Fearless

Chapter Twenty Seven

"Annabelle... Annabelle wake up," a gentle voice spoke. What's going on? "Come on Annabelle... time to get up," it spoke again. My eyes did not feel as heavy so I tried to open them slowly. I blinked a couple of times, my vision finally becoming clear. "Where... where am I?" I asked, my throat hurt as I spoke. "You're fine Annabelle, I've got you... you're safe," the voice spoke. "Viktor?" I questioned. I looked to my side. Dark blue eyes... Eric. "I need to go home," I cried. He shook his head and gave me a gentle smile. "You are home Annabelle, this is your home now," he whispered.

"It is?" I asked but a strange thought came to my head, "it is isn't it." He seemed happy. "You're going to be my girl now," he said as he kissed my dry lips. "I am?" I questioned but the thought came back into my head again, "I am aren't I." Who is this person speaking for me. I am here, I am not going to be his woman... I need to escape. I was trapped, trapped in the frame of mind I struggle to escape from when I'm unwell. He sat me up in the bed, my body to heavy to move by itself.

A doctor came over. "I'm going to take this out of your arm now my dear," he said. I nodded and he took the wires off of me. He took them all out and bandaged me up. "Bath time," Eric whispered and lifted me up. I was taken into the bathroom and placed on a chair. "The maids will help you, I'll wait for you out here okay," he said and was about to leave. "Don't go... don't leave me alone please," I cried. What was I doing? "Are...are you sure you want me in here whilst you take a bath?" He asked cautiously.

"I don't want to be alone," I whispered. He smiled gently. He put his head out the room for a moment and closed the door behind him. He slowly undressed me and put me in the bath. He took his time gently washing me whilst I sat there unaware of what he was doing and that we was gently touching me no men should. He spent a moment gently squeezing my breasts but got a hold of himself and began to wash my hair. Once he had done he lifted me out of the bath and into a warm white towel and carried me out of the room.

The maids began dressing me and drying my hair. I looked in the mirror at me... lifeless. Once I was dressed, Eric lifted me up and took me out of the room. I didn't pay attention to where I was, I didn't really care. I just felt like a piece of me was missing. That little piece of my heart that had been fixed had gone and I couldn't put my finger on where. He sat me down on a chair and I looked out of the window, watching the little birds fly into the shrubs where their hidden nests were.

"Is she.. okay?" A voice asked. "She's a little delicate, the doctor said she might be for a few days," Eric said to whomever he was talking to. I couldn't move my head from the window, it was if my eyes were glued to it. "Delicate?" The man laughed, "she looks like a porcelain doll." Footsteps cam towards me. "Annabelle, you should eat something," Eric said cautiously. "I should?" I asked, "ohhh... I should." My eyes still on the window. "Oh my god what has that doctor done to her," the man uttered.

"She's been sedated for over week, only waking up once a day to take some medication and have a drink," Eric explained. The man laughed. "You think that would have helped her?" He cackled, "if her head wasn't messed up before you've officially caused her to loose it completely now!" There was the sound of clattering. A cup filled with a familiar scent was brought to my lips, I took a sip and quickly spat the liquid out again. "MARY MOTHER OF GOD ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!" I screamed trying to get the awful taste out of my mouth, "who the hell made that tea its disgusting!"

"Who would've thought that would snap her out of it!" The man laughed. "How much milk... seriously if you're going to make a cup of tea ask before you make it!" I complained. I looked at the disgustingly pale milky tea that has way too much sugar in it. I gave me shivers down my spine and made me feel queasy just looking at it. "How to you take your tea then?" Eric asked. I looked around and found a laptop, I went of it and searched H.M tea guide thing up and showed my beloved peanut safari. "The milk has to be either semi skimmed or skimmed completely, one sugar NO MORE!" I ordered. Dear lord why can people make a nice brew.

It hit me like I'd ran into a glass door... which I had done in my short 19 years way too many times. "Oh my god you washed me!" I screamed and died collapsing to the floor. "You asked me to!" Eric defended himself. "I.. I wasn't in the right frame of mind!" I protested. He picked me up from the floor and kissed me deep making my head go fuzzy. "S..stop," I panted. "Why you sound like you're enjoying it... I can't wait to get you into bed, you're so beautiful," he cooed. "No!" I cried trying to push him off of me.

"Excuse me I am still here you know!" The man spoke. "Annabelle this is my right hand man, Alexei," Eric introduced. The man smiled and bowed slightly. "Back on to the important stuff, the Petrov clan are claiming war if you don't give the prisoner you took back... by the way who is this prisoner, I checked and we don't have any new 'guests'," Alexei explained. I put my hand up like a moron. "That would be me," I sighed, "can I please just go home now, you've done enough with your ridiculous methods of making me well." Alexei looked shocked.

"You are not going back there, you are MY woman now!" Eric rejected. I banged my head on the table in front of me. "I am not YOUR woman I and VIKTOR's woman!" I scoffed. Once again Alexei just stood there in shock. "Get off!" I squealed as Eric hugged me, "I could snap your neck you know... like I did with that guy!" He chuckled lightly, "I will not let go Annabelle, I enjoy the feeling I get from holding you... you are mine now and you agreed with me earlier!" I shook my head. "You sedated me for over a week meaning I was still out of it when I agreed with you making it null and void," I concluded, "I love Viktor, I belong to Viktor and I want to go back to Viktor!"

He wouldn't let go of me, I was just stuck there in his arms. A letter opener... on the table in front of me. I grabbed it and held it to his neck. "She's a fire cracker isn't she.." Alexei stated which made Eric laugh. "She's the one that single handedly killed twelve of our men because they went to hurt the children!" Eric breathed in awe of me, "just be mine Annabelle... you won't regret it I promise." I held the knife a little closer to his neck causing a small trickle of blood to drip down.

I heard a guns safety coming off. "You won't do it," I taunted Alexei. He gave me a challenging look and shot. "SHIT," I screamed in pain, "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" I dropped the knife and fell to the floor looking at the bullet wound on the side of my leg. I breathed through the pain before finally getting a hold of myself. "Okay... okay I deserved that... but he shouldn't be feeling me up the fucking pervert!" I admitted. It had only grazed me so I undid the bandages on my arm to place around my leg.

"Annabelle stop... it'll take a while for your arm to... heal..." Eric said suddenly astounded by my completely healed arm. I tightly wrapped the bandage around my thigh to put pressure on the new wound. "I told you I'm a monster... even Viktor calls me it," I criticised myself. "You said he gave you something... something that made you smart and quick" he questioned but it was pointless. "I don't know what it is, he wouldn't tell me to protect me all I know is it's blue and it made me be able to learn Russian from scratch in nine days, I heal really quickly, because of it I survived a fatal dosage of arsenic poisoning, I'm agile and fast and ruthless," I explained everything I knew which was useless to them unless they got a hold on some of the stuff which I doubt they could.

We sat there in silence for a moment before a few men came running in shouting, "SIR, THE PETROV CLAN ATTACKING!" I tried to dart up but my left leg was having none of it. Eric got up a lifted me. "It seems we have a war on our hands my love... too bad he'll die leaving you to me," Eric taunted before roughly kissing my lips, "when this is over you will be mine completely..."