章 14: Feed me

Seraphina rushed over to him as he leaned against the wall. "Are you okay, your highness?" She asked as she looked at his wounds. He grabbed her hand suddenly, making her look at him. "Did I hurt you…"

"I… asked you to call me Lucian." He struggled to say. She looked at him with her mouth wide open. Was this what he could seriously think about at a time like this? He should be think about his current state, now he his talking about her calling him by his name..

"I'll call the doctor." She pushed herself up to walk away but he grabbed her hand, stopping her from leaving.

"He'll be here soon." He groaned and as soon as he finished his words, Cullen and Gabriel arrived at full speed.

"Damn, who did this to you?" Cullen asked as he helped him up with Gabriel's help.

"We have a new target and I think I might know who it is." Lucian groaned in pain as they lifted him up.

"You are not healing, are you okay?" Seraphina asked with concern in her voice. She knew really well that the supernatural creatures heal themselves when they get wounded.

"I was shot with poisonous silver… I should start healing in an hour at most." He replied and Seraphina hummed as they took him to one of the VIP wards. He laid on the bed grabbing his wound as Cullen started to attend to him. Seraphina stood outside the door, watching through the window as Cullen helped Lucian to bandage up the wound.

"You should take a rest for two days, Lucian." Cullen said and Lucian shot him a deadly glare. "When was the last time you slept?"

"It's been almost two weeks." Lucian replied and Cullen stared at him blankly. "What? Have you ever seen me sleep unnecessarily?"

"I have no choice but to give you some sleeping injections." Cullen replied as he walked over to the medicine tray. "You can always go to sleep while Gabriel is on patrol. That is why you have a personal assistant for goodness sake."

"I don't care." Lucian replied, trying to get out of bed but Cullen pierced the needle into his body making him growl in pain. "Come on Cullen, get off me."

"Well, you will thank me later." Cullen replied as he dropped the syringe before walking out of the ward.

"How is he?" Seraphina hurriedly asked.

"He is fine. He just needs some rest since he hasn't gotten some in a while. He will be in the hospital for a few days." Cullen explained and Seraphina thanked him before she walked back to her father's ward, since she didn't want to disturb Lucian.

Seraphina sat next to her father's bed, holding his hand with a small smile on her face. "You should be fine very soon father. Although we don't know what your condition is yet, I trust that you will be fine." She said as she patted his hands gently.

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Lucian woke up after only a few hours of sleep. He knew Cullen was right and he did need rest and besides he needed time to put himself together and find out who exactly these men are.

First they are following Seraphina and now they want to kill him. He stayed in his hospital room all day, pacing around the room, his eyes glued to his iPad. He didn't know when night came.

"The men found some of those men keeping an eye on Seraphina and one almost sneaking up on her." Gabriel's voice came from the earbud in his ear.

"That means she is not safe outside till we know who exactly is behind all this. Make sure my men keep watching her, and she must not know about it."

A knock on his door distracted him and he looked up to see Seraphina standing there on the other side of the door. "Come in." He said before cutting off his connection with Gabriel.

"Good evening, your highness… I mean, Lucian." She said, clutching the small box with her, her hands trembling in nervousness.

"Good evening." He replied, sitting on the sofa in the room. "Why are you here?"

"I… I just came to give you something to eat since the nurses said you haven't eaten. And… and to thank you for yesterday…"

She trailed off as he stood up and took the package in her hand and he opened it up. It was homemade soup and even the scent confirmed the food would be very delicious. He picked up the spoon and took a sip from the soup. He couldn't believe he was actually having some else's food for the first time in years and it tasted like heaven.

"Come." He gestured to her and she walked over to him, standing not fast away from him. "Kneel next to me."

Seraphina looked at him in confusion but she did as he said anyways before he handed the spoon over to her. "Feed me."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Feed me."