Prince Of Passion

"Loving him is a sin; of that I’m fully aware. But a sinner I am". Ruth slowly closed her book and lay back on her beach bed near the swimming pool. A ray of sunlight amused itself on her curly hair.She is peacefully asleep on her home feeling the warmth of the sun. ------------------------------------------ "Ruth.....Ruth"-I woke up with a start at the sound of my brother Yakob.I slightly pulled myself on my elbows and raised my head. "Good morning Yakob"-I wished him. Yakob is one of the young successful business man in the country.Ruth is his younger sister. "Darling, its already half past eight, you are still sleeping. It's your first day for this academic year. Do you wanna call attention to yourself by being late"-Yakob advised. "Brother..... I will go on time... don't worry...". Actually I am very excited to go to University. It has been 3 months since I last saw him. Thinking about him made me enthusiastic. His name Mr. Johann, he is our assistant professor in Psychology. He has got a dark brown eyes with a strand of hair coming close to his left eye. Tall and masculine, he got a husky voice. It's not his appearance but the energy I felt around him made me attracted to him. I feel like I am on seventh heaven with him. He too loves me. After my graduation we thought to express ourselves to our family. But for last three months, he haven't contacted much. He told me he is having some family issues and business things.So today I am all excited to meet him again after 3 long months of vacation. I put on a matte black sweater with a dark green miniskirt . A maroon lipstick of his choice. Oh I want to be seen as a diva to him... I sound devilish.. hmm... okay.. anyways I am all excited to meet him.. let's go.. ******************************************* Oh my dear University, how much I missed you. I really like to romanticize everything as I am in love.But every enthusiam went away after 2 hours of continuous lecture by some old granny. I am eagerly waiting for my Johann but he is not to be seen. "Hey gorgeous, waiting for me?"-A text came from him via messenger. "Where are you? I can't see you anywhere!"- I am irritated but I feel like my energy is thriving back on me. "Babe... let's meet at evening near Newmoon Woodlands, I will be there and we can enjoy ourselves."-That text gave me a chill down my spine. Tonight? Alone with him? I think I kept my heart on a racing car. Its flaring up. Adrenaline is rushing through my veins. I blushed. Later on all lectures whether it's granny or grandpa I don't care, I simply daydreamt about us... our life together.. our children... our home... It is such a delight. At 4pm, all classes got completed. It was an hectic day but still I am in my full energy.I just bid adieu to my buddies. I soon went to the washroom to fresh myself up. Put a little roosh and did my hair well. I applied his favourite scent Krigler Lovely Patchouli 55 Classic, an expensive gift from Yakob. Around 5pm,I started driving to woodlands, the location did surprise me a bit because its so unusual for him to choose such place instead of a restaurant. On my way to Newmoon woodlands, I texted Yakob saying that I will be late as I am with my bestfriend Nissy for the seminar preparation. I lied to my brother... But I am so much in love. All the way from here to there I sung myself to a hundred songs. I am currently driving near to the woodlands. The canopy is already overshadowing the road and darkness creeps in. I thought to myself why in hell does Johann wants me to be in this place.?. May be he want to give me a surprise.Suddenly I lost track of my GPS. As I was working on my GPS connection, something suddenly hopped infront of my car. I applied maximum pressure to my brakes making my car stop after some metres. I saw a man dripping in blood. God damn, f*** it. I cursed myself. what I saw later was something I clearly want to escape my memory and conscious. In the bright headlight, I saw another man (I have seen him earlier but I don't know who he is) transforming himself to be a giant animal.... specifically a wolf...... that thing snarled on the poor human.... the wolf suddenly clutched the other man's collar and dragged him away. I sat in my car, startled and frightened from head to toe. I don't know what happened. My heart skipped a beat. I am frightened to death. I don't know what to do. I just want to drive back from here. I tried to calm myself down which was an absolute failure. I dialed Johann's number, but server isn't responding. This f**kng place have no network. I tried to regain my sense. I took a reverse from the road. But suddenly that wolf came infront of my car. With the headlights, I could clearly see its predator instinct.Its snarling at me. I am dead I felt.. My whole body is paralyzed at the moment. Suddenly that bloody wolf turned to a human. A young masculine tall man. I know him... I remember him.. it's Ezekiel.... oh my God, IT'S EZEKIEL... our university's founder's son. The prodigal son of Mr. Alexander Theore.. He is a wolf?? A man hunter?? Curiosity rushed through my brain, unaware of the fact that I am his next prey.... An easy prey. With a quick pull, he opened the car door. Now I am exposed to him. I squeezed my eyes shut. "Why are you here?"