Anna’s POV’

In the middle of an ocean, into an unknown island of a vast castle.

It was a dazzling day — the sunlight coming through the window. I was lying inside a vast master bedroom. In front of me, there was a big window made of glass and curtains fully opened. My head felt heavy, so I sat up with a bit of trouble.

After looking around, I thought something was wrong. Everything was dead silent, and nobody was around. I tried to think about what I was doing here, and the most crucial point was who brought me here.

I looked around and carefully scanned my surroundings. I was in a bedroom decorated in dark chocolate color, giving me a dark and dangerous aura; I didn't know where exactly I was for now.

Not knowing how long I have been here because I just woke up, and the last thing I remembered was being inside my bedroom.

After that, I felt some weird scent hit my nose, and darkness covered my vision. After that, I remembered nothing else. 

Shit! How could a person remember anything when she or he blacked out suddenly like me?.

I was not prepared for this. It took me off guard, but now I woke up, laying in a vast master bedroom. I was silent for 10 minutes; when I finally understood what was happening here, I started to freak out. Someone had kidnapped me. 

I gulp hard in fear. 

Yeah, I'm terrified. 

I hurriedly got off the bed and went to the window to look outside.

I never expected to see what I saw, and more fear arose in my heart. From here, I could only see water as far away as I could. It was like an ocean.

I open the window and look down. I wanted to jump from here but immediately closed the window when I saw the height. I slowly pat my poor heart, which was jumping like a crazy dog. I felt like I was standing in a deep trench. If I jumped from here, I might instantly turn into an ugly ghost, and obviously, I didn't want that. 

Helplessly, I was assuring myself to stay calm.

Turning around, I looked towards the closed door and walked towards it. When I reached there, I stood there for a few minutes, finally gathering a little courage left in my heart—surprisingly, I had a little courage left. 

I grabbed the door handle and tried to open the door. I thought the door wouldn't open, but it was also proved wrong, just like my other destructive thoughts. The closed door opened as soon as I pressed the door handle. 

At this moment, my heart calmed down a little. But just as I got out of the bedroom, I was engulfed with shock again. In front of me, four well-built, overbuilt men were standing in a line.

I froze in that spot, seeing those scary-looking men. I was in an awkward situation. All of them were looking at me and suddenly lowered their heads and respectfully bowed to me. 

"Madam, do you need anything?" one of the scary men questioned me in a gentle tone.

Suddenly, I doubted myself about being alive or not, and a question came to mind. Am I dead or alive? I was just in my wonderland until I heard someone's footsteps. 

I looked around to see three women coming towards us, holding something in their hands. Seeing these women, I was relieved for a bit. Then they came to me and bowed, just like these scary men did.

"Madam, you must be hungry; please freshen up and come with us," a woman said to me. 

Lifting a finger, I point towards my face and ask them, "Are you asking me?"

"Yeah." One of them nodded.

I couldn't handle it anymore and screamed in anger, "Are you all crazy? I don't know who the hell you are and why I'm here, but you all are behaving like you all have known me for years, and it's your regular work for me." When I finished my screaming, I huffed heavily, but they stood there with no reaction. 

Are they the crazy ones here, or am I? I don't know why they are behaving like I'm the crazy one, I thought.

Feeling a little embarrassed, still, my anger didn’t subside. I tried to be calm and asked again with a soft tone this time, "Can anyone please tell me who you all are, and where am I? Also, how long have I been here?".

But without answering me, a woman said, "Madam, please freshen up and change your dress."

I remembered looking down and seeing that I was still in my wedding dress. I sighed loudly. A woman opened the closed door behind me to let me return to the bedroom to freshen up.

"Madam, please return to your room, take a shower, and change your clothes. We have already prepared everything you need inside the bathroom. If you need anything else, we'll be waiting for you here." 

I groaned in frustration. Nobody gave me the answer I wanted. 

I felt frustrated, but I controlled my anger and went inside the bedroom. After getting inside the bedroom, I closed the door hard with a loud thud. I entered the bathroom and stood under the shower to cool down my anger. My whole white wedding dress got wet with my entire body. I sat down and pulled my knee up to my chest.

"Where am I? What's happening with me, and why did someone kidnap me? It's not that I'm some business tycoon's daughter or some princess. I don't have a million dollars either. Whatever, I can't find a reason for my kidnapping," I said to myself.

I was getting ready for my wedding, but suddenly everything blacked out. When I woke up, I was already in an unknown place. I didn't even know how I would escape from here.

