Rose gently smiled. She pulled him, surprising Dominic who didn’t expect she would pull him suddenly. Her hands hung beside her as she rested her head wholly upon his broad shoulders. A smile reached from one corner of her lips to the other. “Silly Dominic. What matters now is you and me together. I always feel terrible when I thought there was a time where you were alone without me. But again I can’t help you that much,” she whispered, rethinking of how her magic would never work with her and could even be a double edged sword that could go against her.“Soon everything will be over,” promised Dominic to her while holding to the back of her head tightly. “In a week after we arrive back to Essex, I promise you that this would be the last time you would ever be in danger.” Rose wrapped her arms around Dominic who swore an oath to protect her forever and ever, feeling her heart warmed by his words. She also promised silently to release the curse that affected him. Mona watched the t
He doesn’t want to die! Not now!He didn’t manage to have Elizabeth for himself either as that woman had killed herself to protect Dominic!He knew it! He shouldn’t have only cursed Dominic but also… everyone in Agios to bind Elizabeth with him!But there was nothing left he could do now. He need to make sure for his safety to be guarded when the people from Agios come— to protect himself against Starvos!Jeremiah strode outside, marching toward his men while Shawn stood in front of the door, unnoticed by his own father. Shawn shrugged his shoulders, “So it is true that my father is scared of the people in Agios.” “You can use this chance to put seeds of fear in him,” said Isaac who had suddenly appeared beside him. But his physical body wasn’t apparent as it was only his face reflected on the window in front of Shawn. “Just tell him that Dominic will come back to the castle with so much hatred and desire to kill him. That would immediately make him shiver in fear and you can let th
Jeremiah couldn’t believe the word “Help” comes from Shawn. He was always a child who would watch as everything was ruined. Even though Shawn is his only blood related son, he was much more cold hearted even when compared to Dominic. “I know you are currently worried that Dominic had went to Agios to gather men who could work under him to take you down and I do believe he is doing so. I received this,” Shawn settled a letter in front of Jeremiah’s desk. The elder man pushed his monoglass, surprised when he read the letters that had been written by Dominic. ‘I need your help, dear grandfather.’— was one of the sentence written in the letter. “Who was this letter sent to?!” Demanded Jeremiah. “It is the letter that Dominic had written for his grandfather, I believe… his mother’s parents,” Shawn uttered. His voice slowly turning enchanting which succumbed Jeremiah into deeper fear. In the darkness, only Shawn’s purple eyes glowed for a split of a second until he returned his eyes i
Rose watched as Dominic leave, feeling a missing sense on her arms as Dominic’s hand had tightly hugged her earlier. She was then left with Starvos who then said, “He’s ambitious. Reminds me when I was younger.” Rose looked at him and chuckled, “I would say you two do have a lot of similarities.”“Oh really do we?” Starvos were amused by her words. “What part of us are similar?” “The fact that you always banter to each other despite liking each other’s company. That you two are stubborn for the right thing and even though you always appear detached, you care deeply for people close to you,” Rose explained, startling Starvos who puckered his lips.“Geez, being read like a book isn’t fun. You’re embarrassing me.” “See? You two are similar,” she repeated. “Alright alright, say that we are. I’m also surprised how some of his thoughts matched mine. I almost imagined that if Elizabeth did marry me, he would be my son,” Starvos blurted his words only to stay silent after saying it, appa
The carriage drove them across Essex’s path. It’s been only three weeks at most when Rose and Dominic spent their time in Agios yet it felt like years have passed since then. She wondered if both Duke Jeremiah and Shawn had been notified about them coming back to Essex….The carriage stopped at the white mansion. From outside it appeared to be empty but Rose knows it better than anyone of how it was once filled with people. However most of the servants have left when Dominic disappeared. Dominic went down first and he took Rose’s hands. He then turned to Albert, “You can let the men to rest inside. There’s a lot of rooms but if it’s still unavailable you could ask my servant inside named Furnace to bring you to another mansion.” “Thank you sire,” expressed Albert. The man was quick on his feet as he decided what the rest of the men should do now that they have arrived back in the mansion. “Woahhhhh,” sound of amazement comes from Mona who tailed them from behind. She looked at the
With a huff, Rose finally relented. She looked at her parents and said, “And I also have something to tell to you two later.” Both Mr and Mrs Maury looked at each other wondering what it is but didn’t respond. Not long after, Rose watched as they went into the sitting room, filling her with nervousness. Her parents had always been the kindest people. They have gentle hearts which mean they would never hurt people or even a fly. She recalled how despite them having a terrible aunt, there was never a time when her father or mother openly show how exhausted they are by the mental torture that her aunt had done to them, by subtly blaming them for the miscarriage. But now that Rose had seen her own past, she noted that her aunt, Marie had never had a miscarriage. She was ill from the beginning but blamed it all on her mother. She knew it! There was no way her mother would have boiled mushrooms that would cause a person to have a miscarriage. While the mushroom indeed have the ability
Dominic didn’t think he needed to feel ashamed when he knelt. He always thought that having Rose was a blessing to him unlike how Rose have him. He was ready to kneel down from the beginning thus why he had done so upon seeing the disapproval from Mr and Mrs Maury. He could tell how startled and shocked both Mr and Mrs Maury are. They must haven’t expected this coming from him. “Lord Dominic,” Mr Maury said in panic upon seeing Dominic knelt down. “Even if you do this. I will be troubled but I cannot still agree to letting you have Rose.”“I know sir, madam,” Dominic replied. “My life was never blessed. I lived like an animal, fighting for my dear life and if I had a daughter, I would also not want her to marry such a man with a messy life like me. But I need Rose in my life. My body, my heart, and my soul it’s all bound with her.”Mr. Maury frowned, “If you know then you also know that we love her dearly and we don’t want her to get hurt. Please, lord Dominic.”Dominic shook his h
For a moment it was as though their heads had been bashed. Mr. And Mrs Maury didn’t dare to say a single word as they wondered in their heads if they should pretend dumb or if they should be telling them the truth now. Looking at them, she only said, “It’s alright. I wasn’t traumatized by what happened. I know that I was kidnapped with Josie and how we almost faced deaths. I also recalled how I was sent to a church because I was separated when being saved by the travelers who found us.” Mrs Maury’s face paled as she leaned sideway to her husband. “No way… you remembered what happened?” “I didn’t,” confessed Rose. “But I tried to find out. Jayden Harding, he seemed to know me back when I was in the church so I retracted my memories.” “Jayden… that Jayden,” Mrs. Maury felt woozy that worried Rose. She went to her mother, giving her the cup of tea which she accepted. “It’s alright. I am just a little overwhelmed. Do your sister know about this too?” Rose remembered how she still ha
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