The four walls of the small room carried darkness and silence...the sombre room,which was even worse than a dungeon looked so horrific that even sun didn't dare to peek into it .....
There ,at the corner of that small room ,laid a maiden with her hands and legs tied with metal cuffs....
Her unravelled tresses were spread over the floor and her red lehenga lost all its elegancy by touching the dirty floors... The hot scarlet liquid seeped from the small bruises she had, on her delicate skin of forehead and arms....her lotus eyes were closed and her smudged kohl screamed the depth of tears she shed....the heavy jewelries which enhanced her beauty,hours before, is nowhere to be seen now..only a long beautiful nath (nose ring for brides ) shone on her red nose , like a ray of light in darkness...

Seher's point of view:

I slowly lifted my heavy eyelids when a reek odur touched my nostrils....I slowly tried to turn my head to get a clear picture of my surroundings...but seems like my eyes and head wasn't ready to co operate with my actions as they were drowning more and more into deep slumber....

I slowly tried to raise my hands but I felt heaviness on my hands...my tired gaze slowly travelled to my hands and a lone tear escaped from my eyes..
My hands were tied up with heavy metal cuffs...hours before, my hands were adorned with red bangles mixed up with white, which matched perfectly with my golden kaleeras.. slowly, after trying a lot,I finally raised my hands and touched my head...it's paining very badly there as if my head will explode out of pain in any time...
I felt wetness on my palms as soon as I touched my forehead..I smelled my hands as I couldn't see anything and I immediately recognised the smell...smell of blood....my head is bleeding!!!but it didn't shook me because, I'm a doctor....

I looked around to see a clear picture of my surroundings but what I saw was only darkness...pitch dark...not a single light source is there...not even sun light is there....I felt like the world around me was swirling....I tried to lift Myself up ...that disgusting smell is still there.. I covered my mouth as I felt to spew.... what a disgusting place !!!

The pain I was feeling both inside and outside was indefinable....
but where am I ?what am I doing here? Who took me here?...
A lot of questions churned up my already distraughted mind...I manged to sit myself , leaning on the wall beside and looked around....it's all dark... suddenly, I heard a metal door, probably the door of this room opening, and my gaze was zeroed on the door....
Light rushed into the room as soon as the door opened and Slowly,the silhouette of a man came into my sight...he came inside and stood a little far away from me... even though I can't see his face, I can clearly say that his gaze is fixed on me...

" Arey...sheru...she is already awake..."
My whole body felt numb when I heard the strange ,heavy voice of that man....I tilted my head a bit to see the shadow of another figure entering into the room.... And soon, I saw another silhouette of a tall man...unlike the former,he is coming towards me...

" So... finally you're awake.."
I heard him saying to me...a tone of taunt reflected in his rough voice...a sigh escaped from my mouth as I heard him saying and I saw that figure immediately sitting down to my level ....

" Lights..!!!"
He screamed in an authoritative tone and suddenly an yellow light, hanging at the center of that small room lit up after blinking once or twice....and...
I saw a devilishly handsome man sitting infront of me with the corner of his lips twitched up into a smirk...my tired eyes scanned him from his head to toe in one go....

the man, who was sitting right infront of me with all his Glory, was looking not less than a Greek god in his black blazer, which is hugging his perfect torso tightly ....His black straight hairs ,his hazel orbs,long sharp nose, pink tinted lips and chelished jaw line...his sharp features were enough to enchant a girl within seconds ...His well built torso was enough for every men to get jealous of...
But his eyes and face, it carried hatred and anger....I can see that ,than anything else...
I saw him staring into my eyes with a victory smirk on his face .... the same smirk which usually appears on the face of a predator, when he finally catches his prey....

I looked down as I can't bear the radiance of fire in his eyes and concluded that he won't hesitate to do anything... I ended up my thoughts when he cleared his throat, gaining my attention....

" So... how are you miss.mehrotra?"
He asked bringing his face closer to me and in a reflex,my head went backwards as he neared me....

