I had fallen asleep in my clothes the night before, I couldn't even remember lying down. I got up, showered and dressed, opting for some jeans and a hoodie; it was still raining outside, and thundering, I didn't think it had stopped. I remembered that Rosie was staying here. I sighed having second thoughts about going to the library again. That's probably what she would want though, for me to cower in my room. I sighed and opened the door, inspecting the corridor again before I left. It was empty as usual. I started walking and then jumped as I saw someone walking around the corner at the end of the corridor. It was only Doreen, carrying a tray of food, my breakfast. I'm sure she had seen me jump, but she didn't say anything. After telling her I was going to the library, I asked to take the tray with me, which she gladly handed over. I reached the library where I sat down in the same corner as the day before, munching on my toast and reading a new book. I wondered what else I could do in this place, because eventually I would get bored of reading all day. Maybe when the weather cleared up a bit and I felt a bit braver, I could go for walks in the ground or something, just to pass the time. I hated to admit it, but I missed work. Maybe I could find some work to do here; I mean there must be a lot to clean. I left when it was dark again, picking up the empty tray from the morning, I didn't know what to do with and I wasn't going to start hunting for a kitchen in this place, so I decided to take it back to my room, where Doreen could take it away later. I managed to get to the floor where my bedroom was when I saw her. Rosie was walking towards me. I tried not to look at her, but I could sense that she was looking for a fight.
"What are you a servant now," she snorted.
I frowned but ignored her and carried on walking only to find that she stopped me. She was taller than I was which made her somewhat intimidating.
"Where do you think you're going, servants quarters are two floors down?" When was this girl going to go away? I tried to step around her but she blocked me.
"Please just let me go," I said, not pleadingly, but in a fed up tone.
"I don't think so, you're trying to steal Alec away from me, and I'm not going to let you off so easily."
"What planet are you from?" I said half shouting getting angry. "I've had no interest in being Alec's link whatsoever, have him if you want, but I think you'll find he doesn't want you."
Her face turned very angry, making any beauty she had disappear. There was a huge crashing noise as I reaslised she had knocked the tray out of my hand and into the wall, where the china had smashed and landed on the floor. This was not a girl to mess with. She grabbed my hoodie and pushed me against a door pinning me there.
"You listen to me, Alec loves me whatever you say, and I will be his link, your blood doesn't smell remotely nice. You're not good enough for him, I mean look at the way you dress, you're a disgrace," she hissed at me.
"Give it a break, you only came back to him because you realised he was going to come into a lot of power soon, and you want that for yourself," I whispered angrily.
She growled and bared her teeth exposing the sharpness of them. The next minute I was being thrown against the door, falling and landing badly on one of my legs. It looked like she wasn't finished hurting me. Without thinking I grabbed the tray that she had thrown earlier and wacked it around her head as she got close to me. Adrenaline was pumping very fast through my body. I dropped the tray, the impact stinging my hands. I stared at her as she recovered from the blow remarkably quick.
"Why you little…" She cut off, pulling me up by my hoodie. She opened the nearby door and pushed me through an unfamiliar room and towards a balcony at the opposite end of the room. I squirmed hoping she wasn't going to do what I thought she might. It was no use struggling, she was too strong for me. She opened the doors and pushed me onto the balcony, the heavy rain hitting me hard and soaking me instantly.
"I'm going to end this right here," she screamed at me. "You can never have Alec; he was never yours to have."
She pushed me to the balcony wall.
"Get off me!" I screamed at her and struggling in a fruitless attempt to escape. "I told you, you can have him!"
She lifted me up easily and I felt my feet leave the ground. I screamed again, scared for my life. She lifted me up high enough to hold my whole body over the balcony, exposing me to the ground below, she was the only thing keeping me up. I stopped squirming at this point, knowing that she would most likely drop me if I did. She must have seen a look of pure horror and fear on my face but all I saw in hers was anger and jealousy.
"Any last words?" She asked, but before she gave me a chance to say anything, she let go and I felt myself fall.