Chapter 1: CHAPTER 1

The bookshop had a peaceful atmosphere which calmed our hearts. The smell of books and the sound of fluttering pages could be heard.

'ding'

The door of the bookshop opened along with the sound of a bell and a handsome young man in his twenties walked in. He wore a jersey T-shirt with metallic effect and jogger pants. He had a silver rope bracelet on his right hand along with a plain silver ring with black borders and a black diamond stud on his left ear. The young man had an eye-catching light pink hair and blue eyes.

He walked towards the bookshop clerk and asked directions for autobiography section. While he was searching among the books, a girl with high ponytail gave light pull on his sleeve. He turned towards the girl, who blushed.

" um...can i have your number?"

He smiled and answered " I'm afraid my girlfriend will be jealous and angry if I do that"

The girl blushed more after hearing his voice and asked for his name.

"Alster Dew, it was nice meeting you"

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Alster walked out of the well-lit, peaceful and warm bookshop with a book covered in a gift wrap in one of his hand. Immediately he was hit by the fairly cold and strong wind. Alster stood outside the shop and took a deep breath with his eyes closed, enjoying the fresh air and outside view for a while and started walking towards his car. He bought a bouquet of red roses on the way to his apartment.

"you reached?"

Alster stopped at the door way when he heard his girlfriend's voice, surprised he walked towards the living to see his girlfriend lying on the sofa.

"surprise!"

She stood up and slowly got near him, she placed her arms around his neck while his on her waist. They shared a deep passionate kiss for few seconds and leisurely seperated from each other.

Her hair was long and wavy brown with a sharp face and her dazzling light brown eyes, along with her red dress that makes everyone unable take their eyes of her, which he loves very much.

"That sure surprised me, Ariana" Alster said picking up the book and the bouquet that fell down while they were kissing each other and gave it to Ariana. " I thought we were going to meet at xxx restaurant for our 1st anniversary"

Ariana smiled and accepted the gifts " well, i thought spending time together binge watching will be more fun, and thanks for the gift, my lovely boyfriend. It's my favorite author...let's start watching with some snacks ?"

Then only Alster noticed all the snacks and drinks on the end tables

"okay"

The lights were switched off and they started watching after changing into comfortable clothes. After a while, Alster felt something cold on his wrist. He switched on the table lamp near him and checked out to find a chain bracelet with a blue clumsily crafted stone on it.

"I made it, how is it?"

"looks clumsy but i like it very much, it's beautiful"

"do you have to add that 'clumsy part' ?" Ariana smiled and continued "let's focus on movie now, switch off the lamp if you have seen enough"

" i don't think i will be able to switch it off as i won't be satisfied from looking at it just for a while"

"suit yourself then, smooth talker"

"yes ma'am"

They resumed to watch the movies till 2.30am and then went to sleep.

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Ariana woke up in a cramped space that lacks fresh air, making her difficult to breath. It looked like a typical prison cell with a metal bed bolted to the wall, a sink and a toilet. The walls of the prison was made of old bricks and metal rods laid in a criss cross pattern. Though it looked old and weak , it was very strong and durable. There was a small window which was the only source of light in that dark place.

Ariana sat up properly and looked around, she felt dizzying sense of anxiety. She couldn't see anything other than the outline of the room.

"Alster...? Pls tell me you are there? Alster! look, it's not funny 'kay? what kind of prank is this! you know i get easily scared! Alster!"

The echo of her voice soon died down and the ensuing silence was laden with terror. Ariana started crying and soon fell asleep from exhaustion.

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Ariana sat on the corner hugging her legs tightly, she listened to the sound of water droplets falling one after another, most probably through a cracked ceiling. It was a kind of sound that will instill fear in someone's mind and keep them awake all night.

It's been 3 days since she has been stuck here , thanks to the small window she was able keep track of time. she tried her best to get out of this place after that day but to no avail. she got 2 meals a day, the food provided is usually soup and bread.

Ariana flinched at the coming foot steps. The foot steps stopped, she heard the creaking sound of opening the door. Soon the owner of the foot steps reached in front of her. she slowly raised her head to meet an unexpected person.

"A-Alster...?"

it was Alster Dew, her boyfriend

Alster slowly smiled seeing her frozen in disbelief.

"Ariana, do you like games?"

before she could reply everything became dark

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Ariana stared at Alster, he was wearing white shirt and black pants which was covered with her blood. They were sitting opposite to each other with a chess board in between. There were more white than black pieces. There were some blood spills on the board. Ariana hands were tied behind her back, there were some finger missing and she had cuts, burns and bruise all over her.

They have been playing various indoor games for continuous 6hrs now, each and everyone was won by Alster. Hence, more wounds were inflicted on her body as he kept wining each games and the hope she had at the beginning was lost and despair filled her heart. She felt numb from all the pain she suffered from this torture.

"it's getting boring Ariana"

she took a deep breath, waiting for his next words...

"it seems you are going to be out of energy soon... no you already are. haa... I'm seriously bored now, how abt we end it here?"

Alster stood up and walked in front of her, he bent a little making eye contact with Ariana and smiled innocently.

"hmm..? how's the idea?"

Fear rushed over, suffocating her and finally asked a question she wanted to ask till now

"why...?"

Alster titled his head and asked, "well, do we need a reason for that...hmm? my love? goodbye"

the end.

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