Chapter 249: Moment Of Truth (1)
"A week??" Madeline looked dumbfounded that she hardly believed it. "What... What time is it?" She asked, and Cassian, who still noticed how weak she was, assisted her in laying back down before responding.
"It’s getting close to Midnight." He said, as if he had already been keeping tabs of when she was going to wake up and counting the days that sluggishly passed by. Madeline felt a dull pain in her head, and she finally complied, resting her head back on the soft pillow and closing her eyes for a brief moment.
It felt good to wake up and find herself back home, rather than a dark cave that reminded her of the horrors it entailed.
She presently wished they could return back to Carmarthen and see Mother, she wondered how Oliver was doing too, and the Duke? Frederick, Adeline, she missed all of them so much, and Madeline knew her emotions were in a frenzy state at this point, but she wished she had all of them by her side as well.
"Where is Inna and the rest?" She asked after taking little time to gain some strength in her voice back, and Cassian held her hand in his, resting his chin on their entwined fingers.
"Inna had to get some rest, Elian and Orson are still up." Cassian uttered, and the only reason why Inna was presently asleep was because she also stayed by Madeline’s side throughout the week with him, tending to her when Osvaldo wasn’t around to do it.
"Why?" Madeline’s brows creased into a worried frown. "Why are they up late?"
"Because Abbot is here, however." He revealed it to her, and that made Madeline’s eyes snap wide at the news of Abbot being here. She nearly sat up.
"Abbot? How is he here?" Madeline’s eyes held her disbelief. First it was Jeremy who showed up out of nowhere, now Abbot?? Nothing seems to add up, and her head was aching too much for her to try and wrap up the possibility.