《Billionaire Assassin》


 Chapter 1

    Prologue:


    6pm


    ¡°What is going on father? Why that sad look on your face?¡± Princess Elena asked her father when she saw his look and how he entered her room.


    ¡°There is trouble my dear.¡± King Eremus, the King of Eras Kingdom, answered his daughter.


    ¡°Trouble? What is causing the trouble father?¡± Princess Elena asked.


    ¡°Princess Irel is dead.¡± King Eremus revealed.


    ¡°What!?¡± Princess Elena shrieked in shock.


    ¡°Yes my daughter, she was found dead on her bed this morning, the same mark was on her body. It is the same killer who has been killing all the dead princesses, who killed Irel.¡± King Eremus said sadly.


    ¡°My friend is gone just like that? We talked to each other on the phonest night. Why is the killer bent on killing only Princesses, what is his or her aim in doing this? Why Irel, why her?¡± Princess Elena asked no one in particr.


    ¡°I said I should inform you of her death my dear so you will be more careful from now onwards, we don¡¯t know who the assassin¡¯s next target is.¡± King Eremus said and left his daughter¡¯s room.


    Princess Elena is a very beautiful 20 year olddy. Her hair was mercury-purple and it tumbled over her shoulders and reached her waist. She had sharine sweet lips. They were blossoms so soft that a guy would love to have a taste. She had a cheerful character and that was what made almost all the princesses want to be her friend. She also had a shapely figure that beat all the Princesses, but she makes sure she always wears oversized clothes to cover her shape. And her eyes were rapture-purple eyes like her hair, oddly.


    Purple eyes?


    No one knows about it except her father and mother. She normally wears blue contacts over her purple eyeballs.


    She stood up from her bed and walked over to her room window. Looking across the horizon. Their pce was located at the far end of the Kingdom.


    Elena ponders why someone will wake up one day and start killing princesses. Irel will make it the 10th princesses who had died under this strange assassin.


    If the killeres for her any day, she won¡¯t go down without a flight. Her father had seen to it that she was properly trained well by the strongest Knight in the Kingdom.


    Irel, such a beautiful soul was gone just like that.


    Elena cried for her dead friend.


    ****


    8pm:


    Somewhere far away in France, the moans of ady could be heard in a hotel room as she cried softly.


    ¡°Ha. rd. er, Eric, give it to me.¡±


    The hard pping of skins could be heard more clearly. As the handsome guy with midnight ck hair fuck thedy to oblivion. He tilted thedy¡¯s neck to one side of the bed and sank his fangs into her neck, drinking her blood in arge gulp as he thrust into her harder than before.


    He growled slowly and release inside of her.


    Thedy who was weak from the blood he drank from her body smiled weakly at him.


    ¡°You will not remember me or having sex with me. You came here drunk by yourself,¡± the handsome guy said as he hypothesized thedy on the bed. His dark eyes shed gold.


    Thedy nodded weakly.


    ¡°Now sleep and forget about tonight.¡± He ordered.


    Thedy did as she was told. She slept off immediately.


    He came down from the bed, wore his clothes, dropped some dors on the table for thedy to use once she woke up and left the hotel room. Using his hood to cover his face.


    Leaving the expensive Hotel, the girls around the hotel started drooling for his hot body as he walked past them and walked towards his Bugatti Veyron EB 16. 4.


    He entered his car and drove off going towards his destination.


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    Somewhere not too far from the hotel in another hotel, a cheaper one.


    In one of the upied rooms, a young man whose face was covered was seen cleaning his des as he awaits for the clock to move. Just one more hour.


    He has another Princess to kill tonight.

 Chapter 2

    KILLING THE PRINCESS:


    It was 10pm sharp when the assassin left the hotel room.


    As he entered the reception room, everything and everyone seemed to stop as they all stared at him, some in lustful stares, others in wonder. He was all dressed in ck and carried a small box in his hand, his two hands were in ck hand gloves. His hair was tied in a ponytail and was extremely long.


    How could a man be this beautiful and have silver shiny hair which was longer than ady¡¯s own? Who had created this beautiful human whom they think deserves to live in a better ce and not amongst them.


    That seems to be the thought of everyone in the reception room.


    Going straight to meet the receptionist he gave her his room key and sent a tiny smile towards her direction. The receptionist nearly fainted when she saw the smile.


    ¡°I will be back soon Mary.¡± The man said his deep baritone voice causing the receptionist to be aroused and feeling wet all of a sudden.


    ¡°Okay sir.¡± Mary said, staring and getting lost in his deep silver eyes that matched his hair.


    ¡°It¡¯s Adam not Sir Mary.¡± The man supplied the fake name he had used in booking his room.


    Mary smiled seductively at him and replied to him. ¡°Okay Adam.¡± She said with a sexy voice and winked at him. ¡°Do you want to see me tonight after your return? In your room to have me all to yourself?¡± She added ignoring those around her as she pointed to her big cleavage which she opened a little bit by the time she had finished her statements. She was a beautifuldy and has the shape of eight(8) that guys would love to date her.


    How pathetic. Is this how humans behave? Well he wasn¡¯t going to reject her offer, he was a man with needs after all.


    The silver haired man thought and forced himself to smile at her seductive gesture and bend his head down to whisper in her ears so that only she could hear.


    ¡°I will see you then Mary hopefully naked like the day you were born in my bed when I return.¡±


    He left with that and didn¡¯t wait to see Mary¡¯s face filled with red as she blushed. Thank goodness she shot her shot and it hit the target. Nobody can reject her offer, not with this kind of body she has.


    Oh, she can¡¯t wait to finish her shift and go to his hotel room number and wait for him to return.


    Adam (fake name) came out of the hotel and started walking towards his right. Contemting changing in mid-stride or not, Adam (fake name) nced around the busy sidewalk. It was a myth that Shadow Chasers couldn¡¯t change in the presence of any light. He could vanish into a thick cloud of ck shadows, right now, if he really wanted to change. Commanding the darkness was in his blood. He could, but there were too many curious eyes watching him right now as if this was the first time they were seeing the sun. Hepletely ignored their look and continued his walk.


    Direct sunlight, on the other hand, would make it impossible for him to change. The sun trapped him in his form, but here, under the dim twinkling lights of the city night, he could change into his dark shadow.


    People shouted at each other during their meaningless discussion. A dog barked inside his cage as he passed it. Somewhere in the confusion, a car horn red. Sparkles of light, from the millions of electric bulbs lining the city streets, reflected off ss and metal. The fall evening air had a slight nip to it, yet that didn¡¯t keep these crazy city people at home as they roamed about without any fear.


    He had an appointment to catch up with.


    Rushing into the empty alleyway a few metres away from the hotel, Adam (fake name)manded every shadow to him. The darkness gave him an advantage. He loved the feel of the shadows pulsing through his veins. He changed into an ominous ck mist of shadow and stered the wall, he started moving faster as he only passed where the city streets light wasn¡¯t touching.


    The shadows.


    %%%% The Demon¡¯s Princess %%%%


    He came out of a huge tall building and straightened his clothes, his small box was in the shadows. Pulling out a mask from one of his pockets, he wore it.


    His shiny hair was reced with dark shiny hair, his face was now filled with red tiny freckles.


    He was a different person now. Though his new face was handsome. Hemanded darkness and his silver eyes were reced and turned into midnight eyeballs.


    He made his way to the front gate of the building and pressed the gatebell.


    A man in white uniform opened the gate after he had looked through his security cameras to see who it was.


    ¡°Good evening Sire, Princess Joanna has been expecting your arrival.¡± The guard said as he opened the smaller gate for the handsome man to enter.


    ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Looking around the mansion with interest, he noticed about 40 guards stationed in different sectors of the pce to keep an eye out on the assassin. He could clearly see their guns and swords all already to strike. He smirked and allowed himself to be led inside the pce, a pce he knew in and out like the back of his palm.


    Fools.


    Another guard opened the door of the pce for him and the one who had opened the Gate.


    They entered inside the Mansion.


    Everything inside the house was decorated with expensive rich taste.


    They entered the sitting room and Adam (fake name) smiled at the faces he saw.


    All the royal family were present.


    Princess Joanna stood up from her seat and went to meet him, she hugged him tightly and faced her parents.


    ¡°Mum, dad, this is my boyfriend Adam. And Adam, these are my parents.¡± Princess Joanna said excitedly as she introduced her boyfriend.


    ¡°You are quite a handsome, good-looking young man. Now I know why my daughter couldn¡¯t stop talking about how cute you are.¡± Queen Grace said to the young man with a smile.


    ¡°Thank you, my Queen.¡± Adam (fake name) thanked.


    ¡°Mum, you shouldn¡¯t have said this in his presence.¡± Princess Joanna said, giving her mother a yful re.


    ¡°What, he needs to know how you only talk about him and nothing else, plus he is a very handsome one.¡± Queen Grace defended herself.


    ¡°It¡¯s good to see the man who my daughter can¡¯t stop talking about.¡± King Philip said with a warm smile.


    ¡°Thank you My King.¡±


    ¡°Come and sit with us, we thought you were no longering.¡± King Philip said as he and his wife went towards the elegant ss table and silver wood chair made from the most expensive woods in France.


    On the table were fried rice, sd, chickens, juice and fruits.


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t disappoint your beautiful daughter, my King.¡± Adam said following the King as Princess Joanna glue to his muscr body. Those words seem to dly touch King Philip¡¯s heart.


    The men¡¯s servants there pulled four chairs out for them which they sat on.


    ¡°So my daughter told me how she met you one rainy day when one of her car tyres leaked and you helped her to fix it. That single act of yours made me want to meet you to thank you for helping my daughter who was alone in the heavy pouring rain.¡± King Philip said in open admiration of his son-inw to be.


    ¡°I could not stop myself from helping the beautiful strandeddy in the rain. My parents taught me well, my King.¡± Adam (fake name) said sweetly looking at the Princess with love.


    He was so good at acting.


    He had monitored his next kill movements and was the one who had leaked one of the tyres of her car when she had visited a friend of hers and was about to head home. He knew fully well that it was going to rain that day, in fact he was the one who had made it rain heavily and had disconnected thework in the city to prevent the princess from reaching out to the pce mechanic.


    He also knew she would being out alone, so he pretended toe to her aid and helped change the tyre with the spare one he saw at the back of her car booth.


    Their love story started from there¡­. How ironic that she will die by his hands tonight.


    Princess Joanna blushes under his stares.


    ¡°Let¡¯s eat and enjoy ourselves then.¡± King Philip said and lifted up his ss filled with red wine promoting the other three to lift up their ss cup. ¡°To a long life and good health.¡± He added.


    ¡°To a long life and good health.¡± Princess Joanna and her mother said together.


    ¡°To a long life and good health.¡± Adam (fake name) said softly and drank the wine in one gulp.


    It is going to be a long night.


    ___ The Demon¡¯s Princess___


    Adam wasying on the bed of the princess as Joanna ced her head on his chest. He was not asleep and so was Joanna.


    The room was dark and the only light in the room was the bright rays of the moon.


    The whole Pce inhabited are asleep except for the guards he saw outside.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you make me feel like a woman Adam?¡± Princess Joanna asked softly. ¡°My parents really love you, they have approved of our rtionship and will likely get us married. I see no reason why you won¡¯t touch me now.¡± She added as turn her head a little to look at him straight into his dark eyes.


    Adam smiled. ¡°Not now my princess, I have told you I will make love to you when it is the night of our wedding.¡± Adam lied. He had no intention of sleeping with her.


    He couldn¡¯t touch her because she is a Princess and one of the rules given to him before he embarked on this journey was not to sleep with anyone who is a Princess.


    ¡°So when are you going to propose to me my love?¡± Princess Joanna asked.


    ¡°Tr¨¨s vite mon amour.¡± He replied in French which means ¡®Very soon my love¡¯.


    ¡°Oh, I can¡¯t wait to be your wife for life.¡± Princess Joanna said happily.


    ¡°Me too amour (love).¡± Adam said and ced a gentle kiss on her forehead.


    Princess Joanna smiled at that gesture and breathed a sigh of relief.


    ¡°My princess.¡±


    ¡°Hmm.¡±


    ¡°If today were to be yourst day on earth, who are you going to spend the rest of your time?¡± Adam asked.


    ¡°I would like to spend myst day on earth with you, staring at your handsome face as my eyes closed in death, that is if truly today would be minest day.¡± Princess Joanna answered without hesitation.


    ¡°Your wish is mymand, my Princess.¡± Adam said and pushed Joanna very hard on the tile floor.


    ¡°Why did you push me off the bed?¡± Princess Joanna demanded when she stood up from the ground, ignoring the pain in her body from where they made an impact on the ground.


    Leaving the bed, he ces his hand on the dark wall and brings out his little box, opening it he brings out a small sword which fits the box and once it touches his hand, it grows longer.


    All these happened so fast that Princess Joanna only saw her boyfriend with a long sword.


    ¡°What are you doing Adam?¡± Princess Joanna asked fearfully as he approached her.


    ¡°Doing as you wish, my Princess.¡± He answered and raised the sword up.


    Before Princess Joanna could scream for help, he had sliceda the sword through her stomach, nearly cutting her into two.


    Before her body would touch the ground, he caught her and carried her to her bed dropping her gently.


    ¡°Y-you are t-he ki-kille¡­¡±


    ¡°Killer? I am the killer.¡± Adam said, confirming the dying Princess¡¯s suspicion. ¡°And I am doing yourst wish. You are staring at my handsome face while you die.¡±


    He opened the box on the bed and brought out an empty bottle, he ced it inside the Princess mouth forcing it to go inside and begin to chant.


    Her soul left her body and entered the body, he collected the bottle and locked it up. Her once beautiful skin was crumbled and wrinkled.


    She died staring at his face.


    He removed the fake face he wore and cleared his throat, a Demon appeared next to him. They were the same height and had the same body structure.


    He gave the face to the Demon who wore it. The demon went over to bed andy on it. Adam punches the Demon hard and slices his stomach a little. This will show he was attacked by whosoever that killed the princess.


    The demon will have to stay until the Princess is buried and that he will leave.


    Taking the box, hemanded the shadows surrounding them toe to him and once again he changed into an ominous ck mist of shadow and left the mansion.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    He could hear the scream of the Demon who was pretending to be Adam.


    Reaching his hotel room, the sight that met him was weing. Closing the door behind him he stares at thedy on his bed lustfully.


    Mary was in his bed with her legs wide o*pen and was n@ked like he had told her too.


    Wow, this night is so good for me.


    He thought and quickly removed all his clothes to join her in bed.


    He was going to bed her all night long.

 Chapter 3

    HIS NEXT TARGET:


    With that thought in mind he climbed the bed.


    ¡°So you waited for me this long?¡± He asked in his deep sexy husky voice as he entered between her opened legs. He started caressing and rubbing her thighs slowly.


    ¡°Why won¡¯t I amour (love). I wouldn¡¯t allow this opportunity to pass me by. Is not everyday you see a beautiful guy like yourself in a woman¡¯s bed. I am one luckydy.¡± Mary answered with a wink.


    Trailing his hot tongue from her navel to her neck, ignoring the two er. ect pink ni. pp. les in front of him.


    Heat rose from Mary¡¯s stomach to her chest. Adam¡¯s lips were getting closer to her lips and her heart decided to skip a beat, the smell of him hypnotic beyond reason. She parted her lips and felt him washing over like a wave of warmth, curling her toes, unfurling all her senses as the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts. Her whole body tingled, the feel of his frame leaning on hers as his arms wrapped around her felt nearly forbidden. He pulled her in, iming her mouth again, hungry and intense.


    ~~~~~~


    He slid out from her and stood up from the bed.


    ¡°That was the best f*uck ever.¡± Mary began using the bedsheets which weren¡¯t covered in their cums to cover her n@ked body. She watches as he moves around the room butt n@ked. ¡°So when are we doing this again, le mien sexy (my sexy one)?¡± She asked sweetly with a sexy smile.


    ¡°It¡¯s not happening, you got what you want so pick yourself and get out of my room.¡± Adam said coldly going towards the bathroom with the box in his hands.


    The smile faded to be reced with a frown. ¡°I don¡¯t get you Adam, don¡¯t you want to have my sexy body again?¡±


    ¡°Thank you but no, this is just a one off thing, nothing serious attached to it.¡± Adam replied to her and opened the door that leads to the bathroom. ¡°I am going to take a long shower now and hopefully before I am done, I won¡¯t be seeing you. You know what that means Mary, so fuck yourself out of my room before I finish my shower.¡±


    ¡°You are so mean.¡± Mary said angrily.


    ¡°Well you should know that I was only interested in fucking you which I did when you offer yourself to me, plus I am no longer interested in you. So do the needful before I am out.¡± He told her with his sexy smile and entered the bathroom locking the door behind him.


    ********


    Parking his Bugatti in his car garage where all different types of cars were packed. He came out of his car and entered the big mansion.


    Hepletely ignored the greetings of the servants he saw as he walked towards the golden staircase made of purely gold when a woman¡¯s voice stopped him.


    ¡°Where have you been Julian?¡±


    Taking a deep breath, he turned towards the direction of the voice and smiled. He saw she was not alone. ¡°Hey Mom, Hi Dad. Why are you still awake by this time of the night?¡± He asked, pretending not to hear his mother¡¯s question.


    ¡°That was not the right answer son. Where have you been?¡± Julian Father, Robert, demanded. Robert, a dark-haired handsome striking middle-aged man who is fast approaching 50 stares at his son waiting for answers. He was tall 6¡¯1 and a human. Robert was sinking rich.


    ¡°Father I went to see a friend of mine.¡± Julian answered.


    ¡°When you say a friend you meandies and you give them different names?¡± Rose, Julian¡¯s mother asked. She was a very beautiful young woman with red hair who was often mistaken as Julian¡¯s sister. She was a full Leopard and a Vampire who had met Robert and fell in love with him. They got married three yearster and have been together ever since then.


    Julian only inherited his father¡¯s hair and height, the rest of his handsome features were gotten from his beautiful mother.


    And also her gene. He was a half vampire and Leopard which made him a hybrid. But he was partly human just like his father. He was their only son and child.


    ¡°Yes mum, I went to see ady, are you now satisfied?¡± Julian asked.


    ¡°Yes, I have no business with whosoever it is you are sleeping with but I want you to be careful so that you won¡¯t reveal your secret.¡± Rose said.


    ¡°I am always careful, mum, you don¡¯t have to remember me everyday of my life.¡± Julian said. ¡°Good night dad, goodnight mum.¡± He climbed the stairs heading straight for his room without waiting for their response.


    ********


    Hotel Room:


    He could hear the soft footsteps of Mary as she wore her clothes back and went out of the room swearing under her breath, he heard her but chose to ignore the cuss words.


    He then off the bathroom light bringing it to total darkness. He could see very well in the light.


    He opened the box and brought out the bottle that held the soul of Princess Joanna.


    Though he felt guilty for killing her and the other princesses he has also killed, but he has to do it. To bring his dead beloved wife in the Demon realm back to life. Hades has told him it was the only way his wife coulde back to life. He has no other option than to do it. He loves his wife with all his whole being.


    Taking a few deep breaths, he summoned his Shadows which surrounded him quickly, making a circle gesture with his index finger the shadows quickly formed a dark portal.


    A man¡¯s face was seen, his eyes were filled with darkness and evil. Two horns were seen on his forehead. He was Hades.


    ¡°Did you get the Princess soul?¡± Hades demanded.


    ¡°Yes Hades, I did.¡± He answered and unlocked the bottle and the soul in it slowly came out of the bottle, it went straight to the portal and Hades caught it with his bare hand.


    ¡°You did a good job.¡± Hades said, smiling.


    ¡°I hope this will be thest one. I am killing Hades, I have already killed over fifteen (15) Princesses since I entered the human realm and I don¡¯t feel like doing it again.¡± Adam (Fake name) said.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    ¡°Demon.¡± Hades begins with the silver man¡¯s real name. ¡°it is still not enough, only a few more to go and it will be enough to wake up your dead wife.¡± Hades added.


    ¡°Okay, so who is the next Princess I am going to kill?¡± Demon asked.


    ¡°Your next target is the Princess of Eras Kingdom and goes by the name Elena.¡± Hades supplies.

 Chapter 4

    KING EREMUS PLAN:


    ¡°Princess Elena of Eras Kingdom?¡± Demon asked and Hades nodded his head. ¡°I haven¡¯t heard of such a kingdom before.¡± He added after a thought.


    ¡°So as the rest of the Kingdoms you killed their princesses, you didn¡¯t know of their existence before.¡± Hades said. ¡°I have got to go now, go to Eras Kingdom and kill the princess and get me her soul.¡± With that the shadows that created the dark portal quickly disperse and went back to the dark wall.


    Demon quickly took his bath and went to bed. Changing the bedsheets he use in fucking Mary with the extra one kept in the room.


    He didn¡¯t sleep though, rather he brought out his phone and Google out the Kingdom name.


    Google disyed everything about the Kingdom and when he tried to find the pictures of Elena, he couldn¡¯t. He could see the King, thete Queen and their second daughter, but no Elena.


    Princess Elena has no picture of her in Google.


    Dropping his phone, he started arranging his things he would need in going to Eras Kingdom and find a way to be friends with the Princess.


    Or better still enter the pce like the deadly ninja Demon he is and y the princess.


    He chose theter one.


    ****


    ERAS KINGDOM:


    Princess Elena woke up to the sound of a knock on her room door. Getting up from bed, she went to open the door and saw her younger sister, Eva.


    ¡°Good morning sister.¡± Eva greeted and invited herself in. She was two years younger than her elder sister, 18 years. Like her elder sister, Eva was beautiful and curvy. She is of average height. Her long blonde hair matches with her sea blue eyes. While Elena has the resemnce of theirte great grandmother, she on the other hand has the resemnce of both her parents.


    ¡°Morning Eva, what are you doing here, don¡¯t you have school to attend too today?¡± Elena asked as she closed her room door. At times her sister is just like toxic to her.


    ¡°I am not going to school for now.¡± Eva said brightly.


    ¡°Why won¡¯t you be going to school? Does your father know you are home?¡± Elena asked.


    ¡°As a matter of fact he does and that is why I am here. He sent me to call you.¡± Eva responded.


    ¡°Alright you can go, I will join you allter after I have taken my bath.¡±This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    ¡°Oh don¡¯t worry, I will wait for you. Father specifically told me you should follow me when I aming to meet him.¡±


    ¡°Suit yourself then.¡± Elena said and entered her bathroom.


    30 minutester¡­


    Elena and Eva met their father at the dining table with two young other girls who looked like their age respectively.


    Greeting their father, they both took a seat.


    ¡°Eva said you are calling me father.¡±


    ¡°Yes Elena. Princess Joanna was murderedst night by the same assassin.¡± King Eremus said.


    ¡°What is really going on? What did Joanna ever do to deserve this? Why is the killer killing all Princesses?¡± Princess Elena questions no one.


    ¡°I don¡¯t really know why the assassin chose to only kill a Princess, every first born Princess is his target.¡± King Eremus said. ¡°So I havee up with a n which none of you have a say in this.¡±


    ¡°What n, father?¡± Princess Elena asked.


    ¡°You and your sister will be going to France, somewhere in Paris to stay with a distant aunt of mine who is from my father¡¯s side.¡± Eremus revealed his n.


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    Two ¡®what¡¯ greeted King Eremus ears. ¡°Yes my beloved daughters. Can¡¯t you see the assassin is only killing every first born Princesses. Whoever it is, his next target might be you Elena. Even though you are strong, think about how a single ninja sessfully killed princess Joanna when over Forty guards were stationed in the pce? Whoever the assassin is, I don¡¯t think they are ordinary or he or she works for someone who is giving them the information needed with each Princess.¡± King Eremus exined.


    ¡°So you are sending us away to some distant rtive of yours because of a mad person who thinks killing Princesses are fun.¡± Princess Elena said. ¡°What about Eva school? Will she start a new school there in our now known aunt?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Yes, but you see, you will join her in high school and watch over her like a mother hen.¡±


    ¡°So I will be repeating high school again?¡±


    ¡°Yes my dear, though you and your kid sister won¡¯t be in the same ss.¡± King Eremus said and saw the look on Elena¡¯s face. ¡°I know it¡¯s hard to take in, but please for the safety of your sister and yourself, please ept it.¡±


    ¡°Fine I will go.¡±


    ¡°Thank you my dearest.¡±


    ¡°So father when are weing back home when we go to Paris?¡± Eva asks


    ¡°Whenever the culprit is caught that is when it will be safe toe home.¡± King Eremus answered. ¡°Oh and one more thing Elena, once you are in France, in your aunt¡¯s house, you are just ordinary people to the world. And Eva, since people know you a little bit, you will always be in a hoodie.¡±


    They nodded their heads.


    ¡°Why are these two young girls here father?¡± Princess Elena demanded.


    ¡°Oh, once you have gone to Parister today, the taller one will pretend to be you and the smaller one will be Eva. They are the best sword fighters in the whole Eras Kingdom and the City atrge.¡± King Eremus said smiling. ¡°Whoever the killer is, will be caught when he least expected it.¡± He added.


    ¡°Okay father, when are we leaving for Paris?¡±


    ¡°Today, so go and get all your bags and things ready, the private jet will take you to Paris when a car will be waiting for you two.¡±


    Excusing themselves, they left the dining table.


    ****


    HADES ABODE:


    Hades was seen pacing around in his small environment.


    ¡°How is it going with Demon?¡± A woman¡¯s voice was heard asking.


    ¡°Well, our n is working perfectly well. Demon doesn¡¯t suspect a thing.¡±


    ¡°Elena will be the one toplete the ritual.¡± The woman¡¯s voice was heard again.


    ¡°Yeah, I know. I just hope the girl doesn¡¯t find out who she really is or that she holds a very powerful power in her which is still hidden.¡± Hades said.

 Chapter 5

    MOVING AWAY:


    ¡°She won¡¯t remember Hades and ask Demon to hurry up and kill the princess, do not let him know she is thest one.¡± Thedy¡¯s voice was heard again.


    ¡°I am not a fool to tell him.¡± Hades said almost angrily.


    ¡°I know that Hades, I am just saying that you shoul-¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s enough!¡± Hades yelled at the woman. ¡°Leave my presence right now.¡± He ordered. Thedy left.


    ****


    ERAS KINGDOM:


    Elena was seen packing her clothes inside a bag that belongs to her.


    Why can¡¯t she stay and fight the assassin? She thought.


    A knock sounded on her door breaking off her thoughts.


    ¡°I am almost done.¡± She shouted to whoever was behind the door and she heard the retreating feet of the person.


    Taking a deep breath she took a look at her room for thest time, carried her bag, opened the door and walked towards the living room.


    She stopped at a huge portrait of herte mother. For some reasons, her face was hidden. Her mother¡¯s face was facing the other side of the wall and her purple long hair was facing the camera.


    Strange isn¡¯t it? And that was the only picture she took with her father before her sudden disappearance. She had often asked her father the whereabouts of her mother which he always replied: ¡°Elena, the time has not yete for you to know who your mother is. You will get to know her but not now. Even though she is not here with us, know that she is always watching over you and me.¡±


    That¡¯s it. Her father forbids her from speaking of her mother.


    The only thing she got from her mother was the diamond purple ne in her neck which has a locket that was locked.


    The locket has a key but no one, not even her father, knows where the key is.


    Eva was her step sister. Her father got married to her mother who died at childbirth. Although they were not of the same mother, they acted like one mother gave birth to them.


    She heard voices outside and followed it.


    Opening the door that leads to thepound, she saw her sister talking with her father beside the SUV Jeep that will take them to where their private jet is. They both nce up to stare at her as she walks towards their direction.


    The driver collected the box from Elena and ced it in the car booth before going to sit down inside the Jeep waiting for the Princesses.


    ¡°Are you sure this is all you will want?¡± King Eras asked his daughter with a raised brow.


    ¡°Yes father, I packed whatever I needed and if I need anything else I will buy it and won¡¯t disturb you.¡± Elena answered her father with a sigh.


    ¡°Okay, my dear, suit yourself but do not forget to call me when you are out of cash.¡± King Eras reminded.


    ¡°I will father.¡± Elena said hugging him tightly. Eva hugged him also when it got to her turn.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to hide your identities for now until the culprit is caught. Once my n works I will send for the both of you back and you will live your normal life again. Elena I trust you will look after your younger sister from now henceforth and Eva, try to listen to your elder sister and look after her too.¡± King Eras told his two beautiful daughters. ¡°Safe journey, call me once you get to your aunt¡¯s house. And one more thing, be nice to her.¡± He added.


    ¡°Okay father. Take care.¡± Both girls said the same thing at the same time. Eva went to the other side of the car, opened it and entered, once she was sittingfy, she jammed the door.


    Elena wanted to open the other side of the car which she and her father was, when his hands stopped her.


    ¡°I know you don¡¯t like this arrangement my dear but I need you safe. We don¡¯t know who the next target is and that is why I want you far away from this kingdom where no one will suspect you are royalty.¡±


    ¡°I understand father and I am not angry at your decisions. We have to go, see you when we meet again.¡± Elena said, opening the door and going in. The girls wave their father goodbyes as the car sped out of thepound to the jet.


