Alexis
As quiet as a mouse, this room was closed and I was suffocating inside. My chest was burning like a coal mine but I pretended to be unaffected. This place doesn't seem to be ventilated either, except for the vents for the air conditioner. They were working perfectly, however, I was sweating.
As I started to breathe heavily, Stefan stood closer to me. This closeness made me take a few steps back. I do love people around me but I love my personal space more than anything. I glared at him and he stared back at me. There was mischief lingering in his eyes and I was aware that he was not upto anything good.
"Mr Donovan, I asked you to give me the list of your books and your syllabus. I need to work on your schedule." I said while hyperventilating cleanly.
He noticed my anxiousness and scuffed. "So, you are not getting it, right?" He knitted his eyes at me.
I stood in confusion and cluelessly watched his face. "What do you mean? What is it that I don't get? You haven't told me anything either."
Oh boy, this brat is wasting my time. I don't know if he is a bit interested in passing his exams. Doesn't look like that with his attitude high up on his nose, he was interested at all.
"Stop wasting your time and leave. You are not supposed to be here but I am giving you an opportunity to leave this place." He gritted his teeth.
I frowned at me and responded, "I worked my ass off to brag about this job. I willingly resigned from my previous job and I got selected from several candidates, what made you think I will leave because you said so? I won't!" I was hell serious and I won't let him disrespect me any further.
He chuckled and stood in front of me, "you are not the only one who showed this attitude in the beginning and later ran out of this place. The best of the best won't be able to make me teach these subjects, what made you think you can?"
I smirked at him and wanted to laugh, but kept it to myself for later, "that's the difference between us, Mr Donovan. I believe in my abilities. I have worked so hard to reach here, I won't leave unless I try and give up. But don't you worry. That won't ever happen. Now please, don't waste time and give me the details I have asked you several times."
His gaze narrowed at me, "stubborn!!! Are you trying to challenge me? Well, I would like to bait on it."
I stood blankly and consumed what he just said? Challenge? What challenge? I am here to teach him. But if that would be the only way to teach him, I am willing to take the risk.
"Consider what suits you, Stefan Donovan! Challenge or not, I am going to bend you over my rules." I raised my hands and pointed to him.
"Mere human!!! How dare you say such words? I will show you who is the boss here…" He yelled and grabbed my arm.
Suddenly, I felt a hit and burning sensation over the area he touched me. I cried and noticed burnt marks over my skin where he grabbed my arm. He was cursing when I noticed him rubbing his hands over an ice pack that he took out from the deep freezer. His whole hand was burnt and his eyes were red in aggression. There was a fire inside of him and his eyes glowed with a burning red aura.
My heart stopped working and I felt like fainting. I gasped for air and thought to escape. When I ran to reach the main door, Stefan was standing there. My jaw hung open to see him there. How did he manage to reach before me? And what was with those eyes? My hands were shaking and the mark was burning again. I felt the pain and tears poured out. Suddenly, a loud bang on the door and it opened forcefully.
There stood two figures at the door while glaring at Stefan.
"What is happening here?" A dominant voice yelled loudly.
The voice was so intense that I shuddered down to my spine. That man looked similar to Stefan and behind was Stefan's grandmother, Anna Marie. Watching her face was such a relief. I stood up and dusted my clothes while a maid helped me take a seat on the couch, then she offered a glass of water. I accepted the offering and gulped it down in one sip. I was sweating profusely and my heart was racing like thousands of horses running over a hill.
"Mother! Can you take care of the new teacher while I discuss the matter with Stefan." The man said with a powerful demeanor.
"Of course, dear."
"You!!! Follow me…" the man ordered Stefan.
"But father!!!" He tried to explain something when the man turned and threw daggers at him with his intensified gaze.
"Shut up! I said follow me and don't dare to interrupt."
