Four hours earlier, Emily had ordered five boxes of pizza which were now sprawled all over the floor. Four of the boxes were emptied and only one remained unopened.
After Emily's last bite of her slice of pizza, the credits rolled. "Pass me the remote." She said, not moving her eyes away from the television.
Out of the three of them, only Lucius occupied the couch whilst Emily and her mother sat beside each other on the floor. Taking the advantage of having all the couch to himself, he had his head resting on the armrest and his feet resting on the opposite sid
Lucius winced at the things David had done to him a few minutes earlier: he had given such flirtatious lines, nudged Lucius on his elbow, purposely dropped a slice of pizza on Lucius' shoulder, carressing Lucius' abdomen whenever David walks past him.Lucius sees every gender equally, yet David has just gotten himself in Lucius' core to the extent where he wants to punch him in the face for being annoying.
Lucius walked past the red-haired girl he just talked to and let her melt from the flirtatious lines he remembered from David. The lines were effective; however, he realized she was not the wife he was looking for. There was no connection. All he did were forlorn attempts; he has talked to a lot of women in only a few minutes yet the connection he needed to guide him just wasn't there.The red-haired screamed for his name, begging him to come back and asking why he just left so suddenly. He decided to ignore her and not let her pestering make him lose his temper; he needed to find his wife fast. As he walks towards the yacht, rather than the annoying, noisy, techno beats and the shouts of teenagers he was supposed to hear, he heard chanting.Tentatively, he stepped to where the chanting surfaced. It was a small crowd of both genders and the sexualities in between, some have glasses in their hands, some have plates of food, and some have cigarettes. He scrunched h
They drove off. The street lights and the car lights were the only ones that illuminated the place. Together with the soft music on the radio, David's sniffs filled the car.Emily, feeling humiliated, soaking and reeking of vodka, let herself lost as she watches the outside world through her window pass by.One beach party was enough. She swear to not join any parties anymore; she'll make a fool out of herself. She's dealt with so much humiliation in her entire life that she prefers to be locked inside the house and never bother opening the doors to be greeted with people.
They appeared puzzled at the young man's words. Something is going on in their minds surely in which he wants to know about."Olivia? Come down here!" Her mother called out, not moving her eyes away from him.He flinched at the woman's pitchy voice. He heard thunders of footsteps surging from the second level of the house."Yes? What is it?"
The small piece of cake Lucius shoved in his mouth made him realize how great it tasted. Though despite the tension Olivia was giving him, he still managed to smile and wink at her every time he catches her glaring at him and she would hiss at him back.It would take me a long time to fully claim her heart."Son, how do you make a tissue dance?" Ferdinand asked aga
Emily placed her cake on the table as she types Olivia's name in the search bar. She noticed her friend requests, messages, and notifications three words away from the search bar – empty. She shrugged and entered Olivia's name.Countless of Olivia Lovett appeared in the search results but hers stood out due to her profile picture. Under the sun, she sat on the small wooden bridge with a fierce look applied on her face. The black knee-high boots she wore is paired with a black bodycon dress and a beige cardigan. Their colors, even her skin tone enhanced by the touch of the sun rays.
"This lad here officer is a rapist!" Yelled an old woman as she pointed her wrinkly finger at Lucius. Her scratchy voice went out with the overwhelming look of anger and disgust combined found in her face.Olivia continued thrashing as countless of 'help me' escaped her
The kids and their parents started running off as the rain chases them. Lucius and Olivia switched from one person to another, helping the ones in need to find a taxi to ride. The first few persons they helped gave them a smile consisting of gratitude. Lucius spotted an old woman – the one who called him first a rapist earlier – waving down a taxi that passes by but none would stop. He jogged over to her, leaving Olivia behind."Let me help you." He panted.
Emily held the bouquet of flowers in one hand and wiped the escaping tears from her eyes with the other. Gladly, she didn’t wear any make-up but a simple red tint on her lips. Her mind went back to reality quickly as soon as Mister Drake cleared his throat, asking for her attention.“Queen Emily?”She faced him and gulped down, “Yes?”
The words of the wicked couple that escaped their filthy mouths earlier at breakfast has been running inside Emily’s mind since then. If she’ll be killed hours after her wedding; it meant she’d be killed together with Lucius and Olivia; she wouldn’t be able to save them. Emily snapped right back to reality when a maid called out to her.“Y-yes?” Emily stuttered at the petite figure of the young maid - who Emily remembered that her name was Alexis. Alexis was the one that helped Emily we
“Queen Emily, wake up.” The gruffy voice of the butler woke her up. As she peeked an eye open to slowly adjust from the brightness, her eyes set upon a worried look of the butler. She couldn’t clearly remember anything, why she ended up here in bed.“I would like to apologize in behalf of Prince, I mean, King Axl for acting not like his usual behavior. And sorry for barging in your room; I’ve been standing outside for a few minutes but you still didn’t get up.” He bowed his head at her.
Emily watched him in horror. She came back to hell to witness Lucius and Olivia’s wedding and to have a proper farewell with them right after and, she anticipated that it would happen as what she wanted it to be. However, Axl became an obstacle both in her way and in her life. Losing both Lucius and Olivia shouldn’t happen but then, villains will always find a way to win.“So? You’ve got no more paths to cross to. Inasmuch as I, the almighty older brother with an incomparable bewitching handsome look, have opened up a path for you to walk on. All you have to do is marry me.” Axl gestured to himself and dra
Somehow, the tensed muscles of Emily’s body relaxed. She blinked a few times as what she had heard. “You locked them up? Why would you lock them up? Lucius needs to be wed as soon as possible; he’s losing his powers and he’s becoming…” Emily glanced down on the floor and lifted her eyes back to the spine-chilling unusual grey orbs of his. “…human.”“I knew you’d understand.” A smile of insanity marked itself on his face. Her heart seemed to beat in
Emily and Olivia helped Lucius as they walk up from the stairs. Lucius was getting heavy and weak. He tripped over a few treads of the stairs and gladly, they reached the second level of the house. He told them to carry him to Emily’s room where he had concealed the symbols of the door to the underworld.Emily felt a slight pain from inside her and it must be only the hunger she’s feeling. She hasn’t eaten since last night. She couldn’t stop thinking about living the rest of her life with her mother in normalcy. Now that it’s confirmed, the wish she’s been wishing to come true since it all started is finally becoming true.
Olivia’s brows elevated by themselves as she heard Emily’s words. This matter that she wants to solve with Emily requires nothing other than tackling it with her anywhere than inside Emily’s house. Olivia may have picked a fight with Emily in their high school years until presently and she swore to never visit them in their house nor lay her eyes on their family. “We can always talk about it here outside your house. All I wanted to know is if Lucius lost his mind or, was he telling the truth.” Olivia insisted.
“When?” Lucius asked. “T-tomorrow I guess?” Olivia’s voice trembled.He sensed she was getting worried and so is he. Beads of sweat formed and slowly rolled down from his forehead. He doesn’t understand what he’s feeling presently. Olivia could be worried that he could be either nuts and have a slight mental defect or he could have just been watching too many fairy tale movies in his entire life.
The three of them arrived at the house. As they went through the door, they were greeted with dust on the floor and a dim interior part of the houses. “Well, go unpack your things for we’ll be cleaning the whole house,” Victoria announced.“What about breakfast?” Emily asked with a hand over her tummy.“Let’s skip breakfas