DEAL SEALED

Shweta POV

Next time when I opened my eyes, I was welcomed by bright lights which made my eyes blind. Squinting, my eyes tried to adjust to the light and I realized I am not in my room.

Realization dawned me. Paapa, that monster, marriage and then he raping me. Screaming I got out of the bed and I realized what a big mistake it was. I was so sore; I was hurting even with the slightest moment. Limping slowly to the door, turning the knob I tried opening it, but it was locked. I tried again and again with no luck. Frustrated and scared with the whole situation, I started banging the door and screamed “Open the door. Please open the door. Can anyone hear me? Open the door please.” I kept banging till I felt all my energy was drained out. But I was answered with utter silence.

Where am I? How is my dad? What happened to my dad? And where is that monster?

Banging the door, I once again screamed “Please open the door.”

This time I heard a click and a second later the door opened and I was welcomed with the presence of the monster who made my life upside down in a blink of an eye.

 Not caring about the pain between my legs, I charged towards the one person whom I came to hate more than anyone and anything in my life. I charged at him with all I had. Causing him to fall on the ground with me on top of him. I delivered punches after punches, though my punches were weak, I was mad.

He flipped me over, locked my arms with his hand and my thrashing body with his.

“You, mad woman stop it. Stop it before I fucking kill you.” He screamed in my face.

“YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE WHERE IS MY DAD? I WANT MY DAD. I WANT MY DAD NOW. WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?” I screamed matching his voice.

I screamed and screamed and then I sobbed, sobbed for my misfortune. Sobbed over my fate. Sobbed for my dad.

I rested my fisted palms on his chest unmoving and crying continuously with closed eyes. I did not know what to do. I finally surrendered and begged “Please tell me where is my dad. He is alright right?” I questioned with hope in my heart.

“Your father is dead” that’s all he said and quickly got up from me. His words had me jerking up from the floor.

“What did you say?” I turned to face him, my heart beating in a quick rhythm. Shaking my head in no, I once again tried. “You are lying?”

Rubbing his palms on his face, he faced me. But the emotions that flashed in his eyes made me gulp and take a step backward.

He didn’t miss a beat as he answered. “Now, now why would I princess? Huh?”

And his sinister smirk once again adored his face. I choked on a scream as his hand whipped out and he slammed me against the wall, his fingers squeezing my throat.

He leaned closer “Your father is dead fortunately for you and unfortunately for me. You know princess he is better off dead for you because if he was alive, I would have skinned him alive. Would have taken great pleasure in torturing him.”

By the time he finished, my nostrils were flaring and my fists clenched by my side and I once again lunged for him. Raising my fist, I tried punching him square in his face, but this time he predicted my move and acted faster than my thoughts. In one swift motion, he held my fist and twisted it behind my back followed by another hand, making my chest collide with his hard one.

“YOU BASTARD YOU KILLED MY DAD. I WILL KILL YOU. YOU KILLED MY DAD. YOU KILLED MY DAD. AHHHHH. I WILL KILL YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS.” I screamed in his face. No longer fearing the consequences.

His hold on my hand tightened to the point it felt like breaking any moment. “ENOUGH. ENOUGH WITH YOUR BULLSHIT.” He screamed, pushing me towards the bed carelessly.

I squealed and a sob escaped my lips, fear engulfing me once again. Running his fingers through his hair he continued. His voice was stern and stoic. “Listen very well Shweta, I am gonna tell you only once. And I hate repeating myself. Your father is dead, but I did not kill your father. I so wanted to, but someone else fucking took the opportunity from me.” His jaw clenched as if he is barely containing himself from killing someone.

 I searched his eyes for any kind of sign to say that he is lying. But I came up with nothing. My heart denying to accept the information my mind received just now. There were no tears in my eyes. No, I didn’t cry. I didn’t know why but there were no tears at all as if my eyes have become the Sahara Desert. Tucking his hands in his pocket, his eyes studied mine and then the length of my body. Even though, covered in a long gown, I felt naked in his gaze.

Though there were thousands of questions doing a marathon in my mind, I willed myself, getting up from the bed, I asked him the one question that was important for my survival as well as to escape from this monster. “If my father is dead, then why am I here and where the hell am I now? You fucking got your revenge; you wanted my dad to die and he is dead now. What more do you want from me?”

“I want everything from you. In short, I want YOU.” Came his instant reply, making my mind go numb. Flashes of him raping me once again crossed my mind. And then he continued “You are right I wanted your father dead, but I wanted to be the one to kill him. I wanted to kill him with my bare hand. But some other fucking bastard took that opportunity from me. From the last three years the only thing that kept me going, the only thing that kept me sane, and the only thing that I wanted more than anything in my life was to kill your father with my bare hands. And due to some bastard, my revenge is left incomplete. So, you see princess, I want some outlet to avenge my wife’s death.”

Covering the distance between us, his hand fisted my hair and arched my head back causing the pain to shoot through my scalp. “Ahh” I whimpered his breath fanning my lips. “And you, my dear wife, are THE BEST option for being my outlet” pulling me towards him more he continued “After all you are my WIFE, and it’s your duty to fulfill all my needs, isn’t it wifey?” Smirking he let me go and sat on the chair opposite me.

“And what if I say no?” I whispered, my voice barely audible, yet he heard it all.

“You are a fool if you think you have an option, a choice.” He said as he leans back on his chair. My legs gave up and I sat with a thud on the bed. All these were too much to digest.

As I looked at him, he continued, “You’ll live here for three months, starting today. I will fuck you whenever and wherever I want, around the clock, with or without your consent. Your consent is not my concern. You will be at my beck and call whenever I have the urge to fuck someone. You will be my personal whore. I will protect you from others but no one will protect you from me. You will be just a whore to me in this mansion. Nothing less and nothing more.”

I shivered against the picture he had created for my life for the next three months. It was everything that I didn’t want in my life. I don’t want to be someone’s whore. I don’t want to be at someone’s beck and call. The conditions he put forth will break me into million pieces. I will lose myself eventually.

“Please don’t do this to me. Please. Please let me go. What is my fault in all these? Why are you punishing me for something I did not do? You know I am innocent in all these. Then why?” I begged and pleaded, tears of frustration and helplessness blurred my vision.

“Even my wife was innocent and your father’s men fucking destroyed her only because she was my wife. Her only mistake was to be in love with me and your father made her pay a big penalty for that. You ask what’s your fault in all these things. Your fault in all these is that princess, you are that bastard’s daughter.”

I averted my gaze from him as I feel more tears brimming in my eyes thinking about my dad once again. He pulled my head towards him, forcing me to face him even when all I wanted to do was run and never look back. The urge was too strong to go unnoticed.

“You can neither run away from me nor can you escape from me. Because I’ll find you even if you are six feet under the earth” He answered my unasked question.

“You are a monster.” I gritted with utmost hatred.

“I know what I am.” He replied.

He leaned down closer, until his minty breath fans against my lips. “I will enjoy destroying you, princess.” With that, his mouth latched on to mine in a punishable kiss leaving me breathless.

“Deal sealed” with that said he left the room