Della sat under the hot shower for a long, long time. She tried to clear her mind and relax a little, in hopes of remembering exactly what in the hell had happened the night before. She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, but nothing would come to her at all.
She was usually such a careful person, she just didn't understand what could have happened. She was always in the company of people she trusted and never left her drinks unattended at any parties. Just how the hell had this happened?? She was so damn mad at her stupid self, and she was also so damned confused by her father's behavior tonight. 'Like really, what the hell?' She thought to herself as she cried.
She was so tired, and her muscles were aching. She just wanted to sleep in Caine's arms for a while, and forget about everything that has happened over the last two days. She wished more than anything to see him again. Her heart was sore and her mind was numb.
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After Caine and John had made it out of the kitchen area safely, they knew that they only had so much time before the sun would come up, and then finding Della and safely escaping would be a much harder task. They scurried out into the service hall and into the service elevator. They were not sure where they were going, they just knew they needed to find her as quickly as possible and then get the hell out of there. Caine pushed the button to go to the third floor. It seemed like a reasonable enough choice at the time. They rode silently up to the top, there was so much tension in the air...Caine just knew something bad was about to happen. They drew their weapons just before the doors opened, just in case. That turned out to be an awesome decision because just as soon as the elevator stopped and the doors opened, they came face to face with Robert D'Rose'. "You mother fu......" Robert started to cuss Caine immediately. He stopped mid sente
Doctor Stone came running down the hallway in his burgandy silk robe with a big black leather bag in hand. "Get back! Everyone get back!" He shouted to the crowd that had started to gather around Della's body on the floor. His usually gentle eyes were now wild, his hair was a mess, and he was waving his arm in a 'move' motion. "Get back and let me work!" He shouted as he knelt down next to Della's limp body that was crumpled on the floor. The doctor had Zeek help him roll Della over carefully, so that she could be better examined. Mister had just arrived on the scene, still dressed in his night clothes as well. His face said that he was mad as hell. He looked over at Robert who could only look away in shame because he knew that this was his fault. All of it. If Robert hadn't been in such a hurry to save himself, Della wouldn't be here in the first place. He had actually put his daughter out here like this to save his own damn neck. A reputation a
Zeek stepped into the recovery room where Della was being attended to by Hallie. "You can't be in here yet," Hallie said curtly to Zeek. "I won't be in your way," Zeek said as he sat down in the chair across from Della's bed. "She's in good hands you know?" Hallie told him. "I know, but mine are better." He replied. "I'll get the doctor." Hallie huffed and she left the room. Zeek couldn't help but to stare at Della as she slept. She looked so peaceful, like an angel that had accidentally fallen straight out of Heaven. The sun light was reflecting on her perfect olive skin and it made her glow like some kind of celestial creature. He couldn't help but to find her absolutely beautiful. He secretly hoped that it would work out for her and Mister. He had been by Mister's side for about ten years now, and he had seen the women come and go. Most were just looking to be fed, but this one was somehow different. He didn't even know her, so he couldn't rea
Joy waited on pins and needles for word from Caine, or Della, or Robert. Hell, word from anyone would be great.. She dialed and dialed her phone until it finally went dead. She searched frantically for her charger but couldn't find it anywhere. She opened all of her suitcases and dumped out all of the contents on the bed and floor of her room, while crying uncontrollably. She looked on the verge of real insanity. Miss Jessie couldn't take it anymore, and she told her to go take a shower and try to relax. Joy protested and tried to balk, but this was nothing new to Jessie. She walked Joy through it with ease. She walked Joy to her room and went to make tea, but not before making sure Joy had everything she needed first. "Try to rest baby," Jessie said as she left Joy to her thoughts. Joy began to undress and she made her way to the bathroom mirror. She stopped to look at herself and instantly started to cry again, she couldn't even sta
Robert had finally eaten and made it back to his room to try to sleep. He knew he needed to figure out a way to fix all of this before Joy found out, because God help him if she did, but he was exhausted...so he slept. He slept deep and hard. He was in the middle of the worst dream, he just kept seeing Della's limp body fall to the floor over and over again. He was being eaten alive by his guilt and he was afraid that it was starting to affect his decision making skills. He was drawn from his sleep by a strange noise. It was the sound of helicopters or something, but they were way out. He shook violently and forced himself to wake up, he was drenched in sweat and breathing very hard. Robert sat up and shook his head, trying to focus his thoughts. His arm was killing him, the wound was oozing and didn't seem to be healing. He knew it needed a doctor's care, but it would have to wait. Right now, he had shit to do. He strained his ears to listen, he
