“Tayme!” It was her father's voice through the communication door. She had seen it when he tried to open the one in the corridor, after several people had passed by and tried to persuade her to open the door. She didn't want to talk to her father anymore. She didn't want to live with him anymore, and she wasn't even willing to listen to his voice. She would ask her mother to send her to England, like one of her friends from nursery school, to study there until she was old enough to look after herself. “Tayme... Talk to me, please.” Maxwell's voice was choked. He had been calling her relentlessly for a long time. “Go away.” She decided to reply. “I love you, my princess.” “You said you loved Mom, too.” “I do. I didn't lie to her, and I'm not lying to you.” “Are you going to tell her what you did here?” “Do you think I should tell her? Do you think she'll be happy to know?” “She'll abandon you.” “And that's what you want for our family? Would your siblings li
Adam put his hands in his pants pockets to avoid reaching out and touching Anna's silky skin. “You look the same as I always remembered you. It's like you never left here.” He said with dark eyes. “And is that good, or bad?” “Very good. You're still beautiful. I always knew that you would preserve your beauty... And it will always be so. Even when you're old and using a cane, you'll still be the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.” “You look the same to me too. You're still beautiful. I remember the first time I saw you, you had a beard. Very sparse and well groomed, and it was as if I was seeing Maxwell in front of me, and not you with your naked face.” She said smiling. “I stopped growing my beard for a very important reason.” He said with his eyes twinkling. “What reason was that?” “I didn't want to scratch your pussy when I put my lips on it.” Anna turned red and looked at Ian to see if he was listening. “Don't be indiscreet in the presence of my son, Adam.”
Adam looked at her surprised and confused. “What do you mean?” “She knew I was pregnant, and she didn't want me to have children to inherit my mother's blood. So she pushed me down the stairs.” “She pushed you? I thought it was an accident!” “It wasn't.” “Why didn't you tell me this before?” “Because I know you'd want to take the law into your own hands. And as you said earlier, revenge belongs to me. E... I had to reveal my pregnancy, and I was afraid of your reaction. Maybe you'd finish what Sarah started and kill my son. I didn't know what to think... Sarah took a lot from me. She took me away from my family and killed my mother. She pretended to be my friend, she stalked me in this house, with her insane jealousy of you and... I couldn't let you take that away from me. Sarah has always had an influence on your decisions and...” “And why didn't you tell me about the pregnancy before the accident?” Adam interrupted her, irritated. “I was determined to tell you the day
Adam stood with the door open a small crack as he watched Anna. She thought she would be able to escape in time. But she couldn't have been more wrong. She belonged there. And he wouldn't allow her to leave him again. At least, not alive. I wish I knew what was going on in her mind at that moment. Perhaps he should turn her... He felt that no matter how much she denied it, she was still attracted to him, as a man, yes. He needed to break her need to remain faithful to the memory of her brother. Perhaps she had just given him an idea. He closed the living room door and turned around to find the two cooks staring at him with debauched looks. He ignored them. “Do you still remember how to make Sarah's favorite cocktail?” “I remember, but I won't be making anything for that snake.” Judith, one of the cooks, said as she turned and went back to stirring the food in the pot on the stove. “It's not for her. I think Anna has a childish desire to show Sarah what she's lost.” “Well,
Mycon nodded affirmatively. “That's why she came back, right? To avenge her family?” “Yes. That's one of the reasons.” “Leon won't like it.” “I want him to find someone who can undo the bond between him and Sarah as soon as possible. I need him to be disgusted with her within three days. He can stay as Ryan. We don't know what that old witch did to him...” “That's how long she has to live? Three months?” “I don't know. But that's how long I intend to distract Anna from this mission.” “But... If we're already free tonight...” “Mycon. Everything has its time. I still don't understand a lot of the rules I got from memories and ancient knowledge, but I know it should be done this way, don't question me.” “Sorry, boss, but... What if I can't get someone to undo whatever spell Sarah has cast on Leon? What if I go to someone and... If it doesn't work?” “Then we'll have to send Leon to the green house until he gives up on her. I'm sure Sarah has taken some care to han
Sarah arrived in the living room, where Anna was sitting at the head of the table, and believed that everything would change from now on. She would no longer be a maid in that house. Anna would give her back the power of a mistress. But when she dragged her chair over to sit down, Anna stopped her with a gesture of her hand. “No. You're not going to sit down. We'll talk this way. Also, don't come any closer to me. Keep your distance from now on.” Sarah gave her best hurt look, and was already thinking of saying words to move Anna, when Judith came in with a tray of her favorite cocktail, and she felt the joy return, until the glass was placed in front of Anna, who took it, and after taking a sip, clicked her tongue with a satisfied countenance. “My child... You have to help me.” Sarah said, thinking of appealing to her pure feelings. “I'm here, in charge of washing toilets. I'm treated like dirt in this mansion.” Anna drank some more of the cocktail, then looked Sarah in
Sarah smiled. “Yes. We all do. But it's impossible to talk to them, Anna. They live together with your mother. Don't you know that Allister hunted them like animals all over the land? E... When I think about what they were like... I'm not sure they'd want to meet you. Your mother ran away, to meet the man she had seen in one of her visions. This caused a lot of discomfort in her family, as she was betrothed to another boy and was banished. Being witches, they hid from her. She searched hard for them, but to no avail. They put a spell on her mother so that neither she nor anyone born from her could ever find them. Of course, this made my job much easier. As soon as I learned that their entire race was linked by the same protective magic, I cast a tracking spell, and Allister went to find each one personally. That took a few years... Their kind was many. His mother came last, as I needed her to trace his blood relatives and... Allister was generous and let me have the honor of ending
Anna nodded and went to her room. When she got there, Mycon was just finishing installing the stereo, and explained to her that all she had to do was ask for the song and the name of the singer, and the stereo would pick it up by itself and play it. Anna was amazed by the technology, which she didn't know, but was even more relieved when he left. She asked for the song Despacito by Luis Fonsi, and as soon as it started playing she felt free to dance sensually. Anna didn't notice, and perhaps if she had, she wouldn't have cared, but the sound echoed throughout the mansion. She was distracted, with her eyes closed and running her hands through her hair and down her body, without stopping dancing. Suddenly, she stopped with the sound resonating in her mind, and her longing eyes stared at Adam, standing there with his hands in his trouser pockets, his head tilted slightly to one side, watching her from the doorway, his gaze also longing, and a mute request on his face. Anna fe