Chapter 9:

"Eli as long as I like to watch you two love each other you just got shot and there may be more people coming so we have to go now come on I'll call the doctor to come to the mansion" Elijah said

All of them went to the mansion. The doctor took the bullet out of Eli, everyone was waiting for him to come out and when he finally did Nourah went to check on him but he was asleep. Nourah held his hand and said while fitting her tears "please don't leave me when I finally found you".

"Come on Nourah we have to go he needs to rest and so do you"Elijah mumbled

Nourah went to her room and changed to some comfy clothes. Every time Nourah closed her eyes she relives the moment she killed that man. She tried to tell herself what her father told her "you killed him to save me" and when she finally fell asleep she dreams of seeing his family crying with his corpse in their hands. Her eyes snap open, she is covered with cold sweat, shaking, heart pounding, looking around the room suspicious and paranoid that the horror may have followed her here, she gets up cautiously, shivering, rubs her head and eyes and tries to fully awaken. She stumbles to the bathroom, she looks in the mirror slowly, cautiously, as if not sure of what has she just saw.

She took a hoodie out of her dresser and her shoes she put them on quickly. Nourah felt that she couldn't breathe she wanted to go to someplace where she can breathe.

Nourah's mansion was like an island and underneath it was a beautiful and peaceful beach. She wanted to go there but James (head of the guards) won't allow it. "PLEASE!" Nourah cried "I'm sorry miss but Mr. Nightly gave us strict Orders not to let anyone in or out including you".

"but I will be down there please!"Nourah begged him while pointing at the beach."I'm sorry but there is nothing I can do" James replied

Nourah ran back inside with tears running down her cheeks. She couldn't even see everything was blurry because of her tears. Nourah stumbled into someone, she couldn't see who exactly "sorry"Nourah said. A sound of an old woman appeared "oh it's ok dear…oh wow you look exactly like him except your eyes their your mother's"she chuckled "you knew her?" she said curiously "well of course I was her I was her personal maid, I was here since before she came" she said with a smile on her face but you can clearly see that there is a huge scar underneath that smile "come I want to give you something I wanted to give it to you for a long time".

"what?" Nourah replied.

"wait here I'll be back in a second"

"O-ok"

After a couple of minutes he lady came back with a box. Nourah looked at it suspiciously "your mother told me to give it to you when you're ready"

"Ready for what" Nourah said with interrogation in her voice

"You'll understand later" she said

"Wait I didn't catch your name"Nourah said

"I'm Mrs. Agnes Alora's mother" she responded

"Ohh Alora told me about you" Nourah said

"Well I'll leave you alone to open it" Mrs. Agnes said

It was an old small box. Nourah quickly opened it there were three things in it, two pieces of paper and a key. Nourah opened one of the papers:

Hello dear,

I gave this to Mrs. Agnes because, I wasn't too sure I would come back, I always had trouble with having children for years I tried but nothing worked until I gave up but then you came my little miracle. The doctors told me that there is a big change I will not survive, my body wasn't strong enough but I didn't care if I was going to survive I just wanted you to live, I had a chance in life and I lived it to the fullest and now it's your turn. Your father gave me his word that you will grow up my mansion the place that I lived in my whole life I wanted you to live in the place I lived. Mrs. Agnes was my best friend since I was a baby, she will take care of you and will be there for you like she was for me. Nourah I chose your name carefully in Greek it means The bright one; honor and light because, you are the light and honor of our family my daughter, I love you so much and I will always be with you every time you fell sad, lost or lonely just look at the sky because I will be listening my love, and please take care of your father he may be cold and mad all the time but he is one of the most loving and caring people I have ever met. The next paper is all the secret passages and rooms of this mansion. It's a very old mansion it was passed down from father to son and since I was an only child I inherited it and one day you will this is one of my favorite things about this mansion so have fun but be careful honey.

With love

Your mother Violet