AM I GOING TO DIE?

ASHELY'S POV

Finally, I was able to beat the record of one week in the Hendrix's villa without any dangerous encounters so I got a bit comfortable and the art room was like my lair, Janet visited me daily with new gossips and she casually lightened up my mood we were really close at this time. I spent the whole day in the art room where Janet would meet me in the evenings when she was done with the day's work and I spent the night in my bedroom where I would draw something new in my sketchbook every day before going to bed.

For some time I felt like something strange was going on, Janet hadn't visited me for up to three days which I found really disturbing. There was no one to have evening gossips with before retiring to my room.

I had gone to find her once but she gave me a strange reaction, she pretended not to see me or even know me, I knew something was wrong.

I had grown sick and tired of her new attitude and one evening I decided to ask her what was wrong. I met her alone in the kitchen doing the dishes. She looked a bit sad and lonely kind of.

"Janet!" I called waving to her.

Janet turns to me and gives me an official bow.

"Good evening Miss, how can I be of help to you?" she asked formally.

My mind was blown, ever since we became friends she had never been so official to me especially when we were alone.

"Janet, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly being so official" I asked with an eyebrow raised in total confusing.

"Nothing Miss" she said.

"Janet?" I said with a disappointed and warning look which she well understood.

I could see the official look in her eyes softening up to a sad look and it seemed like her eyes were getting teary. I knew something was wrong.

Janet shocked me by walking past me to the exit, she was going to walk out on me but instead she just peeped out of the kitchen door and hurriedly came back to me blinking her eyes to fight off tears.

"Ashley, I can't take it anymore, Catherine warned me to stay away from you or I was going to lose my job" she finally said with a drop of tears that fell out of her eyes and rolled down her cheek. I caught the tears and flicked it off her face.

"Don't cry, it doesn't fit you. We can do this." I said sweetly to ease the tension of the room.

Suddenly, we heard footstep and the authoritative voice of Catherine coming and we suddenly pretended not to know each other. Janet hurriedly went back to her dish washing and I went to the fruit basket.

Catherine came in and her plain emotion softened into a smile upon seeing me, I knew she was just pretending to like me though.

"Oh! Miss, you're here" she said.

"Yes, I came for a quick healthy snack, I was craving some apples" I said.

"You could have just sent the servant instead of stressing yourself" she replied.

I took a look at Janet, whose eyes was fixed on the plate, I could tell from her reaction that she was nervous so I decided to leave the kitchen.

"Okay, I'm going back up and please do send me some fruits" I said trying to make my words seem real.

"Will do Miss" she replied.

I went back upstairs by now I was familiar with the house at least a bit cause there was a lot of places I hadn't visited but I knew my way to my room. I couldn't take my mind off what Janet had said and I knew what I was going to do.

I was going to talk to master about this, I wanted to do this not just because of me but for Janet, she needed a bit more happiness. I could remember her telling me how much this job meant to her, I didn't want her happiness to be ruined by fear and restrictions.

I waited patiently for master's return but it seemed like he was going to return late so I decided to postpone it to tomorrow.

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I was awakened by the sudden feeling of someone's hand on my mouth. I struggled to take the hands of my face but it seemed a bit impossible because I was caught in my weakest moment. I was just woken up from sleep not expecting to use any of my defense moves.

I couldn't see anything, the room was dark and I was in a state of panic all I could see was the figure of the person. It seemed like a woman and she was in a maid's outfit. I struggled and I was able to get hold of her hair and pull it to make her leave me alone but there was no serious effect.

I struggled till I felt another hand hold my left palm tightly which was followed by a painful sting in my veins and a feeling of something injected into my veins. I was really freaking out when I felt another sting on my arm which was followed by confusion and giddiness until I blacked out.

I woke up again in my room, everything looked normal except from the weird change I felt. I felt really warm and at the same time cold, I could feel my body trembling and I knew something was wrong with me. I reached for my neck with the back of my palm to check my temperature and I was really cold and I was wet in cold sweats. I felt really sick and weak but I didn't understand why.

I decided to go to the bathroom to wash my face to get my senses back but mid-way to the bathroom, my legs felt weak and I fell.

I was already used to the darkness by now and I looked at my hands to see them extremely trembling which made me super scared, was I going to die?

I decided to get help so I stood up and staggered to the door but just few steps to the door, I fell flat on my face. I could feel my weakness spread to my face. I managed to touch my cheek and now I was a cold as ice. The only thing going through my mind was confused and doubt, what was happening to my body.

I felt my consciousness leaving me and I was laying weakly on the floor but I decided to use my last strength to at least open the door.

I turned the handle to find out the door was locked. I turned the lock but it was locked from outside. After much trying, I gave up and fell lifelessly on the floor. I was now completely helpless and weak all I could do what to wait for someone to save me or die. The only person I had in mind to save me was...COLE.