Belle heard Leon humming the entire walk toward a large castle. She could tell many people had been looking at them, maybe more at him. Seeing how he keeps humming, her eyebrow raised, “You are excited,” she noted.
“I had something before stepping out of the store,” he explained.
“Coffee?”
“Similar,” Leon pointed his hand to the large manor they arrived at. She looked around, impressed by the beautiful red lanterns hung all over the manor’s entrance. The blue carpet was spread down the ivory staircase. The carriages around them had stopped, allowing the demons and demoness to step out of their ride in their most luxurious attire.
Belle watched how most of them indeed wore dark colored gowns and suits. Most of the time being the color of black. As she was the only one with red, she stood out as much as Leon’s red suit was. It didn’t mis
If Belle’s heart had the ability to jump out of her throat it would have dropped to the ground by now. She was sure of it. Everyone around her had began to take off their clothes. What is this madness?!She shrieked quietly as Leon placed his hand over her lips, knowing the sound she will croak out. She did asked what kind of a part this was… no wonder he refused to tell her the truth!“This is crazy!” She whispered yelled at him.“Is it? I don’t think it is that crazy,” Leon responded. Gaining her glare he shrugged his shoulders, “Or maybe well, for you humans it is.”“Wh- What are they doing!” She went aghast when those people begin to make out. Unable to look at them, she could only shut her eyes tight.“Sex.”“I know!” Belle stopped his mouth from saying further non
Deep bloody eyes. Hair that touched his neck but kept neat as it was half tied by a royal blue velvet ribbon. His face was not similar to Leon at all cost but their handsomeness radiate similarly.Belle immediately darted her gaze away. She didn’t know why but fear suddenly wrapped around her ankle forward to her chest. She was filled with such anxiety and she couldn’t tell for what reason it happened.Was she nervous to see Leon’s brother? Because he is also a demon prince? But her fingers that went cold and her back that chilled was as though warning her she has to run away.“Someone is here,” spoke the man, startling Belle who felt her heart dropped from her mouth.“Just a little someone who I found, a very lovely and adorable one,” spoke Kore, pleasantly placing her hands on Belle’s shoulders that fel
The demoness’s red eyes were glowing in anger. The rage she showed scared Belle who felt all hairs on her body stood up in chills. Noticing her fear, Kore quickly smiled, “Oh, don’t mind that. Whenever I heard his name, anger fuels me. I didn’t scare you did I? I am not a temperamental person, trust me.”Belle shook her head, lying obviously, “I don’t think you are one either. What did he do to make you so angry?” She questioned innocently.“He destroyed my castle,” Kore responded. “My castle and along with all my dolls that I kept lovingly.”Belle frowned, pulling her eyebrows together. Leon went to anger Kore by burning her house and her dolls? It sounded to her ears like a fight between children for no purpose.Curious she asked, “Why?”
Belle’s face flushed upon his hand that snugly wrapped around her waist, pulling her into his warmth. It was always like this! Every action from Leon manage to cause her heartbeat to race! But he was to blame, no man should touch a woman as casually as he did. Yet annoyingly, Belle didn’t feel pain or rejection upon his fingers that craftily walked around her skin.“Let me go,” she whispered, glaring his eyes as a warning.“Three demons, no two excluding me who bears no harm toward you and you want to be away from me? This is your only safest place to be. Don’t be silly and sit,” he ordered.Belle had to agree with his words. She tightened her hands as she had to bear sitting longer on his laps, to settle her body between his thick thighs caused her stomach to twist.“How is everything for you?” V&e
Belle looked back at Kore before turning away. The demoness was shocked by her response. Quickly she pulled her back with her eyes narrowed, “Why are you turning away?” She questioned, demanding for reply.“I am not interested,” she responded, her eyes looking at the woman with disinterest.“What?” Kore then let a small chuckle off her lips, “You must be thinking that as long as that demon prince is beside you, you will be safe?”Belle said nothing and just stared at the beautiful demoness.“I will warn you that the first demon you have to be feared of is not others but him.”Belle narrowed her eyes, she knows how dangerous Leon is but as per their contract, he wouldn’t
Stunned, speechless, surprised, all emotion went through Belle at once. She immediately raised her hand and pushed Leon’s face aside. Her eyes were brimming with emotions of embarrassment as she looked away from him. She couldn’t believe how she felt turned on hearing his words!“You!” At the same time, the demon waiter appear with a tray of drinks. Feeling parched for so many reasons, Belle pulled one glass and downed the entire drink at once, “Stop what you are doing!”“What am I doing?” Leon questioned her back, watching how her blue eyes went wide like a rabbit who had just witness a snake slithering in front of them.Speechless and unable to respond to him with the fear of exposing herself, Belle only close her mouth and looked away from him, escaping while wiping the trace of the liquid she drank.
