The grand celebration had ended and the house guards where looking for Joyce,because Sir.Nickolas had told them to.
"Where could she be ?",Sir.Nickolas asked himself touching the clear glass.
| Outside |
Guard.Joe,noticed a small petite figure leaning agaisn't an oak tree,he gasped when he saw Joyce's face.Madamn.Carter had gone way to far this time,some how the blood had trickled down to her neck she was a huge mess.
"She is over here !",Guard.Joe yelled over at Guard.Mike.
They both jumped off their horses and walked over to the figure.She was sleeping.Guard.Mike picked her up quietly trying his best not to wake her up,but didn't suceed.
"Put me down !",Joyce screamed.
He put her on top of the horse and he jumped on.
"Hang on their Joyce we have to get you cleaned up and get checked by the house nurse",Guard.Joe said.
They galloped all the way to the Carters estate.They put the horses back into it's stable and Guard.Mike carried Joyce home like a help less child.She was help less she needed care right now.But Joyce being the hard headed girl that she is,she gave both of the guards a hard time of taking her into the nurses room to get cleaned up.
"Joyce keep still this will not hurt one bit,but you move it will sting",Nurse.Jacks said.
Joyce stopped fidgeting on the nurses bed,as Nurse.Jacks cleaned her up she put a bandaid on her forehead to keep the blood of coming out again.Joyce looked at herself in the mirror and she stared at her reflection.
"Ugly",Joyce thought.
"You are nothing but a peasant and ugly one at that also,you are a helpless child",Joyce thought.
Joyce walked threw the dark corridors of the upstairs hall,they where dimly lit by the candles.Sir.Nickolas opened his door and grabbed her hand.Joyce was about to start screaming.Sir.Nickolas placed his thumb on her lower lip and shushed her.
"I hate you,look at what you made Madamn.Carter do to me",Joyce said angrily.
"Joyce,I am sorry that they whipped you ,forgive me ?",Sir.Nickolas asked.
"Let go of me I will get in trouble if one of your family members come in here and they find me in your room,do you want me to get lashed again ? If your answer is no then please just leave me alone",Joyce pleaded.
Sir.Nickolas let go of her hand and watched her leave her run and walk quietly threw the hall ways.