"Who sent you?"Questioned Ivan.
"What? Why would anyone send me?"I voiced my confusion.
"We know that you have been sent here to compromise Miss Lissa's security, tell us who sent you, and we promise to keep you safe."He added.
"Did you know about the attack?"Asked Belikov.
"No,... No, how was I supposed to..."
"Did you intentionally bring Lissa to the old compound?"Spoke Ivan.
A fury evident in his voice but the facade of calm slipped from neither of their faces.
"Tell us about your leader and we promise you shelter, Rose, if that's your name."He continued.
"Who are your allies here?
Can you give us names?
Who else on this compound is with you?"
They continued interrogating, question after question, assuming that I was at fault, a traitor to their cause, but I remained clueless as to what caused them to be under the impression that they were.
It seemed that their questioning stretched for hours, it was basically Ivan who spoke and lead the event while Belikov stood by controlling his words and temper as required.
"Ivan that's enough. We've tried too long , probably we jumped to conclusions really soon this time. "He said, trying to convince Ivan to give in,but to no avail.
"Rose, tell me who is behind it all. We won't tell Lissa about it, the matter would be kept under wraps and solved, she won't have to suffer any more than she already has."He said.
But his words hit a nerve as I jumped up, from my place on the bed, yelling, " Why don't you get it! I don't know anything about it except what you told me, I just wanted to help, I am not a member of some super coveted organization bent upon killing Lissa, I don't know who is behind this. I just wanted to... help."
It was as if with the last word all air had left my lungs and despite trying to breathe I failed, the gasps proved to be fruitless as the world around me swirled, blurred and darkness surrounded me once again. I tried to move my limbs but they were numb, tried to speak but couldn't form coherent words, I felt helpless, again and then there was nothing.
DPOV.
" Are you both out of your minds! What were you thinking?
Interrogation! Really! " She said furiously.
You fools interrogated her! How dare you! Didn't I tell you to keep her away from any kind of stress for atleast a day! Yet here you are and you, YOU.. " She said pointing towards me.
"Leader Belikov, I hadn't expected this from you! Ole..." She stuttered immediately correcting her mistake.
"You have been trained in basic aid and medicine and I had expected you to act accordingly, but I doubt I should even let her be here any more. She'd be much better at the infirmary."
Sonya had been called in once again to check on Rose who had fainted during the interrogation. Seeing Rose's limp form had enraged her, and after checking in on her, Sonya had made sure to give us a piece of her mind.
It was Adrian who convinced her to let her be and assured her that he would handle the situation, as well as us.
Ivan had nearly lost his temper so Adrian took him away, and once again I was left to care for an unconscious Rose. And I couldn't help my mind mind as it slipped to the events of the last night.
"She has been poisoned." Said Sonya.
Adrian only nodded meeting my eyes informing me that he had come to the same conclusion.
"It was mono-oxide poisoning."He added, somberly.
"Then it would take her hours to wake up. I suggest to hook her up with a mask, so that the oxygen would help her body rid itself of the gas."She adviced.
"Do what you must."Was all that I could say.
Within minutes every thing had been set up.She looked awful lying there with a mask on her face, with her life on the line. Reminding me of one of the most horrible moments of my life where a loved one had been in a similar condition.
'She was probably someone's loved one too.'My mind chirped in.
I felt sad knowing the fact that she had no one to care for her at the moment but me. A complete stranger.
When she had woken up a few hours ago she had been experiencing the side effects just as Sonya had mentioned.
I had been relieved but had my doubts, and I let them get the better of me as a result of which we were here again.
Her unconscious form on my bed, under the covers, with her heart beating a little too fast in her chest, as it slightly moved up and down as she took steady breathes.
I had been careless. Mama would be so disappointed.
It had been a sentence.
'I want in, I want to help you protect her. '
She had said. A little too directly.
The sentence had ticked Ivan off, his gaze had met mine, demanding immediate action. He had been on high alert eversince Andre had been murdered and the desperation to save Lissa had gotten the better of him.
I should have stopped him.
I should have cared for her.
It wasn't her fault that she was in this condition,it was ours!
I should have been in her place, alert, saving Vasilissa!
Minutes seemed to drag and thoughts reeled through my mind, until someone knocked at the door.
On my feet in seconds, I grabbed my gun and opened the door just enough to allow me to see the person on the other side.
"Adrian. "I acknowledged.
"Belikov."He replied.
"I have information."
His words caused me to move as he entered the room.
"She hasn't woken up since?"
"Nope."
"Hasn't it been an hour?"
"An hour and twenty three minutes.Sonya sedated her for the while. "
I replied peeking at my watch.
"Here", he said handing me a file, "it's all I could gather about her. She is a Hathaway, you know. We were wrong about her . She can't be a mole."He said.
"We've made a blunder man."He added, with a slight pat on my shoulder, and then left, sparing Rose a lingering gance .
Half an hour was all it took me to go through her file, throughly, twice.
We had been at fault, a grave one. Were anything to happen to her we'd be responsible. How careless we had been!
I thought, my head resting on my knees, as I sat on the floor, one hand clutching Rose's file and the other in my hair as I tugged onto the strands.
'No, I don't know.' She had said.
'Why would I want to harm Lissa?' She had reasoned.
'Believe me.' She had pleaded.
' Fools!' blamed my conscience.
'Careless' said a voice, sounding oddly like Mama's.
'I only wanted to help.'
Had been her words moments before she had fainted.
Dropped from her defensive stance like a rag doll, gasping for breathe, she would have hit her head on the desk by the bed had I not caught her. All she uttered were not cries for help or breath or to live but a stream of words.
"I just wanted to... help,... her.. Not harm... Help Lissa.. I don't who... Harm.."
Just enough for me to make sense of what had been going on in her mind.
"I'm so sorry. I'm very sorry."I said, sitting by her side on the bed.
"Please get well and give me a chance to make up for the blunder."
"Please be okay! I believe you!... Do you hear me?... I believe you... I am so sorry."
My words had no effect as she lay in slumber undisturbed.
My gut had been right about her. She had been innocent and I was regretting my previous decision, more than any of the ones I had made before.
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