I nearly had a heart attack during the first private meeting with my new assistant. Then I abruptly made a resolution that I should do everything in my power NOT to end up alone with him EVER… if possible.
Certainly, I could already imagine benefits of having him on my team. I wouldn't have to use magic to persuade any woman to appear in our program. All I would need to do was to send Jason there. I could guess that he was able to sweettalk most of the women living on our planet, whether young or old. After all, body language is a universal language, and I had to admit that this body of his, was certainly something he could use as his advantage…
I might have sounded like a horny woman led by hormones, but I was lonely for quite some time, and the helpless affection for Samil didn't help building my self-esteem either. I was certain that my acquaintance with Jason wouldn't go anywhere, nonetheless, his presence was helping me partially forget about my worr
The Chairman gazed at me suspiciously. He stood like that without saying a single word, observing me, as he was examining my body language in search for any markers of a lie. “How do you know that Samil is Jadiel Borda's incarnation?” he questioned. “I don't have any clear way to prove it… In my visions… they looked the same, just as I resembled Immara, like I was her copy… That is why I think that way…” “How is my Grandson destined to love a witch?!” he fumed harshly. A sudden hatred surfaced in Chairman's words. It was the first time that I saw exactly where was his line of tolerance. I suppose that he, as a Borda, learnt to hate all witches. Later, as a knowledgeable man, he learnt to ignore them, or tolerate that if there were useful. Now, I crossed the line in his eyes claiming that someone of his own blood shared a destiny with a witch. His words hurt, his words sounded unfair, his words made me smile bitterly. How foolishly I thought th
I trembled looking into Samil's eyes. He must have been surprised seeing me there. I had no idea what explanation should I give him. I guessed telling him the whole truth right now, wouldn't be the best solution… It actually could be the worst thing I could say. I had to figure out something quickly…“A-and you… Sir? What are you doing here?” I idiotically tried to change the subject.“This is part of my home. Think… do I need to explain myself whether I go to the archives of MY family to you?” he sneered.I took a deep breath frantically searching for the right way out of this situation inside my mind.“The Chairman allowed me to search for information about my ancestors,” I popped out.Samil's expression only became colder. I flinched under his intense gaze.“Is Jadiel Borda one of your ancestors?” he pointed at the diary I left on the table, “I wasn't aware
“Grandma, I'm home!” I called walking into the house.“Finally! We were waiting for you, the dinner is ready,” she stated and quickly walked back to the kitchen to put food on the plates.I ran to wash my hands and soon joined Kira and her at the kitchen table. Grandma made my favorite spinach casserole, it was great to taste something that she made after such long time. The food melted in my mouth.“Doesn't it taste good?” Grandma asked suddenly.“I love it. Why do you ask?” I answered confused.“You grimaced like there was something wrong with it…” she clearly noticed my mind was somewhere else.“Old Amara is right,” Kira cut in, “We were so talkative yesterday, we forgot to ask how have you been, while we were gone. Is there something bothering else you?”I guessed they were both worried, especially since the solution to break the kissing spe
Mahala's answered with silence. I could see she cringed like she was remembering being witness of dark, horrifying events. “So, you are saying that the witch who lives inside the theatre is imprisoned there for abusing magic… or more accurately… for killing people?!” I needed to hear a straight answer. “She has been here for centuries! The entrance is protected by very powerful spell, so that only a witch as powerful as the evil one could ever walk inside,” she explained. “Centuries?!” I called suspiciously, “But the theatre building is less than a hundred years old!” “She used to be locked in the crypt, which is now underneath the theatre building. When the treater was built she somehow broke the protective spell around it and almost broke free. Then eldest decided to create another barrier, around the whole theatre this time,” she claimed. “I see… so she used to have a tiny prison. She got loose, and you considerably granted her a bigger one
I came back home continuously processing Sister's words, Mahala's appearing and everything that led to Sister's imprisonment. Perhaps, there must have been something seriously wrong with me because I couldn't treat Sister simply as an evil witch. Her vengeance was completely out of proportion, yet she wasn't the one who began the bloodshed. On the other hand, there was Mahala and the group of witches that supposed to dispense justice… but justice for whom?In Mahala's words those witches supposed to be honorable and upright, but were they really? If they only decided to act after Sister attacked the nobles, it would have meant that they merely did something to protect themselves instead of doing what was right. Furthermore, wouldn't it more accurate for the witches to try saving the one witch that was brought to the court? Since they didn't act then, I would rather assume that Sister told the truth about their collaboration with the nobles. Maybe, it was some kind of p
My mind was full of hectic unreasonable thoughts, I kept breathing faster and faster being seconds away from panic attack. Jason stood right behind me and put his hand on my shoulder. “Kass…” he whispered leaning over my ear, “I believe in you.” His words worked better than the best sedative drug ever. His single touch took away my anxieties, miraculously clearing my head allowing me to think straight. Suddenly, I felt Samil's glare. I turned my head slightly to his side and noticed that his eyes weren't pointed at me, they were pointed at Jason. I guessed, he noticed Jason's reaction, and somehow had a problem with it… That obviously made me feel much better. I couldn't help but to smirk. Charlotte gazed at me pleadingly, she needed something, a starting point for a conversation, or an entertaining motive. I had to stall for time. I grabbed the microphone from the control post. “Ask him to show you his works,” I whispered to Charlotte's earpi
Jason was staring deeply in my eyes. I wished I could find an ounce of hesitation within his gaze, but everything about him seemed to be saying that he mean every word he just whispered to my ear. An awkward smile appeared on my face. “Um… but there are people here…” I mumbled hectically not realizing that I actually agreed on kissing him. He laughed faintly then flopped his head on my arm letting me go from embrace. I instantly felt him leaning the weight of his body on me. Something wasn't right… “Jason…?” I called softly patting his hanging loose arm, “Jason!” I called louder. There was no response. It looked like he lost consciousness. I gently pushed him a little away from me allowing him to lean on my stretched arms. Only then I realized there was blood on my hand, it wasn't my blood… “Oh, God…” I muttered terrified. I looked at him cautiously and suddenly noticed a red stain on the right side around Jason's ribs. I froze.
After fifteen minutes of wandering around the hospital I finally found where Jason was. They said he didn't need a blood transfusion, he received a drip with antibiotic. No one could comprehend why he became unconscious since his wound was less severe than anyone expected. I was the only one who understood his condition completely. He was that way because of me, because I didn't finish healing his injury. I bet that if I did, he would have woken up right away. Jason was put in a nice looking single room, I bet that his family had something to do with it. No one would dare to place a member of prestigious Donell family somewhere he might have felt uncomfortable. Much to my surprise, I was alone when I walked inside. I expected there would be at least some other person worried about him, yet he was alone. Nonetheless, I thought that explaining this situation to the member of his family would be troublesome, I wished I could avoid it if possible… I leaned out onto the h