    Thirty minutester, the girls were inside a white private jet which was sent to go.


    Soon enough the jet hit the sky.


    Goodbye Eras.


    Elena thought looking through the window as her kingdom grew smaller and smaller until she couldn¡¯t see it again.


    ****


    Demon nended in Eras, he took a cab and told the driver which hotel to take him too. He had browsed about the Kingdom and everything in it so he wouldn¡¯t act like a novice.


    Paying the cab and collecting his luggage. He entered the cheapest hotel in Eras Kingdom, he had also browsed about that. He doesn¡¯t love showing people how rich he is.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Ignoring the looks sent in his direction, Demon walked straight to the receptionist and booked a room.


    ¡°How many days sir?¡± The receptionist asked, winking at him.


    ¡°Two days, today and tomorrow.¡± Demon answered smiling at thedy who gave him the key to the vacant room.


    Saying his thanks, he left the receptionist who stared at his back lustfully.


    Entering his hotel room he began preparing for tonight.


    ****


    Stepping out of the Jet, a cab was already waiting for them which had been arranged by their father.


    They were in Paris.


    Paris the City Of Love. Elena thought.


    Entering the cab, the car drove off towards a direction.


    One hourter, the cab pulled up to a small bungalow.


    A ugly looking bungalow.


    Coming down from the car, the driver went to knock on the door which was opened immediately by an elderly woman who is between the age of 55 to 60 but if you stare at her well you will think she is younger than that.


    Thanking the cab driver, she faces the two girls and beckons them toe. Going to meet her as the cab driver took out their luggage.


    ¡°You must be Elena and Eva right?¡± The elderly woman asked pointing at them correctly as she called out their names respectively.


    Elena and Eva both nodded their head and the olddy smiled.


    ¡°I have been expecting you both since. Take your bags from the man ande inside with me.¡± She told them and entered her house without waiting for a reply.


    ¡°I hope she isn¡¯t the rude type.¡± Eva muttered as she and Elena collected their bags from the driver, saying their thanks. They went in shutting the door behind them.


    The house surprisingly looks clean and new on the inside. Elena and Eva were surprised.


    ¡°I was still cleaning the two empty rooms I have and am still not through, drop your bags on the floor where you stand ande and join hands in cleaning the rooms.¡± The elderly woman said to them. ¡°My name is Jess but you can call me auntie since I am your distant auntie anyway.¡± She added and waited for them to drop their bags before leading them to the rooms. ¡°You clean up from where I stop while I go and inform your father you have reached.¡±


    For the rest of the day till it became dark, Elena and Eva scrub and clean the rooms. Once they¡¯re done, they went back to the sitting room and collected their bags both entering the rooms they¡¯d chosen for themselves respectively.


    The house was oddly quiet and they didn¡¯t see any sign of their auntie.


    Copsing on her bed, Elena slept off. She was very weak and tried to take her bath and change her clothes into her night clothes.


    *****


    The time was 11 when shadows were seening out from a window in a hotel and was moving fast to the house of the next victim.


    Entering the pce was easy, too easy he must say as the shadows made their way inside the pce. The Shadows entered through a window and Demon stepped out of the shadows with his long sword and walked towards the bed.


    The youngest Princess was foolish enough to describe the pce in one of her posts and also describe where her elder sister chamber was located.


    Seeing the sleeping girl in the bed, he felt this wasn¡¯t the princess he was looking for. And this isn¡¯t the youngest Princess, he knows how Eva looks. He hasn¡¯t seen the picture of Elena so technically the girl sleeping on the bed is Princess Elena. But again, those feelings of wrongness came again.


    He pushed those thoughts out of his mind and focused on the matter at hand.


    Kill the Princess.


    Were his thought and he raised his sword up and brought it down to strike.


    Another sword intervened and pushed the sword out of the sleeping person¡¯s face.


    The one pretending to sleep stood up from the bed and brought out her long sword she kept under the bed.


    ¡°We caught you assassin.¡± The one who had blocked his sword said.


    Demon stared at their fighting stance and knew they were highly trained Ninja¡¯s.


    ¡°Where is the Princess?¡± He demanded.


    Good thing they were Ninja¡¯s, it has been long he fought.

 Chapter 6

    HADES CHANGE OF PLAN:


    Demon noticed the other one who blocked his sword was ady also.


    Two Ninjas Ladies, King Eramus really nned it. A genius King.


    The one who he saw on the bed snorted loudly at his question. ¡°She is far away somewhere in Paris where you will never find her.¡± She replied to his question.


    Demon smiled behind his mask. At least he got to know where Elena will be.


    ¡°L (a name which she was called once they are in operation) you weren¡¯t supposed to tell him know the whereabouts of the Princess.¡± The otherdy hissed the words to herrade angrily. ¡°Don¡¯t you know how to shut your mouth up when it¡¯s needed.¡± She added watching the assassin every movement.


    ¡°Oh sis, don¡¯t worry about it, you worry over nothing. He won¡¯t be able to live and trace the Princess even if he wants too. He dies today, tonight.¡± The otherdy who pretended as the Princess said in so much confidence.


    Their eyesight was good as the three of them could clearly see in the dark.


    ¡°I do note for any one of you so if you truly want to live, leave here while you can.¡± Demon warned dangerously.


    ¡°We are not easily scared off, assassins. We were highly trained by professionals and running isn¡¯t in our genes. We fight till thest drop of blood.¡± Thedy who pretended as the Princess said and dash forward moving fast raising her sword up in the process bringing it down to strike him.


    One thing about ninjas is that they have been trained to move quickly.


    Demon changed into his shadows and entered the dark wall. The girl may be fast but to him, in his eyes, she was slow.


    Her sword met the air. She quickly turned around looking around the room.


    Where did the assassin go?


    She thought as her sister backed her up, each turning to face the other each side of the room carefully.


    ¡°We are all trained Ninjas but unlike you I am a bit different.¡± Demon voice was heard but he wasn¡¯t seen.


    ¡°Come out wherever you are and face us like a true Ninja would.¡± One of thedies shouted. ¡°Unless you are afraid of getting beaten bydies.¡± She added being alert of her surroundings.


    Demon chuckled darkly.


    ¡°Seriously I would have cut you two into pieces but I am still giving you a chance to run away.¡± He said after a while.


    Bothdies spit to the ground at the same time as if they havemunicated through their minds. ¡°We told you we don¡¯t run away from the face of a fight. Don¡¯t be so sure of yourself assassin.¡± The one pretending to be the Princess said.


    ¡°Okay then, I tried warning you both but like always, Ninjas doesn¡¯t listen to the voice of wisdom.¡± Demon said and came out of the shadows.


    Seeing the assassin they dash forward together this time around.


    Demon didn¡¯t disappear like he did the first time, he moved passed thedies middle and stopped, his back facing their backs. His moves were so fast that thedies didn¡¯t know when he passed them to the other side of the room.


    Halting almost together, they realised to their utmost horror that their hands holding their swords respectively have been cut off. Both of their hands were cut.


    The one on a Ninja clothes saw blooding out from the other one head, who pretended to be the Princess, and before she could point out her attention to it. Her head opened into two followed by her body which was cut into pieces.


    The one who pretended to be the Princess fell down with a heavy thud, stone dead, cut into many pieces.


    How did he manage to do that?


    The remainingdy ninja thought as she turned around to look at the assassin who turned to look at her at the same moment.


    Dark Shadows starteding out from every corner of the dark room as they surrounded Demon.


    ¡°I am not just a Ninja, I am a Shadow Samurai.¡± Demon said as some shadows went to his hand forming a ball and he raised his hand up, ready to throw the dark shadow ball at her. ¡°All these wouldn¡¯t have happened if you and your sister had just listened and run like I told you to. Toote for that now Ninja.¡± He added his silver eyes shiny.


    The ninja was losing blood and she wondered why the King and the guards hadn¡¯t showed up yet.


    She closed her eyes and weed her death but the suddenughter from Demon prompted her to open her eyes.


    ¡°I won¡¯t kill you, just let the King know that I am not dead like he nned.¡± Demon said as the dark shadow ball in his hand dispersed quickly. ¡°And thanks to your sister for giving me the information about the whereabouts of the Princess.¡± He added gesturing with his head to the pieces of the dead ninja.


    The Ninjady breathed the breath she didn¡¯t know she was holding. ¡°Is that all you want? To tell King Eramus that his n to kill you failed woefully?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Yeah but not only that. Where exactly is the Princess?¡± Demon demanded and when he saw no answer was forting he chuckled. ¡°You¡¯d better answer my question or you will join your sister, your death will be more painful than her because I will dismember your whole body making sure you are still alive to go through such pains.¡± He added with seriousness.


    ¡°In Paris, she is somewhere in Paris and ns on going to school with her younger sister in her aunty house. That is all I know.¡± She scrambles out quickly.


    ¡°Good that you cooperated.¡± Demon said pleased with her answers. ¡°Scream loudly in fear, Now!¡± Hemanded.


    The Ninja screamed out loudly in fear.


    Demon disappeared in the shadows on the wall as the door to the room opened to reveal King Eramus and his plenty of guards entering the chambers.


    King Eramus has to hold his vomit that was threatening toe out when he saw the mess in the room. He seeded in controlling the urge to vomit and face the only surviving Ninja who some of his men are trying to stop the blood from rushing out from what is left of her arms.


    ¡°What happened, how did this happen?¡± King Eremus asked.


    ¡°He was fast my King, super fast we couldn¡¯t defeat him.¡± She replied weakly.


    ¡°Did you manage to see his face? Or perhaps know his name?¡± He asked.


    ¡°We couldn¡¯t see his face, my King.¡± She managed to say. ¡°But he called himself a Shadow Samurai, he moves in the shadows.¡± She added then her eyes widened as realisation came to her. ¡°On the light right now.¡±


    Before she could even finish her statement, her head was cut off from her body making blood to sh on the King and those around her.


    ¡°On the lights NOW!¡± King Eramus ordered and one of the guards quickly put on the lights in the Princess room.


    Looking around them, the room seemed normal but what the Ninja had said was stuck to his heart.


    A shadow Samurai? And this shadow Samurai moves in the shadows. No wonder he couldn¡¯t be caught.


    King Eremus thought. ¡°Clean up this mess and the room. I have to inform their master of their failed mission and death.¡± He ordered and walked out of the room to make the call, the first thing he would do once it¡¯s morning is to put a call across his daughters. He was right when he said the assassin wille.


    His pce was the next target but luckily for him, he had moved his daughters to a safe ce.


    ****


    The Hotel Room:


    Coming out from the shadows from his booked room, Demon sat down on his bed and felt really bad for killing those two Ninjas. If he hadn¡¯t killed thest Ninja she would have spilled the beans to the King.


    His Shadows disperse whenever they connect with lights that is why he always makes sure his victim¡¯s rooms lights were off.


    Gathering his Shadows which formed as a portal. Hades face was seen.


    ¡°Well Demon I never expected it to be this fast and easy. Did you collect her soul?¡± Hades asked.


    ¡°Not yet Hades, I failed tonight. The King yed a fast on me. He sent his daughters somewhere in Paris to hide and use some Ninjas to trick me.¡± Demon responded. ¡°Though the Ninjas are dead.¡± He added.


    ¡°This is the first time to hear you admit your failure Demon. What else did they tell you?¡± Hades asked. ¡°Did they mention where she might be in Paris?¡± He added.


    ¡°No she did not. That is what I am going to find out myself and she ns on going to school with her younger sister in Paris.¡± Demon replied.


    Hades thought for some minutes beforeing to a conclusion.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°As it hase to this Demon, there is a change of n.¡±


    ¡°Change of n? What change of n?¡± Demon demanded.


    ¡°You will have to go to Paris and register yourself in any of the schools around there. Once in the school, look for Elena¡¯s younger sister, with her you can get to Elena quickly since no one knows her face or how she looks.¡± Hades said out his new n like it was a normal thing to do.


    ¡°I am too old to be among children Hades. Why can¡¯t I just monitor the whole school in Paris in that way I can fetch out Elena¡¯s younger sister.¡± Demon said, suggesting his own part.


    ¡°King Eremus is a wise Demon, he will tell his daughter to disguise themselves unless you don¡¯t want to see your beautiful wife alive.¡±


    Demon gave it a brief thought.


    His wife was important to him. She has been there for him when he was nothing. Going to the human school won¡¯t kill him. He made up his mind, for his wife he would do anything.


    ¡°Fine Hades, I will look for a nice school around Paris to register.¡± Demon said finally.


    ¡°Good Demon, this just shows you truly love your wife.¡± Hades said with a mischievous smile.


    If only Demon knows.

 Chapter 7

    ELENA¡¯S MOTHER:


    Demon smiled at that. ¡°Of course you know I love my wife and I will do anything in my power to make her breathe again. She has sacrificed a lot for me and this is the only way I can repay her.¡± Demon said.


    ¡°Good, don¡¯t lose focus once you are in Paris, get me the princess soul.¡± Hades told him.


    ¡°I have never failed before in my mission Hades and I won¡¯t now.¡± Demon said.


    ¡°I am counting your words on that Demon, talk to youter.¡± Hades said and the shadows disperse.


    He went to the bathroom and pulled out his ck Ninja clothes and quickly took his bath.


    Once he was done, he arranged his Ninja clothes into his bag he brought along with and went toy on the bed.


    He has a long day tomorrow. First going to Paris and secondly, finding out the school his heart would go for. One thing he trusts is his heart. It has saved him many times.


    Closing his eyes, he slept off. Hisst thought before sleep took over was about the princess.


    Why is she hiding her face making his job more difficult for him?


    He slept off with his question unanswered.


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    The morning sun shone on Elena¡¯s face as she scrunched her eyes and turn her back to the sun.


    ¡°Up up sleeping beauty,¡± Jess said as she opened the curtain on the window wide for the sun to touch Elena the more.


    ¡°Give me some minutes auntie,¡± Elena said covering her face and body with her bedsheets.


    ¡°Nope, your father is on the phone, he wants to speak to you. There was an attackst night in the pce, the assassin was there,¡± Jess said knowing that would clear the sleep away from Elena¡¯s eyes.


    What Jess said made Elena to open her eyes and jump out of bed.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡±


    ¡°Talk to your father, he will exin things better than me,¡± Jess said thrusting the phone with her into Elena¡¯s hand and walking out of her room saying. ¡°I am going to wake your sister now.¡±


    cing the phone in her ear she greeted her father and faced the opened window.


    ¡°Good morning father, Auntie Jess just told me something which I am hoping is not true,¡± She said slowly, waiting to hear her father saying it was a prank.


    ¡°Elena I was right after all. The assassin choose my daughter as his next target but he came toote.¡± King Eramus voice was heard at the other end of the phone.


    ¡°So what auntie said is true?¡±


    ¡°Yes, very true. Thank goodness I listened to my instincts to send you and your sister away yesterday if not it would have been a different story for me today,¡± King Eremus said.


    ¡°If I was there father, I would take him down and silence him forever,¡± Elena said. ¡°He should thank his stars, it wasn¡¯t me he met.¡± She added.


    ¡°It is not as easy as you think. He killed two strong Ninjas Elena, he killed those girls.¡± King Eremus said. ¡°If he can kill them what made you think yours is any different? He is a strong killer.¡± He added with seriousness.


    ¡°He? The assassin is a he?¡± Elena asked. The assassin which the kingdoms that are victims of his kills didn¡¯t know what sex he is. Now it is a man.


    ¡°Yes, a man that is killing all the Princesses,¡± King Eremus said in affirmative.


    ¡°How did you know the assassin is a man?¡±


    ¡°One of the girls told me before she was brutally killed in front of me. The assassin is evil and heartless.¡± King Eremus answered.


    ¡°A he¡­ Hmm?¡± Elena mused to herself. ¡°That means he knows them before he kills them.¡± She said.


    ¡°I don¡¯t get you my dear,¡± King Eremus said from the sound of his voice you will know he is confused.


    ¡°It is a puzzle dad which I am not yet sure, but, it¡¯s either he monitored all their movements before killing them or bes friends with them and makes sure they have trust in him before he carries out his killings,¡± Elena said, trying to believe her words. ¡°I haven¡¯t even thought of that before, the assassin cannot be ady because it only targets Princesses and not Princes.¡± She added.


    ¡°I think you are right on that one, I will try to contact the victims he had visited to find out more about the Princesses before they met their untimely death.¡± King Eremus said agreeing with his daughter. ¡°I am happy I spoke to you Elena. How are you and your sister and I hope you both are adapting to your new environment?¡± He asked.


    ¡°We just got here dad so we don¡¯t know yet until we explore and stay a few days before deciding.¡± Elena answered. ¡°Seriously speaking dad, I don¡¯t like this ce one bit.¡± She added.


    ¡°I know you miss home Elena but try to understand the situation at hand, the assassin is very dangerous and seem to be moving in darkness which reminds me, always put your light on every night, tell your sister to put her light her every night in case he changes his mind about going for my second daughter,¡± King Eremus said.


    ¡°Will tell her.¡±


    ¡°I have to go now, send Eva my kisses and hugs. Love you both,¡± King Eremus said and hung up the call.


    She turned away from the window and nearly dropped the phone from her hand to the floor.


    Standing in a corner of the room was her aunty.


    ¡°When did you get in here without me noticing?¡± Elena asked, shocked to her bones.


    How did she enter without making a noise? Is this some sort of magic or what?


    ¡°Few minutes ago after waking up your sister. I walked into your room but you were too busy talking to your father.¡± Jess answered with a shrug. ¡°Follow me now.¡± She added and left the room.


    ¡°Yes auntie.¡± Elena said following her.


    Once she entered the sitting room, she saw Eva seated and was going through her phone.


    ¡°Please sit,¡± Jess said to Elena who sat down as instructed and she took her seat opposite the two sisters. ¡°Drop your phone Eva.¡±


    Eva kept her phone beside her giving Jess her full attention.


    ¡°I would like to wee you once again to my home.¡± Jess began. ¡°Why I called you here is to tell you both you will be starting a new school from tomorrow, I have gone to the school early this morning to register you both.¡± She added. ¡°Elena, your father told me everything so don¡¯t worry about which ss you will be.¡±


    ¡°Thank you auntie,¡± Elena and Eva said together.


    ¡°You are wee, let me add again that you both will be doing all the house chores in my house until you leave. Elena since you are the eldest you will be cooking and Eva will be watching you cook. This is not your Pce where you wait for your servants to do everything for you.¡± Jess told them.


    Eva groaned and nodded her head.


    ¡°Is that all auntie?¡± Eva asked.


    ¡°For now, yes.¡± Jess replied.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Eva said standing up and leaving the sitting room to her room.


    Elena got up to leave as well when the voice of her aunt stopped her.


    ¡°Oh and Elena least I forget, you look a lot like your mother.¡±


    Stopping in her tracks, she faces the olddy. ¡°What did you say? You know my mother?¡± She asked in shock.


    Jessughed at her silly questions. ¡°Why won¡¯t I know my own sister,¡± Jess said with a smile.


    Elena¡¯s shock state didn¡¯t make her see the white shimmering light which shone briefly in Jess¡¯s eyes.

 Chapter 8

    An Attack From Unknown Ninja¡¯s:


    ¡°You are my mother¡¯s sister?¡± Elena asked, surprised as she looked at Jess. Since Elena hasn¡¯t seen the face of her mother before she couldn¡¯t tell if Jess has a resemnce with her mother or not. But one thing is sure, while her mother has Purple hair like her, this distant auntie of hers she got to know recently has a bright shiny red hair.


    ¡°Yes Elena, I am her elder sister. I remember those days when we promised ourselves we wouldn¡¯t leave each other but in the end, she left.¡± Jess responded to Elena¡¯s question with a sad tone in her voice. ¡°She left us Elena.¡±


    Elena went back to seat not understanding what her aunt meant by ¡®She left us Elena¡¯


    ¡°Auntie can you please borate more on what you mean by that?¡± Elena asked.


    ¡°You won¡¯t understand now Elena but you will get to when the time is ripe.¡± Jess answered getting up to her feet. ¡°For now just focus on your new school you¡¯d be attending from tomorrow and your new environment.¡± She added and made to leave when she was stopped by Elena¡¯s voice.


    ¡°When will the time be ripe auntie? I want to know if my mother is alive or dead, she cannot just disappear one day leaving me and my dad. If she is still alive and out there somewhere I need to know. I need to ask her some questions that have been bugging me since I learnt that she disappeared,¡± Elena said, not knowing that she was raising her voice.


    Jess smiled. ¡°Elena, you will soon get to know the whole truth, I can assure you of that. I don¡¯t want to take you away from the world you know, the world which is normal to you right now. Your mother is a strong woman and I can also tell you are strong too. But know this, your mother chose her own path herself and I hope you will get to choose your right path unlike someone who got astray.¡± Jess told Elena.


    She couldn¡¯t tell her yet her mother decided to follow the wrong path because of her greed for power. She hopes Elena won¡¯t go along the path her mother chose.


    Elena was more confused than before as the words of Jess kept ringing in her head.


    What path is her aunty talking about that she has to choose? What kind of path her mother chose? And what world was her aunty referring to?


    So many questions left unanswered but she didn¡¯t dare ask her aunt because something in her tells her, her aunt won¡¯t open up to her since she said it is not yet time.


    ¡°But is my mother alive out there please answer me only this question,¡± Elena said pleadly at her aunt. ¡°And please tell me my mother¡¯s name, I wish to know her name. My father won¡¯t even tell me her name.¡±


    Jess regarded the youngdy in front of her slowly and then grinned. ¡°I can¡¯t answer the first one today, maybe ask me some other time and to your second question, your mother¡¯s name is Annabel.¡± She told her.


    Elena huffed out a sigh and nodded her head. ¡°One day you will tell me everything I need to know about my mother,¡± She said and left for her room as Jess turned and stare at her niece retreating back.


    One day you will get to know the whole truth Elena, just be patient.


    Jess thought and left the sitting room. ¡°Don¡¯t forget to start your house chores immediatelydies!¡± She shouted before entering her room.


    Soon she hears the footsteps of the girls as they begin to sweep the house, clean and mop etc.


    Hopefully Annabel, I pray your greediness doesn¡¯tnd Elena in trouble someday.


    %%%%% The Secret Princess %%%%%%


    Julian drove into thergepound and parked his car, a Range Rover sport car in the car garage. It was morning and the sun was shining brightly. Opening the door, he stepped out from the car making sure it was locked, he made his way into the mansion stationed at the very end of thepound.


    A servant opened the front door for Julian and greeted him which he neither ignored nor acknowledged.


    He was greeted by the other servants as he made his way to his room. The AC was on as the whole house was chill. He entered his room and heaved a sigh of happiness as he looked at his room. His room was decorated from the finest and most expensive tiles, bed, chairs, paintings etc.


    Sitting down on his bed, he started pulling out his Timbend shoes when a knock interrupted him.


    ¡°Come in, the door is not locked,¡± He said and the door opened to reveal his mother who came in and closed the door behind her.


    ¡°Where were you all throughst night?¡± Rose asked her son.


    ¡°I went to a party I was invited tost night, so I stayed there all through the night mum.¡± Julian answered and greeted her.


    ¡°You could have called me or your father to tell us where you are or who you are staying with since you won¡¯t being home,¡± Rose said.


    ¡°I sent you a voicemail to the house phone, tried calling your number but it wasn¡¯t going and you know Dad won¡¯t like me staying outside.¡±


    ¡°Julian, what do you really want to do with your life? We sent you to the best school in France, you are livingrge. So what do you really want or don¡¯t you want to join your father¡¯s business? Is this the kind of life you want to live all the days of your life?¡± Rose asked, waiting with rapt attention to listen to what her son will say.


    ¡°I will join dad business but not now. I want to explore the whole world first mum.¡± Julian answered, widening up his arms as he said the threest statements.


    ¡°I see.¡± Rose mused.


    ¡°Which makes me want to tell you and dad that I would like to go on a small vacation soon.¡± Julian said smiling at his mum.


    ¡°A vacation? You just came back from Chicago two weeks ago and you are nning on taking another vacation?¡± Rose asked.


    ¡°Yes mum, i know all the wholedies in this side of France we lived, I just want to go somewhere and sightsee things.¡± Julian replied.


    ¡°Sightseeing or you want to find new faces to fuck. When will you change your yboy ways Julian?¡±


    ¡°I am not a yboy mother, I just don¡¯t like being in a rtionship.¡±


    ¡°Hmm, so where to, if I may ask?¡±


    ¡°To Paris.¡±


    Rose was surprised. ¡± Paris the city of love?¡± At Julian nods she continued. ¡°Why there or are you seeing someone already?¡± Rosa said and gasps out. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you have a girl who you want to meet there.¡±


    ¡°No mother, I just want to explore every part of France and Paris came into my mind.¡±


    ¡°Let me go and inform your dad. One day you will find a girl who you will fall in love with and you would do anything to keep her. You will change your yboy ways because of her, mark my words Julian,¡± Rose said walking towards the door and opened it


    ¡°Yeah you keep saying that whenever I want to go on a vacation.¡±


    ¡°Who knows if this vacation might be different from others,¡± Rose said, walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.


    *****


    Eras Kingdom:


    Waking up from sleep, Demon quickly took his bath and changed into a nice outfit of ck jeans and balck T-shirt which showed out all his muscles, biceps.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Putting on his back boots he carried his bag and paused to look at the room once more just in case he forgot something important to him.


    Seeing that nothing of his was there he left the room and walked towards the reception. Another female was there and Demon smiled at thedy who suddenly couldn¡¯t find her voice.


    ¡°Here are the keys to my room. I enjoyed my stay here,¡± Demon said, dropping the keys on the table since the receptionist made no move to collect the keys from him. She was still in awe of his beauty. Demon winked at her and left.


    He stopped a cab and told the driver to drive him to the airport.


    Arriving at the airport, he paid the driver who thanked him for the huge sum of money he paid and drove off.


    Entering the airport, he submitted his ticket he booked the night before and went to sit in the gatehouse with some passengers who are also waiting like him.


    Soon he was inside a ne that was heading to Paris.


    _____


    Landing, he collected his bag and came out of the airport, ignoring the looks he was receiving.


    He stopped a cab and entered it and told the driver the hotel he will stay.


    ¡°Is this your first time in Paris sir?¡± The driver asked all of a sudden.


    ¡°Yeah, it is.¡± Demon answered looking through his side window at everything they pass.


    ¡°I hope you will enjoy your stay here sir.¡± The driver said and sped up.


    He driverted into a road and drove further, away from the main road. Demon said nothing.


    The cab stopped all of a sudden when they were beside an empty field. The driver tried to start his vehicle but couldn¡¯t.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your car?¡± Demon asked.


    He shouldn¡¯t have entered the car.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know sir my car just stopped and can¡¯t start.¡±


    ¡°Let me see what I can do. Open your car bo,¡± Demon said, getting out of the car and going to the front of the car.


    The driver opened up the car bo and Demon started checking the engine.


    A sword which flew in the air by some kick from behind Demon was seening and was about to strike his back when Demon stopped the sword with his hand. He turned around and saw more than twenty Ninjas in all cks and they surrounded the cab.


    With the way they hold their swords, Demon knows they are strong Ninjas. Good, he doesn¡¯t want to fight with a novice.


    One of the Ninjas went to meet the driver and gave him a covered envelope which contained money. The driver collected the envelope with shaking hands.


    ¡°You brought the right person.¡± The Ninja said. ¡°You can go now.¡±


    The driver said his thanks and tried to start his car. He had pretended it had developed a sudden fault and he found out it couldn¡¯t start. He tried and tried but the car could not start.


    Closing the car bo, Demon sat on it.


    ¡°I have disconnected the wire so you are going nowhere,¡± Demon said to the driver in the car as he regarded the Ninjas. ¡°I noticed you were up to something when you just drove in this direction. I saw their shadows beforeing out of your car in pretence of fixing the car. My eyes are as sharp as eagles,¡± He said loudly and put one of his hands in his pocket, bringing it out, and two Ninja Stars were seen. ¡°So who wants to die first?¡±

 Chapter 9

    FIGHTING THE NINJA¡¯S:


    ¡°I see you have a lot of guts pack in you that you are asking us such stupid questions.¡± The Ninja who had given the driver envelope full of money said to Demon. ¡°Say that again when you are at our mercy.¡± He added.


    ¡°I have so much confidence in myself and I know I can beat all of you here at once,¡± Demon said. ¡°Before I kill all of you, would you mind telling me who sent you to kill me.¡± He said and brought out his phone from his pocket, typing into it without a care of the Ninjas that surrounds him.


    ¡°Someone who knows who you are, someone who wants your blood and wants you dead. You will get to meet the person soon before your death.¡± The same Ninja told Demon.


    ¡°I always warn anyone that wants to fight with me.¡± Demon said softly, putting his phone back into his pocket. ¡°Leave here if you still wish to live or you die in my hands.¡±


    All the ninjasughed out taking his words for fun.


