As the alarm still ringing loudly, I turned my head to look that the gate started to close by itself. I saw all of them were staring at me then I heard a shouted.

"That's her!"

I looked to the front and started to run with following the road as fast as I could. I realised that I didn't knew where am I going to but I just followed the flow. The forest around here were also horrified because it was dark and liked someone was watching me from the deep forest.

Looking over my shoulder, I saw that the gate started to disappear and became smaller from my sight as my legs still moving fast but soon it's became slowly by itself.

I stopped on my tracks and put my hands on my knees to catch my breath as my heart beating very fast in my chest.

Gulping down ,I began my running again and looking around that the road was deserted and I still didn't saw any building.

Am I still far?

Why all of this were just forest and deserted road around here?

I ran and ran again until my breath hitched as I gasped, my eyes lights up when I saw a small motel.

Maybe they can help me.

My legs ran towards it as I scrunched up my nose when something stinks filled my nostrils.

When I opened the door, a bell ringing then I saw a guy was playing with his phone at the front desk.

"Hurm, excuse me?"I asked at him but he ignored me.

"Excuse me!"I said with my voice raised making him looking up at me.

Thank you.

He stared me from head to toe with those emotionless expression.

Boys always be a boys.

"Yes?"he said and arched his eyebrow after a couple of minutes silence.

"Can I borrow your phone please?"I asked then smiled awkwardly.

He stared at me first making me uncomfortable then gave me his phone,"Sure."

"Thank you."I grabbed it as I started to type the police's numbers.

I put the phone to my ears as I bit my bottom lips and tapped the floor with my feet.

Please, pick up.

"He--"I cut the officer words to say something,"Please help me. I've been kidnapped and I didn't know where am I right now."

"Yes, miss. Calm down we will help you."I took a deep breath and looked around.

My eyes widen when I saw the familiar luxury car stopped in front of the motel.

"Please be hurry!"

"Miss? Miss?"I ended up the phone and gave him back the phone after whispered thank you to him and he just nodded at me.

"Where is the back door?"I asked him and he pointed out to the left and my legs started walked towards it.

I looked over at the window to my left and saw him, Mr Hulk and a few of his men were talking then separated their ways.

Then, my breath hitched when I saw him and Mr Hulk walked towards the motel's door and I ran very fast and yanked the back door roughly.

I looked my left and right then decided to turned to the left but I stopped when I saw one of his men coming this way.

Quickly I hid into the bushes beside the wall as my heart pounded against my rib cage. I saw him stopped and looking around then walked past me making me exhaled my breath.

When he disappeared around the corner I get out from the bushes and straighten my hoodie. I ran again but leaned against the wall first before turned the corner as I peeked to see that some of his man were still there.

How can I past them?

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath first but my nostrils filled with unfamiliar manly cologne making my breath hitched.

"Hi, Zahra.What are you looking at?"he asked playfully against my ears then I opened my eyes and laughed awkwardly at Mr Hulk as he arched his eyebrow.

I still laughing as I fisted my knuckles,"Nothing.I just want to show you this!"I said as I brought my fisted up then punched him right on the nose.

"Fxck, you broke my nose."he cursed, clutched his bleeding nose as he stared at me with wide eyes.

When I wanted to punch him again,he grabbed my wrist before it contact his face,"Tsk, I'm not going to let you destroy my gorgeous face."he warned.

I grabbed his wrist back then twisted it making him groaned then I kicked his right leg hard.

"Fxck! That's hurt!How did you learn that?!"he groaned and clutched his leg while kneeling with one of his leg.

I wanted to kick him back but I stopped with my leg still in the air when a familiar husky voice shouted making me looked up.

I put my leg back into the ground as my breath became hitched when my eyes stared into the deep blue eyes.

Oh my Allah.

I turned my heels and ran very fast ignoring that he shouted to his men,"Get her!"

Some of his men snapped their heads towards me then started to chase me. I dodged when one of his man wanted to touch me and I heard his voice shouted with warning,"Don't you dare to fxcking touch her!"

