Chapter 14
"Ah, Madame Giry, long time, no see." I smirked. "Gabe and Augustus, thank you. You are dismissed." Antoinette glared at me with her grey eyes. "Well, I told you to keep your mouth shut, Giry, but did you listen?"
"Why would I listen to you, messieur le' Vicomte?" she spat. This woman is foolish!
"When I say to keep a secret, you keep it, now you are to go to the house Hazel is at and bring her here." I clenched my fists. "If you dare speak a word of what I am doing or run away, I will have my men hunt you down and kill you." She bowed her head in defeat. I cut the ropes that bound her hands and dropped them to the floor. This plan is fail proof!
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I woke up to find Erik not in bed next to me. A giant yawn escaped my mouth and a head peeked its head into the room. "How are you feeling, Sleeping Beauty?" he asked.
"My body aches like no tomorrow." I replied. "What time is it, Erik?"
"It is one-thirty. Would you like a sandwich for brunch?" I nodded in reply and stood up to get dressed. I picked a red dress that had gold lace at the edges and on the bodice. When I made it to the kitchen table, I stiffly sat down. Ouch, ouch, ouch! Why did it hurt that much! Slowly, I managed to finish the sandwich. Erik walked into the room and began chuckling.
"What's so funny, Erik?" I asked.
"The way your legs are straight as a pole."
"They wouldn't be that way if you had..." I stopped talking when there was a knock at the door. "You go get that, Erik. I'm staying right here until my legs can move without much pain." He happily obliged and went to see who it was.
"Dear god, Antoinette! Why are you here?" Madame Giry! I stood and stiffly ran to Erik. When I saw her standing there, I smiled.
"Madame Giry, why are you here?"
"Hazel, you can talk." she weakly smiled at me. She is here because of Maxwell. "The reason I am here, you two, Maxwell said he would kill me if I told you, but I am to bring Hazel to Maxwell."
"My wife isn't going anywhere, Antoinette." Erik said and grabbed me around the waist. Madame Giry looked surprised.
"You two are a perfect couple, but I won't split this up. I was caught here along with Meg, but she got away. We are going to America. Erik, take good care of my Hazel." the old woman smiled.
"Thank you, Antoinette. I will take very good care of her." Erik looked down at me and smiled. When we turned to find Madame Giry, she was gone. "Where did she go?" Erik looked surprised.
"Its fine, Erik. She needed to get going and find Meg." I suddenly realized what she said. I was caught here along with Meg... Maxwell said he would kill me... "ERIK! MAXWELL IS IN THE TOWN!
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Hazel screamed and fell into my arms. She looked up at me her eyes filled with tears. "If he finds me, we'll be parted forever." I stroked her hair and held her close to me.
"He won't lay a finger on you, Hazel, I promise." I whispered into her ear.
"Eri... Erik." she sniffled.
"Yes, my love?" I asked. "What's the matter?"
"Oh nothing, it's just... I was wondering what my marriage name is?" she looked up at me.
"Your marriage name is Hazel... Destler." I said remembering the dream she had. She became rigid in my arms.
"Dest... Destler is my marriage name?" she said with a shaky voice. I nodded and held her close to me. I hope that she doesn't mind that it's the same as in her dream. "I like it very much, Erik. Mister and Misses Destler; it sounds very nice on the tongue."
"I'm glad you like it, love."
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One month later...
Erik had been in his study all day. I held myself in my arms. How am I going to break it to him? What if he doesn't want it? My head was hurting from all the thinking I had been doing later. Maybe my cycle is just late, yeah late! I looked out the window and down towards the beach. "Hey gorgeous." Erik said and he walked into the room.
"What are you looking at, love?" he asked. My stupid stomach, Erik! I had my gaze cast down towards my stomach. It's nothing yet, Hazel, but it will be soon... "Hazel, you don't look to well. Maybe I should go get a doctor from town."
"Erik, that isn't necessary!" I shouted. "I'm just tired, yeah tired." Erik looked at me with his 'I'm still going to do it, even if you don't like it' face. "Ugh! Erik, let's not argue about this. I swear that I am fine, just a little tired, that's all."
He looked at me and grabbed my hand. "Hazel, if anything is bothering you, just tell me. We are married for crying out loud, you can tell me anything!" Erik said looking worried. My face became paler as I felt like spilling my lunch. "God dammnit, Hazel!" he picked me up and carried me outside. Erik whistled and Accipitrem came running and knelt down. I was placed upon his silky back and Erik followed me as well.
When we reached town, Erik asked if anybody knew where a doctor was. We kindly thanked a boy who said his father was and he would lead us to him. Slowly, we made our way to the boy's house. Erik once again carried me inside.
"Does this hurt, mademoiselle?" the doctor asked. I cringed as he pressed on my stomach. "I know this is a weird question, but have you possibly skipped a cycle, mademoiselle?" My face flushed red and sadly I nodded. Great, Erik is going to flip out.
"I am pretty sure that it's just late, doctor." I said trying to stall as much as I could.
"Mademoiselle, that's not the case here. You are..." Don't you dare say that word! "...pregnant." he finished. I nodded in agreement. What is Erik going to think? The doctor and I left the examination room and we found Erik sitting in the waiting room. "Monsieur, we have some very exciting news for you." the doctor chimed.
Erik looked up at me and saw the color drain from my face. "You are going to be a father! Congratulations, sir, and I would recommend getting a midwife." I glared at the doctor from where I stood. "Now, if you please, I must return to my work. Have a good day." I watched as that wretched man left the room. Erik, please don't be mad with me?
"Hazel..." Erik tapped my shoulder. I turned and saw the look in his eyes. "Hazel, why didn't you just tell me?"
"The... the... dream I had..." I stuttered. The room around me spun and I crashed to the floor.