Sitting down on the chairs, Belle kept a close eye as Leon swiped the cards to the table, placing five cards on across her and to himself. Before his long confident fingers could take the cards, Belle placed her finger on top of his cards, “I will take this one.”
Leon arched his brows, looking the least offended, “So cautious, are we? I don’t cheat.”
“Give me a reason why I should trust you when there are something we will wager,” Belle responded. When Leon released his cards, she gathered the cards to her hand, carefully watching her own cards before looking at him.
“Touche,” Leon whispered, chuckling, “Did you find a diamond on my cards? I guess everyone envy me so much.”
Unexpectedly, the cards were normal… thought Belle to herself. She carefully held her cards, reading the fir
Leon’s red gaze was unwavering. He smiled as though mocking her futile trick that didn’t win against him, “No.”“You’re saying the truth?” Belle asked.“I would be rolling on the ground in pain in case I wasn’t. You are so small yet have so much doubt,” Leon flicked the next card, placing his own card before lifting back his gaze to her. “Go on,” he offered.Belle bite the insides of her cheeks, frustrated but also relieved. Although she was vexed that her guess was wrong, she was relieved that she could trust Leon now with his response.She noticed it was the King of Spade, knowing no run for it, Belle pressed one of her last cards, “I lost,” her eyes raised to meet his gaze. “Why do I feel that whether I lost or win, everything will go on your way?”
When Leon had came back, he noticed Belle’s silence. Likewise, she knew he knew what ran through her mind. She didn’t question if he had the ability to read people and their mind, but somewhere, she knew whatever she was hiding, Leon was there to read through her like an open book.As she left to call their coachman, Leon stared daggers at Agares who had been feeling his gaze. Finally relenting, he shifted his gaze and saw the demon prince, “I didn’t say anything I wasn’t supposed to if that is what you want me to say.”“Keep your mouth shut,” Leon warned. “It’s for yourself. Keeping her in the dark is better.”“But unfair.”“Have you gotten attached to her in a mere three minutes, Agares?” Leon arched his eyebrows, “I never knew you were this compassionate.
Belle entered the room, feeling herself enveloped in a magical air. Her eyes curiously looked at the shadowy figure hidden behind the curtain. She wondered how the fortune teller looked like. Everyone had covered their faces in Varitas, making her wonder if there was a deep reason for them to hide their identity.“Don’t just stand there, well, do I frightened you enough to turn you into stones?” Ripple-like voice entered her ears. The gentleness the voice possess was heartwarming, easily putting her at ease, but also there was a deep charm that could seduce those who listen to the voice to beguiled by the identity of the speaker.“Oh, truthfully I am not here to have my fortune read,” Belle whispered. She quickly hurried to take the seat before the fortune teller, hoping they wouldn’t kick her out for not having her fortune read. The two women at the front seemed very keen on having their rules followed. A
Belle pulled herself together. Whether it was the vanilla scent coming from Leon or was it his entire arms that provided her with warmth and assurance of his strength to protect her, her panic wasn’t as severe as before. Somewhere deep in her mind, she recognize him as her only pillar of strength that would support her.“Breathe in and out, can you see me?” Leon questioned. His inquiries neat as though he knew what to do to help her.Belle nodded her head, “Leon.”He smiled as though to affirm her guess. After helping her to the seat, Leon pulled the chair beside her and stared at the fortune teller hidden on the other side of the curtain. “What did you do?” The four question brought chill to the man.He gulped and the bobbing sound could be heard well even by Be
After processing the informations, Belle went silence. She couldn’t believe it. Rachel marrying a demon? But the vision came after her death which is impossible, unless… “Can a human come back to life?” She whispered her questions aloud, receiving a look from the fortune teller she couldn’t describe as they were covered with a veil.“Of course not, right?” She whispered in disbelief, “A human will live once and die once.”“There is an exception,” the fortune teller spoke up, “But it is impossible. Demons are not real in this world.”Belle’s hand clenched her dress as she stopped looking at the man, “What if they’re real?”“Then it would be possible. Under some exception, it’s been said that demons could bring back a dead human back to life. The process called resurrection.”
When Belle lifted her face, a look of confusion and terror had covered her features, causing Leon to frown seeing her stress. He released her hand which she quickly pulled and held together. “What did that bastard said to you?” Leon interrogated. He knew for a fact that Belle wasn’t weak as others, she had been holding well but a few words of the fortune teller seemed to have cause ripple to shake her off. “I thought you could heard everything he said in the room,” Belle spoke without looking to his eyes. “I did but I didn’t know what he had said that made you like this, quivering like a soaked cat,” Leon pulled her hand to show Belle of her own trembling hands. If Leon had heard what the fortune teller had spoken, shouldn’t there be any explanation coming from his mouth? She needed one and waite
The cold air breezed out to her neck, the chills seeping to her skin caused goosebumps all over her arms. All Belle could do was stare at Leon whose face was crossed.Belle wasn’t sure if she could translate his expression into anger. As something had touched his without his permission, he disliked the thought so much to the point he’d like to kill the person harming her.She shook her head, for the past days, she kept on imagining Leon would have any worries for her, when she knows he doesn’t.His cold eyes were more of a predator, of a person angered that someone had touched his prey.“I grazed my hand on the sharp edge of a table earlier when I rushed outside,” Belle lied, she looked at Leon’s crimson eyes, his face in disbelief and both of them noticed her lies, ho
Belle looked around to find the shovel near the grave across them. As she reached out her hand, she was hesitant. She didn’t want to ruin her beloved sister’s resting place but she wanted to find out the truth.She continued to stare at it until she managed to get her emotions straight and held the shovel tightly on her hand. As she walked near the grave, Leon who had been watching and studying her sighed. He took the shovel from her hand and passed down a smaller shovel he had pulled out of thin air.As she looked at him, he had began his work without a single peep. The soil was still moist from yesterday’s heavy rain, making it easy for them to dig the ground but also made it slippery.Leon had took the job of digging down the ground in a mere minute. As he