Belle stared at the window, waving her hand to Yulene who excitedly hopped to the carriage after bidding a warm goodbye consisting of tight hugs.
Her dearest friend looked clueless of how she had dazed on their conversation, rethinking of what had occurred today.
She questioned herself, questioning why her memory have gone. If her family knew of this, why do they hide it?
No, there would only be one answer, told Belle to herself. Her family had always there to protect her. The only reason they had not tell her of the missing memories must be related to it.
But since Leon had asked her about it, she wondered if her past was related to Rachel. Else, he wouldn’t ask about her missing memories, would he?
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Belle covered her body with a thicker clothes as Leon had told her but she was in a hurry she had walked out with a coat. Brushed by the wind she didn’t shiver but it was indeed much colder than she had expected.“Not warm enough,” Leon commented, draping the coat over her. As he walked toward the edge, he jumped nimbly at the thin railing of the balcony and smiled. “I prepared you something good tonight.”Belle was confused at his smile and was nervous seeing how he had stood at the edge of the railing which can barely fit his black shoes. It was as if one more push and he would fall. The sight made her more anxious when Leon pushed his feet, jumping backward.In instance, Belle reached out her hand, gasping in fear as the demon prince had fallen
She couldn’t see it clearly but the short black hair and the thin figure told Belle instantly who it was. They had been together since the longest Belle could remember. But now, Orpha had submerged her hands inside a man’s stomach, pulling out the bright organs and ate it as though it was her most delicious food. Belle felt her stomach churning. The sight caused her head to panic and her sight to flickered between black and white. She realized her knees had fallen weak when she collapsed to Leon’s chest.Slowly staring at his face, she found his smile that caused her to shiver. His gentle action for the past few days had made her almost forget that he was a demon.Belle gulped, feeling her blood running cold as tears pushed itself from the rim of her eyes, “Orpha… no way. She is a human. She has always been a human.” Leon watched how weakly she appeared and the thought of controlling her somewhere grew in his mind which was dangerous. He pulled her chin slightly as she was unable t
Belle watched as the creature was beat up one-sidedly by Leon. It was such a grotesque sight and the violence never felt right for her but she watched through it all, steeling her heart and turn herself cold as she knew the non-violent path wasn’t available for her journey.The creature still didn’t speak until Leon stopped and cracked his finger, “You are very resilient, aren’t you.”The creature smiled despite its injury, his hoarse voice spoke, “I rather die…”“Rather die? Surely you’re joking. I never planned for you to go to Hell. That would simply be a fast ticket to heaven for you.” Belle watched as Leon cracked his finger. His entire air screamed out of a magnetic danger.“I know a way of a better torture for you. I know of my pets,” Leon uttered his words for a quick change of look on the creature’s face. “My pets are very obedient you see but they are also very painful for living beings like you. I’m sure the witches must have convinced you to help them in exchange for some
The revelation caused Belle to turn still. She stared hard at the creature’s bloodied face, remembering what the fortune teller had told her when he warned her of a demon’s marriage. But before she could say anything, the creature suddenly shriek. Leon raised both his hands upward, showing that he wasn’t doing anything and neither was his pet.Leon took a step closer, pulling the collar of the creature, “Speak, what happen?”“I don’t know! Help! Hell—” the creature couldn’t ask for more help as its body began to ashen in color and harden. It was as though he had been frozen in the winter but the different was he didn’t turn to ice, instead stone.A single touch from Leon’s finger when he released the creature’s body caused it to disintegrate to a pile of ash.“What was that?” Belle whispered, confused and shocked.“A time-ticking magic. Someone must have casted in on him, preventing from spilling anything that he had seen so far,” Leon wiped his hands over each other, dusting away th
The men stared at him, confused and perplexed by a butler who would offer a drink in such situation. There were a body of a dead man settling on the hole that had been dug yet here he was offering tea as though it was nothing.“N-No, thank you,” responded the elder man who had his left cheek covered by a deep scratch wound that reached down to his neck.“Mr. Anderson,” Mr. Carperly spoke as the head of the house. “I know that you wish to interrogate everyone in the mansion and I respect that as it is you job but can you give my daughter a little space? After her elder sister’s death, she has been in distraught.”“Of course I understand that but what is have to be done should be done,” the man named Mr. Anderson responded sternly. “I will, however, allow Miss Belle to take her time for now. Also, I promise I wouldn’t pressure her like what I heard my subordinate had done previously.”Leon stood beside them, keeping his ears sharp at their conversation, watching how nervous Belle’s fath
While Belle walked outside the house, she was stopped by Arnold who seemed to be fidgeting around while leaning his back on the wall. He appeared to be waiting for something but Belle didn’t pay attention and kept on walking until he called up for her name.“Miss Belle! Miss Belle!” Belle hold her hands together, wondering if the man knew she was hiding something.She turned her face offering him a smile, “Mr. Arnold. Is there still questions you want to ask me?”“No, no,” He quickly denied. “If there is one thing I wish to talk with you it is something different.”“Something different?” Belle tilted her head, unaware of the man’s attraction to her which cannot be blamed. Since she had just turned to her blooming age, she was unaware of anything about attraction, only ever reading them from books. But alas, reading books and experience it for herself was different. She couldn’t tell at all how Mr. Arnold had been staring at her features and how he had been smiling more than necessa
Leon smile smugly after receiving the informations he needed. He walked aside, disappearing after mingling with the rest of the humans. When he stepped back in the house, his handsome face took back its shine. He looked around the house, smelling Belle’s scent near and made his way to her. His eyes narrowed when he saw how a smile had pulled Belle’s delicate pink cheeks.Annoyance was the first quick emotion that corroded his heart. He continue to watch how the human man in front of him raised his hand as though to touch her which put his feet to a raise.Quickly, Leon pulled Belle aside with his hand. He didn’t pull her firmly noticing how frail her wrists were.He looked at the human, glaring silently. “Miss Belle, I have been searching for you everywhere.” His tone was dead as it was filled with anger when he stared back at Arnold.The human man stared back at him, glaring back that caused him to raise his eyebrows.Well aren’t that brave? He could have killed the human in a snap
Damian whispered a muttered words. It was hard to know what he had said but Leon who had been watching the view from the eyes of his bat immediately understood the language to be those of the witches’.It appears while he said their parents wanted none of their children to continue the legacy of being a witch, it seemed that Damian had been taught the ways to use witchcraft.From the bowl bright blue lights appear at the end of the spell that Damian had chanted. The bat moved upward, allowing for a better view for Leon to see what Damian had done.“Show me the pasts of the creature named Leon,” Damian whispered, closing his eyes as he imagined Leon’s face to help him direct his magic.Albert who stood behind him didn’t looked surprised, confirming Leon that the head butler was one of those people who knew the secret hidden by the family.“By the name of the witch’s queen, show me the view!” Damian chanted again and again until his fifth time where he opened his eyes to look down at t