Well thank you for warning them.

The man from my right trying to grabbed me but I kicked right on his stomach making him groaned then another man appeared, I kicked him right on the knees.

I stopped while trying to catch my breath because I was already trapped by all of them them.

In front of me there were three men that waiting for me, to my right there's two men that also trying to catch me and to my left there were three men also.

Good now I'm trapped.

Unless my behind, so I turned around just for collided a hard wall and my hand landed nicely on it.

"Where do you think you're going, baby doll?"his husky voice whispered against my ears making me shivered that goes down to my spine.

A pair of strong arms wrapped on my waist and pulled me closer towards his hard chest making my hand that was on his chest were the only thing that separated us.

I gulped down a lump in my throat and started to struggle against his held. His rich manly scent enveloped me like a second skin.

Why must always be him that caught me??

"Let go of me!"I groaned and pushed his chest roughly but he tightened his arm around me making it impossible to loose.

"Damnit."I heard groaned beside him when I looked up it was Mr Hulk clutched his nose and rubbed his bleeding nose with his sleeves.

"Oh, finally. You catch her again."he mocked as he scowled at me making me smirked.

"Let me go! I don't want to marry you!" I pushed again his chest and hit it roughly a few times but it was just a waste of time because he tightened more his arm around me then chuckled.

I shuddered and heard a gasped from around us with whispering.

Why?

"Wow it's first time again I hear you laugh, Damien."Mr Hulk said then he looked at me after him,"You're really something, Zahra"he chuckled.

Damien?

Who was he?

I gasped and snapped from my thoughts when a big rough hand cupped my cheek but I turned my head to prevent him from touching me.

"I said let go of me! Get you hands off of me!"I pushed his chest again and this time he let me go then I took a few step away from him.

I glared him and he already staring me straight to my souls with those deep blue eyes making me uncomfortable.

I looked around to my right and left then my eyes caught they didn't put attention on me.

My legs automatically turned their heels then when I wanted to run again, I was knocked by the air and picked into someone's arm.

"You're not going anywhere, baby doll."his demanded tone making me shuddered as he tighten his arm around me while he picked me with bridal styles.

"Let's go home."he said making all of them started to walk towards the car with me still in his arms.

"Put me down!"I wiggled against him and kicked my legs to the air making him arched his eyebrow.

"Stop struggling, I'll drop you!"he said with demanded voice but I ignored him.

"I would rather fall from being touch by you!"I said and glared him making his face hardened as he clenched his jaws until I saw his vein almost popped out.

He looked into my eyes and I saw pain but he covered it with emotionless expression as he tightened more his arm around me.

I heard a door opened then both of us entering it making me sat sideways on his lap.

The door close again and I wanted shuffled away from him but he tighten his arm around me.

I struggled again and his arm loosen around me when the drivers door and the passenger door opened, I shuffled away from him to sit on the other side.

I pulled my knees to my chest, curled into a ball as I saw from the corner of my eyes he was clenched and unclenched his knuckles.

The car started to move as I heard groaned from Mr Hulk that sitting in front of me on the passenger sit. The silence in this car making me uncomfortable but Mr Hulk always blabbering to his friend about something with the driver.

My eyes started to blur as I stared out the window until my eyes caught the police car, I felt him staring at me from the side of my face but I ignored him.

They're late.

Was this my destiny?

Am I going to marry him and stuck to him for the rest of my life?

But I wanted to marry with someone that I loved.

I wanted my parents by my side when I'm married.

Now they're not here. They didn't even know anything about me at here.

I closed my eyes and bit my lips from preventing any sound escaped from my lips as my tears rolled down. I didn't even care to wipe it.

I opened both of my eyes and I saw that we were already in front of the main gate.

My eyes caught Carol that held by Lucas as she looking at me and I just smiled weakly at her.

I knew that I can't escape from him.

We're doing this just for nothing Carol.

The car roared and moved towards his house then again the same gate that I escaped opened before the car moved again.

We met again.

I rubbed my cheek and sniffed as the car stopped in front of the main door.

