Chapter 30


    LEIGH-ARI


    Confusion, frustration, pain, and rage were the only things I felt. I had so many questions that needed


    answers. I had to know why, out of bazillion people in the world; why did they choose me? An ordinary


    woman from Cyprus who has never offended anyone since the beginning of ever! Why did they have to


    lock me up in this furnace? And why did they feel entitled to punish me?


    What sin did Imit?


    The steam in the sauna was unbearable. When Vernero brought me here, it was okay. I felt like I could


    sit in here for a long minute. It was hot, yes, but the heat wasn’t bad. However, a few minutes after he


    took off, the temperature rose by a hundred. I began sweating buckets until I shredded the little clothing I


    had on. I breathed it in with my organs, allowing it to fill m y lungs like a gallon of fresh air. I was no


    stranger to the benefits of steam to the body and often rmended sauna visits to some of my


    patients. It soothed the burn on my cheek and lulled the pain in my heart. The sweat covering my skin


    like a glove made me sticky and gummy, but the steam never stopped to swirl around, creating a very


    thick, dense fog in the small room.


    I bundled myself at the corner of the sauna and let my mind wander.


    Where was Laura? Did she know I was kidnapped? At the hospital, were they aware that I was gone? Or


    they had already found a recement for me? Right at that moment, loneliness crashed on me hard, as I


    realized that in this world, apart from Laura, I had NO ONE! It was always me against the world, Alone!


    Even if I died in the hands of the twins, no one would mourn my death and miss me! Has my life always


    been this sad? Full of… nothing? I couldn’t believe it! But it was the hard truth standing right in my face.


    Sitting in the scorching sauna, it dawned on me that I was just one of the most irrelevant things this life


    could possibly have! No wonder why the police officers refused to help me! I mean, who would help such


    a lone dog?


    A sad, lone tear drizzled down my cheek and I unhurriedly wiped it. A very strong wave of fatigue came


    crawling towards me like a lion after quietly stalking its prey. I had no energy to fight it. The heat, the sad


    thoughts gnawing deep inside me, hunger, the hard and strong sense of failure, and all the chunk of crap


    I had in my mind made it all easy for fatigue to swallow me whole. I felt very light-headed like I was


    drifting away on a fluffy, white milky cloud while Adele sang a luby.


    I didn’t fight it. I couldn’t. My eyes fluttered close and the rest of my body gave out in response.


    The thought of dying in here was thest thing on my mind before darkness quickly drank m e in its


    glorious abode.


    LORENZO POV


    “GET THE DOCTOR!” I barked at Valerie and tore off after Vernero, then ran to the underground pavilion


    hot on his heels.


    We arrived at the steam room in a blink of an eye and Verzi was quick to scan his finger. As soon as the


    door clicked open, I gave it a strong kick and was inside the room in a heartbeat. The heat hit me hard in


    the face causing me to take a huge gulp of the hot air.


    “Vernero are you fucking insane? How could you lock her in here when it’s like this?” I cursed searching


    the heavily fog-covered room. The steam made it hard for me to find her because it was everywhere.


    Literally everywhere. And heavens it was hot in here! It was insanely hot!


    “I didn’t.” He defended from somewhere behind me.


    “Switch the damn thing off for fuck’s sake,” I growled out loud and stumbled on a small shoe i n my path,


    then followed the small trail of clothes until I stopped right in front of her. My shoe -covered foot made


    contact with her naked thigh and I quickly bunched down towards her.


    “Found her,” I informed picking her limp, hot, and sweat-covered body, and exited the room.


    Vernero came walking behind us as I quickly made my way to the west wing. By the time we arrived,


    Lorik and the other guys were waiting for us with eyes wide open. Lorik wasted no time checking her


    pulse right after Iid her on the couch. I stood back and red daggers at Vernero only to find him


    slightly trembling. The look on his face was hard, and I knew he was about to go ballistic. I knew he was


    telling the truth when he said: “he didn’t”. The temperature in that room was insanely high, and I knew for


    a fact that he couldn’t lock Ari in that kind of a room. He couldn’t do anything to hurt her. He wouldn’t. I


    knew it like I knew the back of my hand! 1


    It’s either the system had a small error, or someone tampered with it and increased the temperature. But


    who? Because no one had the guts to do that. Dark Woods was out turf, and everyone living here knew


    their limits and where to draw the line. No one, absolutely no one would have the sheer audacity to


    tamper with the sauna system while Leigh-Ari was locked i


    n there. Especially when everyone knew what she meant to us.


    ‘She’s okay. She passed out from too much heat and dehydration. I will put her on the drip and she


    should be fine in a few minutes.” Lorik broke the heavy silence, and I breathed a huge sigh of relief.


    Thank fuck!


    “Okay. Let’s take her to her room.” I called out and walked towards her in an attempt to pick her, but Verzi


    beat me to it and hurriedly bundled her to his chest. I followed him while the


    others went to collect a few things.


    We climbed the stairs in deafening silence until we reached her room where Verzi gently


    tugged her in bed facing up after I prepared the bed.


    Lorik arrived shortly with Valerie behind her and he connected the drip to her, when they were done, the


    two left us alone with her sleeping body.


    “I didn’t do it,” Vernero said in a small tone.


    “I know. The system surely misfunctioned.” I replied still staring at Ari’s sleeping face


    “It’s my fault. I didn’t check it.”


    “No silly. It’s not. Anything can go wrong at any time. Don’t beat yourself for it. You heard Lorik, she is


    okay.” I looked at him and gave him a small smile. He rewarded me with a non convincing nod before


    looking at Ari’s sleeping face. Knowing Vernero, he was definitely overthinking the whole thing and was


    already nning on how to skin whoever meddled with Ari. If he continued to carry the me, then he


    was going to find ways to punish himself. And boy that was never lovely. He made sure to hurt himself to


    the point where I, wherever I was, felt his pain. Sometimes he would bind himself and let Ciello do things


    to him. His screams would wander this whole dang castle and I so hated that. We had our Ari now, and


    he wasn’t going to go down that trail ever again!


    I shook my head expelling the unpleasant thoughts and walked to the lounge area and perched myself


    on the plush leather seat. I couldn’t wait to get done with this day already.


    It was one hell of a long day in history.


    A/N


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