Silence ensued between them with Dominic looking at her. His smile was falling off his handsome face and the darkness of the shadow covering half of his face made him appeared as if he was brooding on whether or not to eat her.
"It was a figure of speech. Think of it, look at my hands," Dominic saw how Rose was unconvinced and pulled out ahis hand to show her. "Do I look like someone who could either snap a wolf's neck barehanded and see? If I had fought with that wolf, it would have bitten my hand, leaving some sort of wound from the struggles and those wound won't heal quickly. You surely don't think a wolf wouldn't try to protect themselves in midst of a fight, won't you?"
Rose admitted how Dominic's words made more sense than her own suspicions and finally gave up. "You're actually correct. But the day before, when we first met, what happened to you that made you to be chased by those people?"
"Ah, that?" Dominic loo
The time they spent was short but Rose got to know that Dominic was more of a down-to-earth person than his look and behavior suggested. Unlike her cousin, Gabriella whom she know to live in the high class society, who always complain about the road they took in the market and how terrible the situation was where she couldn't stand it, Dominic was extremely comfortable on his own pace.He didn't even hesitate to buy the food from the vendors that Gabriella once mentioned as "dirty" that ended up with Gabriella and Josie fighting.Perhaps, she had judged him too early, thought Rose."It's not festive but it isn't too terrible or gloomy considering the incident that occurred in this village," said Dominic and Rose nodded to agree. "Do you have any question for me?""Me?" Rose pointed one hand to herself. "I don't think so," at least not the ones which is not intrusive."You said th
Morning came and Rose first pushed herself from the bed to look at her sister's bed, finding it empty. Had Josie left already? Last night her older sister had slept early and now she had risen from her bed earlier.As Rose changed her clothes and tie her hair to a low bun, she heard a loud crash from the bottom floor. The noise was a blast, startling her and causing her to drop her hairbrush. Rose quickly run down the stairs to find her mother and father sitting around the dining table while her sister was running away from the backdoor of the house.Rose looked at her parents who appeared helpless and quickly chase after her sister who left the house. But Josie was quick on foot that Rose wasn't able to chase after her.She immediately runs back to the house, "What happened?" She asked her parents who remain silent this whole time. "Papa, mama?"Her mother had shame washing over her face. "Your aunt
Rose went back to the house while trying to have her smile on her face the entire time. She looked at Josie who looked less paler than before and thought it was alright.Although she would have to marry a person whom she doesn't like, Rose tried to think on the better side. She still cling to the hope that her mother won't agree to her aunt's proposal but at the same time she wondered. If her mother had rejected Aunt Marie's request, wouldn't it burdened her mother even more?That wasn't all. Seeing how Aunt Marie had tried to guilt trip her mother. If her mother rejected Aunt Marie's request, she would come again with another impossible request. Something that could even kill them.Rose shuddered at the thought.On the bright side, Rose knew she wasn't interested to anyone and she was still single unlike Josie who was in love with Mr. Harding. She was worried about the man she was about to marry bei
Rose dashed toward her house when she saw her older sister and cousin on the chair, both of them had a few scratched on their arms and cheeks that shocked her.But she couldn't waste time to ask her sister of what had occurred as she rushed inside to where her father was located in. Her mother slumped on the chair, crying while her father appeared unconscious on the bed, covered by the blanket."Father?" Rose's heart dropped at the sight of her father's pale complexion. "What happened?!" She quickly looked at her mother, her voice shaking when she asked."Your father was attacked," her mother said to her, "There were men who harassed your cousin and your sister. When your father tried to protect them, he was—" her mother cannot complete her words in distress and Rose didn't need further words to understand what happened.She carefully placed one hand on her mother's back and worriedly look at h
The room went silent as the physician took his leave. Rose cannot comprehended what had occurred, feeling as if she was on clouds where this was a dream to her— a nightmare. But being a realistic person, it was quick for her to pull herself from her daydreams, understanding that the grim condition was real."We don't have that much money," Josie was the one to start the conversation. She didn't raise the opinion of asking funds from her aunt, as all of them knew the pettiness that the woman had."I will think of a way," Mrs. Maury said, "If I take a work, we should have enough fund—""Mama, it's forty gold!" Josie raised her voice, shaking her head, "We will never have that much money not even if we save up for a year. The physician mentioned we only have one month to gather forty gold. From where can we find that much money in such a short amount of time?""Calm down, Josie
