- Shocked

I wait patiently while I try to keep my ears open for any kind of slightest sound that I can pick. I can hear Ethan murmur something very softly and then I can sense the light turned on. I try hard to listen to any sounds outside, but I can't hear any. That's strange. Ethan must have chanted something.

I am really getting worried and tired now . Every time I solve a puzzle , a new obstacle seems to appear. But I have never been someone to give up so easily. As Ethan seems to get ready to prepare my meals , I slightly open my eyes to check on him, while his back is turned towards me.

I wait for like 20 mins and then I see him reaching out to the little bottle. My heart starts palpitating. I keep my fingers crossed and just pray that he does not notice anything unusual with the powder. He seems absent minded and just goes on with adding the powder without noticing it. I let out a relieved sigh, while I still pray that he does not notice the change in the way the soup smells different.

He leaves the soup on the kitchen counter and turns off the light. Everything is pitch dark again. I then see two yellow lights glowing in dark , and I see the light moving towards where I am sleeping. It takes me few minutes to realise that those yellow lights are his eyes. I get a shock while I am yet to realise there is a bigger shock awaiting. Ethan has yellow glowing eyes and he can see things in dark.

As Ethan comes closer, I try to calm my heart and continue to act like I am in deep sleep. I then sense him sitting near me on the cot. But why are the lights not turned on. I can suddenly feel his freezing cold palm on my forehead. I almost am about to choke. I am trying my best not make any movements. And then I can feel his hands on my cheeks. I guess he must me checking my temperature.

And suddenly I can feel a light feather like kiss on my cheeks. I am stunned and shocked. What did just happen? Why did Ethan do what he just did ? I had seen him staring at me with love stricken eyes the other day but I had ignored it thinking that my mind was playing games. But after what just happened now , I guess I can't ignore his moves. I have to try getting away from him and make myself strong as to not to get into any of these emotions. Otherwise I'll not be able to save Ray and get back home.

While I am having so many mixed emotions running through my mind, a few mins must have passed or did I just feel I just went blank for few mins. I don't sense his presence any more. I slightly open my eyes and see Ethan walking back to the kitchen . I then see the kitchen lights turned on I could see Ethan carrying the soup bowl and walking towards the light inscription on the wall of the room where I slept.

He quickly brushes his finger swiftly on the inscription and the lights of the room are turned on. He then casually walks towards the tiny stool , places the bowl on it, and walks back again to where I am sleeping. He slowly touches my hands in a gesture to wake me up. I continue to put up the act of sleeping for few minutes before I slowly open my eyes and see his angelic grin.

Looking at his mesmerising grin, I don't know if I need to be happy that I get to see his charming smile or confused about the incident which just occurred or sad that I am not able to get back home soon. He then says eat Pulmenti.

I am like "What !? "

He removes the translator Bozu , turns it on and whispers something it for it to start glowing the faint green light. He waits for a few mins for the light to grow brighter until it stops. Then he says Pulmenti to the device and I hear a female voice saying "soup". I am like confused while I think to myself- "What can be his intentions ? He had the translator. He could have used the word soup instead of using his language, while he his very well is aware that I don't understand his language. Does he internationally wants me to learn his language? " .

I silently take the bowl handed over to me and slowly start eating the soup , while I can feel tears brimming at the corner of my eyes trying to come out any time. I guess he sensed it and immediately says something to Bozu , which I don't understand. And then I again hear the Bozu speaking to me -

" Are you ok? Is everything alright?"

I just nod my head to say I am ok and continue having the soup. My mind seems to have gone blank. I am not in any mood to check on the soup , how it looks and not really worried about how it tastes. All I know is I need to stay alive and get away from Ethan and this place.

And then suddenly I have this thought and then think why don't I give it a try? I guess that may be the only way out of here. But then I am skeptical , what if it fails I may be trapped here forever. But it's better to give a try than just letting the days slip away. The very thought of the time flying and just thinking about the conditions Ray may be in, is making me anxious.

Authors note: While I have been writing, I have realised that I am forgetting the new words used in the story. So in order to keep track of the words from the specific chapter , starting this chapter I'll add these words at the end of every chapter. This will in turn benefit the readers and me 😉as we need not go through the entire chapters to refer to the context as to where and how these words were used.

Reference :

Language of origin : Greek

Dasos : Forest , Trofi : Nutritious food

Language of origin : Latin

Pulmenti : Soup

Authors creation: Fictional

Pot : Pond Nectar : Water