Bride Of Hades

When the tears had stopped flowing, Aurora tried to speak, but she still couldn't get proper sentences out of her mouth, "The doctor… he… push… mean to… what will...," breathing became harder and harder as the feelings came back to her, and tears started flowing again.

Dimitri tensed up, she was so rattled, and he wanted to know what happened to her, but she was still shaking, her skin so clammy, he wanted to punch somebody even if he did not know why. Nobody should be making Aurora cry like this. 

"Shh.. shh…," he cupped her face, wiping the tears away, "Let me get you some water so you can breathe. Hold on," he said as he stood up and took a glass from the table. After she drank the whole glass without pause, he hugged her and started rubbing her back again. 

He had to get her to calm down to get to the root of this problem, and whoever made her cry would surely pay, but he had to keep a cool head on him as well, so he doesn't just explode and agitate her more.

For the first time in her life, Aurora experienced what it was like to rely on someone and to be comforted in her time of need. She did not want to break the soothing silence that enveloped her right now, all she wanted to do was sleep, but she knew that if she did not tell Dimitri what happened, she might not have the courage to do it tomorrow.

"Dimitri…," Aurora murmured softly from his shoulder. 

He pulled her away so he could look at her, "Yes my love, I am here, what is it?" he asked softly as he caressed her face.

Aurora couldn't look into his eyes, she felt scared of what he might think of her and what she had done, so she bowed her head and held onto his hand. 

"At the hospital, there was a senior doctor who was being extra friendly," she gulped as she felt Dimitri's hand tighten on hers, "I had a feeling he didn't have any good intentions so I tried to avoid him as much as possible," she tried to take a peek and look at Dimitri's face since he was not saying anything.

"Go on," he nodded at her, but there was something in his eyes she has never seen before. She felt relieved that he was not blaming her for attracting the doctor's attention.

"I never entertained him or even smiled at him, but today he…," she gasped, "It was…," tears started running down her face, but she knew she had to finish this, "I fought back and stabbed him in the neck," she held her own neck, "there was blood… blood…everywhere."

Dimitri had a murderous glint in his eye, and as she looked at him, she got scared. 

"Did he touch you anywhere?" his voice was colder than ice as he opened her robe to see if there were marks on her neck, and on her back. But when he got to her arms, the bruises she got from hitting the table were already taking on a purple hue.

"Did he do this to you?" he asked gruffly, as he inspected her arms.

"No… I hit the table when I was trying to get away," she could feel the fury emanating from him, and she hid the fact that the doctor had touched her breasts and even tore her clothes earlier,  in fear of Dimitri getting angrier than he was. She had never seen this side of him, and she did not want to add fuel to the fire.

"Dimitri, I… I stabbed him. What if he dies? I'm scared…" she turned pale.

Killing someone was a scary matter for a regular person. Aurora had always tried to be kind to people and animals since she was a child. And being a doctor, she always tries to save patients whenever she could. Just thinking of the possibility that she might have killed someone sent chills up and down her body. Just when she finally became happy, this happens, what if they take her away? She can't give up her happiness now.

"Well, then he deserves to die," Dimitri said with his brow furrowed together. The patience he was bottling up right now was reaching its boiling point, but he was holding it in for Aurora's sake because showing her his anger right now might push her over the edge as well.

"Dimitri…," she pulled at his shirt worriedly. She knows that he was mad, but it was a very serious matter to her. Whatever happens to the doctor, she would be blamed for it. His face softened a bit, his frown a little less pronounced, but deep inside, he was still seething with anger. It was a good thing Aurora was not a pushover, and the doctor hadn't easily overcome her.  Otherwise, his head would be on a platter right now.

"Don't worry sweetheart," he kissed her forehead as he ran his fingers through her hair. "I am here, you have nothing to worry about. We will tell them you did it in self-defense, and if he dies, I'll take care of that matter," he said consolingly.

"But…," she said with uncertainty. She was not convinced she could just get out scot-free.

"Come, let's get to bed, you need to sleep. You don't look very well," he pulled her from the vanity to the bed. "We will take care of things tomorrow," he said.

He laid down with her, hugging her to him, telling her how much he loved her. How everything will be just fine, and for her not to worry about anything else. He soothed her until she fell asleep. 

But Dimitri was far from relaxed. How could he sleep when all he thought about was murdering the bastard that tried to lay a hand on the most precious thing in his life. He was plotting his revenge as he laid there stroking Aurora's hair and promising to make the doctor suffer.

After a while, he tried to get up, but Aurora had a firm hold on him, not wanting to let go. Her sleep was troubled. She was probably having nightmares reliving what happened, but he needed to do something before he exploded, so he unlatched her hands slowly as not to wake her, leaving her for just a bit, and headed to his study.