After hell broke- Part 4

Heidi felt herself freeze, she turned to see Nicholas walk towards her, his feet softly padding across the room without a sound. It finally dawned on her that she was no longer in the establishment but in his room, back in the Rune mansion. As the adrenaline that had spiked before fell down, she looked at the chain and then at the lord wondering why she had it around her leg.

"W-why am I chained?" she asked him, dread lacing her voice. The first thought that appeared in her mind was that she was going to be put under trial as she had killed the guardsman but Nicholas wouldn't allow it, she knew that much at least about the man. Then why?

"Calm down," she heard him coo to her like a child, "You need to rest," he curled his arm around her waist and gently took her back to the bed.

"B-but-" she began in confusion to only be shushed by him.