    ¡°And you think we will run away in fear? Well think again.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t know me then, I will still give you all a second chance, run away while you still can.¡±


    He hoped they didn¡¯t pay attention to his plea and stay.


    ¡°And who told you we don¡¯t know you, we are the strongest and fastest Ninjas sent to bring you half dead to our master.¡±


    ¡°Then who ising first,¡± Demon said calmly, waiting for the first Ninja to make his move. He didn¡¯t have to wait much longer when one ran towards him with his sword raised above his head.


    Demon did nothing to block theing attack as the Ninja approached him bringing his sword down to strike.


    Demon used his other free hand to stop the sword from touching his beautiful face and with inhuman force drag the sword away from the Ninja. Before the Ninja would bring out his second short sword he kept hidden in his hips just for emergency, Demon has used his two Ninja Dragon Stars to sh deeply in his body and neck.


    ¡°Is this the fastest and strongest Ninjas you say you are?¡± Demon mocked them.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Let¡¯s attack him together.¡± One ninja shouted and every Ninjas surrounding him rushed at him at once.


    Demon took the sword from the dead Ninja and attacked them.


    Within 5 minutes blood filled the car and ground as all the Ninjas dropped dead. He killed them as they ally on the ground in pieces except for one. He didn¡¯t kill one Ninja.


    Going to meet the Ninja who started shaking in fear. ¡°Rx I am not killing you.¡± Demon told the Ninja when he was a few feet away from him. ¡°Do you know why I won¡¯t kill you?¡±


    The Ninja slowly shook his head in fear.


    ¡°Because I want to know who your master is and why he had sent you weaklings to kill me when he fully knows none of the Ninjas are my match. So who is he?¡± Demon asked.


    ¡°I can¡¯t betray my oath I took so you better kill me because you will get nothing even if you toture me.¡± The Ninja told Demon.


    ¡°I was expecting that answer, but I won¡¯t kill you. Go back and report to your master that I defeated his Ninjas and that if he wants to attack me again, he should get a stronger Ninjas to do that and not baby Ninjas who think by moving faster and are strong it now makes them invisible.¡± Demon said. ¡°Go now before I change my mind about killing you.¡± He added and the Ninja ran away as fast as he could.


    That leaves him with the driver.


    Turning slow to look at the man shivering inside the car, sweating. He walked towards him, getting to the car, he opened the driver seat door and asked the driver toe down.


    The driver did without any dy as he was afraid of his life. ¡°Please forgive me sire, I was forced to do it. They threatened to kill my whole family if I didn¡¯t do as they had instructed. I am so sorry Sire.¡± The driver pleaded with tears in his eyes as Demon regarded him slowly.


    He grabbed hold of the man¡¯s hands and held it in hisrge hands for some minutes, within that short time, the driver wet his trousers in fear.


    Dropping the driver¡¯s hands, he walked towards the passenger seat and opened the door, bringing out his bag, he opened it and brought out a cheque book. He wrote on it and tore off where he had written something, he walked towards the shivering man with his bag in the other hand and gave him the cheque. The driver collected it with shaking hands.


    ¡°Take this for all your troubles and do not try this ever again to someone else.¡± Demon said and a portal appeared in front of them. ¡°I believe you man, but next time I won¡¯t be so calm,¡± He said and entered the portal which closes behind him.


    The driver was surprised when he saw the portal. He looked at the cheque and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.


    This unknown man he was paid to bring in an isted ce has just made him a billionaire within a few minutes.


    ****


    Somewhere in France¡­.


    Rose knocked on the door of her husband¡¯s office which he has in a part of the mansion and didn¡¯t wait for his response before she entered.


    ¡°Rose is Julian back?¡± Robert asked his wife as she walked in and sat down on the empty chair facing his desk.


    ¡°He is back dear but he told me something interesting.¡±


    ¡°And what can that be?¡± Robert asked, giving Rose his full attention.


    ¡°He wants to go on a vacation in Paris.¡± Rose answered her husband.


    ¡°Another vacation, when will he stopvishing money?¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t really say Robert but something in me tells me this vacation will change him.¡±


    ¡°Well your instincts are never wrong my sweet Rose. Just let me know when he intends to go to Paris.¡±


    Getting up and going to meet her husband, she pecked him on his cheeks, ¡°Thank you my love.¡±


    *****


    The surviving Ninja entered an old house which no one lives in. He entered a room filled with cobwebs.


    He bowed down in greetings as he came face to face with his master.


    ¡°Were you able to get him?¡± A female voice asked.


    ¡°No master, he was a lot stronger than us and overpowered us easily. He said next time you should send stronger forces to kill him.¡± The ninja replied.


    ¡°Hmm and all of you almost 30 Ninjas that are the strongest amongst the rest couldn¡¯t kill or defeat one man? This shows how weakling you all are.¡± Thedy thundered in anger.


    ¡°I am sorry master.¡±


    ¡°How did you manage to escape?¡±


    ¡°He let me-¡±


    ¡°You FOOL! He will follow you here!¡± She shouted and three secondster the Ninja head rolled off his body. His headless body fell down with a loud thud.


    She disappeared immediately.


    It wasn¡¯t up to one minute when Demon appeared in the same room and saw the dead Ninja.


    ¡®Whoever you are, just thank your stars I didn¡¯t meet you.¡¯


    Demon thought.

 Chapter 10

    DEMON HIDDEN AGENDA:


    Demon tried to catch the scent of the one he¡¯d missed but couldn¡¯t grasp it.


    Whoever it is surely knows how to hide his scent.


    Demon thought and turned to look at the dead body of the Ninja he had traced to here when he¡¯d let him go.


    Carrying the Ninja cold headless body on one of his shoulders, he then proceeded to levitate the head from the ground which followed him when he jumped out of the room window.


    Dropping the dead body on the floor, two demons appeared from both sides of him and one picked the dead headless body, the other one picked the head.


    ¡°Bury him quickly.¡± Demon ordered his two demons who nodded their heads and disappeared along with the dead Ninja.


    Opening a portal, he entered it.


    Stepping out of the portal which appeared beside an isted house, Demon walked the small distance to a shopping mall where he brought some clothes that are meant for teenagers, the ones school guys normally wear to school.


    Walking out of the shopping Mall, he boarded a cab and told him to take him to where they sell cars. In no time the cab pulled up in a car dealership warehouse where cars are sold.


    Stepping down from the cab, he paid the driver his money with extra, which the old man happily took and drove off. A young man approached Demon.


    ¡°Good day sir, what can I do for you?¡± The young man asked.


    ¡°Are you the one in charge of here?¡± Demon demanded.


    ¡°Yes sir, please do follow me to make your choice,¡± He said showing Demon every car he has and telling him their prizes.


    ¡°So which one are you going for sir?¡± He asked as they stopped to negotiate price.


    ¡°Well I am going for the ck Bugatti La Voiture Noire,¡± Demon said pointing at the ck Bugatti a few metres away from them. ¡°How much is it?¡±


    ¡°20 million dors Sir.¡± He responded.


    Five minutester, Demon entered the car and drove away.


    He stopped in front of a building and pulled out his phone from his pocket, dialing a number which was picked at the second ringing.


    ¡°Hello, this is Damien speaking, I am at the building you told me toe.¡± Demon said and hung the call and opened his front seat window since it was facing the building.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Few minutester a woman and a man came out of the building. Thedy was holding a document in her hands as they walked towards him.


    ¡°Good day Sir, we¡¯ve been expecting your call since.¡± Thedy said smiling seductively as she bends her head to the car level making sure her blouse button was open which reveals her big boobs.


    ¡°Did you manage to find a house for me?¡± Demon asked, not interested by what she was offering to him.


    He wasn¡¯t in the mood to flirt back. Someone out there is on his trail and he didn¡¯t know who he was. Apparently their ¡®master¡¯ knows who he is thus sending his Ninjas to fetch him dead or alive. Good thing he knows how to fight. Who can their so called ¡®master¡¯ be? And howe he knows his true identity?


    He needs some answers.


    ¡°Yes sir, we did find a nice house like you described to us on the phone.¡± Thedy answered him, giving him the documents that also has a picture of the house and rooms in it.


    ncing through it Demon nodded his head, he likes what he is seeing. ¡°It¡¯s a nice house, I will take it.¡± He told her. ¡°How much is it?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s very affordable sir and-¡±


    ¡°I just asked you how much you are selling the house Jane.¡± Demon interrupted thedy.


    ¡°Sorry sir, it goes for 8 million dors, sir.¡± Jane responded quickly. ¡°You asked us to furnish the whole house for you, which we did, plus the gatekeeper you asked us to employed for you, which we also did. So everything we have spent to renew the house costs us 8 million dors.¡± She exined further.


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Opening his bag, he brought out his cheque book and wrote the amount with extra and gave it to thedy.


    ¡°You can keep the rest of the money that came with it when you cash it out.¡± Demon told thedy.


    ¡°Can I follow you to show you the direction to your new house sir?¡± Jane asked, winking at Demon.


    ¡°Thank you dear you don¡¯t have to worry. I have a picture of my house with me, so finding it won¡¯t be difficult. It¡¯s a small town after all,¡± Demon said and closed his car window and drove off.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t even allow me to speak for once Jane.¡± The man with her st in anger.


    ¡°You won¡¯t me me Dan, the guy is so hot and he behaves as if he doesn¡¯t know what his handsome features do todies.¡± Jane replied to him, still watching the Bugatti driving away. ¡°Don¡¯t worry Dan, next time you get to speak and I will be quiet,¡± Jane said, hoping she gets to meet Mr Handsome one day.


    ____


    Arriving at the gate of his house, blowing the car horn to alert the gatekeeper of his arrival.


    Opening the smaller gate, the gatekeeper, a young man between 30s, came out and started walking towards the car.


    Demon rolled down his driver side window as he approached his car.


    ¡°Good day sir, please, how can I help you?¡±


    ¡°I am the new owner of the house, Damien.¡± Demon replied to him and gave the gatekeeper the documents.


    After going through it, the gatekeeper saluted him.


    ¡°My name is Samuel, at your service sir.¡±


    ¡°Okay Samuel, please open the gate.¡±


    Samuel quickly ran back inside and opened therge gate for Demon to drive through.


    Parking his car at a corner, he stepped out of the car.


    The house looked more homely than in the picture. He loves the one storey building staring back at him.


    The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the town. It stood on its own and looked over a broad spread of West Country farnd. Not a remarkable house by any means ¨C it was about thirty years old, squattish, squarish, made of brick, and had four windows set in the front.


    This will be his home until his mission is aplished.


    Demon entered his house and nodded in satisfaction of the simple design that greeted his silver eyes. The living room was great, the kitchen was nice.


    Taking the stairs in two, he saw three doors, he was told the house has three bedrooms plus the pictures he has seen, he opened the first one nce around it and closed it. Opening the second one, it was much smaller, he closed it and opened the third door which reveals the master room, he closed it and decided to stay in the smaller room.


    He made himself at home. He quickly took his bath and changed into one of the clothes he brought, it made him look younger, tired of his journey and the fight that took ce, he copsed on his bed and slept off immediately.


    When he got himself it was night time, it was already 8:30pm.


    Bringing out hisptop, he started browsing out the schools around Paris especially this town so that he will know which one to attend.


    A school caught his attention and at the same time his wristwatch beep and showed a red dot moving.


    He smirked slowly.


    if you want to catch your enemies catch them when they least expect.


    The driver he gave a cheque was one of them, he pretended to go along by believing his lies, but the true identity of the man has been revealed to him when he held his hands. The man didn¡¯t know the cheque he had given him had a tiny tracker in it that no one knew. The fool doesn¡¯t know he could see into someone past by a mere touch. It is time to know who his enemies are.


    Dressing up in his Ninja attire, he entered the dark wall and moved with the shadows going out of his house, following the red dot.


    ____


    The driver who was paid to bring Demon entered a room and saw two men in the room with their backs facing him. The two men were both in their early 30s or so. Both held a long sword strapped on their backs.


    ¡°He was strong, and very fast with his sword. He kills without mercy. I have to pretend I have a family and he left me unharmed.¡± He told the two men whose backs were facing him. He didn¡¯t want to tell them about the cheque he was given, he doesn¡¯t want to share the money with anyone once he cash it out.


    ¡°E, called us and told us everything. Her Ninja¡¯s are dead but now we¡¯ve known he is not a mere Ninja to toil with.¡± One of the men said, turning to face the driver. The other one also turned, they were both wearing a ck mask each which hides their face.


    ¡°He should be d it wasn¡¯t us he encountered.¡± The other Ninja said. ¡°We have to find another strategy to use to bring him to us.¡± He added.


    ¡°I will make that easier for you, I am here.¡± Demon voice was heard as he came out of the shadows.

 Chapter 11

    FIRST DAY IN A NEW SCHOOL:


    The two Ninjas quickly brought out their swords from their backs and pointed it to Demon. The driver brought a chain weapon he had hidden underneath his trousers.


    ¡°How did you find us? Who gave you the address here?¡± One of the Ninjas asked.


    ¡°He did.¡± Demon answered pointing at the driver who looked shocked and bbergasted.


    ¡°W-what? I did not tell you any address. I left as soon as you entered the portal.¡± The driver said in denial.


    ¡°R, you told him toe here? You betrayed the oath we took?¡±


    ¡°I can never do such a thing, he is lying.¡±


    ¡°I am not lying. Actually he didn¡¯t really show me any address. I followed him down here though the cheque I gave to him. He led me here unknowingly.¡± Demon told them.


    ¡°The cheque?¡±


    ¡°Yes, the cheque I gave to you, though it was a real cheque and the money written in it was real too, but it has a hidden tracker. And this now shows you don¡¯t really deserve my money.¡± Demon answered the driver. ¡°So let¡¯s get down to business, who are you really working for? Why do they want me dead?¡± He demanded.


    ¡°You are asking us irrelevant questions that cannot be answered.¡± The other Ninja respond. ¡°But I am going to give you a tip for why we need you dead. Let¡¯s just say you offended one of us in the past.¡± He added.


    Demon tried to ransack his brain if he could remember offending anyone but nothing came up. ¡°I don¡¯t remember offending someone in the past.¡± He said after a while.


    ¡°It was a long time ago, you will get to meet the one when you are half dead or about to die. Your pictures are already going around the Ninja¡¯s schools and soon every Ninja¡¯s will be looking for you to kill you.¡±


    ¡°They should try it then, I will be waiting for their attacks. I think the message I sent to thest one didn¡¯t get to whoever you are working for, but killing the three of you here Will strongly send a message across.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t jubte that you have won, you have not won yet until three of us are dead. Once we are through with you, in your next life, you will regret ever crossing our parts.¡± The driver man said rolling his sharp chain weapon around him expertly as no side of the sharp de cut through his body.


    Demon smiled. ¡°I am giving you all a chance to scramble away before you die a horrible death.¡±


    ¡°We should be the one telling you that and not the other way round but still yet you are not living here alive.¡±


    The two Ninjas on mask attacked Demon at once, moving faster than the Ninja¡¯s he had encountered earlier.


    The fight took longer than Demon expected but he finally seeded by killing the two Ninja¡¯s. One was killed with his sword to his chest which scattered his heart. The other one was cut limb from limb until he was cut pieces.


    Demon quickly turned on reflex and struck his sword in the stomach of the driver who wasing to him in a slower stride. He wanted to take Demon by surprise but he got it instead.


    Pulling out his sword roughly from the driver. The driver grunted in pain and held his wounded stomach. ¡°I thought you will join your friends in fighting me but you didn¡¯t which shows how weakling you are.¡± Demon said with a smile and closed the distance between them, putting his hands in the man¡¯s trousers, searching for the cheque since it was still the same clothes he wore. He saw the cheque at the back pocket of his trousers and tore it into pieces in his presence. ¡°Good bye.¡±


    Demo drove his sword right in the middle of the driver brain killing him instantly.


    Bringing out the three dead bodies from the building, he piled them together. Three demons appeared.


    ¡°Take their bodies and bury them.¡±


    ¡°Yes master.¡± They said in unison as each of the demons carried one of the dead bodies and disappeared.


    Demon heads to his new home, chooses a school he will attend and fills out the school application for a transfer student. Their resumption day was the following day.


    Taking his bath to clean the smell of blood from his body, he slept off immediately.


    ****


    The Dream:


    The full moon was out and Elena saw herself running through a forest with all her strength as something pursued her. Thanks to the full Moon she was able to see her path more clearly.


    She couldn¡¯t look back but felt the footsteps gaining on her as the animalistic growls were heard behind her.


    She ran and ran, ignoring the sharp branches that cut through her skin, her only focus was to get away from what was chasing her.


    Elena stopped running when she got to a high cliff. She couldn¡¯t see what was below it as it was covered in thick darkness. It was a sucide mission if one tries to jump.


    The sudden angry growl nearly made her jump off the cliff, taking a deep breath, Elena turned to face the monster chasing her.


    She saw a horrific creature of fairy tales. It was a Manticore creature she had once read in a book and browse about the creature on Google. A Manticore is a mythological creature that was said to be unconquerable. The mighty beast is best known for its strange but magnificent features. It is often said that the beast had the head of a man or woman, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion. They are thought to be one of the mightiest of beasts and were capable of devouring every animal in the jungle.


    The one she is seeing right now has the face of a hideous female beast.


    The creature stopped running and growled out loudly once again at her.


    She couldn¡¯t move her legs as she was scared for life. Behind her was a cliff and in front of her was a hideous beast that probably wanted to devour her.


    ¡°Come here Elena!¡± The voice was thick and sharp as it pierced the air.


    Elena has to blink her eyes to be sure she saw well. Did the beast mouth just moved and spoke to her? This must be a dream.


    ¡°Come to me Elena.¡± The beast said again, stretching forth her arms, ¡°Come to me.¡± Her voice was thick but you could still hear a feminine voice underneath the roughness of her voice.


    Elena jerked out from her bed when she felt the ssh of cold water on her body. She fell from her bed to the floor as Evaughter was heard. The sleep cleared from her eyes when Eva poured more cold water on her.


    ¡°Eva!!!!¡± Elena called out her name and she heard the sound of her sister footsteps running away from her room.


    ¡°Today is our first day in school, I don¡¯t want to bete.¡± Eva shouted behind her as she ran for safety to her room, locking the door.


    I thought I locked my room before going to bed. I will get back at her.


    Elena thought and her mind drifted to her strange dream she had.


    Who was that strange mythical creature? It was as if I was there real and wasn¡¯t dreaming. And how did she know my name?


    Elena pondered in thoughts, the beast face gave it away showing it was a female.


    Taking a towel and her soaps from her bag, she entered her bathroom that was conjoined with her room. She quickly took her bath and dried herself up with her towel and brushed her teeth. After that she came out of her bathroom and walked over to her small box of clothes. She went through the set of gowns to wear and opted for a white sleeveless gown.


    Wearing it didn¡¯t take her much time and she put on matching white heeled boots that matched with her gown.


    Looking at the time, it was 7:10am, she opened her room door, closing it behind her, and she walked towards the sitting room. And saw Eva with Jess sitting at the four seated dining table. Eva was eating cornkes mixed with milk and Jess gestured to the other full tes filled with cornkes. She was already dressed up for school. Her clothes were simply a red and short armless gown, that was tight with her ck heels. A ck jacket was seen on top of the table. Eva was beautiful and hot in that dress of hers.


    Their father must have told her about their love for cornkes and how they eat it first thing in the morning.


    ¡°I will get back at you Eva.¡±


    Greeting her aunt, she sat down and poured her own milk into the cornkes and started eating.


    Jess just sat there staring at the two girls as they ate the light breakfast. Once they were done they took their tes to the kitchen and washed it.


    ¡°Here are your bags, the books you will use in the school are inside it.¡± Jess told them to give each of them their bags. She gave a ck mask to Eva. ¡°Your father wants you to wear it anytime you are going to school, to conceal your face from the assassin. He might recognise you and use you to get your sister.¡± She added as she gave Eva the mask.


    Eva reluctantly took the mask and put it on her face.


    ¡°Is there anything else again aunt?¡± Eva asked, crossing her arms.


    ¡°Nothing else, if there is anything I will let you know, for now start going to school, I don¡¯t want any of you to bete to school on your first day.¡± Jess said softly.


    ¡°Are we going to trek to the school? We don¡¯t even know the name or way to our new school auntie.¡± Elena said.


    ¡°Your father shifted a car yesterday night that will serve as your transportation to your school.¡± Jess said leading the way to the front door as the girls followed behind her.


    She opened it and stepped out of the corridor waiting for the girls to join her. When they did, Eva shouted in joy. An orange Lamborghini stood in the frontage of their aunt¡¯s house. ¡°So today I will be the one driving you girls to school to know the road to your school. Elena will be the one driving from tomorrow. Come on let¡¯s start going.¡± She added and walked the small distance to the car, opened the car and entered. She waited until both girls were in the car before she starts the car and drove off to school.


    _____


    ¡®Wee To Wisdom Oak High School¡¯ was the first thing the girls saw before entering the huge schoolpound.


    The early students that normallye to school stopped whatever they were doing to stare at the car that grace their school.


    Jess managed to find a space for her car and she stepped out of the car, Jess led Elena and Eva to the school Proprietor, who was in his early 60s, he had been expecting them.


    ¡°Are these your nieces you told me about?¡±


    ¡°Yes Philip.¡±


    Giving each of them their timetable. ¡°Here are your sses you will have.¡± He said.


    ¡°Thank you sir.¡± Eva and Elena said.


    ¡°I will keep my eyes on them Jess.¡±


    ¡°Thank you Philip, I can always count on you.¡± Jess told him, getting up to her feet and left the office with Eva and Elena following her. They followed her to the car. ¡°I wille by 3pm to pick you up. And you can make some friends here with the way we are being stared at. Take care of your sister Elena and yourself too, and Eva make sure your mask is in your face.¡±


    ¡°Yes auntie.¡±N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Jess entered the car and drove out of the school.


    Eva and Elena both stared at the car.


    ¡°You know it is because of you I am starting High school all over again.¡±


    ¡°I know, sorry about that and also it is because of you we were moved to this sorry excuse of a town.¡± Eva fired back.


    ¡°Anyway, let¡¯s leave our argument and ask someone to direct us to our first ss.¡± Elena didn¡¯t get to finish her sentence when a ck Bugatti drove in.


    The driver near jammed Elena if not that she was fast enough to get out of the way.


    Demon stopped his car and kept chanting in his head all over again.


    ¡®Behave like a teenager¡¯


    He stepped out of his car putting on his cutest smile that can melt the heart of anydy. He removed the dark sunsses he wore and threw them inside the car.


    He loves the attention he was receiving right now from the younger children (he was way older than them). He left his long silver hair to fall and made his hair covered one side of his face, he suddenly fling the hair that has fallen over his other opened eyes to the back. He could hear the whispering going on around him.


    He is so handsome.


    I wonder if he has a girlfriend.


    He is so beautiful.


    Look at his car.


    He looked so rich.


    ¡®Teenagers, they are teenagers¡¯


    Demon reminded himself.


    ¡°You nipoop!!¡± Elena yelled out bringing every student attention to her.


    Demon turned to her direction as everyone turned to face her.


    ¡°I am talking to you with stupid silver hair, you nearly hit me with your car. I need an apology immediately.¡±


    Demon blinked his eyes in surprise. He was surprised by the way the girl talked to him without drooling on the ground or fainting like thedies he knows.


    The girl is really beautiful even in her angry state.


    ¡°Excuse me? Are you sure you are alright, why should I apologize to a little brat like you?¡±


    Elena walked towards him in anger ignoring her sister calls, if it were possible the ground was shaking as she approached Demon and collected his car keys from Demon and before he could say anything, she entered the Bugatti making sure she sits on the sses, breaking it. Starting the car, she rewind the car a little bit back and made the car move forward. The car jammed into Demon knees who was still surprised. He fell down to the ground and held his knees, it hurt like hell, but the hurt will soon fade away soon.


    Stepping out of the car, Elena throws the keys at him making sure it hits his face hard.


    ¡°Now we are even, I am sorry whatever your name is. Excuse me.¡± Elena said mockery and went to meet her sister, together they entered the school building ignoring the crowds she didn¡¯t even know had gathered.


    ¡®Be calm she is only a teenager.¡¯


    Demon told himself as he got up from the ground. ¡®A very beautiful teenager.¡¯

 Chapter 12

    Elena and Demon:


    Dusting himself once again looking at the direction the girl who just knocked him with his was heading too.


    I will get you back in your own coin soon.


    He thought to himself trying to remove her beautiful face from his head. Demon ignored the looks he was receiving and started walking towards the proprietor office.


    Some students, especially the guys were disappointed when they didn¡¯t see the neer leaping towards the office from the impact of the fall made by one of the new girls. In fact he walked normally like nothing happened.


    Entering the office he greeted Mr Philip.


    ¡°Yes how may I help you?¡± Mr Philip asked nicely.


    ¡°Am the newly transferred student from Delton High School sir.¡± Demon responded.


    ¡°Oh Damien, we have been expecting you.¡± Mr Philip said and started going through his files. ¡°I can assure you that your old school isn¡¯t half interesting like here. You will enjoy your new school.¡± He added giving Demon the school timetable.


    Collecting the paper from him. ¡°Thank you sir.¡± Demon said with a forced smile.


    ¡°ording to yourst school transfer reports, you are a very intelligent young man and I hope you will make my school proud.¡± Mr Philip told him.


    ¡°Of course sir, I will make this school proud.¡±


    ¡°Wee to Wisdom Oak High School Damien.¡±


    Saying his thanks Demon left the office, going through the timetable, he saw that his first ss was history.


    History, history. Here Ie.


    He thought as he magically found his way to the history ss without asking for anyone¡¯s help.


    ___


    Elena and Eva walked down the school hall and stopped to ask a girl standing in the hallway the direction to English and History ss. Which she directed them.


    Saying their thanks the two sisters continue their walk.


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have done that to him Elena, he is too handsome to be knocked down,¡± Eva said with a dreamy look as she thinks of Demon.


    ¡°Hush, do not call out my name like that. The assassin might be somewhere near.¡± Elena reprimand her.


    ¡°So what should I call you then?¡± Eva demanded.


    ¡°Ena, and you shouldn¡¯t bear your real name too You know we are starting a new life here for the main time until we get back home.¡±


    ¡°Well all thanks to you.¡± Eva retorted out. They had reached the history ss.


    ¡°Are you sure you can find your ss by yourself?¡± Elena asked before Eva will move.


    ¡°Of course, am not 4,¡± Eva said as she snorted out ¡°See youter sis.¡± And with that she left her sister and hurried to find her English ss.


    Elena huff out in the air and rolled her eyes at her sister before she entered her ss.


    And at the same time the school bell rang to remind the students that sses have started.


    Elena greeted the female teacher seated in the empty ssroom and choose the sit at the very end of the ssroom.


    Where are the rest of the students? Didn¡¯t they hear the bell?


    Elena thought and as if on cue, the door to the ssroom opened and the students starteding in, they were surprised to see their history teacher in the ss before them.


    Elena ignore the looks some of her new ssmates throw to her, probably they saw what she did a few minutes ago.


    ¡°Hello everyone, how was your holidays?¡± The teacher asked with a charming smile.


    ¡°Fine.¡±


    ¡°Great.¡±


    ¡°Good.¡±


    ¡°Nice.¡±


    ¡°Awesome.¡±


    ¡°Fabulous.¡±


    These was the response of the students except Elena.


    ¡°That¡¯s good to hear, my name is Grace Law your history teacher,¡± Grace said. ¡°We have a new student here, can you tell us your name?¡±


    Elena didn¡¯t need to be told twice that she was the new girl Grace was referring to. ¡°I am Ena.¡±


    ¡°Wee to our school Ena,¡± Grace said. Since today is the first day of resumption, we shall only talked about Myths.¡± She added.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Everyone started bringing out their books except Elena.


    The topic has been taught to her in her former school before she graduated. She ced her head on her desk trying to block the noise from disturbing her, which strangely works. She couldn¡¯t hear a single noise.


    ¡°So what is a myth?¡± Grace asked her students.


    At that moment, the door that leads to the ssroom opened and Demon step in.


    He sent a smile to Grace who returned it quickly.


    ¡°Sorry I amte Ma¡¯am.¡± Demon said trying to force himself to apologize for histeness. ¡°Am the newly transferred student.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay and what¡¯s your name?¡± Grace asked battling her eyes at him.


    ¡°Damien ma¡¯am.¡± Demon gave out his fake name he will be using for now until his mission is done. He said it loudly so that the students could hear.


    ¡°Okay Damien. I am Grace Law, you can have your sit now.¡±


    ¡°Thanks Gra- I mean ma¡¯am.¡± Demon said and finally turned to face the children he will be spending time with. Suddenly he saw the purple hair, though not the face, but he knew immediately it was the girl who had the guts to enter his car and jammed him.


    And lucky enough, the seat next to her was empty and without thinking he began walking towards her.


