Dominic chuckled happily, hugging her even tighter. The words she said was more than he deserve. She was the love he wanted, the love that god had given to him as a treasure for all his misfortune. Rose then pushed herself from the bed. Stretching her back, he watched as light shine over the corners of her face, bringing alive her angelic features to life."Should we get up?" Rose asked for him to push himself from the bed to sit. Leaning forward he kissed her lips in a peck before taking her lower lips in a smooch. "We should. We don't want you to get hungry don't we?" As they got downstairs, lady Catherine looked happier than ever today. Curious, Rose came to the woman and smiled, "You look very happy, grandmother." "Oh of course! I just heard a great news!" Said lady Catherine. Dominic turned his face to lord Salemn, his grandfather, wondering what was it that had made his grandmother so delighted and in joy. Lord Salemn didn't reply and instead answered with a rub of his che
Rose blinked from Starvos' request. Truthfully she didn't expect him to come with them back to Essex, thus why she didn't expect him to ask about the castle of the duchy and the people in it. But it was only correct for him to ask as it was the place where Lady Elizabeth was threatened. She wondered if she should tell him about why Lady Elizabeth decided to stay in Essex and that she had never ran away from him but because she was trying to protect Dominic. But how should she explained this to him? Without revealing the fact she had read Dominic's past was there a way for her to tell him of what had truly happened?"Did she also died in the castle?" Starvos then asked, startling her. Rose nodded her head and responded, "On the third floor in the East room.""I would like to visit there," Starvos relied his emotion sincerely. "What about the people in it? Who hurt her?"The first was one obvious, "Lord Jeremiah, and his second wife who would always try to kill Dominic no matter what
Rose and Dominic went to the library after finding out from a maid that Mona hadn't come out from her room and instead spend her whole night in the library.Most of the servants didn't want to have anything to do with her, fearing that Mona is a sorcerer that would harm and hurt them, allowing Mona to stay unnoticed inside the mansion.Rose tried to turn the knob around, wondering if it will be opened only to feel that it is locked. "She might be sleeping," Rose said to Dominic before he would kick down the door much to her fear. Raising her hand she then knocked the room thrice, "Mona? Miss Mona? We are here to talk with you."The door them creaked slowly as it moved backward. Upon looking at the person in front of her, Mona wanted to greet Rose with her usual shoulder hug but noticed that Dominic was near and quickly lowered her arms, "Good morning madam and sir. Have you both slept well?""You have adapted to the life in our mansion really well," Dominic noted, "Seeing that no ser
Little Rose looked at her sister with a gentle smile. They had all planned to leave the village for the first time. The sky was blue and pretty the other day but once they had decided to leave, it had turned dark, and raindrops began to fall all over from the now cloudy sky. Josie who was looking forward to the beautiful Sunny adventure was not please to see the rainy weather.“It’s strange, I don’t think it’s rainy season yet,” whispered little Rose.They were both still at the age of fourteen, youthful and free. Rose was shorter in this age compared to Josie which she slowly outgrow as she got older.“That’s why it’s annoying! I’m sure the sky didn’t want us to have a happy trip!” Josie crossed her arms and Rose came to pat her sister’s back. “Don’t worry sister. Don’t worry. It’s only rainy and they don’t seem to be a heavy rain, I’m sure we could still make our trip fun,” Rose advised but Josie wasn’t happy as she looked down on her wet shoes.“I had worn my prettiest shoes for
Upon the stop of the carriage, Rose woke up with her drosy eyes. She studied her surroundings, noticing her father and mother that had stood outside the carriage. As she was about to push herself from her seat and called them, she had first snuck out her head to find the bright sky had turned pitch black. She was surprised by how dark the sky was as the time before she had woken up from her sleep earlier the sky was blue and beautiful. Her mother walked back to the carriage only to be surprised upon seeing the adorable Rose who had somehow woke up. “Did you sleep well Rose?” Her mother who had noticed her walked back to the wagon with her gentle voice questioning her. Rose modded her head quickly, “Mommy where are we?” Mrs. Maury looked behind her where they had stopped in front of an old house and looked back at Rose with a gentler smile, “We have arrived in the inn darling. Let’s wake your sister up so we could enter the inn?”Rose who didn’t think much of it, lightly shook Jos
Her father continued to talk with the people in front of him, looking a bit in a panic upon receiving an answer from them. Her father spoke again until her mother appeared beside her mother, talking and trying to reason with them. The people didn’t seem to agree with her parents as they rushed inside the inn, pushing her mother aside. Seeing this, her father panic and quickly blocked the inn’s door only for the three men behind him to kick him in the stomach. Little Rose panicked at once and her tears dribbled from her eyes. She called from the window, “Father! Father!” She hoped her father could gain energy and strength from her words and voice as he said he would. Unfortunately from the strong kick that the man did, her father who couldn’t contain the pain and collapsed on the ground. Mrs. Maury who then noticed Rose quickly mouthed for her to leave. Although Rose couldn’t hear her mother she could read her mother’s lips, realizing that she was trying to tell her to run. For th
Rose couldn’t understand what the men were talking. Their shadow hovering over the bed was frightening but then again she couldn’t voice out the fear she had as she didn’t want any of them to notice.“Find the girls,” ordered the first man while Isaac stepped toward the bed. Rose flinched seeing how close the man walked toward her and Josie who was peeking from the wardrobe panicked as Isaac rested his body down to the bed. Rose covered her mouth tightly, stifling her tears that began to drip from the rim of her eyes. “Hey! You all search for them. It’s a small room so they must be here hiding in the closet or the bathroom,” Isaac ordered as he pulled open the cupboard beside him in search for an item. He hummed upon noticing that there was nothing and suspected the family had came for traveling. Perhaps they have just arrived in the town and had at once struck a bad luck by being kind to the disguised lost travelers who are them.Isaac also wondered why he smelled of something od
Rose understood her sister’s words well as she quickly laid down again on the floor. They then whispered to each other while Rose kept her eyes peeled around her to make sure there were none of those men getting closer to them. She whispered, “What should we do now, Josie?” Josephine looked in a bind as she pursed her lips. The elder girl didn’t have much idea on what she should do either to release herself from the handcuffs chaining her or her sister. Under these men’s gaze was even more difficult knowing how they are all much bigger and more powerful than them. “I.. don’t know,” whispered Josephine as tears begin to drip from her eyes when she realized that maybe she would never ever come home. She couldn’t see herself as someone smart enough to find a solution of their current situation. She couldn’t see herself escaping from the cage without being caught. Rose reached out her hand to her sister, holding it tightly, “It’s okay sister! I’m sure… I’m sure we can find a way to so
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