"That is all I have to question for you," Claudia then stated, "Please stay strong, Lady Rose. As someone who had once lived in castle, I can tell you how bloodied all castle has always been."Rose looked at the woman's eyes and smiled, "Thank you for your concern." Stepping out from the room, Rose took a deep breath. She met Dominic standing not far from the door as if waiting for her.Walking near him, she looked at his side profile, "Did you hear everything?" He nodded his head. "The witch. Do you think they might be able to help us?""Finding a werewolf is difficult and I would say finding the one that had created them should be more difficult," his eyes settled on her and his smile warming, "But if we have the chance, I will not disregard it. I will task Jasper to look into this matter."Rose nodded her head, feeling a bit more in peace as the High Authorities was now on their side. She looked around before whispering, "What do you think Shawn wanted to do?"Dominic hummed, his b
Late at night, Rose heard a knock on her room. She only lifted her face soon hearing the knock softly appearing from the strong knuckles. She knew whose hand had request to speak with her. She pushed herself from the floor where she had been crouching at, feeling disappointed and betrayed. The door went ajar and Dominic’s black eyes were filled with worries as he looked at her face. His hand went to her cheeks where it snugly fit for comfort, “You will be exhausted if you lock yourself for hours. Do you want a drink?”Rose can’t answer a lot but nod. She watched him as he entered her room. His sleeve had been rolled to his elbow, letting her to see his strong muscle that flex as he took the water jar, pouring a glass for her. Rose made her way to the side of the bed where Dominic had coaxed her to come.“How is Josie?” She asked first, before everything she wanted to know her sister’s condition.Dominic sighed, a sign that wasn’t looking good for her. “I handed Jayden Harding to th
“Miss?” Benjamin scoffed. “How can I believe anyone miss me when a monster had taken over the house?” The anger on Benjamin was clear and Josie stepped back in fear however Shawn continue to smile. “You let a monster take control of this castle and hope that I will be comfortable?”“I don’t think I understand what you are trying to say, uncle,” smiled Shawn, his smile looked innocent that it was difficult to believe otherwise. But seeing his smile only angered Lord Benjamin who stared at him as though he wanted to end the young man’s life.“Forget it. Bring me to your mother now,” he ordered and Shawn nodded obediently. Before he left, he held Josie’s hands, smiling tenderly as though pouring his concern on her, “I know that you still want to talk but let’s continue this soon.”“Yes, of course,” Josie quickly said, curtsying to appear polite only to hear a sharp scoff coming from Shawn’s uncle. Josie looked at herself, feeling embarrassed that she didn’t look well dressed and accept
Dominic released Benjamin’s hands once he had enough look of how the man had suffered both physically and in his pride. He then stepped away enjoying how Benjamin felt as if he had been killed simply after a few words he uttered.“It seems that your business is with her and not me. Then I’ll be so kind as to leave you two to give you space with her. I’m sure you have a lot to talk about. Well if she can talk of course.”Dominic gave them a short smirk before walking away toward the door. A servant had came to the room, holding a tray of glass and medicine. Seeing her, Lord Benjamin vented his anger by throwing the tray she held. The broken glass on the floor reflected his burning eyes while Shawn’s brown ones appeared as calm as the stilled ice. “My apologies!” The maid stuttered as she begged for forgiveness. Shawn walked in between them, shooing the maid with his hand.“Uncle, I know that you’re angry but you should have composed yourself a little better,” Shawn walked over to cl
Holding the glass near her lips, Josie carefully sniffed the sweet scene of alcohol coming from the wide glass. She never thought to ever have the chance of having such a luxurious alcohol, much less in a castle.“Is it your first time drinking alcohol?” Shawn who had been studying her expression asked casually.Shyly Josie smiled, “I did drink whenever new year arrive but I never had such fragrant alcohol before.”Shawn chuckled, “Then I’m glad to be able to help you taste one of the luxuries in Essex. Taste it, I’m sure you’ll like it.”Josie took a mouthful of sip and her eyes widened in sparks as the smooth and sweet raspberry flavor spread over her mouth.“This is really delicious!” Josie’s cheeks brightened.Shawn watched as the girl showed no hesitation to drink in front of him. He didn’t know whether to be happy or worried of how naive Josie was. The girl was able to trust the younger brother of the duke that even a blind man would avoid in fear of getting caught in the fight
Bright in the morning, Rose had prepared herself to leave the castle. The maids were all frightened of her and the situation in the castle was horribly tense. No one appeared friendly anymore, no servant wanted to smile to her, as if with the arrival of Lord Benjamin, Leon’s uncle, they were torn between which side they should support.Rose had left her room, walking toward the hallways only for her to hear the two maids who were sweeping on the silent hallway chattering intensely. They appeared quite into the conversation that they didn’t notice Rose who had stood near them.“I’m deadly sure Lord Benjamin would support young master Shawn as the next duke. Knowing how powerful Lord Benjamin is and his support, I’m sure it wouldn’t be long before young master Shawn gained more supporter. Meanwhile young master Dominic had no one instead of himself. No family who would support him and his fiancée is a woman who came from a village.”The other maid quickly hushed her as she spoke louder.
To Rose, her family was important. She had nothing more important than her family. Growing in a close knit family, each of her family member’s emotion meant like diamonds to her. It had come to the point where she had become selfless about herself and prioritize her family above her.When the rift occurred between her and her sister, Rose was devastated. Dominic could see it easily with his sight of how shattered she was when her sister’s jealousy took the best of her. As much as he dislike those who harmed Rose and her feelings that he treasured like gems, he couldn’t harm Josie knowing it would only hurt Rose more. But at some times, he wondered if it was better for Rose to not have anyone else, not even her family, but only him. Wouldn’t that help to protect her more?Dominic inwardly sighed, knowing it was his possessive wolf speaking over his mind. If he let his guard down just a second, he was scared his wolf would do anything to tie Rose down to him. Even if it means she woul
The journey to the fog forest took a lot more hours than Rose thought. But she was glad to have the chance to look around the place, enjoying the view of the outside world which was rare for her to see.By the time she had realized it, she had hung her sleepy head on the firm shoulder beside her. Dominic noticed how she was sleepy and smiled. Brushing the small strand of her hair aside, he then settle his head gently on top of hers.A light shake woke Rose from her sleep. She was startled to see they had arrived on the forest and found Dominic sleeping with his hands crossed.For a long moment, Rose took her time to admire his face. It was hard to think there would be someone this handsome in the world. Where his skin was smooth and his features were dominant.“Good?” “Perfect,” she responded, only to be startled by Dominic’s voice and her own quick response. She found his black eyes opened and his lips curling in a grin. Feeing embarrassed, she narrowed her eyes, “You’ve been awake
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