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