The Truce

Chapter 17

Maria was sleeping on her bed. There was a strange calm on her face. She was smiling while dreaming. She must have been imagining her beloved one, his charms, his sensational touch, his unavoidable lure. She felt as if she's in heaven with him. There were delightful flowers, enchanting grass all over the place. Her feelings were not so heavy. she was not afraid of her life at the moment. She felt as if she were able to fly high in the sky along with Jack. She requested her apple of eyes, her precious Jack, her darling jack,

'O, Jack! Promise that you would never leave me.'

She expressed her deepest fear in her dreams. Dreams are the place where the brain goes unbridled. The brain gets uncontrollable and manifests the purest emotions in dreams. Her brain was directing her to her deepest unsaid desires. She saw that Jack was drawing her closer to his chest. He kissed her on her neck, leaving a hickey, and whispered in her ears,

'Your jack would never leave you, Maria'

Maria felt elated. She seemed so happy that she chuckled out of excitement. She hugged him and started kissing wildly. Jack returned her gratitude and paid back the love with interest. Soon they were getting intimated. Jack was kissing her chest as if he is madly in love with her body. Maria moaned out of joy, she asked jack,

'Hold me tight babe, never let me go please!'

And Jack showed more passion and love, she was getting wet and cold. Her breaths were out of order. She closed her eyes and let the moment flow. Jack was kissing her lower body now. Their clothes were getting removed. They hid in the long-grown grass. Maria took refuge in the arms of jack. She let go of all the barriers to herself and submitted to Jack. Jack and the idea of having him this close was giving pleasure to Maria. It was so levitating. Suddenly, the whole scenario changed. She saw Hinata coming nearer to both of them. Maria was laying down on the grass floor while her body was covered with the silky smooth skin of Jack. Beautiful dream turned into nightmare. Hinata was looking in the same direction. Maria tried to warn Jack,

' Jack get up, we need to run!'

But Jack did not listen, he kept on touching and kissing Maria, no matter how much she shrieked out, tried to alarm him, jack did not pay attention. He didn't want this moment to be ruined by someone's interference whether it would be Hinata or somebody else.

'jack don't waste time, this vicious animal would kill us.'

Maria forgot about the pleasure she was getting from Jack. She recalled the brutal treatment of Hinata. The way he pulled her skin, the way he Spanked her delicate parts, the way he lost control and took relief in cries and sobs of Maria, she remembered it even in her wildest dreams. She pleaded jack again,

'he would kill us, he would turn us apart Jack, let's go somewhere else, please'

But it was too late. Hinata was standing over their heads, watching them embracing each other. He had a sharp-edged dagger in his hands. His eyes looked furious, were red out of wrath against both of them. Maria pushed jack aside. She stood up and hid jack behind her back,

'you dare not to harm him, you savage, untamed animal!'

Maria screamed in passion. Hinata laughed like bonkers. He was looking down upon these two love-sick people. He was not in the mood of showing mercy. Hinata advanced towards both of them with a dagger in his hand appointed on the chest of Maria, before that he could kill both of them, Maria opened her eyes, she was screaming hysterically, she was repeating it,

'please don't hurt us, Hinata, please don't hurt us!'

Her eyes were still shut, she was not out of her sleep completely. She was resisting something with her arms playing in the air. She was trying to dodge something. But soon her calamities were ended when Chika splashed her face with tiny droplets of water. She opened her eyes. Her senses returned. Chika was standing beside her, bewildered, unable to understand anything. She did not know what was the matter with Maria.

'what happened dear, why were you screeching and bellowing as if someone was trying to kill you.'

Maria could not tell her that she was terrified of Hinata, his ruthless treatment, his teeth digging deeper into her skin, his fingers trying to paralyze her forcibly, her breath leaving her body while he suffocated her on the bed. She could not express her grief, can she? She did not say anything at all, she asked Chika

'Chika, please bring me a glass of water!'

Chika said amicably that let her fetch some water from outside. She went out. Maria fell on the bed again. She was pitiable. Her dream was ruined by the hostile entry of Hinata. She was thinking about how different Hinata's touch was from Jack's. Jack loved her boundlessly. He satiated her desires of getting intimate with him but Hinata, all he cared about was his pleasure, his satisfaction. Although Maria never regarded or accepted her marriage with Hinata still she felt bound to him. She was already enslaved by him but now her mind was becoming his poodle. She was unable to escape the ghost of Hinata, not even in her dreams of loving Jack.

Chika brought water in a wooden glass. She helped Maria go get up and helped her drink water. She drank and thanked Chika for her service. Maria's head was bouncing like a polymer ball. It was giving her a headache. Chika started massaging it and Maria felt a little relief. Chika stayed silent. There was an unspoken understanding and empathy between Maria and Chika. Even though Chika could not get the time to meet Maria because Sasha had wrapped her around her little finger but still she comprehended that Maria was worried about something,

'what's disturbing you, my dear, you could have told me, we are friends'

Maria stayed silent. Her head was still hurting. Chika did not ask further. Maria asked her to tell her about her life, where she had been for days, what was new and what was she up to? Chika said,

' I am pretty troubled myself, my situation is as complicated as yours and similarly, I am unable to express it.'

Maria knew that Chika was a happy-go-lucky girl who liked to have fun. She was adventurous and full of zest. There was certain propensity of blithe and liveliness in her personality, easy to detect. but why would she be worried to an extent that she could not express it,

'tell me your case, I will tell you mine, my love.'

Maria asked her in a gentle, affectionate way that Chika could not resist. Before that she could express anything at all, she saw Hinata coming their way. Chika stood up, warned Maria, she got alerted. Chika said while watching Hinata entering the room,

' I got to go right now, mother must be awaiting me, I shall meet you soon.'

Maria nodded her head unconsciously. She did not want anybody to suspect that there could be something wrong between Hinata and Maria. Chika flew out in an instant. Maria was alone with Hinata now. He was watching her carefully. Maria's heart was pounding in the worst manner. Hinata started getting closer. Maria felt sick. She was on the brink of the edge. She wished Hinata to get disappeared from her sight but he stood still, kept staring at her.

'you seemed to be troubled by my presence, my love.'

He called Maria his love. Such a love whom he could maim and injure any time he wanted. Maria felt disgusted. She tried to back off. She moved away on her bed but Hinata gripped her arm tightly. He was a devil whom a sharp girl like Maria could not escape.

'back off Hinata, you do not have any right of hurting me.'

Hinata let go of her arm. Today, he was inclined to shower mercy over Maria. He did not come here with wrong intentions this time. But Maria, by force of habit, was careful and ready to defend herself. Hinata was strong and his muscular build made him appear more magical. Maria was unable to see it for a very long time. He was a model of masculine beauty. His almond eyes were spectral. Maria for the very first time felt his field of attraction, he came nearer and whispered in her ears,

' the girl as audacious as you, should not be afraid of me. You are capable of doing better, so....'

He left his sentence incomplete. But Maria knew what he was referring to. He was referring to the bloodshed of his tribesmen. He had not forgotten this heinous act of Maria yet. Maria was done with explanations. She did not want to hear it anymore that she was a rascal, a scallywag. She wanted a truce at any price. She wanted to retreat with Hinata. So she offered him a peace-giving,

'Hinata, I think we need to sort the history between you and me.'