The owner of the voice had now leaned closer to my ear, “don’t make any noise” the person said, it was a male and his voice was low and hoarse.
I nodded as my heart raced, threatening to burst out from my chest.
“Now slowly walk into that room I came out and don’t you dare try anything stupid” he warned.
I nodded and slowly walked into the room still with his hands on my mouth, even in this situation I couldn’t help but notice that his hand smelled nice like a rose in the early morning.
When we had finally entered the room he took his hands off my mouth and locked the door.
I sat down on the flood breathing heavily, “please spare me” I managed to plead for my life.
“Abigail !”
I looked up immediately and saw a familiar face staring down at me.
“Rodrigo?, so it was you !”
The fear has been replaced by anger.
“What are you doing out here?.
You were supposed to be in your room?” He asked.
“Why didn’t you tell me it was you?, do you know…”
He came closer and covered my mouth with his hands again, I tried to remove his hand.
“The Kingpin must not see you, Abigail,” he whispered.
This made me stop struggling as I looked into his eyes, there was fear, concern and another emotion I can not identify.
“Why?”
“I don’t know but he doesn’t have to see you,” he replied.
“Okay so what do I do now?” I asked.
“Nothing, just stay here till morning”
I then slowly scanned the room, something that I didn’t do when I entered the room.
There was some furniture in the room like the bed, cupboard, lamp stand and the table and chair but they were all covered with dust cover.
“I won’t be sleeping in that bed, who knows how many years it has stayed without anybody sleeping on it” I complained.
Rodrigo looked at me as if I had completely lost my mind, “no it is not, the maids ensure that every nook and cranny of this house is thoroughly clean.
He ran his hands over the dust cover and showed it to me, “see, no dust”.
His hand was squeaky clean which was surprising.
“And don’t come out till I tell you to, understand”
“Yes I understand,” I replied.
“Close the door when I go out okay,” he added.
“Okay”
He then walked towards the door, opened it and took his head out.
After confirming that everywhere was clear he went out of the room and closed the door.
Immediately the door was closed I went to it and locked it then went back to the bed.
I stared at the ceiling wishing that I could fall asleep easily but that wasn’t going to happen.
But then I remembered a trick my Dad taught me to do whenever I found it difficult to sleep.
He told me that I should think about something or a memory that makes me happy.
So I tried it, I thought back during my highschool time, the fun I had with my friends back then.
And slowly I began to drift into slumber land till I completely arrived there.
Carter’s POV
My head was pounding furiously when I woke up, I opened my eyes a little scanning the surroundings.
Where am I?, I thought.
Just then a cold freezing water was poured on me, I gritted my teeth caging the scream that wanted to free itself.
“Open your eyes Carter, you can’t be like this on just the first day” someone said.
The voice felt oddly familiar, like a voice that I knew all my life.
The Kingpin, it was him.
But what was he doing here?
“Carter” he kicked my legs and I opened my eyes wider.
I was no longer on the floor but I was sitting on a wooden chair.
The Kingpin was sitting on a chair facing him, my gaze with to his right hand where the ring of power was on.
I could still remember the sleepless nights I had over how I was going to inherit that ring and the empire.
The Pin ring as we call it is the symbol of authority and it has been passed down from generation to generation.
“Carter !”
“I am sorry Boss” I replied.
“Tomorrow there will be an inheritance ceremony and you will also take the last test, preparing your mind, body and soul.
Tomorrow isn’t a normal day” he declared.
“But don’t worry too much, I will be there with you” he added and I then heard his footsteps walking out of the room.
“Boss, how are you?”
“I am fine Rodrigo, has the Kingpin left?”
“Yes, you have to go to your room now and rest”.
I tried to get up from the chair but my legs wouldn’t stand.
“Let me carry you” Rodrigo came closer and attempted to carry me.
“No !” I snapped at him.
“But…”
“Just support me to walk, don’t you dare carry me” I warned.
“Okay Boss”
He helped me to get up from the chair and then put one of my arms around his neck and we began.
This was really a painful and stressful thing but thankfully my room was not that far from the room so we reached it very soon.
Rodrigo helped me into the room, put some bath water for me and brought me food from the kitchen.
I was famished so I ate the food first before he helped me walk into the bathroom.
I sat down on the chair there.
“Are you going to stand there while I bathe?” I asked when he made no effort to go back into the bedroom.
“No, I will help you bathe,” he declared without missing a beat.
“You are weak, you can’t do it all alone,” he added.
“Merde !”
“Did you say some..”
“Get the fuck out of here Rodrigo !” I yelled.
He didn’t waste any time and ran out of the bathroom.
I got up and took the first step towards the bathtub.