    Reaching her side, he sat down on the empty seat making sure he draw noise before seating, he thought she would looked up to meet his gaze but nothing of such happened. He couldn¡¯t stop himself from staring at her and he suddenly found himself caving to see her face.


    What is suddenly wrong with him? How can he be carving to see the child face? He has a wife for crying out loud.


    ¡°So let¡¯s continue from where we stop.¡± Grace said when she saw the handsome neer wasn¡¯t staring at her. ¡°What¡¯s a Myth?¡±


    ¡°A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or exining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.¡± One of the students answered.


    ¡°That¡¯s very nice definition of Myth John.¡± Grace said smiling at John. ¡°So who can exin more of Myth functions?¡±


    ¡°Myth has two main functions, The first is to answer the sort of awkward questions that children ask, such as ¡®Who made the world? How will it end? Who was the first man? Where souls go after death?¡¯¡­ The second function of Myth is to justify an existing social system and ount for traditional rites and customs. In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life. They exined everything from religious rituals to the weather, and they gave meaning to the world people saw around them.¡±


    All students turned their heads to look shockingly at Damien who answered the question.


    ¡°Wow. That was a brilliant answer Damien,¡± Grace said with a smile.


    ¡°Thank you ma¡¯am.¡±


    ¡°So what are the names of the gods and goddesses in Greece?¡±


    ¡°Actually there are 13 main Olympians gods and goddesses Greece had.¡± Demon answered.


    ¡°Which are?¡± Grace asked and then noticed the girl beside him. ¡°Ena!! Damien please dear tap her for me.¡±


    Demon slightly touched the girl¡¯s shoulder.


    Elena slowly lift up her head and turn to see who touched her only for her toe face to face with the spoilt brat.


    ¡°Now that you are finally awake since you think here is your home. I want you to give me the main names of the Olympians gods and goddesses and their powers.¡±


    ¡°I bet you don¡¯t know it.¡± Demon said in gloat.


    Snorting loudly, she begins. ¡°The twelve main Olympians are:


    Zeus (Jupiter, in Roman mythology): the king of all the gods (and father to many) and god of weather,w and fate.


    Hera (Juno): the queen of the gods and goddess of women and marriage.


    Aphrodite (Venus): goddess of beauty and love.


    Apollo (Apollo): god of prophecy, music and poetry and knowledge.


    Ares (Mars): god of war.


    Artemis (Diana): goddess of hunting, animals and childbirth.


    Athena (Minerva): goddess of wisdom and defense.


    Demeter (Ceres): goddess of agriculture and grain.


    Dionysos (Bhus): god of wine, pleasure and festivity.


    Hephaistos (Vulcan): god of fire, metalworking and sculpture.


    Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade and Zeus¡¯s personal messenger.


    Poseidon (Neptune): god of the sea.¡±


    All eyes were on her.


    The students couldn¡¯t believe their ears. What they had been trying to study before they went for holiday two newly students came and say it.


    Grace was speechless. She wasn¡¯t expecting that. She thought Ena couldn¡¯t give the right answers.


    Elena turned her gaze to Demon scornfully.


    ¡°I bet you are surprised.¡±


    Demon was surprise but tried to hide it.


    ¡°Well you didn¡¯t put the name of the main viin of the Olympians in your lists. He is important you know.¡±


    ¡°You are still finding excuses, so who is this particr Olympians I did not mention Mister know all?¡±


    ¡°Hades (Pluto): god of the underworld.¡± Demon answered with a smirk.

 Chapter 13

    LET¡¯S BE FRIENDS PLEASE:


    ¡°You are right Damien, Hades is also one of the Olympians gods.¡± Grace said with a smile.


    ¡°So did I fail the question Miss Grace?¡± Elena asked.


    ¡°Am afraid yes Ena, you did.¡± Grace said. ¡°You didn¡¯t mention Hades which Damien had and goddesses.¡± Grace said, sending Demon a seductively smile who was staring at Elena as Elena rolled her eyes at Grace.


    When Grace saw that Damien wasn¡¯t paying any attention to her, she walked back to the front of her students who had been silently watching the trio. ¡°It seems like our two new students here are intelligent, especially Damien.¡± She said and continued her teaching exining more about the Olympians.


    Elena snorted loudly at the statement and turned to re at the boy sitting next to her.


    ¡°Why are you staring at me seductively Ena, do you like me or want us to catch some fun?¡± Demon teased her.


    ¡°In your dreams Damien.¡± Elena said and faced the teacher who was teaching and staring in their direction.


    Who do he think he is? Elena thought.


    She wouldn¡¯t deny the fact that he was handsome, more beautiful than most girls in fact. Her anger didn¡¯t let her see his handsomeness back then in the schoolpound if not she would have pped his stupid handsome face. The spoilt brat thinks that every girl that looks at him wants to have sex with with. If only he knows her evil thoughts towards him now.


    Demon couldn¡¯t stop himself from staring at Ena. She wasn¡¯t like other girls, his looks doesn¡¯t move her at all. There is something about the girl sitting a few pace beside him that draws him closer to her. He wanted her attention, no, he craves for it. Why does he feels this way around the girl he just met a few minutes ago? No matter how hard he tried to remove his eyes from her, he found out he couldn¡¯t. What is wrong with him?


    ¡°Are you not done staring at me?¡± Elena hissed the words to him with clenched teeth.


    He wondered how her lips didn¡¯t move when she spoke. Staring at it, he couldn¡¯t remove his eyes from her lips. The lowly growl from Ena snapped his eyes upwards to meet her own.


    Demon found himself smiling. ¡°No, as a matter of fact, I find you more interesting and would like to know everything about you and hope we could be more than ssmates or seatmates.¡±


    Elena, who turned to face Miss Grace, turned to face him with a heated gaze and Demon smiled.


    ¡°Do I look like I care if you find me interesting?¡± Elena asked. ¡°if you must know I don¡¯t care and you are not my type of man I need.¡±


    ¡°I can be if you will point out the qualities you need in a man and you watch me transform to him.¡± Demon said.


    That actually made Elena smile a little before it was reced by a frown. ¡°I am not interested and you don¡¯t know me.¡±


    ¡°And I want to know you, it¡¯s not hard. Okay, let¡¯s start as friends and see how it goes from there.¡±


    ¡°Thank you but I am not interested in your offer.¡± Elena said and the bell rang once again. She stood up to leave when she faced Demon suddenly bending down to his level of his face.


    Demon wasn¡¯t just looking at her beautiful face, he was staring at her little exposed cleavages. He wanted to touch it, to feel it but couldn¡¯t, up this close her scent was driving him crazy, he held himself to avoid doing something he will regretter. ¡°From the little I see, you have a nice cleavage.¡±


    Elena ignored his statement and said to him. ¡°You can try Miss Grace and offer her what you just offered me, am sure she will jump into your arms without dy.¡±


    She strengthened up and left the history ss going through her timetable, seeing that her next bus stop was maths ss.


    She was among the first who came into the maths ss and quickly took her seat in the back row, she was the only one sitting in the back row. Ignoring the looks being thrown at her after she was asked by the male teacher to introduce herself to the ss, like seriously speaking, has no one ever seen a girl with purple hair before? They are doing as if it is their first time seeing purple hair. She brought out her math textbook and notebook.


    Hopefully enough, Damien wouldn¡¯t be in the same ss with her.


    She was disappointed when the ss door opened and Demien stepped in. His eyes first of all went around the whole ss and he smiled when theynded on Ena. ¡°Am sorry I amte Sir, am a new student.¡±


    ¡°You are wee, please have a seat next to Ena and bring out your math books quickly.¡±


    Nodding his head, he approached Elena ignoring her ring look and took a sit close to her.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know for you but I think this is fate. We met in history ss and now in maths ss. Who knows if we are going to be meeting each other in each ss we have.¡±


    Elena ignored him and tried her best not to answer him. She focused on what the teacher was teaching them even though she knows the answers like the back of her palm.


    Why is he hell bent on getting the girl talk to him? He couldn¡¯t even think of his beautiful dead wife when he is with Ena.


    Even when the bell rang and Ena dash out of the door, he hopes to see her in his next ss, Literature.


    Surprising enough when he walked into the ssroom, he saw Ena and went to sit down next to her.


    ***


    Somewhere In France:


    Julian was seen parking his things in his bag as his mother stood next to him watching him and reminding him what he didn¡¯t put in his bag. Soon he closed his bag and was set to go.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to call your father or I when you get to Paris and you cane back when you are feeling home sick.¡± Rose told her son and kissed him on his forehead.


    ¡°I will mum. Tell Dad I said my bye.¡± Julian said.


    ¡°And do remember to protect your secrets, no one must know you are a Leopard and a Vampire.¡± Rose reminded her son as she followed him down the stairs to his car.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you trust your son again? No one will know what I am, I do my things diligently.¡±


    ¡°Better Julian.¡± Rose said. ¡°And what part of Paris do you intend to go?¡±


    ¡°Lowa Town.¡± Julian answered, opening his ck Bugatti door to drop his bag inside his passenger seat.


    ¡°Lowa Town? Why do you want to visit a local ce? Are you sure you don¡¯t have someone there who you want to visit?¡± Rose inquired.


    ¡°Mum, have told you I am seeing nobody there. I am just going there for myself to see how things looks like, and not to mention thedies too.¡±


    ¡°When are you going to change from your yboy way¡¯s son?¡±


    ¡°When I see the right one mum.¡± Julian answered and entered his car. ¡°See you soon mum, take care of yourself.¡± He added and drove off.


    ¡°Bye son.¡± Rose said and walked back into the mansion.


    ****


    All through her sses, Elena saw the spoilt brat and she tried her best to ignore him.


    She and her sister are sitting down in the school cafeteria. The students around them were discussing but their eyes were on them.


    ¡°Hope you didn¡¯t give anyone your real name?¡± Elena asked.


    Eva rolled her eyes. ¡°I am not stupid, I changed my name to Evelyn.¡± She answered.


    ¡°Good. Did they ask you about your mask you are putting on?¡± Elena asked, shoving her fork and knife into the chickenp, cutting it and eating it.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    ¡°Yup.¡±


    ¡°And what did you tell them?¡±


    ¡°I told them I was involved in a fire ident which left me with a huge scar on my face and¡­¡± Eva stopped talking, looking behind Elena when she saw Demon entered the school cafeteria and the noise surrounding them died out Immediately.


    He was staring at everybody probably he was looking for someone.


    ¡°And why is your mouth opened?¡± Elena asked and turned to look behind her and at that moment her eyes met silver ones who glinted in happiness once they settled on her.


    Turning back to face her sister. ¡°Cover your mouth before you catch a fly.¡± Elena told Eva but Eva wasn¡¯t listening.


    ¡°He is heading towards our table sis!¡± Eva shrieked out.


    ¡°Hush your voice down and-¡±


    ¡°Hi Ena and the mask one.¡± Demon said, grabbing a seat at their table and sitting down since the only two chairs in the table are upied by Ena and her sister.


    ¡°Hello am Evelyn, Ena¡¯s sister.¡± Eva said in enthusiasm.


    She realized that the cafeteria was as silent as a graveyard.


    ¡°Hello Evelyn.¡± Demon said to the young mask girl and turned his attention to Ena, at least she appears older than her sister. ¡°Your sister seems to be running away from me.¡±


    ¡°What do you want Damien? Why are you bent on following me around, aren¡¯t you tried of it already?¡± Elena inquired. She doesn¡¯t want to beat up the boy pestering her around on her first day in school, but he should not force her hand.


    ¡°I know you are angry at the way I spoke to you earlier today instead of apologizing. I am sorry for that.¡± Demon couldn¡¯t believe he was apologizing to her.


    ¡°Apology epted.¡± Elena said, not looking at him.


    ¡°Not only that, I want us to be friends Ena, let¡¯s be friends, please.¡±


    He was so drawn to Ena and it hurt him that she was looking elsewhere instead of him.


    It hurts like hell.

 Chapter 14

    FIGHTING IN SCHOOL:


    No noise was heard in the school cafeteria when Demon made his request.


    ¡°Sorry, but no,¡± Elena said and concentrated on her food.


    His chest tightened when she told him no. He wouldn¡¯t give up.


    ¡°Evelyn, help me and beg your beautiful sister on my behalf, I know I did wrong when I nearly ran her over with my car earlier today. I am so sorry for that, I want her to forget what happened and let us start all over again and be friends.¡± Demon told Eva.


    ¡°Ena, the guy said he is sorry for what he did and has apologized. What more do you want from him, to kiss you for you to know how sorry he is?¡± Ena told her sister. She hopes her sister bes friends with this beautiful boy so that she can get to see him everyday with them in school.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t ask for your opinion sis, I don¡¯t want to be friends with him, pretty boys like him are dangerous,¡± Elena said remembering her conversation she had with her father a long time ago when she was young.


    Her father used to tell her that whenever you see anything pretty or beautiful, know they are dangerous. Her father pointed her to a flower with four different colors, it looked beautiful.


    ¡°This is the most beautiful flower in the kingdom but also a dangerous one. Pretty things are often dangerous Elena remember that.¡±


    ¡°So I am not interested in whatever friendship he wants to offer, he may be handsome but I can tell he is dangerous.¡± She added.


    ¡®You are right Ena, I am dangerous but not for you.¡¯


    Demon thought and stood up from his seat going on his knees.


    What is he doing? Why can¡¯t he control his body when he is around Ena?


    He pondered in thoughts and sent a smile to Elena who was shocked by his act.


    ¡°Please get up, you are causing unnecessary attention to us.¡± Elena told him looking around them as all eyes in the cafeteria were feasted on them.


    ¡°Not until you have forgiven me and agree to be my friend.¡± Demon told her.


    ¡°So what if I still refuse? What will you do?¡±


    ¡°I will follow you around with my knees seeking your forgiveness, after all I am very sure that we will be in the remaining sses together, so please Ena forgive this foolish guy here,¡± Demon said sincerely.


    ¡°You wouldn¡¯t dare,¡± Elena said with ring eyes.


    ¡°Try me Princess.¡± Demon response with the tone of a man who keeps to his words.


    Staring at him again, Elena saw how serious he is and she couldn¡¯t say no to him.


    ¡°Fine, you can sit down, I have forgiven you,¡± Ena said and Demon quickly stood up to his feet and sat down.


    ¡°Thank you so much Ena, I promise you never to repeat such a mistake again,¡± Demot said grinning.


    ¡°You better not,¡± Elena said with a warning tone. ¡°So since we are friends, let¡¯s get to know each other. I am Ena, and my younger sister lives around here with my aunt. What about you?¡±


    ¡°I am Damien, I¡¯m the only son of my parents, though they don¡¯t live here,¡± he said and leaned forward to whisper in Ena¡¯s ears. ¡°I came from a different dimension.¡±


    Enaughed at that. ¡°I can see that Damien.¡±


    ¡°So Evenly sorry to ask, why are you putting on a mask? Are you that much more beautiful than your sister?¡± Damien inquired. He could only see her eyes and lips and with her shape of face, one could tell the face behind the mask is beautiful. Though his heart wasn¡¯t sky racing on Evenly like it did on Ena. He knows he is now very fond of Ena. It was a lie and he knows it, fond will be what he has for Ena now.


    Elena tried to hold her smile from showing when she heard Damien words.


    Evenly blushes behind her mask as she cleared her throat to answer him.


    ¡°It was a fire ident which happened a few years back and my face is badly wounded. I don¡¯t like the kinda looks I was receiving in my old school that was why my aunt brought me this mask and changed me into this school to start afresh where no one knows about my ugly scars. So here we are,¡± Evenly said the lies as if she has been practicing it.


    Smooth lies Eva, smooth lies.


    Elena thought as she was pleased with her sister replied.


    ¡°Someone once said this to me; Your scars should never be something to hide, we all have them. Never forget that your scars are a sign of strength, of survival, wear it with pride.¡±


    ¡°Thank you but I don¡¯t think I can take the mockery again from this school, I love it this way now.¡± Evenly told him. Though he was right.


    Demon smiled and returned his gaze to Elena. ¡°So back to you beautiful, do you have a boyfriend?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t have and please no more questions.¡±


    They ate their food without any further questions. Demon didn¡¯t order any food, he just stared at Elena all through until the bell rings for their next ss which surprisingly they have together.


    Demon smiled and called it Fate.


    ___


    The time went fast and soon it was closing time. Elena waited outside the school building waiting for her sister and her aunt toe and pick them up.


    The students were all going to their different destinations, some with their rides, others with legs since their house is not far from the school.


    Elena ignored the whispers and looked directed to her.


    Has no one seen a girl with purple hair before?


    A guy¡¯s loud cries suddenly drew her attention as she turned and saw 5 guys pushing down the guy to the floor. They didn¡¯t stop there, they started kicking him very hard all over his body.


    Elena watches all these with wide eyes and is surprised to see the students who haven¡¯t left yet, bringing out their phones to record it,ughing at the guy who was on the ground. They weren¡¯t even trying to help the guy who was being beaten. She couldn¡¯t control her anger and walked towards them.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you leave him alone and pick someone your own size!¡± Elena shouted, drawing the attention of the five guys to her and the rest of the students.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡± One of the guys who appears to be the leader asked, facing the new girl.


    ¡°I said you should leave him alone and pick your own size to fight with. Aren¡¯t you five ashamed that you are beating up one person.¡±


    ¡°Look here pretty girl, if you don¡¯t want your face to be disorganized I suggest you stay out of this.¡± The same guy spoke flexing his muscles to scare her.


    ¡°And if I don¡¯t? What will you do?¡± Elena asked, reaching them, and bending down to help the fallen guy to his feet. ¡°Are you okay?¡± She asked the guy she has helped.


    ¡°I am fine, thank you foring to my rescue.¡± He said grimacing a little bit from the pain in his body.


    He was probably her age or less. He was lean and his hair was a solid ck. Even though his face was covered in bruises, Elena could still see his cute face.


    ¡°You are proving stubborn. We will teach you not to mess with us in this school,¡± he said and pointed to one of his gang. ¡°Get the girl out of our way and if she refuses, use force on her.¡±


    One out of the four guys moved forward and tried to hold Elena¡¯s hand but he was sent flying by her kick. He fell down with a loud thud, his legs broken as he couldn¡¯t stand up.


    But now they were surrounded by the whole students who were recording what was happening.


    Elena saw Damien standing among the students, though he was not recording, he was staring at Elena.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want to end up like your friend here I advise you to run to your homes while your legs are not broken yet.¡±

 Chapter 15

    The New Neighbour:


    The four remaining guys didn¡¯t seem to harken to her warnings, they rushed towards her at once.


    No one dares disgrace or beat up one of them and goes scott free.


    ¡°Move back a bit.¡± Elena told the guy with her who quickly did as she told him before she got surrounded by the four guys.


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have interfered with our issues, new girl, by the time we are done with you, you will learn how to mind your business. And after this, more is stilling your way,¡± The leader said.


    ¡°I heard enough of that already, why don¡¯t we just get the action going,¡± Elena said and use her left arm to prevent a fist which wasing from behind. Twisting the guys hand hard, he rolled in the air andnded on the ground with a loud thud. His hand got broken from the fall.


    One down, three more to go. Elena thought as she went into her fighting mode.


    The remaining three didn¡¯t seem to be unfazed about their broken friend¡¯s hand, they attacked the new student at once.


    Elena saw that the three remaining guys are highly skilled with Kung fu, and it took a little while before she brought them down. She tried not to use her main strength to overpowered the guys.


    The fight was over quickly and Elena was left with five groaning guys on the ground with either a broken hand, leg or nose.


    All the students who had video the whole fight were surprised when they saw the five guys who had been bullying some of them in school and on the road on the ground.


    The videos will circte around the whole school of how they were beaten by the newer.


    ¡°Thank you for saving me Ena,¡± The guy she had saved said behind her as Eva walked towards them.


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that, someone also once did the same to me and I can only repay him back by stopping bullying from taking ce.¡± Elena told him. ¡°And how do you know my name is Ena?¡± She asked him, staring at the ce she saw Damien stood a while ago when she fought with the guys, he wasn¡¯t there and when she turned to look at where his Bugatti was parked, it wasn¡¯t there either. He had left.


    Where had he gone too? I thought he would still be here and let me flex my muscles a little so that he would see that I am not a weakling. Had I been so engrossed in my fighting that I didn¡¯t even hear the sound of his car leaving the school premises? What has gotten into me to be bothered if he is here or not.


    Elena thought to herself.


    ¡°Who wouldn¡¯t know the name of the beautiful girl with purple hair.¡± The guy said and grimaced in pain holding his lower abdomen.


    ¡°You should go and see the school nurse before your bruises get infected or worse.¡± Elena told him concerned. ¡°By the way, what¡¯s your name?¡±


    ¡°I am Dave,¡± The guy who introduced his name as Dave said, holding his abdomen more tightly. ¡°I think I will go and see the school nurse right away, thanks once again for saving my ass, I hope to see you again Ena.¡± He said and walked away slowly, ignoring the looks he was receiving.


    Eva finally reached her sister¡¯s side, using her two hands to hold Elena¡¯s head and bring it lower to her head level. ¡°Elena what if what you just disy now brought the attention of the assassin to us, you could get us killed or rather put us in danger.¡± Eva whispered to her, to the students still watching, they thought Eva was calming her sister down.


    ¡°Shit! I had forgotten and the students had recorded it,¡± Elena said as she realised the gravity of what she had done. ¡°We need a n.¡±


    ¡°If the n doesn¡¯t involve smashing their phones, count me out.¡±


    ¡°We can not do that to them, it¡¯s their phones and some of their memories they had might be in their phones. We are not doing that.¡±


    ¡°Father can get them all a new phone each. I had to hold myself from joining you kick their asses because they would wonder how two sisters could fight. You see the difference between I and you Elena, I use my head to think and water my ground before walking on it unlike you who jump without thinking. You get yourself into this mess. Don¡¯t be surprised when father sees the video by tomorrow.¡± Eva told her. ¡°First you had us moved from my perfect beautiful life into this godforsaken ugly town and made me hide behind my shadow, and now this. You have to clean up your mess Elena.¡± She added and kissed Elena¡¯s forehead before removing her hand from her sister¡¯s head and sending a smile to the onlookers.


    Her sister is right, at times she speaks as if she was the older person and I am the younger one. I shouldn¡¯t have helped that boy or could have gone when they asked me not to mend with their affairs. But if I hadn¡¯t stepped in at that time, they would have gravely injured Dave. Now, how do I clean up my mess I created?


    At that moment, Jess drove inside the schoolpound and stopped right beside where she saw her two nieces, making sure she didn¡¯t climb on any of the five boys she saw on the ground groaning in pain. She was surprised to see almost all the students outside. Without wasting much time, Elena and Eva entered the Lamborghini.


    Reversing the car, Jess drove out of the school.


    ¡°Did something happen in school today Elena? And why are those boys all on the ground groaning in pain?¡± Jess asked once they hit the road.


    ¡°I stopped them from bullying a student and fought them off.¡± Elena answered truthfully.


    ¡°And not to forget that all the students back there have their phone video, recording her fight. And not to mention again that most of them might be on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. The video will go viral.¡± Eva chips in.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    ¡°Did you realise what you have done Elena?¡±


    ¡°Yes I do, you don¡¯t need to lecture me here aunt, Eva has done your job for me and I have realised my mistake,¡± Elena said admitting to her mistake.


    ¡°Then if you know all these why did you fight them when you know they will video it?¡± Jess eximed loudly.


    ¡°At least I should be getting a thank you from you for saving a student from going into depression and here you are scolding me.¡±


    ¡°Is not that I don¡¯t like the way you stood up for the boy, what I am saying is that it was a wrong timing you did. It shouldn¡¯t be at the school.¡±


    ¡°I am sorry aunt.¡± Elena apologized.


    Jess breathed in to calm her inner self down when a strange familiar scent filled her nostrils. The scent wasing from Elena strongly.


    ¡°Who did you meet Elena?¡±


    ¡°Jezz why are you asking me all the questions, have you forgotten that Eva too attended the school with me?¡± Elena said huffing out in annoyance.


    ¡°Did you meet anyone who appears strange today Elena? Just answer me.¡± Jess repeated her questions.


    ¡°No I didn¡¯t. I fought with those guys up close, so I don¡¯t get why this strange question aunt.¡±


    If her calctions are right and the scent she just perceives is true, then Elena met with a Demon today in her school. Her question is, who could be the Demon and why will his scent be all over her niece.


    Jess thought silently, she had to find out who the Demon is and what exactly did he want. Her major priority is to make sure her two nieces are saved, especially Elena until the Princess killer is caught even if it means fishing out the Demon and having him killed.


    ¡°So aunt what is the name of this boring town anyway?¡± Eva asked.


    ¡°This boring town as you had called it is known as Lowa town and a perfect ce for you girls to hide.¡± Jess replied driving into her housepound which has no gate.


    Getting out of the car, they started to head inside.


    At that same moment, a ck Bugatti drove into the nextpound and Julian stepped out.


    The girls eyes went wide in shock when they beheld Julian. He was like Adonis from Greek gods. He was breathtakingly handsome.


    He was looking at the bungalow and cursing under his breath as he regarded the building.


    ¡°Aunt who is he?¡± Eva asked, falling in love with the strange new guy immediately.


    ¡°He is our neighbour, I was informed by the owners of the house that they had sold the property to someone else who will being soon, I never expected to see such a young man who by his car standard would go for this house.¡± Jess replied.


    It was as if the new neighbour heard her because he turned his face to their direction.


    Julian heard it, he was shown another picture of a beautiful house and not this ugly duckling he is facing.


    ¡°He is looking at us.¡± Eva whispered as she felt her heart beating faster when Julian¡¯s eyes rested on her, trying to see the face behind the mask.


    ¡°Yeah I noticed.¡± Elena said not moved by his handsomeness, someone already has taken over that position since. Though she wouldn¡¯t deny the fact that their new neighbour was handsome, over handsome that he looks like a fairytale Prince, but he is not her beautiful Damien.


    Julian couldn¡¯t take his eyes off Elena when he heard her voice. Two beautiful girls standing right in front of him even though one was wearing a mask.


    ¡°I call dibs on him.¡± Eva said, suddenly wishing to remove her mask and let him see how beautiful she is, more than her elder sister.


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°I said I saw him first, you have Damien right? Let me have this one. So choose between him and Damien which one of them you want sis?¡±

 Chapter 16

    THE FACADE:


    Elenaughed at that. ¡°You are really funny little sis but to clear your doubt, I don¡¯t fancy our new neighbour neither Damien,¡± She said and walked out of her sister, going inside.


    ¡°Don¡¯t take it the wrong way big sis, I have to be sure,¡± Eva said before Elena would fully enter the house. She turned to the new neighbor and saw him watching her. ¡°Hi.¡± Eva waved, surprising her new neighbor who seemed shocked that she would talk to him.


    ¡°Hello.¡± Julian waves back.


    ¡°¡­.¡±


    ¡°Go inside now.¡± Jess¡¯s voice interrupted whatever Eva wanted to say.


    Huffing out in annoyance, Eva walked away from her aunt and entered the house.


    ¡°Do not look at my two nieces in such a manner or else you won¡¯t know what hit you.¡± Jess warned him as soon as they were alone.


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand you old woman.¡±Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°You fully understand what I am saying so don¡¯t pretend here. I have warned you, stay off my nieces or you will regret evering to this town.¡± Jess gave him her final warning before going inside her house.


    ¡°Well hello to you too.¡± Julian mutters and faces the house once again.


    This wasn¡¯t what he and his agents had bargained for. How can he, the only son of Robert, sleep in this lowly old house?


    He opened the driver seat door of his bugatti and took out his phone in the seat, with it he dialed the number of the agent who showed him his new house.


    It was picked at the third ring. ¡°Hello Mr Julian, have you reached your destination? How did you see the house? Hope it¡¯s up to your taste?¡± A male voice asked.


    ¡°That is why I am calling you, first of all the pictures you sent to me through fax aren¡¯t the same with this very house I am standing in. The house looks new on the pictures but I am seeing a different shit hole you send me to.¡± Julian angrily replied.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, I am so sorry Mr Julian, I made a mistake, the pictures I sent to you were taken 30 years ago and I sent it to you.¡±


    ¡°So how will that solve my problem? You sent me pictures of a house I fell in love with and I came here to see an ugly ancient house instead.¡± Julian said looking at the building in disdain.


    ¡°We are so sorry Sir, please check the house and see if the inside is up to your taste too. I will send a team tomorrow morning to change the look of the house to your taste sir. Don¡¯t be offended.¡±


    ¡°Whatever, just know I won¡¯t be referring anyone of my friends to your stupidpany again.¡± Julian said and ended the call. Making sure his car is locked he walked towards his new house.


    Going to the door of his new house, he slot one of the keys given to him and the door opened. Pushing it more wide open, he stepped in and was surprised at the decorations made inside the house. Though it wasn¡¯t to his taste, it looks more homely and beautiful than the outside.


    Truly do not judge a book by its cover.


    Well time to check the rooms in the house and decide on the one he will choose. He also ns to use all his whole strategy to win his neighbor¡¯s heart. To get to the girls, he must first of all capture the heart of the annoying old woman first.