Belle didn’t hesitate to run as fast as her legs could bring her. The wind brushed against her cheeks and she didn’t mind the amount of fogs that covered her sight as she rush nearer to the bridge. Her hand spread when she saw Rachel was near her when all of a sudden a tight pull bring her back behind.Leon’ s face covered her eyes the moment her eyes tries to focus on what happened.Belle was in shock while seeing him frowning, “Are you insane?”“She’s there,” she whispered, weakly. Many emotions came rushing in toward her and she was left with only little emotion to keep herself calm.“She is but look forward,” warned Leon.When Belle focused her eyes forward, she was surpri
It was too late for Belle. When she had realized the cold hands around her belong to the creature, she had been pulled behind to the darkness, leaving the spot she stood at empty without a trace of anyone who had stood there.Vetis was also surprised by the ability that the creature had showed. The amount of power, the agility, the creature could fight on par with them.He heard something cracked, looking to his little brother’s back where his black wings began to grow. The darkness surrounding him turn dark and chilling. He didn’t have to look at Leon to know how enraged he was.“Calm down,” Vetis warned. This amount of anger from Leon was rare. Although he was his older brother, he could experience the same chill he felt when he saw his eldest brother.Leon’s deep crimson eyes had glowed with the blowing anger, “I&
As she settled her hand on Gorgolta’s hands, the man instructed, “Imagine the face of the person. You’re doing great.” Belle’s closed eyes moved slowly as she avoided the bad memory and sight of her bloody sister, only focusing on the man’s face that stood behind Damian. She tried to make it clear but alas, his eyes were blackened in her memory. But even though she couldn’t see the man’s eyes, she was certain she had seen every part of the man’s face, starting from his hair down to his neck. Leon looked at the drawing that Gorgolta had sketched instantly. The charcoal shades left dusts over the parchment but the drawing that started from a line slowly formed a face of a person. Meanwhile, back at her home in that afternoon, Damian who woke up felt a sudden itch from his wound that was given by the strange old woman he had seen two days ago. He felt his throat parched and pushed himself from his coach only to feel dizziness hitting his head and his bod losing balance to the poi
Belle followed right behind Leon, finding the two elderly men had quickly jump on their feet and looked behind as if trying to find another way to escape. Leon sighed, bringing the boy in front of him that stopped the two men at once.“Wait! Wait! Don’t harm him!” Shouted the first man whose hair had turned all gray. While the man beside him who looked less older also stopped and raised his hand to show he won’t escape again.“We can talk about this. Release that child,” said the second man.“When did I say I would harm this little one?” Leon scoffed. “Which one of you is Gorgolta?”A faint sigh could be heard from the second man’s mouth as he stepped forward, raising his hand, “That would be me. If you’re business if with me—”“He won’t harm this boy,” Belle cut in. Gathering the two’s attention that looked surprised seeing her face, more startled when he saw her eyes were blue instead of red. She noticed this and offered them a smile to break the tension in the room. “We only wish
“We should go now,” said Leon, offering his hand for her to touch.“I do know his face but I can’t describe it for you well enough,” Belle started, looking at him who was smiling, “Do you have an idea?”“Of course I do,” Leon closed his eyes which she followed before feeling a pull that shake her body that happened in a second. As she opened her eyes again the next second, she found herself in a different space. They were standing in front of a pub where men and women gathered but with most of them ignoring their presence, as though Leon’s presence matter so less to their eyes.“Where are we?” She asked, looking around again at the place they had stood at.“The slum of Hell, where only those who are born from the lowest type of demons come,” he pulled her hand, holding her tight. “In here they would sell anything, even the people they just met in exchange for their livelihood. Don’t stray away from me.”Belle noticed the eyes that watched her after a while. It wasn’t that they hadn’t
Helios frowned, trying to remember Belle’s face but couldn’t as he didn’t put much thought in remembering the person whom he was set to kill. As there would be no use in remembering the person’s face and name when they would die in the next second. “I don’t remember,” brushed Helios aside, thinking that there was no use in remembering the woman's face again. “I thought Leon would become more obedient now, seeing how he had kept quiet for the few decades. But I could see now how he’s slowly rebelling like what he did in the past. He never learned from his mistakes.”Rachel crooked her eyebrows, folding her hand underneath her bust, “So you’re saying that he brought a witch, is that correct? Can it be the soul of the witch whom you asked for him to bring?”Helios scoffed, as if refusing her words, “He should be done with it by now. I asked him and he told me the soul is already in his possession. If that’s true, the witch must’ve been long dead by now. If everything went to the plan th
