i was walking through the dining room on the way to the kitchen when I heard a loud cry, making me hasten my footstep. I rushed in to see Victoria gripping tightly onto Zoey's neck as she cried, stretching onto Victoria's hand.
"What the hell, Victoria?" I yelled, walking over and pushing G away from Zoey, who had begun gasping for breath. "Are you trying to kill her?"
"This has nothing to do with you." Victoria sneers. "Carry on your way, since you are Sin’s precious whore Victoria."
I looked at Zoey to see if she was okay. Her face was still red, but she was breathing well. "Are you okay?" I asked, concerned.
"I’m fine; don’t worry." She groans out.
I turned my attention back to Victoria, glaring at her. "What gives you the right to hurt Zoey, uh..."
Victoria lets out a sinister laugh, giving me a dead stare. "You both sure do have a lot of nerve, don’t you?"
"What?" I asked, surprised.
" Victoria I know you are angry, but you can’t seriously blame Mani for what happened to Fabian. "She is not the cause of his death, and I’m sure deep down you know it."
"Maybe she isn’t, but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that she played a part in my brother’s death." She scorns, and I find myself stumbling back a little.
She was Fabian’s sister.
I felt a ball of emotion stick in my throat that I fought down. " Victoria." I called out her name, gulping. "I’m so sorry for what happened to your brother. I honestly am; I didn’t wish for his death, and I wish there was a way to appease you." I took a hold of her hand.
"Why don’t you kill yourself then? That way we become even."
" What.."
"You can’t do that, right?" She snickered darkly. "So don’t fucking give me the pathetic excuse of an apology." She says, pushing me with such force that I found myself stumbling back and hitting the wall behind me with a hard thumb.
Victoria glared at both Zoey and I before making her way out of the kitchen.
"Are you okay, Mani?" Zoey called out, her voice laced with worry, and I turned to look at her to see the color was back on her face.
"I’m fine." I gave her a small smile, looking at her neck, which already had bruises forming in them. "What about you? Your neck."
"It’s nothing." She responds. "I’m sure it would clear in a day or two. and your back."
"It stings, but I will be okay." I groaned a little, but I wasn’t able to dwell on the pain when I heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen and saw Sin coming into sight.
He takes a look at Zoey’s and my appearances with a puzzled look before speaking. "What happened?
" Victoria"
"It’s nothing...." I began saying the same thing as Zoey, and before I could stop her from spilling out the truth, she was already telling Sin all that happened in the span of a few minutes.
"Where is Victoria?" Sin said, with a clenched jaw.
"She left a few moments ago."
"Have the guards bring her to my office." He says, grabbing a hold of my hand and helping me up the stairs. He led us into our bathroom and started taking my clothes off.
"I’m fine, Nikolai. "It's just a sting and would be gone before tomorrow."
He paused and stared at me. "Let me be the judge of that."
I sighed. "She didn’t mean it and was only hurt."
"I don’t care what excuse you make up for her; it still doesn’t give her the right to do this to you, especially when it hasn’t been very weak since you returned from the hospital."
I exhaled and the man nodded as he continued to strip me until I was bared from the neck up.
"Fucking hell," Sin chided.
I looked down to see blood slipping from the bandage. "I’m sure it’s nothing to be alarmed about."
"How can you be so calm about this?" he asked. "It isn’t just a sting, Mani; your back is bruised, and your stitches seem to have opened from the impact of the wall."
I smiled, looking at him. "As much as I want to freak out, I think you’re freaking out enough for the both of us." He scowled, and I saw his eyes turn cold.
There was no doubt he was probably thinking of a way to punish Victoria. I placed my hand on his cheek, bringing his attention back to me.
"You can’t kill her, Sin."
" Well, watch me." He snorted.
"Please, Nikolai." I begged. "It's enough that I already feel guilty about her brother's death." "I don’t think I would be able to handle it knowing she died because of me."
"What happened to Fabian isn’t your fault, and I believe I already explained why."
"Yet a part of me still blames myself for what happened." I bit my lips. "Victoria is just hurt and angry. "She lost a family and probably hated me for it, which I don’t blame her for."
" Mani...."
"Just don’t hurt her. Please." He sighs, pulling me against his chest, and kisses my temple.
"Do you have to be so understanding all the time?" I smiled, tapping on his chest playfully.
"I need to check your back and wound to make sure it's not infected." My eyes widened when there was a knock on the bathroom door, and he told them to come in.
"I’m not decent, Nikolai." I whispered a yell, snatching up my shirt and trying to cover my body.
"It’s just the doctor." He needs to check up on you, remember.
"Still, a little warning might be better." My mouth snapped shut when the doctor came through the door with a bag in his hand.
He bowed at Sin before walking over to me, keeping his face professional as he began working on treating my wound. I felt my body relax when I saw his focus was mainly on my wound and nothing else.
"Thank you," I whispered once he was done, and he nodded, making his way out of the room