A CRAZY LOVE - Episode 94
“He… he knows.. he knows.” She said in a
trembling voice.
“Who?” Markus asked.
But Kizy was speaking gibberish, none of her
words had any meaning.
“He knows… he will come… you.. you can’t
save me… I can’t hide anymore!!” Kizy kept
speaking.
Markus tried to patiently ask her calmly, but to
no avail.
Finally he shook her hard.
“Kizy!! Kizy, look at me!!” He yelled and he
somehow successfully managed to grab her
attention.
“You are strong! Nobody can harm you. And
with me here, nobody can even dream of
touching you. Is that clear?” He said in a firm
voice.
Though he didn’t know what exactly was
making Kizy react like this, he only knew that he
would always protect her.
Even if he didn’t have any feelings for her,
Markus would have protected her, because Kizy
was his wife, his woman. How could he let
someone else scare her.
Kizy just looked blankly at him, not replying at
all.
“We are together. I will protect you. Is that
clear?” His voice was much more calm than
earlier.
Kizy simply nodded, finally registering what
Markus was speaking.
But she was still shivering.
Markus carried her princess style and placed her
on the sofa.
“Bring a glass of water.” He ordered the butler
who had witnessed the entire scene just now.
The butler ran and came back with a glass of
water.
Markus made Kizy drink it, patting her back,
rubbing her head gently all the time.
Once her breathing had normalised, he bent
down, their faces on the same level, making
Kizy look him in the eye.
“Nobody can touch even a single strand of your
hair till the time I am alive. The day someone
harms you, will be the day I will breathe my last
breath.” Markus said in a gentle yet firm voice,
as if making a promise to himself rather than
Kizy.
Kizy nodded at his statement, a little composed
from earlier.
But Markus knew that deep down, Kizy was still
not in a perfect state of mind.
“I have a surprise for you.” He said with a smile,
trying to divert her attention.
Kizy looked at him, not saying anything.
But Markus didn’t care for that. He simply
picked her up once bridal style once again,
walking towards their backyard.
And once they were out, Kizy was stunned
speechless. The warmth and light from the
scene in front of her fading her dark and cold
memories bit by bit.
A sofa was placed at the edge of the pool,
covered with curtains and fairy lights from all
sides, the lights being reflected brightly in the
pool.
Along with the curtain were there photos
attached everywhere, surrounding them from
three sides.
Few plants were placed in no regular pattern
here and there.
Overall the place looked cozy and comfortable,
giving a homely warm vibe.
Markus, who was still carrying Kizy, walked
towards the sofa, gently placing her on it. Once
he was sure that Kizy was comfortable, he sat
beside her, before clicking a button, which made
Kizy open her mouth wide, awestruck.
The pool lightened up after the click, white fairy
lights covering it from edges along with rose
petals spread all over while a blue fairy light
was present at the bottom of the pool, shaped
in letters forming “Happy Birthday Little Lamb!”.
And finally Kizy gave a genuine smile, which
had blossomed from the bottom of her heart.
“Do you like this?” Markus asked with hopes, as
if a little kid standing expectedly to receive
praises from his parents.
“I loved this!” Kizy said, mesmerized by the
breathtaking view.
“Happy birthday!!” Markus said, but his voice
was different from morning, filled with
affection, love and all very different emotions
that Kizy had never seen in him.
“Thank you Markus!” Kizy said, her tone sincere.
“Bring it!!” Markus shouted and soon a
chocolate cake was brought in by the old chef.
“Young Master made it for you. All by himself.”
The old chef didn’t forget to praise his young
master, who had wasted two cakes before being
satisfied with this one.
It wasn’t that the previous two cakes were bad
in taste, or didn’t look edible enough. But their
young master wanted only one thing –
Perfection.
Thus the two good cakes were fed to their
dustbins, even when the old chef along with the
butler and head maid insisted on keeping it.
Kizy just looked with surprise at Markus before
looking back at the beautiful chocolate cake
which was in no way inferior to the professional
made cakes.
“Thank you for the cake and all your efforts.”
Kizy said with a smile, politely thanking Markus,
old chef, butler and the head maid.
Rest three of them bowed and left, while Kizy
made her wish before blowing the candles,
finally cutting the cake.
Markus looked at Kizy with affectionate eyes.
Soon their dinner was served in the same place
and both of them had a peaceful dinner before
ending the day together, embracing each other
beneath the starry night sky, surrounded by fairy
lights and lovely rose aroma, watching the clear
blue water reflecting the fairy lights while the air
seemed a little pink.
Kizy, who was feeling a little sleepy, slept on the
sofa, holding Markus’s hand, feeling secure.
Once she was deep asleep, Markus took out his
phone, before texting Joel, as he neither wanted
to leave Kizy alone, nor disturb her sleep by
calling Joel.
“Find the sender of the parcel.” Markus texted,
his face dark.
