Beauty and The Beast

Fourteen

I heard Greta drumming on my bedroom door. I opened it and found her exhausting.

"She's not in her bedroom, Sir." She said.

"What ?"

I stalked walk out the door and headed downstairs toward security room. The guards shocked to see me.

"Check all the cctv's. Find her." I instructed.

We couldn't find her, all the cctv's didn't catch her. Then something got my attention.

"Zoom in her balcony." I said.

The curtains swayed which meant the balcony door was opened.

"Did you open the balcony door ?" I asked Greta.

"No, Sir." She shook her head.

"She escaped from the balcony. Find the cctv's around the balcony and zoom them in." It didn't took long for them to find her.

"We found her, Sir."

One of the guard showed me the cctv video that catches a slight movement of her dress.
It's been three hours since she got away. I walked out and called Costner, i met him at the front door.

"Gather the guards and all of your men, find her in the woods." I ordered.

"Right away, Sir."

"Get me my Diego, now."

"She won't make it through the wood, Sir. You can leave it with us." Costner suggested.

"That's not what i'm worried about, i hope she can make it to the road. But the rain that got me worried, woods can be very dangerous when its raining and dark. She won't survived." I said worriedly.

"I'll go get your horse." Costner disappeared.

I whistled to call Sam and Dexter, they came in a second. I instructed them to find her. Costner came with Diego. I patted my horse and gave him her clothes to scent her. I climbed on his back and headed toward the woods with Sam and Dexter at the front leading us.

"We split in two groups. I go west and you lead them to go north." I said to Costner.

"Yes, Sir. Are you sure you wanna go alone ?"

"I had the best trackers with me, i'll be fine."

With that i lifted my crop and hit Diego urging him to go fast. Sam and Dexter already far led the way. We ran fast like nothing can stop us. Diego was running like hell, he had a thing with Sam and Dexter. They never got along together.

"Easy boy, easy." I told him.

It was quite far, i can't believed she could make it this far. But still no sign of her. Three of my trackers still headed to west fast.

"Where are you, baby." I muttered under my breath.

Suddenly Sam and Dexter turned left, i needed to pull Diego and turned him to the left. They fastened their run, i knew we were close, i knew they found something. We stopped in front of a hut, they barked loudly telling me something was inside. I hopped off Diego and walked inside. The hut was closed to break down. I scanned the hut and found her. She was leaning on the wall unconscious. I ran towards her and lifted her on my lap. I tapped her cheek to wake her up. She stirred a little.

"Cassandra, look at me." She forced her eyes to look me as tears started to stream on her eyes.

"It's alright, baby. You're safe. I'm here now."

I hugged her and rocked her back and forth. She lifted her arms to clung on my neck. But it didn't last long as her arms slowly dropped to her side.

"Cassandra ! Stay with me, Cassandra !" I shook her face again but i lost her.

"Shit." I lifted her in my arms and put her on Diego, i jumped up on him. I pulled her to me and hold her with my right hand. I tighten my grip on Diego with my free hand.

"Take us home, buddy." I told Diego.

He started to run with Sam and Dexter leading us. I looked down to her face, she was so pale. Her body was cold like ice. She wasn't alright. I kicked Diego's butt so he'd run faster. In half an hour later we arrived. I jumped off Diego and took her with me. I carried her in my arms, Greta screamed when she looked at Cassandra. She ushered me to Cassandra's room. I lay her on the bed and walked out of the room to call a doctor while Greta changed her clothes.

The doctor arrived when i finished my shower. I led him to her room. She was still in that position when i lay her. Didn't move an inch.

"She will get a fever tonight, Greta has to stay with her and compressed the heat with a cold towel on her forehead." The doctor said, and Greta nodded.

"I infused her with vit-c. She had dehydration, make her drink more water when she woke up." He wrote down the medicine receipt. "And give her this two times a day."

"Thank you, Dr.Brown." I shook his hand and he departed as Greta ushered him.

It had been four hours i've been watching her sleeping. I sat on the velvet chair next to her bed, and peered down at her with distraught eyes. I denied to sleep when Greta told me to, all i desired was to stay with her and her to gain conscious. I caressed her cold cheek with the back of my hand.

I rose from the chair and strode toward her as she whimpered. She stirred and opened her eyes. She swept the room with her eyes, her frantic eyes clashed with mine, fresh tears sprung up in her eyes. As if it extracted oxygen from my lungs. I knew that look. She recalled the memory of me as a monster, as a hideous beast.

She sat straight and placed her feet on the floor. She kept her head down. I knelt before her and put my hands on the mattress on each side of her thighs. I reached to push her hair behind her shoulder and wiped away her tears. She shivered as a tear tickled down her cheek. I cupped her face.

"Don't cry, i don't deserve your tears." I said.

She looked at me and i felt a stab in my chest to see innocent eyes. How can i allowed an ingenious girl like her went through all this ?

She palmed her face with her hands and sobbed hard. I was done with it. I'd give anything in this world to prevent her tears, i'd turn hell to heaven for her if i had to. I hugged her tight, and kissed her head. I inhaled her deeply. I'd do whatever she want, i'd be a better person just for her. I pulled away to face her, and cupped her chin.

"I need to aid your wound, okay ?" I rubbed her pink lips with my thumb.

She nodded. I started to cure her legs and arms. It will healed in couple of days, nothing serious. I finished and put the medicine box aside. I took her legs and put it in the duvet. I pulled the duvet to her waist. I sat on the bed facing her.

"Don't run away from me like that again." I warned with a calm voice.

"I won't. There is no way i would go back to that woods ever again." She shook her head.

"Good. About the incident in my study. ." I started to speak, she immediately looked down at her entwined fingers.

"Why didn't you tell me that he touched you ?" I cupped her chin and lifted her gaze to mine.

"Should i be ?"

"Yes, you should."

"I'm sorry. I should have told you."

"It doesn't matter now. You need to tell me everything from now on. I won't let anyone touch you." She nodded weakly.

"I'm sorry i ran away."

I lay her down and pulled the duvet to her chin. I kissed her forehead as i murmured.

"Don't ever leave me again. Sleep."