The Beauty with a Vengeance

Ch 7

Another day, another chapter. The next chapter will be much longer than this one, sorry for all the short scenes.

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Briar's POV

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  I've been trying to get up and leave this awful room for God knows how long, only to find the best I can do is move my foot. I need to get out of here, it's all too much. The wedding, the poisoning, just me being in this room is overwhelming. The door creaked open so I quickly pretended to be asleep. Footsteps shuffled closer towards me and the bed dipped as someone, Adrian I assume, climbed in next to me. 

  I felt him move closer towards me, his breath on my face close enough to kiss me; but instead he seemed to hesitate. I held my breath as he moved away and flicked off the lights, settling under the sheets so close our legs brushed each other. After he began to snore I found myself letting out a breath, of relief? Disappointment? No, I didn't want him to kiss me anyway. But why would he, I'm asleep, I wouldn't have known, it wouldn't benefit his act. I stiffened as Adrian turned towards me and wrapped his arms around me. 

  I glanced over at him. I've never seen him sleep before; his lips were parted slightly, his eyes shut and still, his whole demeanor was very relaxed overall. In the four years I've been here I have never seen him so look so peaceful, but then again whenever I've seen him he's been awake. 

  I glanced around the pitch black room, which began to feel smaller and darker the more I looked at it. I heard footsteps in the distance. My heart started pounding in my chest so loud I'm surprised Adrian is still asleep. I couldn't breathe and the darkness began to choke me.

"Adrian?" I whispered.

Panic began to grip me as my breathing quickened and I heard whispers outside the door.

"Adrian?" I croaked.

The door began to open, and I couldn't move.

"Adrian!" I screamed. He jumped awake and flipped on the lights, standing in a fighting stance with a dazed look on his face as he quickly looked around.

"What? Whats wrong?" He looked at me.

"Nightmare?" I shook my head.

"No, I just, I heard someone, and it's dark, and I just, someone was coming in, I don't, I don't know." I said breathlessly. He cautiously moved toward the door and opened it as he stepped out into the hallway and disappeared from my sight. I tried to stay calm until he came back into the room.

"No one is out there, everyones asleep." He stated. I looked warily at him for a moment.

"Someone was there. I know it." I insisted, Adrian sighed.

"No one was there Briar, you imagined it." I wanted to scream at him.

"No! I didn't! He was there, I know it!" He studied me carefully.

"He?" My throat went dry. 

"Someone, I meant someone." I looked away as Adrian stared at me, his eyes probably holding a question, but he didn't ask if they did.

"It's probably a side effect from the poison, you should sleep." He moved to turn out the light and I tensed at the movement, causing him to pause and rethink.

"I think i'll leave the lights on, just in case." He decided. I nodded as he climbed back into bed. I barely even acknowledged that he had his arm around me and was tracing circles on my side as I drifted off. I didn't have a nightmare that night, but I had a feeling I would soon be living in one.