Saving The Abandoned Empress

131 “Father Will Protect You”

Eleanora ran fast as tears kept pouring out from her eyes, which seem like unstoppable.

His blood has also washed away from her face because of the rain water.

Her heart felt heavy.

‘Why? Why now?’

‘I was once yours to be tamed but not anymore...’

‘I don’t have any expectations from you now...’

‘I just want to cheerish the people around me and keep on living...’

‘So why are you disturbing my peaceful life now?’

‘Couldn’t you just keep being indifferent and love her in this life too?’

.....

Eleanora couldn’t understand her heart. Why it’s still soft towards him?

Was getting killed by his hand along with her unborn baby not enough for her to let go of her obsession?

Was her love bigger then her life?

No, it’s not.

Even if it’s, she will make sure to end this love.

‘He’s my murderer, my dom and my love...loving him was always a losing game and i don’t want to lose anymore.’

‘I want to be the winner this time...’

Eleanora thought as finally stopped infront of the Dalton Residence, where the whole mansion seem to be in chaos.

She looked at the lavish white mansion with blue rooftop, everyone was waiting for her to come to them.

Her home, The knights, Her friends, Maids, Maria and her Father, everyone seem to calling her, whom she have lost previously.

Eleanora has already lost everything in her last life because of him, but now she have many thing to cherish.

She stopped moving and kept looking at them, everyone had a sigh of relief the moment they saw her returning.

“MY LADY! You have returned!”

Maria spoke as she wiped away her tears, who was standing at the main gate along with other knights.

“Princess!! Are you alright?!”

“Where did you go?!”

“Thank god you returned safely…”

Everyone rushed to her as they surrounded Eleanora and expressed their concerns, which made her quivering cold heart feel warm.

Her lips curved up a little into a smile but she couldn’t open her mouth to thank them.

Her throat hurted as she tried to speak and her voice wasn’t coming out either.

‘Thank you, everyone...

Thank you Maria, for staying with me till the end.’

Right then, Eleanora’s eyes fall on a tall man who was still standing infront of the main gate with a umbrella above his head.

Alexander was wearing a black robe as he kept staring at the drenched Eleanora with his cold blue eyes.

He was expressionless as always but Eleanora could feel his concern.

A few hours before~

Master, pass this bridge and we will be at Dalton Residence.

Hmn.

The horseman spoke and the person inside the carriage replied with humming sound.

The man was elegantly sitting at the carriage with a book in his hands.

He was Marquis Hessian’s son, Jeremy Hessian who is also a high ranking officer in the imperial palace.

But then suddenly the carriage abruptly stopped which made Jeremy lose balance and shout at the horseman.

“WHAT HAPPENED?!”

“My lord...this-”

But before the horseman could spoke, a cold voice sounded.

“Are you Jeremy Hessian?”

Jeremy, who was fixing his glasses was a little surprised to hear the question.

“You are-”

Jeremy was shocked to see the other person in the carriage.

“Don’t even think about visiting my house...

Let’s talk right here.”

“...”

Jeremy felt frustrated because of Alexander’s words.

After a while...

“So what’s this about? Why am i not qualified to stand by your daughter?”

‘Although she is already engaged but there are rumors of the engagement being broken. And she wouldn’t look for a partner if the rumors was not true...’

“You even warned me to not approch her, what are you thinking duke?”

“What i think isn’t your buisness. If you get my words then turn around and go back.”

Alexander spoke in his usual cold voicr but it made Jeremy angry.

‘Who does he think he is?!’

“Heh...if that’s the case then i prefer to hear it from the lady herself. I may not compare with the emperot but am confident to compet with others.”

“…”

Jeremy was sure of it as on his way here, he heard the second person, Sir Stanley, who got Eleanora’s response was suddenly sent to the borders by the orders of the emperor.

“It’s obvious that Eleanora has only me as her last choice...”

“ELEANORA???”

“…”

Jeremy spoke confidentally but then he was starlet by Alexander’s voice again.

“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO CALL MY DAUGHTER BY HER NAME?”

“Ah...Sir...Duke Dalton... I didn’t mean to...”

