The Bones of The Rabbit

Chapter 54

Daniela felt her blood boil, going over everything in her head. It's only been 3 weeks and her mother had already threatened war if you weren't handed over. Mother Miranda had told Lady Dimitrescu that she was overreacting, in which Lady Dimitrescu made it clear that she is 100% willing to use her bones as toothpicks. She decided to snoop out Beneviento's manor as she went out to the village for supplies. Thankfully, this night lacked a moon. Sneaking in through one of the several broken windows and gently moving things, she found you. You were tied up, staring into nothingness. Daniela cut away your rope bindings, sneaking you out. She placed you in the carriage, going back in to snoop again.

Documents upon documents. Your affiliation with Ethan Winters, your cunning, your rabbit-like charisma over people, your addictive blood... She snatched the documents, jumping out just as Donna's carriage began to make it's way up the driveway. "Let's get you back to mother. I'm sure you'll be happy to see her." Daniela whispered, gently rubbing your back. Watching you jump in your skin upon the contact broke Daniela's heart. "What happened while you were gone?" Daniela asked, looking you over. You took a deep breath, then started. "Donna had been using her pollen to make me relive every moment that Alcina attacked me. Simply because I told her she would never be able to replace Alci." You explained the short story, but went into detail. Reliving attacks, using the hallucinations to make it appear Lady Dimitrescu was in the room but had no interest in your existence, starvation unless you stayed quiet, and relentless testing from Mother Miranda. You were sure you had almost drowned hundreds of times in the 3 week span. You had nearly frozen to death and escaped several times.

Daniela stared into the distance, quickly taking you in. Lycans were running around Lady Dimitrescu's property, all soon tailing the carriage once they saw you. She helped you get inside the castle, your leg bandaged from the multiple escape attempts.

You went through hell and back just to see my mother...

Daniela caught your gaze, your eyes brimming with confidence and pain. You practically crawled your way up the stairs, running to find her mother. "Alcina!" You called out, your voice first full of relief. Your voice echoed through the castle like a desperate yowl as you called out again, becoming more and more frantic with each call until it sounded as though you were screaming her name for help. Daniela watched as her mother practically flew down the hallway in a blur of white just past the stairs once your voice was heard on the other side of the castle.

Daniela went up the stairs once she heard a crash then soft sobbing. Poking her head around the corner, Daniela found her mother and you holding each other tightly, the crash was the two of you falling onto the floor. Cassandra came up the stairs, peeking on over to look at what all the screaming was about. "Oh hey! You found (Y/N)!" Cassandra gave Daniela a slight punch to the shoulder. "Where did you find them?" She asked, her voice a mere whisper. "I went to go check Donna's manor in case she was hiding something. Turns out, (Y/N) was stuck at her place and Mother Miranda was doing tests. Read these."

Subject (Y/N)
Times Nearly Drowned: 220
Times Hunted: 20
Times Escaped: 42
Days Starved: 19
(Y/N) has proven to be resilient. I will soon be able to break them and use them for political gain in the surrounding areas. Lady Dimitrescu has threatened slaughter and attacked Heisenberg for not thoroughly searching. Conclusion: (Y/N) must be a pawn in controlling the area and to quell Lady Alcina Dimitrescu's outbursts of rage. A lycan was found strung up by it's intestines within the church.

We managed to crack (Y/N) through hallucinations of abandonment and neglectful behavior as Lady Dimitrescu. Had started to bite at Donna's touch by Day 21 after prolonged solitary confinement if Donna made the illusion of herself as Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. (Y/N) was able to tell the difference between real and fake Lady Dimitrescu in mere seconds through body language.

Daniela read over the file with Cassandra, then looked up at you and her mother. "Is that why Donna was weary of her hand being exposed?" Cassandra whispered, catching Daniela's attention. "This means that Mother Miranda is behind this and if mother is going to fight anyone, it's Mother Miranda. I can sense trouble ahead." Daniela whispered, the two walking up to Lady Dimitrescu.

I just hope everything turns out okay.