Dominic walked back to her side as he noticed how she was out of it, “What’s wrong darling?”“Nothing… I just suddenly feel an ache in my heart,” Rose responded to his words truthfully, having him to gently caress her back. “Don’t worry, I assure you it won’t hinder our plan for today.”Dominic sigh and shook his head. He leaned forward, kissing her forehead and then her lips. “No Rose. You come first, before this event or even me. It’s only a ball party to show everyone that I’m still alive.”Rose smiled upon hearing how he make light of today’s ball when even the King had been invited, “You do know your royal cousin is coming today. If I suddenly become absent on today’s event, I will only put mud on your name.”“If as my cousin, he couldn’t understand that you are ill and instead blame you, then I will gladly stop calling him my cousin,” Dominic stayed firm with his choice, as to him Rose was far more important than anything. “So convince me that you really are healthy before we go
Stepping forward, Lady Catherine settled the ruby on her neck, letting for the look to be completed with the jewelry. Rose took a step back to admire how she had looked like. Her hair had been styled prettily, gone was the image of her past as a village girl. She looked no different to those ladies who were born in a noble family. She felt as though the person in mirror to be a stranger, yet familiar. "Beautiful," Lady Catherine recalled how the tall oval mirror was used by her daughter in the past. She also remembered how Elizabeth stood in front of it, smiling widely as she twirled her gown which overlap as Rose had done the same. Her tears seemed to have settled in the corner of her eyes as she relish the moment of longing. "Lady Catherine," said one of the maid who appeared, holding a tray of soup, "Is this what you need?"Lady Catherine took the silver spoon before dipping them to the warm broth. She tasted the soup before humming in approval, "This should do it.""Is it one of
Starvos always had the good eye for people. He was also good at smelling their scents and differentiating between the good and those who always bear the ill intention for their own benefits. Iris fall on the second type of person he always disliked. It was due to it that whenever they met, Starvos would subconsciously pushed the lady away from him with his vibe, scaring her to her bone. This time, he found her doing some suspicious movement. Suspicious as the lady hates mingling with people of lower case. This was why she rather die than being friends with the servant, causing them to be frightened by her. He also heard how she would have treated her servants in a worse condition back in her house when no one was looking. Seeing the lady himself, he somewhat believed that the rumors were correct. His gut said so and he quite believe in his gut that had saved him through numerous deadly occasions in his life such as wars. Yet now she had entered the servants’ quarter on her own… but
Starvos was alarmed as he saw the man had disappeared. While this girl looked oddly dangerous, the man had a more menacing vibe that one should avoid. He glared at Iris again only to feel the girl, Betty running after him. Her heels made no sound as she sprinted and by the time Starvos found her again, she was right beside his face. Her scythe went across Starvos arm, wanting to severe it and rendering him useless without the two working limbs. How happy was she to find the man hadn’t dodge her attack and had instead let his arm to guard his neck but she frowned as her scythe didn’t taste the blood of the werewolf. She looked again to find how his arm had become bigger and stronger, causing the blade to stop right at his skin, only drawing a slight trace of blood. “Tch werewolf,” she clicked her tongue and without hesitating she continued her swift attack, moving her left and right scythe before throwing it over to his neck. Starvos didn’t attack and had rather dodged the attack. He
Rose only see this woman during the festival time and that was only once. Their first meeting happened suddenly, and during that time, Rose also thought the woman was well dressed; too well dressed even, for someone who was called to be crazy. Now, the woman had invited herself to the party and was dressed for the part, as though she was prepared to attend the party. Could someone who is crazy pulled such an action?"Just listen to me," the woman said in a low tone. Even though the music was so loud and it should have been difficult for anyone to hear each other's voice, especially when the woman had spoke in whispers, there was a strength hidden in the former's voice, making it hard for Wu SuYi to not hear what she had to say. "Throw every food that you find here. All the drinks, everything at once!"With the absurd request, Rose could now see why the woman was called insane by others. But the woman, who saw her face in pity frown, "No! I'm not here to ruin your party or to sound cra
Now that they know the food and drinks were poisonous, Dominic had quickly alarmed the servants to do whatever it cost to stop bringing in more food to the party hall. It would have been foolish to believe the words of someone who they aren’t well acquainted with but Dominic believed in Rose and the gut feeling that he had been having this entire time. Something was wrong in this party. Someone who aren’t invited had waltzed themselves in their house. Entering the party again, Dominic took one of the wine that the servant had brought back to the kitchen. To avoid suspicion, he then said aloud, “Ladies and gentlemen, may I have a little of your attention for now?” Everyone’s eyes fell to him at once. Dominic didn’t have to shout too loudly as just one word from him had brought a stop to the conversation in the room. Thankfully, the King’s and his people had not arrived, making this easy for him, “Truthfully, my beloved grandparents have been preparing a little surprise for us. Today’
Annoyed by Dominic's provocation, Natty rushed forward, throwing his scythe but the straight attack was too simple for Dominic to see. He easily dodged it only to feel his cheeks grazed by a cold blade. When he pulled away, his hand settled on his cheeks where he could feel blood from it. Dominic frowned and looked back at the scythe that appear to be holding a magic that could harm him. "Let's see if you can truly take care of two sorcerer alone," Natty screamed out his laughter that was so sharp to the point Rose had to cover her ears. The fight began again, this time there was not only Natty but the man on his left who looked as crazed as him. They both had rushed after Dominic using the same weapon. It was hard to believe that any of them are human with how fast they are that they could keep up with Dominic's superhuman speed. The moment the scythe fly toward him, he managed to avoid the one near his neck only to feel the blade had grazed his knee. Dominic who was cornered had
Rose thought that this was her chance. To add, this woman needs only her help once which she was sure she could seeing that the woman had also helped her by protecting her and Dominic. Carefully settling her hands on the woman’s, she then found the woman smile sadly. While her lips were curled upward, her eyes were filled with sadness. She couldn’t help but reached out her hand, settling it on the corner of the woman’s eyes as tears had appeared there. By the time Rose come to realization, she noticed the woman had disappeared, leaving her alone as though from the beginning she had met no person in sight. Rose looked back at her hand that had just held the woman’s fingers not long ago. She wondered what had changed in her as she couldn’t feel anything changing inside her, as though nothing happened. She wondered if she has truly a power now but had no time as Dominic was pushed to the corner even more by the sorcerers. Running back to the corner of the party halls, she found Domini