King already made his choice. He was quite calm."Alistair, are you coming?"It took a long time before he grunted out a yes. He looked at Joan, deep into her gaze. She smiled at him. He felt eternally grateful to her.He turned back to his family."I'll come with you." King answered, "I'll take my girl and come with you."*The car ride to wherever the evil looking man was taking them was tense. The only thing keeping Joan calm was her heartthrob sitted beside her. They held hands. They were the only occupants of the car apart from the driver and a scary looking bodyguard. Alistair had said he had something important to discuss with his family. Victor, the big guy, had said he was going to follow them and so he trailed them in his car."They are my family." King whispered. He had been in a daze since."I noticed the resemblance." Was Joan's answer.Their eyes were the most giveaway. They all didn't have blue eyes but they all had the same eyeshape including Alistair. They were cat ey

"You're too devious for your own good." Victor replied, feeling relieved that he had finally done something right for King.Luca said nothing else. He got to his feet."You can get you and your underlings out of my house.""So you can bully my family? No way. I, my fiancee and my brother are staying."Luca paused but then smirked and he walked away.*"She'll wake up soon." Charlene assured King who was packing restlessly round the room.Joan soon did with a slight cough. King was at her side in a jiffy."Joan, it's me. Are you okay?"She blinked, her surroundings registering slowly."I'm okay." She managed out, attempting to sit up. They assisted her."Uh...hi?" She blinked at Isla and Charlene."Hi." They waved back.She turned to King, "We were drugged. It's the evil man, right?" She concluded. He nodded."Are we safe here?" She questioned with a sigh, shutting her eyes tiredly."Yes" Isla responded quickly, "We'll make sure of that."King narrowed his eyes at her before looking ba

"If you're done, I'll like to leave." King answered through gritted teeth, glaring daggers at him.Luca stared at him, a solemn weird expression on his face.He glanced away for a second, then said, "Do you think he doesn't know she's here?" Luca questioned casually, "Guard, escort him out."King's heart thumped in fear, "What do you mean?""It's time to leave as you requested, brother."*Joan was all over him the instant she set her eyes on him.“I’m fine” King reassured, smiling. He grabbed her tense hands.She glared at him, “What happened? Why did you leave? We were worried sick about you.”He draped an arm over her shoulder and walked her back to the room where the others were waiting.“I decided to take a stroll to clear my head.”“Why would you do that? What if he hurts you?” Her voice came out panicked.“You know he won’t.” He said simply, squeezing her shoulder.“A stroll, King? You should have known we would all be worried.” Isla reprimanded once he shut the door.“I’m sorr

It had been nine years, they were both 27 now. He had waited long enough to play his game but now…it was time.With a single kick, he’ll eliminate the double obstruction in form of Luca and Merlione, and free Joan.*Joan stared into the night, a glass of orange juice in hand."You've been there for over thirty minutes now, I can't help but worry.""I'm fine. This helps me meditate." She replied, not turning to face him.Merlione stared at her back before letting out a slight chuckle, "The wedding is in two weeks.""I know.""You should seem less sad about it by now. Am I so horrible?"She slowly turned to face him, meeting his eyes."Maybe, maybe not." She replied, "you alone should know. I've made my decision and I don't intend to back out. You don't have to worry."He smiled, not seeming convinced."We just have to have talk right now. I don't just need your word, I need your heart, soul and I don't see you giving me that. We're going to be one in two weeks, Joan, what more do you

"Well then, I'm free to poison you when I wish, huh?" She teased lightheartedly.He wanted to kiss her in that moment, he was getting desperate but she had also refused to let him kiss her until the day of their wedding. She was frustrating. He just had to make sure nothing went wrong till their wedding. Four days. He just had to make sure nothing went wrong for four days.*That same day, King looked through all the information he had stored on Joan, Merlione, and those around her. His heart tightened whenever he recalled it was just four days till her wedding and he had three days to do whatever he wanted to do.He shook off the disturbing thoughts and got to work. Even if she got married to that man, as long as she said the word, he'd still take her away.She was a therapist. She had her clinic where she worked from 8 am till 5 pm each day except on weekends. She owned a school for the blind where she made casual visits thrice a week. She sometimes visited Merlione at his company,