The night the fire happened and Jace escaped passed in utter confusion. Demian and his father talked about how it could have happened. Neither of them was at all affected by the fact that Kierra was dead.Well, I did not care either.I had not seen Clarissa as of yet. Dela said Clarissa was in another chamber, away from all the chaos. Therefore, I still did not know how Clarissa felt about it.I stayed with Dela and Rosalia. Rose also went to Alexander’s office to discuss everything.I had dozed off for a while since I was tired; I had barely slept since the moment I let Demian take me. My whole body was sore and I walked a little awkwardly.When Demian came to fetch me, it was almost morning. He led me to our chamber without a word.Then, he stripped and went to sleep with my body pressed against his. He had not said a single word. It shocked me.At some point, I fell asleep too.Now, it was morning. I woke up just a while ago and broke my fast with a few dates (they made my teeth ac
“Did Demian suspect anything?” Rose asked. She was wearing a white full-sleeved dress. The train of the dress was long. Her long straight silver hair was loose on her back with a middle part. She looked like a divine goddess.“He asked me if I had anything to do with it,” I said. “I don’t think he suspects me truly.”It was a lie. Demian suspected me all the time. He believed I lied a lot. I could see it in the way he looked at me. But as I promised before, he would never catch me in a lie, no matter how much he suspected me.“Do you think he suspects me?” Rose asked.“There is no reason to.”“He doesn’t trust me,” she said.“That does not matter. I am pretty sure he does not suspect you of freeing Jace.”We were at a theater. It was the first time I could go outside the estate. I could go only because I was with Rose and her guards.Her guards were far from us. There was a play going and it included the audience clapping their hands at the same time. It was somehow important. Rose sa
Goosebumps erupted on my skin at the sudden chill. The library was huge, but filled with bookshelves in row so each part of the library was hidden from other parts. It was an enjoyable experience to lose myself among those alleys.Theodore was not here. I had not seen him during the fire, not after it. I went to inquire after him, but he did not open the door. Demian said Theodore had episodes when his legs hurt more than usual and he did not get out of his chamber, no matter what.The windows of the library were rarely open. But today, one window was wide open. A cold wind was blowing through it, making me shiver. I wished I had brought a shawl.I wrapped my arms around myself to shield myself from the cold. It was not helpful at all.“Did you help your brother escape?”I turned my head so fast that I gave myself a headache. I almost bumped into Alexander Silverclaw’s front. He was way too close.I backed up and stared at him.“Your grace.” I performed a small curtsy.He grabbed my c
Sully was sitting on the couch, her knees bent and tucked under her thighs. Her hands were shaking. Her eyes were closed. She was burning up.“Sully,” I called, cupping her face. Her skin was very hot.After we returned from the library, a fever took over and she had been in bed since then. She refused to go to have dinner. I sneaked in some bread and soup. She drank a spoonful of soup and ran to the bathroom to throw up.Then, she sat on the couch and refused to move. It had been a long time since then. She had not moved an inch. She groaned occasionally and called my name, but that was it.I called the maids and made them bring me a bowl of ice-cold water and a small piece of cloth. I sent them back again.I sat beside her, wet the cloth and wiped her face with it. I undressed her and wiped her entire body with it. I had never taken care of anyone before. However, I was surprised to find that I did not find it uncomfortable. A little foreign, but that was to be expected since it was
I woke up in the middle of the night, naked under the blanket, and in Demian’s arms. I was sweaty and it was too hot.Demian was sleeping. Or, at least, he appeared to be asleep. I squirmed. I was always uncomfortable about sweat. Demian did not sweat much since he was a vampire. I also never sweated much. Now that I was sweaty, I felt disgusted.“Demian…,” I whispered. He opened his eyes so fast that it scared me.“You are awake,” he said. His voice was calm and emotionless, like most of the time. He was always so to the point that he sounded emotionless.“I am sweaty,” I said. He was holding me too tight. I could not even pull my arms out of the blanket. “I smell.”“It’s not a bad smell,” he said, unwrapping the blanket like I was a present. He touched my forehead. “The fever subsided, that’s why you are sweaty.”“I can’t remember anything.”“I don’t expect you to.”Demian opened the windows. I felt better when the cold air of the night touched my naked skin.The memory of what Alex
There was no funeral for Kiara. It was because Kiara’s mother Clarissa’s family never held a funeral. Dela said that Clarissa insisted on not holding a funeral and Alexander was happy to oblige. He did not like to bother about such things anyway.At breakfast, I felt disgusted. I could barely look at anyone. I did not, not once, as much as glance at Alexander because I would not be able to look at him without glaring. That would be a horrendous thing to do, knowing Alexander’s madness. He might torture me, skin me alive for all I knew.Dela talked a lot, like she always did. Most of it was directed towards me, unfortunately. For that reason, I could not stay quiet, even if I wanted to.“I must say, Sully, we should go and shop to our heart’s extent,” Dela said. By ‘we’, she meant me, her and Rosalia. “You look pale these days. If we go out, it will lighten up your mood.”“Please accept my thanks, Mother,” I said with a smile even though I felt like crying. I did not want to be here. I
