Chapter-80: Johanson Mansion-3

Ronan woke to the sounds of chirping birds that day. He looked to his right and saw a nest of some small birds on the tree outside his balcony. The mama and papa feeding their young ones. Smiling he got up from the floor. Almost every part of this mansion was covered in dust, because of which he didnt dare to sleep in the bed last night. He stretched his body, took his wand and Juliana's wand, and exited the room.

Last night, he was too tired from his journey. Which is why he locked Juliana in a room. He figured that locking the door from outside wouldn't be enough, which is why for his protection he added some security measures outside her room so that she wouldn't be able to get out.

Not to mention, before locking her in, he made himself very clear, "Try to get out.. Try to steal or touch anything… Try to apparate… Try anything mischievous, and I will skin you alive.. Sleep for now…" And then he told her that he would deal with her tomorrow morning.

Last night, he was thinking that he should erase her memory and throw her far away from the place. But an idea came to his mind, more sinister than the previous one. An idea that could turn out to be more beneficial for the future. 

Which is why, this morning he figured might as well get the job done and move on to breakfast. He had a lot of things to do that day.

As he got to her room, he checked the security measures that he left last night. She had not tried to open the door.

At least the woman has some brains in her… Only Merlins knows what I would have done with her body if I had to kill her.

He undid the spell and pushed the door open. The smell of urine assaulted his nose, making him flinch. He saw that the dirty bed was untouched, and so were the blankets that he gave her last night. In the corner of the room, she was sleeping in a fetal position, and based on the liquid that she was sleeping in, it was clear that she had peed in her sleep. 

"Juliana!" he yelled, startling her awake.

"Yes?" she asked in a slow and a lower tone voice.

"Why did you do that?" he said while pointing at the pee.

She stood up straight, trying to hide the pee stain in her pants with her blouse. "I…" she tried to say something but ultimately said nothing.

"Well?" he asked again.

"You… said that.. I should not move, touch, or steal anything from this room." She said.

He was stunned, he didnt know what to say. Rubbing his head, he asked, "So let me get this straight… I told you that you should not move… And you thought that I didnt give your permission to take a piss" he said in an angry tone, and then pointed towards the door to his right, "… And your pea brain somehow couldnt go to the joined toilet?"

"I am sorry," she said with tears falling down her eyes.

"Pathetic," he said. Last night he specially gave her this room because it had a joined toilet. But he didnt know that this would happen.

He immediately flicked his wand and cleaned the urine from the floor. "Come with me," he said. And she silently followed him…

Ronan took her to the room in which he slept. It was the master bedroom of the mansion. Last night he saw that the place had a copper tub in it, along with many soaps and bath salts. Although from the looks of it, bath salts were more than a decade old, he figured that they might work well.

He filled the tub with warm water the tap, and prepared a bath while Juliana stood at the side of the bathroom. She didnt say anything while he was working.

After he was done, he finally turned to her, "Strip. And get into the bath,"

"Um…" she hesitated, "I.. I dont.. Thank you for the offer. But I don…"

"What!" he yelled, making her flinch, "You offered your body to me yesterday right? I am taking up on your offer. I want you.." And then pointed his fingers at her clothes, "Strip or I will make you undergo pain that will even make Merlin's skin crawl,"

Tears started streaming down her eyes, hesitantly she started stripping. Soon, she stood in front of him fully naked, trying to hide her nips and private with her hands.

"Into the bath," he ordered. And she got into the tub in a steaming hot bath.

He bathed her and cleaned every inch of her body with the bathing brush of the bathroom. He even shampooed and cleaned her messy hair, getting rid of small insects from her hair. She tried resisting in some parts, but in the end, it was a useless struggle in front of him.

After he was done, he threw a towel and a fancy one-piece gown that he found in the master bedroom. And ordered her to get changed and meet him downstairs….

Ronan knew that there was a possibility that the kitchen of the place would be so dirty, that he might not be able to cook anything for himself. Which is why he brought a bunch of prepacked sandwiches from London station yesterday. And it was a good thing that he did that.

He cleaned one small table and two chairs from the mansion and placed them in the corner of the living room. He was on his second sandwich when Juliana came down. For a second, he was stunned. There was a huge difference between Juliana before him and the one that he encountered last night.

No longer her hair was entangled in each other, now her silky hair was bouncing her hips as she was coming down. The dress that he found her was too small for her, making every curve on her body on the verge of spilling out of her dress.

But she still had the same scared and pathetic woman demeanor, "Come, sit down," he gestured towards the chair opposite to him.

As she took a seat opposite to him. He then placed his wand in front of her. And then place her wand and a butcher's knife on either side of his wand. And then spoke, "Juliana, you are a very pathetic woman," making her lower her head.

"And you are a burden to this world." He continued, "… But something that you said last night, made me change my opinion on you," she looked up, "You said that you are surviving. And I want to know, why are you surviving?"

She didnt know what to say, so he continued, "I want to know why do you want to survive. You clearly are living a very pathetic life. Why do you want to survive?"

"I… I am….."

He cut her off, "Wait…. I dont fucking care. What was I thinking?" after reprimanding himself, he gestured towards the things on the table, ".. Anyway, there are three options before you. If you are feeling rather down, and want to end your suffering, then use the knife to cut your vein. That would ease your pain. The garden needs some fertilizer, and your body might help me with it."

She was too stunned to speak. For a few seconds, she didnt say anything. Finally, when she opened her mouth, he cut he off once again, "Your wand represents option number 2. I will obliviate your memory and then send you off to a place from where you will never be able to return her ever again,"

Once again she opened her mouth to say something, but he cut off her once again, "And dont worry about money, I will give you some gold… Think of it as your Christmas gift."

"I…" This time he didnt say anything to cut her off. "I… dont want to die,"

"Why?" he asked, then lightly snapped his head, "Wait I dont care. Let's get this over with." He then took his wand.

He was about to cast a spell, when she asked in a rather low voice, "What is the third option?"

"What?" he asked. "I didnt hear you,"

Still looking down, she asked in a loud voice, "What is the third option?"

He chuckled, "Third option? You want the third option?" he started laughing, "You are too pathetic to even think of the last option,"

But then he transfigured a wooden plank nearby into a mirror and brought it to the table. "Look up," she looked up and saw herself for the first time in many days in clean attire. She touched her face, couldnt believe that she was seeing herself in the mirror. "This is the third option. Leave the pathetic Juliana behind, and become the woman that you can see in the mirror."

Tears started streaming down her face, and then he continued in a warm voice, "This is the most dangerous and difficult option of the three. The world has treated you badly, accept the fact, and move on. Show the world that you cannot be defined by some mere curse and words. Show them that you are a witch. A witch that is hard to reckon with,"

She started bawling her eyes out, and he continued further, "Cry Juliana. Cry… Let all of your tears out." He said, "I am a Legilimen. And I can sense the anger and resentment that you have buried deep inside you. I want you to channel it out. I want you to use it, and become a force to reckon with. Maybe then… Then you will be able to shake off the title of the pathetic woman that you own." 

This is how he planned to adopt the woman, who in the future would become a great asset to him.