Year 1863
Thea pretended to sleep. She was still awake when Kay left her room. She couldn't sleep at all. The conversation between the two man before was still looming in her head.
Something had happened, and she didn't know what it was. Without thinking, she took her coat and sneak out. London in the middle of the night is a good time to make a move. Thea rushed towards Mister Mild's residence. Maybe she could find something there.
Mr. Mild's house was getting dusty after being left by its owner. Thea picked up the candle on the table. She had to light a candle because she didn't know what to look for. She returned to the study room, where Thea had last seen the old man.
Thea started checking all over the place.
On the desk, in the jar, behind the painting, in the drawer, one by one. Thea did it slowly and to no avail. Nothing important. Thea shifted to the desk drawer. Her hands fumbled in every part of the drawer. Just found a pile of u
Year 1853In this small world. Thea felt alone.She woke up, ate the hard bread, worked like a slave and went back to sleep. There's nothing better than this lousy routine.Maybe she should be grateful to be able to live with all this suck. But this suck-thing seemed to be a shackle that would not be broken in a long time.Perhaps, no one knew what it was like to be a noble who fell from her position.No one serves her anymore.Instead, it was her who served and carried out the others works as a form of isolation from the people around her.Her brain was trying to accept all of this. But her little heart rebelled.She wanted to burn them all, as they had accused her of. Thea wasn't a little angel who didn't hold a grudge for their treatment.They avoided her openly like the plague.Only Xander didn't care about it all.Thea thought of him as an angel that God sent to comfort her. The boy did nothin
Year 1863Xander's smile continued to widen. "Have you ever met any other kids besides me?" he asked, purely without any ill intention.But Thea's expression seemed to be misinterpreted by Xander. He then shut his mouth. Xander knew he had brought up the wrong topic. He cleared his throat."Uhm-""Would you like to take a walk outside?"Thea cut him off and offered walking at the backyard. After a while, Thea finally answered Xander's question."No, I never met the other kids," Thea hoped never to see them again. They walked side by side without a word.Meanwhile, Xander's eyes slowly stared at Thea's nape. She, who was sensitive, immediately realized that."Would you like to see it?" Thea asked.Xander shook his head, “Oh no. I'm sorry. It became habit, you knew it.”The two of them then fell silent, both busy with their own thoughts. “Did the Wilkess family treat you well?” Xande
Year 1853“Oh, I almost kissed you and gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Thank goodness you're awake,” Xander sighed. His hands cleaned the remnants of dirt stuck to her hair.Thea was still panting heavily.She played in the water and almost drowned in the bath, but what she felt this time was a hundred times more painful. She felt her nose sore and her head hurt. Her chest tightened a little and her stomach constricted.Thea grabbed Xander's shirt and coughed."Can you get me out of here, Xander?" She asked.Xander's eyes widened.A second later he smiled bitterly."If you get out of here, where will you go?""I don't know. Anywhere is fine. As long as it's not here. I'm afraid I'll lose control and avenge them."After a few times she had experienced this, her fearful ethereal soul had disappeared. All she could do now was endure it. But how long will she last? Which one will come fir
Year 1863How long had Thea not felt someone touch her lips?A year?Two years?No. It had been ten years since Xander had last kissed her.Thea was too shocked to realize what was happening to her. But a moment later, her sharp ears caught the sound of footsteps moving away. It made her respond to the thing in front of her immediately.She pushed Xander in flash as hard as she could."What are you doing?!" Thea almost shouted."Uh, I'm sorry, I…"“Please go home, Xander! Go back! Let's just pretend we never see each other again," Thea turned her back and left the backyard.Xander chased after her. "Thea! Sorry, I didn't mean to do that but my body did it subconsciously.” Xander himself was confused about what he had done.Thea ignored him."I bet I'm too excited to meet you," Xander tried to grab her but Thea move faster."Ridiculous.""Thea, wait! Let's tal
Year 1853 Thea moved freely as she wish. She even deliberately avoided other children and hide from them as much as possible after finishing her work. There were several kids who tried to approach her. She didn't know what their motive was and Thea didn't want to give them a chance to bully her again. She couldn't stop being alert after what happened to her over and over again. Thea also wondered why Ben and the gang had been so quiet these past few days. She always thought they cooked something for her as a surprise attack. And Thea needed to get ready. As the day passes, Thea and Xander became closer than before. Actually, it made her felt happy even though there were only the two of them. "This," One day, Xander presented her with a pocket knife. Its shape was not too big nor too small. There was some rust on the handle. But it was still working fine overall. "What's this?" Thea asked not because she didn't kn
Year 1863 Thea opened her eyes and blinked slowly. She felt something wet on her forehead. It was a small towel. "Thea!" Thea's eyes caught the worried look on Kay's face. "Where am I?" "In my room." Thea tried to sit up. Kay helped lean her back. He took the tea and let Thea take a sip of it slowly. "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?" "I have no idea." Kay took her hand and tucked some fine hair behind the ear, then Kay stood up for a bowl with a lid on the table. What he did momentarily made Thea feel strange. "I heard you haven't eaten all day," Kay opened the lid and revealed the contents. "You must eat now." "I'm not hungry," Thea mumbled. "If you don't eat, I'll have to inject you again and take you to the hospital," Kay handed a mouthful porridge and force its way to her. "You injected me?" Thea asked, in disbelief. Thea scanned her arms. T
Year 1853As they came closer, Thea hid herself as deep as possible. She gripped the knife Xander had given her.Since receiving it, she always carried it with her everywhere.The only one who could protect herself is her."Did you see her?"Thea held her breath. Their voices were so close."I saw her heading this way.""Are you sure?""Yes," they talked to each other.But among all those people, she didn't hear Ben's voice.Why would she care if Ben was there or not? She just wanted them all to leave her alone.They looked around but no one saw Thea.After a few minutes, they finally left the back door and came back in.Thea waited a little longer before finally deciding to leave.No one would have guessed where she was hiding.She came out of the chimney and quietly headed for her room.Unfortunately, the calm she felt was short-lived.Someone was already
Year 1863Thea laughed."No way...Kay? Are you kidding me?" She turned her face away from him. "Stop your acting. I told you it wasn't funny."One day, after Kate left, Kay had told her that he liked Thea. But Thea just brushed him off. She couldn't believe someone could like her.Kay's hands clenched tightly. His lips were only inches away from hers. He knew he had to stop before it was too late. Kay painstakingly pulled himself up."Sorry, I..." Kay stood up and rubbed his face. "I'd better get out. Please take a rest.""Kay..."Kay had his back to Thea. "If anything goes wrong, I'm in my study," Kay said. He had to get out of there immediately. Kay was afraid he couldn't stop himself.***Thea went silent.She could still feel his breath on her face. Thea couldn't describe how she felt. She knew Kay had liked her once, but she didn't know that it still continued to this day. She could see his intense g