?

"Yeah", she uttered softly..

"Just wait here.. I have to make an important call..."

Y/n watched the person move to a distance....

"I've got her.. I will bring her to you soon.... Just keep my share ready.."

There was correspondence from the other side before the familiar voice filled the silent woods again...

"Ah..ah..ah.. Patience human..!! I have risked my life you.. Do you even know how hard it was to get the information about her whereabouts!! I am playing with fire for you!! Have some damn respect for me!"

"ALICE..!?!?"

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(Jungkook)

"Jungkook... Come here..!! Look what I found..!"

I walk with conflicting thoughts towards the back door upon Jimin's call..

"Her wedding ring!!"

My heart sank! The $1M diamond that once shined brightly on her soft slender fingers.. was tossed into the ground like nothing...
Even though its shine was pretty much prevalent, but without the grace of her fingers, it held no value..

"I can't believe you kept her here..!! This makes hell look like a better place"

I stood there speechless.. Shame, Anger and Anxiety engulfed me all at once..!!

"Anyways... It looks like she must've escaped through the back door..."

"Fuck!!....No...!!"

My mind spins at the terrible possibilities..!

"What happened??"

"This way leads deeper into the woods..!"

Jimin shook his head but chose to remain quiet... I don't know what he was thinking.. but his face was unimpressed.. as it should be..

"Let's go.... My intuition is screaming she is in trouble.."

I ran towards that direction...

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(Y/n)

"Alice!?!?!?"

I walked over after waiting for what seemed like an eternity..!

She seemed to be a bit befuddled on approach..

"Umm.. Y/n.. I.."

I couldn't understand why she seemed so pale suddenly... Her forehead formed a little beads of stress..

Were we caught?
I looked at her cluelessly, awaiting a response..

"What's the matter? Are we in trouble?"

"Oh!!! no, no! Everything is good!! I was just talking to the person.. She will be here soon..!!"

She??

"Oh! There she is!"

Alice sighed in relief looking behind me before I could say anything..

I turned around only to see my worst nightmare with folded arms and little soft expression different from her usual stoic face..

I felt both confused and betrayed at the same time..
Since when was Alice working for her??

"Azzurra??"

Her name tasted even bitter than poison my tongue..!!

My mind was running with a thousand questions...

"How are you Y/n?"

She asked calmly..

I deliberately ignored her and turned towards Alice..

"What is she doing here??"

"She will help you.."

"What?? What nonsense? I don't need her help..!!"

"Y/n just listen to me.. She is the only one who can stand against Jungkook and scoot you out of the country.. She is from the same world..!! Her dad is very powerful..!!"

I suppressed the anger bubbling up inside me..

"Y/n... I know we haven't ever been on good terms... But I really want to help you. You don't deserve what all he is doing with you..!"

"Why would you help me? What will you get out of it?"

"Because I don't want you to suffer like me..!! Okay..!? I admit I was obsessed with him.. But what did he do to me??"

"YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ME...!"

"We girls are like tissues for men like Jungkook.. We are used as pleasure providing dolls and when they get enough of us... We're tossed into garbage..!!"

I looked at her bitter but honest words..! Even my last nerve wouldn't deny this..!

"I tried to warn you the other day... But you did not believe me..!"

Half of my mind was contemplating Azzurra's words.. the other part was busy fighting back tears..!!

"Come on now... Let's go..!! I have my private jet waiting for us..! It will take us to Italy.. my dad's territory.. Jungkook will never dare to mess with him..!!! And then when everything will cool down a bit.. my men will safely escort you to Spain.."

I was double minded.. I surely wanted to run away from my monster husband.. but was taking her help the right way??

"Didn't everything that I warned you about come true?? I told you he was a threat..!"

I remembered the day she met me in Valencia..

"Y/n life is giving you a second chance... That is like a second birth in our world.! Not everyone gets it..! If you don't come with me today, the only option would be to go back or stay here until Jungkook finds you..! And, I need not remind what he would do if he comes to know you tried to flee from his captivity"

"I'm not afraid of him..! He doesn't scare me anymore..!"

It was the truth..!

"That is very good.. but this is the time to think practically not emotionally.. I can't pester you for long.. I'm sure Jungkook would already be on his way to get you.. He is very cunning. You know it's hard to win against him..!!"

'You have to take this risk Y/n' my inner voice...

"Okay... I will go with you"

"Perfect..! My driver is ready for us"

I nodded and was about to walk when she grabbed my arm..

"What is this?"

She looked at the beautiful bracelet woven around my wrist..

"He gave it to me as a gift.."
I completed my sentence as the memories of our first night after marriage hit me..

"Wait.. take this off..!!!"

She quickly unhooked the clips and examined the exclusive piece in her hands..

"Hmmph" she scoffed... "Typical Jungkook..!! Look at that.. a microchip Location Tracker.. He was keeping an eye on your every move ever since you wore it..!!"

I wasn't surprised at this revelation..! Jungkook had always made this clear that he was possessive as hell..!! Possessive for only me.. Obsessed only with me.. Alas! all that is a part of my bitter past now..

I watched Azzurra toss the bracelet on the ground like it was nothing.. a little feeling inside me shrieked..
'Don't ever take it off', his words ringed in my ears and I forcefully ignored them..