"Who are you? why I'm here.. leave me" I wriggled my hands which was tied up and said in a high voice, keeping my head high...I won't keep my head down infront of these ruthless monsters..and why should I?

"Awaaz neeche madam awaaz neeche...it's not your palace...this is my EMPIRE and I'm the KING here..."
He sounded proud as well as powerful and emphasized the words 'empire' and 'king' ,and gave me a stern look which carried sparks of intimidation....

"I need to go home... It's my marriage today "
I added the last line, with a wrenching heart... somewhere at the corner of my heart,I badly wanted to meet my soon to be husband and to get merged inside his arms...but..
my eyes turned watery but I pressed my lips together to control it... but still a lone tear of helplessness escaped from my eyes...

But instead of asking anything,I heard him laughing...he again came closer to me and I knitted my eyebrows in disgust....

"Shhh... relax dear..relax...look..you are sweating..."
He brought his forefinger and trailed his finger from my left temples to my jaw...I closed my eyes tightly in disgust and tried to turn my face... my hands balled into a fist in anger when his rough hands came in contact with my skin....I really wish at this moment that I burn down into ashes...

But his next move was least expected..he quickly held my chin harshly and pulled it up ,making me look up at him...my neck ached due to his sudden pull but I gritted my teeth together to control my pain...

"Don't act so chaste...I know the tatics of rich girls like you..."
I closed my eyes and his words pierced my heart...how can he say that...he didn't even know me and he's questioning my chastity..but before I could react,I heard him commenting in a low voice...

"Anyways.. your future husband is so unlucky...he missed such a beauty.."
He said oogling at me from top to bottom,with scorny smirk on his face...his gaze is not out of lust,but it's out of scorn...I can feel it..I tightened my fists in anger...if that metal cuffs wasn't there in my hands,then definitely a slap would have landed directly on his cheeks....

" Maamu...give the princess of Mehrotras to eat something...poor thing ,must be hungry..."
I heard him ordering with a tone of jest in his voice, to the man beside him, who entered inside this room at first..

" Ha sheru... you don't worry...I'll "
I heard that former man's voice again ...I closed my eyes in irritation... currently I'm not in a mood to eat and drink anything...

" I want to go home...my parents must be worried..it's my marriage today.. please..."
After a short silence,I put forward my words as a plea to him and what else can I do? I'm just trying my maximum to get out of his clutches...

" Aww.. Sorry miss ,it's too late now...I've got a quotation to abduct you yesterday and today I did my duty for my client... simple...and about Your marriage..do you even know what the time is? if you don't know then let me tell you.. it's already 10 at night.."
I heard him saying with a smirk and my eyes widened in shock...10 at night...!!!!and I was getting ready for my marriage at evening and now its....oh my what the hell? I was in sedation for past 7 freaking hours!!!!!

" That means...my marriage...!!!my."
My words got halted at my throat itself as I'm unable to decipher what just happened in my life...my marriage...no I can't believe this ...

" May be it got cancelled...I don't know..in fact, I don't care after all...but you have to... because tomorrow morning, your real owners will come here...to take you..be ready.."
He said before turning to leave and my nerves felt numb...what does that means? Who is here to take me and what are their intentions??

But now ,my torpid heart was not in a state to think all these...all that running through my mind was my home...my people..my parents..and Shivam!!!!!
How I wished to become his!!! How I dreamt about a blissful life with him... Shivam ..shivam singh Rajawat, for his rivals and shivu for his dear ones...my childhood best friend..my well wisher and may I say ..my love?
I touched my cheeks only to see that it's already drenched in tears....

I looked at the retreating figure of that man ,who just sat infront of me minutes before....
I neither know who is he nor why I'm here and also not at all interested in unveiling the unmanifested identity of this man...but I'm sure that my life is going to end up here ...with the hands of that ruthless man ...

I laid down on that dirty floor again with a wrenching heart as soon as I heard that metal door latching against me again... I closed my eyes and a stream of tears cascaded down from my eyes....
Lying there, I reminsced, how colourful my life was ,hours ago....
how my castle of dreams quashed into pieces,hours ago.....
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Precap : Flash back

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