"Breath....... Deep Breath...... And More Deep Breath......" Iris told herself while walking out of the principal's office. There was an attorney and a man present in the Principal's room who was discussing her. Dimitrios made it very clear that she would be allowed in the middle of the semester to continue her study. But the fact of being watched or tracked every time was added as a bonus. Even though she was introduced as a relative of some unknown powerful businessman who preferred to let her study in one of the renowned schools, the reality didn't change a little.  Iris didn't know how they would keep on tracking her but with the way Dimitrios had threatened her, she understood how hard it would be for her to escape this web of lies and complications.  "Breath....." Iris scolded herself again remembering how those men sent by Dimitrios made it clear to the principal to keep an eye on her.  Upon imagining all sorts of techniques to flee away

"A fighter doesn’t have a gender. Win the fight and get your freedom.” Iris blinked her eyes twice to understand what exactly he had just said.  "My freedom?" The major word that left her mouth was "My freedom" only.  "Yes. Your freedom. Win the fight and get what you want." Dimitrios laughed walking away leaving her there in front of Jim.  "But you know this is unfair," Iris screamed in agony.  "Keep screaming but remember it won't help you win. I wonder how pathetic you could be. If I were at your place, I would have grabbed this opportunity instead of crying over the situation." Dimitrios turned towards her to give a long speech.  "But you know I would lose."  "So pessimistic. No fight is lost until someone tries it. You seriously need to be taught a lot." Chuckling a little Dimitrios walked to the chair where he was sitting earlier.  "Now hurry up girl. I don't have the whole day f

"How do you feel now?" Maria asked Iris while making breakfast for everyone.  "Better. But my body aches a lot." Iris flexed her right arm before grabbing a piece of apple. "Training must be tough right?" Maria placed those plates on the small food trolley and extended her hand towards Iris. It was her responsibility to serve them breakfast along with Maria. "Jim is not that bad what I had thought earlier. But he is strict about his schedule." Iris made a sour face remembering her recent training days in the basement. Jim was assigned to train her. Especially in the morning before anyone wakes up. She had to go down in proper attire to get trained. At first, she was scared and with time Jim made it easier for her. She understood that Dimitrios's decision couldn't be altered by any force. But she could make use of it. Instead of crying over the same matter, she could make herself strong and worthy enough to break this cage.  "Good then. How i

"Tell me what can you do to save him."  "What?" Iris couldn't believe her ears when Dimitrios pronounced such words with no emotions plastered on his face. Leaving the clutch on his suit, Iris drew her hand back and maintained a distance of a few feet from Dimitrios. His hands were still gripping her wrists but she pushed her body back to create an unforgivable distance. The thunder roared for the nth time bringing a huge amount of rain outside. She could see through the corner of her eyes the balcony getting drenched in heavy downfall. As if nature was pouring every ounce of tears watching her miseries. The lightning showed her and the sound made her shiver even being inside the room.  Heavy wind flow crashed against the glass making her widen her eyes.  "What happened. I asked you something." Dimitrios jerked her body holding her hands to get her out from the trance she was sleeping into.  "Daniel knows nothing about you. He is i

Days passed, the complications never ended. Igor was furious watching the increasing load of work, training, and academics on Iris. The girl was not even getting time to breathe. Dimitrios became more reluctant to hear any of Igor's words for Iris. Maria was tired of handling Dimitrios's weird demands like waking Iris up early in the morning for training or making her run fast in the tracks. Sometimes she wondered what Dimitrios was trying to do.    Iris was sitting for dinner beside Dimitrios as it became quite a new trend in the house. Igor was having his food but only Iris was moving her fork and spoon here and there on her plate. Picking up a small portion of the meat she tried to gulp it down for the second time. The strange smell made her a little nauseous and she couldn't understand how her appetite had actually gone. "Is everything fine Iris? Do you want something else?" Maria asked watching her plate but she just nodded her head.