After he was done memorizing her features, a sense of fury and determination was evoked inside his heart, yes he was determined to find the culprit behind this and he would definitely make sure that he will personally punish that person for hurting his Evelina.
"Rose, rest well. When you wake up, the culprits who made you like this will be waiting for you to punish them, the way you want" James said softly as he lightly held onto Evelina's hand.
James felt suffocated, as he looked at Evelina, he felt like he could not breath. He stood up and left the room, his steps heavy he did not know why but his heart was in bitter pain and agony.
////////// ONE MONTH LATER //////////
Inside the chamber Evelina was resting in, the temperature was very high with hot breeze blowing throughout the room.
If it was any other person they would be sweating profusely and would not be able to take such a temperature as it would have felt like they were being burned like a barbecuing chicken.
Yet Evelina was lying on the bed motionless yet her expression peaceful and serene like previous one month. The only difference being her dress and bed covers which were changed to a different one from the before.
That is what is seemed like with a casual glance but after closer inspection or the ones who have been observing her since past one month would realize the change in her skin tone.
Her skin was regaining its previous pinkish hue back, it was not as pale as a sheet of paper now, she felt more like a porcelain doll which came back to life.
Her eyes slowly fluttered open along with the temperature slowly starting to drop. Evelina slowly opened her eyes, her eyes slowly yet steadily adjusting to the bright light.
For the past one month she felt like she was completely surrounded with hot air, it felt extremely hot yet was not unbearable.
Evelina sat up on her bed slowly, her movements full of elegance. She was carefully took in her surrounds, that is when the previous memories started to resurface.
After a while she remembered everything, a small lazy smile full of warmth hung on her lips loosely, when the last voice she remembered belonged to James and he was calling her out the usual way.
She was more than happy, when James addressed her the same. At first inside her heart there was some indescribable pain and fear when she saw the blank expression on James's face when she entered the Great Hall, and all along the same expression followed which sowed fear in her heart.
Little did she know that James was so mesmerized by her poise and elegance that he forgot to react.
Relief washed over her heart when James addressed her without her titles just the way she wanted him to address her. She was distressed with the thought of loosing her only friend, though she considered others as her friends as well but she felt an unusual sense of familiarity with him.
She felt that she could share anything and everything with him, she was not afraid that after her identity was revealed he won't be same just like her previous failed friendships.
Though she wanted to reveal her identity to him, she was afraid that he will also turn out like others but she was now happy that he was not, he was not afraid of being punished when he addressed her without her titles and she was happy to know that, she was happy for finding a true friend.