by Mahita Varma
Oh shit no, pulling me more into him he slid his hand under my top, no please stop. I know he is doing this to hear from me.
"D...Damon, we are supposed to go f..." before I could finish the sentence the door to our room opened. Thank god whoever it is, I owe them a lot.
"Mom can't you just knock, this isn't just me here, from now on, there will be her too."
"Oh sorry Dam, did I disturb you Sasha?" she asked looking at me with a smile, which disappeared after she saw us in the position we were at present.
I pushed him so that I could get out of the situation I am in, but he wouldn't budge. Then as I was about to ask him to leave, his mom spoke,
"Mr. Damon Knight, it would be better if you let her breathe." she warned, looking straight into his eyes, as if daring him to say against it.
As soon as she spoke, he removed his hands from me. Oh so the mafia king is afraid of his mother, then I will use this against him.
"Oh it was nothing Mary, I was asking him to leave when you just came in. But he wouldn't listen." I told her giving her a smile, and a wink to Damon.
"Well Sasha, I came to check why you haven’t come for dinner yet. But now I know the reason and Damon leave, now." She said with power.
"Yes mom going, see you soon West." He said in such a way that, a shiver ran down my spine. Did I do something wrong. Don't know what will be my future, as I thought this I took a deep sigh.
"Sasha I apologize on my son's behalf, did he hurt you?" She asked with such love that, remembered me of my mom.
"He is mafia what can we expect from him Mary, but thank you for asking. Don't worry, he didn’t hurt me." I said smiling warmly at her.
"I know Sasha how you feel, I can empathize with you, and I was in the same place many years ago." I was shocked to hear from her.
"Mrs Knight, what do you mean? Did Mr Knight also force you to marry?"
"Yes Sasha the will should be followed by this family, it doesn't matter to them whether a girl wants to or not. For them she is just a puppet, for their physical satisfaction." She said sadness clear in her voice.
"But I heard that Mr Knight loves you and he doesn't see women, except you?"
"Oh yeah that is true, but only after few years of our marriage, but that doesn't change anything, lost everyone I cared because I refused to marry him. Will the love he gave, gives me or give in the future, bring all my loved ones back to life?"
"Am sorry Mary, I shouldn't have brought this topic at all." I felt sorrow for her.
"No Sasha, I am telling you all these because I want to. Then, there wasn't anyone to support me. But now don't forget that I am always there to support you, if ever he hurts you then, never hesitate to tell me." She said hugging me.
"I will for sure Mary, thank you so much for the help. It will be fun staying here, at least with you." I laughed.
"Oh yes it is fun talking to you darling. Well am waiting, come soon." she laughed at me.
"Well am ready, coming with you." I said giggling.
"Come on then, let’s show them, what we can be." she said excited.
We walked down the stairs, and to the dining room, seeing three men on the table. Wow! Rob is here, this moron told me he isn't coming for dinner.
"Rob is here, but he told me he isn't coming."
"I asked him to come, so that you would feel comfortable, and after all, he is family too."
"Thank you so much Mary." I hugged her tight.
"Hey welcome ladies, seems like you are bonding well." asked Peter Knight, seeing us hug.
"Hello Mr Knight."
"Hello Sasha, welcome."
"Hey! Robsy, Good to see you at the dining." I mocked him.
Before he could reply Damon spoke, "Good to see you too, Love." He mocked me back.
I smiled at him and sat beside Rob, after sometime I realized an angry stare was my way. Someone is jealous.
After eating the dinner I was speaking happily to Rob, he asking me about Elle and me mocking him. "Sassy, is Elle coming on a date with me?"
"Robsy, ask Elle yourself."
"Sassy, please help me ask Elle out." He asked pouting and hugging me, to which I giggled.
"I guess someone's busy." I heard a voice from behind.
"Damsy sounds good, why not we call you that brother?" said Rob, which made me chuckle.