    ****


    ¡°Eva, learn how to ignore such guys like your sister did. Believe me handsome guys are yers.¡± Jess said after the girls had finished taking their baths and were at the dining table with her eating their lunch, noodles.


    ¡°Aunt, I like him, this one will be different. Elena is too slow unlike me who is fast in shooting her shot on a guy she likes.¡± Eva said.


    ¡°Okay, but don¡¯te crying to me when you realize what i said is true.¡± Jess said, given up in theing argument.


    She watches them eat their food in silence and once they are done, they say their thanks and she tells Eva to wash their tes.


    ¡°So Elena, how was your day in school?¡± Jess asked.


    ¡°Apart from the guys I beat, it was cool.¡± Elena answered her with a shrugs shoulder.


    ¡°This Damien of a guy who your sister mentioned, was he close to you throughout today?¡± Jess inquired gently. She needs to know if probably this Damien is the Demon she had scented on the girls especially on Elena.


    ¡°Yes Aunt. He was in my sses, every single ss. He doesn¡¯t give me a breathing space forcing me to be friends with him.¡± Elena said.


    ¡°Hmm, I see.¡± Jess mused silently.


    Eva came out of the kitchen and headed straight to her room to think about the hot new neighbor next door.


    Elena remembered her dream she had at that moment and something in her want her to tell her aunt.


    ¡°There is a weird dream I hadst night aunt.¡± Elena began.


    ¡°What kind of dream?¡± Jess asked, suddenly interested.


    ¡°I saw myself running through a forest and something was chasing after me. Then I stopped when I got a cliff and turned to see a hideous creature.¡± Elena said then pause.


    ¡°Were you able to make out the face creature? I mean can you describe the creature?¡±


    ¡°Yes Aunt, it was a Manticore rare creature, it has a woman¡¯s face, unrecognizable through. The creature called out my name and asked me toe and it was then my sweet Eva woke me up for school.¡±


    Why will she appear to Elena now unless¡­ it¡¯s time.


    ¡°Elena dear, when you have such a dream again and the Manticore creature calls on you toe, follow it,¡± Jess said.


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand Aunt, why will I have such a terrible dream again?¡±


    ¡°Just do as I say and do not run away from the creature when ites for you.¡±


    *****


    Demon drove in once Samuel had opened the gate for him. He parked and came down. Walking inside his sitting, his thoughts were filled with Ena the new girl.


    There is something fishy about the new girl and he is going to find out everything about her tonight.


    He caught the sharp sword heading his way and turned around. Sitting on one of his sofas is the guy Ena had helped in school. There was no cut or wounds on him.


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Demon hissed at him.


    ¡°Chill a little bit.¡± Dave said getting up to his feet and went to meet Demon. ¡°I never thought you woulde to this low town to dwell and search for your princess.¡± He added.


    ¡°What are you doing here David?¡± Demon repeated his question.


    ¡°Oh, Hades told me to watch over you in case you fail in your job.¡± Dave answered.


    ¡°Meaning?¡±


    ¡°Meaning if you fail I will do the job for you and give you her soul to give to Hades.¡± Dave replied nonchntly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t need a babysitter. I will find the Princess without anyone¡¯s help.¡±


    ¡°Says the scary Demon who looked lost with the new girls, especially the one with the purple hair. I know you¡¯d recognize me once I became the attention of everyone.¡±


    ¡°Yes I did, but it¡¯s none of my business if you attend the same school with me or not. I want you to stay on yourne David. Don¡¯t let what happened 500 hundred years ago between the both of us to repeat itself again and Hades pleaded on your behalf. Have I made myself clear?¡± Demon said with clenched teeth.


    ¡°Of course Sire but I hope your eyes aren¡¯t on the purple haired girl because I want her to myself that is why I had to hypothesize the school bully¡¯s into bullying me to gain the school attention and probably her which happened.¡±


    ¡°You want to use her like you had used some other girls in the past, after you had your fling with them you killed them, is that what you want to do with Ena?¡±


    ¡°You know me too well Demon, after I am done with her, you can have her if she isn¡¯t dead by then.¡±


    ¡°Get out of my house this minute before I slit your throat, just thank your stars you are Hades messenger if not you would have been dead since under my feet but do not force me.¡± Demon warned.


    David didn¡¯t say a word, once Demon speech has entered into a threatening tone, he is sure to carry it out.


    ¡°I am going but no matter what step you want to take, remember why you started killing the Princesses in the first ce.¡± Dave said and vanished.


    It was as if he wasn¡¯t there at all.


    Demon has work to do.


    There is something about Ena with the way she fought with those boys. Her fighting stance looks like that of a well trained princess.


    He needs to find out who this Ena and her mask sister is.


    That night¡­


    Elena had another dream¡­.

 Chapter 17

    ELENA AND THE MANTICORE CREATURE:


    That night Elena had another dream.


    She saw herself walking along a bushy path. Looking behind her back to see if she¡¯s being followed by any creature, but she didn¡¯t see anything. Everywhere around her became calm as she walked on. She doesn¡¯t even know where she is going, her feet seem to have their own thoughts and seem to know where she is going.


    The dream looked so real and she had to pinch herself to see if it would hurt her or if it would wake her from sleep. It hurt like hell after she pinched herself and still saw herself walking faster than before.


    The night was cold as her body became cold and she was freezing. The full moon was shining brightly and lightening her way.


    She found her legsing to a stop once they reached an open ce in this strange Forest. No leaves or trees were seen, the open ce looks neat and clean. She saw a fire burning which was built with dried sticks in the middle of the open ce. Once again, she found herself walking towards it and tried to stop her legs from moving, but all to no avail. She was suddenly feeling warm and saw tworge woods opposite each other. She didn¡¯t know that she sat down in one of the woods. In this strange looking forest, it seems her body has a life of its own.


    Sitting near the already made fire which smoke rises to the sky, she stretches forth her both hands to the fire to warm it from the cold.


    Why is she here?


    Elena thought as she looked around her again. She is sitting down in one of the woods and the other one is empty.


    Does it mean someone who is not yet here ising to sit in the other empty wood?


    She thought and suddenly became alert when she heard a twig of sounds inside the trees around her. Looking around her once more with the help of the full moon, her eyes rested on a pair of red glowing eyes which were slowly approaching her.


    Her breath caught in her throat as she saw who the eye glowing eyes belonged to. In front of her was the beast in her previous dream who had chased her down to the cliff and surprisingly asked her toe forward.


    It was at this moment she needed her legs to move so that she could run away, but they seemed to ignore her and didn¡¯t move even as she tried to move her legs.


    Finally the mystic creature approaching her stopped a few meters away from her and went over to the other empty wood which was in the opposite. Sitting down and staring at Elena. The only walls between Elena and the creature was the fire burning.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to be afraid of me Elena, I won¡¯t hurt you.¡± The Manticore beast feminine voice was heard over the fire. ¡°I brought you here for a reason.¡±


    Swallowing her spit she stared around them before her gazended on the creature. The creature had assured her it wouldn¡¯t hurt her. ¡°Why were you chasing me the other night? Why are you appearing to me in my dreams? What do you want from me? Are you real in life? Who are you?¡± Elena poured out her questions at once.


    ¡°One question at a time Elena.¡± The Manticore beast said. ¡°I wasn¡¯t chasing you, rather you were running away from me and I had to pursue you to stop you and also to tell you that there was a cliff ahead of you. To your second question, like I said before, you are here for a reason. To your third question, to tell you who you are and the time hase. To your fourth question, yes I am real in life and can appear to you in your reality but I choose not to, at least you were scared when you saw me for the first time, right? Imagine when I appear to you in life. To your final question, my name is Arabe but do not call me that, I am a beast.¡± The Manticore beast finished saying.


    Since the beast started talking, Elena saw that she wasn¡¯t as scared as she was the first time she had stared into those red growling eyes that are still staring at her. ¡°Okay beast, why did you bring me here?¡±


    ¡°To talk to you about things. First of all, do you know who your mother is?¡± The Manticore creature asked.


    ¡°No, I haven¡¯t seen her and I don¡¯t even know what she looks like. The only picture that shows my mother has her back facing the camera and she has purple hair like mine. Do you know her or are youuuu¡­.¡± Elena broke off drawing the words as she stared at the beast. ¡°My mother?¡±


    The surprisingugh from the beast left Elena confused. ¡°I am not your mother Elena, I am your grandmother.¡± The beast revealed.


    Opening her mouth in wide shock, Elena didn¡¯t believe her. ¡°You are my grandmother?¡± At the Manticore beast nod she continues. ¡°That is impossible. My father told me I have no grandmother or rtives but I was surprised when he sent us to live with my distant auntie which I came to know existed a few days ago,¡± Elena aaid.


    ¡°Your father only told you what we wanted him to tell you. For your own safety, we have to stay away from you.¡± The beast told her.


    ¡°When you said we do it includes aunt Jess too?¡± Elena asked.


    ¡°Yes Elena.¡±


    ¡°Then why do you choose to reveal yourself to me after all these years?¡±


    ¡°Because the time hase for that. You will soon be clocking 21 and so shall your powers begin to manifest, just like it did to your mother only that your mother chose the wrong path.¡±


    ¡°Auntie has said that before and I wonder what¡¯s the wrong path she has chosen. I need to know everything.¡±


    ¡°I will tell you.¡± The Manticore beast said, removing her gaze from Elena and stared inside the fire. ¡°It all started with the fire you see here. Once the chosen one is of age, the fire chooses him or her. This time around, the fire chooses my family and it permanently decides to choose only my generation.¡± The beast stopped and used it¡¯s tongue and wiped off it¡¯s razor sharp teeth. ¡°It was me first and after a while, I had your mother, when shees of age, it was her turn and now it is your turn.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand you, my turn to do what?¡± Elena asked, confused.


    ¡°Your turn to decide which path to take, the good or the bad path, it all depends on you.¡± The Manticore creature answered.


    ¡°I still don¡¯t understand it. What path are you talking about?¡±


    ¡°The fire never made a mistake when it chose it¡¯s sessor but I think it did when it chose my daughter. Your mother used her powers for evil and joined the league of devils.¡±


    ¡°What fire are you talking about?¡±


    ¡°Fire of a protector. You will get to understand your role as time goes by. Starting tomorrow, you will now see the world with a new eye, then you will understand your role.¡± The Manticore responded.


    ¡°Will I be able to change into this beast of yours?¡± Elena asked.


    ¡°Yes but that¡¯s when youe to understand your role. Your aunt too is also a Manticore beast and she will teach you everything you need to know.¡± The beast said and stood up to its hind legs. ¡°It¡¯s time for me to go, I will see you once you understand everything Elena, until then, goodbye my grandchild.¡± The beast turned to go when Elena¡¯s voice stopped her.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Wait, when next you areing to me, can you at least stay in your human form and not in this, at least I also want to see the real face of my newly found grandmother,¡± Elena said.


    ¡°I cannot change into my human form Elena. Your mother took that away from me once she decided the path she wanted to take. I have been in this form for a very long time.¡± The beast replied to her.


    ¡°Why will she do that?¡±


    ¡°Annabel is greedy.¡±


    ¡°Where is she now? Aunt told me she is still alive.¡±


    ¡°Yes, my daughter is still alive and out there patiently waiting for the day when you wille of age to steal your powers Elena. You have to be very careful.¡±


    ¡°Why will shee to steal her own daughter¡¯s powers?¡±


    ¡°There are only two reasons why she wille for you, first, like I told you before, she is greedy and will stop at nothing to get what she wants and secondly, the fire will end in you. There will be no more chosen one after you. So as you are thest generation to have the powers, you are the strongest Elena Manticore Creature.¡±


    Elena seemed shocked by what she heard. Why will it end with her?


    ¡°I will try to be careful, thanks for telling me.¡±


    ¡°You are wee.¡±


    ¡°Did my father also know about this choice of a thing?¡±


    ¡°He knows. You can ask him all the questions in your heart, he will give you an answer.¡±


    ¡°And Eva? Is she also a Manticore creature like I am?¡±


    ¡°No, she is purely human which you have to also protect. See you again Elena.¡± The beast said and ran into the bush with lightning speed.


    Elena suddenly felt dizzy and fell down to the ground, holding her head with her hands. She fought the dizziness but couldn¡¯t win against it. Her eyes closed slowly and then again, opened, before it finally closed to sleep.


    *****


    After Dave had left, he went up to his room and ordered the Shadows around him to create a portal. Hades¡¯s face was seen.


    ¡°Have you gotten the princess soul?¡± Hades demanded.


    ¡°Not yet, I haven¡¯t seen anyone who looks like the princess. But do not worry, I shall get her.¡±


    ¡°If you are not with the princess soul then why did you summon me?¡±


    ¡°To ask you why you have to send David to take the job if I failed to do it. Have I ever failed you before?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be mad, Demon. I have this feeling that you might not kill the princess once you see her. But do not forget that your wife is your first priority in case you have a change of heart.¡±


    ¡°I won¡¯t have a change of heart. So tell David not to meddle with my affairs if he doesn¡¯t want to die. And if he does meddle with my affairs, you Hades will have me to contend with. You know fully well that you are no match for me.¡± Demon warned and before Hades could reply back, the Shadows quickly dispersed.


    A male demon suddenly appears next to him bowing his head. ¡°You sent for me my Lord.¡±


    ¡°Yes I did. Go and check the history of Ena,¡± Demon said, touching the other demon¡¯s shoulders showing him Ena¡¯s face. ¡°Find me everything about her and report back to me. Find out if truly she is a Princess. Because with the way I saw her fight, it shows she is either a Princess or a knight.¡±


    ¡°I will do so, my Lord. I have never disappointed you before.¡± He said and disappeared to carry out his master¡¯s orders.


    Demon took his bath and waited for the news he knew wasing.


    Hey down on his bed and slept off. Few hourster, his eyes flew open as the demon appeared next to him..


    ¡°Did you get the information I needed?¡±

 Chapter 18

    Ninja¡¯s Surprise Attack On Elena:


    ¡°Yes my Lord. Though it wasn¡¯t an easy task, Ena is truly a Princess my Lord.¡±


    ¡°What then is her real name and the name of her Kingdom?¡±


    ¡°Elena of Eras Kingdom my Lord.¡±


    That answer made Demon sit up from his bed.


    ¡°What did you say?¡± Demon asked.


    ¡°I said her real name is Elena and she is the daughter of the King of Eras Kingdom my Lord.¡± The demon answered.


    ¡°But how did you manage to find out?¡±


    ¡°I had to break into her room and touch the girl you revealed to me on her forehead. Everything about her was shown as an image to me.¡± The demon replied to him.


    ¡°I knew there was something fishy about the girl, the way she fought earlier on confirmed my suspicions. But I wonder how a Princess will have purple hair.¡± Demon said, pondering on it.


    Humans can¡¯t have purple hair unless they dye it. But Ena seems to look real and not dye.


    ¡°I am afraid you have to find out for yourself, my Lord.¡± The voice of his servant brought him out of his thoughts.


    ¡°You can go now. Thank you for your useful information. I will send for you when you are needed again.¡± Demon told the demon who bowed and disappeared.


    So if Ena is Elena, the girl putting on a mask is her younger sister, Princess Eva and not Evelyn. No wonder Elena didn¡¯t bother to wear a mask because no one can recognise her as the Princess.


    Hmmm, finding the princess wasn¡¯t as hard as he had thought it would. The Princess is now within his grasp. Now he has to find a way to kill her without anyone getting suspicious of him when he leaves the school afterwards.


    But can he have the heart to kill her?


    ¡°Is it possible for me to kill her when I know fully well I am attracted to her.¡± Demon said to himself as hey back in his bed to continue his sleep.


    Well he wouldn¡¯t decide until tomorrow.


    *****


    Jess House:


    Elena woke up very early the next morning. Truthfully, she had been awake after her strange dream she had with the Manticore beast. She finds her way to the kitchen, the house is quiet and so she has to walk silently so she wouldn¡¯t wake the two people still sleeping. She took arge bowl and filled it with cold water and tiptoed to Eva¡¯s room. Opening the door which surprisingly wasn¡¯t locked, she peeped and saw her sister still sleeping.


    Smirking to herself, now it¡¯s time for her revenge. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around with her heart in her mouth she saw her aunt.


    ¡°How did you do that? I didn¡¯t hear you getting out of your room or you walking towards me?¡± Elena asked with surprise as she tried to breathe normally once she realized it was her aunt.


    ¡°I thought you were doing your revenge because in the next one minute, Eva will be fully awake.¡± Jess replied and turned around walking towards the kitchen.


    Entering the room, she tiptoed until she reached the bedside and poured the contents of the bowl into Eva¡¯s face and body.


    Her loud scream was sure to wake up the entire neighborhood. She stood up and faced her sister with a hard re.


    ¡°Good morning to you too, dear sister.¡± Elena said dramatically.


    ¡°What is the meaning of this Elena?¡±


    ¡°Well, you started it first Eva, it¡¯s just what we call ¡®a pay back¡¯ and you are looking at me that way? At least you will get to sleep on a wet bed like I didst night. Got to take my bath sis, enjoy the cold,¡± Elena said, and cat walked out of the room. Once she was out, she ran to her room and locked her door. She didn¡¯t trust Eva. She quickly took her bath and changed from her night clothes to a purple dress which matches with her hair. She wore a ck boot and ponytail her hair with a ck hair band.


    One hourter, the girls were done eating and were about to leave for school when Elena stopped and faced Jess.


    ¡°I had a dreamst night, aunt.¡±


    ¡°We will discuss it when you return from school.¡± Jess said and handed the car key to Elena. ¡°Hope you still remembered the way to your school?¡±


    Nodding her head as she collects the key. ¡°Yes auntie. Thank you.¡± Elena said and walked towards the Lamborghini.


    Eva feels sad when she doesn¡¯t see their new neighbor. She had worn a killer dress that brought out all her curves.


    Opening the car door as Eva entered the front passenger seat ignoring Elena.


    Elena started the car and drove out of her aunt¡¯s house to her school.


    ¡°You do know you will talk to me soon. After all, I talked to you when you poured me cold water.¡±


    Huffing out in annoyance ¡°Whatever, just know I am getting back at you,¡± Eva said.


    Elena just smiled. ¡°Bring it on.¡±


    They soon arrived at the school and drove into the schoolpound.


    She saw the Bugatti of yesterday and Damien was standing beside it, staring at the gate.


    She parked her car next to the Bugatti.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to tell anyone what you told Damien yesterday the reason why you are putting on a mask, in case they asked.¡± Elena reminded.


    ¡°Of course dearest sister,¡± Eva said, opening the door anding out.


    ¡°Hi Damien, how are you doing?¡± Eva greeted. The beautiful guy didn¡¯t answer her, rather he was staring at Elena.


    Elena came down and locked her car door, ignoring the looks she was receiving. She went to meet her sister and Damien. ¡°Hello friend.¡± She said with a brief smile and turned to go, dragging her sister along.


    ¡°What!? I thought you said you aren¡¯t interested in any of the two cute guys,¡± Eva said.


    ¡°Look at his face, he is not in a good mood. And yes, I am not interested in any of them.¡± Elena responded. ¡°See you in the school cafeteria sis.¡±


    ¡°Yeah see you too sis.¡±


    They both went to their separate sses.


    Damien took a deep breath to calm himself. It will be hard to kill the girl. When his eyes met hers, he just felt his world stopped moving and her smile, her smile brought lustful images to him. Her smile was beautiful, her smile was sexy and, and he wanted to see her smile only to him and not anyone else.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    He has got to find out what¡¯s really wrong and why he couldn¡¯t see himself killing the girl.


    He walked towards his ss full of thoughts.


    ___


    The School Cafeteria:


    The cafeteria became quiet when they saw the three new students walking side by side to their table.


    Elena, Eva and Demon all sat on their table, eating. Like before, Demon didn¡¯t request for any food. He just stared at Elena.


    Then he saw them out of the corner of his eyes. They were fast but didn¡¯t escape from his eyes.


    Elena found it strange that Damien was staring at her. Throughout their sses, Damien¡¯s eyes never wavered away from her face and even when the teacher was teaching.


    Was something on her face?


    She thought and turned around and saw Dave heading towards her table.


    Her eyes widened a little when she saw two horns on Dave¡¯s head.


    She suddenly felt like vomiting and stood up from her seat, excusing herself and ran to the female restroom.


    As she entered it, she was surprised when she saw Damien entering the restroom with her.


    Locking the door, Demon ignored the spectacr sight of Elena throwing out her guts in one of the clean toilets, and focused on the closed cubicles.


    Three of them. On silent footsteps, Demon walked up to the first cubicle. The door was open, so he entered and closed the door. Closing the lid on the toilet, he climbed up and swung himself up to the top of the cubicle frames. The second one was empty, but in the third¡­ a woman stood, her fingers twirling high-grade fishing line. Bad choice, unless she nned to stage Elena¡¯s death.


    Bncing on the frame, Demon jumped in right behind her, his descent silent. Before she could react to his presence, he caught her in an unrelenting chokehold that put her out in three seconds t. Her weight sagged against him. Demon reached behind, closing the toilet lid, he sat her on the toilet making sure she was bnced and wouldn¡¯t fall.


    Two more Ninja¡¯s to go.


    Opening the toilet door, he stepped out of the cubicle to find Elena washing her mouth and her lips. Demon wondered what Elena would say if he had offered to lick her red rosy lips. Elena looked good enough to eat, and Demon didn¡¯t mind having a taste.


    ¡°Are you still here?¡± Elena asked, ncing at him through the mirrors over the sink.


    Demon smiled. ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Why are you with me in the female restroom?¡±


    Demon wanted to reply but stopped. His gaze sweeping back to thest cubicle, he quickly opened it but it was empty.


    ¡°I have no idea why I am with you here Ena, I just wanted to know if you are fine with the way you ran out of the cafeteria when you saw Dave,¡± Demon said went to the door, unlocking it to leave.


    Instinct had him raising his arms up in defense when a kick came flying at him. The force of it is enough to push him back. He managed to stop his fall inches away from the first cubicle wall. Elena stared at him in shock.


    ¡°Don¡¯t move,¡± Demon ordered Elena.


    As long as Elena stayed in one position, she would not get hurt. Demon ignored Elena¡¯s rmed expression and focused on his assants.


    They were two Ninja¡¯s in full cks as they entered the restroom and jam the door behind them, locking it. They produced long thin swords, ready for fullbat.


    The woman in the cubicle was out for the next several hours. These two, with their open attack, Demon had no choice but to put them down for good.


    Demon carried no weapons. It was easier to live unnoticed if you carried as little as possible. He broke his defensive stance, Undoing his belt, he removed it in a swift tug.


    Their assants came at him at once, their intent to murder him then Elena.


    The three men moved fast. Too fast for Elena to see clearly. The two holding the des attack Damien, over and over. A swift deadly dance, one touch of those des enough to draw blood. She held her breath as one cut Damien¡¯s left arm. Demien was using the belt to deflect the swords, he was good at it too.


    Shit, were these idiots ying some kind of make-believe video game in her presence?


    What is it these days? Pok¨¦mon-Go?


    Elena gazes at the red on Damien¡¯s arm. The blood was real. She knew blood, and the stuff trailing along on Damien¡¯s arm was fucking real.


    The fight blocked her from the door, and even though she wanted to fight them, they were too fast like the wind plus she wasn¡¯t holding a weapon.


    A soft grunt, and one of the Ninjas lost his de. In the next instant, Damien held the de, sunk it first into one man¡¯s chest, then into the other¡¯s neck.


    Elena¡¯s instinct was to rush forward to stop the blood flowing out of the first man¡¯s chest. Damien pushed Elena back and Elena lost her bnce and sat on the floor.

 Chapter 19

    A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH (Part One):


    He had to slow down his healing and allowed his blood to flow from the cut so Elena won¡¯t know he was inhuman. He had purposely allowed one of them to cut into his arm so she wouldn¡¯t have any suspicion.


    He shouldn¡¯t have neared the sisters at all. Now he has put Elena and Eva into trouble.


    Whoever sent the Ninjas had seen him with the girls.


    Shit! He was in bigger trouble, how can he protect the one he was supposed to kill? Now that he has shown this little side of him, Elena will want to find out more about him. Shouldn¡¯t he have allowed them to kill her making it more easier for him?


    Getting up to her feet her gaze on the dead people in the school restroom. What if someone, a female,es in at that minute and sees them, what will be her answers?


    Ande to think of it, probably these Ninja¡¯s were sent by the assassin who kills Princesses. Does that mean he or she knows her identity and has tracked her to this ce?


    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Who are those guys you just murdered in cold blood? You should have just beat them and then call the cops toe and arrest them instead of killing them.¡± Elena fired even though Damien had just saved her life.


    ¡°And you think they won¡¯t be released after that? Whoever sent them must know of their arrest and have them released quickly,¡± Demon said thinking of a way to tell Elena to get out of the restroom for his demons to clean up the mess without sounding rude.


    ¡°No matter what they did, death is not always the answer. They might have families waiting for their return,¡± Elena said.


    Yeah, more like going back to their master.


    Demon thought. ¡°They were after you, not me. You have to be very careful from now onwards, your eyes need to be sharp.¡± Demon told her. ¡°Go and check your sister if she is alright but you haven¡¯t told me why you ran away from the school cafeteria when you saw Davi- I mean Dave.¡±


    ¡°When you tell me how you know how to fight Ninjas so well, I will tell you why I ran away when I saw Davi- no Dave.¡± Elena said in the same voice he used in hisst statement. ¡°And thanks for reminding me about my sister.¡± She adds and dashes out of the restroom towards the school cafeteria. She was hoping her eyes were deceiving her about the horns on Dave¡¯s head.


    Demon breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Elena running out. As soon as the door closed behind Elena, three demons appeared next to him.


    ¡°Clean up the mess and have them buried. There is ady who is still unconscious in one of the toilets. Take her with you and have her chained inside my new house. I will question her once I get back, by then she might have regained her consciousness.¡± Demonmanded the three demons who all replied. ¡°Yes my Lord.¡± And started doing as they were told.


    ¡°Make sure no blood stains are seen on the floor.¡± Demon said and left the restroom walking towards the direction of the school cafeteria.


    ____


    Elena has to calm her breathing down when she saw her sisterughing together with Dave whose back was facing her. She blinked her eyes a multiple times more, now sure her eyes weren¡¯t deceiving her. On Dave¡¯s head are two horns.


    Eva was the first person to see her and wave to her.


    ¡°Herees the drama queen who ran away.¡± Eva said to Dave who then turned to send a smile to Elena.


    Elena¡¯s breath ceased immediately when she saw Dave smile and his face, his eyes were red, and his smile showed his two sharp fangs protruding out of his mouth, it was longer than a dog¡¯s own.


    She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt the hand of someone touching her shoulder. She turned around and saw Damien.


    ¡°Why aren¡¯t you inside with your sister and your new friend?¡± Demon said holding his tongue before he add ¡®Princess Elena¡¯


    Was he blind? Can¡¯t he see the face of Dave with his horns? What is happening to her? Please don¡¯t let it be only me who sees his hideous face.


    Elena thought.


    ¡°Damien, Dave looked so different today.¡± Elena said, still staring at Dave who was ring at the guy standing next to her. She can¡¯t say the words out yet.


    What if he could hear her from there? He is a monster and can have super hearing ability. If I told Damien what I can see and he hears it, wouldn¡¯t he kill me in my sleep since I now know his true identity? And most importantly why am I seeing this?


    Various thoughts ran through Elena¡¯s mind.


    ¡°That¡¯s because he was covered in dirt and cuts yesterday when you rescued him from the school bullying.¡± Demon voices brought her out of her thoughts.


    Speaking of the cuts he received yesterday, she saw no cuts on him right now, she was very sure there were some cuts in him and bruises. She wasn¡¯t dreaming or imagining things.


    ¡°No I mean.¡± Elena has to bend the taller guy¡¯s head to her level and whispers the remaining words inside his ears. ¡°I can see horns and fangs in his head and teeth, and his eyes are red.¡± She removed her lips from his ears and noticed the quietness of the cafeteria as her eyes stared at them.


    Demon controlled himself from grabbing Elena right now and kissed the hell out of her lips. Feeling her mouth so close to his ear makes him yarn for more. He wondered how her lips would feel on his lips. He could try to steal a kiss from her unexpectedly and say it¡¯s a mistake. He couldn¡¯t take his eyes off her lips. He wanted to have a taste of her lips so bad that he might pretend to be a kidnapper and have her corner in a ce and just steal a kiss from her then afterwards, release her.


    Then what she said came clearer into his mind and cleared all his whole dirty thoughts away.


    ¡°Wait, you see him as in him?¡± Demon asked in shock.


    ¡°Yes. That was what made me run into the restroom.¡± Elena confirmed. ¡°I don¡¯t really understand what is going on again.¡±


    ¡°Just concentrate on your sister and pretend you are not seeing anything in him.¡± Demon whispered back.


    All these while they have been whispering into each other¡¯s ears.