When Mister's guard team reached the helipad, all hell had broken lose. Mister, Robert, and Zeek were being held at gunpoint by the men from the first helicopter and there was a second helicopter trying to land. "What in the holy hell!" The head guard shouted as they pulled up on the scene. Mister yelled out, "don't ask f*cking questions, just shoot the bitch down!" So the head guard unholstered his weapon and began to fire at the hovering vessel. The pilot did an amazing job avoiding all of the shots, all but one. Smoke suddenly came billowing out of the engine compartment of the small helicopter and it fell away behind the trees and out of sight. "YES!" Mister and Zeek yelled at the same time, "f*ck that bitch!" Zeek cheered... while Robert ran towards the spot where the helicopter had disappeared. "Nooooo!" Robert yelled as he reached the edge of the helipad. He bent over and grabbed his head like it was about to explode. When Robert had
The girls both leaned on each other and limped their way inside of the lighted building. It just looked like an old warehouse from the outside, but the inside was set up like a mansion. It was framed off into what looked just like a regular house. There were plush carpets and chandeliers, as well as plenty of fine furniture and art. "What the hell?" Cat said as they all stood there gawking. "This is wild," Deena laughed. Georgio and Joy came through the door shortly after, and Joy made the proper introductions. "Very pleased to meet you," Deena said, while Cat just nodded politely and munched on an apple way to loudly. Deena turned and looked at Cat with big eyes. Cat just shrugged and kept munching on her apple. Georgio then called a medical team down and put them to work on the girls. They were banged up, but nothing to bad, so it didn't take long. He also called the kitchen and had a huge spread laid out for them all to enjoy. There were fruit
Zeek was so far beyond pissed off at Mister that he couldn't stand himself. He almost wondered if his old friend had actually lost his ever loving mind. He cocked his head sideways and opened his mouth...but the words just couldn't form. He honestly just could not believe what he had just heard. "So you're telling me that her own father paid you to not only kidnap this girl, but also to force her to marry you?" He asked "Is this what you're actually saying to me right here and now?" Zeek spat at Mister. "Yes," Mister simply said, like it was a normal thing to do. Zeek felt like he had been slapped in his mouth, and it dropped open all on it's own. "Mister, have you lost your damn mind? Crack? Is it crack you're smoking? It's crack isn't it?" Zeek ask seriously, "because only a damn crack head would be that desperate for money. You are given everything you need and more...and yet you STILL felt the need to do this?...Why?" Zeek asked almost
Della and Queen Rebecca were having wine together privately in the Queen's rooms. Della tried to cheer her sister up, but she wasn't exactly sure yet about why she was so sad at the moment. Della was mid-sentence when a knock came at the door. She stopped what she was saying and got up to answer it. It was Caine, he didn't really say anything as he handed her the note that Cat had left for her, and he walked away. Della looked a little confused as she read the note silently to herself, and then she looked up at her sister with big, sad, knowing eyes. Queen Rebecca couldn't hold it in anymore and her tears started to fall all on their own, as she stared at the floor in silence. Della didn't say a word as she quickly crossed the room and took her sister in her arms. She just held her and rocked her gently as she cried. When she was finished crying, Della wiped her sister's tears away and told her to smile anyways. Even though it hurt to the bone, she still
Cat was in a wonderfully happy mood when she entered her and Josh's rooms and found him on the phone talking to someone feverishly. Cat stood quietly in the doorway with a glass of afternoon wine in her hand, and she listened as she tried to figure out just what in the heck the problem was. Josh hung the phone up and he turned to greet her. "Everything okay?" She asked him in a concerned manner. "Not really, I think I'm going to have to go home and deal with some things at the club. It probably wouldn't hurt for you to go look after your record store, too," Josh explained to her cooly. He had been pretending not to notice how close her and Queen Rebecca had been becoming lately, but there was no real way that anyone could be that blind. Their relationship had been cooling off quite a bit because of it. Cat tried to look like it didn't bother her to leave the castle and the queen, but Josh could see right through it. He didn't say much, just that
Joy had beaten Georgio's men to Uncle Benny's disgusting ass compound by at least fifteen minutes, so by the time that anyone made it there to stop her, she had already hung Uncle Benny from the ceiling by his wrists on a large pair of hooks that she had brought in her bag. She was calmly singing her song and unpacking her torture bag neatly onto a nearby table. The dirty little man was crying and begging for her to stop. Little did he know, that was just making things even worse for him. She heard the helicopter coming in and landing outside. The one that she thought was carrying Georgio's men, but she never waivered. She heard the men rush the house and discover all of the bad guys that she had just swept out, room by room, but she kept right on singing and preparing her tools. She never even missed a beat. She heard the men commenting and remarking on the sheer savageness of what they were seeing. That made her smile. She knew that they would
