Hannah spoke with a small laugh in her voice, “Tell me then Rose. What is it that you are scared of?” Rose didn’t reply to her, knowing this was the way for Hannah Maury to take advantage of hers. Rose held Dominic’s hand and Hannah’s eyes fell right at their hands that tightly grasped each other’s. Her lips purse and her eyebrows raised sharply. She then said, “I see… it is quite a simple answer, isn’t it? You told me yourself that you don’t want to lose him. Meaning that man right beside you is your weakness, am I wrong?” Rose’s jaw tick but Dominic held her hand tighter, “Calm down,” he whispered to her. “You are playing to her tune.” Rose pulled herself together again, agreeing with his words that she was falling to Hannah’s trick, knowing the woman wanted her to suffer. Hannah ran over her fingers from her neck which was wounded by Starvos. With one swipe the wound disappeared. Rose frowned as she noticed it was another type of black magic. The more black magic Hannah used,
Rose’s eyes snapped opened and she immediately went to search for Dominic’s hands that had been around her, finding him missing that frightened her. Rose at once pushed herself from the ground, only to realize how she hadn’t worn any shoes to protect her feet. Rose looked around, confused as she had found herself in the side of a river alone. Underneath her was a meadow of flowers, while she stood at the edge, as though she was trying to cross over the river to arrive on the other side. Feeling confused, Rose wondered if this was related to the magic circle that had been drawn under Hannah. But as she recalled about Hannah, anger filled her heart. She couldn’t believe that she had lost everything! Now, they won’t have any other method to end the curse in Dominic… except if she formed a contract with a demon… As Rose panicked, she felt a warm touch on her fingers, startling her to the point that she had almost threw herself to the river. Turning her face, she found the dewy innocen
“What are you trying to say?” Rose asked him for the demon to smile. “I am not like others, I don’t play tricks so you don’t have to be cautious. I mean my own words. In my heart, I just want to enjoy people’s life, especially humans. Their life is short that’s why they always do things to make sure their short life won’t regret it,” the demon said. His understanding of humans were almost perfect but Rose wasn’t convinced. “Just because you told me to trust you, I wouldn’t at once believe you, I’m sure you understand that too,” Rose saw him who then nodded his head gently. “Of course. That’s only smart for you to do so,” the demon spoke without sounding unreasonable, making her to wonder if he was really as sane as he proclaimed himself to be. “But you should also remember that you are running out of time.” The boy stood up. His hand turned into a circle when he connect his index finger to his thumb. He then settled his eyes in the circle he made, looking directly to Dominic. Afte
Dominic opened his eyes slowly, feeling the tiredness on his eyes. He stared at the light that stared back at him, feeling the heavy weight on his body and turned around to find Rose sleeping on his chest. His eyes quickly snapped open as he recalled how they had lost their conscious when suddenly a light appear from underneath Hannah Maury. He immediately pushed himself to stand, carefully bringing Rose’s body aside and turned his head to find the empty magic circle. Hannah Maury’s body that was on the ground had disappeared, leaving on traces of blood that had been dried up on top of the magic circle, leaving him speechless. From above he then hear a voice, “Rose?! Rose!!!”He could tell at once the feminine voice belonged to Mona. Lifting his face, he found the woman from above the cave, looking down in worry. “She is here with me,” Dominic shouted back for relief to come on Mona’s face. She shouted at Starvos, relying the news, “They are both alright!” Starvos walked to the e
Mona didn’t know what to say except to stare back at Rose and Dominic in silence of shock. She could only purse her lips, her expression growing darker by time. How could she tell Dominic that Rose had formed a contract with the demon?She didn’t know what to do as she didn’t want to reveal Rose’s secret but at the same time felt that it would be much too painful for Dominic to find the truth too late. “Mona?” Starvos asked as he could see the frown between her forehead. “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” He immediately asked, not wanting any danger to be on the two children.“No.. it’s just that the curse on Dominic…” Mona couldn’t help but spill the slight truth that startled herself as she didn’t mean to reveal the truth. But being cornered, she couldn’t find the right word to say and had uttered without much thoughts. “What’s wrong with it?” Starvos asked at once, his face darkening as he had thought it had worsened. “What’s wrong?” Dominic asked and Mona turned her eyes to R
“I… will check on it,” Mona responded. She should be happy and on her feet jumping with joy as finally the curse she had wanted to erase had met its end. Yet… she couldn’t feel happy. Before, as she didn’t know about Rose, she wouldn’t have cared too much if Rose would suffer from a curse because she had formed a contract with a demon. She believed that the only way for Rose to achieve her happiness, considering it as a win- win help from her. But now, she felt as if she was the one who had pushed Rose to the corners, wondering if she was the bridge that had caused Rose to hold the demon’s hands and form a contract.“You are not happy?” Rose then questioned. Her green eyes looked at Mona but the latter felt foreign to her gaze. “I am.. happy,” Mona answered but bigger than that happiness was pure guilt. “You should be careful from now on, Rose. The demons, they would always whispers you ideas that you should never listen to. They will try to push you deeper to the black magics whic
Rose immediately walked toward the door. Her slender hands held the doorknob and she pulled the door backward. Her eyes glittered as she looked at Dominic. Her smile blossomed, “How was Starvos?”“He is pretending to be feeble but he should be alright. It was a stab wound by the doctor said that with his body type and will he should be healed fast enough.” Dominic then took a seat on the bed as he looked at the mirror across him, finding it somewhat odd. “Well I am glad if the wound is nothing terrible on him. I was worried,” Rose said, walking toward the table to bring herself and Dominic a cup of warm teas.“Thankfully Hannah didn’t use poison. I know many sorcerers who would use poison to make sure we will suffer to our death,” Dominic took the cup of the tea from her and smiled as he smelled the sweet scent. “Isaac,” Rose mentioned, recalling how the man also used poison. “What will you do now?” Dominic leaned his body backward, “Watch. The people from the Order now knows how t
Dominic always find himself fascinated to see Rose’s smile. Her beautiful eyes will curve down, her lips will soften and her cheeks will turn pink. He also loved to see his own reflection on her green eyes, finding himself to be caged in her eyes weren’t a bad thing at all.He lifted her chin and Rose’s eyes closed as she knew they would kiss. In the past she would have looked at him in confusion but now her acceptance flattered him over the moon. His lips gently caressed over hers. He gently rubbed her cheeks, his long hands caressed the back of her ears. With his problem solved now, he believed Rose was in a better mood yet like earlier, he would find her staring into nothingness, appearing to be pondering on something deeply enough to be lost on her own thoughts. “Is there still something in your mind?” He coaxed, gently parting her lips with his tongue. Rose’s pink cheeks turned redder, “No, nothing. I just feel that everything is surreal. It makes me feel scared that if I clos
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