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“Don’t worry baby you are going to be just fine” Nathan whispered to his wife who was lying on the hospital bed just four months into her pregnancy, the doctors insisted she had to stay there in case of any other emergency as she had already had two hemorrhagic incidents that almost led to her death. Nathan and Blaire had been waiting for a child for as long as five years into their marriage, but all Nathan could wish was that the baby would just go and they could try again when his wife was better. Nathan pulled his jacket tighter around his shoulder. Winter was approaching quickly, and it was almost as if the bleakness of the weather was a prelude to his fate. He kept him asking himself what had made him not bring the car out instead of walking to the hospital. He passed an alley; taking a glance at it, he sighed. He was gradually reaching a grim part of his life. He could feel it creeping up his neck like a slimy snake in a poorly designed tunnel. When he looked away, he thought he

“Winter, I am so glad you could make it. You look so good,” Jason said, raising his drink in the air and smiling brightly. I didn’t know his smile could get any wider. I had a sneaking suspicion that he was bisexual, because at times he acted like a hormonal guy that wants to be in everyone, but then other times he would throw comments on how tight another guy’s jeans were. That means he is gay, right? I am really not the person to judge. “Hey winter happy birthday,” some random guy called out to me. It’s the thought that counts. “Umm, today isn’t my birthday, it’s tomorrow but thank you, at least you remembered it’s this month,” the guy smiled, obviously embarrassed, and walked away. “Well, that was awkward,” I whispered to Zoe. “Don’t mind him, let’s dance” Chloe and Zoe pulled me to dance. I hate dancing. I can’t do it. I never have, and I never want to. Especially not to celebrate anything. I don’t know what I expected when I agreed to come to this. What exactly was my plan for

Xavier basically ripped me away from my breakfast. Very rudely might I add. I kept looking at Reka to help me, but she didn’t seem to understand me. Some handmaiden I had. When we got outside, I scanned the house carefully for a full two minutes. Not because I didn’t understand the structure of the house and it was horribly built, no of course not. I scanned the house for two minutes because that is how long it took me to go around the house with my eyes without missing a detail. My “boyfriend” is rich. I almost fainted at the thought of it. He definitely had a good-paying job here on earth, or demon cash was equivalent to six thousand dollars and he spent three thousand demon cash.“Let’s go. You seem to think time waits for you, Winter. It does not.” he said, “are you not the slightest bit afraid of being late?” He asked. Maybe only in the deepest part of my heart, but I have never been a fan of school anyway, so it really didn’t matter if I missed the whole day.“No, not really.” I

“What happened to you back there?” Chloe and Zoe said. After school, that was the only time they saw me since Xavier tried to blow my eardrums earlier. I felt a bit bad that I tried to avoid them.“What happened earlier?” I asked them, playing stupid.“Don’t play dumb. You were yelling and gripping your head and it was scary, Winter.” I stared at them for a while still acting confused, then I finally parted my lips in realization.“Oh, uh, it was just a minor headache. It happens all the time.” I said, hoping that they would buy it, but they didn’t. They looked at me with their arms crossed over their chests like I was telling them a lie, which I was.My life is becoming increasingly difficult now that I have met Xavier. Couldn’t they just buy it and allow us to move over with our lives? I wanted to tell them so badly, but I couldn’t imagine what Xavier will do to me next if I did. “Why am I being looked at like that?” I asked, shaking my head while smiling. It still didn’t look like t

The fear was starting to seep in slowly and definitely. The scariest part was how he was so nice and angel-like one moment and the next moment he was actually demon-like, evil and rude. I heard the chirping of birds around me, which meant he had started time again.I am convinced now. I haven’t really doubted it, I just thought it would bring some fun to my miserable life if I pushed his buttons time and again. William and Jeremy came later on with an enormous basket full of food. They set it down and were about to leave when I spoke up.“Are you not you joining us?” I asked them. Please join us. If you don’t, Xavier might be provoked to kill me again.“No, your Highness.” they replied together and walked awayI faced Xavier with a questioning look. “What?” he asked.“Is there a way you can stop twins from talking at the same time?”“Chloe and Zoe?”“No, William and Jeremy.” they are too alike.“William and Jeremy aren’t twins. They aren’t even brothers. But unfortunately, it is not in