Her nerves went haywire. Her instinct warned her to run! This is bad! Someone had seen her! Knowing how many eyes, ears, and hands that Lady Ashley had around the house, she feared the person who had noticed her was one of her people. Rose's worries were less of her wellbeing at this point. She knew now Lady Ashley is capable to kill her, take her life. But she was more worried that she won't be able to warn Dominic of the vicious plan that his step mother had planned. Rose looked behind her as she rushed outside when her face had bumped into something hard. Fear immediately caught her entire body as she knew there was no wall in front of her. In a quick second, Rose first thought was to attack whoever in front of her. If she was about to get hurt, she had to protect herself and hurt the other person in the moment of surprise! With a heavy swing, Rose raised her hand and moved it across the other person's face. A loud sound of slap echoed and Rose's face paled. It became even more
Dominic brought her outside of the castle, standing in a place where there were less people roaming around. Dominic looked at her face that was colored in worries and smiled, "Do you think one day, I would turn into a danger to you?"Rose's eyes widened and immediately she shook her head, "I wasn't worried about that. It's Lady Ashley, she wants to kill you."To her surprise, Dominic only raised his shoulder before bringing them back down. There was no surprise on his face, "You knew about this?" She asked."I don't know the exact time when she want to kill me but this is not the first time that it would surprise me. Instead, it would be surprising if she didn't plan to kill me," Dominic replied in ease.Rose was at loss of words, "Is that why?" Dominic raised his eyebrow at her question, "Is that why you never participate breakfast? You were aware there are poison in your food?"Dominic could see clearly her worries. His little Rose always wore her heart on her sleeve, showing her co
Dominic's eyes narrowed seeing the one fly who kept staring at his face. He held Rose's hand naturally and looked aside to her older sister who unlike her sweet smell held a deep rotten scent, making his nose to wince at the sharp stinky fragrance. But the fly had the worse scent compared to the rest."Sister," Rose looked at her sister, wondering if this was only her dream, "I didn't know you would come here!" Her voice was filled with happiness as she went to hug her sister.Josie's hand was spread on air as Rose went to hug her. His arm remained on the air as she didn't returned her sister's hug. In a slow and hesitant movement she patted Rose's back."I asked, Gabby and aunty to come. I wanted to… see you," Josie answered, forcing herself to smile.She recalled to the past days before she had decided to come and visit the castle. After promising to Jayden she would help him meet Rose, she wrecked her mind, trying to find a way in which she could both let Jayden meet her sister and
Rose smile widely seeing her sister's appearance but was instantly worried as her sister had stepped into the castle which fall under the hands of Lady Ashley."You should have told me if you want to come," Rose said which Gabby interrupted to,"Why? Is there something wrong with her coming here? Something you are hiding?" Gabby's eyebrows raised and Rose frowned at her suggestive words."That's not it—""Anyway!" Gabby clapped her hands together, her eyes falling toward Dominic, "This handsome gentleman over here must be Dominic?"Rose's eyebrows raised at Gabby who had pushed her aside to stand beside Dominic. With the height difference, Rose could see the darkness covering Dominic's eyes as her cousin intrude his personal space."Gabby—" Rose tried to warn her before she stepped on something she shouldn't and acquire Dominic's anger."Master," Dominic saved Rose's breath. He looked down on the fly and smiled darkly, "You are not fit to call me directly by my name. Rose, who are the
Baby blue sky above Rose's head was a breath of fresh air for her. The tea table and chairs had been set for the ladies under the large wings of the parasol. Most ladies spent their time chatting and Rose noticed how there was less people in the family. With only two guests in addition, there was only a total of six people in the forest.Gabby had ran toward the seat, trying to hide herself from Dominic until his anger would die down. Embarrassment still covered her face.Josephine on the other hand, kept close eyes on Dominic and Rose. She wanted a time to be alone with her younger sister but Dominic had never once left Rose's side, making it difficult for her to share anything personal."It is Rose's first time in a hunting game, but the basic is the same," Lady Ashley spoke. Riding her horse, she made her way next to Rose and Dominic. "It's a simple hunting game, darling. The person who acquire the best prey would then get the prize as the winner."Rose lifted her chin to meet Lady
Josephine's eyes widened, "I don't think we have met before?"Shawn hummed with his eyes narrowed as though he was trying his best to comb through his memories, "No, I am certain in this that we had met before. I couldn't remember where, however.""Me and my sister, we haven't left the village before, only to the nearby town, I am not sure if you would see us before, sir," Josephine didn't know how to behave around men with higher standing than hers. She saw how haughty her aunt and her uncle was, she was certain that Shawn was one of those prideful people."Maybe?" Shawn took a casual seat before Josephine. "There's anything bothering you, miss Josephine? I noticed you kept looking over at Dominic. Is he that handsome?"Shawn knew how handsome his older brother was. He was so handsome to the point of envy. Everyone had always loved Dominic more than him due to this and he doubted Josephine was any different. Women always prefer the best, he thought."What?" Josephine gasped and quick
Rose walked closer to the stallion who was much taller than she thought. She wondered how to climb over when Dominic had taken a seat on the saddle and it appeared there were no more space for her… unless if she pressed her body close enough to him…Dominic saw her hesitation and a grin settled on his lips. Leaning forward, he caught Rose by her waist, startling her but that wasn't the end to the surprise. With one pull, he had brought Rose to sit in front of him on the saddle.Rose flinched when she felt the light shake as the horse moved a step. Her hands went out to hold for the firmest object near her, causing her to wrap her arms over Dominic's shoulders.Her heart shook from both surprise and nervousness to see how near Dominic's face was across her."I don't mind if you would like sit like this the entire ride," Dominic woke her stunned self with his seductive words.Rose blinked while staring at him before rushing to position both her legs on the sides of the horse. She thanke
Rose awkwardly looked at the deer while feeling the warmth spreading from Dominic's strong arm as it wrapped both her hands to hold the bow. His hand brushed over her cheeks as he position the bow on the side of her shoulder."What do you think about killing, Rose?" Came his sudden question, puzzling Rose. There is often times where Dominic would give her question that make her reflect on her beliefs. This was one of those."I do not condone the act," she answered, stating her belief."Even killing this deer here?" Dominic asked her and she nodded softly. "But you wouldn't survive here if you didn't kill anything in the world. Killing is sometime the only way out, especially if your life is on a stake. Take a deep breathe."Rose's breaths went still as she saw Dominic position the arrow and aim toward the deer's neck. Her fingers clenched tightly and all her reaction didn't fail to fall under Dominic's gaze.This was what he meant by fearing to sully Rose's innocence. But the girl wou
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