ROSES FOR RACHEL: EPISODES 41-50
By Painter
Episode 50
Tessa and I both jumped, gasping. “God, Greer!” I yelled. “You scared the pee out of us.” I said looking over to her lingering in the doorway, still in her yellow night gown.
Greer shrugged, coming to sit in the floor between mine and Tessa’s chairs with a devious smile. “Can we though?” She said, giving me puppy dog eyes. “I want to go with you, too.” She said putting her hand up on top of mine and squeezing.
I looked down at her and then over at Tessa. “You’re both asking the wrong person.” I told them. “I’m fine with you coming with me, but I don’t know what the plan is. All I know is that in four days Pedro will be taking me somewhere.”
The three of us all jumped again when a man’s voice came from the living area. “Who is talking about me?” Pedro said playfully as he came into the study.
I was laughing for what felt like the first time in forever. “Pedro!” I giggled. “What is wrong with everyone today? You’re all creeping around!” I told him as my heart rate slowed back down to normal and we all laughed.
He leaned against the doorframe and pulled at his blue suit jacket. “They can come with you.” He smiled at them.
“Where are we going?” Tessa asked excitedly, and my happy mood was gone just like that.
I stood up and tied my robe a little tighter, trying to hide my feelings. I didn’t want to sit and gossip about where we might be getting to go. I want Calvin to come back. Greer gave me a knowing look and a soft smile as I squeezed by Pedro to leave the study.
“What did I do?” I heard Tessa whisper to Greer and I rolled my eyes.
Pedro followed me out to the hallway. “Where do you think you’re going?” He asked, his hands on his hips.
“I just want to go get a couple of new books from the library.” I told him, mirroring his stance. “Do you want to go with me?” I asked him.
He narrowed his eyes at me and then smiled. “Fine.” He conceded. Cromley started to follow us, but Pedro help up his hands. “I’ve got her this time.” He told him. Cromley was reluctant at first, but finally he fell back in line with the other guards.
We rode silently on the elevator down to level 5 and as soon as the doors opened I started trekking down the hall. “Pedro!” A man called from the other direction and I turned to see Pedro and Patrick embrace. “I was just looking for you.” Patrick smiled.
Pedro glanced over to me. “I’m good, I’ll be right back.” I told him as I turned and wound through the corridors to the creaky door at the end of the hall.
I glanced at the red velvet couch as I passed it, reminiscing on the time I’d run into Calvin here by accident. I went back over to the histories section and pulled three new books down, but I dropped them when I heard the door slam behind me.
“Hello, your highness.” A tall lanky man said, bowing his head curtly, then he laughed.
“Hello.” I said nervously.
He glanced down at the books on the floor. “Didn’t mean to scare you.” He said. “You studying up on some good old vampire history?” I smiled and nodded, bending down to pick the books back up. When I stood up again, he was right in my face. “You know what I find hilarious?” He asked me.
“I don’t.” I said lowly, not liking the dark shadow to his brown eyes.
“I think it’s pretty funny that you actually think you are the queen.” He said laughing, shaking his head back and forth.
“Excuse me?” I said in a louder tone than necessary, hoping to get the attention of Pedro or Patrick even from down by the elevators.
The man took a step closer to me, leaning down. “You can scream if you want to.” He whispered into my face. “This room is nearly sound proof when the doors are shut.” He smiled. “Makes for a better reading environment, but I doubt they’ll hear you.”
“Get away from me!” I warned without any power. “Calvin will-.”
“Calvin isn’t here, darling.” He laughed. “I wonder if you’ll taste as good as you smell…Or maybe, a girl as blind to everything going on around her as you are, will have a disappointing taste.”
He mused. “Stupid human.” I kicked and pushed against him as he backed me into the bookshelf, shoving the books from my hands and laughing at my shrieks as he ripped the sash off of my robe. “Either way, I’m draining you dry.” He said then brought his thick mouth down on the top of my shoulder, biting me hard.
His teeth dug deeply into my skin with a burning sensation and his whole face seemed to darken as he sucked my bI.ood while I screamed.
The door swung open and suddenly the man was ripped away from me, and he was fighting with the woman who pulled him off. They were just a blur in front of my dazed eyes.
Pedro appeared in the doorway and joined in, until finally the body of the man was on the floor in pieces and Angela and Pedro were standing on either side of it, looking frazzled.
“Are you ok?” Pedro asked, holding me at arm’s reach and looking slightly ashamed when his lips pulled back over his teeth slightly when he looked at the bI.ood oozing from the bite mark.
My heart was hammering and I was hyperventilating. “Am I going to turn?” I asked in fear.
Pedro shook his head. “Not how it works.” He whispered, still looking at my arm. “Rachel…I can’t. I haven’t fed in a while.”
“Go!” Angela shouted at him and he stalked from the room with his head bowed. Angela came to me with blood on her blouse and looked at the bite. “Are you alright?” She asked urgently, staring into my shocked eyes and I leaned away from her slightly. She took a half step back. “It’s ok,” She told me. “I just ate.”
I looked over at my wound and cringed. “Calvin can’t see this.” I said in a high pitched voice. “You have to heal it.” I urged her.
She furrowed her thick brows. “What?” She asked.
I staggered towards her. “Cut yourself and put your blood on it.” I directed her and she looked weirded out but did as I told her, turning her face from me as she placed her blood soaked hand on top of my shoulder.
Almost instantly the stinging stopped. “Thank you.” I whispered to her.
She met my eyes again and Pedro reentered the room. “Just remember it was me who saved your life when the king comes back.” She told me. “I’m sorry for my behavior last time we were together.” She bowed her head to me, then called in guards to handle the cleanup, before she left.
Pedro shook his head angrily, looking down at the corpse. He turned his eyes to me. “We can’t do this anymore.” He said firmly. “You can fight me on it if you want, but you are leaving tomorrow night, no matter what you say or do. It isn’t safe for you here anymore.”
My heart fell at his words. “No.” I protested. “I have four more days.”
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Pedro crossed his arms across his chest. “Rachel!” He yelled, then lowered his voice and waited for the guards to leave. “He isn’t coming back.” He told me harshly. “We haven’t gotten any word from him or any of his men, and I’ve had people out searching for him, Rachel. If he was alive, he would have gotten word to us somehow by now.”
My lip quivered and I sucked it into my mouth, biting it hard. “Don’t you dare say that.” I snapped at him. “He’s coming back.” I insisted.
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Pedro’s expression was hard. “I care about you too much, Rachel, to just let you stay here and end up getting klled when the population riots against you.” He said. “They might love you now, but right now you are married to their king, and one day will bring into the world a little prince or princess, but when they find out that Calvin is dead, there will be no need for you anymore.
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I will be named king, and you will be in triple the danger you are now, so say what you want, hate me if you must, but you will be leaving here tomorrow night.”
I wanted to hate him, but instead I just let the tears free flow while I wrapped my arms around his waist.
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ROSES FOR RACHEL: EPISODES 41-50
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