“ Don't stare at me that, way it makes me feel...”
~ Lora ~
"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." He apologized. An accent adorned his manly voice.
I nodded shyly, my eyes still analyzing his every feature.
"The maids are getting the dishes soon. Please accept my apology. " He said as he sat at the head chair of the massive table.
"It's okay. You don't have to apologise." I glanced away from his gaze.
Just then a maid, then two walked in placing dishes of different kinds on the table.
I felt full at the sight of what was in front of me.
I wasn't that foody type, I hated too many foods cause they get me fat easily and... I don't wanna be fat.
I looked at the smaller plate on the tray that had scrambled eggs with ham, beside it was a bowl of fruit and a tall glass of orange juice.
I tried my best to eat it all but ended up eating half of it since I'm not used to such a big dinner.
The type of food I was eating wasn't what he was eating.
I wished I know whatever class of food they belong to cause they actually don't exist in the human world.
He asked me a lot of questions, family and personal related questions.
"What is your name?" He asked taking a bit of his drink.
" Lora. My name is Lora Weston. " I replied, my legs still trembling in fear.
" Lora? " He repeated." That's a nice name. "
I shyly blushed.
" So, Lora, who are those men that attacked your village?" A maid came to fill his empty glass.
"They are called the Demon hunters. They hunt down Demons of any kind. They also destroy villages who hid Demons. "
He nodded. " Does your village hide demons? "
I shook my head.
" Why then did they attacked? "
" Because they've always wanted to destroy Acacia. Even after the peace talks with our forefathers, they've never stopped invading our village at anytime. " I inhaled shakily as the tears threatened to leave my eyes.
I shouldn't be saying this, any of this ...
Remembering what had happened only brought nothing but pains, agony and sorrows burning in my inside.
I took a slice of the scrambled eggs into my mouth.
"I'm sorry." He whispered.
I stayed quiet for a couple of seconds and then gazed up at him.
His face struck me more speechless with it's rare beauty.
I have never seen a face like this.
I began to choke..
There was nothing that can cause me choke by a mere slice of the scrambled eggs.
Maybe, it was because of how I was lost to his beauty.
"Be careful." He said. His voice was all the way calm and gentle.
After all, he wasn't Lucifer himself and he wouldn't think of killing me. Right?
After some few quietness, he asked me more questions. This time, they were sexually related.
"Are you a virgin?"
I don't know what to say to that. I wanted to just tell him the truth but I saw myself lying instead.
"No." I shook my head.
"When did you lose your virginity?"
I lied, " sixteen."
He nodded," Do you have a boyfriend? "
I nodded.
" I need you to use your words, Lora. " He said darkly.
" Yes. " I sighed." We already planned on getting married by the end of the year but,,, it isn't going to work out anymore. He's dead,,, alongside with the others,,, in the attack. " I replied, making sure I was putting each words correctly to avoid any notice that I was still lying.
"How old are you?" He glanced away for a second.
"Nineteen, I turned twenty on October."
He hummed. " Do you want to ask me anything? "
I nodded slowly, " where am I? " It came out as a whisper.
"Somewhere in New York City." He smirked. "It's called a fortress."
I gulped, home is so far away, well, it doesn't matter now. Acacia is no more.
" I heard..." I started, "I heard you're the vice commander of Lucifer. Is it true?"
I didn't want to ask anything further but I couldn't help it seeing myself so inquisitive to know more.
Surprisingly, he laughed.
His voice carried accent and authority in it. I felt embarrassed for liking that sweet tone.
"I'm not going to argue with you about that," he simply said.
I kept staring at his face. He brushed the hair strand of his hair that covered his right eye and looked away from my gaze.
"I'm sorry about the hunters by the way," he said after awhile. " You'll be safe here. And I'll let no harm get to you."
He made me feel safe even though I don't know where I was in the map or who he is but he promised he'll let no harm come to me...
I believe him...
Then a thought popped into my head.
"C... Can I... ask you one more... question? "
" Sure. " He said cleaning his lips with a small white towel.
"What is... your name?" I stammered.
"Lucas... Lucas Deluca. "
" Thanks, Lucas, for everything.
“ His face struck me more speechless... I have never seen a face like this before...” ~ Lora ~The morning arrived quicker than I expected. The ray of sunshine peeled through the windows as I woke up.I looked around and got a more unobstructed view of the bedroom I was in.The walls, the decorations, the design, to talk of the bed I was on, everything was breathtaking.I barely covered any space in the bed. I was like an ant in the seashore.I've been three weeks here in this house. I like it here, I've never been in such a place like this before.It was warm and loving...Although, I'd say Acacia was kinda a loving and warm home too or even,,, a lot better.Elena likes to take take care of me as if I was a little girl and even though, I'm thankful for it.I really really want to learn how to do things myself.Everything has been great with Lucas too.After that night of the dinner at the golden hal
“ My wandering thoughts are greater than my problems... ” ~ Lora ~“ So tell me Lora, how is it being a human? ” she asked instead.“ Fun, fabulous, great, amazing. You can add more if you want to. Life being a human is all about understanding but nowadays, a lot of people lacks this understanding. ”“ Talking about the hunters? ”I glanced at her for awhile, “Yes. I'm talking about the hunters. ”We paused for some minutes, letting silence evaporate the atmosphere around us."Have you ever thought of the hunters being scared of us?" She asked, breaking the silence.I shrugged, pretty sure they wouldn't.They've got this mind of finding demons, why would they be scared of them?"No. They wouldn't, would they?" I replied with a question."The hunters are just as weak as mere humans. They prove strong with their weapons. They knew Demons weren't in Acacia, they just wanted to pl
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~ Unknown ~"Prince Lucas has arrived, your majesty," A guard informed before opening the door to a room that seemed to be a room for meetings."Lucas!" His eyes darted to where the sound came from.A tall man dressed in a royal red garment stood in the middle of the room, a smile plastered on his face as he walked closer to Lucas."Your majesty " Lucas replied, bowing.This man was tall and seemed to be in the mid- thirties. His dark shoulder-lengthhair perfectly matched his sun-kissed skin.With the scars on his face that stretched from his eyebrow down to the lower eyelash of his left eye, his ocean blue eyes still were amazing.He was good looking..."Oh! Please," the king said, waving his hands. " I thought we had dropped the formalities.""You're still the king, father." Lucas said while he smiled. "You called for me. Is there a problem?" Asked Lucas as they sat on the massiv
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“ Love me... Or hate me... ” ~ Lora ~I felt something fluttering in my heart, scaring me and fluttering me at the same time.It seemed as if this week was passing fast just to make Friday get faster, as if the universe kind of knew I wanted it to come.Knowing Lucas was returning back today was something amazing and I couldn't get it off of my mind.I lost the mind of having anything and Elena knew there isn't any progress convincing me this time.My happiness was in no limit but I didn't let anyone know the source of my happiness, I wouldn't mind Elena knowing either.The day ran faster than the blink of an eye, and I knew time was only doing me a favour.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [THAT NIGHT]Nightfall came, I got a little worried why there wasn't any sigh of Lucas showing up.Oh! I forgot, demons does their things at night.Maybe, I just have to wait a little
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