Locked

The strong sunlight makes Ivy scrunch her eyes in annoyance. She felt weak and the sunlight made her feel uncomfortable.

She tried to open her eyes slowly, the whole room lit up with sunlight and the bright light made her go blind for a second. She took some time to adjust to the room's lighting.

Before she recovered from her blindness, someone's high pitched voice made her eardrums burst.

"MISS, You are awake? How are you feeling now?" a high pitched voice greeted her, making Ivy groan in annoyance.

'What the hell? First the light now sounds. Which dumbass opened the curtains?' Ivy cursed in her mind and tried to sit up.

Kily came to help her to sit properly. Ivy took her help and sat properly by resting his head on the bed headrest. Kily poured some water and passed it to her.

"Miss, have some water." Kily handed the water to Ivy.

Ivy took it and had a few sips to make her sore throat relieved from the pain. She felt better now and looked at the room.

When Ivy was sleeping Kily and Fere entered the room, they were instructed to not disturb her sleep and wait inside the room until she woke up. Fere, who is looking down on Ivy, did not control her rage while waiting for Ivy to wake up from sleep.

She went and opened all the curtains to make her awake. Kily pleaded with her to not do that but she didn't listen to her.

When she sensed the movement in Ivy she deliberately called her with high pitch to make her awake completely.

"Who opened all the curtains?" Ivy inquired Kily.

Kily becomes nervous and stutters "Miss, That.."

"Miss, I am the one who opened. My mother used to say that sunlight is good for one's health so I opened it to let the light enter into your room" Fere said with a smile.

Ivy looked at her and she felt the sneer in her smile. Ivy crossed her hands and inquired "So, you did it right?"

"Yes, Miss" Fere confidently looked at her thinking she did a good job.

"Okay. Prepare the bath" Ivy said and both of her maids left to do that.

'Let's see. How long she will maintain her smile' Ivy smirked.

After they left the room became silent and she remembered the last night's events and worried about Ronald and Dragon.

Ivy thought of inquiring Kily but before she called her a small knock on the door was heard and Allora entered the room.

"Ivy" Allora's face beamed with happiness when she saw Ivy.

"Mother," Ivy smiled.

"Oh My. You are finally awake. Are you feeling any discomfort? Should I call the doctor?" Allora inquired worriedly.

"No mom, I am totally fine. What about Ronald and the Dragon?" Ivy inquired.

Allora's face fell when she heard Ronald's name but she quickly hid it before replying "He is fine and Dragon also recovered."

Ivy sighed in relief, "That's great Mom"

"Now get ready. Should I send your breakfast here?" Allora asked.

"No mom. I will come down," Ivy smiled.

Allora patted her head and left the room. Ivy who saw the look in Allora's eyes felt something was wrong. She needs to find out about that.

After getting freshen up she went to have breakfast with her family members. She went near the dining table where her father and mother were waiting for her.

"Good Morning Father, Mother" Ivy greeted cheerfully.

"Morning sweetheart. How are you feeling now?" Simon inquired when Ivy sat on the chair to his right.

Ivy placed her hand on his hand and squeezed "I am good dad. Just famished"

Simon chuckled and instructed Paul to bring breakfast to Ivy. Paul greeted Ivy before going to get breakfast.

"Where is brother?" Ivy inquired. After hearing the name both of them turned stiff.

"What happened? Wait. I will go and bring him out" Ivy tried to stand up.

Simon caught her and said "He is not at home Ivy. He did not returned from the ground"

"Oh. Okay" Ivy sensed something but didn't dwell further as Ronald used to miss breakfast time a few times before.

Paul brought food to Ivy and the trio had their breakfast. After breakfast Simon left to do some work, Allora also retired to her room to take some rest.

Ivy came outside to breathe some fresh air. She didn't do her exercises today as she felt too weak when she woke up but now she feels better.

"Kily, Did my brother come home yesterday?" Ivy inquired. Her both maids are following her behind.

"Umm. Yes Miss. Young Master arrived" Kily responded.

"When did he go to the training grounds?" Ivy probed.

"Miss.. that" before Kily completed Fere interrupted her.

"Miss, Young Master didn't go to the grounds today" Fere informed and her voice contained a hint of worry.

"Why? Then where did he go?" Ivy didn't bother about the maid.

'Why? Hypocrite. It's all because of you. What if you got into an accident, the young master also got into an accident. But why is he the one who took the blame? And you are enjoying as nothing happens' Fere thought inside her head and sneered.

"Miss, Young Master got tired and was sleeping inside his room" Kily tried to divert the topic.

'Then, why did father and mother say he is not at home?' Ivy thought.

"Tell me what exactly happened?" Ivy ordered.

Fere, who can't stand seeing Ivy fake care about Ronald sneered and said "Miss, Young Master locked himself in the room and didn't come out from last night."

"What?" Ivy is startled by the truth.

Fere mouth twitched "Young Master blames himself for your accident Miss. Yesterday after coming home he blamed himself for everything that happened to you and locked inside his room"

Ivy didn't bother to listen to her explanation and went inside hurriedly, she guessed that he blames himself and went out to practice to avoid her, but she didn't think the situation was severe.

Ivy stood in front of his room and knocked lightly but still didn't get any response. She waited for some time and tried to open the door. The door was locked and did not open, Ivy asked Paul to get her spare key and opened the door before entering the room silently.

The room is pitch black and all the curtains are shut tightly. The sudden light filled the room and the entire room lit at once.

"Leave me alone. Don't come inside" Ronald cold voice sent shivers through Ivy's spine.

Ivy was startled by hearing Ronald's voice, she never heard this tone from her brother. He used to speak sweetly and with a smile to her every time.

"Brother" Ivy called him calmly.

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Thank you DazyH for the gift. You are the first person who is gifted for this novel. I am very happy.

BONJOUR Pronounce it: "bohn zhourh ". I searched for Canadian people's language and came to know that they will speak French and English. So I used French to greet you guys.