Stefan nodded his head and followed his father's lead. Meanwhile Anna Marie sat beside me and held my hand firmly. I was hesitant to ask her about what happened right now. It was too much for me to consume. That aura, those dangerous red eyes like a devil. Who was he exactly?
"Dear. Are you okay?" She was concerned but I was too lost to respond.
She looked sad but understood my situation, "I am really sorry about what happened here. I know my grandson is notorious but he would cross his limits, I never imagined. I apologise on his behalf."
I turned to face her and shook my head, "no! You don't have to apologise and it's not your fault. If my elder is apologising to me when they are not at fault, that's embarrassingly disheartening for me. Please, don't do this again."
"I know you have many questions in your mind. But I am afraid I could spill any beans." She was depressed.
"Yes! I have plenty of them but first of all, who is he? He doesn't seem to be a normal human. The way his eyes glowed with brilliant red, he wasn't an ordinary human. Who is he?" I wanted answers.
"He is my grandson, no matter what… as I said earlier, I can't answer you." She said with a low trembling voice.
I was troubled when I didn't get any answers, "ma'am, I really respect you. You took my side in front of your own grandson, even when I was just a stranger to you. But, I deserve to know. At least, who am I going to deal with?"
I have every right to know everything.
She was utterly silent and I was irritated with that attitude.
"It's okay! I understand that you are bound by some rules but I am not. I can't work with someone who can't keep transparency in any relationship, whether personal or professional." I stood from the couch and was about to leave when she stopped me.
"Dear Alexis, please, stay! You are my only hope. You can change him." She uttered slowly.
"I am sorry but I didn't adopt your grandson. I came here as a tutor in this place. I don't know why you are expecting of me but I can't keep anything like this." I replied politely and turned to leave.
"I am requesting you, Alexis!" She pleaded and it was really sad to see an old lady requesting me for such a thing.
I turned around and asked her, "Give me one reason? I don't know what he is and what danger I will encounter. Why would I risk my life? I need money but I am not greedy, Ma'am."
"I have no reason to stop you and make you stay but all I have is a hope. My son, he is a demon king and grandson, a demon prince. They have a demon gene in their blood. That's why he acted like that."
"What?" I sounded fake but I knew it wasn't because I saw that from my own eyes.
Suddenly, I remembered Aunt Sol's words and I realised my mistake. River poured from my eyes and I didn't bother to stay in that room. No matter how much she called me back, I didn't look at her once and rushed back to the apartment.
I had enough!!!
AlexisIt was evening outside and the clouds clustered in the sky. The sun was high at the end and soon it will sleep within the horizon. I watched the birds fly from the trees along the gentle breeze. I sighed as I watched them palpitating their wings. I envied their freedom.My head was dizzy and my eyes were swollen. I cried since I locked myself in the room. Never bothered to answer any of the knocks. I regret coming here when Aunt Sol was against it. She was right when she said that No one knows what happens behind those walls.I should have heard her and admitted. But no, all I wanted was to create a better life for us. It was damnly confusing to leave this place. I never thought demons and evils could be real. Everything is delusional!!! I wanted to scream and pour out everything in my heart. But i can'
AlexisPretty much obsessed with my profession, I decided to stay in this beautiful hell called the royal residency. At first, anyone, literally anyone can fall in their traps.they way they set their assets, they don't look unprofessional in the shit they were doing. I was a smart and intelligent person and still fell into their alluring trap. But why humans only? If they really blended with humans that greatly, then they must have stepped outside this castle. Or is there something shady behind these thick walls? A history which was hidden well.I rubbed my temples and got to freshen up. I needed a break and it was enough to make me realise what I have to plan and how to execute it. All I needed to do was be careful around them. They would be anywhere, watching me. Maybe that was the reason why I felt being watched? Are there any cameras hidden in this place?