Now that I was missing from my wedding, what would happen to my parents? How would they face Dylan's family? Did they know someone kidnapped me, or would they think I escaped from my wedding?

The more I thought about my parents; the more my heart ached for them. 

Anna’s POV

Now that I was missing from my wedding, what would happen to my parents? How would they face Dylan's family? Did they know someone kidnapped me, or would they think I escaped from my wedding?

The more I thought about my parents; the more my heart ached for them.

I was a calm girl from childhood, who never even cried loudly, but at this moment, I wanted to shout in my mother's arms.

I was the lone child of my parents—everything for them—their only world.

Although my parents belonged to a middle-class family, we were happy in our life. 

I’ve been happy until something happened to my family. Two months ago, a doctor diagnosed my father with gastric cancer.

Our lives changed after that; we couldn’t afford his medical expenses. I tried everything to earn money for my father but mostly failed. I knew how much my father protected me from this cruel world, and now my father doesn't have much time; otherwise, he would be in danger. 

Dylan appeared when I needed him the most and offered to bear all the expenses of my father’s treatment under the condition of me marrying him. Picking up my father lying in the hospital without proper treatment, I was heartbroken thousands of times, so I agreed on Dylan’s condition at last.

Although I didn’t love him for my father, I decided immediately to get married. At first, my family didn’t accept my decision, but how could I let my father die because of lack of treatment? So, I forced them to agree with my decision.

What would they think about me now since I suddenly vanished from the wedding without a word?

Imagining that, my mind went blank. Would my parents think I left them alone because I was selfish or something like this? They would get hurt, and everybody would humiliate them; what would my innocent parents do?

But why did someone abduct me in the first place? What would someone gain from kidnapping me? Did they kidnap me for money? But I couldn’t even afford my father's treatment. So how could I fulfill a kidnapper’s demand? If they kidnapped me for money, then why are they so respectful toward me? I can’t take it anymore, and why does this place look like some king’s Palace?

The more I think about it, the more my thoughts mess with my brain. I know that I must run away from here somehow.

I let out a long sigh and wiped away my tears; I stood up, took a shower, and came out from the bathroom, heading over to the closet.

I opened the closet, and I was in shock.

This closet looked like a whole branded clothes shop. There were many clothes here. I knew these clothes were costly from my middle-class experience and from very renowned brands—surprisingly, all the clothes size, they were my size clothes. If I saw these clothes in a shopping mall, I might feel glad. 

Now, seeing these here, I was confused. Where was I? Has anyone kidnapped me or taken the wrong person? If not, why did I feel like something was amiss here?

I told myself to get out of here as soon as possible.

Sighing sadly, I picked up a dress without care to pick out what to wear. Anything would do if I could escape from this damn strange place.

I took a black t-shirt and loose jeans, and it would be more comfortable while running, and I couldn't risk wearing a dress.

After wearing my shoes, I came out of the room, hoping everyone had already left, but it left me angry, seeing all of them still standing in front of the door—these stubborn idiots.

“Why are you all still standing here? Don’t you all have any other work other than standing here?”  I was already furious, and seeing them standing here and guarding me made me angrier than before. 

“No, Madam, we only have to succeed you, and our only duty is to fulfill your needs. Thus we will be with you everywhere except this room," a woman said and pointed toward the room behind me.

Again, this stupid madam, who is your madam, I wanted to state this loudly, but I understood they would never take my words seriously at this moment; I wanted to kill all of them at that moment.

“Control Anna, you have to leave from here,” I told myself; I didn’t have time to argue with them. “Okay, can any of you please tell me why I’m here or who brought me here?” I asked again, gritting my white teeth.

“Madam, you’ll know soon, but we can’t tell you that. Please come with us. Right this way,” a woman extended her arm, pointing to the left.

I reluctantly followed her behind, and three more adult females and four scary men followed me. 

*Unknown Person’s Pov

Picking up her angry pout face, I smiled for the first time in two days. I was so mad when I heard she was getting married.

I felt my entire world crashing down in a second. I wanted to destroy the entire city—ruin everything. I barely stopped myself from doing that.

How could I let that happen? She was mine; how could I allow someone else to marry her? She would be my queen, and only a king like me deserved a queen like her. 

Who was that bastard to marry my queen or think he could? How dare was he?  He wanted to snatch the most precious person in my life.

No way, never can, and I never will let that happen. Now I’m back, and I will let him know who the real king is. A person like me who can destroy him or a person like him who only knows how to steal from someone else – I will show him who the real man is.

Now he will know that this city’s real king is back.

