Damsel In Distress (Arcana Famiglia FF)

Chapter 10: Unanswered

The mansion was all hyped up after the arrival of the handsome stranger. One of the Arcana Famiglia members had found him outside the gate, unconscious. They had no idea where he had come from and his eyes had not fluttered open. Not once. The maids had already dressed his wound which appeared to be a gash.

"Possibly a bladed weapon since his wound seemed to have been cut clean." As Angelica had mentioned.

"What are we gonna do?" Says a maid.

"I'm nervous. What will happen if he'll wake up?" Asks another.

"We'll have to just wait and see," Angelica's calm voice answers for the girl as the maids whirled around and saw her leaning on the doorpost, "Don't tell me that you don't want him to awaken from his beauty sleep?" They maids blush at this, "Or perhaps you actually have fallen for his pretty face?" She continues, clearly teasing them.

"N-no. We wouldn't--couldn't do that." One maid answers nervously.

Angelica chuckles, "I was only teasing, don't worry!" She says, "But would it be possible if you ladies leave me with the man for a moment?" She continues, her voice and face become serious suddenly, scaring the girls.

"Y-yes. Of course!" They answer, puzzled at Anglica's request, "Take all the time you need, Angelica! No prob!" They continue and quickly closed the door behind them.

"Now that we're alone, Ronaldo," Angelica says to the sleeping man, "I'm afraid I have three important questions for you, one: why are you here?; two: what happened?; three: who did this to you?" His eyes suddenly open and they immediately met Angelica's gaze. A smile of relief appears on his face.

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"Where's Angelica?" Felicita asks one of the maids.

"U-um. ."

"Have you seen her?"

"I-I last saw her in the room with the new guy." The maid answers nervously.

"Really? Okay. Thanks." Replies Felicita as she walked away and headed for the chambers. She starts wondering why Angelica was with the man. Does she know him? If she does, how did she know him? And where? All these questions swirled around her head like a tornado. Approaching the room, she catches Angelica walk out of the room. Watching her friend close the door, she notices that her face seemed distressed as if she found out a terrible truth. Angelica lets out a long sigh. Turning her heels, she turns her back on the door and calmly walks away.

Felicita's eyes watch Angelica disappear down the corridor. As soon as her friend was completely out range, she rushes to the chamber and gently opens the handles and quickly got inside. She turns to the man who appeared to be sleeping. Stepping towards him, she decides to take a look on his face. Well, of course, he had blonde hair. But unlike Liberta, his blonde hair had a golden tone to it, and was kept messy. He apparently was still sleeping. He seemed peaceful and no longer seemed terrified like earlier. The man seemed pale though.

Felicita gasps when his eyes suddenly open, "Ah. You're finally awake," she says, regaining her wits, "How are you feeling?"

The man only grins, "I'm fine," he suddenly sits up and kisses the back of her hand. Her eyes widen in shock, realizing that he was swift, just like Angelica, "What is a pretty lady doing here? Did you come to see how my pretty face looked like?" He asks calmly with a smirk on his face.

"U-um n-no!" stammered Felicita as she quickly backed away, "I only came to see how you were!"

"Is that so?" Felicita suddenly saw herself on the bed with his face towering over her. She panics realizing the situation she was in. He chuckles seeing her face redden. Closing her eyes, she hears the door bang open and felt the man pulled away from her. Opening them she saw Angelica, her face filled with rage and disgust.