I had seen this room only once. It was a big spacious place with a piano in the middle. In front of the piano was a leather bench.Demian closed the door behind us noiselessly and led me towards the piano with a hand on the small of my back.There was a piano at House Star as well, which was for my mother. She could play well. Sierra also could play. Sometimes she and mother used to play together while the three of us- Selina, Jace and me- would listen, sitting on the floor beside the piano. We would even dance sometimes like the crazy little children we were. We used to be more alike when we were little. Then we grew older and developed different personalities. Selina grew quieter and I became too suspicious of everything to enjoy the little things like music. I was busy rebelling against the injustice towards women. I was mentally suffering because by then, I knew that the next head would be Kyle and I did not want that. Only Jace remained the same- kind, loyal and loving.Yet, as I
Sully moved her body like a snake- a snake with curves in all the right places. Her movements were fluid, without a hint of doubt or hesitation. She danced like she was lost in the music. Her body appeared to have a mind of its own.She moved her hips seductively, her chest rising and falling with the rhythm of the music. I wanted to grab her, kiss her and make her mine once more and again and again. I wanted to touch the silky-smooth skin of hers and squeeze her curves.I tried to control my desires. She was dancing and I wanted to see her dance, while also a part of me wanted to fuck her senseless. There was a tent at the front of my pants. My cock wanted a taste of her and could barely wait. It was restless, just like part of me was.Sully’s face was flushed and she was a little sweaty. She was not smiling. In fact, there was something natural about the expression on her face.I had never been jealous before. But at this moment I was of the men who had watched her dance like this b
I was suspicious regarding Demian’s actions. He was acting very sweet to me as if nothing happened. I knew he was still angry about what I did, although he did not show it.Now, he said he would meet Rezef Thorn. Rezef sent Demian a letter via Leo and wanted to talk to him, not as enemies, but as normal men. And Demian agreed.“You will not hurt him, will you?” I asked Demian.“Why would I hurt him?” Demian asked, tilting his head to one side. He was not being serious; it was one of those rarest times. I did not know what to make of that. Would he truly not hurt Rezef or not?“Demian, please. Be serious,” I said.“I never thought I would hear someone say that to me.”“I never thought I would have to say this to you either. But here we are.”Demian started combing his hair.“Give me that,” I said, taking the comb from him. Demian sat on a stool and I started combing his hair. “I don’t understand what you are doing. First, you are being very nice to me.”“Is it wrong to be nice to my ow
Leo had stayed with Rezef to make sure he was safe. Demian had put Rezef somewhere else while Leo and I were doing our work in the tent. We had to do our work a little quicker because of the fire.Kyle also died too quickly. He died before we could have our fun fully.I watched as Demian washed the blood of my body. He worked methodically. Now he was scrabbing my arm. His eyes were focused even though the task was a simple one.“Are you angry at me?” I asked.“I don’t like anyone defying me,” Demian said. “I don’t like when someone does the exact opposite thing of what I told them. I also don’t like it when my plan does not go properly.”“Plan?”“Everything is a plan. I determine everything beforehand. You being in that tower was a plan as well. I do not do anything without a plan,” he said. “You got my men killed.”“A few of them. It was inevitable, Demian. A war is going on,” I said. “But you also thought of this possibility, didn’t you?”His silver eyes met mine.Demian thought of
Cutting off my brother’s penis had not been on my mind when I was little. But after what happened to Maxi, it was obvious that I had to do it.I looked down at my blood-stained dress. The room where Demian and I were staying was small, but clean. Cleanliness was first thing; the size did not matter.After Leo and I were done, Demian brought me here and I followed without a word of defiance. Why would I defy him? He had not stopped me from doing what I wanted to do. Well, he had chained me before. But when he found out I escaped, he actually aided me.“You have many things to answer for,” Demian said upon entering the room. He had went out to do something (I did not know what).“I know,” I murmured.I turned to face him. His arms were crossed over his chest. His hair was tied loosely on the behind.“You want to know how I managed to let Rezef know about where I was?” I asked.“If you know what I want to know, then tell me,” he said.“Well… You see, Rezef used to give me a lot of gifts