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It was midnight. A dark forest surrounded with
huge dark trees could be seen stretching
endlessly in all directions. Moonlight was
illuminating the ground, making it appear even
more creepy with its silver light.
A woman wearing white gown could be seen
running through a trail, holding her long gown
with both her hands, fear visible in her eyes.
She was trying to run away from something or
someone. She would look back from time to
time, looking if someone was following her.
Suddenly her dress got stuck in a thornbush,
making her stop in tracks. But she didn’t have
time to care about her dress. She roughly pulled
the frill, tearing the lacy edges of her beautiful
dress, and ran ahead.
Her heart was beating at its fastest speed, her
legs though tired, not daring to slow down. Her
breath was completely ragged while her
forehead was covered in cold sweat.
She was still running when she heard some
sound behind her. She turned back, checking if
someone was present, without slowing down at
all. But nothing was visible.
She was about to turn her head when she felt
herself collide into a firm muscle wall and
before she could register anything, a huge palm
was placed on her mouth, stopping any sound
or cry that could have escaped her mouth while
another hand encircled her slender waist.
But the moment she saw that face, she could no
longer stay still. This exact divinely handsome
face with those thin lips and black soul sucking
eyes was her nightmare, her worst encounter,
the root cause for all her troubles.
She wanted to protest, to break through from his
grip, but no matter what she did, it was useless.
She wanted to cry but only muffled sounds
could be heard while the man present in front of
her looked lost, lost in her sparkly eyes. She tried
every means to break his grip, crying her heart
out when muffled low sounds were the only
result.
But the man had no plans to let her go. In fact
he was planning to cage her, to keep her for
himself, to look at those pair of eyes for the rest
of his life.
And this was exactly what she was afraid of,
being caged, being devoid of her freedom, that
too by this man who could only be described in
one word – Insane.
A single tear escaped her eye, her body
trembling all over, while she was unable to
breath, feeling suffocated from her fear.
“Kizy!! Kizy!!” An urgent voice could be heard
from afar.
“KIZY!! Wake up… Look at me!” The voice said
and Kizy woke up with a jerk, her forehead
covered in sweat while her face was stained
with tears.
Her heart was beating at an insane rate while
her body shivered, goosebumps all over her
skin.
“Are you alright?” Markus asked in a gentle tone.
“He.. he won’t le… let me go!” Kizy cried, her
voice shaky from fear.
“Shhhhh. Take a deep breath. Nobody would
harm you. Relax. I am here.” Markus said and
enveloped her in a tight hug, stroking her hair.
He was a light sleeper to begin with. Thus when
Kizy started struggling in his embrace, he
immediately woke up. He thought she might
have been suffocated or maybe her hand or feet
would be numb because of staying in the same
position.
But when he looked at her face, she was
covered in cold sweat. He immediately
understood that she was having a bad dream
and started stroking her back, trying to console
her, but the next minute she terrified him even
more.
Kizy started shouting, though it seemed as if
she wanted to scream loudly, only muffled
sounds could be heard. And next minute tears
started flowing down her face while her body
was trembling badly, struggling a lot.
This scared Markus as hell. He immediately got
up, calling her name, trying to wake her up.
When Kizy didn’t respond to his call, he started
shaking her, finally succeeding in waking her
up.
By the time she woke up, she was a crying
mess. And Markus knew that her crying was
affecting him somehow, making him feel
suffocated, as if someone had taken away his
only source of oxygen.
She looked vulnerable, like a little lamb, who
needed his protection.
“Calm down little lamb. You have me.” Markus
said, still consoling her.
Once he felt her breathing calm down, he broke
the hug and looked at her. He wiped her tears
away.
“Just wait a minute.” He said and quickly
climbed out of the bed, walking out of the
bedroom.
Within a minute, he was back with a glass of
water and a towel soaked in warm water.
He passed her the glass of water, while dabbing
her forehead with the wet towel, wiping her
sweat away.
“Are you alright?” He asked once again.
“Yeah. Sorry for the earlier sudden outburst.”
Kizy said, her voice much more composed than
earlier.
“I don’t want your apology Kizy, you don’t have
to be sorry. But I would love to hear the
explanation more than your apology Kizy. That
is if you are comfortable sharing it.” Markus
said, rubbing her head.
Kizy looked at him for almost five minutes,
contemplating whether she wanted to open her
past which she locked in some corner, far away
from her own reach.
And Markus was ready to wait. He didn’t want
to rush her. Just when he thought that Kizy
wasn’t comfortable and he should divert the
topic, Kizy started speaking.
“My team was performing good for two years
after I joined it. None of our accepted missions
were failures, earning ourselves a solid image in
the underworld.
People started knowing that there was a team
called Black Command, who never failed.
But only we knew the risks behind this glory. All
people could see was our name, but none of
them saw our struggles, our near death
experiences, our sleepless nights behind them.”
Kizy paused.
“And then we were invited for the Gala last year.
