Chapter 7 A visitor

"Let's just stay like this.....don't leave if I fall asleep dad." Eleanor murmured dozing off.

"You have my word." Her father assured her and hugged his daughter to sleep, she was still his little baby!!

By the time Mrs Anderson returned with the meals, accompanied by a maid who happened to be pushing the food trolley, the daughter- father duo had fallen asleep. Mr Anderson too, seemed to have been exhausted as he had been restless after finding out what had happened to his daughter and tried to finalise as soon as possible in order to be here. He hadn't even managed to get ou of his shoes...this lazy old man. With a sigh in defeat, Mrs Anderson signaled the maid to place the meal aside, apparently, it was in a thermos flask and would still be warm enough to eat if they woke up hungry in the night. She made her way to the father-daughter duo and helped her husband take off his shoes, she loosened his tie as well and helped him get comfortable. Turning off the lights at the bed side lamp, she made her way to the guest rooms in her daughter's chambers to rest aswell, she had been stressed the past days and had hardly slept. The night was chilly but silent with only the sound of the police sirens patrolling in the city.

Late in the night, Eleanor's brother, Andy came back, still dressed in his suit earlier, he seemed not to have gotten a whisp of sleep yet but the fatigue didn't show on his face or in the way he carried himself. He was in a rush and panic filled his face, behind him was a young man holding a few files from their research and a laptop, he was Andy's secretary Chris. Andy opened the door to Eleanor's chamber and found that his father staring down at his sweet angel, he had woken up probably, having had enough rest.

"Father!!" he called out. clearly flustered.

Shushing his son up, Richard slowly got up careful not to wake Eleanor up, "Let's find some other place to talk," he replied softly looking at his sleeping daughter.

Finding a much more convenient place at the balcony, he didn't stand on ceremony," Speak."

"Father, I've done a thorough check in the incidents that......." Andy went in to report his investigations to his father.

In the room, Eleanor stirred from her sleep and moaned lighlty, she heavily opened her eyes and looked around, she immediately creased her face in confusion. 'What place is this?' she wondered. The whole rooms' interior was of pale blue, more, it looked like it was a high end...no a palace to put this right, the silver chandelier hang on the bright blue ceiling that looked like the sky with cloud like patches of white. She was not in the hospital anymore!!!! she was alarmed. 'Where am I!!' she wondered. Looking about in this unfamiliar room, she felt a excruciating wave in her chest and she sat up in a jolt her breathing became uneven and heavy, she bit her lip to prevent herself from screaming out, she felt like someone was gripping her heart brutally, tears begun to sting in her eyes from the pain. Her face reddened and she let out a soft plea weakly, "...let go please, save me!"

And the next thing, a blurry image of ashen silver flew by and Eleanor fell back on the soft bed slowly drifting to the darkness that begun to envelope her but then,a cold sensation lingered on her skin when cold fingers brushed against her skin forcing her to try to open her eyes but failed.Whoever it was, didn't say a single word and Eleanor fell back unconscious.

A shrill scream erupted from Mrs Anderson when she found her daughter missing from the room, the thing was, she saw her daughter's body vanish right before her eyes. This caused the two men at the balcony hot in discussion and the guards that were at the door to bust the it open only to look at an empty bed covered in blood. "Where..."but his words got stuck in his throat. "Eleanor.....!"he whispered,only his eyes reflecting the horror. It wasn't the first time he saw blood but...this was his daughter's blood.

"Eleanor!!!" her mother whispered in terror. She felt something snap and she passed out.

They were there, only a few meters away from her, how...where, when and how did all of this happen without their knowledge.

Back at Eleanor, she had regained her conciusness, still in the blue royal room but when she opened her eyes, she stared back into a pair of black shinning eyes, how she wished she could scream but that was the last thing she had energy to do, she could only look on and await her fate. But when nothing happened even after a few seconds, she took the initiative to take a clear look at the possibly man before her and she found herself in a daze. It seemed this person had been observing her for a while as he didn't even blink or move an inch even when she woke up. She squinted her eyes, this man had no white in his eyes. She lightly cleared her throat and she was right, the man was in a daze.

"Your awake?" his raspy voice echoed in the room.

'I guess I am!' she thought.

"Are you thirsty?," he asked again watching out for any expression in her eyes. But she was still silent, her rumbling stomach represented it's self. I'm not to starve with you playing mute!!!! her stomach screamed.

He chuckled lighlty but this simple chuckled gave her an eerie feeling, 'am not in good hands' she thought. "you must be starving. I'll go get you something." He stood up and his floor length silver hair glittered as it flowed behind him, he walked gracefully out of the room. Immediately, she had to leave this place, that man before was no human she thought but when she sat up, she felt dizzy that insatant. Did I get beaten up!!!! her body felt painful. 'This place, where is it. Mom, dad and Andy,where's everybody???' She wanted to cry.

Soon the man with silver hair returned with a silver tray filled with food. Placing the tray at a table, he froze when she spoke. "Where am I?"

"My home." came his raspy voice.

"How did I get here?" She couldn't understand how she was in a stranger's house. She was at the hospital!!!

"I brought you here." came his reply while he served food to a plate.

"I want to go." Eleanor's voice held urgency in it. Did he kidnap her to get back at her family?

"You will." he saw she was uneasy but nothing he could do about it.

"Now!!" she demanded. Though this wasn't her home and this man possibly looked after her but why did he have to kidnap her?!!!

"First eat then." he decided to put his conditions up. She had no other choice but dig in. This man wasn't to be angered but she was curious, where's the white in his eyes? "What are you?" she clumped her mouth shut. That was supposed to stay in my mind... crap.

"A man." He saw the curiously in her eyes and had wondered if she was brave enough.....likely, she was brave.

"You don't look like one." Eleanor was happy he didn't look offended by it but was rather intrigued...maybe. His eyes glittered.

"What do I look like then?" he was curious how she looked from her view. Was I as scary as others portray me. Will she not be afraid of me. I can keep her if she isn't afraid.

She chose not to answer that question, the tough front she tried to put shattered leaving her vulnerable that she trembled slightly.

"Stop, I'll hurt you." he was deeply disappointed.

"Huh!!" she continued shoving food into her mouth.

"Don't show your fear for me. Eat!" his voice was not raspy anymore but rather edgy.

Silently, she tried to mask her fears and later, she was done with her meal, he took the utencils away and returned immediately.

"Thank you so much for the meal" but she received no response from him. "Can I go home now?" she asked carefully.

"Stay a little longer." His black eyes flickered with a bit of blue which disappeared as though it was never there.

Lots of love from Litto-ways ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️