Anneliese watched the man sitting in front of the fireplace, his eyes fixed on the book in his hands and she wandered, "How did he find out that she was imprisoned in the dungeon?" She was about to ask when she heard a knock and the lord replied, "Come in!"
It was the butler who didn't glance at Anneliese but turned to his Lord and said, "Milord, the food is ready to be served!"
"Hmm serve the food and leave" ordered Vincenzo and the butler was quick to serve the food for the lady and left the room.
"Eat" Anneliese heard him and she replied, "Hmm! Thankyou for rescuing me and everything else. I don't know how will I return the favor!" Hearing her words, one side of his lips curled up but he didn't remarked anything.
Anneliese was quick to dive into food as she was starved since yesterday noon and finished her food. Embarrassed to ask for more food even after finishing the whole bowl of porridge and glass of juice, she looked up at the man in front of her with her pursed lips.
"What?" asked Vincenzo meeting her eyes and he heard her, "I want more food!" Vincenzo's lips twitched and he said, "For a small body as yours, you have quite some appetite!"
"It's not like that! I did not ate since yesterday!" retorted Anneliese
Getting up he went near the bed and pulled a chain and quickly the butler who standing right outside the room arrived.
"Bring one more bowl of porridge and a bowl of hot soup also" ordered Vincenzo and the butler bowed, "Right away Milord" and left.
After the next bowl of porridge and soup, Anneliese yawned.
Placing her on the bed, Vincenzo said, "I am leaving. A maid will come, let her tend your wounds. Don't wear the night dress as it will obstruct your wounds and sleep on your front for some time."
"No one else will come to this room when I am asleep, right?" questioned Anneliese
"Yes. No one else will enter the room" confirmed Vincenzo and saw the girl nod in relief.
Anneliese saw the man leave and as he said, in a minute, the maid arrived who helped her bathe with a bowl in her hand. She removed her night gown and laid on the bed on her front. Without uttering a word, the maid applied the paste she made as instructed by the physician on her wounds. Anneliese felt sharp sting when the paste touched the deep wounds she has received. When the maid was done tending her wounds, she heard the maid speak, "I will be right outside the room Milady. You can pull the chain right next to the bed in case you will need anything" Anneliese hummed and thanked the maid, "Thankyou!"
As the pain started to reduce, Anneliese finally drifted to sleep.
Far away, in the Sicilian Empire, Gabriel finally reached his house from the dungeon where he came to know, the girl has escaped from his clutches. Throwing his coat on the couch, he loosened his tie and went to the kitchen. Filling up a glass with water, he took two large gulps when he heard some noise coming from the hall which made him frown. Putting the glass down, he went to check the hall room and looked around but there was no one. When he was about to reach the staircase, Gabriel heard a deep yet threatening voice, "Touching what's Mine! You have quite some nerve!"
Alarmed, he turned around and noticed a shadow sitting on the couch. Reaching near the person, he was about to speak, when the person turned his head and his blood red eyes met his black ones. Gabriel who have seen the lord few times with the Envoy, quickly recognized the person and bowed his head before saying, "Lord Vincenzo! You are here at this time. It must be something really urgent but I... I don't know what you are talking about!!"
"You see the thing is no one is allowed to look at the things that belongs to me but not only you set your eyes on her but dared to touch her with those filthy hands of yours! So yeah it is quite urgent" said Vincenzo with an unreadable expression
Gabriel who knew, the girl was taken by the royal soldiers of the Kingdom of Versimoil, the realization of what the lord is talking about seeped into his mind. He gulped down the nervousness before lying, "Lord Vincenzo, there is some misunderstanding. I did not touched the girl and it was the Envoy who ordered the head guard to whip her as a punishment!"
Standing up from the couch, Vincenzo moved in front of the human and it was enough for Gabriel to move backward. Vincenzo smirked and asked, "Don't you think it's rude not to ask the Lord for a glass of water?"
Offering a bow, Gabriel quickly apologized and rushed to the kitchen followed by Vincenzo. Filling up the glass, he offered the water to the Lord.
Vincenzo moved up his left hand but instead of the glass, he caught hold of man's hand and in one swift motion, placed it on the platform before he detached the human's palm from his arm by running his dagger through his wrist. The human screamed because of the sudden shock of pain and fell on the floor before begging for mercy from the ruthless Lord.
Vincenzo gave him a threatful smile before he let the man know, "I don't do sparing"