Bastian - Chapter 151 - First-time Deviations - WoopRead
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✧First-time Deviations✧
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"Are you satisfied now?" A voice interrupted Odette's sleep. It had been a jarring experience, waking up and finding herself in a strange place. She stared up at the ceiling as the afternoon sunlight played on her face.
She slowly sat up and examined her surroundings, she was in a hospital, that much was clear. There was an IV drip shoved into her arm and the place stank of sterilisation fluid and antiseptic. She tried to remember how she got there, but the last thing she could remember was drinking tea and browsing a catalogue.
"Am I satisfied? You're the one that's ruined her life."
As Odette was trying to piece together her mind, another voice shrilled out from the corridor. There was the sound of people having an argument.
"This is a hospital, will you please keep your voice down," the first voice said, it was a lot calmer than the first and male.
Two people were having a full blown argument outside her bedroom door. She knew their voices, but in her dreamy haze, she had trouble placing them.
She got out of bed and as soon as she put weight on her legs, they buckled. Odette was quick enough to steady herself on the bed side. Instinctively she wrapped a hand around her belly and quickly noticed something was wrong. The prominent bump was missing.
"If you had let Odette leave with me, as per the Emperor's orders, this would never have happened," said the first voice, a little calmer than before. It was a high pitched female voice and Odete knew who it was, but her mind was now distracted by the absence of her child.
"If you're going to be like this, then I suggest you head back, I don't want you disturbing Odette," said the second voice, Bastian.
"You're the one that needs to step back and accept the divorce," the female voice said, Countess Trier.
"I believe I already gave you my answer."
"How much are you willing to lose? You already lost your child due to your arrogant stubbornness."
Incomprehensible words poured out from both sets of voices one after the other. Odette slipped into a strange, cloudy daze as she tried to make her way across the hospital room to the door. There must have been some kind of mistake, otherwise, this was a very strange dream.
"If this keeps going, I will have to mobilise the Imperial Guard and forcibly remove Odette from your evil clutches."
"Do what ever you want," Bastian said dryly.
"Listen carefully, Major Klauswitz, the Emperor might not be interested in being Odette's uncle, but he will still do what ever he can to protect the honour of the royal family. Stripped of her title or not, Odette is still of royal blood and he will not suffer her miserable situation any longer, especially not if it means bringing criticism onto the family."
"Dear Countess, I think you might have forgotten what it was like for Odette while with her father, the Duke Dyssen."
"Oh, yes, sure, her life is so much better now. Constantly involved in one scandal after another. Her reputation has been tarnished, she has suffered so much hardship that she even ran away from you and now she has been poisoned and lost her child because of you. You really think all of this can be swept away with a little bit of money?"
Bastian did not reply, the argument ended with Countess Trier's harsh words.
Odette stepped back from the door, the haze of clouds in her mind grew dark as a hand left the door knob she was about to turn and went to her belly. She waited for Bastian's voice to come and correct Countess Trier, but he never spoke.
