_Nokukhanya's POV_

I walked with Tina to my car, parked in the crowded parking lot of the Mall of Africa. We had just finished a lovely lunch and coffee, catching up on each other's lives. As we approached my car, I felt a sudden sting on my neck. I tried to brush it off, thinking it was just a mosquito bite. But before I could even react, everything went black.

I don't remember anything after that. Just darkness.

_Nkosi's POV_

I paced back and forth in my living room, my phone glued to my ear. Unathi, Samkelo, and Sakhile were all gathered around me, their faces etched with concern.

"Unathi, have you found her?" I asked, my voice tight with worry.

"Not yet, Nkosi," Unathi replied calmly. "But we're doing everything we can. We've checked her favorite spots, called her friend ... we'll find her."

But as the hours passed, we had no luck. Nokukhanya's phone was still unreachable, and no one had seen her since she left the Mugg and Bean with Tina.

I was getting frustrated. Where could she be? Why wasn't she answering my calls?

"Guys, we need to think," I said, gathering my friends around me. "Where could she be? Who could she be with?"

Samkelo spoke up. "We know she was with Tina. Maybe we should talk to her."

I nodded. "Let's go."

But before we left, I had an idea. "You know what? Let's split up. Unathi and Samkelo, can you go to the Mall of Africa and check the cameras? See if you can find any footage of Nokukhanya leaving with Tina."

Unathi nodded. "We're on it."

Sakhile and I headed to Tina's house, but she wasn't there. Her phone was unreachable too.

This was getting weirder by the minute.

As we stood outside Tina's house, I felt a chill run down my spine. Something was off. Something was very wrong.

Sakhile placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder. "Nkosi, we'll find her. Don't worry."

But as I looked around at the darkening streets, I couldn't shake off the feeling that we were running out of time.

Just then, Unathi and Samkelo returned, their faces grim.

"What did you find?" I asked, my heart racing.

Unathi shook his head. "Nothing. We checked the cameras, but there's no footage of Nokukhanya leaving with Tina."

Samkelo added, "We even talked to the security guards, but no one saw anything suspicious."

I felt a wave of frustration wash over me. Where could she be?

And then, just as we were about to leave, I saw something that made my blood run cold.

A piece of paper on Tina's doorstep, with a message scrawled in red ink:

"Nokukhanya is mine now. Unless I have what I want . If I can't have you , no one will"

My heart stopped. Fuckk! Tina !! Where was Nokukhanya?

I knew then that this was no ordinary disappearance.

This was something sinister.

And I was going to find out what it was, no matter what it took.

Suddenly my phone rang , it was an unknown number , I answered

"Hello?" ..... "Khanya??!!!!"

"If you want her to, meet me at the location I sent at midnight "

" what do you want " * pings a message gets in *

"(Laughing ) you know what I want" the person hung up ..