"I asked you to find, whether the drugs are sent to George Watson's place. Did you check? Don’t you dare call me that again? I will forget that you are my cousin."
"Oh yeah I did check Dam, but anyways I am leaving since someone looks jealous. Bye Sassy, love you." He said mocking Damon.
I was about to leave. Walking across him to avoid the situation, I will be in, if I don't. But he stopped me pulling my hand, as a reflex I fell on his hard chest.
"Let's finish what we have started before Love." he said whispering in my ears, lifting me on his shoulder, he started walking towards the room.
Chapter 12- Turn around
I started hitting and thrashing on his back asking him to put me down, but he wouldn't listen. Then the only people who came into my mind were, Mary and Rob. Rob wasn't here, so only Mary could help.
"Mary, please help." I shouted on the top of my lungs.
"Sasha, what happened? Oh no, Damon drop her now."
"Mom stay out of it, she is mine and I can do anything with her."
"Son, please don't hurt her, put her down."
"She is in love with me mom, so much that she is ready to make love. Isn't it?" He asked me with hatred in his voice.
"Damon I will listen to you please leave me." I pleaded still hanging on his shoulder.
"That is what I want love, listen to me am taking you inside."
"Please Damon." I pleaded choking on my tears.
"Put her down now." shouted Mary.
"What is happening here?" asked Peter Knight, coming from his study.
"Peter, ask your son to leave her. Why is he acting like this? Ask him to put her down."
"Why darling? Why should he? She is his now, however they behave with each other, isn't your concern, or mine"
"But Peter s..."
"Darling let's go shopping, you wanted to buy some stuff for Christmas, isn't it? Let's go."
"Peter"
"Didn't you hear what I said Mary, stay out of it?" He warned.
"Let's have some fun now Love." He said sarcasm clear in his voice.
As we reached the room he threw me on the bed, and went to lock the door. This was the time to escape, so I ran into the closet locking it.
"Come on Love, till when can you hide from me? We have to spend the rest of our life together, then why make it hard. Come out by yourself or if I find you, you will have worse. SASHA" He shouted getting frustrated.
He started banging the closet door harder and harder. If he continues like this it will break anytime soon. Please, someone help me. Why did I ever go to that club? Why did I reject a dance? Why did I make the plan? Why am I in this situation? Why me?
Oh no the door broke, he pulled me out and threw me on the bed, hovering over me, "I told you Sasha it's better you come out, than me pulling you."
"Why are you doing this to me Damon?"
"Didn't you ask for it? You told you are in love, aren't you?"
"No this isn't for that Damon, please tell me why is this happening to me? Please." I begged.
"You are smarter than I thought Sasha. But then why mess with me, trying to make me jealous over that little act you put up there. Didn’t you know this will only end your happiness?"
"What are you talking about Damon?"
"Don’t act as if you are not aware. Flirting with Rob, over there near the dining will not fetch you brownie points Miss West, not from me."
"I did not flirt with him; I just love him like you do."
"Oh yes how did I forget, you love him so much that hugging, sitting beside him and kissing him is just love, right?" He roared.
"He is a dear friend D
amon."
"Oh then when you can do all that with a dear friend, then doesn't your fiancée get more love?" By saying this he forced his hand inside my top touching roughly and started kissing me all over.
"Please stop it, please." But he only became more aggressive, he started tearing my top and I gave up trying.
If this is written in my fate let it happen. He removed my top and started kissing again touching every part he could, positioning himself between my legs. Before he could further hurt he was pulled away, for me to view Rob.
"What the heck is wrong with you Damon? Are you out of your mind? She is not every random girl you sleep with, she is your fiancée. Dammit man, why don't you get it? You are going to marry her."
"Shut up Rob, just shut up this is my fiancée you are talking about, I do whatever with her, shouldn't be your concern."
"It wouldn't have, if you weren't trying to rape her. If your mom wouldn't have told me, I would never be able to forgive myself, if anything happened to her." He sighed.
