Chapter 44: Xenia
Xenia p.o.v.
The past few weeks went like a daze, I didn't even remember half of the time actually, all I remember was those dark faces...but as time passed, those faces did become faint and my body and mind started to feel a little better. But only when Father Nicholas was at my side as if feeling his big body near me, assured my mind that he would never let any bad thing happen to me, with Father near me, I felt safe.
But obviously, I couldn't live like this always could I? So, I was trying to distract my mind from that memory, and when James send me a gift, again, this time nightgowns, I couldn't help but try them, at least that's what I was doing before I heard Father and Micheletto arguing, only I know how much I wanted to go downstairs and slap my stupid big brother but all I could do was step two stairs down. Whenever I try to stroll the stairs, that night came back inside my mind, their shadows on the wall...and then, my body trembled like a pathetic dry leaf.