Scent of Roses.

"Mmm..does the grim reaper smell this good " Liana murmured as the sweet scent of roses hit her nose.

"I don't think so since am not him," a deep voice said next to her ear.

Liana's black eyes flew open to see a stranger place something on her body. Scared she got up but cried in pain.

"Careful you injured," he said holding her still as he covered her injuries.

Confused about what was going on Liana looked up at the man dressing her wound, sharp jawline with a fine pointed nose and pink lips.

"Who are you?" she asked looking around the room. It didn't look like a hospital at all, the enormous room with red and black everywhere. She noticed even the bed was covered in red and black sheets.

Turning back to the stranger who was now pulling up the covers over her. she asked again where she was & who he was.

He turned to her and when she saw his face fully, he had the most unusual eyes, Golden. Was he human she thought? He didn't speak and only stared back at her.

"My brother, where is he? Did he get away?" she asked pulling away. his gaze.

His face was too unreal to be true. She had never seen such a beautiful man in her life.

"I need to leave so that I can know if he got away," she said pushing the covers away so she could leave.

"You can't," he said.

Liana looked up at him in surprise, "And why can't I leave, I need to go now " she shouted in anger.

His hand moved to point down at her abdomen where her wounds were.

"Because of that, if you move now you will hurt yourself even more," he said.

"I think I know my body better than a stranger " she sneered getting up. She walked past him to the door but stopped as stabs of pain travelled through her body.

He noticed her stop and he walked in front of her pointing to her abdomen with a frown, "You're dripping your blood all over my place " he said

Liana looked down her wound had opened up and was bleeding profusely.

"Oh that's bad " she uttered losing her balance. The stranger grabbed her and sighed.

"I told you not to move " she heard him say before fainting in his arms.

....

"Please Lucian, don't let go of me..." Liana cried as she desperately held onto his arm.

"Am not, so stop moving around and let me pull you up?" he said as beads of sweat flowed down his tensed face.

Her tears flowed down the corners of her legs dangling in the air from her apartment's balcony.

They both froze when they heard something move inside the apartment.

"He awake...his awake Lucian " she cried

"Liana doesn't move, please...just focus on me," he said.

She nodded crying even more but before Liana could be pulled up someone appeared from behind Lucian.

She gasped finally recognizing his face still holding the bloody dagger in his hand. He chuckled turning away from her to Lucian.

"If you don't let go of his hand I will kill him " he maniacally laughed grabbing Lucian's head and placing the dagger at his neck.

"Don't listen to him Liana, don't let go of me " Lucian who was still holding onto her even with a knife at his neck begged.

Her black eyes noticed the blood start to flow from her brother's neck.

Lucian felt his sister's grip loosen and he screamed, "Please..Liana doesn't please " he cried trying to hold onto her.

"If I let go will you let him live?" she asked.

Both siblings heard the intruder laugh, his voice seemed to disappear in the cold night air as he turned back to Liana.

"We both know the only person I want to hurt is you & your brother just got in the way " he snickered.

She was silent, her head and arms hurt from hanging like that in the air and her body was sweating too much from fear and pain from her stab wound. And she knew her brother's hold would soon loosen if she wasn't pulled up anytime soon.

The knife seemed to dig deeper into his neck when she seemed to hesitate.

"I guess I will kill you both then "she heard him threaten as his dagger moved.

" I Love you, Lucian don't forget that," she said before letting go of her brother's hand. She could hear his scream as she fell from her balcony.

Liana woke up gasping for air as she cried in fear.

A warm hand laid down on her forehead and gently caressed her.

"Shhh don't cry or your fever will get worse," a soothing voice said to her.

"I need to go see my brother," she said getting up and pushing his hand away from her head.

"And I told you can't move with such injuries," the handsome stranger said.

She fell silent, "are you the one who saved me?" she asked.

He nodded.

"But how did you do it, from such a high building I was sure I was going to die " She glanced at his side.

"You should be thanking me not asking questions," he said.

Liana chuckled, "Am sorry am just confused about all that has happened to me in one night that I want some answers. But thank you so much for saving me " She smiled at him.

"Welcome," he said back.

"Do you have a phone with you, I would like to call my brother?" she asked.

She had left hers at the apartment and since she could not move a call would calm her nerves about her brother.

He walked over passing her his phone.

She dialled her brother's number and patiently waited for him to pick up, the longer it took the more anxious it made her feel.

"Hello," she heard her brother's voice.

"Lucian your okay " she burst out in tears.

"Liana is that you " she heard him cry in joy.

"Yeah, I don't know how but I survived " she cried.

"I was going crazy since we could not find your body after you fell off and that bastard ran off " her brother cried.

She told him how someone had saved her and was in his home.

"That's good, since we hadn't made it public I think you should lay low for now. Just until we catch the crazy man " her brother said.

"But what about you Lucian?Am worried he might want to hurt you again "

"Remember what he said, his target was you, not me so I will be fine. So I suggested staying where you are for now "

She sighed but finally agreed.

"Please take care of yourself," she told him.

"I will and you should too. I love you " Lucian said before he hang up.

She passed back the phone to its owner and laid back down. Wiping away her tears as she tried to calm down.

"Are you okay?" the stranger asked but Liana didn't answer.

He sat down on the bed, "Do you need something?" he asked again.

"All I want is a hug from my brother, am worried about him " she cried.

She felt the man move his arm under her shoulder and pulled her up, gently he guided her body into his arms and held her.

Stunned to speak Liana stayed still in his warm embrace. His hand then moved to her head affectionately caressing it.

"You just heard your brother is okay so you should rest too or your wounds won't heal," he said.

Liana closed her eyes, letting the sweet scent of roses on him calm her down.

"You saved me but I don't even know who you are and why you would do that " she mumbled through his neck.

"Is that important?" he asked still caressing her.

She nodded slightly, "Very, I don't even know why am letting you do this to me right now, we are strangers "

He chuckled, "Rest and when you wake up, then we will get to know each other," he said.

Liana didn't answer and let him sway her to sleep being surrounded by the sweet scent of roses.