Chapter 41: Escapee
"Miss! You’re back!"
Dimitri came running to the carriage and opened the door.
"Dimitri, you don’t have to do this," Alaric said. He quickly grew fond of the young boy. His enthusiasm was infectious, the brothers started training even harder since Dimitri started living there.
By the time Dimitri woke up, Alaric and Adeline were gone. Not only them but the Marquess was gone too. At least he knew the Marquess was leaving, seeing the two of them missing he panicked. He was too afraid of something happening to the people close to him, he was afraid of being left alone again. Thankfully, Aaron told him that they went out and he was able to calm down.
He skipped training and waited for them to arrive, he kept staring out the window hoping it was them. He couldn’t let them know though, knowing how kind they were, they would try not to go out so that he wouldn’t worry. He could deal with this himself.
Before he could say anything his stomach growled loudly. He even forgot to eat while waiting for them. His face quickly turned red, he hoped they wouldn’t tease him about it.
"Come, let’s go eat something!" Adeline hooked her arm around his and skipped towards the manor. Adeline was hungry herself, she barely ate anything at the palace.
"Where did you go?" In between bites, he asked. Aaron only told him that they went out. He wanted to have a conversation since there was silence.
There was a lot of nervousness built up in him. He was worried that he was being too needy, or that they got sick of him. It still feels like a dream, one day he was on the streets, and the next he was able to have a full stomach and a comfortable bed. The cherry on top would be the kind people he was surrounded by. After the Marquess gave his orders, no one dared to mistreat Dimitri. They treated him like any other person, he never faced the disdain he experienced for being a refugee.