Starvos could smell the sweet scent he always recalled in his dream. Only in his dream was his memories of her was the freshest. The only time he recalled her voice, her fragrance, her appearance as if she had just appeared the other day was when he had closed his eyes and fall into his dreamland. But now he could smell it all again, as if she was here. Her lavender scent, her thin arms that wrapped around his shoulders like warm blanket and her body that pressed softly on his back. Starvos didn’t know why but he could feel himself was on the verge of tears, feeling as if his heart that had been ripped and torn again and again was slowly fixed and bandaged by the simple hug from his back. He didn’t know what to say only whispering in a daze, “Eliza?” Dominic who had stood at the garden, feeling exhausted from the depth of his soul was startled when he saw the faint figure of a woman dressed in white hugging Starvos from behind. He knew the woman well, as she had never looked any o
All that Elizabeth wanted was to be beside Starvos and Dominic but alas the world wasn’t so kind to them to let the three of them together. Her simple wish was too difficult for the world to grant but she had made peace with it since her death. The only worries she had was of Dominic and Starvos’ safety, knowing her loss will create a big hole on their heart. But seeing how they could stand next to each other now, Elizabeth could tell the future she wanted seemed possible for her son. She gently kissed his forehead, then moved to Starvos to smile. Her lips parted to speak but as a ghost she couldn’t spell a single word with a voice. When she realized how her words couldn’t be heard, Elizabeth only laugh putting a rest to the words she want to say for someone else to utter. “Mother?” Dominic who had immersed himself in the gentleness of his mother’s warmth was shocked to see how she slowly back away. As he reached out his hand to hold hers, he found her hands around him had left his
Dominic and Shawn continued to speak to each other. It wasn’t certainly their first time to convey words to their siblings but both of them felt a certain awkwardness in the air that made it even more lovable and fragile to them.Shawn who had held the coffee cup then questioned Dominic. “Do you plan to search for Rose now?”Dominic nodded his head firmly. He didn’t know what Rose had in mind but he could tell she was sincere with her words and as painful as her words was to his heart, he accepted the fact that he was the one who had ruined her life. Even though she would hate to know he tried to repay her for erasing his curse, Dominic who still feel his burning love for Rose would never want to see her suffer alone.“I will find a way so that everyone remember her again and so the demon’s curse would disappear from her life.”Shawn silently listened to his wish and smiled, “Do you still love her? I mean from your words I can hear that she hates you.”“It’s not her choice to hate me.
The evening before, Isaac watched as the final blood of the royal heir have finally breathed his last and pulled his widest smile. He pushed himself from the stairs, looking at the sun that had appeared to greet the new morning and spread his arms wide as though he was waiting for someone to appear. But as he does, he noticed no one appeared that caused his wide smile to slowly fade.Isaac put his thumb between his teeth, biting his flesh in annoyance, “Still he doesn’t want to come out?” His feet that was glued on the floor began to step hurriedly. His master! The man, he had always admired, his god! The day where he could finally escape the cave that always bound him, finally appear! This should end his curse and allow him to show his mightiness to the world, but where is he? Isaac waited until the sun was high up, still hoping to the silver hope that his master will come after him. He had on purpose waited in front of the castle so his Master could come for him but the man remain
The Master chuckled hearing his words and shook his head slowly. The man bear an enormous power but he didn’t once appeared to be daunting. Instead he was a person with a lot of smile, “I know everything from Josephine.” Shawn’s eyes widened like saucer, “Josie?” Dominic raised his eyebrows hearing how Shawn had called Rose’s sister by her nickname. All this time, he thought that Shawn was only trying to influence Josie and to make her sway.. but maybe he’s wrong? “She ran away after you chased her from the castle and by chance, I saw her there. She seemed to be scared so she fell into a deep sleep for quite a long time. I took care of her during that time.” “Wait,” Dominic immediately stopped the Master’s words. “You know Josie so you should know Rose too, right?” “Rose?” The master looked back at his black eyes with his purple orbs. He tilted his head as if he was trying to think, “Can you remind me again of who she is?” Dominic immediately pursed his lips. If the Master don’
The Master who heard her words laugh. It didn’t seem to be his first time that someone had asked him such a question. He quickly reply with a wistful tone, “Well I love my people but I can’t see myself loving humans normally or other creatures as much as I love my people.” “How is that related?” Shawn inquired in confusion. “As an example, Mona could kill a human in front of me now,” The master pointed out. “I would never come to protect that human. I will protect Mona and perhaps talked to her so she would stop it but I won’t try to save them if she has a reason in holding a grudge against them and wanting to take their life.” Shawn tilted his head, “So why wouldn’t you help Isaac instead? Judging by how you love sorcerers more, wouldn’t you love him more too?”“Isaac is different,” the Master then said, “Isaac is a good sorcerer and a good person in heart but he wouldn’t mind killing his own kins now. In the past he wasn’t like this and I tried to help him and reasoned with him.
The Master chuckled hearing his offer but shook his head at one, “As I told to you before, I don’t need anything as a repayment.”Dominic nodded his head, although he understood that the Master was behaving kindly to him by asking no repayment, he still find it suspicious that a man of his power would bother helping him, especially when he wasn’t one of his people who he love dearly. But then again, he had found the Master to be a man filled with contradiction. He said to them of how he love his people and would close his eyes on whatever deeds they had done and would never hesitate to protect them with his life. If that was so, why didn’t he side with Isaac?While the man had earlier gave his reason, Dominic could notice he wasn’t saying the truth. Mona tapped his shoulder noticing how he had gone in a deep ponder. Turning his face, Dominic tilted his head for the woman to whisper, “As long as he is in our side, we don’t have to question his reasonings.” Dominic was half surpris
Rose didn’t respond. She didn’t deny either to hear his conversation that made it as a green light to Isaac’s eyes. As he was alone and bored, he decided to speak up, “You see, I’ve been in a situation where sorcerers are a mere pawn to humans. No one knew this but whenever there is a war, the king of Essex will send out not his people or soldiers but sorcerers who they could find. Our master did his best by hiding every one of us in the cave but that doesn’t always work when a sorcerer fell in love with a human.”Rose raised her eyebrows at the stories. She wasn’t interested but she was curious gradually from the informations that Isaac began to give her. “I thought most of them are killed.”“Some are killed some aren’t. Some who seemed to be easy to take control of and of course female is out of the question. My mother lost her first husband, my father due to it and since then she hold a big grudge against humans. She wanted to kill every one of them and due to that I was also subj