Making a deal

Damian found Arianna seated on her bed, arms crossed on her chest as she glared around angrily, internally cursing herself for summoning him.

"She's still upset" Damian drawled as he sat on her reading table. Arianna's eyes shifted to him, and in those emeralds he saw some sparks of gold that made Damian's brows furrow, those where some very strange eyes.

"Go away" she said but he still continued to look at her, "What?" she asked, a bit embarrassed that he would stare at her like that.

Suddenly he appeared in front of her that she was so alarmed her back hit the bed and she managed to sit up on her elbows, "What are you doing?!" she said, he was so closed to her, hovering around her and staring deep into her eyes.

"Where did you get those?" he asked.

"what?"

"Your eyes" Arianna's brows raised in slight confusion.

"I meant, did either of your parents have eyes like that?" he asked to see Arianna's gaze to fall.

"No" she said, looking away, "It's just me" then she looked up to see that he was still looking at her strangely, "Would you mind getting off me now?" Damian disappeared and appeared back on the table.

"Now princess, about the missing book that you were so careless to lose—"

Before he could complete his words, Arianna immediately stood up, her expression one of pure annoyance, "Listen here you shirtless demon.." she said to Damian surprise. "I did not lose the book, It just disappeared! besides aren't you all powerful? should a book be that hard to find?" she scoffed.

Damian stood up from the table and glanced around, "Without the book, I'm stuck with you"

Arianna gulped. The longer Damian stays, the faster it will take for someone to figure out that she had meddled in magic,she would be in deep trouble. "You have to help me first, you will help me and then you can go"

Damian rolled his eyes, "didn't you hear me? I said I can't go back without the book—"

"we'll figure something out"

Damian raised an eyebrow, "We?"

"Yes, me and a shirtless demon who happens to be you" Arianna answered with a hand on her waist.

Damian smirked as he approached her, "You seem to mention the fact that I'm shirtless too much, do you like what you see?"

Arianna's face flushed red, this creature was too straightforward in his words, "Just help me and then..We...I...and you, will figure out a way to get you freed, okay?" her voice came out shaky.

She watched as Damian thought of it for a while before a faint smile that came and disappeared on his life, "If I'm to help you with the best of my abilities, you have to do two things for me"

Arianna blinked, what things? surely he wouldn't ask her to do something bizarre like dressing him... Arianna shook her head, how the hell did she just start conjuring that in her head?

Damian who saw Arianna shake her head asked, "No?"

"Oh, no...I mean...." she bit her lips, "what two things?"

Damian huffed, ignoring the weird look on her face, "One, you will let me do this, MY way and you will play along, no questions" he said to have her frown but then she gritted her teeth and nodded a yes.

"what's the other one?"

Damian smiled as he took a step forward to see her take one backwards, "I need you to touch this.." he said, putting his hand on his chest, "and repeat the first one"

Arianna looked alarmed, "what?" he wanted her to....touch him? This man was something else, "No—"

"Then I can't help you" he sighed dramatically.

Arianna bit her lips, wondering what next to do. Then she stepped forward and place her palm over his left chest, feeling the coldness emanating from his body, she tried not to look at the grey tint of his hard chest, "I—Princess Arianna, your master has given her word to let you help her in your own way..." Suddenly she felt a slight jolt and pulled her hand away.

She looked up to see the evident smile on Damian's face, "Let's cancel your wedding, shall we?"

It was past midnight when Damian disappeared from Arianna's room, where she was asleep. He appeared in front of a huge valley that had layers and layers or broken stone and lots of statues, Floating casually, he eyed the statues with a nonchalant expression until he came to one. It was the statue of a man who stood with an axe in his hands ready to strike.

Damian stared at the statue, his eyes turning redder than usual, "Arise from the stone, Simon" he said and suddenly, the statue started shaking and breaking off to reveal a person. The person dropped his weapon to stretch, when he turned hi s side, he saw someone who he was surprised to see.

"Lord...Lord Damian?" the man called in disbelief.

"Simon, it's been long" he smirked.

The man, Damian addressed as simon quickly bowed to Damian, "Milord"

"Rise, Simon" Damian smiled, "welcome back"

"I can't believe it's you," Simon said, "how did you escape?" he asked. Damian knew what he meant, he had been captured and bounded by his father for being disobedient.

"It's pure luck," Damian started, "I was summoned as a guardian to a princess"

Simon shook his head, this was all Damian's father's fault, if he has just let this young prince of De'Northa be...

"you're in a servant and master bond?"

"I have a plan," Damian said, ignoring simon's question, Simon ears perked up, "But you have to swear to be there with me till the end"

Simon bowed, he could not and would never betray him, "I swear on my life"

"Good" Damian said, glad that his own Knight still had his loyalty, "Now, let's bring back De'Northa shall we?"

Simon's eyes open in shook, "my Lord?" but Damian had started walking down to the middle of the ruins to raise his hand, engulfing everywhere in purple smoke.

Arianna was not woken up by the usual chatter of birds or ray of sunshine, but by the sharp voice of her handmaid, Meena.

"Your highness, please wake up" Meena's voice pleaded.

Arianna flinched and opened her eyes, "Meena what's going on?" she asked as she sat up.

Meena looked around hastily and cleared her throat, "Umm....her highness...you've been invited to the royal dining room, for breakfast"

Arianna's brows furrowed, the royal dinning room? one didn't need to go there, unless they've done something bad. what did she do?

"Is that all?"

Meena shook her head, "princess....you...the reason you are called there..."

Arianna leaned in, "Yes?"

"Is... because you just got a new suitor"

Arianna's face turned pale with shock, what new suitor?!

"who?"

Meena coughed, "that's the thing princess, he comes from or says he comes from a place that has long been destroyed. He calls himself, Crown prince Damian Audrey of De'Northa"

Arianna sat there in confusion. Damian....what the hell was he trying to do?!