You will be mine

Chapter 1

Even if they said I'd be safe here, working as a secretary for a faceless man. I had watched so many die before me—parents, children, teachers, and tradesmen. No one was safe, including me. I lived every day in fear, in pure acceptance of a death that might come to me.

I will, however, admit that the only reason I'm here in the first place is because I…

"Here," Aliyan said, placing a file on my desk. "I must rush out. Something urgent came up; when you give him his coffee this morning, also hand him the file."

I smiled, picking the file up. I've been working here for two months now—making coffee, creating schedules, handling dry cleaning—everything but fulfilling my marketing duties.

The coffee machine beeped, pulling me from my thoughts as usual. I added milk and headed towards his office, but an explosion rocked the building. A bomb? A missile? There was no telling.