Paralyzed in confusion, all I can do is stare sternly at the quill he's holding.I'm certain I took it with me after he gifted it to me."Did you ransack my room?" I ask with a puzzled face.He as if he's heard something amazingly disgusting."Don't pretend like you had it with you when you never did in the first place," he tells me with a growl.This doesn't make sense, if he had it with him, then which did I have?"I understand you didn't grow up experiencing the joy of luxury," he says in a low… freighting tone, "but! When someone gives you a gift, the least you can do is cherish it, even if you're poor and have nothing left."His words dig deep into my soul as I tear up hearing his insult.I take a few moments to calm down and walk around the room a bit to get my tears to be brave and calm down."How…" my voice immediately cracks as soon as I speak."How did you get a hold of that?"Suddenly Dexter burst into laughter, covering his face with one hand and holding his stomach with a

I awoke to a new morning with golden sun rays blinding my eyes and a heavy weight pressing down upon my waist.It feels like I'm going to be crushed by the ton of weight on me, so I try to shake it off, moving side to side but it doesn't work.What is this?Paranoid I gather myself and open my eyes, with each blink, an unfamiliar scene seems to greet me and I'm confused but wait till my eyes could properly settle down.… This isn't my bedroom.The smell of musk?!Isn't that Dexter's perfume?Ting!As if my brain went on reset I jumped up from bed, turning to my left side to find Dexter fast asleep lying peacefully without a single care in the world, moreover, we were both butt n*ked.Dammit!I find my clothes littered all over the floor and try to make a run for it from the bed."Where are you going?" I hear a voice question me tight before I'm tumbling right back upon the bed.My bare back is met with tiny kisses planted all over."You're not supposed to leave without permission, or

"If I say I can do it, then why don't you trust me?" I adamantly refuse.Dexter grits, his grip on my palm is squeezing but he's careful not to hurt me."Because…" he begins, staring me straight in the eyes, "knowing you, you'll hole yourself in here all day just to get it right when it took years of perfection to get to my current level."I can't refute his words, on the contrary, he's very accurate.Supposing Dexter didn't see my current condition then I would have gone outside and continued my training, but he's here now and there's no way to refuse him."I didn't say I want to be perfect, I just want to get it right.""And I'm telling you it's normal to not get it right in your first day, so why don't you just listen to me!"The room falls into silence as he walks over to the corner and sighs repeatedly by himself."Alright, if you want to train so much then go ahead, but… not until you're able to master up the proper posture without using a bow and arrow!"My eyes shone right aft

I could hardly believe my eyes, not less ears.Standing and staring right at Linda who has her five fingers showing right on her face, the horror of what had just happened could hardly escape my lips."...what… What are you doing? Why'd you hit yourself?" I am not sure whether to take a step forward or backward."Hmph!" Linda scoffs, her eyes slightly looking right behind her.Just then, it felt like the reality of the situation had finally caught up to me as I spotted Dexter approaching me from a distance with hurried steps, and he did not look happy.Slowly I take a safe step away from Linda as she holds her face, her eyes starting to well up and turn red, her voice hoarse while she continuously looks away and hesitant."I…I know you don't like me, but…" she pauses for a second and wipes her tears, "hitting me is way beyond rude, I don't think I used any words on you to trigger such hate…"What can I say, once a b*tch, always a b*tch, and this woman sure has her ways to the point wh

"Mama…"Neo suddenly calls out to me in a sad hoarse voice, it almost sounds as if he's about to cry. They've been quiet since we arrived home, but hearing them sound this way was quite alarming for me.Troubled by his voice, I laugh to lift the mood, "Yes sweetie?"There's a long pause right after.He's hesitating, and so is Ash who seems to cut eyes with Neo who couldn't care less about Ash."...Who's Linda?""What!" My world seems to have stopped for a moment right after I heard this question.I can hardly believe my ears as I scoff, hiding my worry and fear.Why? Why are they bothered about that woman and how do they even know her?"Who's Linda, mama?" Neo asks once again."Neo!""Are you going to abandon us, mama?" Neo begins tearing up as I embrace him tightly swaying him side to side as I as well try to control my tears."Why would you say such a thing," I tell him with a smile, knowing fully well he was right on track with the whole situation."But that woman said she's gonna