It had been a month now since Presley had been stuck in her room. She hadn't seen Esmira, Ze'ev or Euan for a while. She wondered if Esmira was staring at her in the room with her invisibility—if she even had that power. She was really mad at Ze'ev…even mad was an understatement. He told her that he would be gone for only a few days. How did a few days turn into few weeks!
Another day of being stuck in the sickening room, she laid on the floor reading a book. She laid there for hours switching positions to make herself comfortable.
She suddenly heard car horns, she got up immediately and ran to the window to see who it was.
She saw Euan run out of the car and her lips formed an 'O'. He wasn't around the entire time. She thought he was also locked in like her but turns out he was even in the mansion the entire time. She was the only one in the mansion.
After some seconds of staring at the car accelerate from her sight, she sighed and was about resume her reading when she heard the knob of her door twist. The door opened and Euan emerged from it.
"UNC-" his eyes teared up when he saw only Presley. His uncle told him that he should go visit Aslan for a while that he would be back before he gets back. Ze'ev lied…again. He burst into tears and fell on his butt. He attracted a lot of attention from the workers but they dared not move closer to him unless they wanted to get bitten or scratched. Presley stared at them and they all backed away like they were saying 'not me' silently.
"Euan, you have to stop crying…we don't want you to have an attack" she got close but he scratched her harshly and she screamed. Her skin pierced and started bleeding.
"Your highness" one of the maids screamed and ran to her. Euan stopped crying when he noticed what he had done.
"I am fine…I'm fine" she winced and she covered the wound with her palm. How hard did he scratch her? She was bleeding badly.
"Let me see…" Loïc yanked her palm away from the wound. Seeing blood was making him a little thirsty but he tried not to focus on it.
Presley stared at her bloody palm and stiffened.
"I said stay back!" Her stepmom fell on the floor and she stared at her in shock. The knife that had been in her hand a second ago had been lodged deep in her stepmom's chest and it was bleeding.
So bad.
She sniffed and screamed, she gripped her hair tight not knowing what else to do. Her palms were bloody, so bloody that she tried to wipe it away with the wooden floor. She cried and cried until the world seemed to spin and her eyes seemed heavy
She blacked out.
She heard someone crying beside her…he had been crying for a while now and she was just trying to rest. Her eyes opened slowly and she touched her forehead because of the light headache she was having then noticed an IV drip taped at the back of her hand. She sighed and sat upright on the bed. Looking over to her side, she saw Euan sitting on the floor, crying and sniffing. His nose was dripping and his ears were red.
"Why are you crying?" She asked furrowing her brows. He can't be crying because he hurt her, right?
"You're awake!" He got up and sat on the bed. His eyes lowered after a few seconds and he sniffed again.
"I'm sorry for hurting you" Awwn, the little half was sweet after all.
"You don't have to cry because you hurt me, I am perfectly fine. I've been hurt before you know?" She tried to cheer him up.
"I'm not crying because I hurt you…my uncle is gonna kill me" he burst into sobs again and she rolled her eyes.
Ofcourse he wasn't crying because he hurt her. Why did everyone keep saying Ze'ev was gonna kill them.
"He's not gonna kill you, you're his nephew" she pointed out.
"Not literally, I'm going to get spanked" he wailed. She didn't know when she started laughing.
"Really? I would love to see that" Ze'ev spanking Euan would be a funny scene, wouldn't it. She couldn't help but imagine it.
She didn't even notice that it was the first time in a while that she had laughed this hard.
"Are you laughing at me?" He sniffed
"Is that a crime? Look at what you did to my wrist" she showed him her bandaged arm and he lowered his head. She couldn't help but pity him
"Okay…enough with the sad face. Let's make a deal" his face lit up and he nodded instantly. He must be really scared to be that desperate.
"When he comes back, I'll tell him I fell and scratched myself so you wouldn't get spanked even if I'd love to see the scene…but in return you have to take me away from this room" she explained
"You want to run away from my uncle?" He glared, he was aware that she had been locked in the room for over a month, Ze'ev always did that to him when he disobeyed. It was like she was grounded.
"No…not at all, I don't even think that is possible. But I want to breathe fresh air. You know go out…sightseeing" he looked like he was thinking about it for a while. Though Euan was a small boy, he was very smart and he would know away out of the room one way or the other.
"Deal" they shook hands and both smiled.
She stole Ze'ev T-shirt and sweat pants too. They were big but at least it looked decent to wear out than his shirt.
"I'm ready" she smiled at Euan but he looked a bit confused.
"Don't you have your own clothes?" He asked, respectfully.
"They are too…uncomfortable"she replied.
"Okay, come with me" he led her to Ze'ev closet again and she shook her head
"I don't want to change them" she snapped
"I didn't say you should change them. In fact I think it's better for you to wear that. People here don't dress like your people in Oland. Sorry to say, but you guys are pretty old fashioned. You would just attract to many attention"
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see" he smiled. He walked to the shoe rack then raised a particular black leather shoe up. The rack slid to the side, revealing a passage way.
"What the-" she thought these were only possible in movies. But then everything in this place were only supposed to be possible in movies. From the people to the places.
"It's a secret passageway!" Euan beamed.
"How did you-"
"We have it in all the rooms and also I'm a genius. I know everything about this place" they knew she didn't know about these, that's why they kept her locked in the room.