"By the way brother, why are you so much concerned about Sasha? This is not the first time I have forced a girl. I have killed many before if you forgot and, she shouldn't have tried to provoke me, not the most dangerous man in this world. For this she has to pay."
"Yes brother this isn't the first time you forced a girl, but this is the first time you are, to your fiancée. It will also be better if you come out of your over possessiveness, otherwise I doubt you will fulfil the duties mentioned in the will, and let me be very clear about this, she did not try to provoke you."
"Well Rob, I don't care." Saying this he left.
"It's high time you care brother." Rob shouted back.
Rob took a blanket from the wardrobe and covering it on my body, he spoke,
"Am sorry Sasha, I couldn't keep up my promise. I failed as a friend." He said hugging me. I did not react; I was not in my senses. Being raped by the person you are going to marry is the worst part of any girl's life.
I was dead from inside.
"Sassy talk to me, won't you talk to your Robsy? Please talk Sassy, please."
"What do you want me to talk Rob? Nothing is left, I thought I could change him but no, monsters don’t change, never. I thought it was easy to make him love and let others love him, but I got a reality check."
"I know Sassy he doesn't deserve you or your love. But please don't be like this."
"Rob can you do me a help?"
"Yes Sassy, tell me."
"Please make sure that my family is fine."
"I will Sassy but first you come out for a walk with me."
"I will Rob, but first go check my family and friends, please." I pleaded.
With a kiss on my forehead he left, leaving me to my misery.
Chapter 13- Nightmare
Days passed into weeks, weeks into a month. It’s been a month since that happened to me, later that day Rob told me that my family and friends were fine. I haven't seen that man from that day, I heard from a maid that he is in Paris for some fashion work. I don't care wherever that monster is. All I care is about my family. I am here only for their safety.
I didn't step out of that room, since then. Rob and Mary tried a lot to make me go out, but I didn't. All the interest to live just seemed left. Tomorrow is Christmas and there is a party held. I am least interested in attending it, but Mary pleaded me to come, I had to agree for her. She is a sweetheart and I can't hurt her.
"Good Evening Sasha, I have come to show you few dresses you would like to wear for tomorrow."
"Evening to you too Mary, you could choose for me, anything is fine."
"Please Sassy come on, it's Christmas tomorrow." Rob said, making an entry.
"Okay, show me the dresses."
"Look at these, darling." Mary replied, showing me all the five selected dresses she brought.
All were good but one stole my heart. It was a mint coloured floor length mermaid cut, with mirror chips till thighs and a long cut from there to the floor, few mirror chips on it here and there. It was just mesmerizing.
"I like the mint one"
"Wow Sasha, Rob chose the same." exclaimed Mary.
"Sassy our taste is alike." He said with joy.
"Finally found why I got along so well with this moron." I said giving Mary a high-five, to which I earned a pout from Rob and, a giggle from Mary.
After sitting with me for hours and talking about Christmas preparations, Mary left.
Only I and Rob were sitting in the room at present. We talked about all the likes and dislikes. Few hobbies that, our heart craves and many more. To be precise we gossiped a lot.
Then after laughing for many hours, now came the serious part, from Rob.
"Sassy, would you ever be able to forgive him?" He asked unsure.
"This dress is amazing, I loved it. Not in these many years have I seen a dress as beautiful as this." I said changing the topic. Because thinking about that b*****d will waste my precious time.
"Anything you wear makes it beautiful Sassy. And don't change the topic." He said, heaving a sigh.
"When you know that am changing the topic, why pestering about it Robsy?" I asked facing my back to him, while neatly placing the dress in the wardrobe.
"Because staying in good terms with him will make your, living easy here. I can't see you like this. Don't you get it?" He stood up from his place and standing behind him, he spoke up.
"It's pleasing for me to live in hell than talk to that a*****e, let alone stay good with him, Robsy." I said turning around to be face to chest with him, due to his taller frame.
