𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚

14

Everything in my body ached, Edward had ignored the fact that I had been sheltered and treated like a fragile little thing, all my life. And, suddenly expecting me to drop those ladylike habits that took them years to instill in me, was preposterous. But nonetheless, Edward was relentless with his orders and cruel with his remarks.

It was the first class and I had just made it through the very first hour. Edward had taught me where to strike while I was facing the enemy. It was a simple technique, at least it sounded like a simple technique when he talked about it. I was supposed to use two of my fingers, preferably my index and middle finger and jab them into a spot on the persons chest. The attack was supposed to be quick and precise, right above the heart at the aorta. The force required to execute this action perfectly was what we focused on today and Edward screamed at me more than half the time because of my posture.

Muttering curse after curse under his breath, when he realized that he couldn't touch me to correct it either.

"Just go already, I'll call up your hubby to take you."

I frowned at him as he picked up his phone.

"I shouldn't have agreed to this."

He spoke under his breath and his defeated look did a lot to make me feel like a total disappointment. Edward turned to me, the phone stuck to his ear as he spoke into it. He stiffened as he saw me, a surprised look crossing his face as I sniffled and hurried to wipe at my tears.

"I'm on my way and she better be perfectly fine, Edward."

Edward gulped as the line went dead on the other side, he pocketed his phone quickly and face palmed before kneeling in front of me.

"Hey princess, everything's going to be fine okay? Severus is on his way so you don't have to cr~"

"You're so mean to me."

I wailed, a baffled look crossed his features as he stared at me with wide eyes . Mouth opening and closing like a fish, unable to form words at my revelation.

"I-I mean, I-m not mean to you."

I sniffled and replied immediately.

"You a-are, w-what have I even done t-to you for you to h-hate me so much?"

He scratched his head in confusion, looking utterly helpless as tears continued to rain down my face.

"I-I don't hate you princess, I just... is that a hickey?"

I didn't stop crying as he pointed out the mark Severus had left. I knew he was just trying to change the subject because I had seen him eyeing the hickey during training.

"I-I was treated like a girl a-and groomed to a-act like one, I'm not r-responsible if I c-can't fight. I-It's just the way I w-was raised."

"of course princess, it's not your fault."

He replied giving me a napkin to wipe at my face.

"B-But you keep b-blaming m-me."

I whispered as he shook his head quickly.

"No, not at all, I don't blame you."

I sniffled again as he continued to stare at me as if I was an alien.

"R-really?"

"Really."

He replied quickly as I cleaned my cheeks with it.

"I-It's not my fault that I was brought here either, I d-didn't ask to be k-kidnapped."

Edward nodded quickly as another flood of waterworks threatened to push through. I wondered if it showed on my face from the way he paled.