Chapter 57 (Riley pov)

Ashely had trapped herself in her chambers I pushed and tugged at the door but it didn't work it closed shut calling locksmith he broke down only to find Ashely passed out on floor with a small glass bottle lying a few a few feet from her with word dragon written on it

Riley couldn't believe his eyes and called the in house doctor in the place to anylase the compound matrieal in the liquid Ashely had drunk it after close examination under a microscope the in house doctor realized that Ashely had taken a rare form of poison

And the only way to save her was to rush her to hospital overwhelmed and in shock . Riley called the lady's maids to pack some clothes and bedding material for him and Ashely That would be brought to the hospital later carrying Ashely bridal stlye he carried into the carriage and they rode to the hospital

On arrival doctor Chu and his team rush in and receive Riley and Ashely She was still unconscious and barely breathing the doctor Chu calls a garni and they rush Ashely to intensive care unit and immediately places Ashely on oxygen since she couldn't breathe on her own Placing her own life support as they figured out what type of poison Ashely had drunk

After cross examination the doctor Chu said it was rare blood poisoning that attacked the red blood cells Ashely had an hour at most if they didn't get the anitode or fashion one with in that time frame Ashely was going to die

Riley hated Ashely more than he has ever hated someone in his life she made his blood boil but even with knowing that she is one holding holly captive He couldn't consciously let Ashely die much as he hated her she was his wife and mother of his un born child so couldn't help but feel empathetic towards her may be there was more Ashely than meets the eye cause the past weeks it felt she was carrying a heavy burden on her shoulder now she tried to kill

Herself Riley felt there was more it and inorder to find out he had no choice but to save her so he ordered top scientists in Chesting along side to work on the antidote

And save Ashely life or less working tirelessly Riley couldn't help but laugh at himself for so long he was trying to get way to kill Ashely but she poisoned herself and the moment presented itself, freeing him but now he is fighting to save life , life can be so ironic he thought as team worked around clock to trying to save Ashely

The truth of the matter was he couldn't bear it but he wouldn't let anyone die no mater how cold or vindictive they were Riley vow to save his carclus wife no matter what after half an hour the doctors thought they had managed to get an a vaccine that would cure the duchess there was no time for human trials cause it would mean infecting an innocent person with the rare poison a compound so destructive that tore the the person cells from inside out knowing this he offered himself as human test subject but the doctors and his personal physician Doctor Chu refused saying he was the jewel of the mornachy if anything happened the kingdom of Chesting would be no more

So they forcefully dragged him out of the room kicking and screaming Ashely's name begging them not to inject her before their sure but they ingored him as the male nurses manhandled him pushing him out of the ICU unit in the hospital and locked the door behind him and went ahead to inject the antidote into Ashely's blood stream through the IV her body began to convalesce as if it was injecting the medication all Riley could do was watch helplessly

As the life seems to continue to drain out of Ashely's body foam started coming out of her mouth as her body continues to convalesce the doctors were doubfonded perplexed on what to do but the couldn't not allow Ashely to die cause she alone knew the answers and doctor Chu knew this so they worked around the clock and came up with a unique drug known as x vaccine bu this time Ashely as hanging on to life by a thread with only 2 minutes left before her heart gave up forever

Left with no choice and no time for further testing Doctor Chu injected the X vaccine into Ashely's blood stream immediately calming her body her heat beat began to normalize on the hospital monitor which meant the vaccine was working Ashely was going to survive so doctor Chu then called Riley to remain by Ashely side until she woke up are body was calm on oxygen but she had fell into a coma

A week later when Riley was deciding to remove Ashely off life support p and allow her to die peacefully he was in meeting at office when received a phone call saying Ashely had woken up rushing to the hospital he found Ashely sitted up right on the hospital bed

"You are live." Riley said embracing her for the first time

"What's wrong Riley I thought you hated me."

"No I don't hate you, I hate the things you have done ." Riley said with a look of relief in his eyes

"Then you should have let me die, now he will come for us , all of us he won't spare us ." Ashely said with look of despair and terror in her eyes

Riley was concerned never in his life had he seen Ashely so terrified all their time together she was always strong and unwilling to pushed over someone that knew what she wanted this worried Riley so asked" who is coming Ashely ."

"The demon the demon is coming ." Ashely's eyes widened in fear she was sweating rocking herself back and forth in fetal position As her memory traveled back to night thousands of male hands were touching her her arms covered her face as tears run down face her heart racing she knew they were coming for her trembling she couldn't contain her nerves she kept screaming as eyes continued to tear don't touch me she cried as the nurses tried to contian her she kept attacking them almost like shad been possessed all that mattered was destroying anything that caused her pain in desperate Plea to save herself

Riley tried touching her but he also kicked Ashely as acting like mad woman whose only desire was end who ever harmed her left with no choice doctors get brown leather restrains from the psychiatric ward. And held her down before injecting her with a seditve which knocked her out completely

The following day Ashely aka Amanda woke up to worried looking Riley with a strong headache "what happened she asked confused."

"You were acting crazy yesterday, saying the demon is coming ,they had to saddet you."

"He is coming ,we should run while still have the chance."

"I'm not going anywhere without holly so tell me what's going on right no cause I'm not scared by anyone."

" You should be but if must know he is called the Dragon a ruthless drug lord with largest prostitution ring in the world and he is after us he is the one that has holly he is a monster."

"What do you mean he has holly."

"You should have left me to die , now my sister and family will die , if you had let me died after took the poison, the dragon wouldn't be able to use me. but you saved me now my sister will die ."

"What are you saying are you still delusional."

"No you heard me right I'm Holly's sister."

"You're holly's sister."

"Yes I'm Amanda Von Hiest and my sister is in danger ."