Chapter １５

"Hi, May I know you? Where's Anika? Is she lived here?" I asked her about using my beautiful smile.

She's pretty too but a little nerdy type kind of girl. She wrapped her arms around her because a cold wind suddenly came by and brush our hair which made me feel frozen too.

" I'm her secretary Denise. How about you? Did she know you? You made neighbors awake you know. It's only four in the morning, sir!" She was kinda felt irritated about me bombarding their territory.

I smirked and took a sigh.

"I'm so sorry about that. Anyway, I'm Jerick, Anika's ex-boyfriend. Can you call her for me? I badly want to meet her!" I beg to make my puffy eyes on her.

"Oh, I don't think she's awake now. Can you come back later?" She tried to pursue me to come back but I insisted.

She took a deep breath.

"Okay. Follow me." She said and let me come into the mansion. I waited outside the main door.

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Thirty minutes later

Anika ambled downstairs in a jacket and a nightgown. She's a bit worried because she was Ariana and she had only the face of Anika. She doesn't know what to tell him.

"I can do this!" She whispered to herself as she came into the living room and saw the guy, I mean Anika's past lover.

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Anika Pov

"Hey!" I called him because he was looking at the pictures on the wall.

He turned around and I saw the features of his looks and I can see that he seems not a nice guy. I could sense that he may be coming back because Anika was now a successful woman in the world of business. He looks so manly though with those rounded green eyes he had, his small but pointed nose and lips so kissable. His biceps fitted perfectly in his grey fitted t-shirt and black jeans that made him look simple but hot.

I stared at her from head to toe. I gulped a bit because he's not bad for a guy but why did he be her past lover now? He quickly stretched his lips from ear to ear for a bright smile. The most unanticipated things that happened is when he quickly walked closer towards me and envelope his arms around my back.

" I miss you, Anika! I did! I'm so sorry because I left you on our wedding day!" He was crying on my shoulders.

I don't know what to do. So this is why he came back? How rude is he? So Anika was broken all this time that's why she looks as cold as a military in an airforce.

I pushed him away. I don't know. I just did.

"Go away! I don't want to see you again! Not this time!" I yelled at him.

I don't know. Maybe, I felt what Anika was feeling right now. But why I felt hurt too? Why I was mad at him? But the worst thing I felt was the feeling in my heart, why I felt so warm to see him again this time? I thought she forgets about him forever but why I feel so into him? Doesn't that mean, Anika still love him? No! It's my soul now so I was the one who experienced it.

"Please, don't leave me. I know what I did was unforgivable but I want to make amends! Please!" He forces me to accept him as nothing happened in the past.

I shook my head. I set my eyes on him and I saw his teary eyes. He looks so down but this has nothing to do with me.

I turned around to go back upstairs to my bedroom.

"But, I'll come back. I know you still love me, Anika!" He shouted before Denise lead him to the gate.

As I went inside my room, I slammed my body on my bed and I took a deep breath.

I want to go back to sleep again. I need to relax my mind. I wish I can doze off a bit because going to her company made my head ache.

Anika gasp in the air when she opens her eyes. She immediately got up from the couch where she was sleeping. She cupped her forehead with her palm.

"What is that? A genie? I saw myself in my dream but she's was not me inside!" She said trying to recall her dream.

Anika POV (inside Ariana)

Maybe there was a sign inside my dream. That genie who appeared there was real and maybe he can help us to get back from our bodies.

I roamed my eyes around me and I saw the door was left clear. I quickly got up and find Karl.

I search for him inside his room and at the bathroom but he's not there. I began to suspect him. I'm afraid he would tell the King about me. I need to get away from here. I made my way out to his house. I ran as fast as I can. I don't know where I'm going but I need to stay alive or else I will stay here in this era forever.

As I got off to the road, I saw soldiers marching and they're coming into Karls's house. The worst part is I saw him with them. I feel betrayed and helpless.

"Why he did it? I trusted him!" I said as I went behind the tree to hide from them.

This place isn't safe for me. I had to find a person who can help me. Jarl was a traitor. I won't forget his face and if I meet him again, I will cut off his head.

Karl POV

I can't sleep tonight. My conscience was telling me to take her back to the King. I won't let her ruined my life. They will kill me once they found out that I let a slave stay in my house, sheltered her, and let her sleep.

"Here, she's sleeping when I went out but where the hell she go?" I told them.

The soldiers turned their heads to me and I think they were pissed and mad at me.

" I swear, she's here! Maybe she's near here somewhere! I'm not lying!" I protested towards them.

I'm sure, they will kill me because I lead them all the way here without the strange girl.

"Take him!" the head shoulder ordered them.

"No! Please I'm telling the truth!" I kept screaming as they dragging me out of my house.

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Anika saw Karl going outside with the soldiers and she feels sorry for him at first but she can't blame him. Maybe he wants to use me as a bargain so that they will pay him money.

"I'm so sorry Karl but I want my life back!" Anika mumbled as she went inside the wilderness.

She had to find someone who can help her.

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Anika was been wandering inside the jungle. It's almost five hours and she's already thirsty, tired, and sleepy.

She found a little house and she went inside to check if someone was staying there. It's quiet but there was a dim light inside like someone recently came here.

"Hello, anybody home?" I cried out but I only hear the echo of my voice.

I think there's no one here.

I walked barefooted and when I sat to check my feet, I feel sorry for them because there were cuts everywhere. It's painful and I need to disinfect it with clean water. If there are alcohol and betadine here, it's convenient for me but this place is not like in the modern era. I remember when I was a student, ancient, and people in the medieval era used herbal and cult to treat people with their wounds.

I scattered my vision and I found a bottle of water on the small table. I'm glad I found one. I found a clean cotton fabric on the shelf. I took it and started to clean my wounds. I don't know what I'm doing here and why my life turned out this way but I am here now. I need to stay brave like I am before. I became helpless here and useless. I won't let anyone takedown on me. I'm the Sangria Luna of my packs. I'm the leader and the ruler.

After finishing the final touch of dressing up my wounds, my eyelids became heavy like it's going to drop down anytime. My body feels tired and I became drowsy.

I had no idea when was the time I fell asleep.