-a deep, low- pitched yet a powerful voice came over me. Words and sentences ran out of my body. "Who are you? Why are you here?"-He asked me again but this time he squeezed my forearm. I opened my eyes. In that darkness, I could clearly see the glittering eyes of him.He squeezed my arm more. "Ezekiel!"-I spoke out as he squeezed my arm more and it hurted me. He twitched his eyebrows in surprise. "You know me?"-he asked. I found a little courage. "I study in your university"-I whimpered. He quickly grabbed a gun from his side pocket and aimed at my forehead. Death is something I wish least now at this moment. I don't want to die. The night which should have been the most beautiful moment of my life is now turning to be the most disastrous one. Or may be my last one. I want to see Johann now. Is he safe? What if he comes here and be captured by this animal? I got a bit scared. Abruptly, Yakob's face came to my mind. My sweet brother. If I go from here, who will be there for him. My eyes overflowed even with that thought. My heart began to ache. I could clearly feel the stretching of my neck muscles as I control my tears. Realizing, it isn't Johann I love the most but its my brother Yakob the one I love the most. If I get a chance, I will straightly go to Yakob and apologize him for the lies I told him and never ever leave his side. I pleaded him, "Please, don't do it... Please don't kill me.........Ezekiel please don't kill me...Look...I am alive, look at me..." I took his hand and placed it over my chest with a hope that he will leave me. "Feel my heart is beating. My warm blood is running through my veins.... Please I am alive, don't do it..... Nobody is born bad...I don't know what you went through to become such, but there is some goodness left inside you..." "woman"-Ezekiel overshadowed me. "According to you, do I look like a person who will listen to this, ugh? So don't tire yourself too much". Ezekiel is cold and arrogant. I have seen him a few times in campus. He will always stand tall and staffs and boardmembers are always in terror about him.But now I have to figure out to do something vital. "Okay,then shoot, shoot me" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "But do remember my brother Yakob Ferneadiz will come and find you. My blood won't remain in this ground for too long. He will take your soul. Don't ever forget that". An infinite amount of strength ran through my body. It wasn't submission but it was to fight till my last breath. Ezekiel didn't seem to move. Tears kept on running from my eyes. I closed my eyes, surrendering myself to death for something I never did. "Is Yakob Ferneadiz your brother?"-Ezekiel interrogated. "Yes, he is my brother "-I whimpered. "Do you wanna live?"-He questioned. A ray of hope came upon me... with a tearful eyes, I nodded yes to him. He slowly removed his gun from me. He gently stroked my lock of hair and "You have to marry me"-He demanded. I couldn't believe my ears. I can't marry this animal. He is just pretending to be a human, but in real he is an animal. "Listen If you want to live, you should marry me and take my last name as yours. We don't harm those who are on of us. I will protect you."-He reassured me. It is fogging inside my brain. How can I marry him? I don't even know or love him... "Your life and your death are in your hands now.. The decision is yours"-Ezekiel said. "I don't understand "-I whimpered. "You won't get an another chance. Either you marry me or you die."-He commanded. I looked around. We are in the middle of some forest. Frightful silence came between us, as if whole of the forest wants to hear my voice. I am awakened now by the distant howling of some wolves. If I say no, I will be their dinner. If I say yes, I will be one among them. "Is it the only solution?" I asked him politely. "yeah"-He said coldly. I mumbled something. "I cannot hear you!"-He replied. "God damn it, I agree"-Tears rolled out of my green eyes. Ezekiel is such a cold and brutal man. Spending some minutes with him is unacceptable to me. How can I spend my life with him. "What is your name, then?"he questioned me. "RUTH"- sorrow for one's own fault. "Ruth Ferneadiz."