It had been two weeks since the funeral for Mister, Pearl, and Queen Esmeralda. Caine and the others had stood guard over, and reorganized everything. It had all been running like a well oiled machine, except for the fact that nobody had seen Justin the whole time. It was the common assumption that he had just left after Pearl's death. Caine had people search for him, but there was no trace of him anywhere, so he assumed what everyone else did, and they gave up. Joy had appointed a new head chef under the advisement of Kate and Sadie and everyone just moved on. It had actually been a completely blissful two weeks for everyone, it almost felt like a real vacation. They spent a lot of time together and made a ton of great memories. They ate to much and drank way, way to much, and they became way to comfortable in the castle life, but like all good things...it was about time for it all to come to an end. Joy's father had called her and demanded a me
It had been three days since they had lost Mister and Pearl, and four days since the loss of Queen Esmeralda. The air was thick with sadness as they prepared to say goodbye to them all. The castle and it's grounds were all decorated in black and silver, shrouded in a thick layer of despair, and coated with the bitter sweet feeling of definate change. Kate and Sadie had been appointed head housekeepers but their duties were suspended for a few days, in light of them being directly related to one of the deceased. Della, Cat and Joy tried their best to cover for them, but in the end Kate decided that she wanted her and Sadie to be the one's to coordinate it all because they knew Pearl best and they had been there the longest, so they wanted everything perfect. Everyone was gathered on the gala grounds, dressed in their most dramatic garb. It was a perfectly dreary day for it to. It was grey and overcast, and there was a light sleet hang
"Missing?!" The queen looked up and asked Caine in confusion, "what do you mean...missing?" She cried in despair. "I mean exactly what I said, my queen," Caine started to explain to her, "Josh and I went out into the hall and they were not laying where you left them, so we started looking for them and trying to follow their trail. We found bloody drag marks along with some huge wolf prints, and we followed them as far as they went," Caine said in a suspicious tone. The queen didn't say anything for a few seconds. She kind of just stared at him blankly. After a moment she finally blinked her eyes and asked him sarcastically, "well where did they end?" Caine got a far away look on his face and then he said, "well that's the strange part. They ended at the edge of the cliff over the ocean side of the mountain. It's almost like they jumped off of the cliff or something." Queen Rebecca sat up straight and her eyes got wide. "There's no way they
Mister and Pearl were both so pissed off that it was damn near impossible to hide it. Pearl took a deep breath and she tried to maintain her composure. She thought carefully about her words before she opened her mouth to speak. "My queen," Pearl started to speak, "I have been a loyal and faithful employee of this castle for more than twenty years now. I will admit that I am not always perfect, however, I beg you to understand that everything that I have ever done was with the best interest of Mister and this castle in mind," Pearl said eloquently as she batted her thick eyelashes. Queen Rebecca looked Pearl up and down for a moment thoughtfully and then she turned her attention to Mister. "And you?" She said to him in an authoritative manner. Mister looked as though he was about to actually explode right there on the spot. Queen Rebecca wanted to laugh at him so bad, but she fought the urge, and she swallowed the laughter back. He stood the
Mister and Pearl became panicked when they saw the weather changing like that. They transformed immediately when they stepped out into the raging wind. "It's happening!" Pearl cried out. The two wolves began to howl and wail, which made the other animals in the stables start up too. The wolves paced back and forth, following the force field, looking for a way out. Any way out at all. The two of them became so desperate to escape that they began ramming their bodies against the invisible force field as hard as they could, slamming themselves so hard that they were actually bouncing off of it and landing on their sides a few feet away. They did this over and over again until the wind stopped blowing and the trees had finally come to a rest. Pearl was so broken hearted at the moment, that she didn't even bother to get up the last time she hit the wall. She just laid there and whimpered for a while. Mister crawled over and he laid on top of her, in a
The queen hugged her great grandson while she tried to explain, but he just didn't want to hear it, so he pulled away making her cry even harder. "So you're telling me that now you have to die because I lost the duel?" He asked her in total disbelief and anger. "No, Mister, I'm not exactly going to die, just change forms one last time," she tried to comfort the already crying man, but he could not be comforted. "My spirit will be in the wind, and the snow, and the rain, the sunshine and every single flower you will ever see," the queen told him tenderly as she wiped the tears from his chin with her ancient, snow white hand. Mister and Pearl wailed and howled and begged her to stay, but no matter what, they could not change fate. They asked her what would become of them after she was gone and she told them that was up to Princess Rebecca now. They were even more distraught after they heard that answer. The queen hugged them one last time and told them that she l