Chapter 7 Rebellious

LEAH'S POV

My eyes fluttered open, and I dragged my unexpectedly heavy body into awareness.

It took a while to figure out where I was, but when I finally did, I looked down at my clothes and around the room. I thought, "Wait, I'm still here".

Ouch, ouch, ouch, my neck hurts but as I felt around it, I couldn't detect any sign of an injury or a prick.

Where is this pain coming from?

Ah, and my legs—my thigh is sore. What the hell happened? Have I been sleeping that long?

I turned to see Nana, her back was to me. I wondered what she was doing.

At that moment, Nana turned towards me with a steamy cup, which I guessed might contain tea, coffee, poison, or some sort of drug. I have no idea of what was going on, yet!

She came over, smiling, and if I were to describe it, weirdly. She offered me the cup and I took it, I had no other choice.

I looked up from the cup containing a hot green something and asked, "Nana, do you know if anything happened? Did something happen? To me?"

She said, "No, nothing happened."

She slightly pushed up the cup in my hands "Now drink up. You need your strength and this tea is known to be very nutritious."

Oh, it's tea, thank God. Although, I can't be too sure.

I took the tea and drank from it. It was hot—almost too hot. I thought, "Does this woman want to kill me?" but it did taste nice.

I asked, "Where can I find Damien?"

She replied, "Master is busy."

Master! Man is also a control freak.

Maybe he has some weird fetish

I insisted, "But I want to see him."

She said, "Master is busy, and when he wants to see you, he'll let you know."

I wasn't going to wait around for him to get to me at his convenience. I gave Nana back the cup and stood up.

I said, "I want to see him, I must do"

She dropped the cup on the nearest table before turning to respond to me, "Okay, I will set up an appointment with him. But for now, Your bath is ready if you're ready to take it."

"I am ready", I announced before turning towards the direction of the bathroom with Nana following closely behind.

I stopped when a thought occurred to me and so I turned back to be sure.

"I hope I won't be offered unneeded assistance in the bathroom", I asked.

Seeing as she smiled a little, I realized she knew what I was talking about. "No miss, it will be just you, this time".

"Thank you, it was downright uncomfortable the last time and if I am subjected to another episode of that, I will scream, nonstop.", I explained before going into the bathroom.

When I got in, Nana helped me unrobed before leaving and I got in the bath.

Slowly, I sank into the bath. The hot water eased my achy limbs, though I still wondered why they hurt.

As I rubbed the part of my neck that still hurts, I juggled my mind for the cause but my memories seemed hazy.

I was struggling to recall what happened, and the slight headache wasn't helping. "Oh God, what happened?" I thought. I need to talk to Damien. I have to.

I know he was with me yesterday, his scent still lingers. My gown was weirdly rumpled, not sleep kind of rumpled but..

Gasps... it can't be. It's not, he won't do that. I need to talk to him.

But what if he didn't do 'that', what did he do? I am sure he did do something and the big question now is, what did he do??

Why can't I remember anything, it seems like I lost memories of the last few hours of my life and it's all confusing.

God, what's happening?

I need answers, God damnit, I need answers.

Wait! I don't need answers that bad, I need to get out of this crazy place.

I am going crazy!

The new plan, I'm finding Damian and I am going to leave this place

It was quite a thought process. I took my time in the bath to help regain my strength. When I was done, I grabbed the towel and wrapped it around me, stepping out to find clothes already laid out on the bed.

I silently thanked Nana in my head before putting on the gown, brushed my hair, wore my footwear, and walked out of the room to see Nana standing by the door.

I ignored her and continued on my walk but she followed closely behind.

I thought, "Wow, she's quick for her age," but I didn't say anything.

Nana asked, "Where are you going, miss?" but I continued ignoring her. I was determined to find Damien.

I kept opening doors, shouting, "Damien, where are you? Master Damien, where are you?" I was desperate to see him and hoped he'd be in one of the rooms I opened.

After climbing a lot of stairs and opening countless rooms, causing quite a commotion, I was sure security would have come and restrained me.

Finally, I opened another door, which revealed Damien sitting behind a table with a guy standing close to him. He looked busy but regardless, I walked in.

"There you are! I thought I'd never find you in this huge mansion."

Damien just looked up at me, his expression seemed off, I couldn't pinpoint what he was feeling but one thing was clear.

He wasn't happy to see me, but I didn't care. I wasn't thrilled to see him either. I was here for answers. I walked in and banged on the table. "I need to get out of here!"

" Nana", he called out calmly

" Yes master ", nana answered, gently walking in.

" What's she doing here?", he questioned her but I interrupted her before she could respond

" I am here because I want to go home. You can't just bring me here and lock me in a room without any explanation. I want out!"

He interrupted me, saying, "I don't have time for this, Leah. Go back to your room. Follow Nana."

I saw Nana motion for me to leave, but I was focused on not just leaving his office but this lonely place.

."if I am leaving here, it's to leave this God-forsaken place back to my place. Let me go you devil, I'm done with your bullshit, I..."

Damien stood up at the moment and shouted "Leah, go back to your room" while staring into my eyes.

For a few seconds, I lost track of what was happening. All I knew was that I was overwhelmed with anger and a desperate need to leave his office.

I promptly left his office and walked back to my room, my anger burning inside me. I kept wondering, "Why am I going back? What just happened?"

When I got to my room, I slammed the door after me, not caring if Nana was behind me. I'm too furious to give a damn

I went back to the bed I had just gotten up from, not too long ago and sat down frustratingly.

Aarrggh, I hate him, I hate him so much. He is so arrogant, why won't he be, with everyone here calling him master!

Would never be me, I would never let him boss me around. If he does, he won't like what will come for him.

I will make him regret his actions.