The Story of Blood and Roses Chapter 117

"Have they been feeding you or did they leave you for dead while I was away?" I ask her ignoring her question .
"Yes, now answer me, bitch," she sneered as she crouched on all fours and glared at me from the bed .
"Back to your usual antics, I see, Cienna," I accused in a light voice as I looked around the room, scrutinizing it . It looked like a storm had turned the place over . "You've been busy," my voice was unattached as I gave her a fleeting look and then looked back around the room . The room stank of sweat . I scrunched up my nose, trying to avoid breathing in the smell of an unwashed Cienna and wondered how I had not been able to smell it before .
"You've gone missing, as has Anthony . Don't you dare think that I don't know what you are trying to do!" she screamed and launched herself at me . I moved out of her way, making her fall and land on her hands which came out to protect her from crashing to the ground on her face . She hissed and she turned around and tried to fight to her feet again . She looked like an animal that was ready to escape her prison, but she was the one that we could not let go . We had no clue as to how volatile she was, I had yet to check in with Ethan and find out how she had reacted after she was locked in . From the looks of it, it had not gone over well; she certainly did not like to be locked in a room without any of us . She was lashing out at me because she had just for a few moments in her vulnerability found solace in me .

"I am not in a mood for your theatrics . I just stopped by to check on you," I sneered at her in irritation . My feelings towards varied from one moment to the other, but after observing the ongoing trend, I realized that I only, remotely liked her if she was nowhere near me . All the other times, her presence had been just a nuisance . It was a situation that I need to correct by slitting her throat or something equally gory . I had a few ideas .
"You slept with him, you bitch!" she screamed . My nicked neck chose the moment to start throbbing with greater intensity . I cupped the back of my neck with my hands and tried to massage the sore spot . Cienna, on the other hand, took these gestures as a sign of guilt, or whatever .
For the life of me, I couldn't understand how she could think of that .
Feeling a bit sassy myself, I shrugged my shoulders and made a 'meh' sound . I wasn't lying, of course, and I sincerely hoped that Anthony would get the hint and play along .

"How can you be so blasé about it?"
"I'm not a gold digger or an informant rat . I don't care about the position of a person, I only care about if I want to sleep with them or not . " Those words were ideal, but I knew for a fact that so far, I had never slept with a man who was not in a position of power or I got something in return .
"He's Anthony . "
"So, I hear," I wave her off in a nonchalant manner .
"You're a power hungry whore, Mia . Even at such a young age . . . " she shook her head as if disgusted . "You really don't know what you are getting yourself into," she spat at me . I raised a brow at her, a bit amused that she of all people could call me a prostitute .

"I really don't like to ponder on people's past, but Cienna, you don't have a good track record yourself," I said with a grin . Her eyes narrowed at me for the slightest moment, but then they flitted over my shoulder . Her eyes widened comically, and I glanced over my shoulder to see what had gotten her spooked .
Apparently, the source of her fear was Anthony, who looked pinched . He seemed wide awake, but I could understand from the furrowing of his brows that his headache was not fully gone . He glanced between the two of us and then sauntered into the room .
"So, I see that you have gained your strength," his voice was low and menacing . "And you are screaming the house down," he stated with an irritated look at me . I shrugged and then took a voluntary step back so that he could take over the show .
"I'll be downstairs with the others, then," I announced as I turned to go .
"No," I heard him order and froze instantly . I turned around in the next moment to face him again .
"Yes, Boss?" The question in my voice was more out of confusion and indecisiveness about what to call him to his face than the dilemma of remaining in the room .
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