Belle stayed beside Leon until morning, carefully watching his wound and making sure he was at the most comfort. She found out that truly there was no medicine from the side effect he suffered due to breaking the contract.By morning, the blackness that appeared on his arm had disappeared which took around eight to ten hours.“It’s better now, you don’t have to look at it that way,” Leon chuckled seeing how her blue eyes carefully studying his arm.“Is this really the only side effect?” Belle asked him only to see him smile.“My brother could have killed me but I guess he thought it would be a shame since I haven’t finished what he told me to do,” Leon moved his finger, frowning a little that made her worried.Deep down she had the urge to question what Helios had ordered him to do but couldn’t knowing how it would only trigger the same wound to appear again on him. She didn’t want him to suffer from the pain or to have being at unease as he didn’t want to lie to her.“Don’t worry ho
Leon looked at her face, noticing the pain that hurt his heart. He quickly shook his head, holding both her hand gently as a way to reassure her.“No. I do not have a lover,” he responded firmly. “In the past there was indeed someone who I fall in love for. But it was only an attraction.”“But the masked man told me,” she whispered. “It’s a doll,” Leon answered to her. “They don’t know feelings or emotions but perhaps to their mind they associate friendship as lover.”Belle trusted him and nodded but she wondered how the doll didn’t have feelings or emotions as she saw it by her eyes how the doll would risk itself to protect her.“And who is that person?” She carefully questioned, “The one who you fell for.”Feeling Leon’s red eyes studying her, she quickly waved her hand, “It’s not what you’re thinking. I know that it’s been a long time and I’m not asking because I want to put you to the corner. I was just curious.”“I know,” Leon chuckled. He rested his head on the head rest which
Belle was shocked seeing how Helios pulled out his sword, ready to cut down the servant who had used his life as a shield to protect her. Not wanting him to get attacked, she closed her eyes, wrecking her mind to remember the magic spells she had seen from the books she read. She then remembered one magic and squeezed out a whisper that was difficult for her to say, “A Le’el.”Helios was unprepared for the bright light that suddenly appeared from the woman whom he thought was a human. He didn’t have enough time to close his eyes and grunt as he suffered from a bright light that stab his red eyes sharply. Although he couldn’t see, Helios turn angered. The woman whose face he didn’t see well had harmed him. “You’re a witch,” he said, and Belle could hear bell tolling in the back of her mind. She could feel more rage radiating off his words after finding out she’s a witch.Just before Helios would attack Belle, Leon appeared in front of him. His hand quickly placed itself on his elde
The stuffiness that she felt made her tongue tied. Belle fiddled with her hands while the masked man’s gestures turn flustered as he couldn’t comfort nor take back the words he had wrote. He knew the only reason why Leon had brought Belle here was because they had fallen in love for each other. To Leon his castle was similar to his heart. Only a few people could be let to enter his castle and not even his brothers were let invited.And that explain everything of Belle’s presence in the castle.Worried, the masked man wrote quickly, “But lady, that is what happened in the past. By past I mean, hundred of years ago. Lord Leon now looks back at it as simply a past memory.”Maybe, thought Belle silently. But it could be true that Leon’s love stays for centuries that he couldn’t forget his past lover. Belle quickly shook her head, reminding herself that this was only her thoughts and nothing has been confirmed. She needed to talk with Leon and made sure the fact before falling into the r
Looking inside the room it was indeed snow that had turned the room icy and white. Belle reached out her hand as she was hesitant to step in. Feelings the snowdrops on her fingers which disappeared on her touch, she made certain that it was a real snow.“How could there be snow?” Belle whispered her question aloud, finding the masked man quickly pulling the glass quill and the pile of parchment. This time instead of talking he had drawn an easier figure of a book and a human. On the human’s hand was a magic wand.“Magic?” She questioned. “So… Leon could do things like these as well…”The masked man shook his head and wrote, “Not the lord, but a close friend of his.”Belle stepped into the room that was small in size, as though it was built simply to showcase the snowflakes that drops from the ceiling of the room. There she found the crown that was hidden inside a glass case.“But why the snow?” Belle questioned, seeing the masked man’s parchment paper turn slightly wet as the snowdrop