She knew he was the only one she trusts more than her life. She hugged and cried her heart out. Shivay was holding her like a baby, enveloping her in his embrace in a way as if saving the precious soul from the harsh selfish world. Yes she was a precious soul to him.

They kept looking into each other's eyes for sometime and then after some moment he heard her say.....

"Where is Akash Shivay???" She asked suddenly pulling away from the hug with a jerk. Her eyes were full of tears and hope.

Shivay was literally speechless and numb. He didn't know what to say? Certainly everything changed a lot since that mishap took place. He was anyways fighting a war while looking at her state and now this question of her literally shook the hell out of him. He can't tell her that Akash, their friend was no more. He can't lose her again coz giving her a shock at this time meant losing her again and this time may be forever and he could not take that chance. He tried controlling the tears in his eyes from falling and cupped her face.

"He..He is fine Annika. Actually he is in London. He had applied for a job and luckily he got a call" Shivay lied keeping a hard stone on his heart.

"But..but he was really injured Shivay. How can he go like that? Was he fine?"She said looking into his eyes,
He just nodded his head into positive making her relax
and then after pausing for a minute she said again "He even for well and went for a job too!! How many days have I been unconscious? Tell me Shivay??" She said holding his collar helplessly.

He cursed himself for lying to her but that was all he could do for now. He could see her getting really irritated but a bit relaxed learning about Akash but now he was really curious to know the reality of that night. He asked her again.

"Annika..I know there is a lot of confusion and questions going on in your mind and heart right now but you need to tell me everything that you know and you remember. Just speak your heart out Annika, your Shivay is here to listen and once you tell me everything that happened with you and Akash, I will tell you everything too" he said cupping her face with love.

She stared into his eyes for sometime with tears continuously falling from both the sides. Taking a long breath she started speaking...

"I..I was really happy that day Shivay. It was our wedding after all. After you asked me to reach the venue with Akash I got ready and we proceeded to the venue. Everything was fine, We were..we were  crossing the Surajkund road, suddenly we saw two jeeps surrounding us. They..they were following us. I got really scared because they started hitting our car from both the sides. We both tried to call you several times but your phone was unreachable. We even tried calling Maa, but even that went unanswered. From what I observed, it seemed as if Akash knew some of them. We tried to escape but we were trapped Shivay..." she sobbed hard.

The way she was crying, Shivay felt like asking her to stop her from giving the details of that night but he also knew that it was important for him to know about everything. He just held her tighter in his arms while she cuddled more into his heart, making his shirt wet her tears.

The moment his grip grew a bit lose on her arms and one of his hands started caressing her hair, she started speaking again...

"As we moved further..they..they stopped their jeeps in front of us, making us stop our car. There were about twelve of them who surrounded our car and started hitting it with hockeys. We were really shocked, We didn't knew what to do Shivay. Suddenly two of them opened the door of my side and dragged me out of the car, I shouted with pain but he just pulled me roughly while the others dragged Akash out of the car." Shivay felt his blood boiling with rage. How could those bastards behave like this with his love and his friend. He kept listening to her..

"They started beating Akash, mercilessly with hockey's and chains. I was really scared, I shouted for help but there was no one...Akash tried to help me but he was helpless. They were about ten powerful men who were beating him black blue. He..he was shouting with pain Shivay, he was calling out your name. I felt so miserable. It was really scary. I tried so hard to get out of the grip of those two men and I succeeded too. I ran towards Akash and tried to stop them from beating him but they didn't stopped. They caught hold of me again and dragged me pulling my hair. I winced with pain but they didn't stopped. We tried asking them what they want, why were they doing it but they just kept doing what they were up to, they attacked Akash, he screamed with pain and finally collapsed. I went numb watching Akash, I thought we lost them. Now those men started moving towards me.. I felt really scared Shivay..they were coming towards me but suddenly Akash came from the back and hit them with hockey. The moment their attention got distracted from me, Akash asked me to run. I was not able to do that, I couldn't leave him like that, I just kept saying no while they were all beating him but he gave me your swear and asked me to run. I ran..I ran to save me from them, I ran to save my dignity from them, I ran to save what was only yours Shivay...I ran as fast as I could, to reach you.....in search of you Shivay but I failed...I failed terribly" she said hugging him harder this time while her sobs increased to a faster pace.

Shivay felt as if someone tore away his heart. He was feeling so guilty and helpless at the moment. Guilty for doubting the love of his life, for doubting his best friend. They were facing the most cruel time of their lives and he cursed them for the tears that he shed. He felt really helpless for not being able to help them, had he been there with them, Akash might have been alive today. He resisted his tears and caressed her cheeks wiping off the tears.

"Shhh...you have not failed Annika! Nothing can defeat you coz you are not ordinary Annika, your are special" he said cupping her face.

