As soon as I was escorted to my room by Aeleisha, Tivan's blue attendant the door was slammed shut behind me.
I knew I should be strong and trust Peter to come rescue me but I felt like a prisoner more than something that Tivan wanted and would pay billions of units for like the orb.
Hours passed before a loud knock sounded on the bedroom door. Aeleisha opened the door and Tivan was behind her.
I had collapsed on the bed as soon as I arrived from crying myself to sleep. I heard someone over me and I realized it was Tivan.
He let out a sigh. "Godelieve."
"What do you want? Go away, I wish I never had to see you again."
"Why?" Tivan's voice cracked as if this knowledge hurt him.
"You took everything away from me in minutes. My friends, my home, my life. Now I'll never see my friends again."
His lungs roared as he sighed deeply above me. "I don't regret paying the 6 billion dollars for you and the orb. As for Peter Quill and the others, they betrayed you. They used you for units." Tivan began stroking my long curly tresses as he spoke, and cupped my cheek. "Peter cannot love you as much as I do, Godelieve. You are worth every unit I paid for you."
"If you loved me, I would not be your prisoner!" I shot out of bed and ran to the other side of the room away from him.
"You're not my prisoner." Tivan said, a stunned look crossing his face. "You can go anywhere you desire in my home as long as you do not leave."
I sighed. "That is imprisonment."
Tivan gazed at me sincerely before he allowed a dramatic sigh to blow from his lungs. "What can I do to make you feel more comfortable here with me?"