Fear

Waking up was so painful, my throat so dry it felt like I swallowed sand. But I can't help but stare at the men standing in front of the bed that I lay in as my vision starts to clear out.

'Kali, if you can hear me blink,' the man In a black suit asked; he was standing tall with salt-pepper hair, nicely trimmed short hair, and dark green eyes.

I couldn't understand why everyone kept calling me Kali, but in the end, I gave a long blink to show I could hear him.

'Are you in pain? My lady blink once for yes two for no' the same man asked again.

I felt so weak and tired, but I managed to blink one time to let him know I was indeed in pain.

'Lady Kali, I'm going to help you by reviving pain for you. I'm just going to give you some medicine through your IV.' looking down, I saw my arms all bandaged up and stained with blood.

When the medication had finally passed through my IV, the exhaustion took hold of me, making me fall asleep.

-Immortal prince-

'Sedric, what happened? why did she fall asleep again?' he said, still holding her hand

'Sire, the medicine I gave her is to help her relax and not to be in pain,' Sedric said, answering his master's questions.

'Ok, thank you, Sedric; let me know when she wakes up so I can be there for her. I will be back in the evening,' the prince says, walking out of the door.

'Indeed I will, sire,' he assured the prince and went back to monitor the young lady.

-Yume-

What felt like hours went by, I wake up when the moon was high in the sky once more. I try to peek my eyes open, seeing if I see anyone around. Then, I hopped out of bed before realizing my legs were back to the way there were.

(thump)

I hit the floor hard, bumping my chin making me bite my lip.

''Oh dang it, I thought Kali healed my legs,'' I said before hearing footsteps running for me. My body started shaking; images flashed in my head from the evil man that tortured me.

I could not move from my fear, freezing me in place; *what do I do? I can't move... he's coming for me he's going to kill me* I closed my eyes, trying to prepare myself for the worse.

'Lady Kali, what happened? are you alright?' the man in the suit said. I couldn't do anything. I was so scared I couldn't talk all I did was shake uncontrollably.

The man started getting closer to me, and I let out a scream. I didn't know I had it in me from being so weak.

"ahhhh!'' the man backed away, holding his hands up like he felt offended.

'Sire! I need...' the man stopped when another man entered the room.

'What happened? Kali, are you ok' the other man said, but I couldn't see who was talking. I was too scared to open my eyes; my body was shaking so violently I threw up. He tried to help me, but I let out another scream.

''ahhh!... stay away...'' I finally breathe out.

'Kali, please, I mean you no harm I only mean to help you,' the other man said. I couldn't listen as flashes of images start popping in my head from the trauma. I just let out scream after scream till I passed out again.

-Immortal prince-

'Sedric! What happened?' he yelled, running fast over to Sedric.

'Sire, I only just arrived moments ago; she must have woken up and tried to get out of bed,' Sedric tried to explain.

He let out a big sigh running his hand through his long black hair.

'I don't know what I'm going to do, Sedric; what if she is so scared of me now I haven't seen her in so long. What if she has forgotten about me' he asked.

'It will take time, sire. She went through so much lately; Alavander took his time with her; she will need a lot of healing for her to recover, and even then, sire, she might still have that fear,' Sedric replied.

-Yume-

Hours go by, I finally wake up again to see I'm back in the bed; rolling over knowing if I tried again to get out of bed again, the men would hear me again and run back. Once I turned over, I saw this man lying next to me to he appeared to be asleep.

As I tried not to freak out, it hit me; that face of his was a beautiful pale white with a small nose and thin pink lips. He had long black hair that just incased his face while he slept. I couldn't help but stare.

His eyes popped open, and I was trapped in his red eyes; so bright and warm this feeling made my heart skip a beat making the heart monitor go off and my face blush.

'i see your finally awake Kali, a how do you feel' he said in his dark, husky voice. my heart melted hearing his sweet voice. *god, this can't be real* I thought, trying not to stare.

'Kali?' he said as his expression changed, looking concerned, waiting for me to answer finally. My face heated up when my blush returned, turning my face from white to light pink.

'i... er... I'm ok'' I finally got out before turning my head away.

'Kali? Why turn, my love, I finally found you?' he said, reaching to grab my chin to turn it back to face him, but instead, I flinched at his touch.

''Please leave... I don't want anyone near me'' I finally breathe out, letting my fear retake hold of me.

'As you wish,' he finally said, sounding sad like I broke his heart before leaving the room in a fash.

My eyes burst out when I saw how fast he left *is he... oh god, he's a monster just like...* I couldn't finish the thought before images flooded my mind again.

All I could see was kali's screams echoing in my head; tears fogged my eyes, making it hard to see. I closed my eyes and held my hands to my ears though it was no use for the screams, and the cries kept coming.

I felt so alone and scared; what was I to do? I lost everything? I just sank back into the covers and cried myself to sleep.

Days passed, and the only time I saw anyone was the man dressed in a black suit bringing me food; it was lovely food I had never had before for intense stuffed salmon with creamy spinach, roasted duck that tasted so sweet like honey, and my favorite chicken tikka masala.

After a week, I finally got the courage to start talking to the man with the black suit, besides the occasional thank you here and there since he was the one feeding me. I started not being afraid of him anymore the more I talked to him.

''thank you, and I'm sorry, but I never asked for your name,'' I said, giving a small smile when I spoke more words to him than I had all week.

'Sedric, my lady, I am the house butler and the house guard; I keep this place up to standers for the master.' he said, returning a smile.

'wow, that a nice name Sedric, are you and the one you call master the only ones here?'' I asked, trying to get more information out.

'no ma'am, we have eighteen staff here to do said choirs around the mansion during the day,' he replied.

''oh well, what of the master? What is he like...'' I said

'That is for you to adventure on your own, my lady,' Sedric said, taking my tray of empty food and stepping out before shutting the door behind him.