    ¡°I have told you why I had run out of the cafeteria, now you will have to tell me how you were able to fight those Ninja¡¯s.¡±


    ¡°I will exin everything. Let¡¯s go and take our seats,¡± Demon said that aloud and he and Elena made their way to their seats. They both sat down on the two empty seats.


    ¡°What were you and Damien discussing so low into each other¡¯s ears?¡± Dave asked with a smile.


    Just pretend you are not seeing anything extraordinary. Do as what Damien said.


    Elena said in her mind and smiled back.


    ¡°Discussing something private.¡± She replied. ¡°By the way, I thought you had cuts from the beatings they gave you yesterday, I saw cuts on you but not again.¡± She is waiting for the lies she knows wille out.


    ¡°I wasn¡¯t injured, you know I was hurt and filled with dirt all over me so it might look as if I was injured whereas I am not ¡± Dave lied.


    ¡°But I saw your face, it was covered in bruises,¡± Elena said.


    ¡°Ena just let it go.¡± Demon voice cut in giving her a certain look.


    They ate their food in silence but Demon and Dave didn¡¯t eat.


    Soon it was time for lessons and Elena, Eva and Demon both walked to their sses. Elena waited until her sister had entered her ss before she proceeded with her own ss.


    Soon it was closing time and everyone started going on. Waving the two sisters bye, he entered his car and drove off. Elena and Eva quickly entered their Lamborghini and drove out of the schoolpound.


    Someone outside the school premises made a call which rang and was picked at the third ring.


    ¡°Mission was abortive, she is alive. Demon stopped their attack.¡± He told the receiver and ended the call after a few minutes, leaving.


    ******N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Somewhere in an Unknown ce:


    ¡°They couldn¡¯t defeat Demon and the girl and you said they are your best Ninja¡¯s?¡± The Ninjady who spoke stood up angrily from where she sat. Her face was covered.


    ¡°We will have her soon my Lady, I can assure you that.¡± A Ninja man replied to her.


    ¡°When will that be? I don¡¯t have patience. I need the girl by all means, whether dead or alive. In that way Demon won¡¯t know who is attacking,¡± The Lady said.


    ¡°We will get you the girl soon. I am going to send the best of the best Ninja¡¯s to her house tonight. As we speak, my spy is spying on them and will inform me where they live. Don¡¯t worry my Lady, we shall bring her to you,¡± The man said.


    ¡°Good. I hope you keep to your promise. I wille again and if you fail this time, I will have your head hung in the outside gate of your Ninja school,¡± The Ninjady said.


    ¡°Of course mydy,¡± The man said in fear and bowed.


    The Ninja Lady disappeared.

 Chapter 20

    A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH, Part Two:


    Elena drove the Lamborghini straight inside her aunt¡¯s house. She and her sister got down from the car and were surprised to see a new changes in the next house. It was now breathtaking, unlike before.


    Their new neighbour who came out of his house and was heading to his car noticed their stares and waved at them with his hands. Eva returned his wave and smiled behind the mask when he made his way towards them.


    It seems their aunt is busy since she hasn¡¯te out when they drove in.


    ¡°Hellodies, am Julian by name, your new neighbour.¡± Their new neighbour now known as Jillian introduces himself to them.


    ¡°Am Ena.¡±


    ¡°And I am Evelyn, Ena¡¯s younger sister.¡± Eva introduced herself.


    ¡°Nice names.¡±


    ¡°Thanks, see ya,¡± Elena said and went inside. ¡°Don¡¯t stay too long outside sis.¡± She added loudly for her sister to hear her before entering the house.


    ¡°I love what you did with the house. You totally transformed it,¡± Eva said in enthusiasm.


    ¡°At first when I came and saw the house, I was surprised because it wasn¡¯t what I was shown in the picture. I had to call my agent and they did this today. And now, I think I like this new look.¡± Julian told her with a smile and stared at his newly acquired house.


    ¡°It¡¯s totally awesome Julian,¡± Eva said in admiration. ¡°Uhmm, I got to go. It was nice talking with you.¡±


    ¡°Hold on,¡± Julian said and brought out his Iphone from his pocket. ¡°First of all, do you have a phone?¡± He asked with a smile.


    ¡°Of course I do.¡± Eva answered him, her heart pounding so fast in her heart that she swore she heard it. She prayed that the next question should be her number.


    ¡°Good then, can I have your number. I think I like your kind of person, always outspoken,¡± Julian said with one of his charming smiles he normally shes on girls he is about to woo.


    Though Evelyn seemed to be different. He liked Ena, but since Ena had shown she wasn¡¯t interested in his handsome face, he went for her younger sister.


    ¡°Sure,¡± Eva said and called out her number to him which he collected and saved.


    ¡°Sorry for asking Eva, how old are you?¡± Julian asked. He doesn¡¯t want to move around with a minor.


    ¡°Am 18, two years younger than Ena who is 20. How old are you Julian?¡± Eva asked him his question.


    ¡°Well, I am 27.¡± Julian answered her sincerely. ¡°I was heading out before I saw you girls. See you soon Eve,¡± He said and walked back to hispound. He entered his car and drove out of his premises, honking at Eva.


    Eva quickly left where she stood and entered the house.


    ¡°So you gave him your number?¡± Elena asked beside the door making Eva nearly scream out in fear.


    ¡°Don¡¯t ever do that again sis!¡± Eva yelled once she had calmed down her heart. ¡°And why are you standing behind the door, are you eavesdropping on my conversation I am having with Julian? I thought you said you weren¡¯t interested in him, are you now developing feelings for him?¡± Eva asked as she removed her mask to re at her sister.


    ¡°Eva calm down, I am not interested in him, okay. I was only trying to look out for you. Aunt is not around, I checked around the house and didn¡¯t see her. Count yourself lucky that she isn¡¯t here to witness you giving Julian your number,¡± Elena said going towards her room opening the door she paused when Eva¡¯s voice came again.


    ¡°I am 18 not 15. I have the right to give whoever I want to give my number.¡±


    ¡°Oh, very well then. But remember you are living in her house, her house, her rule.¡± Elena said entering her room and closing the door behind her.


    ¡°Whatever.¡± Eva groaned and walked to her room mming the door behind her hard.


    Few minutester, Elena heard some noiseing from the kitchen and opened her room door a little to be sure she heard right. She had just finished taking her bath and changed into some of her house clothes when she heard the noise.


    Stepping out of her room, she slowly tiptoed to the kitchen ready to fight whoever was making the noise. Peeping inside, she saw her aunt in the kitchen preparing lunch for them and breath out in relief.


    ¡°Aunt Jess good afternoon, when did youe in and why did I not hear you knocking? The front door was locked with its bolt and I know Eva didn¡¯t open the door for you.¡± Elena asked with surprise when she saw her aunt. Her sister would have even ignored the door and will be holding her phone, expecting the calls of their handsome new neighbour.


    ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t follow the door, you are right, the door was bolted but I have other means I can use to get inside my own house without using the door,¡± Jess said with a shrug and focused on her cooking. ¡°Oh, before I forget, your father called when you and your sister are both in school. And said you should call him back once you are home. So call him and leave the kitchen, I like preparing my food alone.¡± She added with a sweet smile.


    ¡°Okay auntie, will call him right away. And don¡¯t forget you said I shouldn¡¯t tell you my dream I had yet until I return from school.¡± Elena reminded her aunt and walked out of the kitchen going straight to her room to use her phone instead of her aunt¡¯s to call her father.


    King Eremus picked on the call on the third ring.


    ¡°Hello Father, good afternoon.¡± Elena greeted.


    ¡°Afternoon my child. How are you doing Elena?¡± King Eremus asked his daughter.


    ¡°I am fine dad. I miss you and home,¡± Elena said sadly.


    ¡°Yeah, me too, I miss you and your sister. Just hold on a little bit, soon you shall return.¡± King Eremus assured her. ¡°Back to the reason why I called your aunt this morning to speak to you. Elena I saw a video of you fighting with your school mate on YouTube. Do you know what that means, you will attract the assassin to yourself?¡± He added with a raised voice.


    ¡°Sorry father, I didn¡¯t know they would record it, let alone upload it on YouTube. They were trying to bully a guy in the same school and I had to interfere after they had given him multiple injuries.¡± Elena answered.


    ¡°I have no problem with you helping the guy being beaten, what I am saying is that the way you have fought with them, shows you were trained in a pce and the assassin, wherever he or she is, will have a lead about you being the secret Princess. I sent you and your sister to France toy low not to fight.¡±


    ¡°I am sorry father, it won¡¯t repeat itself again, I promise you.¡± Elena promised.


    ¡°I hope you keep to your promise. The assassin might be tracing you by now who knows. Be very careful Elena, I will call your sister and tell her the same,¡± King Eremus said.


    ¡°Thank you father.¡± Elena thanked and remembered what the Manticore beast had told her. ¡°Dad, I want to ask you a question, can I go ahead and ask?¡±


    ¡°Yeah sure, go ahead.¡±


    ¡°I dreamt and met a beast who said I am her granddaughter. And that I should tell you to exin more to me.¡± Elena told him. ¡°And why did you lie that we have no rtives and all of a sudden we have an aunt?¡± She asked.


    ¡°I was told not to tell you yet. Have you told your aunt about the dream?¡± King Eremus asked.


    ¡°Yes, I told her about the dream I had the first day when the beast was chasing me or rather I was running away from it thinking it would hurt me. I told aunt and she said I shouldn¡¯t run when next I see it.¡± Elena answered.


    ¡°And you saw it again in your dream?¡± King Eremus inquired.


    ¡°Yes father, though we talked and she told me a lot of things and said I should ask you and aunt.¡± Elena responded.


    ¡°Well I can¡¯t tell you over the phone. Such matters shouldn¡¯t be discussed over the phone Elena. You auntie will exin everything that you need to know to you. Don¡¯t worry, I will exin my own part when I see you face to face.¡± King Eremus told his daughter.


    ¡°Okay father.¡±


    ¡°Take care of yourself and stay out of trouble.¡±


    ¡°I will father, I love you.¡±


    ¡°Love you too Elena. Let me call your sis, talk to you soon,¡± King Eremus said and hung up the call.


    ¡°Lunch is served Elena.¡± Jess¡¯s voice whispered into Elena¡¯s ears and the girl shrieked in fear as she turned around to see her aunt smiling at her. The dining table has been set.


    Calming her raising heart she stared at Jess in wonder. ¡°How do you manage to move around without me hearing you?¡± She asked.


    ¡°It¡¯s my own gift Elena, I don¡¯t move around, I fly around. Now that you know this one, go and call your sister who hasn¡¯te out of her room yet.¡± Jess replied.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Elena said and went over to her sister¡¯s room door and knocked on it.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    ¡°Yeah who is it?¡± Eva¡¯s voice was heard behind the door.


    ¡°It¡¯s room service, lunch has been served Princess,¡± Elena said yfully and walked back to the dining room and sat down.


    Her aunt prepared Cassoulet as lunch. (Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked casserole containing meat, pork skin and white beans, originating in southern France)


    Eva came out of her room with her phone in her face as she walked towards the dining room.


    ¡°Good afternoon aunt.¡± She greeted and sat down.


    ¡°Let¡¯s start eating.¡± Jess told them and Elena begin digging into the food. ¡°And Eva, drop your phone before I cease it. After eating you can carry your phone as you want.¡±


    Eva drops her phone reluctantly and begins eating her food.

 Chapter 21

    Demon drove into his house and waved at Samuel. He opened his car door and came down and motioned for Samuel toe to him which the Gatekeeper did.


    ¡°Good afternoon sir.¡±


    ¡°Afternoon Samuel. You know I haven¡¯t asked you how you have been faring since the past few days that went by.¡±


    ¡°I am fine sir.¡±


    ¡°Okay, have you had your lunch yet?¡±


    ¡°No sir.¡±


    Demon put his hand into one of his pockets and brought out some dors note which he gave to Samuel.


    ¡°Use it and buy something to fill your stomach with,¡± Demon said and entered his house ignoring Samuel thanks.


    Once inside, he groaned when he saw David.


    ¡°David what are you doing here?¡± Demon asked, trying to keep his voice low.


    ¡°I came to see you and also to give you a warning to stay away from Ena.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand.¡±


    ¡°You were clingy to Ena all through the day and didn¡¯t even give her a breathing space. May I remind you that you are married and you are here to find the Princess of Eras Kingdom soul.¡±


    ¡°Andst I remember, it is none of your business who I choose to move with. And let me also remind you that my wife died, she is dead and I am trying to bring her back to life.¡±


    ¡°Just stay away from Ena or else you will have me to contend with.¡±


    Demon smiled. ¡°Leave my house, or I will send you on a holiday to the demon train where you will stay for eternity.¡±


    ¡°I have said my warning Demon, focus on finding the Princess and leave here as quickly as you can. See you soon,¡± David said and disappeared.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Fool.¡± Demon mused to himself. The fool doesn¡¯t know Ena is the Princess he was supposed to kill.


    ¡°Where is thedy?¡± Demon asked no one.


    A demon appeared. ¡°In one of the empty rooms my Lord.¡±


    ¡°Good, put her to sleep until I am ready to interrogate her.¡±


    ¡°Yes my Lord,¡± The demon said and disappeared.


    Walking towards his room, he entered it and quickly peeled off his clothes to have his bath. After he had his bath and changed his clothes, he went to his bed and slept off. He was tired.


    His interrogation with thedy will have to wait until he has regained his strength.


    ****


    Somewhere Unknown:


    The Ninja man who was with the Ninjady that disappeared was staring at a Ninja in front of him.


    ¡°And are you sure you saw her entered the house?¡± He asked for the umpteen times.


    ¡°Yes master. She and her sister live there.¡±


    ¡°I want a clean job this time around, take some Ninja¡¯s with you and go to her house, kidnap her and bring her here.¡±


    ¡°Yes master.¡±


    ¡°Listen, I want no mistake.¡±


    ¡°Yes master, no mistake.¡±


    ¡°You can go.¡±


    *****


    7:30 Pm:


    Demon was restless as hey on his bed. He was wide awake but has been thinking.


    What if the Ninjas had traced Elena to her house?


    Sitting upright in his bed. He has to go and monitor her house since he was the one who had caused it. No one will kill Elena except him. He will be the one to end her. He knows where she lives.


    He stood up from his bed andmanded the shadows around him to enter his body. He feeds from the shadows.


    Once they had filled his stomach, he went over to his wardrobe and opened it. Bringing out his bag and opening it, he brought out his Ninja¡¯s clothes and wore it. Taking out his sword. He left his house though the shadows.


    ****


    8:00 Pm:


    Eva was in her room talking with Julian who hasn¡¯te back yet on the phone. She was using her earpiece to answer his call, blocking out every noise around her.


    Elena and Jess were seen discussing in the living room.


    ¡°So you had a dream and saw the beast?¡± Jess asked with a smile.


    ¡°Yes auntie, I saw myself in an open ce, fire has already been built to keep me warm and I sat down, that was when the beast made its appearance.¡± Elena exins.


    ¡°What did it tell you?¡±


    ¡°That she is my grandmother and how my powers will soon manifest and-¡± Elena stopped when she saw Jess stood up fast and moved to the closest wall, her hand in her mouth to Elena to keep her quiet.


    The lights went out at that minute. Elena blinked in the darkness a few times and stood up from her seat, then she saw Jess¡¯s shadow move around the sitting room. Elena didn¡¯t hear the door open or close, she stood frozen against the living room for a full minute.


    A frightened scream filled the air, though not her aunt, but it jolted Elena into action, she hoped Eva didn¡¯t hear that scream. Eva was so engrossed with her phone call she was having with Julian and didn¡¯t hear the scream.


    Elena opened the front door and¡­ her heart in her mouth, bile on the tip of her tongue, she saw her aunt fighting off about 20 people wearing ck, she was holding something that looked like lighting in the shape of a sword in her hand and used it on them. The same ck clothes which had attacked her in school. Ninjas. What are they doing here?


    Her aunt tried to prevent them from entering her house, but they were fast in their movement.


    One saw her and headed towards her in full speed, blending with night and raised his sword to hit her on her skull and make her lose consciousness when another Ninja she didn¡¯t see with the others dropped from the sky in front of her and stopped the sword and instantly chop off the head of the Ninja that wanted to attack her.


    He left her at the corridor and ran to help her aunt in fighting off the rest of the Ninjas. Soon all the Ninja¡¯s were dead.


    Demon breathed his breath he was holding and blinked his eyes when he saw the old woman he had helped pointing her sword at him.


    ¡°Who are you and why did you help me?¡± Jess asked.


    ¡°I am a friend to your niece.¡± Demon answered truthfully.


    ¡°Which of my niece?¡±


    ¡°Ena.¡± Demon said and removed his mask prompting Elena to gasp out loud when she saw the person behind the mask.


    Jess breathed in and his scent filled her nose. She held her weapon tightly.


    ¡°You are a Demon. The same one who I had smelt on my niece.¡±


    ¡°His name is Damien aunt.¡±


    ¡°He is a Demon, I know one when I see it. You will get to know all of these things soon.¡± Jess told her niece and faced the Demon.


    ¡°Your aunt is right Ena, I am a real Demon.¡± He told Elena and pped his hands.


    Some demons appeared in thepound. ¡°Clean up the mess quickly.¡± Demonmanded them and they went to work, picking the dead and throwing them into an open portal.


    ¡°You are a Demon and you didn¡¯t tell me? I thought you said you are my friend,¡± Elena said walking towards Demon. Why didn¡¯t she see it like she did with Dave? Why?


    ¡°Don¡¯t get close to him, you saw what he did to those assassins, he is dangerous.¡±


    ¡°No he is not, he saved my life in school today,¡± Elena said and finally reached his side, standing in his front.


    ¡°Your aunt is right, I am dangerous Ena or should I call you Princess Elena of Eras Kingdom.¡± Demon said and nodded his head as he saw the pure look of shock in Elena¡¯s face. ¡°I know who you are my Princess.¡±


    ¡°How did you know! Who are you?¡± Elena gripped Demon upper Ninja clothes and shook him hard.


    ¡°My real name is Demon. I¡¯m your Assassin.¡±

 Chapter 22

    Shadow Chaser:


    Elena stepped back fast. Her eyes filled with panic. Jess¡¯s eyes widened in fear, blocking her niece from his view, but the taller man could still see Elena¡¯s panicked face.


    Demon frowned.


    Perhaps he should have been more gentle in his introduction. Still, it was always good to keep the truth in the open. Elena was an assignment to him. His mark. Given to him by Hades to eliminate her and bring him her soul.


    He couldn¡¯t keep the truth from her, he likes her, really likes her a lot.


    ¡°You are an assassin?¡± Elena asked once she found her voice once again.


    ¡°Yes, your assassin.¡± Demon confirmed. ¡°Don¡¯t you still get it?¡±


    ¡°Wait a minute, are the Princess assassin? The one who had been killing all Princesses?¡± Jess asked suspiciously.


    ¡°Now you understand, so yes I am the Princesses assassin.¡± Demon confirmed her suspicions.


    ¡°What!?¡± Both Jess and Elena said together in loud gasps.


    ¡°If you are here to kill my niece then you will have to go through me to get to her. And I must warn you assassin, I fight with no mercy.¡± Jess told Demon, who snorted at that warning.


    ¡°Do I look like someone who wants to attack you? Even if I wanted to, you are not a match for me, I will defeat you with my eyes closed, that is if we engage in a fight,¡± Demon said to Jess and to show her what he means he flip backwards raising his legs to air and kicked out the lightning sword out of Jess hands and jumped in the air and grab hold of it. ¡°You see what I mean.¡± He told Jess swinging the sword sideways like an expert and gave her back her sword.


    ¡°You can¡¯t kill me that easily, I am highly trained and will take you down even though you are a highly trained assassin and a Demon.¡± Elena¡¯s voice was heard as she stepped out from her aunt¡¯s back to stand in his face.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to kill you Elena, and that¡¯s the truth.¡± Demon told her with his eyes on hers, she was staring at him searching for something in his eyes.


    His demons tidy up thepound and make it look the same. They magically cleaned all the bloods littering around thepound, no spot of blood was seen after they were done.


    ¡°It is done master.¡± One of the demons said, bringing Demon out of the staring contest he was having with Elena.


    Demon looked around thepound and nodded his head as he saw it was like before.


    ¡°Take the dead Ninja¡¯s and have them buried as usual.¡± He told the demons.


    ¡°Yes master,¡± They said in unison and entered the portal.


    ¡°Are you a king or what because they obey you and call you master?¡± Jess asked.


    ¡°Sort of.¡± Demon answered with a shrug.


    ¡°All these things you are discussing with him aunt won¡¯t change the fact that he is here to kill me.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think so Elena, he wouldn¡¯t have helped us and besides he said he doesn¡¯t want to kill you,¡± Jess said. The man would have told his demons to attack them while he killed her niece, not help them and clean herpound off the dead Ninja¡¯s. She wondered why he was helping them.


    ¡°He did that to draw our attention, aunt. I don¡¯t believe what he is saying one bit,¡± Elena said, still staring at Demon.


    ¡°Funny enough your name is Demon and you are truly a Demon, any waye inside with me,¡± Jess said and entered her house, her sword fading from her hands.


    ¡°Your aunt seems to believe me but not you, why?¡±


    ¡°Because I see lies beneath those stupid eyes of yours. You are doing this to get closer to me and when we are not expecting your attack, you kill me like you had killed the others,¡± Elena said. ¡°Those dead princesses didn¡¯t offend anyone, and yet you killed those innocent souls. Killing is your hobby, you have joy when you kill those princesses. So what makes you think I will believe you?¡±


    ¡°You think I deprived joy from killing them? No, you thought wrong. I kill them for a reason and that same reason I was sent to kill you. But I find out I couldn¡¯t kill you.¡±


    ¡°And why is that? Why don¡¯t you want to kill me?¡±


    ¡°Because I think, I am falling deeply in lo-love with you.¡± Demon answered truthfully. ¡°The first day I saw you at school, I couldn¡¯t stop my heart from beating fast at the beautiful sight of you. That was why I tried to be your friend so that I could be closer to you. I love you Princess Elena.¡± He poured out his heart to her.


    ¡°And you want me to believe that lies also? It is not working Demon or whatever your name is.¡±


    Demon closed the distance between them entering Elena¡¯s personal space, but that didn¡¯t bother Elena as she was ring heatedly at Demon.


    ¡°You think I made up my feelings for you? You asked me a question and I told you the honest truth and you are saying it¡¯s a lie? Do you want me to prove it to you?¡±


    ¡°Listen here Demon, I don¡¯t care about whatever stupid prove or point you are trying to make here, all I want is for you to leave here, me and this country and my kingdom alone and never return bac-¡±


    He silences her with his lips. Elena gasps out in surprise when she feels his lips on her, kissing her like his life depends on it. Her sudden gasps gave him easy ess to slide his tongue into her mouth and deepen the kiss.


    ****


    Hades Abode:


    ¡°Do you think he hasn¡¯t changed his mind yet?¡± Thedy with Hades asked.


    ¡°No, Demon can¡¯t change his heart, he still thinks you are dead and will want to bring you back to life. If he does have a change of heart, David is there to correct it.¡± Hades answered.


    ¡°I just hope, I want to have power and that is why we are using him to achieve our aim. We gave him the assignment to kill those Princesses in order to give him Elena to kill without any suspicion, that¡¯s why I faked my death.¡±


    ¡°I shall grant you more powers like we¡¯ve agreed once he brings Elena¡¯s soul Lilly. You just keep on with your act.¡± Hades answered Lilly.


    ¡°I can¡¯t wait to have my husband back into my arms, Hades. He should just find where Elena is and kill her so that he would return to where he belongs,¡± Thedy now known as Lilly, and Demon¡¯s wife, said.


    *****


    Jess House:


    She tried to push him off before she sumbed to his kisses, but he wasn¡¯t moving.


    The kiss stopped as it began and Demon quickly leaned and stole a kiss before he gave a tiny space between them.


    ¡°I love you Elena and I don¡¯t care if you love me back or you hate me. I know it will never change the fact that I am an assassin, a very dangerous one at that. But you should know after kissing you, I don¡¯t think I can ever leave you or stay away from you like you said.¡± Demon told her and walked past Elena and entered the house.


    Jess was seated already but he knew she heard their conversation. He sat down on a sofa.


    Elena walked in after a few minutes highly pissed, her lips swollen from the kiss.


    She sat down opposite him totally ignoring him.


    ¡°Aunt why did you invite him in?¡±N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Because I don¡¯t want our conversation to be heard outside, the walls have ears Elena, you might not know who is Watching.¡±


    ¡°Your aunt is right Elena,¡± Demon said.


    ¡°Elena please go to your room. I need to have one and one talk with Demon here.¡±


    Huffing out in annoyance, she got up and left for her room.


    Demon watches her until she is safely behind the door of her room. He just couldn¡¯t take his eyes off her curves. He wanted to see her naked beneath him. He want to kiss all over her and have wicked sex with her until she scream out his name for the world to know she belongs to only Him. The warning Hades gave him not to sleep with any of the Princesses has gone out from his head.


    Jess¡¯s cough brought his attention back to her and he sent her a smile.


    ¡°I know you like my niece but, you can¡¯t have her. You are a killer who kills for a living so kill whatever growing feelings you have for my niece because she won¡¯t like you. So tell me the truth, who are you?¡± Jess asked.


    ¡°My real name is Chase Demon, and I don¡¯t kill for a living. I am a businessman, not a killer. Mypanies are all around the world.¡±


    ¡°Then what made you a killer? You said with your mouth that you are an assassin and the way you fought those Ninja¡¯s shows you know your way around with swords,¡± Jess said, waiting for his answers.


    ¡°Yes that I am. I was sent here to kill Princesses and collect their souls to bring back someone I cared about to life.¡± Demon answered sincerely. He doesn¡¯t like lying.


    ¡°You want to bring someone back to life now makes you kill only Princesses?¡± Jess asked, not getting it.


    ¡°Yes, the one who sent me made me kill only Princesses. And Elena was my next target. I came down to France to find her because the Ninjas who I had faced spit out where she and her sister might be out before I killed her.¡± Demon exined.


    ¡°So, now you¡¯ve found Elena, what are you going to do? Will you kill her or disobey your master?¡± Jess asked, wanting to know where he stands.


    ¡°No one is my master and no I won¡¯t kill her. I have to find out why I suddenly love her.¡± Demon replied.


    He has a wife who has helped him in the past that is why he wanted to bring her back to life. But now, he regretted ever killing those Princesses. If he had met Elena earlier, then maybe he wouldn¡¯t have killed any of the Princesses.


    But why would he be having these sudden feelings for her?


    Unless¡­. she is his Shadow Chaser Mate.

 Chapter 23

    HIS SOULMATE (A):


    Is Elena truly his Mate? He wondered


    For crying out loud he has a Mate already who his demon side has chosen. His wife.


    He has got to find out why he badly wants Elena to himself.


    ¡°Is it the love you have for my niece is the reason why you had saved us?¡± Jess asked the silent man.


    ¡°Maybe.¡± Demon replied, he wasn¡¯t sure of the answer to give her. All he knows is that he wanted Elena safe and to find out why he has developed strong feelings for her.


    Telling the olddy ¡®Yes¡¯ would mean a lot of things. What if by the end of his search he finds out Elena wasn¡¯t really his soulmate or that what he feels for her isn¡¯t love but lust? He doesn¡¯t want to sound like a liar in the presence of the old woman hence his reply ¡®Maybe¡¯.


    ¡°I see.¡± Jess mused to herself as she regarded Demon slowly. ¡°Do you still have ns to kill my niece in the near future?¡± She asked a surprised Demon with her sudden question.


    ¡°No, I won¡¯t hurt her, I promise you this.¡± Demon was surprised by that quick answer he gave to the olddy. He didn¡¯t even pause or think before opening his wide mouth.


    ¡°Alright, there is something you must know about us, Elena and I, about our kind. And since you saved our lives tonight, I will give you a chance for I see you are very pure in your heart and not evil. I know you keep to your words Chase that is why I am letting you in.¡± Jess told him, staring at her palm she stretched open.


    Demon couldn¡¯t say anything to her, the old woman did not lie about him keeping to his promises. He had promised his demon Mate before her untimely death that he would always make sure she stays by his side.


    A promise he was trying to keep and not to fall in love with his next target.


    ¡°Well, I am a Manticore Creature and so is Elena.¡± Jess finally revealed the secret.


    Demon eyes widen up in surprise. He couldn¡¯t believe what he was hearing.


    ¡°Excuse me?¡±


    Elena a Manticore Creature? Is that why she could see the horns sprouting out of David¡¯s head? Why then did she not smell his demon aura?


    He pondered as he awaits for answers.


    ¡°Yeah, a Manticore Creature, Eva doesn¡¯t know because she is not one. Elena powers will soon emerge as she has been chosen.¡±


    Jess said with a low voice knowing fully well that he would hear her perfectly. ¡°The reason why I am telling you this is because I foresee her life is in danger that is why the Ninja had attacked us tonight.¡± She added.


