Keep Him Alive

Mireille groaned softly as she woke up from her unconscious state. She fluttered her eyes open but the moment she realized she was in a strange bed, with her hands and legs tied down, she panicked.

Seeing her stepdad was not a nightmare. She had really been caught by her stepdad. Mireille struggled, pulling her hands and trying to free herself.

The room she was in was a small room that was dimly lit up by a dim bulb by the door.

“Help me! Anyone there?! Help me!” She screamed, her eyes filling with tears instantly as she recalled all she had gone through in the hands of her stepdad.

She knew how close she was to going through all of that again and that was the last thing she wanted to happen to her.

“Please help me!!” She cried out.

“Don’t scream, Mireille” the door opened and Felix walked into the room.

“Aaargh” he groaned.

“I forgot to put a tape over your mouth” he picked a black tape from the table and walked closer to her.

“No! Stop! Stay away from me! Stay away from me! Do not come any closer!” Mireille screamed, desperately trying to free herself and flee as far away as possible.

“Just stay calm, Mireille” He said to her.

“You… You have no idea who I live with! Dante and James will come for you! You monster! Let go of me!” She screamed as he got into the bed and pressed her back into bed and ran the tape over her mouth.

“There. You are now nice and quiet” he grinned as Mireille still struggled helplessly.

“I checked your body and I could not find any evidence of you pricking yourself. There must be a whole lot of bad energy in you right now” he shook his head and walked over to a table.

He picked a tray and Mireille’s eyes widened as she saw needles in the tray.

She panicked and struggled even more, trying to free herself. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she recalled the pains she went through as a child.

“Please, Dad” the tape over her mouth muffled her screams totally.

“When you grow up more, you are going to thank me for this, Mireille. You are going to thank me for ridding you of bad energy. You will be grateful for life” he dropped the tray on a stool and picked a needle from it.

He grabbed her hand and grinned, ready to push it into her skin. Mireille shut her eyes tightly, expecting the pains but a gunshot made her open her eyes.

She looked at her stepdad and he seemed as shocked as she was to hear the gunshot.

“What could that be?” He asked himself and the noise of the door of another room, most likely the living room.

Felix’s eyes widened in more shock and he hurried towards the door but the door was opened before he could get in and Dante stepped in.

His gaze landed on Mireille first and then moved back to Felix.

“You fucking bastard!” Dante grabbed Felix and punched him in the face.

He pushed the older man against the wall and Felix screamed in pains as the back of his head hit the wall.

Dante punched him repeatedly until his face was a bloody mess. Unsatisfied, Dante picked the stool and hit Felix’s head with it repeatedly.

Felix slipped to the floor, unconscious but Dante did not stop hitting him.

“Dante” Mireille’s whimpers made him stop and he realized Felix was pretty much lifeless.

“Princess” Dante’s voice was rough and his eyes filled with relief that she was alive.

He rushed over to her and loosened the ropes used to tie her to the bed.

Mireille rushed into his arms, hugging Dante tightly. Dante wrapped his arms around her, pressing her body into his.

“It’s fine, Princess. I am here now” Dante patted her. He was more relieved than Mireille herself was about her being safe.

Mireille could barely hear his words though. She felt weak, too weak to even listen. She felt the world turn blurry and she passed out.

“Is he alive?” Dante asked Ditto who immediately walked to Felix’s side.

“He is but he won’t last long without medical attention” Ditto replied.

“Get him a doctor”

“Wh… May I ask why?” Ditto asked.

“He needs to be alive to go through what I have planned for him. I am not going to let him die so peacefully”

*

Mireille opened her eyes slowly and the familiar ceiling came into view. She felt her heart smile at the sight, knowing that she was in Dante’s room and not with her stepdad anymore.

“She just needs to rest and she will be fine in no time” she heard someone saying and she turned to see a doctor and Dante standing on the other side of the room.

“Dante” she called his name gently and Dante looked at her.

“She is awake” he muttered and walked over to her side.

“Princess” he called and Mireille felt her heart smile even more to hear him call her Princess once more.

“Can you… Can you hug me?” She asked and Dante looked at the doctor.

“Leave”

“Yes sir” the doctor walked out of the took and Dante pulled Mireille into his arms, hugging her closely.

“I was scared, Dante” she whispered.

“I know you were but you don’t need to be scared anymore, Mireille. I will always protect you” Dante shut his eyes but Mireille chose to pull away from the hug at the moment.

“He… My stepdad, where is he right now?” She asked.

“You do not need to disturb yourself with the bastard. I am going to take care of him” Dante replied.

“By taking care of him, what do you mean?”

“You still need to rest up, Princess. Don’t stress yourself with thoughts of that psycho” He held her shoulders.

“How did you find me, though?” Mireille asked.

“Never underestimate me. I can always find you, Princess and that is how you know that no matter where you are, I will always protect you”

Mireille felt butterflies in her stomach and she covered it up with an awkward smile.

“I should not have said the words I said to you yesterday morning. I am sorry” she apologized.

“I should not have let you out yesterday and not call you to come home all day. I am sorry, Principessa. I should have shielded you better” he apologized and Mireille’s cheeks blushed softly.

She looked into his eyes and felt her heart pounding.

“Sometimes, I feel you are the best person in my world. The texts from yesterday morning. They were texts from my stepdad and I did not want to trouble you with it”

“When it’s about your safety, it is no trouble for me. It will only be trouble for me if you hide it from me” Dante soothed her.

“I am sorry for saying you are nothing more than… More than a man who fucks me”

Dante leaned in closer to her, bringing his face closer to hers.

“So I am something more? How much more?” He asked and Mireille blushed heavily.

Dante smiled and gently ruffled her hair.

“Just kidding. You rest, I will bring you something to eat.”