The Villainess Is Tired

Bloody Girl in his Dream

Chapter 21

He was sleeping peacefully but then a girl showed up showering with blood. Adrian couldn't see her face it was rather blurry. The girl was far from him but Adrian felt her sadness, despair, the hatred that was surrounding her. Adrian attempt to approach her but he fails, the more he approached her the more the girl seems to be far. Even though the girl wasn't moving or struggling to move, she was standing still. But Adrian didn't give up she gathered all his strength and ran towards her. And he succeeded Adrian approach the girl he saw how her blood was flowing like an eternity.

"What happened to you? Who did this to you?" Adrian was surprised he asked something like this. Inside his question was the opposite of is he asking in his thoughts, "Who is she?" that's the question he wanted to ask but he blurted a question he didn't want to ask. What's most surprising is he is caring for the girl. The girl didn't speak she remained silent. Adrian became impatient. Then he touched the bloody girl's shoulder. Adrian was shocked her body was cold as ice maybe not it was cooler than ice. But suddenly the girl disappeared in thin air then Adrian sense that was someone was hugging him from behind he turned around seeing the bloody girl hugging him no, she was protecting him. He saw a man stabbing the bloody girl in the back with a sword.

Adrian flinched when he saw who the tall man is, it was him! The man who stabbed the bloody girl was him. He was trembling in the sight of the other 'Him' stabbing the girl and was crazily grinning and laughing at him. He then realized the girl weakly look-up at him. Still, he didn't saw her face but he saw her smiling she was saying something silently but he didn't hear it. Her smile and her body started to fade. When her body faded, petals of flowers were replaced. Then he looked at the other 'Him' he also disappeared.

But for some reason one word that was in his head and one word that he didn't hear from the bloody girl. It was 'Knight'. Adrian then felt something fierce in his chest. He groaned in pain.

Suddenly Adrian woke and then he groaned. "The heck, who was that bloody girl? Why does she always appear in my dream?" He asked but to himself, his question will be answered by questions instead. "Gosh, I'm thirsty. Guest I'll go down to fetch some water downstairs." He said then he was about to open the door when he heard a noise outside his room. Adrian opened the door not so wide and not so narrowed so he could see what's happening outside. He planned to go outside when he saw Ashlyn who was about to fall at the stairs. But it's a relief his uncle Philip catches her. "Why....." He didn't finish, he watched all that happened how the maids were worried about their young lady. And how his father rushed to go to Ashlyn's room. "Are you all worried about that b*tch?" He continued what he said. Adrian watched everything until he didn't notice it was already early in the morning, he looked at the clock it's already 3 am. Then he got back to his bed to sleep again to get back what he wasted sleep.

Adrian was walking from the hallway to the stairs hearing about Ashlyn still unconscious.

Afterward, Adrian got down to eat noticing his older brother Ezekiel eating quite sad. Ezekiel noticed him, "Good morning, Adrian. How are you?" he asked with a dull face. "I'm alright. I think I should be asking you that, brother. What happened to you, you look like you didn't sleep and you look quite pale. Do you want to see a doctor?" He was really worried about his brother. Ezekiel smiled at him and said he's alright while Adrian felt goosebumps his brother smiled at him. "I think if Charlotte is here. She would feel what I feel now." He said in his mind. Adrian was about to eat when Ezekiel sighed, "What now, bro?" he asked again, Adrian was pissed. "Bro, spit it now. I want to eat peacefully and at ease so tell me what's bothering you." He said impatiently.

"I'm worried," he didn't finish his words, "Worried?" Adrian repeated what he said. "I'm worried about Ashlyn she's still unconscious until now. Butler Asher told me about what happened to Ashlyn last night she has a fever since last night that's why she's still asleep. It hasn't been a day since she fell unconscious but yet it feels like it's been a year for me. I have lost Charlotte I can't afford to lose Ashlyn." He said looking at his food that he didn't want to touch since he said what bothers him. Adrian gritted his teeth, "Ashlyn? You're worried about that substitute? That bastard? That B*tch? You know maybe she is just pretending everything. She just wants to attract all of you so she can use all of you as a pawn." Adrian scoffed. Ezekiel narrowed his eyes at Adrian and Adrian didn't slip his gaze and stared at his older brother Ezekiel straight to his gray eyes. Like also Ezekiel looked at his brother's gray eyes too. Ezekiel was tired. Tired of what his younger brother thinks and sees Ashlyn their little sister. He's tired of his attitude and personality towards her. Ezekiel thought he's already used to Adrian's foul-mouthed mouth, being rude, his arrogant attitude, and his carefree movements not minding what other people say or think of him. For Ezekiel, Adrian is a fearless, childish, and brave little brother of his but at times where his brother is going over-board and being ignorant is what Ezekiel hates.

Ezekiel didn't want to fight with Adrian, he stood and approached Adrian and tapped his shoulder, and walked away. Before walking away. he said something that made Adrian red in anger. He said, "If you have time visit Ashlyn in her room. And please stop being foul-mouthed and rude to Ashlyn. Also, visit uncle Philip he arrived last night." Ezekiel's tone was cold.

Then after their 'Talk', Adrian busied himself doing practice with the knights. When he finished, he wanted to go upstairs to bathed and changed his clothes coz he's showering in sweat. He passed Ashlyn's room he didn't bother himself to peek or enter her room but then he heard the word 'Illness'. Adrian then eavesdropped he didn't know why he was curious. Adrian heard everything about her illness symptoms are. To how dangerous it was. And how his uncle said that the illness is dangerous because he didn't know what kind of illness does Ashlyn have.

He arrived at his room and sat at one of the chairs there. Adrian thought what his brother said but yet he didn't bring himself to accept or liked her. He didn't want to replace her sister's position and worse he hated Ashlyn to the core. That why? Why do they need to adopt an orphan and replaced Charlotte? Ashlyn did nothing wrong to him or other people but it was always the worse treatment is given to her.

Adrian didn't want to think of her substitute sibling and just shrugged. Something replaced his thought it was the bloody girl who appeared in his dreams. "The heck. A while ago it was that b*tch Ashlyn who is bothering my mind. Now that bloody girl who protects me in my dreams. What's their connection?" he talked to himself, "Damn, talking to myself does nothing and it doesn't help my mind as well. I'll just eat dinner then." Again, he talked to himself. His feet brought him to the dining hall. And it was unexpected that his whole family is there including Ashlyn they seemed to wait for his arrival before eating. Adrian gulped then his father looked at him, "Adrian, come here and sit. Let's all have dinner." Adrian flinched from surprise his father said that without his cold tone and what's surprise him more he was smiling at him.