Juliette Pov

　　"I am frustrated now!" I yelled pulling my hair and looked at myself in the bathroom's mirror.


　　Why am I here? What am I doing here? What have I done to anyone to be treated like this?

　　I slammed my palm frustrated next to the sink.

　　What did I ever do to deserve all this?


　　Two days!

　　I have been thrown into his room and I have been locked up away from everyone all of a sudden since two days.


　　What did I even do?

　　It all started when I was with Cosmina in the kitchen. She was scribbling the items which were to be brought on the notepad and it was when I saw Zachary entering the kitchen with a stoic expression. I sat on the kitchen counter and watched as he marched up to me. He looked different some way.

　　He looked tensed.

　　Before I could get down from the counter and even ask him what has happened he chose to manhandle me by grabbing onto my arm and pulling me down to my feet.

　　"Hey! What are you doing?" I cried because his firm grip on my arm was hurting me. It all happened all of a sudden that I couldn't even understand what was going on and to where he was dragging me. I was in shock as well as scared. He wasn't even talking and it made me feel that maybe I have done something to be treated like this.

　　Is he angry with me? But what did I do?

　　I was pushed into the room and I stumbled on my own feet, but I saved myself from tumbling down by holding onto the small wardrobe next to the room's door.

　　"What are you doing?" I asked petrified.

　　"From now on you will be staying inside this room!" he said still standing in the entrance of the room near the door.

　　"W-what? But why?" I asked baffled at his statement.

　　"Don't question me!" he yelled to which I visibly flinched.

　　I saw as he balled his fist and looked up before looking back at me.

　　"This is the last time I am warning you. Don't ever question me again," he said enunciating each word.

　　My hands trembled seeing his eyes.

　　What is wrong with him?

　　"This is my house and don't forget who you are and from where and in what condition you have come here!" he said his face void of any expression.

　　"Zach-" he cut me off "Shut up!" and instantly I shut my mouth scared. He was intimidating me and to tell the truth I was scared to death.

　　"Stay in this room. You are prohibited from talking to anyone. If you do remember," he took an intimidating step towards me which made me step a foot backward in an instant.

　　"Your near and dear ones has to pay the consequences," his word held promise and I gulped the lump in my throat. The sides of my eyes stinging because of the tears that were pooling to flow down my cheeks but it was waiting for a blink. I lowered my gaze and let the tears shed down.

　　"You will be provided food but remember what I told you. Don't try to act smart," he warned for the last time.

　　"You are my little bird in my cage and it is in my hand to let you fly but if I don't want that to happen then I am the type of person to choke the little bird right between my palm choking it till it breaths its last" he said and smirked when I looked up at him shocked.

　　I was never really afraid of Zachary but what he just told me made me scared to the point to where I just wanted to run away and hide from him and never ever show him my face. I know that he has done so many wrong things with me but I never really thought that he would ever hurt me. Somewhere deep down I used to think that maybe he isn't what he is presenting before every one especially before me. Maybe he is trying to save me. From that Nicholas.

　　But whatever I was thinking what just an exception. I knew at that moment that whatever I was feeling and thinking for him were false. He wasn't what I thought and I wasn't what he was forcefully trying to make me. A bird.

　　After saying those words he just shut the door on my face and locked the door with me inside. I banged on the door and even begged to let me out but my prayers were unheard and I remained inside the room sobbing. A man would come to the room and the door was only opened for him to give me my food. I tried to barge out but I was pushed back in by two bulky men back inside the living hell.

　　Since then it has been two days. Two days since I have gone out and I have been trapped as he calls me a bird trapped inside a cage guarded by snakes. My condition was worst even then that bird because in my case my life is not the only little pity one who would suffer, but my family's life was also in threat because of me.

　　But I had enough now. I don't really care anymore now. It will be better if I die. I won't ever need to suffer any longer.

　　Splashing water few times in my face, I made up my mind that I just had enough.

　　If death is written on my fate then nobody can change it. Why keep crying thinking that your life is in the hand of someone else. I will not cry anymore. I wouldn't cry anymore. And I will not fear my fate. Why would I? It is my life and I won't let any one handle it. Nobody.

　　I took a bath and shampooed my hair and when I was done I went back inside the room and changed my clothes. My hair was wet and I let it dry naturally. I looked at the food that was on the plate, untouched.

　　I took the plate and sat on the couch.

　　"You will be needing energy," I muttered to myself looking at the food.

　　After finishing my food, I went to the window and opened it. I huffed at the sight of people guarding down my window and the whole house.

　　Why is this tight security?

　　Who is that person who is causing all this to be done?

　　Is he more powerful than Zachary?

　　Through all those people my eyes glanced towards the gate where I saw a black sleek car pulling over.

　　Zachary's car!