When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Bewildered, I asked, “Are you being held captive here, too?”

“Ha! How naive,” the woman mocked before telling the bodyguard. “Head in. The doctor is waiting for you.”

“We’ll leave her with you.” With that, the woman followed the bodyguard upstairs.

Once they left, we were left alone in the hall. The maid had already shut the door. It was much quiet without the howling wind.

“Come with me,” said Marcus. He walked up another flight of stairs.

Curious, I went after him obediently.

There were many rooms on the second floor. Marcus led me down the hallway and came to a stop when we reached the end. He opened the door on the right and stepped aside. “This is your room. Have a good rest tonight.”

I stepped in and studied the surroundings. There were candles lighting up the huge room. I immediately spotted a laptop beside the bed which seemed out of place in this castle.

Hearing the footsteps behind me, I turned and called out, “Wait a minute!”

his shadow

say?” I looked up and

me icily. “What do

to be clueless. I didn’t know why he was acting this way. Right now, I needed to find out where my

and tried to stay calm. “Why are you so familiar with the others? Where is

“You can see your

turning to glance at the laptop. It was clear that Marcus knew everything about

hint of frustration crept into

risked my life for my son’s sake, but I also did it because I

and muttered, “Why did

air, safe

while, Marcus spoke. “You’re

frantically, but I

hallway. Without looking back, he entered the first room on the

a line between us. I felt annoyed

my son’s safety was of utmost importance. I dashed back