AlexisI watched the shining light illuminating on the pathway where the cart drove. It wondered what it would feel like to walk on that pebbled road, bare feet touching the cold stones and soothing them. The fairy lights hung over the roofs were pretty and you can't deny that royals were living a lavish life here. It started to ache my neck when I kept turning it left and right to glance everything I could in this place.The cart stopped near a huge metallic gate. There were golden patterns over the metallic gate which made a shape of a demon, sort of. But now I know their little secret, it must be the demon they worship. The gates opened by the guards and the cart drove further inside. I was anxious when I realised that I was going to have dinner with the king of this place. I was afraid that he didn't want me to be the tutor for his son.
StefanThat slap hit me like a wave of ice water splashing me with a hundred needles penetrated into my skin. The pain was unbearable but I was made to feel no pain, no emotion, nothing at all. I was more than a demon, I was a monster hiding under the thinking of epithelium.My mother raised some warrior, not a social animal who will deal with worthless humans roaming over my territory. I was born to rule, my mother told me. Not as a king, but the ruler of the world. My fist clenched and I could see the vein popping out. My breaths were long and heavy, and the pain that i can't handle, i poured it out by slamming a punch on the mirror. Those broken shards pierced my skin and it felt good when the blood oozed out. Something came out of me.Liar! She was a liar!!! I hate her! I hate her because she made me like
AlexisI poured the ice water over the burned mark on my arm and cursed that asshole Donovan for the entire time. I have seen many misogynistic pigs in my life but he was definitely the king of pigs."Ouch!!!" I wanted to cry but then i realised that i had promised Aunt Sol i won't back out no matter what.Her innocent face flashed in my mind and the reason why I was staying here. This is going to be hard. A challenge with the demon prince won't be an easy task, after all, he was too persistent to leave this place. There must be a reason why he was bugging me to quit and leave.Now that I know I can't leave if I want to be alive, these demons have a history of blood and gore. The sins they did in the past were haunting them. That's why they were cursed and se
AlexisThat dreadful dream woke me up in the middle of the night. Those scary images in mind, they haunted me for eternity. Although everything was blurred and unrecognisable, I could depict that a war was ongoing and someone was burned alive.I was drenched in sweat and my throat was as dry as a desert. My mind was hazy and it was so bewildered that I couldn't differentiate the reality. For a while, I believed that it was real and I felt that burning sensation all over my body. Throwing up the duvet away, I rushed to the balcony and gasped for air.My eyes opened and I realised that it was just a bad dream. Watching the silence of the night calmed me, but my palpated chest won't let me breathe freely.My gaze fell on the burnt mark over my arm. I noticed tha
AlexisIt was dusk when I reached back in the royal residency and despite my refusal to be dropped at the building where I stay, the driver insisted on dropping me safely to the apartment. He saw me having a panic attack in the car and he was scared too. I can't doubt the fact that I saw a different woman in her.What was that and why? It was obvious. I can't understand what happened to her? Just this mark that I got from Stefan and another thing that she immediately found out was that I was surrounded by supernatural creatures.This created a lot of confusion and doubts in my mind. I need answers but I won't be visiting her any time soon. Not after her bewildered behaviour. My heart was racing till this time. It took me a while and cold ice water to calm down that unsettling anxiety.My hands were shaking and I felt cold. I was getting suffocated in the room. That's why I opened all the vents to clear the air. I had a tough time here an
StefanMy palms were sweaty and my heart was racing when i spotted her in that black gown. Why was she here? Of course, my grandmother, who was a naive and cherished everything in her life, she invited that human to have dinner with us. Moreover, that pathetic and worthless human wore my favourite colour. I can't deny that she looked beautiful but the more i felt something towards her, the more urge i felt to hate her. It was obvious why grandmother wanted her around. But i can't let her do this anymore.The more i gaze at her, i more i felt something in my heart. An eargerness erupted to touch her and pin her against the wall. Damn! I shouldn't be thinking about her this way. She was no match for me and a human like her belong to work under demon's like us.I couldn't eat when she was sitting right in front o