Alex's POV

"Mrs.Donavan had a heart attack dad. I am at the hospital. She is in the ICU."
I informed Dad in a shaky voice.

"Yes. I am trying to reach her. But her phone is not reachable."

"I saw her last with Nathan. They had some dinner plan at The Palace, Mrs.Donavan had mentioned something." It irritated me a little to think about her being with Nathan. But I needed to keep it in control.

"Dad, its OK. I will manage here. I will keep trying to get in touch with her."

"Yes. Will keep you posted."

I was waiting outside. Doctor had given her the preliminary treatment but she is still unconscious.
How will Ananya react now? She has gone through a lot already.

Where is she?

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Ananya's POV

There was a sharp pain in my head when I tried to open my eyes.  It hurt bad.
Suddenly i remembered what had happened before i fell unconscious.
I got up with a jerk, only to realise how every part of my body was aching.
My clothes were torn and the bite marks on my body made me relive those moments.
I screamed in pain but as before no one was there to hear this. Why do things like this happen to me?

The light was dim in the room. I turned my head and saw Nathan sleeping next to me on bed with no clothes On.
I was terrified to see him there and on trying to move I fell down the bed.
He was hopelessly inebriate to even hear my screams.
I covered my mouth fearing that he may wake up any moment and everything would happen again.
My body was drained off of all its strength. I just wanted to run away but my feet were reluctant to move.
My entire body was shivering.
I had to leave this place somehow. I frantically looked for me phone.
The thought of Alex came to my mind but I recalled how he didn't want me in his life anymore.

No. Not Alex. I couldn't find my phone but I didn't want to spend another second in this room.
I tried to get a hold on myself. Realising how I could not go out in the torn clothes i looked around for something to change into or atleast cover myself. I was struggling to hold back my tears.
The shock of what had happened had left me completely shaken.
I quickly grabbed a knee length coat trying to cover up any trace of the night.
How i wanted to just run to Maa and hide in her lap.

I was still trembling when from the corner of my eyes Nathan turned in bed.
My heart was beating so hard, I let out a sigh and swiftly moved towards the door not realising that i was barefoot.

I entered the passage, closing the door behind me. There was no one. I did not even know what time it was. I just wanted to run home. I quickly pressed the elevator button and got down to the hotel lobby on the ground floor.
I could see people there, staring at me.
My heart could take no more and I just ran out trying to cover myself as best as I could.
The look on people's faces was that of disgust. As if they knew what has happened and they blamed me for it.
But even I blamed ME for it.

I ran out and when it became impossible to run I stopped and sat on the pavement burrying my head in between my knees, crying my heart out.

"Hey! What are you doing here? It's not safe. You shouldn't..."

My heart skipped a beat. Was it Nathan? I looked up but my eyes were flooded with tears. I couldn't see who it was in the dark but the my better judgement in that situation suggested to run from there.

And then I ran ignoring the immense pain in my feet that somehow felt wet.
It was dark and I kept running till i was sure the shadow was no more behind me. All the while wishing I would wake up anytime from this nightmare. It will all be over.
I hid behind a car looking for that man. But there was no one.
I was in some street i couldn't recognize and I had no strength left, no phone, no money.
I couldn't take it anymore.

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At the far end of the street a man dialled a number and spoke
"Yes. She is here alone. You should come here as soon as you can."