...Running Away...

Anastasia kept looking at the blood that was covering her. The scene of Valdimir killing that man shocked her. She was indeed abused in her past life, but she has never witnessed such a cruel scene.

After some moments, she heard a lot of screams outside of the tent. Those screams woke her up.

- VALDIMIR!

She headed immediately outside to see what was going on. A lot of soldiers gathered to defend the camp, and they attacked another assassin, but Valdimir wasn't there.

- Where is he? Where did he go? They set a trap for him, what if something happens to him?

She started looking for him. When she didn't find him at the camp, she headed toward the forest.

Suddenly, an assassin attacked her. Fortunately, she managed to block his attack using her sword. She attacked him and tried at least to knock him down.

The assassin was very strong and well-trained. Anastasia attacked with all her power and managed to uncover his face. At that moment Anastasia noticed a strange tattoo on his neck.

The man became furious:

- I'M SORRY LADY, I MUST KILL YOU.

The assassin attacked Anastasia to kill her, but she wasn't that easy to deal with. Unfortunately, another assassin showed up.

- HELP ME, WE MUST KILL HER BEFORE SHE REVEALS OUR IDENTITY.

The two assassins attacked her and managed to injure her hand and snatched her sword away.

- HURRY UP AND KILL HER.

When they were about to stab her, Suddenly Valdimir jumped in front of her and killed both of them in one hit, then he approached Anastasia while looking furious:

- DON'T YOU EVER LISTEN TO WHAT I TELL YOU?

And without hesitation, he carried her and headed back to the camp.

The soldiers managed to catch an assassin alive.

- Tie him very well, I will deal with him later.

Then he entered his tent while Anastasia was trembling.

" I disobeyed him another time...what will he do to me? I'm sure that he will punish me. Even if he does, it is better than returning to the mansion. "

Valdimir put her down, then he made her sit on the bed.

" What is he doing? "

Without saying a word, he brought a medical kit and treated her wounded arm. Anastasia couldn't dare to talk to him. She just waited for him to lash out at her.

After finishing the treatment, Valdimir stepped back, he glared at her for a moment, then he clenched his hands and headed out of the tent. Anastasia followed him:

- WAIT! Are you leaving?

Valdimir didn't even look back at her:

- I must interrogate the assassin

Then he left.

Anastasia went back to her tent while looking confused.

" If he is angry, why he didn't yell at me like usual...does he now hate me? "

Lucia freaked out when she saw the blood all over Anastasia's clothes, she ran toward her:

- MY LADY! ARE YOU OKAY? DID YOU GET INJURED?

- Don't worry, this is not my blood...

- I heard that some assassins attacked the camp.

- Yeah, they wanted to kill our commander, but we managed to defeat all of them...

- Come in, you must wash up and change your clothes!

Anastasia wanted so badly to go back and talk to Valdimir, but his last look at her made her body tremble.

- Lucia, what should I do? I think the commander is very angry at me.

- What did you do?

- I disobeyed his order one more time.

- Are you afraid of the punishment?

- No...I wish that he yelled at me and punished me, instead he didn't even talk to me... I think...I think that he hates me.

- What are you saying? how can he hate you?

Anastasia's eyes became full of tears:

- People won't like you if you make mistakes...Just like father did.....When I was young and ignorant, he hated me, but when I showed him how perfect I become, he started to accept me...Commander surely hates me to the point that he refuses to talk to me...

Lucia tried to console her:

- My lady, please, don't say that! Anyone can make mistakes. It is in human nature. I think you should talk one more time to him.

- What if he asks me to not talk to him anymore? I can't hear those words coming from him...

In the morning, Sergio came to Anastasia's tent:

- Good morning my lady! How is your wound?

- It's okay..what brings you here?

- The commander exempts you from training for three days

- REALLY!

- Yeah, you don't need to go to the training ground. Just stay in your tent and rest as much as you could for these three days.

Anastasia felt so sad when she heard that

" He doesn't want to see me!"

Sergio noticed her strange reaction. She should be happy that she will escape the training, but instead, she seemed depressed.

When he met Valdimir, he tried to understand why he took such a decision:

- Lady Anastasia didn't seem happy with that decision. Are you sure about what you are doing?

- Yeah...We should get away from each other for a few days...

- Why? Shouldn't you talk to her instead?

- No...

Sergio couldn't understand what his commander was thinking.

" I wish I can help both of them. Lady Anastasia surely likes him.."

Two days had passed without any progress between the both of them.

Anastasia couldn't handle the situation any longer. She couldn't stop thinking, which annoyed her even more:

- I will go crazy if I stay another day in the tent.

She decided to go back to the training ground and restart her training. At least she will be busy doing something else.

As soon as she arrived, She started the training like usual...

Valdimir glared at her with his scary eyes:

- What are you doing? You shouldn't come today.

Anastasia faked a smile:

- Look, my hand is fine...I can train.

Valdimir didn't look pleased, he grabbed her hand:

- Go back to your tent...Tomorrow we will talk.

Anastasia pulled her hand while looking pissed"

- Stop lying to me, you will never talk to me. Don't worry, I'm not waiting for anything from you, so don't push me away...I will step back on my own...