Quickly, I turned the knob but it won't opened. I tried again and again until it opened by itself from the outside and I looked up that it was him that opened this door.

I looked away and walked out from the car and straight towards the door without looking at them. Before I opened the door he said something that made me stopped on my tracks.

"We're getting married tomorrow."he said making me turned around.

"Pardon?"I asked again.

"We're getting married tomorrow."he said again making me chuckled dryly as I walked towards him then stood in front of him.

"What do you mean by tomorrow? You can't marry me just like that. You're not even a muslim."I laughed dryly as I've to crane my neck to look into his eyes and glared him.

He smirked,"It's all been arranged. Even I'm an atheist but I'd already convert to Islam."he said then leaned towards me to bring closer his face to mine.

He's already converted.

He's a muslim now.

I fisted my knuckles and glared him that still smirking tugged on his lips.

"Why baby doll? Cat got your tongue?" he straightened his body then tucked his hand to his pocket as he arched his eyebrow.

I huffed then walked past him towards Emily and Maya that stood at the side of the door watching us.

I closed my eyes with Maya and Emily on both of my sides but we stopped on our tracks again when he talked.

"Maya make sure that you lock all the window, the balcony door and the door. I don't want her to run again."he demanded making me clenched my jaw.

"Yes, King."Maya sighed then we entered the house.

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The blanket that wrapped around my body pulled by someone. I groaned then clutched it tightly in my hands.

"Come on, Zahra. We have to prepare you for the wedding. It's only a few hours more."Emily said while still pulling my blanket.

"I don't want to marry him."I whispered then whimpered making her sighed then stopped pulling my blanket.

I felt the bed on my side dipped down then she grabbed the blanket again ,"Sorry Zahra."

My eyebrow furrowed when she said that until I felt the blanket pulled away from me making me fell into the ground with face first.

"Ouchh, Emily!"I groaned and rubbed my face as I looked at her but she just giggled at me.

"Come on wakey wakey. Go take a bath so we can prepare you."Emily said then pulled me up from the ground.

When I already stood, Emily pushed me towards the bathroom before I jumped into the bed again.

"Make sure you shave everything." was the only thing that I heard before the door closed as I sighed.

After an half an hour took a fresh shower and shaved everything liked Emily said, I tied the robe around me then walked out from the bathroom.

Before I entered the closet again, Emily grabbed my shoulder then push me down on a chair in front of the make up cupboard.

I arched my eyebrow at her then I heard a knocked on the door. Emily jogged towards it then opened it.

There were Maya and Carol that looked around first then her eyes landed on me while holding a box of make up tools. I saw that Carol's eyes were puffy and red even she covered it with some make up.

Why she's crying?

The door closed after both of them entered the room then Maya stood beside me and smiled softly at me the patted my back.

She's understand what I felt.

Carol bowed her head then as if she felt me stared her, she looked up then trying to smile at me but her smiled didn't reached her eyes.

Something happens to her and I knew that must be because of me.

I'll asked her later.

I snapped from my thoughts when someone held my hair and I looked away from Carol then the sound of the hair dryer making me looked at Emily that wanted to dry my hair.

"Emily you don't have to."I said to her and wanted to take the hair dryer from her but she slapped my hands away.

"No, I want to. The king wants us to take care to his wife ."she said and smiled making me sighed.

I looked down at my lap and played with my fingers while Emily drying my hair.

Am I going to marry?

Without my parents absence?

Without their permission?

Am I just dreaming?

I wiped my tears quickly my cheek that I didn't even realised that rolled down after someone grabbed my shoulder then I looked into the mirror Carol and Emily smiled weakly at me.

I grabbed Carol's hand on my shoulder then squeezed it lightly and smiled at them.

"Are you okay?"she said softly.

How can I be okay?

I sighed and nodded at her then put my hand back on my lap.

"I'm here for preparing you again just like before."she said and giggled making me smiled.

Yes again but different situation.

She put the bag of make up tools on the table then opened it. She began wore me the make up but I didn't paying attention as my thoughts filled with worries.