I had been imagining this for so long. I had imagined doing so many things when I would meet Kyle again under the circumstances when I could finally take my revenge.Kyle was inside the tent, his men said. They stopped short when they noticed me. Well, they had not seen me in a while. A little surprise was bound to show on their faces.“Is anyone else inside?” I asked.“Yes. It is an alchemist. His name is…”“Leo,” I said. “I know him. Tell Kyle that I want to talk to him. The alchemist can stay though.”My brother’s personal guard bowed to me and went inside the tent. I knew that man. His name was Ezra Walsh. He had been my brother’s personal guard for the last five years. He was bald and tough looking with a scar on his right eye. I had the suspicion that he was blind in that eye, but never knew the truth.“What do you want to talk about with him?” Rezef asked.“Many things. Do you want to see?” I asked.“If you want me to.”“No, it depends on you. You can watch if you want to. But
There were no ships here. Not a single one. I could not even take a carriage either. The roads were blocked.I was out of the estate of House Star, at least. Currently, I was staying at a brothel. I gave some money and some of my pieces of jewelry to the brothel owner and she gave me a place to stay.It was nasty here and I felt disgusted the whole time, but at least, it was safe. Not for long though. At some point, the brothel owner might want to sell me to his nasty customers. I needed to leave soon.I did not know what was going on with the war. I could not care less about that. What I hated about it was the fact that I could not stay at House Star anymore, if there remained a House Star after this in the first place.I hated everything and everyone now at this point. I did not deserve this. I did not deserve any of this.I did not want to born in that family where I had to do things that I did not want to do. I had to learn how to seduce people at a very young age. It was called t
Sully escaped. Once again. I did not know exactly how she let Rezef Thorn know about her location, but she did do it somehow and that was without my knowledge.That woman was too cunning. She even fooled me.I was pretty sure she was going to use Rezef Thorn to get to Kyle.I had been gone for a long time because of a complication. I needed to defend the estate because part of Jade Star’s men somehow got inside the estate. It had been bloody.My left eye still hurt. There was a cut right under it. One of the men of House Star almost took my eye out.And now Sully was gone. This woman was driving me crazy in all the ways possible.She was now at the camp of Rezef Star. I could not just go there. It was hard to sneak in there. I could get as near as possible, but it would be hard to meet her there.I did not doubt Sully’s loyalty. It lay with me. She did not care about Rezef Thorn romantically. She was just using him to gain her objective.I just hated that she escaped from me again aft
“How is Millie?” I asked.Rezef was mostly ignoring me at this point. Well, at least, he was pretending to.“She is okay.”“Treat her nicely, okay? She is a nice girl,” I said. “Do you know Father used to beat her?”Rezef’s face suggested that he had no idea of this incident. Millie did not tell him for sure. It was not like I expected Millie to tell him either. Millie had always acted like she did not deserve anything and kept her thoughts to herself all the time.Their marriage life was not going okay. I knew that from the look on his face. Millie and he were not okay. If they just ended their marriage, then it would be for the best. At least, both of them could find someone new. It would be hard for Millie, but she would get over it. There was no point in suffering when you could get rid of that suffering.Both of them were unhappy in that marriage, I could tell.“Whenever Father was angry, he would take it out on her. We… We always saw but never did anything. I regret it, but what
My plan was simple. I always had the feeling that there was more to the little vacation than Demian let on. That was why- I started to leave trails behind. I kept the window open and threw purple pearls from the window. Demian did not notice because he had been busy trying to keep his legs from cramping and other times, he was massaging my feet.I had to be very cautious so he would not notice. Demian’s eyes were sharp. He noticed everything.That was why I had the feeling that this plan might not work.There were a lot of guessing involved. I was betting on Rezef’s feelings for me on this matter. He had to be the one to find the pearls because only he would recognize them. I had the belief that he was smart enough to know that I would not be at House Silverclaw.Rezef did not disappoint me.Now, I would have to explain everything to him, but that would have to wait for a bit.I told Rezef not to kill the guards that they took captive.We reached their camp on horses. Rezef wanted to
When I kicked the door open and entered the room at the top of the tower, I saw her for the first time in a long while. She was just the way I remembered her. Brown skin, curly hair and red eyes. But she now had a scar on her face. Did her husband did that? That bastard!I ran to her and wrapped my arms around her. I did not care about anything else. I needed to feel her. I needed to know she was real.My men were watching me, but I did not care. All I cared about was her at this moment.“Rezef,” she breathed. “I thought you wouldn’t find me.”“You left those signs for me to find. How could I not?” I said, pulling back from the hug. That was when I noticed what she was wearing. I averted my eyes from her barely covered body.She did not seem to feel any shame as she threw away the cover and got down from the bed. There was a cuff around her ankle attacked to a chain.“Can you do something about it?” she asked.I told all my men to get out. They did not need to see her like this for lo