Chapter 6: Dreams
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When everyone had retired to their rooms, Anahi went to her room.
It was painted the colour of robin's eggs, with royal blue silk sheets on the bed . There were also... gifts?
How did they get here, she wondered.
Was she dreaming?
She pinched herself, wincing at the pain.
This was definitely not a dream.
There were boxes of many shapes and sizes, each wrapped in blue and marked 'Anahi' and 'Ana'.
She smiled.
She had only been here but a few hours and they were already giving her gifts!
Beaming, she grabbed the smallest box and opened it.
It was a strange sleek device, like the one Mr. Dante and Isabelle had, only it was gold.
She examined it. There was an apple at the back of it.
"You like it?" asked Dante, startling her so much that she nearly dropped the beautiful device.
"How can I like it if I have no idea what it is Mr. Dante?" she asked, frowning at the device.
He smiled, before taking the device from her and pressing the circular button in front.
It lit up.
"This is a phone." he explained.
Oh.
This couldn't be a phone, she thought.
Phones had wires and a big thing with numbers at the bottom.
She looked at him as if seeking an explanation.
"This is a cellphone. Think of it as a moveable phone." he said.
A moveable phone?
"How does it work?"
"I'll teach you that tomorrow." he said.
She nodded and he was about to leave when she grabbed him.
"Mr. Dante?"
He turned around. "Yes?"
"Am I going to be living here forever?"
He smiled. He wanted her to live with him forever and he always got what he wanted.
"Yes."
He turned to leave again when she pulled him harder, causing him to fall upon the bed.
She gasped.
"I am so sorry! i shouldn't have done that and-"
Her apology was cut short when he laughed.
And boy, did he have an amazing laugh.
He laughed so hard that he rolled off the bed and tears came down.
"No problem. What did you pull me for?"
"Could you stay and open the presents with me? I don't know these things very well and I need you to explain them to me."
He nodded, knowing that she was right.
Getting up, he sat on the other end of the bed and watched as she opened more presents.
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When all the presents were opened, Anahi had gotten a lot of dresses, perfume, shoes and make up from Isabelle.
She got a cellphone and jewellery from Dante.
When Dante went to bed, Anahi cleared her gifts aside and lay in bed.
She wasn't tired.
She was very much energized, for the first time in her eighteen years.
And to think it was all because she was bought by him.
She closed her eyes and pictured his enchanting green eyes staring at her.
She could still feel his smooth silky hand against her rough ones.
And just like that, she fell into sleep's waiting arms.
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She was back at Ejura.
The people there welcomed her with gifts.
Edith was congratulating her, a man rubbing her swollen stomach.
Edith's mother applied henna on her hands.
And just like that, the scene changed from her to the auctioning stage.
This time, Dante was not there.
Instead, there were men leering at her and instead of bargaining, they grabbed at her.
"Please," she begged, "please don't do this."
They kept hitting at her and there was a ripping sound.
She got up and screamed.
In rushed Dante and Isabelle at her side.
"Ana, are you okay?" asked Isabelle.
She said nothing, only hugged Isabelle.
"Don't send me back." she said.
"Nobody is sending you back, you hear me? Dante will have to go through me first." said Isabelle, stroking her head.
"I will never send you back Anahi." said Dante.
He meant every word, glancing at her tear streaked face.
Sitting on the bed, he wiped her tears and hugged her.
"I don't know what those people did to you, but it's in the past. You have a present to look forward to. With Isabelle and I and everyone here at Nublas Mansion."
She looked up at him, with tear filled eyes.
"Really?"
He hugged her.
"Of course. See that nightmare? That is the last one. Say goodbye to it, because when we're finished, you'll have nothing but good dreams."
She hoped that he was right.
"Try to go back to sleep Ana." said Isabelle before retreating the calmness of her room.
Dante was going to leave when he heard snoring.
Anahi had fallen asleep in his arms.
That's a first, he thought.
Usually people were afraid to be near him for he wasn't a fan of people touching him.
Not even the women who sought his attention were allowed to put so much as a hand on his shoulder.
Yet, this beautiful African beauty fell fast asleep in his arms, the one the people referred to as a demon.
They dare not say it to his face though.
He looked at her and saw a smile etched on her face.
Laying her down gently on her bed, he made sure the covers were over her body and the windows were shut.
He placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
" Dulcessue os, miduquesa." (Sweet dreams, my duchess)
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Meh.
Another work of art?
Anyhoo, Happy Easter to my readers, known and unknown.
Tata!
-Safiello
- Writer