"I'm sorry."I said and tried to wipe the tears that rolled down uncontrollably making Carol stopped.

Maya and Emily quickly walked towards me as Maya held both of my hands,"Are you okay?"she said.

Again the same question.

I wanted to open my mouth to say something but it won't came out until I burst into tears. I cried and cried until the only sound that can be heard in this room was only the sound of me crying and whimpering.

Three of them were silence, listening to my cried until they also followed mine.

Maya let go of my hands but she hugged me and patted my back softly, soothing me as I clutched her shirt and crying to her shoulder.

I wanted my mommy right now.

My hand shaking until Emily took it and squeezed both of my hands while Carol helping me with wiping my tears.

I'm really thankful and glad they were here with me.

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"It's time."Maya said after she's going downstairs.

After I stopped crying they always coax and soothe me and two hours has been passed as they already finished preparing me and here I'm sitting on my a chair in a wedding dress that Maya brought.

(Zahra's dress above)

They stood me up then Carol and Emily straightened my hijab and the dress first as I just staring into the ground as if it was more interesting.

Carol grabbed my hand and squeezed my hand making me looked up at her,"It's time, Zahra. You know you can give him a chance and see how's your life with him."she said softly and patted my hand.

Gave him a chance.

She was right. I can't cried and cried  again. I should gave a chance for this marriage.

I sighed and nodded, we started to walk out from the room but I stopped on my tracks making all of them stopped before we passed the door.

"Can I ask you something?"I asked Carol making her frowned then she nodded.

"Why are you crying? Something happens? Is that because of me?"I asked her again making her eyes widen.

I knew it something happened.

"N-Nothing happen."she stuttered and looked away from me. I arched my eyebrow at her behaviour.

She's lying.

"Hurm, actually Zahra--."I looked at Emily as she bit her lips then looked at Carol first then me.

"The King banished Carol because she's helping you escaping from him. The day after tomorrow she should go away from here."

Emily's words making me gasped as my eyes widen and Emily bowed her head then I looked at Carol she was closed her eyes tightly.

He wanted to banish her.

I fisted my knuckles and inhaled deeply. Before a word came out from my mouth Maya told us to come down because all of them already waiting for me.

We started walked downstairs then I looked around that the living room was already decorated with fresh flowers and arranged neatly to make it beautiful and I saw Mr Hulk that has a plaster on his nose also some of his men that sitting on chairs.

There were also three religious person that sat on their chair until my eyes landed with those pair of deep blue eyes that sitting in front of the sheikh.

It was staring me straight into my souls and the intense stared making me shivered until I looked away from him.

Carol, Emily and Maya went to sit on their own chairs and I walked towards him as all of them stared me, watching every steps I took then I sat in front of the sheikh or should I said beside him.

I fisted my knuckles when it's shaking uncontrollably as he still staring at me from the side of my face.

"Should we begin."

I saw he snapped his head towards the sheikh and then nodded. The sheikh started to recite some surah and read some prayer.

I closed my eyes tightly tried to hold back my tears as I bit my lips because it was shaking.

Stopped crying Zahra.

They gave us a paper for signing it as our marriage certificate. My hands shaking uncontrollably when I wanted to put the signed.

After signing it, the time has came.

"Are you Damien Xavier Luciano accept Zahra Adriana Hazriq as your wife?"the sheikh asked to him making me clenched my jaw.

"I do."

Of course he accepted.

"Are you Zahra Adriana Hazriq accept Damien Xavier Luciano as your husband?"the sheikh asked to me.

I opened my eyes then looked at the sheikh, trying to ask for help but I saw he was looking at me from the corner of my eyes then I whispered.

"I do."

Now I became his wife legally, Islamically and I'll stuck with him for the rest of my life.

"Barakallah fiikum brother and sister."(May Allah bless you) the sheikh shook his hand when they stood up.

And I'm still here sitting on the chair while staring the table until I heard his husky voice whispered against my ears.

"Now, your body, your soul and all of you become mine, baby doll. Only Mine, my Mrs Luciano."