Shawn didn't want to show fear and glared as showing fear was more embarrassing to him than death but when Dominic glared at him, he quickly cowered across the floor.On the other hand, the ruckus had created such a scene for Lady Ashley to rush outside the dining room once she gotten ahold of the situation of her son.Rose, who saw the woman had her eyes narrowed. Dominic pulled her hand and the deadly strength he had earlier seemed as though it had never been there before with how gentle he had tugged her arm and brought her behind him."Are you okay?" Dominic questioned.Rose nodded but Dominic was unconvinced as he stared at her wrist."What is happening here! Oh Shawn!" Lady Ashley yelled in panic upon seeing her precious son on the ground with a bruised handprint wreathing over his neck. "What is going on here?!" Her eyes quickly darted in anger at Dominic which Rose didn't miss."I don't expect a person without moral to give birth to another human with a moral. Your son would h
Rose tried not to care about the fact she was alone in the room with Dominic. In fact, they weren't doubt anything indecent, why should be flustered?She turned to look at Dominic who had taken the bandage off the wooden box, taking off the wrapping and using it to wrap over Rose's hand. She noticed how gentle he was even though the same hand had shown such a strength where he could have killed Shawn with one tight grip."Hands," he instructed, opening her palm and Rose casually placed her hand on top of him, seeing him laugh at her action. "I almost mistaken you as a small puppy. Aren't you worried of following the wrong person?"Rose raised her eyebrows, "I don't follow instruction of just anyone."Dominic's face tilted and his grin widened, "You mean to say that I am special?"Rose blinked, butterfly fluttering on her stomach and her cheeks reddened under his gaze. "I- I have a question."Dominic continued to wrap the bandage over her hand, wondering what his little Rose want to as
Rose doubted if she had heard it right, sleep?! With Dominic?!Her lips and breaths quivered as she looked at his fiery eyes. Dominic might appeared like the person to force when they wanted something to be done on their way. His appearance that was tough and fierce would for certain push anyone to the corner but that wasn't what made Rose's heart thump as if it could burst at any moment such as now.She couldn't help but squeeze the small question, "What?""I didn't say it aloud?" Dominic stared at Rose who was now on his bed, enjoying every second of it. Her golden hair fell along her thin shoulder.Although Rose was on the thinner side because she had less access to nutritious food, she was supple on her hips. Her dress, falling on the side only emphasis on her curves which his eyes couldn't look away from.Dominic's fingers caressed on her skin that slid gently on the milky texture. Her skin was fair and perhaps too fair, Dominic know himself as a person who didn't like fair skin
Gabrielle rushed into her mother's room in a burst, startling Marie who was busy preparing for her day with a fresh gown."I didn't heard anything about this!" Gabriella stomped inside the room, confusing Marie.While Marie was strict to her servant and was never short of punishment to those she see unfit to her taste, she was a mother who pampered her daughter more than anything. Quickly, she dropped the gown she had been choosing, "What's wrong, darling?"A lot of words wanted to get out of Gabby's lips but she made sure the maid was all gone from her room and quickly shooed them off. The servant was confused but eventually scattered outside when seeing Marie's eyes glare at them.Once they left, Marie brought her daughter to the side of the bed, "Is there someone who upset you again? Is it another maid? I will be sure to inflict the same pain on them if they dare to raise a hand on my lovely daughter's hair," Marie raised her hand but Gabby quickly swat it away.Her face was filled
Rose shrieked when she felt the pull sucking her hand deeper to the bushes. She tried to get away but the hand that pulled her in was much more stronger than she could handle.As Rose tried to find a way to release her hand, a voice appeared next to her ears, "Leave! Leave this place now!"Rose's eyes snapped open. On her front was the wooden ceiling of her bed. Her heart was still racing and her consciousness was muddled in confusion between reality and her nightmare.She pushed herself from the bed weakly. Her hands, even down to her feet was trembling like a newborn deer. Rose placed her hand over her chest, feeling her loud heartbeat.What was that dream?! She knew she had been unsettled for the past few days. Her surrounding was different from her usual home, there was a woman who warned her to leave Dominic in an underlaying threat, and last was Dominic's story about his mother.Rose looked at her surrounding. The silence was painfully stinging. Now she understood what kind of l
Lady Ashley brought her to her room. In the beginning when Rose had entered the woman's room, she felt as ease, but now all she could feel is threaten surrounding her.The lady smiled as she offered her to sit in front of her. Beside the table was a freshly painted portrait placed next to the table. The painting only had the base color placed in them, letting Rose to only view the silhouette of what the woman had painted. She wondered if it was a large castle but upon a closer look, Rose saw a silhouette of a large bear-like creature and humans around it that was trying to subdue the creature."I had been wondering where did you two went last time," Lady Ashley spoke out.Rose's eyes narrowed, she can't help and asked, "I think everyone in the castle knows where we went."As she had guessed, the woman's expression turned to surprise, staring at her as if she couldn't believe the words had come from her mouth."Everything inside the castle is hard to keep as a secret," Lady Ashley offe
Dominic pulled out his sword from the body of his enemy. Blood. The heavy, nauseating stench of rusty iron fragrance of blood filled his nose. Having a sharp sense of smell backfired him at this kind of situation where the smell of blood would churn his stomach. But that would happen only in the past, when he was younger."They have been more and more persistent to kill you since you left the castle," Cain stated. This was the eighteen attack coming after Dominic's life once they took off from the castle.Dominic was barely concerned about the amount of people coming from his life as he knew there was only one person behind the whole attack. It won't end until he take off the root of his problem which he would promise to do soon enough.Dominic's eyes moved from the body on the floor toward the forest behind them. Stepping on the body, he made his way to the entrance of the forest which was covered with heavy fogs. As though the darkness was not enough to hinder his sight, there was a
Continuing his investigation, Dominic still couldn't make it through the fog. His group had went inside the forest only for it to bring them back outside of the forest as though they had never stepped inside.On the third day, Cain proposed, "Perhaps we should take down the whole forest."Dominic weighed on the idea. He didn't mind destroying the forest if it was the way to enter through but he had a feeling that the fog didn't start out normally and cutting off the trees will not help as their solution."No," Dominic hummed, "It doesn't seem like we would be able to enter the forest any time soon. Let's go back to the castle."Cain was taken aback to the point his eyes widened from his socket, "Go back? But we haven't found anything?" Cain had been beside Dominic since his master was young as they were the same age, they went through the same moment throughout their teens. He knew Dominic better than most people in the castle, perhaps the second next to his cousin Veronica.Dominic w