The taste of iron on his lips remain the same to the first day he had killed those who wanted him dead. Dominic never fears death, but he couldn't describe the maddening anxiety he had felt when his Rose had disappeared.He was far from relieved of her safety until he had made sure to kill every last of the insolent bastard who had attempted to kill Rose.But those were just the tip of the iceberg. Now that the humans were killed, he should made sure his Rose was alright. In Dominic's minds were thousands of questions.'Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? What did those people do to you? For every last fear they caused you to feel, I would make certain to chase and haunt them to Hell. I will rip them apart from their flesh to their souls.'— those are the words he wanted to tell her. But he couldn't voice those words in his current form.Even if he let a single tone from his long mouth, what would come out are the frightening howl and he didn't want that. He didn't want to scare Ro
Dominic made sure to note on the wounds that covered the victims' bodies. They were far from any normal injuries. The injuries were deep but had marks that appeared as though a beast had stormed to the place.Rose had seen enough blood for the day but still felt her stomach churn at the sight of headless bodies on the ground. The night and the forest all seemed as though it had been splashed over by bucket of red paint.After walking around, Dominic returned to his human form. He took a coat from one of the dead man to cover himself as to not turn into a caveman. Seeing Rose's pale face, he wanted to get her out of the place as soon as possible when Rose recalled of the missing piece."Mr. Jayden… he is here. He was with them," Rose spoke out, receiving the raise of the eyebrow from Dominic.The name of a man made him narrow his eyes and the context made him even more suspicious. "Amongst these men, you didn't see that… Jayden thing?"Rose shook her head, "I think he was kept back at
Rose woke up not long after. She felt dizzy and her head ache as though someone had puncture her head with a nail. She tried to look at her surrounding, but her fever made that opening her eyes was painful for her.Turning around, she had notified the man who had stayed with her like a watchdog, protecting her and caring to all her needs. Dominic didn't miss how she struggle, her small moans didn't slip from his notice as he had always kept a close eye on her.Cold hands that settle on her forehead lessen the heat filling her head, making her more comfortable."Sleep more," Dominic whispered. He caught sight of Rose was shivering and pulled the duvet to cover her carefully."I… it hurts," whispered Rose. She felt she had spoke some words but couldn't process what she said. "Dominic," she called."I'm here," Dominic whispered. He couldn't reply to her first words as he couldn't do anything to lessen her pain. "It would be alright. Sleep more and I promise you the pain will disappear wi
Josephine walked around the garden with deep frown knitting on her forehead. There was only worry that filled her heart also self hatred and guilt.After Rose's disappearance, Dominic had came back alone with Rose on his arm. The man hurried to bring her to his room and tend to her wound, this was everything Josie heard from the servants.They mentioned there was a lot of blood covering Rose. Since her little sister was younger, Josie recalled how Rose could easily caught illness. She was born with a weak constitution and she couldn't imagine how much pain Rose was going through now.It made her to reflect on all her doings. Even though she was fueled with jealousy that her sight was clouded, Josie was taught with kindness by her parents. To protect her younger sister was the responsibility of the elder child. But Josie still couldn't contain her jealousy when she thought how Jayden loved Rose more than her.But reflecting on her past action, made her painful aware of her egoistic nat
If there was anyone who knows the most of the dark histories that the castle posses and its ugly truths, it would be Veronica. More than anyone in the castle, she could perceive people's truest desire by her eyes.Her aunt, Lady Ashley only wanted wealth. But Veronica also noticed how her aunt wanted a position for herself, a position where she would be on the top of the throne, where everything was hers.Like her, Shawn had followed his mother's unending greed. Veronica disliked how Shawn would always pretend to be the kind man he wasn't while painting Dominic in the bad light, despite the truth where the beast was him.It appears that with his wicked ways, Shawn had managed to convinced Josephine that he was a good person. In truth, he wasn't."Good afternoon, I'm sorry, I didn't quite caught your thin presence in the room," Veronica openly showed her dislike through her words but Josephine was oblivious as the lady had kept a very tender smile on her lips.Shawn chuckled that only
Rose nodded her head gently. She was met with Dominic's eyes. His burning gaze could kill her and bring her back to breathe on his air. Her hands held each other as she looked at him, "How many people know of this?""Not a lot," he started, "My late mother, my father, Cain, and you."Rose tilted her neck, "I thought Lady Ashley knew," she whispered, receiving a shake of his head."She witness a simple silhouette from me on my werewolf form to scare her enough to death. The rest are unspoken theory which they put two together to create a bigger picture," Dominic responded to her words tenderly. If one had ever seen him spoken, they would be surprised to the first ever gentleness he uttered from his lips. "Veronica, Shawn, and some others only guessed.""I see," whispered Rose to herself. It was why people had rumored him as a walking curse. She looked at him who was sitting on the side of her bed, pity spreading in her heart. Knowing how he had been avoided and feared for being cursed,
As Rose took in the information about Dominic's curse, she couldn't find a way to break his curse, not when she knows nothing about curses. Dominic spoke, "There were rumors that people bearing the same curse as me was spotted a few time across Essex.""That would mean they would also know about your curse," Rose concluded. "We have to find them." As she paused, she recalled, "The accident which occurred in my village, they also spoke about witnessing a werewolf."In the past, she had brushed the thought aside, thinking it was only a hoax. But now that she knew Dominic was able to change his form, she kept in the possibility that there might be more creatures than humans living amongst them. But then again it wouldn't be easy knowing how they would be orcastrized if they are known to be a werewolf."I had my men searching for the evidence, but we found nothing," Dominic responded. He noticed how Rose's head sunk in disappointment and rested his head on the crown of her head, "Don't wo
All of a sudden, a loud laughter came from Shawn. Rose arched her brows, looking at the man who had held his stomach as though he was about to burst from his unreasonable laughter."Brother your jokes has never failed to be funny. But I don't think these people share our taste of jokes.""Maybe they don't understand yours," Veronica answered.Claudia cleared her throat, "Let us not get sidetracked by other things and discuss the reason for our visit today. As I am sure you also know, Master Dominic. We are here in accordance to the recent attack on your mother.""Step mother," Dominic responded. "I have two mothers and I cannot overwrite one of them. I have very special memory from each of them.""I didn't expect you to have such a heartwarming relationship with Lady Ashley," Aston responded. "It's said that the step mother is always a thorn to their step children and likewise can be said, especially when there is a crown in between.""Not every step mother is a thorn, my step mother