LOGINāThe mansion felt different at night.āColder.āNot in temperatureābut in presence.āāThe silence stretched longer, deeper, as though the walls themselves were listening. Shadows clung to the corners more boldly, shifting with a life of their own, bending around the dim glow of the chandeliers that barely pierced the darkness.āāBy the time Lucas stepped into the grand hall, the air already carried her presence.āHe didnāt need to look.āHe knew.āSelene stood by the towering window, her back to him, her silver hair catching faint light as it spilled over her shoulders like liquid moonlight. Beyond the glass, the night stretched endlessly, the horizon swallowed in darkness.āShe didnāt move.āāDidnāt acknowledge him.āāLucas stopped just a few steps behind her.āSilence settled between them.āāHeavy.āāUnspoken.āāTime passed.āāSecondsāor minutes.āāThenāāāāYouāre unusually quiet,ā Selene said at last, her voice smooth, almost bored. āI thought you would have come in here
The apartment was quiet. Not the heavy, suffocating silence of Lucas's mansion, where every shadow seemed to watch and every corner felt like it held secrets older than time itself. No. This silence was lighter. Human. Ordinary. And yet...it still didn't feel like home. Aria stood in the middle of the living room, her arms loosely folded as she took it all in again_as she had done every morning since she moved in. It was a modest space, but carefully chosen. The walls were painted in soft neutral tones, the furniture modern and simple, with just enough elegance to remind her that this wasn't something she could have afforded on her own. A wide window stretched across one side of the room, letting in morning light that spilled across the polished floor in warm, golden streaks. Outside, the city stirred_cars passing, distant voices, life moving on without hesitation. It should have felt comforting. And in some ways...it did. It was nothing like the mansion. Nothing like the
The front door opened with a quiet click.Aria heard it from the living room.Her entire body stilled.For a moment, she didn't move_didn't breathe_just sat there on the edge of the couch, her fingers tightly clasped together on her lap. She had been waiting.Not patiently.Not calmly.Waiting like someone standing at the edge of a decision they couldn't take back.Footsteps followed.Measured.Familiar.And yet... something about them felt heavier tonight.Lucas.Aria exhaled slowly, steadying herself before she stood.Their eyes met.She flashed him a smile, and something in his expression eased in response. The tension in his shoulders loosened as his gaze swept over her, as though silently confirming she was unharmed."Did you wait long?" He asked quietly, pulling her into his embrace."You left before I could wake." She murmured against his chest."I'm sorry, my darling. Something that needed my presence came up, and I couldn't bear to disturb your sleep." He stroked her hair wa
Days sped by.Lucas was full time playing house now with his human lover. And all these time, the goddess watched in silence though anger had eaten deep into her bones anytime she saw them.At some point, she decided_she couldn't sit and watch the monster she created become humanized because of a mere human.She was going to get rid of the problem with any means necessary.She decided it was time to put things back at their rightful places.And who knows_Lucas might be pleased after all.******Morning came softly, almost deceptively so.A pale wash of sunlight slipped through the curtains, stretching lazily across the room as if nothing in the world had ever been wrong. The air was calm and warm.Aria stirred beneath the sheets, her lashes fluttering before her eyes slowly opened. For a moment, she simply lay there, caught between sleep and waking, listening.She was alone in bed, which only meant Lucas had gone before she woke.There was silence in the mansion.Then_A faint click
The city light shimmered like scattered stars as the car came to a smooth halt in front of the mansion's gate. The night had been different. For once since Selene's return, there had been no tension clinging to Lucas's shoulders, no shadows lurking around his gaze. The plan had been to distract Aria, and take her mind off the weird thoughts that were creeping all over her, but it had worked for Lucas too. Sitting there while watching Aria eat, he had realized that he infact needed the distraction more. Before Aria found him at the window, he was long gone. Dragged into the abyss of his past, where no warmth existed. The dinner had been elegant, quiet, almost unreal_soft music, warm lighting, and the kind of attention that made Aria feel like she was the only person in the world. The whole time, Lucas watched her. Like a man who had lost his soul, but only found it when she was with him. Like a man, undeserving of her pureness. Her love. Like a man who had decided for a momen
The night rested quietly over the mansion, draping the walls in a soft, silver hush. Beyond the tall glass windows, the garden stretched endlessly, bathed in moonlight. The trees stood still, their shadows long and watchful, while the faint rustle of leaves whispered secrets only the darkness understood. Lucas stood before the window, unmoving. One hand rested lightly against the cool glasses, his gaze fixed somewhere beyond the garden_far past the trimmed hedges, past the iron gates, past glass, but even that seemed distant, as though the man staring back at him belonged to another time. His expression was unreadable. But his eyes... his eyes carried something heavier. A storm that had long passed, but somehow never left. Fragments of memory drifted through his mind like echoes refusing to fade. A voice. A laugh. A word that had once crafted itself into him. A word that had changed his entire being. WEAK. His jaw tightened slightly. For a moment, the silence around him fe
Levi held the car door for her, and helped her get in. As the car doors clicked shut, and the engine came alive with Levi behind the wheel, Aria let out a breath. All these while, she had been worried that the witches would catch up with her, but now she was out of harm's way. What excited her more
The rest of the night was a restless one for Lucas. His mind wandered off with thoughts of what or who could've hurt Selene so bad that she retreated for safety. The goddess wasn't the type to run away from battle. She was just like him_resilient, stubborn, strong and powerful. Back when they were
Days after Lucifer's visit, Aria stayed restless, day and night. She didn't feel right with the devil's advise, especially after witnessing the hatred Lucas showed towards him when he warned him to back off. But the devil's warning lingered in her mind, and it bothered her. She decided to seek Levi
Lucas stared at her with unseeing eyes. Centuries had passed since he last saw her. In the time when Lucas was feared, and only a whispered name among creatures all over the realm, Selene had backed him. Helping him triumph in every battle he fought. She was his backbone. His then soulmate. But aft







