Cosima laid in bed underneath her blanket, Betta looking concerned. Betta watched the woman remain still, wondering what had happened after Ayato left the estate "Lady Cosima"Betta says stepping closer. She gently tapped the womans side, only to get a small groan in return. "Cosi, are you alright?"Betta asks getting more worried by the second. "I'm..fine"Cosima coughed. Betta fiddled with her dress, staring down at her. She had served Cosima since the two had been four years old. They were close and usually told each other everything. Betta sighed, wondering if Caleb had anything to do with this. She reached forward and  gently pulled the blanket down, gasping when she saw a few blood stains. Blood staining the back of Cosima's clothes, sending the maid into a wave of panic. "I'll ca-!!"Betta starts worriedly. Hands grabbed her dress, Cosima staring at her with wide terrified eyes. "Don't...Caleb..."Cosima mutters trembling. Betta stared, feeling rage take over. Of course this was Caleb's doing once again.

She threw her arms around Cosima, hugging her tight. "Don't worry, Cosi! You'll escape that hell who is Caleb!"Betta swore moving back placing her hands on her friends shoulders. "Once, you marry Ayato, we'll leave together and tell him everything!"Betta promises Cosima staring at her. Silence followed then Cosima bowed her head. "He won't believe us." Betta's eyes widened, Cosima giving her a grim smile. "If my parents didn't believe us when we told them, you think he would?"Cosima chuckles doing her best to ignore the pain in her back. Tears started to drip down onto the bed, the woman gripping her hair. "It only ended with another punishment! I won't escape him!"Cosima sobbed Betta's hands trembling. "I'm going to go get medical supplies, I'll be back"Betta mutters walking away. She left the room, quickly closing the door. Running steps echoed down the hallway as she ran to the supplies room, her hair flying behind her.

She had grown up with Cosima. She had grown up seeing her friend fear her brother. She's seen Cosima lock herself in her room for days, turn skinny and pale over it until ultimately Caleb dragged her out and punished her for 'defying' him. The one time they tried to run away to get away from him, he found them and Betta, herself, had nearly been fired for 'kidnapping' Cosima. She had been forgiven because Cosima pleaded on her hands and knees for her to stay. "Cosi, it's gonna be okay"Betta mutters grabbing bandages, along with cotton balls and a few other things. "What are you doing?" She whipped around, finding her mother standing there. Head Maid Jeni. "Betta, what are you doing?"Jeni asks walking over, eyeing the medical supplies. "Caleb...hurt the lady again!"Betta responds hoping her mother would listen. "Put the supplies back." She stared in shock, her mother looking unbothered. "Mother...you knew"Betta mutters nearly dropping the items.

"I've been the one giving Caleb the whip..."Jeni responds glancing away, making sure nobody was listening. Rage boiled under her skin, staring at the woman in front of her. Cosima was right. Nobody was on their side. Ayato would be the same as everyone here. Dismissing the problem and leaving the two to fight on their own. She felt stupid for thinking he'd help them. If her own mother was aiding in the pain Cosima was suffering from, then that man would do the same and turn his back to her acting blind to it all. At this point, she was the only one who could protect her. "Put the supplies back, Betta, I'll call a doctor"Jeni says. Betta narrowed her eyes, knowing Cosima was scared of doctors because of Caleb. The doctors he would summon had all been perverts and he implemented into her mind that they were all like that. "No, I'm taking this stuff to the lady"Betta glared. "Betta-"Jeni starts. Betta's hand flew through the air, slapping her mother...no...the headmaid in front of her, pure fury on her face.

"OUT OF MY WAY!"Betta commands glaring at her. She shoulder shoved her mother to the side, running out of the room needing to get back to Cosima before Caleb found her in her bloodied state and called one of those archons awful doctors. "Betta! Come back!" She ignored her mothers yells, speeding up, her hair and the back of her dress flying behind her. Her hand lifted, shoving Cosima's room open, her eyes widening. Cosima trembled, staring at the smiling doctor in front of her. "GET OUT!!" She moved in front of the trembling woman, then turned and hugged her, glaring murderously at the startled doctor. "I have the lady! LEAVE!"Betta snapped Cosima clinging to her with tear filled eyes. Cosima stared at the man, tightening her grip on the maids sleeves. The doctor stared blankly but turned and walked out of the room. Betta slammed the door shut and locked it. "Let me see, Cosi..."Betta says. Cosima turned around, carefully letting her robes slide down.

Betta flinched back startled with how deep some of the scars looked. She silently got to work, hands trembling at the sight of the bloodied scars littered across the womans back. She didn't know what to do now. Each time Cosima flinched from the pain sent a stab through her heart that made her want to cry. Everytime she sees her friend flinch it made her feel as if she was sinking into the darkness. The first time this had happened, Cosima locked herself away inside of a closet for two months, only opening it for meals but even then she had been skinny. She remembered pleading and crying for her friend to come out and that was when Cosima finally left the closet but immediately broke down into tears. She remembered asking why she had tried. "Because I made you cry, Betta, I'm sorry." That had also been the day where she swore to keep Cosima safe but always failed because she never managed to reach her whenever Caleb carries out his punishments.

"I'm done.."Betta informs standing up and walking to the closet. She grabbed a fresh robe, bringing it over. She watched Cosima shrug off her bloodied robes, taking the clean one and slipping it on. "Lady Cosi." Betta walked over to the balcony, peeking out curiously. Ayato stood at the bottom, perking up. "Is Lady Cosima there"Ayato smiled tilting his head to the side. She threw the man a glare, surprising him. She couldn't trust him. If her own mother was turning a blind eye, there was no doubt he'd do the same. She looked at Cosima, finding that the woman was covering her ears with wide eyes, staring at her, the blanket wrapped around her as she trembled. "Go away!"Betta commands startling the man. She shut the balcony doors before Ayato could interject. She threw him a cold glare through the glass and snatched the curtains shut. Turning around, she hurried over to Cosima, hugging her. "I got you...I got you"Betta mutters as Cosima clung to her. "Nobody is gonna hurt you..."Betta promised.