Chapter 191 - The cure (2/2)

Finland, who noticed that Caspar looked very tired, reached out to hold the man's hand. Both squeezed each other's hands as if they were giving the other strength.

”I'm sorry, Finland. Katia targeted Aleksis because of what I did to her in the past...” Caspar whispered softly. ”I was a jerk.”

Finland nodded. She understood what Caspar meant but she didn't want them to discuss the matter at a time like this. She patted Caspar's hand and took a deep breath.

”Please don't talk about that now...” said Finland. ”Let's just focus on Aleksis...”

She tried to distract Caspar, ”Can you please get me a drink? I'm so thirsty...”

Caspar nodded. He let go of Finland's hand and exited the room to the kitchen. When he got there, he was surprised to see Katia sitting in one of the dining chairs guarded by Petra, while Lauriel was still diligently making an antidote using the medicinal herbs he obtained. Jean and Jadeith were helping Lauriel, following his orders.

Katia's face looked pale and disheveled and her cheeks were wet with tears. Katia had never looked this pathetic in her entire life.

”Why was she brought here?” Caspar asked.

”Furstenberg's house is no longer safe,” Petra answered. ”Besides, Lauriel wants to see for himself when his poison starts to react. So, I brought her here...”

Katia turned toward Caspar's voice with tears in her eyes. Her aloofness and icy demeanor were completely gone. Her eyes looked blank.

”Caspar... I can't smell and see... help me...” Katia pleaded as she got up and walked toward Caspar; but her feet tripped over the legs of the dining table and she fell down. She crawled on the floor, scratching the surface, trying to find a way to approach Caspar. ”Lauriel's poison is so so gruesome... I was not this atrocious to your daughter...”

Caspar only stared at Katia, who was struggling to crawl toward him. She looked pitiful, but he did nothing. When he thought about Aleksis, who was still lying unconscious in the room, his heart froze.

”Please... just kill me... You have my gun... Come on, kill me, Caspar. You must be angry because I poisoned your child...” Katia whimpered. ”You owe me because I left my parents and Karl to live with you... You must repay me by killing me. I think that is fair enough… You owe it to me to give me a quick and painless death!”

Katia continued to whine until she suddenly screamed hysterically.

Katia was suddenly unable to hear. She was surprised when she realized that she could no longer hear the sound of her crying. She screamed frantically trying to hear her voice but all she 'heard' was a horrible silence. Katia had never felt that scared...

Caspar and Jean looked at each other. Both were unable to bear the sight of Katia wailing in panic while holding her head. Finland, who was surprised to hear Katia's scream, rushed out of the room and into the kitchen. Her face turned pale when she saw Katia kneeling on the ground in a very pitiful condition.

”W... what's going on? What happened to her?” Finland asked, approaching Caspar. They both looked stunned.

”We gave her the poison that Lauriel made for her. It caused her to lose all of her senses...” Caspar said quietly, ”Now she cannot see and smell and hear...”

”Oh...” Finland covered her mouth in shock. She looked at Lauriel, who was indifferently placing the medicinal herbs in a small bowl. He looked at her and nodded.

”The cure is finished...” he said in a relieved, but tired voice. ”I will give it to Aleksis now. If everything works, she will recover tomorrow morning.”

”Lauriel...” Finland hurriedly approached Lauriel, ”Do you have Katia's antidote?”

Lauriel nodded, ”Of course. Why? You want to cure her? Don't be stupid.”

”She already got her punishment... Please don't continue torturing her like this...” Finland said in a choked voice. She saw Katia, who was wailing trying to hear her own voice, looking devastated. Instantly her hatred for the girl disappeared. ”You're not a bad person... Aleksis will be sad to see her god father turn into a sadist like this...”

Lauriel snorted, ”I will not forgive her until I can be sure that Aleksis is recovered. In the meantime, let her experience being prisoned in her body like this and accept her punishment.”

He then rushed out of the kitchen and into the room where Aleksis was. Finland and Caspar hastily followed. Jean approached Katia and helped her up and sat her back in the chair.

”Who is this...? Is this you, Caspar?” Katia whispered while crying. She was more depressed because she could not hear any sound, including her own sobs. Jean did not answer. He left Katia in the chair and left the kitchen to catch up with the others.

In the bedroom, Lauriel held Aleksis and forced the antidote into the little girl's mouth. Caspar and Finland, who arrived a little later, could only see from the door. They hoped that Lauriel's medicine worked and their child could be saved. Right now, they could only wait.