CASSIUS POV

My body shook with fright. The fear ran through my blood as I searched every corner for her. Where could she have gone? What if she was in their hands?

Oh God! I didn't want to imagine the torture she could be facing. Closing my eyes tightly to drown my negative thoughts, ‘she would be okay', I reassured myself.

'Excuse me ma'am, might you have seen a blonde girl? She's a bit chubby, blue eyes?’, I asked a woman who was a stall owner by the roadside. She looked at me, confused before shaking her head negatively.

I knew I looked nothing close to composed. My usual neatly...