” Kizy spoke with much difficulty.
Markus immediately placed his hands on top of
her, trying to support her.
“You don’t have to speak little lamb. We can
continue this sometime later.” Markus said,
watching her fighting an internal battle.
“No. I want to share this. There will come a day
when you should know this. Let me speak.” Kizy
said and resumed with her past.
“Jason wanted to reject the invitation. He was
well aware about the type of dirt these places
were. He didn’t want his teammates to be
involved with people from that world.
But it was me, Rose and Harry who insisted. We
wanted to see this world, experience what it had
to present us. Thus for our stubbornness, we
decided to attend the two day Gala.” Kizy said.
*1 YEAR AGO, ANNUAL GALA, GREEN
TRIANGLE*
Kizy and her team reached the Green Triangle
via a cruise ship. All of their invitations were
checked the moment they stepped on land.
Once they were verified, their group was allowed
to enter the island.
One good thing about their invitations was that
no identity was revealed. Plus knowing that they
will be surrounded by enemies all the time,
everyone entering this place would be wearing
artificial skin masks, which was no secret.
Kizy’s team was also wearing those masks,
hiding their real godly appearance with simpler
masks which could help them easily merge with
the crowd.
One team from the organisers was present to
guide people to their respective rooms. This was
a safety measure taken by the organisation to
make sure that people wouldn’t be lost in the
deep jungles surrounding Green triangle from all
sides, which was habitat for wild dangerous
animals.
Jason was walking ahead, followed by Kizy and
Rose, who were followed by Harry and Victor.
Three men were guiding them from the front
while three were keeping watch from the back.
“Is it true that the Gala is being organised after
ten years?” Jason asked, trying to know more
about these people guiding them.
But as he had expected, none of them answered
and kept walking as if he never asked anything.
Finally after walking through various jungle
trails, making turns here and there, the group
reached a place which looked otherworldly.
Unlike the jungle surrounding it, the place was
covered with glass buildings, reaching as high
as the eyes could see.
They walked even more ahead, arriving in front
of one huge gate which led into various glass
covered paths.
One of the men from the front verified his
identity before leading the group inside the gate.
But he paused once they were inside.
“Males and Females would separate from here.”
The man said.
“Why?” Jason asked, not liking this
arrangement.
The place was entirely new to them, with
enemies present all over. He was responsible for
his teammates. But how was he supposed to
leave half of the members on their own?
“For safety reasons, males and females have
been arranged in different arrangements.” The
man replied calmly.
Rules for the Gala were always strict. All major
groups and personalities were invited to the
Gala. Thus they wanted no accidents or
mistakes.
Therefore there were strict rules which had to be
followed by everyone, no matter how infamous
or successful you were.
And for those who didn’t know how to abide by
these rules, the organizers would add them to
black list. And black list by organization was
like a death penalty.
The person committing a mistake or breaking
the rule would never be allowed to take any
missions which would be announced
throughout the underworld. And the lone
purpose for their living would be taken away.
What were they supposed to do if they were not
allowed to take any jobs?
“Also, we recommend you to not leave the
places without our allocated people as this is
surrounded by a jungle area. There are wild
animals out there, who can easily ki|| a human
without even letting them scream for help. So it
would be better to have someone to always
guide you.” The man continued.
Jason and his team nodded.
From there, three men guided Jason, Harry and
Victor towards one direction while the remaining
three guided Kizy and Rose in the other
direction.
Kizy and Rose didn’t utter a single word for the
entire walk, as warned by Jason.
Finally the three men stopped in front of two
buildings where only females could be seen.
“They will be in incharge from now.” One of
them said, pointing towards a woman who was
approaching them.
The woman came and guided them inside one
of the buildings. They entered the escalator and
the woman pressed the twelfth floor.
Once they had reached the floor, the woman
walked out, followed by Kizy and Rose.
“You can choose any room between these three.
” The woman said, opening the door to all the
rooms present.
Kizy and Rose didn’t care much about such
things. Thus they ended up choosing the one
which was placed in the middle of the other
rooms.
“You are not allowed to enter other rooms
unless you are allowed voluntarily by them. You
can not change your room after this. Don’t roam
around unnecessarily as you might get lost.”
The woman said monotonously.
“Are we allowed to go to the male section?”
Rose asked, wanting to know what was allowed
and what not.
“You can, but only till the gates. And that too till
nine in the evening, not after that.” The woman
said.
Rose nodded and the woman left them on their
own.
Rose and Kizy entered the room, locking the
door behind them securely, as Jason had
warmed them.
Once they were inside, they directly went inside
the bedroom, leaving their luggage in the hall.
Both of them climbed up the beds and started
jumping with excited faces.
“Yayy!! Finally we are here!” Kizy exclaimed.
“It feels so good to have a break after so many
months.” Rose said happily.
“But I will miss Jason, Harry and Victor.” Kizy
said, remembering how they were separated
from their teammates for the first time.