Belle saw the way his finger moved over her neck. She thought Leon was about to touch her nerves, sending her shivers but the warmth of his breaths against her ears sent her heart to palpitate faster than the racing horses. She couldn’t describe the reason why or why her heart had became noisier than Leon’s voice.
But she was once again warned of how potent Leon was to her. This demon, he could seduce her make her feeling all kind of emotions and at the same time scare her with his flippant attitude where one change on his emotions— if she let his interest on her disappear— he would have no hesitation to devour her down to her bone.
The thought made Belle bite her lower lips. Leon, on the other hand, watched her like how a predator learning its prey’s reaction. His grin widening.
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Belle’s finger frantically try to hold on the strongest person she could reached out, Leon being her only option. She saw how all around her the view turned black. They had entered a dark space deep under the ground that she never thought would have caved in.Leon looked around the place, seeing the ground that was far bellow them it would have normally killed the humans who fell from such heights but unfortunately for the demons who wanted to kill him, it wasn’t the height enough to finish him off.Like a cat, he nimbly jumped down to the ground, sweeping Belle on his hands, covering her and picking her to his firm arms without a single shake.Belle continued to bury herself on his chest, feeling her heart exploding in fear.“I do think I have the most comfortable chest in the land and
Followed by the bright light, Belle heard the blasting cheer from the people sitting on the seat of the audiences. The sudden switched of her sight shocked and startled her poor heart. Fortunately, her body was pressed on Leon’s muscular chest that gave her enough comfort to slowly grasp her surroundings.“This is under all those floors?” Belle questioned, her throat was dry as though she had stepped into a blazing hot pot. “Are those, humans?” Considering how Leon appeared with a face of a human, she couldn’t be sure those hundreds of people across her were humans like her.“They are humans,” Leon responded with a calm voice. He pulled her closer when sensing the appearance a black smoke that appeared not too far from them.Bell
Leon was at the most ease inside the room compared to Belle whose heart fell from its place while Agares was in verge of exploding, being on edge after the arrival of Leon to his land.Belle tugged the back of Leon’s shirt. She couldn’t heard it wrong. She knew what she had heard. “You are the heir?” She asked him. The heir of hell? The crown prince of Hell?“Who I am is less important, don’t you think?” Leon questioned her in response, “With or without that title I am who I am.”Belle gulped and seeing this his chuckle turn darker, “Are you more afraid of me now after knowing that I am Hell’s prince?”Belle bite her lips. How could she not?! She had been scared of him knowing he was a demon but she never expected him as the prince of hell?! The amount of cockiness Leon had, his never ending confidence, now Belle understood where
Belle watched Leon who suddenly disappeared after walking five steps away from her side. He didn’t told her anything to do which she took as a way for him to tell her to stay at her place which she did.The creature angrily looked around for him, its eyes was occupied in searching for where the demon had gone. Belle was horrified by the cheers coming from the audiences.They were humans yet they basked themselves in the enjoyment of watching others dying in brutal fashion.They said demons were the most horrifying creature while Belle could vouch how frightening Leon was, she couldn’t say demons were the most horrifying— not when humans could enjoy in the cruelty subjected to their fellow kin.When Leon appeared again, he had jumped towar
Belle yelped feeling his teeth sinking to her ears that had turned pink. Her heart raced but she guessed it was fear that pump her poor heart. She wanted to stop Leon but then again, she couldn’t control him. Even with the contract she has on him, she wasn’t sure whether it was her who held the leash on his neck or him who had collared her.“Please,” Belle whispered, it was the only action she could take now. Those people might have enjoyed watching others dying but Belle didn’t have that kind of twisted hobby.Leon hummed as though he was thinking what he should do, “How about you doing me a favor later? I might think about releasing them safely if you agree.”Belle narrowed her eyes. Now. Was this his objective? Was this why he had showed her those humans devour by the monster? Leon knows little about her but it felt with his fie
It appeared that whatever problems between Leon and Agares had been solved as the man had offered them to enter to his study room. Belle felt as though she had entered a forest of books as on her left and right side was tall walls of books. Even the floor was hard to step at with the amount of books scattered on it. Belle followed Leon’s steps as he had chosen the best path to walk without stepping on the books that she thought might be important for Agares. They were behaving agreeable to each other, she didn’t want her to be the reason for their fight. In the room, she was the only human. “Take a seat,” Agares pulled two chairs from the side after kicking all the books on the floor with his feet. Belle managed to take a seat as she had been weak from all her shocks and worries. Leon, on the other side chose to stand beside her. “If what you say is the truth, does t
Belle gulped on what she had heard. She saw Leon humming in a thought and stared at him as though waiting for his explanation. Hearing none, she interrupted, “My sister is a human.”“Of course she is,” Leon replied with a smile, “If not, you would not be a human either. What Agares meant is that someone had impersonated your sister. A demon had taken her appearance to cross over his land. Remind me again who might be good in impersonating people, Agares?”Agares in response, stayed quiet. He frowned to remember the demons he knew who might be skilled in taking other’s appearance.“Her, isn’t it?” Agares finally spoke up. “Kore. She must be in Hell. She loved to have a kingdom of herself, after all.”“That is where we are going then,” Leon responded. He then shifted his red gaze toward her. “A shame we didn&rsquo
Leon raised his eyebrows hearing her words. Belle’s distaste was rare to see and he wondered which humans who could have make her displeased more than he did.A man who appeared to be miffed as the servant didn’t allow him to enter the manor was the first to notice Belle’s appearance. He quickly walked toward her, offering her a smile that was very pretentious to her eyes.“Lady Belle,” the man chimed. “You still remember me, don’t you?”Belle saw how his eyes looked back at his carriage, pointing how he worked under the authorities who ruled in the land to enforce the laws.But Belle who looked back at the carriage turned her eyes again to meet the man’s smiling eyes with her polite one. It wasn’t only him who could be pretentious.