Blossoms on fire

Chapter 37

EDITED

I wake up in some bed.

Where I am? I ask myself.

I sit on that bed and I look around. It is a small room with a bed and a window. Nothing else.

'Long time no see you, Leonora.' says someone.

It was just a dream. It is a pity. I want to believe that it was real!

I stand up and go to the window. I look through it. I see forests on the east and fields. And through the north to south is a great way.

I must get out of it unless they found out. I open the window and look to the ground. It is maybe four metres. No, I cannot do it. It is so high! And my leg is hurt. I will try another way. I close the window. I am thinking for a while. I will run away through the door.

I am going to the door but I fall in the middle of the way to it. I get up. My legs hurt. But I must get out of here. I can do it that way.

I am going downstairs. I hear voices. I am keeping up. Careful, Lea. Careful. Be quiet, they must not find out that you are trying to leave.

Next stair, second, third, fo...

Ahhhhh

I got my leg into a painful position. And I fall from the stairs. The heads of people who until my fall talking to each other, turn around and they are looking at me. But they are not looking on my face. Their stare is lower. I look lower and see that I am only in a nightdress and by the fall the nightdress was pushed up so ...

Oh no.

I try to hide it but before I did. One of them lifts me.

'You cannot run here in the nightdress.' says that person.

I fear to look up but I risk it and I see Noor' s face.

'Noor... you are here.' I say.

'Leonora...' he wanted to say something but he did not.

He turns his head around.

'Let this to me. I will be back soon.' he says and he starts to go upstairs. Then he enters the room I was in. He comes to bed and places me on it.

'Noor...' I call him again.

I wanted to thank him but he...

'Leonora, how did you end up with revolutionaries?' he asks me a bit curious and a bit angrily.

'They bought me from Jonah and Jim...' I want to continue but he cuts me off.

'Who are Jonah and Jim?' he asks.

'Jim kidnapped me from the meadow I was at.' I explain.

'So when you said you go outside, you did not mean outside of the palace but the town?' he asks.

Does he remember?

'You can remember, I thought you did not care about my whereabouts. You said it clearly.' I say confused.

'Yes, I remember. But I want you to answer my question. Outside it is a town? Were you in town?' he asks.

'Yes...' I answer.

He comes to me.

'Noor, I am sorry. Please forgive me. Please.' I beg him.

He continues in walking to me. Quietly.

Please forgive me. I want to stay with you because only with you I feel safe. Please.

He gets down a bit and he hugs me.