Chapter 37 Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Chapter 37
Charlottes POV
We fell asleep, and I woke up some time later. I had heard a noise in the room. At first, I thought that it was Marcus; however, it was not. Someone was in the corner of the room. I could not see who it was. I got up and tried to find a candle to grab and go see who it was. I wanted to wake Marcus; however, I wanted to make sure that I was not waking him up for no reason. I walked over to the corner, and I was stabbed with a knife. I dropped to my knees, and I tried to scream. However, I could not because someone had covered my mouth with their hand.
" Keep your mouth shut, wench."
I knew the voice. It was Jack. I was bleeding profusely. He must have hit a bad spot. It was in excruciating pain. I was bleeding really badly. He dragged me out of the room. I tried to fight him, but I was getting weaker and weaker from the blood loss. I did my best to fight. But it was not working. I then blacked out. When I woke up again, I was tied to a tree. We were still on the island. He had a fire going, and there was a metal rod in the fire. What was he going to do with that? He grabbed it out of the fire and went over to me. He then pushed the hot end against the wound.
I screamed in pain. I was sure someone had heard me screaming, or at least I hoped so. In between breaths, I asked him.
" Why are you doing this?"
"You are eminent, and since you have advent been marked yet, I'm going to mark you."
I knew what he meant. He was going to tattoo his name on me. However, I didn't see anything to tattoo with. He then took the knife out of his boot and walked over to me. He grabbed my leg and was about to cut me. I kicked him as hard as I could. I knew I could not get away because I was tied up. But maybe I could fight him long enough for help to come. He grabbed my leg and stabbed it. Again, I screamed in pain. Then, as if he had come from heaven, Marcus was there. His eyes were glowing red, or so, that is what I thought I saw. He jumped down, ran over to me, and untied me. He then took his shirt off and tied it around my leg.
" Im sorry, baby."
I passed out at that point. When I woke up again, I was back in bed. Marcus was sleeping in a chair, watching over me. I tried to move, and I screamed in pain. Marcus jumped up and ran to my bedside.
" Are you OK, baby?"
" I hurt."
He quickly got me a cup of wine with opium in it.
" Here, baby, drink this."
I slowly sipped it.
" Marcus, it wasn't your fault that Jack got into the house."
" We will talk about it later."
I fell back to sleep. I was in and out of consciousness. When I was finally able to wake up fully, I touched my stomach. Where I had been stabbed, there were stitches, and where I was stabbed in my leg, there were also stitches. Marcus was sleeping in the chair again. I tried to move, but it hurt, and I held my breath. I did not want to wake him. I needed to use the chamber pot. I got up and walked very slowly towards the little room that was the bathroom. The floor squeaked, and again Marcus jumped up fully awake.
" Baby, what are you doing?"
" I need to go to the bathroom."
" Let me help you."
He picked me up and carried me to the bathroom. He helped me sit down and go to the bathroom. He then carried me back to bed. I looked at the bed, and it had blood on the sheets.
" You bled a lot, and we had to close your stitches several times."
I noticed that there was a new tattoo on my wrist. It was roses with his name in it. I looked at him.
" I'm sorry, but after what Jack tried to do to you, I had it done while you were sleeping. "
" OK."
That was all I could say. I really did not know what to say. I knew it was going to happen, but I wanted it done on my leg. It is done now, and there is nothing that could be done about it now. He called for Eleanor, and she came running.
" What is it?"
" Is she ok?"
" Yes, she is she needed to use the bathroom."
" Can you go get some men and get the other mattress out of the spare room?"
" Can also get new sheets and have the men burn the bed."
" Yes MArcus."
He walked over to the chair and sat down and put me in his lap. I laid my head against his chest. Being in his arms was comforting.
" Are you made at Charlotte?"
I did not know how to answer that. I was, but I wasn't.
" Marcus, I'm upset that you did not wait for me to wake up to tattoo me."
" I wanted the tattoo on my leg not on my wrist."
" However, you can not change anything, so it's fine."
I rested my head against him. I felt weak and was thirsty. I didn't want to move, and I was hungry.
" I love you Marcus."
" I love you too."
We continued to sit in the chair while they changed everything. Eleanor looked at my stomach and my leg.
" You will heal nicely, sweetie."
She then kissed me on top of my head and left the room. After everyone left, he carried me back to bed and laid me down gently. He crawled onto the bed and lay next to me. I moved his arm and lay my head on his chest. He gently rubbed my arm.
" Where did you tattoo my name?"
" I tattooed it on my wrist also.'
He showed me where he got tattooed. His tattoo of a skull was, in the eyes, my name. He kissed me on top of the head and again said.
" I love you."
" I love you too."
I closed my eyes and rested on his chest. After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.