Chapter 53 Chapter 53) Cold/ Reality or a dream?
“What”. Priscilla said. Her voice was very weak, and so were her muscles. It felt like they had all gone to deep sleep.
As she tried to get away from Alejandro, she felt weaker and uncomfortable, because her body was heavy like metal.
“What- what do you think you are doing now?”. She asked him as she finally gave up trying to escape him.
“What's wrong with you?”. He asked her and did not stop frowning. Not when he hated her being like this, as it was greatly affecting him, as if he was controlled.
But other than that, he did not like the way he was able to feel how hot her body was against his chest, despite him wearing clothes.
Priscilla chuckled after processing his question. But that was a bad choice, because she ended up coughing, making her head feel heavy, before it changed to being lightheaded.
She stopped coughing, and sounded offended as she said, “Can't you see that I am sick? And whose fault do you think it is?”.
“Ack”. She bit her lower lips in pain after his grip on her hand tightened, like he meant to break it.
“You should mind the way you speak to me”. He threatened her and did not let go, even after hearing her whimper.
She tried to push him away, but she almost laughed at her stupidity, because how could she push him away when she was so weak?
“Yo- you are hurting me”. She stopped struggling and said, as she started feeling dizzy.
But, he didn't let go of her.
Since he refused to let go, she didn't bother asking again and shut her eyes, with her head resting on his chest. She was starting to black out and did not have the strength to argue with him or anyone.
‘I guess she has learned her lesson’. Alejandro thought, and decided to let go of her hand. “Get up. You are not allowed to continue lying on the bed without eating”. He said to her. More like, he ordered her.
But, she remained unmoved.
“Hey”. He called her, but she did not answer him. Neither did she move an inch.
‘Is she ignoring me right now?’. He thought, and held her shoulders, before lifting her off his body to stare at her face.
Once he saw that her eyes were shut, he shook her, in an attempt to make her open her eyes and stare at him, but it did not work.
“What's going on?”. He was beginning to panic, and shook her more than before, but it was the same result.
Her eyes remained closed.
At this point, no one needed to tell him anything, because he had concluded that it was a serious matter.
“Get doctor Jonathan here this instant!”. He yelled, and everyone who stood outside the bedroom panicked, because they had never heard him react that way before.
Within seconds, the sound of hurried footsteps filled the mansion, as they hurried to find Doctor Jonathan and have him brought to the mansion immediately, even without knowing what exactly was going on.
Though some of them had a troubling thought which they did not dare say out loud.
And that was: ‘Did she commit suicide?’.
…
“You can't die under my watch. I won't let you go”.
“Never”.
“So, you had better wake up now”. Alejandro declared, and hugged her to himself, with the hope that his cold body temperature was going to absorb her hot body temperature and make her feel much better.
While Alejandro was busy hugging Priscilla, she was stuck in a dream which felt so real.
‘How did I get here?’. She thought to herself as she stared at her new surroundings and got confused because of the many tall trees that surrounded her.
As she took a step forward, she halted because of the crunchy sound she heard beneath her feet.
And as she eventually looked at the ground, she saw that the ground was covered in snow, making her shocked.
It was clearly summer. So, how come the ground was covered in snow?
How was that possible?
Just as she was wondering how that was possible, she heard a gentle voice behind her, making her turn around almost immediately to stare at the person who was responsible for the voice.
She was stunned after seeing that the voice belonged to one of the little children.
There were three of them.
A boy and two girls, and they looked identical.
“You are going to find them”.
“He is right. You are going to find them. She told us that you are going to find them because of us”.
“She is right. She said that because we are pure of hearts, you will find them with our help, and that everything is going to be alright”.
The children, who looked around four years old, said, before they giggled.
Priscilla was confused and was still trying to understand what was going on, when the children started running towards her, with their hands stretched out towards her.
But before they could reach her side, she got sucked away by something.
It was a strong force, and it took her far away from them.
“What is this?”. She muttered, because she did not understand why she felt so connected with the children. But that was not important.
Everything felt so real to be a dream.
‘I guess I might be hallucinating somewhere in the empty abyss, where I ought to be, as the wolf’. She thought, before her eyes closed, and all she could see was darkness.
Meanwhile, in reality, the mansion was trembling, and everyone who saw Alejandro fell to the ground because, this time around, they believed that he had gone mad and would annihilate them if they did as little as offend him.
“Where is Doctor Jonathan?! Why isn't he here yet?!”. He roared, causing the entire mansion to shake, with half of the maidservants praying to the moon goddess and preparing for death, while the other maidservants and warriors, although their legs gave out, dragged themselves to find a safe hiding spot.
Their hearts were beating like a thousand drums, and with widened and shocked eyes, they actually believed that everything was over for them, and that they had no chance of leaving the mansion alive.