While Rose prepared herself after breaking the news to her mother of her soon departure, Josie was busy to finish her birthday present to Mr. Harding.Rose was standing near the window of their room which located on the second floor. She stared at the sky, once again thinking over her choices and the new life she would have to adapt to.As she had been staring at the sky, from the corner of her eyes, Rose noticed a swift shadow shifting behind the trees. As she leaned forward to once again confirm what she said, a hand landed on her shoulder, startling her.Rose's green eyes darted over her sister. "What's wrong?" Josie questioned when seeing Rose's shocked face.Rose felt that due to her choice which seen as a selfless sacrifice, her sister and mother had been tiptoeing around her feelings as if they were afraid to hurt her. To be treated like a piece of glass, Rose didn't know how she should feel a
Josie stared at her reflection on the mirror. While Rose was still asleep, she had gotten herself ready to attend the birthday party held by Mr. Harding. She was still feeling bitter on how the party was held in fact by Lady Georgia who was rumored to have set her eyes on Jayden.Her hand tightened on the hair brush. While staring at her face she nodded to herself. "Lady Georgia will never succeed to steal his love by money. Jayden isn't a greedy man."When Rose woke up, her bed was empty. She heavily pushed herself from the bed, feeling all sort of emotions wrecking a storm inside her.Finally it came. The day for her to leave her house.Rose expected this day to come one day sooner or later as she would inevitably marry a man soon enough. What she didn't expect is how quick this marriage occur.Rose had no regrets but she can't stop feeling sad for leaving her sister, mother, and her unconscious father.Once Rose had prepared herself, she tied her golden hair with a simple blue sati
Josephine was quite a simple girl. A praise for her was enough to make her happy and enough to make her forget that she had just doomed a servant's future because of her jealousy."I am glad to see you here, Miss Josephine," Jayden then said, whenever the corner of his lips raise, Josie's heart skipped a beat.She had never been in love as much as she felt now toward Jayden. Every inch of her heart seemed to longed for him. "Yes, I made sure to come today. Happy birthday once again, Jayden."The man's eyes fell on the present box that Josie had handed out and thankfully received them, "Thank you very much but I would have been content with your appearance to the party, miss Josephine."Josie smiled, "I hope you would be happy with the present," her eyes then looked around his house. Jayden's house wasn't large but it wasn't small either. Compared to her house perhaps it would be a bit bigger but the insides of his house had turned luxurious as if a fairy had came and whisper a sparkli
The guests had filled the entrance of the castle faster than how a fire would spread. Colors filled the white walls as not a single place inside was missed from being decorated. Some of the guests gladly greeted Dominic and his wife, Rose. They had acknowledge her soon and even called Dominic “duke”. As soon after the incident, Dominic ruled out is father’s death and take over the duchy, being the new ruler of his fief. “Congratulation on your marriage, I apologize for being late with my words of happiness, Duke Dominic,” said one of the guest, Mr. Hanggs. “It’s nice to see you too, madam Rose.”“Pleasure to meet you,” Rose greeted the man’s words back. “How is the land now to you, Mr. Hanggs?” Dominic asked the wise man who seemed to be quiet. “It does feel different now. I gradually found people who could suddenly fill empty barrel with water as miracle instead of fearing them. I’m also glad to see how wise our King is as he had rooted off all the corrupted royals. Now Essex fee
The ground shook and the impact of the explosion launched both Dominic and Rose backward. When Rose couldn’t hold him tighter anymore, she almost slipped from his back and fell. Seeing that, Dominic changed to his human form, capturing her body even though he was on air and shielded her in a tight hug as they roll down across the cold floor with a harsh thud. Both Shawn and Gallahan was thrown backward. They tried to nail their feet on the floor to no avail as the extreme explosion would had destroyed the entire land if not because of the shield that Gallahan had perfected for years from his life. The entire world turn black for a moment and by the time it turn brighter again, Shawn saw Gallahan who had sprawled across the floor and Balbazor who had been reduced into a scorched human corpse. Even after that however, Balbazor didn’t stop moving. He crawled with his body like a snake, disregarding how his fingers had been turned into ash. No one could ever see his features anymore, o
Gallahan faced off Balbazor alone. It was a crazy feat to not even die after receiving the harmful attack that was made to eradicate humans and Gallahan’s performance so far have shocked everyone including Balbazor himself. “You are agile,” commented Balbazor. “But if this tentacles weren’t around me, I would have destroyed you in seconds by now.” “Making excuses now? When you killed my family with your curse, you were extremely silent. I’ll put that mouth of yours to rest too,” Gallahan quirked a smirked, urging anger and fuming Balbazor. The ancient demon opened his mouth again but this time, Gallahan had a smarter option. Rather than shielding himself, he rushed forward. Balbazor smiled, thinking how foolish this human is for coming on to him face to face but he was startled as he saw Gallahan had dodged his previous explosion attack. This time, Gallahan murmured a spell and a sharp blue light appeared from his hand which went straight directly to Balbazor’s thick neck. The an
