Arnold left Lexa's side and stood up. He appeared domineering, and his gaze was still sending chills. He clenched his jaws and scoffed.
The maid dropped her head down and trembled slightly. She had never experience this type of fear in her life and wondered about the kind of person Arnold was. His aura was getting suffocating, and her lips quivered.
Belle didn't like how Arnold was acting, and she suddenly became more furious. Not caring about anything now, and she mustered up some courage, " This isn't right Arnold! You are not supposed to care for another person except me! You only have to care about me! She is just a slave or has she seduced you?!"
By now, some of the servants in the house were already gathered at the hallway, and they were subtly peeking at what was going on.
Arnold turned to face Belle and frowned at her words, but now wasn't the time to think about that, so he pushed it aside, " I won't argue you, but how can you not see she is not okay?!"
He pointed to Lexa and glared at Belle. He was beginning to wonder what kind of a person his mate was, and he wasn't comfortable with that.
" That's none of my concern!"
Belle rolled her eyes and sneered irritatedly. She hated how Arnold was caring about Lexa, and her face was all green.
Arnold realised it wouldn't be cool to exchange words with Belle, so he tried to calm himself and ignored her.
That was the best anyway!
Then, he turned to the servants around the hallway, and Belle's personal maid, " All of you! I am so disappointed in you! How can you not help her when you see the kind of state she is in?!"
But without waiting for anyone's reply, he carried Lexa and took her away from the hallway.
Lexa slowly lifted her face up and weakly looked at Arnold. At that moment, he appeared like her saviour, and she found herself smiling. She was happy he stood up for her, and it warmed her heart. Though, she wasn't used to people defending her, and it sort of felt foreign to her, but she was still happy. From her other side, she could see how Belle's face was green with envy, this had her to made a low throaty chuckle. It was simply amusing to Lexa, seeing that kind of expression on Belle's face.
Lexa quietly watched how Arnold carried her tenderly, but she was too weak to say anything, and she closed her eyes. Finally letting the fatigue to overwhelm her.
Surprisingly, Arnold carried Lexa to his room and placed her gently on his bed. He was damn worried, seeing how Lexa looked currently.
He gently touched her temple and frowned when he felt how hot she was. It was really rare for a werewolf to get sick, and it confused him more. But he decided to drop that and think about it later, now he needed to take care of Lexa.
As the prince was about to get a small bowl of water and a clean little towel to cool Lexa's body, he heard a low knock on his room door. And wondered who it must be but before he could reply, the knocker beat him to it.
" It's Anatalia."
Arnold arched his brows but told the knocker to come in.
He stood beside Lexa and watched how Anatalia made her way in, carrying different medicines and a food tray.
" Right about time for you to come," Arnold's lips twitched, and he uttered sarcastically. He wasn't pleased with Anatalia coming to his room now and wondered why the female servant didn't attend to Lexa before. It made him think if Anatalia really likes Lexa, or it was just a false thing.
" Prince Arnold.....," Anatalia greeted and bowed her head slightly. She paused and lifted her head up again, then she continued, " It not like that. Lexa didn't tell me anything, and I haven't seen her for the past two days. It like she is avoiding me, so there was no way I would have known she wasn't feeling fine. My apologies."
Anatalia explained the truth and bowed to Arnold again.
The prince furrowed his brows at what Anatalia said and narrowed his eyes.
" Can I check on her Prince Arnold?" Anatalia broke the silence that followed after her previous explanation.
" Okay,"
Arnold composed himself and stepped aside for Anatalia, but he still didn't know if she was saying the truth or now. He was a man that wasn't a fan of trusting people. But he knew Lexa needed help, and he didn't know much about helping people in situation like this so he let Anatalia to check up on Lexa.
Anatalia nodded and placed down the things on her hand to a flat table beside the bed. She begun to check Lexa and immediately she stood up, going to fetch a bowl with a warm water including a little towel just like Arnold.
" Is she okay?" Arnold crossed his arms together and stood behind Anatalia, resting his back on the wall. And watching how Anatalia was going up and down.
Anatalia was surprised to see how the Prince was caring for Lexa, but she wasn't satisfied with it, because it might not lead to something good. This wasn't always a good sign but still she nodded and answered Arnold.
" Yes, she will be. She is just too weak."
Arnold nodded and didn't say anything again.
After a while, he closed his eyes and when he opened them, Anatalia stood up.
" Are you done?"
His voice was bass, but it was audible enough for Anatalia.
" Yes, it not something much. She just needs to recover back her strength."
Anatalia packed up all the medicines she brought it and sat beside Lexa on the fancy bed.
Arnold was delighted to hear, and he breathed an air of relief. Those words alone were enough to make him feel so glad, and he smiled.
" That's good."
" Yes but can I stay with her? Cause, she needs someone to be with her," Anatalia requested and hung her head low. She couldn't trust leaving Lexa alone with the prince. It might probably ruined Lexa's reputation, but she won't allow that.
" No, don't worry I will take care of her," Arnold shook his head negatively and offered his help. He just wanted to be close to Lexa.
" But......."
Anatalia didn't know how to protest, and now she was rendered shorts of words.
" What?"
Anatalia looked back at Lexa, and she took a deep breath, " Then, I will also stay here with her. It still early anyway."