"Ma'am, you can't do this."
Voices were heard as well as hurried footsteps while doors opened and closed hurriedly, accompanied by Arianna's screams filled the whole house.
"I need to see him.. Liam." She called, walking into room after room. She searched for her son frantically, with each disappointment she faced at not seeing him in the rooms that she opened, it edged her anxiety and fear that Antonio had hurt him.
She hoped that he wouldn't hurt him, his own son but after their encounter at the dining table this morning, it only made Arianna realize that he didn't just want Liam, he was using his son as a leverage to get her back.
"Please ma'am, the grandmaster had ordered that you don't leave your room.." one of the maids tried to explain and that made Ariana lose control.
"Get away from me!!!" She yelled, wrapping her arms around herself to shed herself from any danger that might come with them surrounding her.
She could still recall the way that woman, the head maiden, had hit her at Antonio's orders.
No one was on her side here.
They were all under Antonio's payroll and wouldn't hesitate to hurt her if need be, which is why she couldn't trust any of them around her son.
It's been more than ten hours since she last saw her son. He's hungry and knowing fussy Liam who can't sleep without being carried by her, made her think of how much suffering her baby was going through right now just because of his supposed father.
"Please, I just need to see my son, and make sure he's okay." She said to no one in particular.
The young woman was clearly losing her mind, and not being on her medication in the past hours, made things worse.
"That's enough!" A loud voice interrupted her before she could attempt to leave for another room. There was a lot of rooms and passageways in this huge house.
The maids started murmuring once they cleared the way for lady Morgana, who had a stern look on her face. It made Arianna intimidated at first, yet, she knew that if she didn't stand up for herself, seeing as Antonio's father, who helped her escape the first time wasn't here, she won't stand a second chance to leave either.
"Where's my son?" Arianna asked her boldly, showing no fear.
The only person that scared her was Antonio and that is who she should be concerned about.
The woman ignored her words before turning to face one of the maids. "Nora, take the young mistress back to her room." Morgana ordered.
Just as Nora came closer to Arianna, she jerked her hands off and stormed over to where the scary witch, Morgana was.
"I need to talk to Antonio." Arianna said to her.
If there's any way that she can see her son, Liam, that's by talking to Antonio politely.
"The grandmaster had given orders that you stay in your room…"Morgana tried to explain.
"Do i look like i care about his fucking orders! Call him on the phone now." Ariana yelled.
Ariana could swear that she saw the woman clench her hand in anger, which she could care less that she talked rudely to her. She asked for it the moment she hit her in the morning.
She saw her signal to the maid, who rushed over with a telephone. Hence, they weren't allowed to use their mobile phones while they were on duty and that telephone was kept away, and used only for emergencies for Ariana.
"Sir..." Arianna heard her over the phone.
She rubbed her hands nervously and felt her heartbeat increase tremendously, that's what Antonio does to her.
Just hearing his voice made her imagine the look on his face if he was right here. Antonio doesn't like disrespect and disobedience.
She has left her room, breaking the number one rule for the day and she hasn't been a good girl by causing drama to see her son. So, why does she think that he will allow her to see Liam.
Once the phone was handed over to her, she took it with shaky hands and looked away from the head maiden who was the only person that was here with her, apart from the guards that stood at each end of the hallway holding weapons.
"You wanted to speak to me, yes?" Antonio's rough voice asked.
"Y..yes, I.." She stuttered.
"What is it, Arianna? I don't have all day to play phone call with you." He snapped impatiently.
He's rude as hell!
"I want to see Liam." She said, and heard him breath hard, then continued before he got angry. "It's past his lunchtime, Antonio. Please, don't hurt him."
"Arianna?" He called.
"Yes?"
"Did i said that i was going to hurt our son?" Antonio asked, trying not to get angry that she thinks of him as a wicked villain enough to hurt his son, his little lion.
"No.."She answered, still not believing his words.
"Then there's your answer. Liam is doing fine so you.."
"He needs his mother!" She snapped at him, and regretted what she did when she realized what she did. She can't have him listening to her, if the both of them are shouting and angry at each other.
Antonio loves when she's submissive and talks like a lady.
"Said by who?" He challenged her, waiting to hear her dare him again by raising her voices at him. "Just like you decided that he doesn't need his father, what makes you think that he needs a mother when i can provide one for him."
"I'm his birth mother, Antonio, you can't take.." Ariana cried.
"I can and will do what i want, all you have to do is to sign those documents before I'm back. You have already been a bad girl by leaving your room, you like getting on my nerves."
"No!!" She cried.
"No?" He laughed. "It seems you still haven't been able to grab the sense of the way things are, but don't worry, you will learn, babygirl."
"I just need to see Liam, Antonio. Please, you can't do.." Ariana cried, but he hung up on her before she could finish talking.
Without wasting any time, she threw the telephone aside and rushed for the stairs since she was done searching all the rooms down.
"Get her!" Lady Morgana yelled at the guards.
"Liam!!" Arianna called for her son, as if hearing her voice will make him cry out, well, it had worked one time.
She barged into another room but it was empty, and dashed out immediately, the hurried footsteps by the guards were heard which made it known to her that her son was upstairs, seeing as Morgana didn't want her up here.
She kicked open another door to see a nursery, two maids hovering over a baby cot.
"Liam." She smiled once she saw her son with a feeder in his mouth, just as she was about to rush for him, she was held back by the guards.
"No! Let me go!!" Ariana screamed.
He was right there.
Liam was right in front of her, all she had to do was to reach out and hold him, to feel her baby boy in her arms but she can't do that.
"Take her out!" One of the guards ordered.
"Give me my son!" She cried.
The little child burst out in tears hearing his mothers voice and that broke Arianna completely, as she couldn't do anything but watch a maid, carry her son instead of her, right at that moment she knew that she was going to kill Antonio Blackheart!