"But Sassy…" Before he could finish the sentence, I cut him off showing my hand to his face.
"Don't you have other important works rather than sitting here and chatting?"
"Ok thanks for the sweet get out, see you soon." Giving a good bye hug, he left.
I didn’t feel like having dinner, after the little argument with Rob. I slept thinking about that fateful night and my dark fate.
Thoughts have power, thoughts have energy, and they make your world or break it. However all my thoughts from the day I have come here have been only negative, and they are only giving me misery.
Sitting idle in this room with no contact with the world, except Mary, Rob and few maids here and there, has made it to increase.
That person took my phone and didn’t care to return it back. Rob brought me a new phone but I didn’t want it. The only people I would want to speak are my family and friends, and talking to either one will only result in tears and am in no mood for them.
With all thoughts giving me only misery, I thought sleeping would be better. So, slowly and unwillingly I drifted off to sleep.
I woke up suddenly to the strong wind hitting the room like a ton. Sound of the leaves rustling, was soothing to my ears. But something was wrong; I had closed the windows before sleeping. But how did they open?
Was there anyone in the room? Who would dare to come into the room when I am asleep, in his bed? I got down the bed to find if there is anything that is not right in this place. I walked to the wardrobe and searched, then down the bed, then in the bathroom, as I turned to leave finding nothing, I stopped dead in tracks as I turned back slowly I found a paper with a smiley on the front. I took it with trembling hands and opened it only to find,
Meet me in the woods, near the house alone, soon lovely lady. There is a lot in store for you. Can’t wait for long ;)
Yours,
Waiting to see you J
There was no name and the message raised goose bumps on my neck. Who would it be? Who would call me at 1 in the morning? Is it Damon?
If it is he then why didn’t he tell me his name? Why would he ask me to meet him in the woods, when he can come to the room?
Questions were many but answers to none. Should I go? Or stay back? I searched for the phone to inform Rob, after searching for half an hour I realized I didn’t have it. I despise myself for not taking the phone, Rob had offered
.
Then after fiddling with my tank top for fifteen minutes that seemed like hours, I had decided to go and check who that person was.
I opened the door with sweat filled hands, and slowly closed it behind me, I tip-toed so that no one would wake up. As I crossed Peter and Mary's room, I thought of asking Peter to accompany me, but left the thought as I didn’t want to fetch him trouble, if any. Not that I like him much, if it is in my hands I would only pray trouble for Peter and his son, but I loved Mary like my own and can't see her in sorrow.
So I walked away from their room to the main entrance, closing it behind me walking towards the woods. My legs and hands were trembling with fear, if this continues then am sure I will have a panic attack.
I thought of returning back, but turned again so that I could find who that person is and what he wanted me to see.
After walking about forty-five minutes I reached the woods, sweat covered my face and body. I was panting heavily both by walking and fear.
As I reached the woods, I called out, "Is anyone there? Hello I am here. Can anybody hear me?" But no there wasn't a reply, only there were howls heard and nothing else.
I thought it would be better if I leave due to the pitch darkness and the howls that were scaring the shit out of me. As I turned to leave, I heard something move. I stood still without trying to look what it was. Then as I started to walk again, I heard someone sing. I turned back as a reflex, and saw someone walk on the opposite direction and more into the woods.
I wanted to ask him whether it was him, then I thought against it. But then, don't know what made me do what I had done, but I did. I ran behind him, and as I ran he ran faster in a speed that was impossible for me. After running behind him for somewhat like twenty minutes, I stopped, panting and yelling at him.
"Hey who are you? When you have nothing to talk and only run, why don't you find someone else for this, because am not mad." He stopped, hearing me and laughed devilishly, that made my confidence evaporate with the breeze.
"Can't wait to see me lovely lady? Are you in such a hurry to meet me, that you forgot who is in charge here." He spoke with such intensity, that made me want to crawl and hide behind a bush.