Starvos frowned at the odd boy. He always felt unsettled with Shawn, finding the young man was not dangerous but rather.. he was unstable. It felt as though he could flip at any second, being the scariest person but then his smile shows that he was the happiest person on earth now. The quick turn of Shawn’s emotion wasn’t much to Starvos’ liking as he felt uncomfortable with the boy who felt as if he could stab and attack everyone around him now even though he hold no grudge. “I won’t believe anything unless Dominic said he could believe you,” Starvos made his point but he didn’t attack Shawn at once as he saw the umbrella held on Shawn’s hands. “Isn’t that the object that Dominic wanted to bring from the castle?” Mona questioned for Starvos to nod slowly. This was why he hesitate. If they had somehow ruined the umbrella, the one to suffer the loss wouldn’t be Shawn but Dominic. As long as Shawn hold the umbrella, neither of them could attack him. “You should be grateful to the u
Starvos and Mona heard as Shawn spilled all his me,pries about Rose. The elders who had always kept Rose on their heart closely and hidden it keep her as their own daughter figure was shocked to find that they had forgotten about her, someone who they had apparently loved and cared so deeply as much as they had cared for Dominic. Starvos was confused. He asked himself why could he forgot about her but then no matter how long Shawn had brought up their deepest memories, they still couldn’t remember much about Rose.They couldn’t even remember how did she looked like and what her voice sounded like. Shawn who saw this was impressed. He didn’t know the magic that Rose had worked on would be so perfect that no one could remember a single thing about her. But he thought to himself that Dominic shouldn’t be too worried. While it’s true that Rose had ran away from him, she didn’t seem to want so that his memories about her to be forgotten, meaning she deep down had always wanted so that sh
Fominic lifted his face and frowned slowly after hearing Shawn’s words. That would mean that he didn’t hurt her by curse by making everyone to forget about her? Because.. the curse that had made people to forget her wasn’t done by the demon?“That makes no sense then for her to blame you,” said Shawn again and he wondered how someone who always spoke of him lovingly would suddenly change her mind and hate Dominic deeply with all her heart or even blaming Dominic for saving him when she knew this was one of the sore spot in Dominic’s heart. “I don’t know, I don’t understand but I could tell by her scent that she wasn’t lying to me that she really did blamed me,” Dominic replied, recalling how firm Rose’s eyes were as she had shouted the most hurtful words she had toward him while he listened and take in the words that he thought he deserved to hear. “Perhaps she had to erase everyone’s memories by her own hands as the demon request her to,” Dominic whispered out the possibility.Mona
The way how Shawn had mentioned Jeremiah to be a fake father made Dominic to slowly realize just how the adults around Shawn had turned the poor boy into thinking that there were nothing good from the world. It made Dominic to wonder if he could have been a happier kid if he had been born under a normal circumstances. If Shawn was born in a family where he wasn’t his older brother and where Ashley wouldn’t always have to compete with his mother. He hated to always think of “ifs” as he knew his mind wouldn’t stop imagining the possibility of how their lives could have been better if it wasn’t because of these people around them. They could have been happier if no one was greedy for what they already had.. If that was the case, he wouldn’t have to be cursed and Rose wouldn’t have to suffer the curse beside him. “Dominic.” Starvos called him but saw how he was deep in his thought appearing to be entertaining his thoughts more than the reality in front of him that slightly worried
Starvos could smell the sweet scent he always recalled in his dream. Only in his dream was his memories of her was the freshest. The only time he recalled her voice, her fragrance, her appearance as if she had just appeared the other day was when he had closed his eyes and fall into his dreamland. But now he could smell it all again, as if she was here. Her lavender scent, her thin arms that wrapped around his shoulders like warm blanket and her body that pressed softly on his back. Starvos didn’t know why but he could feel himself was on the verge of tears, feeling as if his heart that had been ripped and torn again and again was slowly fixed and bandaged by the simple hug from his back. He didn’t know what to say only whispering in a daze, “Eliza?” Dominic who had stood at the garden, feeling exhausted from the depth of his soul was startled when he saw the faint figure of a woman dressed in white hugging Starvos from behind. He knew the woman well, as she had never looked any o
All that Elizabeth wanted was to be beside Starvos and Dominic but alas the world wasn’t so kind to them to let the three of them together. Her simple wish was too difficult for the world to grant but she had made peace with it since her death. The only worries she had was of Dominic and Starvos’ safety, knowing her loss will create a big hole on their heart. But seeing how they could stand next to each other now, Elizabeth could tell the future she wanted seemed possible for her son. She gently kissed his forehead, then moved to Starvos to smile. Her lips parted to speak but as a ghost she couldn’t spell a single word with a voice. When she realized how her words couldn’t be heard, Elizabeth only laugh putting a rest to the words she want to say for someone else to utter. “Mother?” Dominic who had immersed himself in the gentleness of his mother’s warmth was shocked to see how she slowly back away. As he reached out his hand to hold hers, he found her hands around him had left his
Dominic and Shawn continued to speak to each other. It wasn’t certainly their first time to convey words to their siblings but both of them felt a certain awkwardness in the air that made it even more lovable and fragile to them.Shawn who had held the coffee cup then questioned Dominic. “Do you plan to search for Rose now?”Dominic nodded his head firmly. He didn’t know what Rose had in mind but he could tell she was sincere with her words and as painful as her words was to his heart, he accepted the fact that he was the one who had ruined her life. Even though she would hate to know he tried to repay her for erasing his curse, Dominic who still feel his burning love for Rose would never want to see her suffer alone.“I will find a way so that everyone remember her again and so the demon’s curse would disappear from her life.”Shawn silently listened to his wish and smiled, “Do you still love her? I mean from your words I can hear that she hates you.”“It’s not her choice to hate me.
The evening before, Isaac watched as the final blood of the royal heir have finally breathed his last and pulled his widest smile. He pushed himself from the stairs, looking at the sun that had appeared to greet the new morning and spread his arms wide as though he was waiting for someone to appear. But as he does, he noticed no one appeared that caused his wide smile to slowly fade.Isaac put his thumb between his teeth, biting his flesh in annoyance, “Still he doesn’t want to come out?” His feet that was glued on the floor began to step hurriedly. His master! The man, he had always admired, his god! The day where he could finally escape the cave that always bound him, finally appear! This should end his curse and allow him to show his mightiness to the world, but where is he? Isaac waited until the sun was high up, still hoping to the silver hope that his master will come after him. He had on purpose waited in front of the castle so his Master could come for him but the man remain