MIDNIGHT SUN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Khalilah's P.O.V

I was frozen with fear, but I knew if I didn't want to die just yet, I should better stay still. 
When he was close enough his cold hands, held my chin, 'I can't have you walking around with blood all over you." He used his handkerchief to wipe off the small stain of that man’s blood from my face, I was frozen, I couldn’t even speak. He did it all and went back to sitting farther away from me.

       He was so gentle, that I never thought he was capable of such tenderness. Why was he acting all nice all of a sudden? What does that mean? After all the pondering, I finally fell asleep, I felt as ease, nevertheless I won’t give up, no matter how scared I am… I will definitely escape from this monster. I woke up to something tapping me on the back, I groaned, my body moving away from Olive, that image of cruelty still displayed in my head. ‘Don’t worry, I was just waking you up, to tell you we have arrived at our destination.’ His face looked cold as always, he is merciless and ruthless, if he ever finds out I’m planning to escape; he would kill me. I see it in his eyes, he would. Before I knew it, I was grabbed so roughly and thrown out of the car.

‘You’d hurry up and stop spacing out,’ he threatens, I was still frozen, my mind hasn’t completely relaxed from the former events.

     He grabbed my hands immediately and pulled me inside what seems to be a bridal shop. Everything I’m seeing here looks dead and lifeless; it doesn't look like your regular bridal shop. It's more like a burial store, the clothes are plain, sad looking and they were emitting an occultic vibe.

"My queen, you can just point at anything you want here, I’ll give it to you.’ The fastest way to a girl’s heart is shopping, but not my heart… I don’t want anything.

    ‘Do you want me to choose something for you?’ I remained silent, not ignoring him but I’m afraid to say anything, they were a lot of vampires looking at me scornfully but they dare not say anything because their king is here.

He released my hands and went to pick one of the lifeless looking white dresses, it is so sad and boring, it makes me wonder what kind of marriages vampires have.

     'Can you help her try this one on?’ he smiled and I sheepishly followed the maidens to help me get dressed. Putting on this wedding gown makes me feel as though I was getting married immediately. When they were done dressing me, they led me out of the dressing room to him, he didn’t look surprised or satisfied just shows how loveless this marriage is. ‘You look beautiful.’ Was all he said, not that I wanted more, but it sounded like a threat. ‘I want the most expensive gown here, let me see it.’

‘No…’I was quick to stop him, he looked at me quite surprised. ‘This is just fine.’ He simply nodded at them and they understood what to do, I was led back to the dressing room to undress and put on my previous dress. ‘I would like to use the washroom.’ I told one of the ladies attending to me, she understood and left me. I was adjusting my dress when the door burst open and Oliver came in, a muffle scream escaped my lips. I was just too surprised; he isn’t even supposed to be here. He scanned the room and then his eyes landed on me. ‘I will wait here while you use the washroom.’ He told me sternly I didn’t argue I just went into the bathroom and slammed the door. I pulled my hair so hard that I thought my scalp will tear off; I’m so frustrated I just want to fall down and die.

       I covered my mouth as I cried, I don’t even understand what’s going on with my life… this is just too much. I looked up and I found a window, the size was big enough for me to fit in. I turn the lock on the bathroom door and climbed up on the water closet as quietly as possible, I need to get away successfully. I opened the window and stare down outside, it’s not too high a fall from here would leave scratches or at most knock me out. I hope I could fall unscathed. I climbed on the frame being careful not to break the glass frame and injure myself.
        The door suddenly flew open… I gasped turning back to see an angry looking Olive, his eyes blood red and veins was popping on the visible part of his neck. I knew I was getting it today, my own death…I hurriedly tried to jump, it’s better I die from this fall than to die from his hands. Before I could even complete my suicide, he caught my hands and pulled me; my body was too frozen to fight him, I let him pull me. My heart hammering painfully in my chest, the moment my feet was back on the bathroom floor he slammed me against the wall chocking life out of me.
 
        ‘Is that how small your respect for me is?’ he growls in my face, the force on my throat had numbed my hearing.

    My free hand tried to pull his thick ones off my throat, the look on his face was beyond scary.

‘Let…. go.’ I whispered,

the moment he heard that he released me, I guess he realized I was seconds from passing out.

     I fell onto the floor coughing seriously, my throat burned. Without allowing me to rest he pulls my hands and drags me out of the room, everyone outside looks at us surprised. ‘Send me the expense of the broken door and send the gown to the palace later.’ He said as we head out, he shoves me into the car, I fell hitting my forehead on something hard, I tried to get up but he shoves me even further.

I heard the thud of the door, now it was just me and him in this car. My breathing was ragged and I can say I regret trying to escape at such a place and then getting caught like this. The fact that he said he would kill me was all I could think about, I moved away from him I think that triggered him he pounced on me, crushing me under the weight of his body.

I burst into tears, I couldn’t take it, I didn’t fight him I just cried.

Even if I did, I’ll just end up hurting myself, the difference in our strength was just too much.

   ‘If those tears are that of regret, then it’s too late.’ He said calmly, his eyes were back to normal but he was still pissed. ‘I’ll definitely punish you.’ He raised himself his lower body still pinning me down. ‘What do you think they’ll say, a king who couldn’t control a human girl, how is he capable to rule us?’ I didn’t understand what that means. ‘You just have to make a scene in public, didn’t you?’

‘You don’t have to control me to be king!’ I shouted back. ‘You’re supposed to try to make me love you! The more you’re violent and rough with me the more I’ll hate you. You can’t make someone marry you by force.’ He definitely looked like he wanted to hit me, but he didn’t.

      Suddenly, he pulls the top of my dress and ripped it open, I screamed in surprise. He pulled my arms far apart from each other stopping me from covering my breasts. More tears leaking from my eyes, I didn’t know what to do, how to feel, I was almost naked in his presence, what will he do now? Take off my bra?

‘I don’t need you to love me, I need you to understand that you’re completely at my mercy, I need you to submit yourself to me. Because you belong to me, you’re my right!’ the words that came out from his lips hurts so much. I was nothing to him, not even a human being, I was a tool or something less than that. ‘You have every right to hate me but never forget how much power I have over you.’ Should I apologize to him? Maybe if I say I’m sorry maybe he wouldn’t hurt me? ‘The more you fight me, the more it will hurt you… and since my mood is crap right now, avoid struggling or ill break your bones.’ he warns sternly.

     I didn’t know what that means, since he is telling me not to struggle the first thing, I did was struggle. And as expected he was merciless.

he snaps my wrist like it was nothing. I screamed and he went down to attack my neck, without giving chance to recover from the pain in my wrists. Sucking my blood violently, it hurt like hell but I didn’t fight him like he had advised… I don’t want him breaking any other thing. I gave up that minute, I wish he wouldn’t stop so he can kill me. That’s one other way to be free from him.

      He stopped, I didn’t feel anything, I was numb and tired. I was sleepy but I couldn’t close my eyes. I’m hungry too, I want to see my sisters and my mom too … I miss home. He got up from me, I tried to move away, I got dizzy and fell off the car seat. I wanted to get up but I couldn’t… yes… it’s because I’m weak that’s why this is happening to me. I’m weak and useless, I let out a frustrated groan trying to force my body to get up and run out. My body wouldn’t do it, it wouldn’t move, I felt strong muscular arms wrapped around me, lifting me and placing me delicately back on the seat. It’s over, he wins.