    ¡°No, they came for her because of me. I drew their attention to her when they saw how close I was to her. So they want to use her to get to me.¡± Demon told her.


    ¡°Listen you don¡¯t know things like I do. Elena¡¯s mother is the one behind the attack. She wants Elena dead at all cost.¡± Jess revealed.


    ¡°Why will she want her own daughter dead?¡± Demon asked in confusion. This is the first time he is hearing of a mother who wanted to kill her child.


    ¡°For powers. You see, the fire chooses Elena and she is thest.¡± Jess answered.


    ¡°Thest what?¡± Demon demanded.


    ¡°Thest generation the fire will choose. After her, there will be no one else who will be chosen. When Annabel heard this prophecy, that the powers she craved will end in any of her first child. She decided not to give birth, but destiny always has a role to y. She met Eremus and fell in love with him, with his money, I guess. The prophecy she heard faded away once she beheld him. I have to fill Eremus in and let him know everything. She became pregnant and her powers were gone, she felt weak during the months of the pregnancy that she was carried around by the guards. She tried to harm her child, Annabel did everything to get rid of her daughter but all proved abortive. She gave birth to Elena and since Eremus knew what was at stake, he had the little princess protected, as a matter of fact, I was the one protecting her. When Annabel realized she couldn¡¯t kill her daughter, she fled away with a promise that she will be back for Elena. Ever since then, we haven¡¯t set our eyes on her, but I know she is still out there in the dark, lurking, and waiting to strike when we least expected. What she failed to understand is that we have been preparing for her attack, we are just waiting for her to show us her face.¡± Jess concluded her long story.


    ¡°Her name sounds familiar like I have met someone who bears that name before. Annabel¡­.¡± Demon said after a thought. ¡°But, she is that desperate for powers?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Yes, not only that, she ns to rule and will not stop at nothing until she achieves her aim, that is why she needs her daughter¡¯s powers, she will kill Elena to obtain the fire. She is my younger sister and I grew up with her, one thing I can assure you is Annabel is an evil genius.¡±


    So am I.


    Demon thought.


    ****


    Unknown ce:


    A dark figure was seen moving around a dark building in speed until he entered through an open window.


    ¡°Where is the girl?¡± The Ninja man who seems to be the Ninja leader demanded of the Ninja who slipped through the window. He was the same man whom the Ninjady had ordered to get Elena.


    ¡°We couldn¡¯t take her, Demon interfered and killed all of our Ninja¡¯s, master.¡± The other Ninja answered.


    ¡°Then how did you escape?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t join the fight, I was watching the fight in a hidden ce, master.¡±


    The echo of the p was heard throughout the building.


    ¡°Do you know what she will do once she hears I didn¡¯t bring the girl?¡±


    The master asked in fury. ¡°Everyone will be dead.¡±


    ¡°We could have captured the girl if Demon hadn¡¯t interrupted the master.¡± The Ninja tried again and mention Demon¡¯s name, ignoring the string of pain that apanied the p. His master probably didn¡¯t hear him the first time when he said the son of a bitch name.


    ¡°Then capture him too, she needs both of them anyway. Bring the girl and Demon.¡± The man ordered him.


    ¡°Yes master.¡±


    ¡°Take the whole Ninja¡¯s with you and bring them dead or alive as long as their body is with you, am I understood!¡±


    ¡°Yes master.¡± He smirked behind his veil as he moved with speed to summon the Ninja¡¯s.


    Can Demon fight off more than five hundred Ninja¡¯s (500)?


    He pondered in thoughts.


    Only time will tell.


    HIS SOULMATE, B:


    Jess House:


    Demon stood up from his feet.


    ¡°Thank you for letting me into your secret, I promise I will always protect Elena from harm,¡± Demon said. ¡°I need to go back to my house.¡±


    Interesting check on something and find out if truly Elena is his shadow chaser mate. And if eventually she is, then the n has changed.


    Getting up to her feet and smiling at the much older or ancient man before her. ¡°I should be the one thanking you. You had a change of heart and instead of killing her like you were supposed to, you are helping us. Thank you.¡±


    ¡°Can I at least see Elena before going, please.¡±


    ¡°Of course. You know the room she¡¯d entered, right?¡±


    ¡°Yes, thank you,¡± Demon said and walked towards the door he saw Elena entered a few minutes ago. He knocked on the door and turn the knob of the door which opened and he entered Elena¡¯s room.


    ____


    ¡°I like your voice Julian,¡± Eva said with a smile, ignoring the noise she was hearing over in the background. He had told her he was in a club when he decided to call her.


    ¡°And I like yours too Eva, I wish to see your burnt face scar, you will look more beautiful in it, I am already picturing it in my head.¡± Julian said and he gulped thest beer in his cup. Eva had told him why she was wearing a mask when he asked.


    Eva¡¯s sweetugh brought a smile to his face. He called the waitress who came and was trying to seduce him. She was very beautiful and has been trying to get his attention.


    ¡°How much is beer?¡±


    She told him the amount and he paid.


    ¡°Do you stay alone handsome?¡± Thedy asked, winking at Julian.


    ¡°Yes beautiful.¡±


    ¡°I stay alone too, can you drop me off, my night shift is over, you know what I mean by that.¡± Thedy said and leaned down so that her face was the same height as his. ¡°I will give you the best time of your life tonight handsome.¡±


    ¡°Uhm, that¡¯s a nice idea, beautiful¡­¡±


    Eva who heard everything ended the call straight away, feeling hurt.


    He was handsome, no doubt, and she wasn¡¯t even his girlfriend, so she shouldn¡¯t feel jealous and hurt right? But she couldn¡¯t help it.


    She heard voices in the living room and chose to ignore it, her mind on Julian thinking if he was on his way with thedy to her house.


    _____


    Julian stared at his phone, did she just hang up on him? Nody has ever done that to him before, instead when they hear him talking to anotherdy, they try to get his attention.


    Strangely, he didn¡¯t want her to end the call, his heart felt funny when she hung up the call. It felt as if she had ripped off his heart. Gosh!!! Why is he feeling this way towards a girl he just met?


    ¡°What are you saying, are you still interested in my offer?¡±


    Regarding thedy in front of him more slowly, essing her whole curves. Julian realized she wasn¡¯t Eva.


    Standing up to his tall height, he shook his head as no. ¡°Thanks for your offer, but I am not interested. Have a splendid night.¡± With that he left the club house and entered his car. He dialed Eva number again but the girl wasn¡¯t picking up.


    He called and called, but Eva didn¡¯t pick up.


    This was new, no girl ever ignored his call even though he was the offender.


    Why had she even ended his call? She was not his girlfriend so why will she ignore his call as if he was cheating on her?


    At that moment, the waitress who served him his drink walked out of the club house and started walking away when he slid his car window down and called the girl.


    ¡°Hey beautiful!¡±


    Turning to stop and look behind her to see if she was the one they were calling, she saw Julian who waved at her toe. ¡°Hi, I thought you left,¡± She said once she neared his car.


    ¡°Still interested in me dropping you off?¡± Julian said as he opened the other side of the front passenger seat for her.


    Entering his car she smiled at him. ¡°Yup, so why the sudden change of heart, handsome?¡±


    ¡°No one has ever called me handsome and I realise you shouldn¡¯t be walking home by yourself at this time of the night.¡± Julian lied his mind on Eva as he tried to call her again and she didn¡¯t pick his call.


    ¡°A, how so thoughtful of you handsome,¡± She said with a smile.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Am Dennis and you?¡±


    ¡°Vivian.¡±


    He started his car and drove off. Stupid Eva who wanted to make him feel guilty.


    ____


    He saw Elena seated on her bed with her arms crossed over her chest. She was ring at him with venom in her eyes.


    ¡°I heard everything you and my aunt discussed, but you are not wee here.¡±


    ¡°Ouch, that statement hurt me right here,¡± Demon said, pointing to his heart.


    Snorting loudly. ¡°As if you have a heart.¡± She said and watched as he sat on the empty space on her bed. ¡°I didn¡¯t ask you to sit.¡±


    Ignoring herst statement. ¡°Elena, i-¡± he paused when he saw her standing up and moving away from him. He was surprised and got his answers soon.


    ¡°I don¡¯t sit with my killer,¡± Elena said, trying hard not to go over to that bed and run her fingers all over him. He was sexy in his ckbo he is wearing. She remembered their kiss and used all her willpower not to go over to the sexy god and beg him to kiss her again. Seriously, what is wrong with her?


    ¡°I thought you said you heard what I and your aunt had discussed, surely you must have heard when I promised her I won¡¯t kill you. I can¡¯t kill you Elena because you are driving me insane. I won¡¯t beat around the bush, I am not someone who does that. I always go straight to the point. I am falling in love with you.¡± Demon expresses his feelings.


    Elenaughed at that. ¡°You are in love with who, me? You must be joking. How can you be in love with someone you are supposed to kill, someone you just met 3 days ago. Are you mad?¡±


    ¡°Yes I am mad, I am madly in love with you Elena.¡± Demon answered her and stood up from the bed. ¡°Something is going between the both of us, and I am ?% sure I am not the only one going insane about you. You are also thinking of me. I will find out why it is happening to us, but I think you are my mate.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t know what you are saying, Demon. Let¡¯s assume if i wasn¡¯t your mate, if you are not in love with me like you imed, wouldn¡¯t you have killed me like you did to the dead Princesses without a second thought? You don¡¯t know what you are saying, we are not mates and I forbid you from speaking such words to my hearings again.¡±


    Demon smiled and walked towards her. ¡°Then why are your eyes telling me a different thing?¡± He stopped and touched her cheek tenderly. ¡°Your body yearns for my touch Elena, and you know it.¡±


    Elena didn¡¯t know when she closed her eyes getting lost in his caress. She was getting wet by his touch.


    He ces his other hand around her waist slowly and draws her body closer to his body. ¡°I can smell it, you¡¯re arouse, Elena, you want me as bad as I want you. I want to be inside of you, to f*ck you into oblivion until you can¡¯t walk for a week. Don¡¯t fight it Elena,¡± Demon said with a low voice as he stared at her beautiful face, her eyes were still close as she trembled in his touch. He stared at her lips and couldn¡¯t tear his eyes off it. ¡°I want to kiss you now Elena, stop me if you don¡¯t want this, but once I kiss you, you are now mine, my property and I get extremely dangerous when someone transpasses my property.¡±


    She loves his possessive side, what was he saying?


    He kissed her and Elena lost herselfpletely to his kiss, her legs went limp, if not for his arm around her waist that was holding her, she would have fallen to the ground. She didn¡¯t know when she started kissing him back. She moans when he lifted up her legs and ced himself in between her legs and started grinding into her slowly.


    She was so wet and could feel his hard on against her panties. She wanted him to stop but did not want him to stop.


    He left her mouth and started kissing her on her neck as he grinded into her harder.


    ¡°I want to be inside of you Elena.¡± He whispered the words in her ear earning more sexy moans from her.


    She was lost and was getting closer to orgasm when Demon stopped all of a sudden.


    Breathing hard, Elena finally opened her eyes. She found him staring at her ceiling.


    ¡°They are here.¡± He said so suddenly.


    ¡°Who is here?¡± Elena managed to ask.


    ¡°More Ninja¡¯s,¡± He returned his gaze to her.¡±They are here for the both of us.¡±

 Chapter 24

    HIS SOULMATE, C:


    The sexual mood they were in was gone as he put Elena back to her feet.


    ¡°They are on top of the house.¡± He said, hearing a silentnding from them. They were so quiet that one wouldn¡¯t hear them. But they have forgotten Demon wasn¡¯t an ordinary Ninja.


    ¡°But I thought we fought those ninjas off, I was there when you sent your demons to discharge the dead bodies to wherever it is they are taken them to,¡± Elena said confusedly. Who could have sent another Ninjas to her aunt¡¯s house since they killed every single one of them?


    ¡°Go and stay in your sister¡¯s room, they might want to use her against you or me. I know you are a good fighter and you can protect her and yourself. I will go and inform your aunt,¡± Demon said to her.


    ¡°Eva knows how to fight, she knows how to take good care of herself.¡± Elena mumble.


    ¡°I can hear you Elena, we don¡¯t have much time, just do as I say. There are a lot of Ninjasing and I don¡¯t want any of you to get hurt. I know you will protect your sister no matter what. Just keep an eye to the wall, Ninjas are like shadows on the wall.¡± Demon said. ¡°Oh, just in case her room light is on, please turn it off so it won¡¯t alert the Ninjas to the room and none of you should make any noise.¡± He added.


    ¡°Okay,¡± She said and left her room and entered her sister¡¯s room without knocking, Eva didn¡¯t lock her room door.


    Eva was surprised to see her sister and quickly tried to make her face in to hide her hurt.


    ¡°Yes, what can I do for you sis?¡± Eva asks, sitting upright in her bed.


    ¡°I came here to stay with you.¡± Elena replied and went to check if her room window is locked, when she confirmed it was locked, she closed the curtains. She switched off Eva¡¯s room light.


    ¡°Okay, what¡¯s going on?¡±


    ¡°Nothing, just came here to spend the night here. Or do you want to chase your sister out? Remember I am your only sister, so will you chase me out?¡± Elena asked, going to sit in her bed.


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Good because even though you said yes, I won¡¯t be going anywhere. Just do your thing while I mind my business.¡±


    ¡°Okay, cool by me,¡± Eva said andy back down, just staring at her phone, hoping a little for Julian to call her again.


    Demon who overheard the entire conversation was d Eva cooperated. He ordered the shadows around him to Eva¡¯s room, to keep them safe from harm. The shadows crept into Eva¡¯s room without the girl¡¯s knowledge since the room was dark. He put on his mask and left her room quickly going to the sitting room, luckily enough he saw Jess still seated.


    ¡°What is wrong?¡± Jess asked once she saw Demon masked face. She had seen Elena entering her sister¡¯s room but shrugged that off.


    ¡°Ninjas are here.¡± He answered briefly and they saw a shadow at the window who raised his hand, with one punch, the ss window broke and they starteding inside. One went and opened the front door allowing the ones still outside toe inside.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am, go and stay in Eva¡¯s room. You will be protected there,¡± Demon said as he and Jess started moving backwards as the Ninja¡¯s keep advancing towards them.


    ¡°No, I am staying here to help with the fight.¡± Jess said adamant.


    ¡°I won¡¯t be concentrating on them if you are here, just do as I say, please.¡± Demon pleaded.


    Jess nodded. ¡°Okay, but if you die your blood is not in my hands because you told me not to help you,¡± She said and ran to Eva¡¯s room, locking the door once in there.


    ¡°Do you know why we haven¡¯t attacked you yet? We wanted to make you give that olddy some hope before you are beaten to a pulp,¡± The Ninja, who had gone to report back to his master, said. ¡°Surrender now and let¡¯s take you and the other girl in purple hair captive.¡±


    ¡°Never,¡± Demon said and brought out another small sword from his side which expanded. The one he had used to fight is on the couch he sat down with Jess and he was far from it, plus the house is full with Ninjas. ¡°I hate to break it down to you, but I will. You won¡¯t take any of us captive, I assure you.¡±


    ¡°Hope you are strong enough to fight all of us at once,¡± The Ninja guy said. ¡°Attack him, wound him if you must but do not kill him, master do not want him or the purple haired girl dead. The rest in the house you can kill.¡± He ordered.


    Demon was ready, he threw one of his Ninja throwing knives to the bulbs around the living room, putting the living room to Darkness. Both parties could see in darkness and they ran towards him.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    Hemanded the shadows around him to guard the door which his Elena and the rest were.


    He fought them all.


    ___


    ¡°Aunt what¡¯s really going on, first it was Elena who came here on the pretence that she wants to talk to me, and now you. What are you doing in my room and why am I hearing noises outside?¡± Eva inquired as soon as her aunt gave her the same flimsy excuse her sister gave to her.


    Before her aunt would answer her, the window to Eva¡¯s room was broken and the curtains were shifted enough to reveal two ninjas.


    ¡°That is why we are here.¡± Jess answered pointing at the Ninjas. Their dark eyes swept the room andnded on Elena.


    ¡°That¡¯s her.¡± One out of the two Ninjas pointed at Elena and they jumped inside the room, behind them they saw many ninjas running towards the room and some were jumping down from the sky.


    Before their feet would touch the ground, they were sent flying out of the window by Shadows to the very surprise of the threedies in the room. The Shadows then became a shield on the window, preventing the Ninja¡¯s froming inside.


    ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± Elena whispered.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, but whatever it is, it is on our side.¡± Jess responded.


    ¡°Are those Ninja¡¯s?¡± Eva asked, shocked to her bones. The Ninja thrashed themselves on the shadows in the window and threw all their weapons at it, but it didn¡¯t bulge nor make way for them.


    ¡°They are Ninja¡¯s.¡± Jess confirmed her question.


    ¡°What are they doing here?¡±


    ¡°They are here for me and Damien. He is fighting them off.¡± Elena answered.


    ¡°What for?¡± Eva asked surprisedly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    ¡°Wait, did you just mention Damien is here and fighting those Ninja¡¯s?¡±


    ¡°Yup, look Eva, when everything is over I will exin things to you.¡±


    The Ninja¡¯s on their window started vanishing one after the other.


    2 hourster they didn¡¯t hear any noise in the house again.


    ¡°You cane out now, it is safe.¡± They heard Demon¡¯s voice and Elena was the first person to rush out of the room and went to meet Demon, checking all over him and was hoping he had no injuries. He had no mask on.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡± Elena asked worriedly.


    ¡°I healed faster Elena, but thanks for your worries sweetheart.¡± Demon answered, his silver eyes on Elena making her feel aroused.


    ¡°I wasn¡¯t worried, I was only checking to see if you might need a first aid.¡± Elena lied and put some distance between them.


    ¡°Hi Eva.¡± He greeted the other girl who wasn¡¯t wearing a mask. ¡°I know who you are.¡±


    ¡°How did you know my name is Eva and are you also a Ninja?¡± Eva asked.


    ¡°You are all over the inte, and I am not a Ninja, I just like dressing like them. I am more than that.¡± Demon exined.


    Jess looked around her house and even went outside to check, no sign of Ninja¡¯s or blood anywhere, it was like before. Except for the broken things in the living room and Eva¡¯s broken window, you wouldn¡¯t have believed there was an attack. It¡¯s good she has him as an Ally, she has to talk to Eremus.


    She came back. ¡°Everywhere is clear.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, my demons cleaned it up.¡±


    ¡°You are a freaking Demon!!¡± Eva shouted.


    ¡°Yes, not those ones who have horns and ugly, actually I am half Demon.¡± He replied to the surprised girl.


    ¡°There are a lot of things you, Elena and my aunt need to tell me. A fucking demon?¡± Eva mused slowly. ¡°No wonder you are this beautiful.¡±


    ¡°Aha, you are more beautiful Eva, now that I can see you physically, you are very beautiful.¡± Demon said.


    Elena¡¯s heart twisted in hurt when she heard those words.


    Eva blushes.


    ¡°But I prefer my Elena, she is pretty and gorgeous, and she is mine. I wonder how beautiful and pretty our children will look.¡± Demon said, staring at Elena as Evaughed.


    ¡°Something helped us from preventing the Ninja¡¯s from entering the room, it was in a shadow form.¡± Jess began. ¡°You haven¡¯t told us who you really are, who are you and how can you control shadows?¡±


    ¡°You are right, I am a half demon and also a Shadow walker.¡± Demon answer. ¡°I have to go somewhere, I will be back soon, I need to find out why and who is after me.¡±


    ¡°Thanks for your help Chase.¡±


    ¡°No problem.¡± Demon turned to go and stopped, he walked back to Elena and before she could protest, he kissed her firmly on her lips and was gone like a wind.


    His voice filled the air.


    ¡°I have left some shadows behind to look after the three of you until I am back.¡±


    ¡°Jackass.¡± Elena muttered.


    ¡°But you like that jackass and even allowed him to kiss you.¡± Eva chips in. ¡°What are we going to do to my room window?¡±


    ¡°You will stay in Elena¡¯s room until I fixed the window.¡± Jess answered her.


    Eva followed her sister to her room, the shadows, Ninjas and Damien filled her thoughts all through the night.


    ****


    7: AM


    Julian had some quality time with Vivian and after the mind blowing sex they had, he hypothesize her from not remembering him.


    He quietly left her home and drove back to his house. His eyes never left his phone, he thought by now he would have seen Evelyn¡¯s call which wasn¡¯t forting.


    He parked inside hispound and walked inside his house, entering his room. He happens to go to his room window to steal a peek from his neighbor¡¯s house, he was hoping he would see Evelyn or perhaps Ena. His room light wasn¡¯t on either the whole house, one would think the owner wasn¡¯t around if not for the car.


    He saw one of the room windows was broken and at that moment the curtains of the other room window opened to reveal Eva who was dressed for school, the events of the night didn¡¯t make her or Elena sleep a wink.


    Julian didn¡¯t blink his eyes as he stared at the beauty in front of him. She was staring at the sky. Who is she and what she is doing with his new neighbor? Her scent hits him hard, his eyes widen when he hears his Leopard saying in his head. ¡®Mate¡¯ ¡®Mate¡¯ ¡®My Mate¡¯. He could picture his leopard wagging its tail. This strange beautiful girl is his soulmate. What is she doing there? Who is she?

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    His answers were answered when Eva put on her white mask concealing her face. She closed the curtains.


    Wait a minute, Evelyn is the girl? She lied to him. Why would she lie about a burnt scar she never had when she is this beautiful?


    He kept on thinking different ideas on why Evelyn would lie to him until he heard the voices of Elena and Eva saying their good-byes to their aunt.


    He quickly came out of his house and made sure he was seen before calling out their names.


    ¡°Hey Ena, hey Evelyn.¡±


    ¡°Hello Jullian.¡± Elena greeted back once she opened her car expecting her sister to take over from her. She knows her sister is crazy about the handsome guy, but she wasn¡¯t expecting her sister to brush off his greetings and opened the passenger seat and entered.


    ¡°Ena, start the car.¡± Eva said ignoring Jullian even though her heart is fighting it. She wanted to talk to him but what he did to her yesterday really hurt her feelings.


    ¡°Well, see youter in the day Jullian.¡± Elena said and entered her car, she drove off.


    ¡®Why won¡¯t my Mate talk to us?¡¯ his Leopard asked.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, I didn¡¯t offend her.¡± Jullian replied to his Leopard through his mind, he and Leopard do discuss like that once in a while.


    Why is Evelyn angry at him?


    ****


    Underworld:


    Underworld:


    Demon couldn¡¯t believe what his eyes were showing him. The two people making love right there in front of him haven¡¯t smelled his presence yet. They lied to him.


    He came out of the shadows and started pping his hands alerting the two lover birds of his presence.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    Staring at him with wide eyes as big as a socket, filled with shock was Hades and his supposed dead wife, Cami.


    ¡°What a surprise,¡± Demon said walking towards his wife who was trying to cover up her nakedness and Hades was doing the same. ¡°I came here to ask for some information and was not expecting this.¡± He added calmly.


    ¡°It¡¯s not what you think, Demon.¡± Hades said.


    ¡°You lied to me Hades. You both lied to my face and I brought the lies,¡± Demon said. ¡°What lie do you want to lie again now that I have caught you red handed? My wife who I will do anything for died, and you promised me you will bring her back to life. You told me I should kill Princesses, innocent Princesses to bring her back to life which I did. And now, surprisingly, she is much alive and in your bed Hades.¡±


    ¡°Honey is not what you think. I was truly dead and Hades brought me back to life, I can swear to you,¡± Cami said.


    ¡°You are still lying to me Cami. You are lying right in my face. I love you Cami that was why I had agreed to kill those Princesses without a second thought. Everything I do, I did it for you. I never knew I would be betrayed by the one I love so fucking much,¡± Demon said his voice held so much pains.


    ¡°Am sorry my Love, I am sorry I betrayed you, Hades forced me into this, he said I shouldn¡¯t let you know,¡± Cami said trying to buy her way into Demon heart with her lies.


    Hades snapped his two fingers and his naked body was magically covered with his clothes, he did the same for Cami and finally stood up from the bed.


    Demon just watched silently.


    ¡°To be sincere with you Chase, I and Cami have been having an affair long before she fakes her death. She and I were in love before your father introduced her to you and you took her away from me with your looks and your stupid demon side choose her as your soulmate. My hatred for you grew from that day onwards and I was able to get your wife when I told her I will give her powers that can suppress yours. I was this close ? in having much power before now.¡± Hades finally revealed the truth. Damn the consequences, Demon can¡¯t do anything to him, he is the fucking King of the Underworld.


    ¡°So how do I fall into this lie?¡±


    ¡°Simple. The girl Elena soul is all I need to unleash the great powers sealed a long time ago. Only her soul knows where it is being sealed. Then I made a n and asked Cami to help since she wanted a part of the powers. She faked her death and I was able to convince a gullible you that I can bring her back to life. When you had asked me how, I lied and told you only the souls of 20 Princesses can revive her soul back to her body. You loved Cami, and I and her used that against you. So when you started killing all the Princesses that I gave you their names and information, I added Elena¡¯s name on the list to be among thest so you won¡¯t grow suspicious. It worked perfectly but you haven¡¯t brought her soul to me, yet.¡± Hades finished telling Demon.


    ¡°Your n failed, not only do I know the truth now, but no one will touch Elena,¡± Demon said with clenched teeth.


    ¡°Hmmm, why do you think I sent David to the human world? He is there to kill Elena.¡±


    ¡°You may have sent him, but he doesn¡¯t know the face of Elena yet.¡±


    ¡°You and him have stayed in the human world for long and you both know how humans work. He will find Elena.¡±


    ¡°And even though he finds who she is, he won¡¯t touch her because she is now my property,¡± Demon said and walked over to the side of the bed his wife was still seated. He took her hands into his and caressed it with care.


    ¡°Cami,¡± He said softly.


    ¡°Demon, am sorry I cheated on you. I was greedy and I agreed to Hade¡¯s n. I am sorry if you feel hurt.¡±


    ¡°There is no need to beg me Cami. Everyone makes mistakes but you did the right thing.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Cami asked confusedly.


    He quickly bit her arm and sucked out some of her blood. He was so fast that Cami wasn¡¯t expecting it neither did Hades.


    He lifted his head from her arms after a few minutes. The two tiny holes his fangs made in her arm closed.


    ¡°What did you just do?¡±


    ¡°I just broke off the bond that binds the both of us, now you are free to be with Hades because I am done with you,¡± Demon said to her.


    ¡°You wouldn¡¯t dare,¡± Cami said in a low voice.


    ¡°I just did that, I Chase Demon is rejecting Cami Bubbles as my Soulmate forever.¡±


    ¡°No, no, no , you can¡¯t do that Chase, I still love you,¡± Cami said and suddenly groaned out in pain as the bond between her and her husband were cut. The pain she was in will fade after two hours.


    Demon ignored the pains that engulfed him and faced Hades. ¡°Thank you Hades for making it easier for me. You may be wondering why I haven¡¯t attacked you yet, I would have but it¡¯s a waste of energy. Because I don¡¯t love my wife anymore, I am in love with someone else who is my Shadow Chaser mate. I met her in the human world and that person is Elena.¡± Demon revealed to Hades, seeing his shock look, he smirked. ¡°And yes, I am talking about the same Princess. Oh, thanks for giving me the heads up of David and his mission.¡± He added.


    ¡°Whatever you say won¡¯t change my mind, I will kill her myself if that is what it takes.¡±


    He was suddenly in front of Hades and held his neck, lifting him up from the ground with ease. Hades tried removing Demon hands from his neck which was fruitless.


    ¡°If you really have the guts Hades, try to touch her clothes.¡± Demon said and pushed Hades to the wall of his room and he entered the Shadows. Going out of the Underworld.


    Hades slowly stood up from the floor and stared angrily at where Demon was standing free seconds ago.


    This was why he needed Elena¡¯s soul. With the powers he would use it to defeat Chase Demon. No matter what, Elena¡¯s soul is his.


    ¡°Chase, you better get ready for the real war ising.¡±

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    ANNABEL (Coming Back, A):


    Hades began to pace around in his room ignoring thedy on his bed. He needed a n. He has to think of a n to get Demon. Since Demon had used his mouth to tell him about Elena being his mate, getting the Princess will be very difficult.


    The pains Cami was going through faded and she regains herself once again.


    ¡°What are we going to do now that he knows everything?¡± Cami asked as she stood up from the bed.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, I have to inform David the situation on the ground.¡± Hades answered. ¡°He has to spy on Demon from now onwards and see the girl he moves out with. Without Elena¡¯s soul there is nothing I can do.¡± He added.


    ¡°You can¡¯t give up now Hades, because of you I have lost my mate for good, and here you are telling me there is nothing you can do unless you are with her soul. Don¡¯t joke with me Hades,¡± Cami said in anger.


    ¡°Fine, leave let me think. We will have Elena¡¯s soul, I assure that my dear,¡± Hades said.


    ¡°Good, because I have always dreamed of having many powers,¡± She said and made to leave the room.


    ¡°Where are you going from here?¡± Hades demanded.


