A/n: Yes! More! MORE! MORE CHAPTERS! MWEHEHEHEHEH! o.o Okay,Author girly will shut up now so you can ready the story. Kayness? Kayness. (Bad pun on Susan Kay,I know. Ha ha. Really. I'll shut up now.)
What was wrong with Pearl? Why the hell had she slapped ME?! Alec launched into an explanation of what he had witnessed. The second Elliot's name came up my fists clenched. I knew then. He had threatned to tell Pearl many times about our "frienship" if I interacted with Jeanette Lescot at all. Unfortunatley,the woman seemed to have turned into my shadow! It is very hard to ignore such annoyances! How dare he tell my beloved the only thing I had ever kept from her?
When the words "nearly all her clothing had been torn from her body" fell from Alec's mouth I knew,had Elliot been there at that moment,I'd have ripped him apart with my bare hands. Not only had that sadistic bastard told Pearl about our relationship,he'd tried to deflower her too?!
I snarled low in my throat and instructed Alec to send someone for me if he found Elliot,or any of his gang. My idea of this man changed within mere moments. He'd saved the young woman I had all intensions of making my bride,I could hardly fault him for a bit of playful flirting.
He was just about to mount Erik when Pearl's scream of "Charles!" reached me. I tore off into the house,Alec only a second behind me as we raced to her room. The door was locked. Something terrible was wrong,I could sense it. "Pearl??"I called. No answer. "PEARL?!"I shouted and slammed my shoulder into the door. It didn't even move. "Solid door..."Alec mumbled as he pushed me aside roughly,inserting a small pick into the lock,working the tumblers into place as I continued yelling for my lover,just hoping for an answer! If I had been less tense I'd have heard the horses outside with an arriving carriage.
Finally after what seemed an eternity the lock slide open and the door allowed us entrance. Both of us stared in silence at the scene in front of us,too stunned to move for the moment. Pearl lay face down in her own blood,which was still flowing freely from her mutilated wrists. Her body convulsed in from of our eyes before I snapped out of my horror-struck state and ran to her. I turned her over and tried to wake her,placing my hands on a pressurepoint Etienne had once shown me,trying to slow the blood rushing from her veins.
I heard a ripping sound behind me. "Here..Wrap these around her wrists.."Alec whispered as he tore his shirt into more strips of bandaging and forced the already torn ones into my hands. I did as I was told as quickly as I could. Pearl remained unconcious,but between Alec and I,we managed to stop the deadly scarlet flow.
"Pearl,dear,where are you? Who's horse is that outside?" came an all too familiar voice from the den,just below us. "Doctor Barye!" I called as I rushed out to get him. He looked stunned to see me at his home,let alone,coming from his daughter's room. Melinda stared at the blood on my sleeves and shirt. Etienne glared at me. If he'd been able to stand I think he'd have kicked me!
"What.Did.You.Do.To.Pearl?"He growled at me. Most unexpectedly,especially for him,I ran behind the wheelchair and hurried back to Pearl's room,pushing him along in front of me. He gasped at what he saw. "Pearl..." Etienne whispered in a weak voice before he looked back at me. "Tell Melinda to get two needles hot,thread and boil some water. Inform her of what's happened and help her in anyway you can!" I was back off to Melinda by the time he said "can". The image of Pearl's nearly lifeless body would be burnt into the back of my head until the day I died. Why had she tried to kill herself..??
Oh Pearl..my love..why..?
What was wrong with Pearl? Why the hell had she slapped ME?! Alec launched into an explanation of what he had witnessed. The second Elliot's name came up my fists clenched. I knew then. He had threatned to tell Pearl many times about our "frienship" if I interacted with Jeanette Lescot at all. Unfortunatley,the woman seemed to have turned into my shadow! It is very hard to ignore such annoyances! How dare he tell my beloved the only thing I had ever kept from her?
When the words "nearly all her clothing had been torn from her body" fell from Alec's mouth I knew,had Elliot been there at that moment,I'd have ripped him apart with my bare hands. Not only had that sadistic bastard told Pearl about our relationship,he'd tried to deflower her too?!
I snarled low in my throat and instructed Alec to send someone for me if he found Elliot,or any of his gang. My idea of this man changed within mere moments. He'd saved the young woman I had all intensions of making my bride,I could hardly fault him for a bit of playful flirting.
He was just about to mount Erik when Pearl's scream of "Charles!" reached me. I tore off into the house,Alec only a second behind me as we raced to her room. The door was locked. Something terrible was wrong,I could sense it. "Pearl??"I called. No answer. "PEARL?!"I shouted and slammed my shoulder into the door. It didn't even move. "Solid door..."Alec mumbled as he pushed me aside roughly,inserting a small pick into the lock,working the tumblers into place as I continued yelling for my lover,just hoping for an answer! If I had been less tense I'd have heard the horses outside with an arriving carriage.
Finally after what seemed an eternity the lock slide open and the door allowed us entrance. Both of us stared in silence at the scene in front of us,too stunned to move for the moment. Pearl lay face down in her own blood,which was still flowing freely from her mutilated wrists. Her body convulsed in from of our eyes before I snapped out of my horror-struck state and ran to her. I turned her over and tried to wake her,placing my hands on a pressurepoint Etienne had once shown me,trying to slow the blood rushing from her veins.
I heard a ripping sound behind me. "Here..Wrap these around her wrists.."Alec whispered as he tore his shirt into more strips of bandaging and forced the already torn ones into my hands. I did as I was told as quickly as I could. Pearl remained unconcious,but between Alec and I,we managed to stop the deadly scarlet flow.
"Pearl,dear,where are you? Who's horse is that outside?" came an all too familiar voice from the den,just below us. "Doctor Barye!" I called as I rushed out to get him. He looked stunned to see me at his home,let alone,coming from his daughter's room. Melinda stared at the blood on my sleeves and shirt. Etienne glared at me. If he'd been able to stand I think he'd have kicked me!
"What.Did.You.Do.To.Pearl?"He growled at me. Most unexpectedly,especially for him,I ran behind the wheelchair and hurried back to Pearl's room,pushing him along in front of me. He gasped at what he saw. "Pearl..." Etienne whispered in a weak voice before he looked back at me. "Tell Melinda to get two needles hot,thread and boil some water. Inform her of what's happened and help her in anyway you can!" I was back off to Melinda by the time he said "can". The image of Pearl's nearly lifeless body would be burnt into the back of my head until the day I died. Why had she tried to kill herself..??
Oh Pearl..my love..why..?