....The Captive Bride....
#### ** [scene: Dark Warehouse - Midnight] **
(*The smell of damp concrete and gasoline persists in the air. The weak hum of distant traffic is the only sign of life. The only flashing bulb throws frightening shadows on the walls. Alina Khan sits on a cold metal chair, wrist bound, wrists bound, wrist, bound wrist,**
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#### ** Alina (whispering, trembling) **
"Where am I, who am I? Who are you? Why did you bring me here?"
#### ** zayan (cold, arm exceeding) **
"You are finally awake. I started to think you would sleep through your own destiny."
#### ** Alina (panicked, fighting ropes) **
"My fate? What are you talking about? Let me go!"
#### ** zayan (tilting closer, voice like ice) **
"Let you go? That would be too kind. Your family took something from me, Alina Khane. Now I'm taking something from them - you."
#### ** Alina (breathes hard, eyes throw around the room) **
"You have to be wrong! My family would never -"
#### ** zayan (ridicule of laughter) **
"Save me innocence. Your father betrayed mine. He destroyed my family. I grew up and knew one thing - I would make him pay. And what better way than to take his most valuable property?"
#### ** Alina (forcibly shook his head) **
"No! It's not fair! I have nothing to do with my father's past. You can't punish me for something I haven't done!"
#### ** zayan (hard, chin grip) **
"Righteous? Life isn't fair, sweetheart. And whether you like it or not, you're mine now."
#### ** Alina (eyes spread in horror, cracking of voice)
"W-what do you mean?"
#### ** zayan (grinning, releases chin, resignation) **
"We get married."
(*Silence. Words hang in the air as a death penalty. Alin's breath comes in short for breath, her mind tries to understand the horror before her.*)
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"No ... No, you can't do it. You can't force me!"
#### ** zayan (shrug, pulling out the document from your pocket)
"I've already done it. The papers are ready. Your father signed them in exchange for your brother's life."
#### ** Alina (stunned, voice barely whisper) **
"My ... my brother?"
#### ** zayan (ridiculous smile, enjoying misery) **
"Yes. Adeel Khan. He thought he could be a hero. He played his life and lost. Your father had a choice - you or him. He chose you."
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"Lhrova!"
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"See you alone."
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#### ** Alina (Whispering, Laredly) **
"He ... did he really do it?"
#### ** zayan (cold) **
"Yes. And now you belong to me."
#### ** Alina (screwing teeth, voice rising in range) **
"They'll never accept it! You can force me, but I will never be yours!"
#### ** zayan (darkly laughing, approaching, voice dripping with amusement) **
"This is where you are wrong, Alino. Because tomorrow you will be my wife. Whether you like it or not."
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#### ** Alina (fighting, shouting) **
"No! Let me go!"
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"Take her to the headquarters. She must prepare for our wedding."
(*Guards pull Alina out of the warehouse when her shouts echoed into the night. Zayan watches without emotion, his eyes dark determination. He was waiting for years - now he won't return.*)
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#### ** [scene: Malik Mansion - wedding room] **
(*Alina sits on a plush white bed, shaking her hands. The room is great - too great for someone who feels like a prisoner. There is a luxury wedding dress before her, her fine lace mocking her suffering.*)
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#### ** Alina (murmured for herself, eyes burning with non -matt tears) **
"It doesn't happen ... it's not real ..."
(*The door opens and an older woman - patel enters.
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#### ** lady. Patel (quietly, placed food storage tank) **
"You should eat, dear. You'll need your strength."
#### ** Alina (shook his head, whispers) **
"How can you be a part of it? How can you stand and see how an innocent girl is forced to marry?"
#### ** lady. Patel (sigh, sadness flashing in her eyes) **
"Because I saw what vengeance was doing to man. Zayan is not a boy he once was. His pain has turned him into it."
#### ** Alina (ridicule, voice full of bitterness) **
"It doesn't justify what he does."
#### ** lady. Patella (nod, quietly) **
"No, it's not. But the fight against him just gets worse."
(*Alina turns away, her heart pounds. She refuses to accept this fate. There must be a way out ... must be.*)
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#### ** [scene: Wedding Hall - Next Morning] **
(*The Great Hall is decorated beautifully, but for Alina it's like a funeral. It stands in front of a massive mirror dressed in ivory wedding dress, her face pale, her eyes dead.*)
(*Doors open and Zayan enters, dressed in black sherwani, radiating power and control.*)
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#### ** zayan
"You look beautiful, Mrs. Malik *."
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"I hate you."
Zayan (laughs, whispering in her ear)
"Okay. Hate is as powerful as love. And you won't know the difference soon."
.....Continue.....