Theodore sighed. "Rest and recuperate well. I'll send someone to find your ex-boyfriend. When I do, I'll use mywork to make sure he sits in jail for a few years. I'm sure he's committed multiple crimes."

"Thank you. If you really manage to find him, putting him behind bars is enough. But what should I do before you find him? He could come to me anytime. He said he'll never set me free and will kill me. He looked like he had gone mad."

"I'll send someone to protect you. Don't worry."

"Theo, can I..."

"What?" Theodore could sense that Aurora had something to say. "Just speak your mind. Don't beat around the bush."

"Theo, I'm really scared. Can I stay with you before you find him? Don't worry, if you don't want me disturbing you, I won't. I'm just so scared to be by myself... I have nightmares when I sleep."

Afraid that he might misunderstand, Aurora hurriedly added, "Don't worry, once he's found and put behind bars, I'll move out immediately. I'm just so scared right now. Please, I'm begging you! Don't abandon me at a time like this."

Aurora wrapped herself up into a ball, her entire body wracked by sobs.

After a while, he finally said, "If it'll put you at ease, we'll do that. I'll find him as soon as I can. Rest well

Theodore turned to

a zombie. He didn't want to

The servants prepared a room for her, right opposite his. At night, when Theodore reached home, Aurora welcomed him back. "Theo, you're

him, she was all smiles and her eyes

but then he remembered

you find that horrible man and once he's behind

still looking for him," Theodore said. "He's pretty good at

find the offending man, but he still found nothing after a few days. He wondered

good.

He's always hiding like a street rat, it's really hard to find him." Aurora went on, a tinge of ire in her voiced was blind in the past. I won't be

Don't think so much.

did bring Theodore some

all would be cold and quiet. His servants weren't family and he was ultimately the one

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