Chapter 772: What Do You Mean?
"Good morning, Your Highness. Wakey, wakey."
Dora’s brow furrowed at the absurd voice echoing through her mind. Who on earth was speaking to her like this, as if she were some useless damsel in distress? The words and the tone, grated on her nerves, dragging her further from the fog of sleepiness. Slowly, she realized that she wasn’t being awakened but something else.
Her senses began to sharpen, and it dawned on her that she wasn’t asleep—or if she was, it wasn’t in a bed. Her body ached as if she’d been in an uncomfortable position for too long. Then, like a bolt of lightning, it struck her. The last thing she remembered was talking to Evana when she’d been suddenly called away. The memory was hazy, but the details were sharp enough to stir her from the remnants of her stupor.
Her eyes snapped open, and she blinked against the dim light. Panic surged through her as she realized she was indeed ’asleep’ in a chair—but worse, she was bound to it. Thick ropes dug into her wrists, securing her hands to the chair’s arms, while a rough cloth was tied tightly around her mouth, stifling any sound she might make. Her heart pounded in her chest as she came to a terrifying realisation, that she had been kidnapped.
She shuddered. How had this happened? She’d been in her hotel, going down by the elevator... How did the person get past her security and the hotel’s security? And then she hadn’t even realized that she was in danger when her instincts were usually on point.
How had she ended up here? She forced herself to concentrate, pushing aside the rising panic. The last thing she could clearly recall was that conversation with Evana.
Somehow, Evana had learnt of Kael hiding Anna and not coming clean to her, as well as not doing anything against his master. Evana insisted that something like this might end up being a problem in their relationship as she’d been like that... and if he remained uncertain, he might end up hurting her the way Evana had hurt Lucien.
Though she’d been willing to fight and defend her relationship, Evana’s words had struck her. She would have been blindsided in Anna’s matter if not for Rafe sharing his doubts. And though she understood that Kael had been bound by a promise, it would not bode well.
And that is when she’d been called away by Tasha. So, probably because she’d been lost in the conversation, that she hadn’t realized that something was amiss. But even so, just how careless had she been to not even remember even struggling or knowing where she’d been kidnapped.