*Unknown Person’s Pov *

Who was that bastard to marry my queen or think he could? How dare was he?  He wanted to snatch the most precious person in my life.

No way, never can, and I never will let that happen. Now I’m back, and I will let him know who the real king is. A person like me who can destroy him or a person like him who only knows how to steal from someone else – I will show him who the real man is.

Now he will know that this city’s real king is back.

Everyone should know what would happen when someone touches his girl, whom he had been guarding for five years.

Yeah, five long years. Every sells inside his body, yearning for her, so how he could give anyone the chance to take her away from him. But he was worried about how she will react.

Anna's POV 

I came downstairs with them, and they took me inside a dining room; I was left in too much awe. I couldn’t express how big the dining room was. If I run here for 2 or 3 times only, I'm sure I can lose 3 or 4 pounds.

These rich people were too much. A middle-class people couldn't even afford our basic needs in our daily lives, but they would do everything they desired.

I looked everywhere, but I didn't notice anyone else. I turned and looked around.

A man came to me. From his clothes, he looked like a chef or cook.

“Madam, what do you want to eat? Please order anything you want,” he informed me like I was the owner. Did he know I was here because someone kidnapped me?

“Anything I want? Are you sure?” I asked with a hidden meaning.

“Yeah, madam, anything you want," he answered me with overconfidence.

"Cook me the person who kidnapped me, or just give me the person, uncooked will also do; I just won't eat that person,” I said while grinding my teeth tighter.

Did he look at me in shock? I could see he was trying his best not to gulp in fear.

“If you can't, forget it; I'm not hungry; I want to see the person who kidnapped me," I said and tried to be polite to him.

“Madam, I can't do anything about this; I'm just a chef; my duty is to cook for you,” he said, looking like he was going to cry helplessly.

Seeing his sad face, I stopped myself from arguing with him.

“Then don't bother me; I'll not eat until I see that person.” I sat down at the head chair of the dining table.

Just as I sat down, everyone screamed, which frightened me.

Looking at their shocking reaction, I doubted if I sat on some bombs or not.

I looked at a woman who was near me. "At least tell me before you all give me a heart attack. Don't you all think my kidnapping is enough for my poor heart? " I said helplessly.

Everyone fell silent once again like they didn't even exist here. I sighed. Why did it leave them expressionless whenever I mentioned about kidnapping?

"Madam, please eat something; otherwise, we'll be in grave trouble," a woman said to me.

"I'm not hungry. If no one tells me why I'm here or let me meet the person who kidnapped me, then I'll go on a hunger strike," I threatened them.

"But madam," the cook tried to say something, but I stopped him; I stood up from the chair.

 I'm not a child that you all will coax me with food. I'll not eat until I see the person even, I have to die from hunger," this time I was screaming so loudly that my words were buzzing in my own ears.

"You don't need a hunger strike. Turn around, and you'll see the person you wanted to see," a voice came from behind me, making me shocked because I found the voice remarkably familiar. Head to toe, my entire body was shivering.

I felt my knees were feeble; they couldn't support my body anymore; I might collapse soon.

But my heart was saying, don't worry, it's not him, not him. But no matter how much I tried, my head was saying only one thing: It's him.

Finally, my knees went weak, and I sat down again.

"What happened? Do you not want to see me anymore? A moment ago, you were screaming. You wanted to see me, but now, no reaction. It's not fair," again, the voice spoke up, and this time I was 1000% sure it was him.

I didn't need to see his face. His presence was enough for me to know it's him without looking at his face.

I didn't know how to react, but suddenly a realization hit me hard. What was he doing here? If he was here, there was only one meaning left for me in this situation.

Bracing myself, I stood up from the chair and turned around.

Just as I thought, he was standing at the door entrance wearing a black three-piece suit and looking toward me with his always shameless smile. I found it ridiculously cute in the past, but now I wanted to break his teeth.

Glaring at him, I ask him, "What the hell are you doing here, or I should ask what the **** I'm doing here?" But, of course, if I could, I might have already broken his head.

 Oh, so feisty as always. You didn't change even a bit, Anna," he said, still laughing, ignoring my words like empty air.

"Should I thank you for your compliment?" I asked him. Is he kidding me right now?

"Shouldn't you show a little emotion, Anna? Even a little?" he asked while looking at my eyes like he was searching for something inside my eyes.

But it's too sad for him that he couldn't, because I was not 19 years old, Anna anymore; I buried that Anna in a grave a long time ago.

She would never show up again. However, I would not let that happen at any cost because I already learned my lesson.