She looked at him. The same bluish green eyes. The same deep eyes which made her fall for him. How can she not fall in love with the honesty? These eyes gave her the confidence that she lost now, these eyes made her feel that she was the most beautiful girl of this world which she was not now. That day literally snatched away her everything from her, She kept looking at him and spoke

"I ran really fast but I could hear those scary footsteps following me. It started raining, it was as if the sky was crying on what was happening. I felt my world slipping away from my hands. I was just trying to reach you, my eyes craved to get a glimpse of you, I was tired, I felt like falling but I wanted to fall in your arms. I was crying out your names when suddenly something hard hit me and I saw my eyes closing" she spoke in between the sobs.

His heart was flinching at every word that she was saying. How could he be for selfish and careless? Why didn't he went himself to search for her that day? Why was he dependent on others? What was he waiting for? His Annika was searching for him, she needed him but he was not there to help her. She was facing the most fearful and scary situation and he was not with her! He was doubting himself now, did he even deserved her as his wife? This time he was not able to control his tears, what if he was a man? He can cry too!! How badly he wanted to punish himself for not being able to be with her that day.

She was hugging him when she felt her forehead getting wet, she looked up at his face only to see him crying bitterly. He was quiet but his eyes were full of tears. She felt her heart breaking watching him like that. Forgetting about her pain, she pulled away from the hug and cupped his face

"Shi..Shivayy!!! Why are you crying?" She asked with worry evident in his eyes.

He held her hands and spoke
"I m really sorry Annika! I...I could not keep my promise, I..I could not help you and protect you from those evil morons. It's not you who failed that day..it's me who failed you that day" he cried bitterly.

She could not see him like that, she just hugged him as tightly as possible. It was not his mistake, it was not his fault. It was just the destiny, it was the circumstances that failed them.

"No Shivay!!! You didn't failed me, It's not your fault. It was something which was planned by god. Stop blaming yourself please" she said wiping away his tears and controlling hers.

He looked and her and said,
"What happened after that?"

She looked down and stared the floor for a second and then shifting her gaze to him she said
"After that I found myself in a dark room when I opened my eyes. I was able to see those scary faces staring at me. I felt my heart stop when I realised that they have caught a hold of me" she said while her voice started getting heavier with every word that she narrated.

Shivay was able to see the change and he realised that how hard it was for her to speak about the most tragic part of that night. His blood boiled, imagining that scene. He entwined his fingers with her and enveloped her shoulder assuring her that he was there with her.

"I saw two of them hovering on me, they were trying to kiss me, one of them was holding my legs, they were holding my hands. Those...those filthy men were touching me, I felt like killing my self. I tried to sit p suddenly but my head felt like spinning. It was paining like hell. I realised that my head was bleeding. My jewellery with which I..I decorated my self for you.. was anyways lost but.. I felt so helpless, the only jewellery which was left with me, my dignity which I saved for you, was also getting snatched from me. I was dying every second Shivay." She burst out crying again, this time he didn't stopped her. He knew what storm she was going through. He just kept caressing her hair lovingly trying to make it as easy for her as he could.

After sometime she spoke again,
I felt my my dress was torn, my skirt my blouse was torn, my skin was exposed to them. I felt really disgusting. I tried to run but they held my hand. I cried, screamed, shouted but they were not humans to understand my pain Shivay..they..they were monsters. I could see them staring me, those looks disgusted me, I felt so cheap at the way they were looking at me..I asked them to let me go but they were all laughing. One by one they were coming and trying to touch me in a filthy way. Suddenly I saw someone coming there, I could only see the shadow but I know it was a lady because she said that she wants me dead. I was shocked, I could not understand who was that women. The moment they all started talking to that lady, I gathered all my courage and ran as far as I could. They all followed me but I kept running. My body was leaving me, the pain was betraying me, I felt as if I will die any second and I reached the railway track. The last thing I remember was that I stumbled near the tracks and fell down on the iron track, I hurt my head badly at the track but before closing my eyes I saw them surrounding me and hovering over me, trying to kiss me again but before I could stop them my eyes closed." She spoke with utmost courage and hugged him.

"I lost my..I lost my everything Shivay. Why m I even alive??? I want to die...I cannot live this life. My heart cannot bear the humiliation that I faced that day. Please leave me, my dignity is snatched from me, now I have nothing to give you. I m not the one you deserve Shivay, You deserve better in life, I am not the one" she sobbed hard pushing him away from herself and before he could say anything he felt her weight on his chest. She fainted again but this time he was not scared, being a doctor he knew that she was now out of danger, speaking her heart out had just made her relax and this time she fainted out of that burden which she was carrying on her heart. He hugged her tightly and cried kissing her forehead saying
"I will teach all of them a lesson Annika! I promise I will snatch the happiness of all of them who made you cry"

Precap : I Won't leave you Annika!

Hello guys,
Thank you so much for the comments and votes on last part. I can't believe that I didn't updated for a month and even then you guys were really happy and connected with the story. Thanks for the love guys, it means a lot.

Also thanks for understanding my pain and not showering me with hateful comments for being so irregular. I m lucky to have you guys.

Finally the reality of that day is out, some parts of the tragedy is still hidden, will share them slowly so keep reading.

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