Chapter 53: Sier’s Motives
It was a light blue colored ceiling, mottled by drawings of petals all over it. That was the first thing that Arthur saw when he opened his eyes. It took a few moments to gather his thoughts as if he just woke up from a coma. Everything felt so distant, so far away, and so surreal. The pain was too real to be called a dream, so Arthur had to accept everything, albeit with a grain of salt.
"You're awake," Melania walked into the room, placing a basin of water and new bandages next to his bed. Arthur tried to get up, but she placed her hand on his shoulder to stop him. "You have been too injured; your body needs to rest." She started removing the bandages from his body, and they were stuck to it due to all the antiseptics and pus. 6
"Ah," Arthur groaned as he felt a burning pain when the bandages were off. Melania started wrapping him with clean bandages before she placed her hand on his abdomen.
"Lie down," Arthur lied down as she instructed, and he felt warm ene......