I took a deep breath and walked alongside with the girl that I once deemed as my enemy.. But now was my only chance to escape...

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(Jungkook)

"What kind of bracelet??", Jimin inquired...

We had been looking around for almost an hour now and were deep into the woods.. Although it was nowhere compared to any of the horrendous circumstances I have encountered in my life.. but thinking of how Y/n.. my naive Y/n would've had the courage to put her life at risk like this makes me want to kill myself..!! It's all my fault..

"I gave it to Y/n as a wedding gift.. It had a GPS tracker system.. To locate her.. incase of any trouble"

"Yeah sure!! that's what it was for..!!"

"Will you stop being sarcastic!?! Her sudden disappearance is killing me... Wait.. Let me check the location.."

I quickly pulled my phone out..

"2 km NorthWest... But it has been stationary for 20 minutes.. there has been no movement"

What if she is unconscious??

We traced the path.. and after following the track for 15 minutes.. we reached the location.. I eagerly looked around.. but the surroundings were dead silent.. Brown soulless leaves crunched under my sole diminishing my next breath with every inch..

"Where could she go from here?? The tracker stops here..!!"

I screamed out for her.. called her out multiple times.. but the only response in return was my own echo..!!

They both were about to walk further when he noticed the bracelet lying on the pile of dry wilted leaves...

He picked it up and pressed it against his chest while closing his eyes...
"Where are you Y/n..!?? Please come back to me..! Please! I will make everything right.."
Jungkook whispered to himself...

He put the bracelet in the same pocket as the ring as eyes desperately looked around to find any trace of his wife.. His mind went blank and frustration took over..!!

"Fuckkkk!!!", he punched the nearby tree making his already bad wounds worse...

"Jungkook let's go home and find another way to look for her..", he suggested..

"Im not coming back until I find Y/n", he said panting.

"We need to use our brain at this time Jungkook. There is no use of aimlessly strolling around.. We need more resources to look for her"...

"Come on..", Somehow he convinced him and they got back...

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"My private jet will be ready by tomorrow.. until then I have a safe place for you", Azzurra said as they sat in the car..

"Thanks....", Y/n's face softened...

"Oh don't mention it Y/n.. This is the least I can do for you.."

"Here..", Azzurra forwarded a clear bottle in Y/n's direction.. "Have some water... you haven't anything for hours"

Y/n nodded and satiated her thirst while taking a relaxed breath for the first time in hours... She leaned against the window and closed her eyes..

'Sigh!'
Finally... Finally I will be free from this hell.. I will go back to Valencia.. But no! He will come for me there.. Yes.. I will go to small secluded towns like Trujillo or Morella.. I will restart my studies there.. get a job.. save money and then open a Bakery there.. I will be away from Jungkook forever, I'm pretty sure he will look for me, but I will be far, far away from him... I... I... Why is my head spinning suddenly...??

I can't make out my surroundings, everything is spinning.... I can't recognise the person sitting next to me.. The person is mumbling something to me.. but I can't make out what.. Soon everything is just dark...

A vicious fills the car filling the silence..

"Tsk..tsk..tsk.."

"You know what the problem with normal girls like you is , Y/n???"

"You can never fit into 'OUR MAFIA WORLD'.. You will always be an eye candy... but never a good partner for someone as powerful and mighty as Jeon Jungkook...!!!"

"He needs someone as vile and evil as him... to match his freak.. He doesn't need a delicate and beautiful feather.. he needs a stone.. A precious, useful stone..!!"

"But he isn't my aim anymore.... HIS WEALTH IS..!!!! Unfortunately, he has changed..! You changed him..! He doesn't interest me anymore.!! But his massive Empire does..!!"

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"SEAL ALL AIRPORTS.. MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS OUT UNCHECKED..!!!."
"I WANT Y/N IN AN HOUR..!!"
"GET TO WORK!!!!"

Jungkook screamed on the phone... The nerve in his temple pulsed harder, ready to break free from his thick honey skin anytime..!!

"Calm Down Jungkook.. This won't do any good to us..!!"

Jimin urged, even though he knew it was useless..

I close my eyes to escape this chaos for once.. but all can see is her beautiful face.. her innocent eyes.. calling me.. Extending her hand out to hold it and never let go.. When I try to extend my own.. she vanishes.. I abruptly open my eyes... But the reality is even worse..!!

Soon, Jimin received a call..

"Yes Mr Jeon??"

Why is dad calling suddenly??? I wondered..

"Okay.. okay... We will be there soon..!!"

"What now???"
I asked impatiently...

"Your dad's calling us home urgently.. He's asked us to come right now..!!"

"Why??"

"He didn't say... but his tone was pretty serious..!!"

We walked inside quickly only to find dad pacing in the living room..
Without us asking anything.. he quickly turned the TV on..

Jimin's hands cupped his mouth in shock...

My eyes widened in shock witnessing the scene on the screen.. No.. No.. This cannot be true.. This is a bad dream.. Wake up Jungkook..!! Wake up..!! My thoughts wrestled with my overpowering emotions...

'MY HANDS CURLED INTO A FIST AS MANIAC RAGE CONSUMED ME... DIMINISHING THE ALREADY BLURRED LINES BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG IN MY CONSCIENCE'