“Brother, are we not related?” Young Shawn’s voice echoed against his ears. Dominic looked down at the child that had overheard the conversation of the adult. Gently he wrapped his fingers around his brother’s little ones and gave him a gentle smile, “Does it matter? Nothing will change even if we aren’t related, you will always be my brother.”Back to the present, Dominic found himself yelling at Shawn’s name as Balbazor had thrown a powerful magic at them. Rose’s eyes snapped open, showing the glistening green eyes of her had changed into purple. At the same time she uttered her spell, the wall broke. Dominic took no chance. He jumped from the staircase, landing down his two feet as a wolf and ran after Shawn. Surprisingly, Gallahan had stood in front of Shawn, shielding them both from the explosion. “I told you to stay away child!” Gallahan yelled to Rose who had rebuilt the wall.“I can help you ease the miasma,” she said, convincing the man only to see him frowning in disagre
When Dominic and Rose arrived at the foot of the door, they found that the glow of purple light had stopped and was quickly greeted by the roar of a monster. “It’s Balbazor, the ancient demon,” Rose explained, jumping down from his body. Dominic shook off his fur and turned into his human form, standing right beside her fully clothed. Although there are other pressing matter she couldn’t help and pointed out, “You can be clothed now?” “Hm?” Dominic looked down on himself, “Right I got taught by the other werewolves how to do that the last time we met.” Rose smiled, thinking how surely the relationship between him and his father had evolved into something closer where they could teach and talk to each other eye to eye. Seeing the progress, she felt moved. “Well what is with this Balbazor?” Dominic pushed the door open for her, they both entering the mansion only to feel the ground beneath them shaking. “He is the ancient demon who had formed contract with the first sorceress. She
Gallahan wasn’t daunted by the fact that Balbazor was more than fifth fold of him, looking even bigger and monstrous. Shawn could feel that demon had no pity or hesitation on him, willingly killing anyone who stood on his way. For a moment Shawn questioned how he could ever kill this monstrous being in front of him, finding it abhorrent that his entire instinct yelled that killing it would be close to impossible. Even coming near the monster he could feel the brimming heat that would burn his skin. “Shawn,” Gallahan called his attention to make sure the younger man wouldn’t feel daunted and eaten alive by his own fear. Shawn then watched Gallahan who in comparison seemed to be eagerly waiting for this chance to come his hand. It was something he had been waiting for a long time… finally he could avenge the death of his family who all ended due this demon’s twisted curse! “I want to kill you, you won’t even believe how much I have been looking forward to this day. My heart is beati
Dominic’s silver eyes also noticed the swirl of purple glow from the black mansion and turned his head again to the view before him. “What did you and the Master talked about?” Inquired Dominic while they run through the forest. “I told him that I will do something about the demon inside Isaac if he could help me end my curse but then he surprised me by saying that he doesn’t need help.” Rose responded. “I trust him.” “I do think he is someone who wouldn’t hurt his fellow sorcerer, you weren’t wrong in trusting him,” Dominic encouraged her. “But that sound too good to be true. He always ask people for payment if he help them.” “He did ask for something, he said to continue fooling my demon, Babylion,” uttered Rose. “I asked him why and he told me so he could use Babylion to kill that ancient demon in response.”“So this entire charade is because of him.” Dominic narrowed his eyes. They can’t seem to trust the Master completely, that man would do anything if it means to fulfil his
Shawn’s eyebrows furrowed as he saw a bright purple glow appearing from the room where the master and Isaac had fought in. As the master’s hand had been touched, Isaac had fulfilled his promise to erase the curse that plagued the Master. This should have call for a celebration regardless of the Master’s wish of never leaving the cave. But by fulfilling Isaac’s promise, the demon in him finally demanded for his reward and that reward was… for him to manifest into the world inside his body!When something suddenly clicked in his mind, Shawn bubbled out of anger.“Damn it! Damn it!” Shawn yelled, finally realizing the big mistake that he made by trusting that damn sorcerer king! He rushed out of the room, questioning everything that the sorcerer had done. He first of told him to imbue his magic on the crystal ball as if doing that would help. He said that by calming Isaac, he could convince him to drive out the demon inside. He also claimed that he wouldn’t kill Isaac thus why he had
Rose could feel the dark magic that entered her skin, crawling in such a disgusting way that she wanted to hurl but she couldn’t. There was something that was stopping her from moving and she couldn’t understand it as it felt slightly different when compared to the demonic magic that he uses on her. “Rose, make my life more colorful, won’t you?” Whispered Babylion. “Now go and betray your beloved. I want to see his face twisting in pain. From your memories, he seemed to the most fun to mess with.” Rose wanted to say no, she wanted to yell and disagree with Babylion’s words but she couldn’t move. She then had the sudden idea to play by what Babylion wanted and nodded her head slowly, agreeing that she would betray Dominic while her eyes turning unfocused, looking exactly similar as to someone who had just been bewitched.“Good, now play with me.” Back to the present, Rose run through her thins hands between her hair and pushed the golden locks to the back of her head, she sighed hea