My Master is My Lover
So Close to Nothing
• Chapter Seven •
So Close to NothingOrrick felt unnerved. He was in the stable, examining a wound on one of the horse’s legs that a slave had pointed out, when he had felt a chill run down his spine. Something wasn’t right.
He handed the horse lead back to the slave and said he’d be back before heading back to the house. He entered, trying not to run. Hajra gave him a curious look as he entered the kitchen.
“Where’s Amora?” he demanded of her.
“In her quarters,” Hajra told him.
“Who was assigned to her today?”
“Zero.”
Orrick suddenly felt sick to his stomach and took off at a run toward the jungle room. He entered the jungle room in time to hear Evadne roar. Evadne had never roared like that before. He continued running, taking the steps of the spiral staircase two at a time. He heard Hajra behind him, trying to keep up.
Bursting through the door of his personal chambers, Orrick saw nothing out of the ordinary. He quickly ran to Amora’s room, and came to a dead stop in the doorway.
Blood. So much blood. Evadne’s face was covered. The room was splattered from in. Quickly taking in the scene before him, Orrick saw Amora laying on her back inches from her bed, her throat missing. Evadne was laying beside a body, her nose gently nudging the side of Zero’s face. Zero’s face was pale, and Orrick could not tell if he was breathing.
Ignoring Amora, Orrick ran for Zero, turning his head to the side. Checking the males body for anything out of place, he found a golden dagger sticking out from his side. Orrick gripped the handle of the blade and pulled it out before tossing it aside.
He heard Hajra scream behind him. “Enough woman! Call the damned doctor!”
Gently, gentler then Orrick knew he was capable of, he picked up Zero and carried him from the room. Evadne followed, licking Zero’s limp hand. Orrick laid Zero down on the chaise, and pressed his ear to Zero’s chest, listening for anything.
There was no sound of a ticking heart, no pulse. Orrick pulled off Zero’s tunic and examined the wound from the dagger. It was deep, and blood was gushing out. Orrick pressed Zero’s tunic against the wound in an attempt to get the blood to stop.
Orrick looked at Evadne who returned his gaze with sad golden eyes.
“Familiar’s have healing powers right? Can you heal him?” Orrick asked of her. Evadne shook her head. “Does he have a familiar? Someone who can heal him?”
Evadne gave a whimpering purr and lowered her head.
Almost desperate, Orrick looked at Zero, and pressed the back of his hand to his forehead. “Please don’t die,” Orrick told him, then leaned forward and chastely kissed Zero’s lips.
Evadne raised her head and licked Zero’s cheek. She stopped suddenly and bolted from the room. Orrick watched her before turning his attention back to Zero.
Zero’s lips had begun to turn blue. Leaning forward again, Orrick moved his hand from Zero’s forehead and plugged his nose before breathing a breath into Zero’s mouth.
Nothing.
By the time the doctor arrived, Zero would be completely gone.
A/N: i butt dial people. just thought i'd let ya'll know