"They say that an obedient dog would know who to bark at and wouldn't bite their master's hands, I expected you to be one of those obedient dog," Lady Ashley raised her hand and clenched them into a fist in front of her. "I never had expected you would become another pain to my neck."Rose held her hands together when the servants around Lady Ashley moved, catching her hands side by side. Rose swatted the servant's hand but the head of the servant came in front of her and delivered a loud and searing slap on Rose's cheeks.Her head was turned to the right by force. Determined, Rose swatted the maid's hand and pushed them away. Lady Ashley who saw this ground her teeth, her anger becoming more visible, "Slap her again!"Rose tried her best to protect herself. She was alone while there were three servants around her. Things were worse for Rose who rarely fought with people, things were looking sour to her when the servant closed tight the door behind her.She managed to dodge the first
Dominic who came back to the castle walked passed by the gate, jumping down from the stallion after the long ride in haste. With Cain's absence to find out more of the foggy forest, another servant had came to assist him but the servant was shocked when Dominic had turn a blind eye to his existence, marching straight to the castle without a moment of rest.Before he came home, Dominic received the small letter sent by Cain using the pigeon. In the letter, it warned how Rose had overheard another of Ashley's plan to kill him.Knowing Ashley, Dominic's current and biggest worry wasn't the fact he was near the mouth of danger yet again, but Rose's wellbeing. The moment he thought what would happen to Rose if Ashley found out her little finding filled him with an immeasurable rage.All that's matter now is Rose's life. Dominic rushed inside the castle, when his sharp nose could smell a scent of blood. The scent of blood filled his nose. He had always possess the strong sense of smelling a
Around his shoulder, there was trace of the warm tears. Rose couldn't hold her cries and hearing how she often tried to stifle down her tears, Dominic couldn't bear to push her into answering his questions.He took her waist nearer to him and coaxed her to stop crying, "It's alright," he whispered, repeating the two words again and again like he never did to others before.Rose who felt anxious and stressed easily fell asleep on his arm before she could realize. Dominic pulled her body slowly when he confirmed how she was asleep. The rim of her eyes were red, urging the anger on his heart again but he know this wasn't the time for him to entertain his ire.At least not yet.Pulling her body closer, Dominic settled one of his arm under her knees and the other on her back, carrying her on bridal style with his firm arm and carried her away from her room.The servants who had been near the room, wanting to help the maid who had fell on the ground and covered by puddle of blood, could onl
Dominic raised his hand, smiling as he saw the fright coloring Ashley's face. He stepped slower and closer to the woman. Ashly who was too scared to move shouted, "Help me! Help me!"Her eyes frantically demand for help from her servants but instead, they flee leaving her behind much to her annoyance. Only the housekeeper wasn't able to move from her place, as if afraid in doing so will only notify Dominic of her presence."Have any words?" Dominic questioned soundly but his eyes were bleak without an emotion or a sound conscience that Ashley could put her trust in."You will never win over me!" Ashley yelled. "You would never!"Without heeding to her words, he continued to walk. Ashley crawled behind while keeping her eyes on him. She refused to look pathetic to her very last moment. Everything she counted on was all for this moment!"Even if I die, no one will accept you!" She threw the words from her mouth urgently, knowing the sore spot on Dominic's heart. But Dominic looked at he
Rose couldn't describe what she felt. A kiss that she had always heard from the women who experienced their loveliest first time of a kiss, was described to be an otherworldly experience. For sure, that was correct.Dominic's golden eyes entered her vision. She tried to move, overwhelmed and confused but that only led to Dominic holding her waist tighter. His fingers in a snake-like movement slipped to her wrist, taking one to the side and holding them tightly as if to coax her.Her other hand that struggled was pinned and crushed to his chest, allowing her to feel the loud heartbeat of herself and also Dominic's. Feeling the loud pace from his chest, her eyes widened and she looked at him in confusion.Dominic then held the back of her head which fits like a glove, tilting her face to briefly coax her stubborn lips to open up.Dominic grinned when her emerald eyes glazed, "Close your eyes," he instructed.It was too difficult for Rose to refuse what he demanded. Her lips parted appre
Away from the castle filled with its wretchedness, a group of people had gathered in a forest covered with fogs. No humans should be able to enter the forest but these beings could.Unlike Dominic's attempt to enter the forest which resulted in no solution, the man leading the group entered the forest at ease, simply stepping his leather shoes inside for the fog to disperse to welcome them alone.The group of men continued until they stopped at a large mansion which seemed to be abandoned. In front of the mansion was a well closed and hidden next to the large tall tree.The man knocked on the door. There was no sound welcoming them, but he had nodded as though he had heard someone talking and agreeing to let them enter.As soon as he entered, the man bowed his body forward, "We didn't find her, milord."The man who was called the Lord was a tall and large man sitting on the exquisite chair. The man's chiseled face was covered with the short beard. He appeared to be pass the age of for
Rose had questioned Ashley's condition not out of worry for the woman but instead Dominic. She could tell it was him who had attacked Ashley and while the duchy could punish the common folks according to their standards, it wasn't the same treatment for their fellow nobles. Unless a given reason was ruled out, it was a criminal act to murder.The high authorities! Rose had never seen the authorities before, but she knew what kind of people they were. They were the type to only follow their rules and punish those they deem as a criminal into an instant death sentence. Their name could even scare the nobles, knowing most of the death sentence that was ruled out by the kingdom came from them instead of the King and Queen."She was attacked by her most trusted maid," explained Josephine as they walked away from the room and directed themselves to where Lady Ashley was located.A few servants were shocked to see Rose and though they were afraid to let her see the lady, they weren't able to
On the way to find Dominic, Rose was met on her way to the Duke. She offered the man a polite bow, seeing his face didn't change as he didn't return nor bat an eyelid on her greeting. He then left from the hallways, making his way outside of the castle."He didn't visit the duchess room," whispered the maids, loud enough for Rose to hear without trying."It is as they said, the duchess is never loved by the Duke. Even though she seems to love him a lot, how pitiful," the second maid clicked her tongue.Rose could tell the same thing as the maid said. The Duchess's keen intent on killing Dominic, was it because she didn't want to be removed from the castle?Regardless, the woman knew what she had done and had it coming for her. Although Rose grew up in a world of kindness, she wasn't naive to feel sympathy nor hope for the lady's survival for the woman's best interest. The woman had threatened her with her family's life, the most important people for her.Rose saw Cain standing in fron