Lace

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When I finally came to, the sun had faded into the moon.

The night was hot, yet windy and the gate lights were clearly visible through the square windows of the room, and sourced as my only form of illumination in the dark room.

I tried to wake up, but the striking pain in my lower abdomen held me back down.

When was I hurt? Was I even hurt?

It wasn't that time of the month yet, or had I been unconscious for so long?

Whilst reaching over to the headboard to collect the laptop I'd finally been able to afford, the room door sprung open.

Soren and Erebus towered behind a shivering woman with dicey expressions.

"Oh, you're awake." She smiled sweetly, fiddling with the locks of her little suitcase. "Dr Shroff-- that's me... I'm Dr. Shroff."

She was clearly uncomfortable.

The two men stood completely unchanged behind her; intimidatingly tall with a look that could kill.

"What happened?" I asked, wasting no time with polite greeting.

Bloody hell, I need to spend less time with those two.

"I unfortunately do not know." She spoke softly with a discrete eye roll. "But I do know that you were drugged. And possibly beaten... I'm just here to treat your pain through." Classic.

With fearful eyes and sweaty palms, the doctor looked back and very very politely asked the two for privacy. "I need to ask her some questions which would be considered confidential and she may feel uncomfortable answering with others in the room."

Erebus looked reluctant, and had a storm going off in his eyes, but after a warming look towards the doc and a glance towards me, he stepped out with Soren following hot on his tracks.

Doc practically ran towards me with a look of concern and took both of mine in hers, "I've been waiting for you to wake up. Those men that were in the room are very bad men, have they hurt you?" She looked genuinely concerned.

Yes.

"No."

She sighed, "Do you need to leave, I could always tell them that you require so--."

I cut her off with a smile. This place was toxic, I knew it. But for some reason I've grown fond of it...

"I'm here on my own will doc, " I'm not... "and I'm happy here." But for how much longer?

The doctor looked embarrassed, with rosey cheeks and wondering eyes.

"But please, don't ever stop what just happened here. Some day another may just need help getting out of a situation and you could be their guardian angel. "

Doc met eyes with me and smiled sleepily. She then did a basic body checkup and prescribed me some pain meds. I should be back in ship shape in the next few days.

"How are you feeling?" Erebus asked, walking into the room.

"What happened? All I remember is you taking me to this pub and the rest is just a blur. I don't even remember why the hell we went there! "

"In two weeks you are going on your first assignment.  Do you remember that?" Erebus still stood, towering over the room itself. His usual black suit swooped for a refreshing grey sweatpants and black tshirt. Simple yet I would have still felt intimidated if I hadn't seen the softer side of him.

I nodded, vaguely remembering thanking him for finally bringing me another step closer to Riley.

I sat up, grunting a but which sparked worry in Erebus's eyes, only for me to reassure him that I was fine.

"So we went to the pub to get a little background on the men you were going after, but like the such lunatics men are, the moment they saw me leave to let you try and be alone, they tried to get with you."

So I was weak...

"So they drugged me then?"

"No, they tried to flatter you but you acted out. "

Rule one: control your emotions. I broke it.

"Then they ganged up on you and then they drugged you."

Erebus clearly left out more then he should have. His story had more holes than my Tshirt, but at this point, I didn't want to push it.

"I'm sorry. I should have handled it better."

Something struck in Erebus, he looked at me with such intensity that I'd almost flinched. Almost. I need to keep my emotions in check.

"It's my fault," those three words seemed so hard for him to say "I thought that you were ready." He could not meet my eye.

"But I am ready, please don't--"

"Lace, my own men don't bloody respect you! You have no back up! If you go on that mission then you're going all alone, and you're not ready for that."

"B-"

"No lace, I'm not going to have your blood on my hands! "

Again, I let my emotions take charge and I reached out and took his hand in mine, squeezing it slightly.

This brought him out of his daze, and his eyes darkened. Any source of kindness and worry that I saw his eyes morphed into sickening darkness.

"There is a gala this coming weekend. Better on not, you are going to be there.  Be ready."

***

I feel as if Erebus is too soft.

And I don't know is the story is too fast? Or is it going too slow?

Let me know, please.

And what do you think about Lace?

Is Erebus likable?

Who do you want to see more of?

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10-01-2020