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.
His face brightened as he saw Emily pulling over by the park. He jogged towards her and she raised her hand, mouthing him to stop. She rolled the window down, "Wait until you're dry.""I can't. It's still raining."Emily shot him a glare and her jaw ticked, "Fine." She pulled out a shirt from the back and placed it down on the front passenger seat. "Get in."Not speaking another word, he got inside and sighed as he sat down. Emily turned on the engine and they drifted off.They reached the house in a jiffy. Emily kept a stern expression as she drives fast along the empty, wet road while Lucius couldn't stop wondering why she has been acting the same whenever she drives him ho
They watched a movie after they ate dinner. Emily sat on the left side of the couch, Victoria in the middle and Lucius on the right side. She did everything to avoid him, especially her mother’s teasing. They shut the lights off for a better movie experience. Emily’s eyes drooped heavily and she fought the urge to fall asleep. The movie was still going on and it was barely halfway through. A soft snore escaped her lips.Lucius focused on the movie playing in front of them. However, he couldn’t forget the
After Denise took a picture. She handed the phone to Lucius and told him to take them a picture. With hesitation, he claimed her phone and sighed as he positioned the cellphone steadily. Ferdinand, Denise, and Olivia positioned themselves in front of him, they smiled straight through the camera. Lucius bore his eyes onto the beautiful lady he saw through the screen. Smiling, he tapped on the button on the center at the lower part and the light flashed.They readied themselves after. Denise went back up the stairs. Olivia turned on her phone and checked herself through the screen. Ferdinand rushed towards the garage. Whilst Lucius, he sat on the sofa and slouched his back. He turne
“Where are you?” Lucius’ voice sounded louder. The beat of his heart stayed at its own normal pace yet it pounded hard against his chest. Short breaths forced themselves out of his lungs. His brows knitted together by themselves as he eagers to know where Victoria is.Instead of answering his question, Victoria hanged up on him. Lucius hissed. He raised the phone on his hand as he attempts to smash it and watch it collide with the floor but he hesitated and stuck it back into his pocket. He ran his finge
Tears gushed out of Emily’s eyes as she held the handle of the pocket knife tightly. She needed to do this now. Being alone in her room while her mother is watching a movie from below and Lucius out attending a party is what she considered a perfect opportunity to finally give her life back to God himself, or rather, to Grim. She has created a few cuts from her wrists reaching up to her forearm but the cuts were not deep. This time, she’ll be doing things seriously. She pressed the knife on the cut she made with one vein as her target underneath. She pressed harder and hissed. Another batch of tears gushed out. The pain was agony but the pain she felt inside was unbea
The rays of the sun beamed through the windshield of the car. Lucius shifted on his seat as he could feel the heat gently caressing his skin. He opened his eyes and blinked when the light met him. He went out of the car and tossed the blazer to his seat. Victoria was sleeping peacefully and had her back turned against him. Lucius frowned at what he’s done to the family.Emily needs me.Lucius closed the door walked back to the hospital by himself. He needed not to check himself in the mirror. All he
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