“HOW COME YOU CALL ME ‘SIR’ RESPECTFULLY BUT THINK MY DAUGHTER’S NAME CAN BE CALLED BY ANYONE?”

“…”

Jeremy couldn’t spoke anymore as he felt terrified of Alexander’s furious gaze.

“JEREMY HESSIAN... DO YOU THINK MY DAUGHTER IS SO EASY TO GET?”

“I-I am sorry, Sir!!!”

As soon as Jeremy spoke, he gestured the horseman to hurriedly go back.

Alexander’s gaze returned to normal slowly as Jeremy’s carriage disappeared from his sight.

“None of them deserve her... Should i just keep her with me?”

Alexander’s gaze soften as he thought of Eleanora’s face and returned to the mansion happily after chasing off all the candidate of his daughter.

But he frowned to see all the knights in panic as some maids tried to console Maria.

“What happened?”

Alexander asked in a cold voice and looked around to find Eleanora.

Everyday, she would come running to him as soon as he arrived but why she is not here today?

.....

Then Jennie opened her mouth to speak as others was terrified to say anything.

“My lord... The lady is missing.”

“!!!”

Alexander’s blue eyes widened in shock as he heard Jennie’s word.

‘What? Missing?!’

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!”

Everyone felt shivering because of Alexander’s cold mana powers and immediately all of them kneeled down.

“The lady... She suddenly disappeared... We.. We don’t know...what happened... We chased her but she... PLEASE FORGIVE US!!”

Alexander felt like his heart was shattering and he couldn’t move his body.

“Deploy all the knights...”

He paused on his words before he clenched his fists tightly and roared at the knights.

“BRING ME MY DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW!!!”

“YES, MY LORD!!”

Everyone spoke in a unison and immediately left to search for her.

Alexander looked at the dark sky with lightnings from the window and his heart clenched in pain.

Soon it started to rain.

‘Ele... Why don’t you just rely on me completely?’

‘Just one word from you and i will bring down everyone from your path... Just let me punish those first who made us like this.’

Alexander had thought that as the time goes by, Eleanora will eventually tell him about her past sufferings.

He knows that she also remembers everything and this is why even if she is close with him in this life, she still keeps a distance.

Not breaking down her walls completely for him.

‘Maybe she doesn’t trust me enough to open up...’

And then, he finally felt her magic presence.

Although he can’t see her but he can feel her mana, as both of them have the same power.

In this world, only your parents and your significant one whom they are bound with can feel each others presence in short distance.

Alexander took a umbrella and hurriedly got outside, he swallowed his saliva in panic as he walked and felt her coming more closer to the house.

And then, she finally came back to her home, where she belongs to and melted in his warm embrace.

The world around them seem to stopped as Eleanora couldn’t hear anything around her except the sound of pouring rain and her father’s footsteps towards her.

Alexander silently hold the umbrella above her head, shielding her away from the rain waters.

Where Eleanora kept looking up and stare at her father’s full of concerned blue eyes.

“You have returned...”

“Yes, I have returned home, Daddy.”

Eleanora’s blue eyes filled up with tears again as she spoke with her voice which didn’t wanted come out.

She blinked a few times to stop her tears but right then, Alexander’s voice broke her all barriers.

“It’s okay to cry infront of us. We are your family and we all... Love you no matter what happens.”

Although Alexander’s voice was still cold, but to Eleanora, that was the warmest words she have ever heard.

A tear drop left her eye and soon with a low sobbing sound, Eleanora started to cry out loud as Alexander pulled her into his embrace.

Everyone was confused but none of them spoke anything.

Instead they felt sympathy and wondered what made their lady cry like that.

Where Alexander kept patting her back as he kept shielding her from the rain, like how he vowed to shield her from danger this time.

‘It will be the last time you cry, Ele. I will make sure that not a single tear will come out from your eyes again after this.’

Eleanora’s crying sound was creating stabbing pain in Alexander’s heart.

His daughter has gone through out so much and he wasn’t beside her to wipe the tears.

She always looked strong but deep inside, she was a child with many wounds.

Who had many unfulfilled dreams and wishes.

‘Don’t worry anymore...Father will protect you.’