    ¡°I am going to meet my Mate father and tell him his son has just broken the mate bond between us.¡± Having answered his question, she left the room.


    ****


    ¡°What¡¯s going on Eva? Why did you ignore Jullian?¡± Elena asked. She was surprised that her younger sister would see the pretty boy and ignored him. Eva has been dying to have his attention.


    ¡°I rather not talk about it sis, thank you.¡±


    ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t push you but know that I am always avable to give a listening ear to you. You are my only sister and your happiness is my priority,¡± Elena said to her sister.


    Eva smiled a little. ¡°Thank you sis, I will keep that in mind.¡±


    Elena drove quickly to school, she hoped Demon was okay wherever he was.


    ****


    Demon Residence:


    Demon appeared in his room and took his bath, 30 minutester he was dressed for school. He had to keep an eye on Elena and her sister until he knew who was behind the attack and after that, everything was resolved.


    His wife¡¯s betrayer is still fresh in his mind. How could someone lie about her death just for him to kill a particr person for powers? Cami is greedy. He was grateful that he had found another Mate.


    He called out the same demon who had revealed Elena¡¯s secret to him that night, he appeared immediately.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Yes master.¡± He said kneeling down.


    ¡°Now is not the time to kneel Eriga, stand up, I have a job for you,¡± Demon said as the demon stood up to his feet.


    ¡°What is the job master?¡± Eriga asked.


    ¡°I need you to trace the person behind all the Ninja attacks I have been receivingtely. Go and find out and tell me who is behind it.¡± Demon responded.


    ¡°Yes master.¡±


    ¡°I need the answers tonight. Make no mistake,¡± He said and walked out of his room and the demon disappeared into thin air.


    Who could be behind all the recent attacks? Jess had told him that Elena¡¯s mother wanted her daughter¡¯s powers and would stop at nothing until she gets it. If she is behind the attack, wouldn¡¯t she only attack Elena and not him? Something is going on. He could swear ¡®Annabel¡¯ sounds strangely familiar to him, maybe he had met Elena¡¯s mother before but where?


    ¡°Good morning boss.¡± Samuel greeted his boss bringing him out of his deep thoughts.


    ¡°Morning Samuel, please open the gate, I am going out.¡± Demon said opening his car and entering it, he ignited his car. He couldn¡¯t tell Samuel where he was heading to. Samuel will get suspicious and begin to ask questions.


    ¡°Yes sir.¡± Samuel replied and went to open the gate for his boss.


    He drove off heading straight to school. He hopes Elena and her sister have gotten there before him.


    ****


    Jess House:


    Jess put a call through King Eremus who picked it at the fourth ring.


    ¡°Hello your majesty, good morning.¡± Jess greeted.


    ¡°Morning Jess, how are you doing?¡± King Eremus asked.


    ¡°I¡¯m good. Anyway, I called you to let you know that I have seen the assassin who has been killing the Princesses.¡± Jess revealed.


    ¡°What? How did you see the assassin?¡± King Eremus demanded in shock.


    ¡°I saw him, he confessed to me.¡± Jess answered.


    ¡°Wait a minute, the assassin is a man and he told you that himself?¡± King Eremus asked.


    ¡°Yup, a man who is in love with Elena.¡± Jess replied.


    ¡°Let me get this straight, the assassin revealed himself to you because he is in love with my daughter?¡± King Eremus questioned.


    ¡°Yes King Eremus, and also he is a Demon.¡±


    ¡°Demon or not demon he won¡¯t have my daughter.¡±


    ¡°He saved Elena¡¯s life twice King Eremus. He protected us from harm when Ninja were sent to attack usst night. If he is evil why then will he save us from those bloodthirsty killers? Anyways, he knows about Elena and I think Annabel is back.¡±


    King Eremus exhaled deeply when he heard his ex wife¡¯s name.


    ¡°I will being to see you in France,¡± Eremus said and hung up.


    ****


    Parking his car beside the Lamborghini, he didn¡¯t see any of the sisters beside their car. He turned off his car engine and came out, like usual, every one eye was on him but he ignored it and was looking for a pair of purple hair.


    Entering the school hall, he quickly walked to his first ss and saw Elena in the ssroom, seated at the end of the ss and alone.


    Elena stood up immediately when she saw Demon and held herself from moving to meet the beautiful guy walking towards her. She sits back once he reaches her.


    Demon sat on another chair beside her and turned to look at her.


    ¡°How are you this morning Elena?¡±


    ¡°I am fine, and you?¡± Elena asked as she stared back at him. She noticed his eyes were filled with sadness and couldn¡¯t help but wonder why.


    ¡°Not fine but sad, I will pretend and say I am fine Elena.¡±


    ¡°Why are you not fine Chase? Is it what you went in search of that made you this way?¡± Elena asked, moving her eyes to watch his lips as they moved.


    ¡°Yes Elena.¡±


    ¡°Can you tell me why you are sad?¡±


    Deciding not to lie to her, he told her the truth. ¡°I caught my demon wife cheating on me with someone who I see as my friend.¡± He answered.


    Elena was ggabasted when she heard that. ¡°You are married?¡± She asked with shock.


    ¡°Yes.¡± Demon reply.


    ¡°You are married and you kissed mest night, you cheated on your wife too.¡± Elena said, not believing her ears. Demon is married.


    ¡°You got it all wrong, she was my demon mate and why I had kissed you is that you are my Shadow Chaser mate which automatically makes you mine.¡± Demon revealed.


    ¡°Was?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I have broken the bond that binds me and her, we are no longer together, or rather divorced as the human calls it.¡±


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you forgive her, it was only once and everyone needs a second chance.¡±


    ¡°Not Cami, she betrayed me. Do you know it was because of her I started killing the dead princesses. She and my friend lied to me about her death, and told me the only way for her toe back to life is to get 20 princesses¡¯s souls to him. You were my next target and somehow they knew about the powers you held, they wanted to use your soul to find a ce that has powers and has been sealed and hidden for years.¡± Demon revealed. ¡°I won¡¯t let that happen.¡±


    ¡°So they wanted to use you and achieve their aim?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°I won¡¯t me you for your actions towards your wife.¡±


    ¡°Thank you for understanding, and oh, one more thing, Dave was sent to kill you in case I fail to kill the princess, but he hasn¡¯t yet known you are the princess. So be very careful of him.¡±


    ¡°Thank you Demon for your information.¡±


    At that moment David walked in followed by the rest of the students in that ss.


    ****


    Unknown ce:


    ¡°Your Ninja¡¯s are weaklings and couldn¡¯t capture her and him.¡± The Ninjady said to the leader of the Ninjas that sent out his Ninja¡¯s to Jess¡¯s house. She held to his neck squeezing it tightly. ¡°I should just kill you now, but I won¡¯t.¡± She added releasing the man from her hold.


    ¡°Thank you for not killing me master Annabe,.¡± He said gasping for air to inhale. ¡°You need to know the Ninja with thedy isn¡¯t an ordinary Ninja, he fights really good. I thought you had fought with him once.¡± He added. He got to know about the demise of his Ninja¡¯s when none of his Ninja¡¯s returned by daylight. Once it¡¯s daylight, and no sign of his Ninja¡¯s, he concluded they were dead, after all Demon was a very dangerous assassin.


    ¡°Since none of you could do such a simple task, I will do it myself. It¡¯s time for me to pay a visit to my daughter.¡±

 Chapter 27

    ANNABEL, Coming Back B:


    ¡°Hello Ena and Damien.¡± David greeted and went to his seat which was at the front of Elena.


    Like before, Elena saw his two horns on his head but since Demon had exined everything to her she wasn¡¯t shocked anymore. She smiled at the handsome guy and focus on Demon whose eyes seem to be saying


    ¡®Pretend what you are seeing doesn¡¯t exist, and act normal around him¡¯.


    Elena turned to face David once again.


    ¡°Hope the bullies are no more bullying you again?¡± She asked to start a conversation between them.


    David smiled and nodded his head to her question. ¡°They haven¡¯t, all thanks to you, I am surprised myself because they would havee for me again. Anyways, are you free this evening?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Yup, what for?¡± Elena answered.


    Smiling more brightly. ¡°I want to take you out, just you and me against the world,¡± He said.


    ¡°Sorry, I wish I could say yes but I will be with Damien, he promised to teach me some maths equations that are hard for me to solve,¡± Elena said with a fake apologetic face.


    David smiled faded into a frown as he red at Demon. ¡°Okay, maybe next time.¡±


    ¡°Yup, definitely next time,¡± Elena said and the English teacher walked in silencing the noisy ssroom and David turned to focus on his teacher.


    All through the sses, Elena couldn¡¯t leave Demon side.


    ****


    Jess House:


    Jess heard a knock on her door four hourster and went to open it.


    She was surprised to see King Eremus at the front door of her house, he was dressed in a simple ck Jean and white t-shirt with a matching ck canvas, he was putting on a white face-cap which concealed his face and identity. He was alone, he didn¡¯te with his guards or cars.


    Jess allowed him in and shut the door the her.


    ¡°King Eremus I wasn¡¯t expecting to see you this soon,¡± She said, turning to face him as he removed his face-cap.


    ¡°I have to hurry ande after you told me everything over the phone. Since we¡¯ve known who the killer is, I will pay him to leave my daughters alone,¡± Eremus said, going to sit on one of the sofas.


    ¡°That is impossible, your daughter¡¯s just got here a few days ago and you want them to leave?¡± Jess asked with raised eyebrows.


    ¡°Yes Jess, I don¡¯t want my two daughters near a killer.¡± Eremus gave his reasons.


    ¡°But that killer saved us allst night King Eremus, he isn¡¯t an ordinary human like you, he is something more dangerous. And, I think Elena is the Killer¡¯s mate,¡± Jess said as he remembers the shadows that helped them.


    ¡°I refused it, he cannot be. I don¡¯t want my daughter¡¯s to know about the supernatural world,¡± Eremus said.


    ¡°Well it¡¯s toote for that.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡±


    ¡°What I meant is that Elena now knows about the supernatural world, she knows the killer is a demon and a shadow walker, she knows about her mother, her grandmother has told her everything because Elena¡¯s turn has finally reached and her powers will soon emerge.¡± Jess exined. ¡°So it¡¯s toote for that King Eremus, the only thing you should be bothered about is the questions she will ask you about her mother once she calls or see you here.¡± She added.


    He heaved out a deep sigh. ¡°She now knows?¡± He slowly asked.


    ¡°Yes, she knows everything but probably she might like to hear it from you. And Eva now knows a little, she was awake when we got attacked by some Ninja¡¯s and the killer whose name is Chase sent his shadow to save us.¡±


    ¡°Okay, I will answer her questions.¡±


    *****


    Julian House:


    The leopard guy wasn¡¯t himself all through the day, he has been thinking and pacing around in his living room, wondering what might have made Eva to ignore him.


    He couldn¡¯t wait for the time they will be back from school so that he can ask her.


    His phone rang bringing him out of his deep thoughts. He went to pick up his phone he had angrily thrown on one of the sofas as he was thinking about the strange behaviour of his mate.


    Picking it up without looking at the caller¡¯s Id. ¡°Hello, this is Jillian speaking.¡±


    ¡°Julian, if I don¡¯t call, you won¡¯t bother to call us.¡± The voice of Rose was heard over the other end of the phone.


    ¡°Hello mother, good afternoon.¡± Julian greeted. ¡°Sorry for not calling you or dad.¡±


    ¡°Since you left the house to visit wherever you are, you haven¡¯t called us to let us know how you are faring. I and your father had been worried sick. That is so unlike you.¡± Rosained.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    ¡°Sorry mother, I have been busy trying to rechange the look of the house I bought and to run some things here,¡± Julian said.


    ¡°Let me guess the things you are running, ady right Julian?¡±


    ¡°No mum, not ady. Can¡¯t I have a personal problem that doesn¡¯t involve ady?¡±


    ¡°You are my son and I know what you can do,¡± Rose said. ¡°Hope you haven¡¯t given away your identity to any of those randomdies you picked at night?¡± She asked.


    ¡°No mother, how can you always say that. I have told you I don¡¯t reveal my leopard side to any human. Anyway, I met someone.¡±


    ¡°Ady?¡±


    ¡°Who else if not ady, yes it¡¯s ady mother. We became friends and exchanged numbers. So today I woke up and discovered she doesn¡¯t like me anymore, she ignored me totally today when we saw each other, I was hurt.¡±


    Rose was quiet for 10 seconds before speaking. ¡°Have your leopard acted strangely since then?¡±


    ¡°Yes mother, he has been whispering ¡®Mate¡¯. I think thedy is my Mate.¡±


    Rose shouted in happiness and said. ¡°I told you this vacation will be different for you. Son, find out why she ignored you, let her tell you her reason and do not give up on her. Gotta go and tell your old man the good news, take care of yourself Julian and stay out of trouble. Love you.¡± She rushed her words and ended the call.


    Well, he will have to wait until shees back from school and he won¡¯t leave her until she tells him her reason.


    *****


    The final bell rang and all the students were seen going home. Demon walked Elena and Eva to their car and waited until they drove off before he entered his car and drove home.


    He blew the car horn and the gate opened allowing him to drive inside his house. Answering Samuel greetings, he went inside his house and saw David standing in his sitting room.


    ¡°The next time youe to my house uninvited I will kill you.¡± Demon said when he saw him.


    ¡°I warned you to stay away from Ena didn¡¯t I?¡±


    ¡°And I told you it¡¯s none of your business with whom I moved out with. You have your life and I have mine.¡±


    ¡°Ena is mine.¡±


    ¡°So? If she is yours and so? Don¡¯te to my house to warn me to stay away from her.¡±


    ¡°Remember what you are here for, don¡¯t forget that.¡±


    ¡°I am no longer pursuing what brought me here anymore. Cami isn¡¯t dead, Hades and she faked her death.¡± Demon revealed. ¡°And don¡¯t give me that pretend shock look, I know you know of their ns and Hades might have promised you some powers in return. Well your ns failed, so I am not killing anyone for your selfish desires, now get out of my house this minute David.¡±


    David didn¡¯t say a word, he just vanished into thin air.


    No sooner had he vanished a demon different from the ones that normally appear to him appeared.


    ¡°Greetings my Prince, your father requested for your presence immediately.¡± The demon passed his message and disappeared quickly.


    He knows why his father is requesting for his presence, Cami has told him about their broken mate bond.


    I bet she didn¡¯t tell him about her secret affair she was having with Hades. Demon thought and went to his room. At least before going to answer his old man¡¯s call, he needed to have his bath and look presentable like a Prince he is.


    ****


    Julian was already at the corridor of his house waiting for the familiar yellow Lamborghini to drive into the nextpound. He didn¡¯t have to wait for long as he saw the Lamborghini drive in and park.


    He waited until Eva was out before he shouted. ¡°Evelyn!!¡±


    Elena turned her head towards his direction and waved her hands to him which he returned, but Eva didn¡¯t. She walked straight to the door and knocked, totally ignoring Jillian.


    Surprising Elena and Jillian again. Shrugged her shoulders, Elena went to meet her sister and waited until the door was opened by Jess.


    They came in and saw their father.


    ¡°Dad.¡± Both girl¡¯s voice were filled with shock. Eva removed her mask to be sure her eyes weren¡¯t deceiving her.


    ¡°Is that how you greet your father?¡± King Eremus asked standing up from the sofa with a big grin and Elena and Eva ran to meet him, hugging him.


    ¡°Dad, so good to see you again,¡± Elena said as soon as they released their hold on him.


    ¡°Yeah, I missed you both and wanted to see you.¡±


    ¡°We missed you too dad. Let me go and have my bath, I will be right back,¡± Eva said with a huge smile and ran to her room.


    ¡°Same to me dad, we have a lot to discuss. I know so many things about myself and my mother,¡± Elena said and went to her room.


    ¡°I told you King Eremus that-¡± Jess got interrupted by a knock.


    ¡°Are you expecting someone?¡± King Eremus asked as the knock came again.


    ¡°No, I am not.¡± Jess responded and went to open the door.


    Standing before her with a beautiful bright smile was Annabel.

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    I Am Sorry (A):


    Jess was surprised, shocked, speechless and her facial reactions didn¡¯t fail to show all of that.


    Annabel just sent a smile towards her direction before looking behind Jess.


    ¡°Annabel?¡±


    ¡°The one and only sweet sister of yours. I thought you would have opened your door wide by now for me toe into your home,¡± Annabel said, pushing Jess out of her way gently anding inside.


    ¡°Jess who is that?¡± King Eremus asked and that seemed to bring back Jess from her shock state. She quickly closed her door and went to meet her sister who stopped when she heard the voice of her ex husband.


    ¡°Eremus is here?¡± Annabel asked as she turned around to re at her sister.


    Rolling her eyes. ¡°It¡¯s not what you think. Follow me and see for yourself before you use me of something I can¡¯t even do,¡± Jess said leading the way, Annabel following her and they came to the living room.


    King Eremus saw who was behind Jess and his mouth opened in shock.


    ¡°Annabel?¡± He asked, still shocked, not believing his eyes.


    ¡°Yes it¡¯s me, are you surprised that I caught you here with my sister?¡± Annabel said.


    King Eremusughed at that. ¡°You must be kidding me Annabel. You got that all wrong. I and your sister are not a thing. My two daughters are now living here with her so I went to check on them.¡± He exined.


    As if on cue, the doors to Elena and Eva rooms opened and they stepped out at the same time, dressed in a different set of clothes.


    ¡°Dad why the sudden quiet-¡± Elena stopped short when she saw the bright purple hair which belongs to a taller slender beautiful middle age woman. Her eyes were bright purple like hers.


    No one needed to tell her who the woman was.


    ¡°Mum.¡± She whispered.


    *****This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    Demon House:


    Dressed in all cks like a dark Prince, Demon disappeared.


    Underworld:


    He appeared in what looks like a throne room and a man who is a replica of him except he didn¡¯t have silver hair or eyes sat on a throne.


    He bowed down before him and straightened his body. He saw Cami standing next to his father and rolled his eyes.


    ¡°Father, you sent for me.¡±


    ¡°Yes I did, son. Your wife came to me with a report of how you have broken the soulmate bound you had with her without any reason. Why is that son?¡± His father asked.


    ¡°Father, she didn¡¯t tell you the whole truth. I caught her in bed with Hades, she and Hades have been having a secret affair behind my back for years. She faked her death and made me kill Innocent humans. So I had to end our rtionship. I am no longer with her.¡±


    ¡°But you should know that mistakes often happen between couples, forgive her and when she tries it once again then you can finally let her go.¡±


    ¡°That is impossible, father. I have my own right. And apart from that, I have another mate. I am just grateful that I am not fully a demon, if not I wouldn¡¯t have gotten my second chance mate. I thank my mother for making me a part of her,¡± Demon said. ¡°I have to go back, father, there can never be Cami and me again. We are done for good,¡± he said and disappeared immediately.


    *****


    Jess House:


    Annabel stared at her daughter from her head to toe, toe to head and smiled at her, ignoring everyone else. She has to go along with her ns.


    ¡°My baby girl, look at you,¡± Annabel said in fake enthusiasm. ¡°You are all grown-up.¡± She added and went to meet Elena, pulling her into a surprising hug.


    Pushing off Annabel away from her. ¡°What are you doing here? What do you want from us? You left me and now you are back, why?¡±


    ¡°Darling, I didn¡¯t leave you, your father didn¡¯t want me to take you along. So I had to go,¡± Annabel said holding Elena¡¯s cheeks tenderly, but Elena removed her hands from her cheeks. ¡°Your father was a flirt, he chased anything in skirts. I tried changing him Elena, I tried but he wouldn¡¯t change even after he promised me. I caught him with your step mother who pinned him down with her pregnancy. I couldn¡¯t bear it anymore so I had to go, I had to leave him and go far away in another ce and start afresh. But I missed you so much that is why I came here first to see my sister and asked her to follow me to Eras Kingdom to beg your father for me to see you and exin things to you,¡± Annabel said the lies so smoothly that Elena almost believed her.


    ¡°That¡¯s not true Elena. Everything she said here are lies. She left when I realised her true motives.¡± King Eremus rebuked the ims. ¡°If it was true, why are you two years and some months older than Eva and not the same age? I married my second wife to take care of you as you were still an infant when Annabel ran away after her failure to get you. I fell in love and got married to my second wife.¡± He added.


    ¡°You cannot deceive me, I am not a child Annabel.¡± Elena said.


    ¡°Okay, I see you¡¯ve taken sides. Anyways, I am back now and I am not going anywhere,¡± Annabel said and turned her gaze at Eva. ¡°I need to have a private discussion with them, so please excuse us, even though Eremus is your father, you are not my daughter, so excuse us.¡± She added.


    ¡°My daughter is going nowhere, whatever discussion you want to have with us can be said right here in front of her,¡± king Eremus said angrily.


    ¡°And most importantly, Eva is my family, do not ever in your life refer to her as that again Annabel,¡± Elena said in warning.


    ¡°Is alright, I will excuse myself and go to my room,¡± Eva said and went back to her room.


    ¡°Me too, I just remembered I have some homework to do, sorry dad, sorry aunt, Elena is out and you cannot force me to stay,¡± Elena said and left before her father or anyone will say a thing.


    Eremus focused his attention to his ex wife, sitting down and Jess sat down too. ¡°Tell us the reason why you are really here Annabel.¡±


    Going to sit on one of the free sofas in the living room, Annabel crossed one of her legs to the other. ¡°Well the reason why I am back is very simple.¡± She began and went straight to the point. ¡°I am here for my daughter to take her back with me, if you don¡¯t release my daughter, then death awaits you.¡±

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    I Am Sorry, B:


    Jess and King Eremus both snorted at the same time as if they nned it.


    ¡°Did you hear yourself Annabel?¡± Jess said, rolling her eyes at her sister.


    ¡°I heard myself clearly. I want my daughter back. I left her in your care Eremus for 20 years, 20 good years and now it¡¯s my turn to take good care of my own daughter myself.¡± Annabel responded.


    ¡°You are not taking Elena away, you think I don¡¯t know what you want to use her for Annabel,¡± king Eremus said, folding his arms under his chest.


    Annabel smirked and folded her arms under her breasts, copying her ex husband. ¡°You don¡¯t know who you are dealing with Eremus, because if you do, you won¡¯t open your godforsaken mouth to talk back at me,¡± she said and faced her sister. ¡°And Jess, you know me too well to do what I say, whatever I want is what I will get. Give me Elena now that you are still in one piece or else¡­.¡± She threatened her.


    Jess smirked right back at her. ¡°A lot has changed since you left sis, so I should be the one telling you to leave us alone or you die,¡± Jess said.


    ___


    Eva was eavesdropping on their discussion from her room door when she heard a knock on her window. Leaving the door and going to the window she opened the curtain and didn¡¯t see anyone, feeling scared, she opened the ss window and brought out her head to check the environment when a rose flower met her nose and Julian¡¯s smiling face came to Eva¡¯s view.


    Eva suddenly remembered that she wasn¡¯t wearing a mask and used her hands to cover her face very fast ring heatedly at Julian through her barely opened eyes.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    ¡°Hey there is no need for you to hide your pretty face Eva, I have seen it before now,¡± Julian said smiling and Eva brought down her hands from her face still ring at Julian.


    ¡°What do you want from me?¡± Eva angrily snapped.


    ¡°Listen Eva I do not know what I have done to you. You have to tell me my mistakes to avoid repeating it again,¡± Julian said


    ¡°You wanna know what you did wrong?¡± Eva asked him.


    ¡°Yes dear, please tell me.¡± Julian responded.


    ¡°We were talking on the phone a few nights ago and you started flirting with anotherdy,¡± Eva said.


    ¡°But that was a harmless tal-¡±


    ¡°We were talking and you ignored me for anotherdy, I bet you slept with the hooker that night,¡± Eva said, not hiding her jealousy.


    ¡°If that is what is making you ignore me, then I am sorry,¡± Julian said and represented the flower to her again. ¡°Please ept my humble offer Eva and I won¡¯t do it again.¡±


    ¡°I know your type Julian, just because you are handsome and look rich you think all the whole girls will follow you, well I am different.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t say you are like those girls Eva. I will try to change if that¡¯s what will make you talk to me again like you do. I am sorry and from now henceforth you got my attention,¡± Julian said.


    ¡°Are you sure or you are just saying that to pull my legs?¡± Eva said, trying to hide her smile.


    ¡°Yes, I¡¯m sure dear.¡± Julian promised. ¡°So are we friends again?¡± He asked with his hopes high.


    ¡°Yes Julian.¡± Eva answered, showing her smile.


    ____


    pping her hands together Annabel stood up from the chair. ¡°I havee to make peace and take back my daughter, but I see you don¡¯t want peace. And you Eremus you don¡¯t want to give me my daughter that I asked peacefully. Be ready for war Jess, because it¡¯s about to get too hot for the both of you.¡± Annabel promised. ¡°I will take my leave but be rest assured that I will be back for you and I will forcefully take back my daughter right in front of you.¡± She added and made to leave but the voice of Demon stopped her immediately.


    ¡°I can¡¯t wait to see that happen Annabel.¡± Demon who had been hiding in the shadows and heard their conversation made himself visible.


    Annabel turned and smiled at Demon.


    ¡°Demon, should I call this fate or what?¡± She asked with a fake smile.


    ¡°I now know the face behind all the recent attacks I have been having, I never thought we would meet again but we did, indeed, this is fate. You are truly met to die by my hand,¡± Demon said to her with familiarity.


    Jess raised her eyebrows once she heard that, she has the feeling that both parties know each other from the past.


    Annabelughed and smiled seductively at him. ¡°You are looking more dashingly Demon but that won¡¯t change the fact that you should stay off my part.¡±


    ¡°I know you are surprised and you will be wondering in your tiny mind why I hadn¡¯t attacked you yet. I just want to rub it in your face that I know all your ns you had with Hades and Cami. Your n failed as I now know the truth,¡± Demon said and smirked. ¡°You nned with those two apes and went behind their backs to get Elena to yourself, I am sure they didn¡¯t even know the girl is your daughter yet.¡±


    Annabel hid her shock from showing on her face. ¡°Good for you Demon, all I want to say, stay away from myne and mind your business. This is a family matter that isn¡¯t your concern, the best thing you can do is to go back to Cami.¡± She said.


    ¡°You got two things wrong Annabel, one, Cami and I are no longer together in fact I have broken our mate demon bond, now she is as free as you are. And the second one, I am a full member of this family now, Elena is my Shadow Chaser mate and if you harm a single hair from her body ¡­¡± Demon stopped and moved closer to her and did the unthinkable, he hugged her very close to his body and whispered into her ears. ¡°I will destroy you.¡±

 Chapter 30

    My Love (Semi Final):


    Demon released his hold on Annabel and shifted back giving a little bit putting some space between them.


    ¡°I am not bluffing Annabel, now leave before I lose my cool.¡± Demon ordered.


    ¡°You haven¡¯t seen thest of me yet.¡± Annabel huffed angrily and walked out of the house mming the door behind her hard.


    ¡°And who are you Young man?¡± King Eremus demanded as soon his ex wife had left their presence.


    ¡°Someone who is in love with your daughter Elena, sir.¡± Responded Demon. He bowed his head low and said. ¡°Greetings my King.¡±


    Acknowledging his greeting, King Eremus asked. ¡°But that hasn¡¯t answered my question yet. Who are you and how are you connected to my ex wife?¡±


    ¡°Sorry for not answering your questions. My name is Chase Demon, I am half Demon and a half Shadow Walker that is to say I am not human.¡± Demon introduces himself. ¡°And I love your daughter so much sir.¡± He added.


    King Eremus eyes widened in surprise. This is the man who Jess was talking about. He turned his gaze to Jess for a moment and the woman nodded her head to answer his questioning eyes.


    ¡°So you are the assassin that was killing all thete princesses?¡± King Eremus demanded with raised eyebrows.


    ¡°Yes sir, but I have a reason why I did that sir.¡± Demon answered and went on to exin what had triggered him killing the Princesses.


    ¡°Hmm and you just found out that your wife was lying and faked her own death for you to bring the souls of Princesses?¡± Jess asked with wide eyes.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am.¡±


    ¡°What for?¡± King Eremus asked.


    ¡°Same thing your wife wants sir, for me to kill Elena and bring her soul. Unfortunately for them, their ns backfired and I now know the truth plus Elena is my Shadow Walker mate so I won¡¯t take chances in dealing with whosoever that wants to harm her,¡± Demo said in seriousness.


    ¡°And what about you? Don¡¯t you think you will harm her eventually?¡± Kind Eremus asked.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    ¡°I won¡¯t, I wasn¡¯t a murderer sir, I only did what I have to do for love. I have never felt guilty like I am doing right now for killing those Princesses unjustly. But the truth is I am really in love with your daughter. I am not sure of her feelings to me yet, but I am very sure of mine.¡± Demon exined.


    ¡°Still yet I can¡¯t allow you to be with my daughter who is a princess and has a lot of enemies who want to take her powers away like my wife is doing at the moment,¡± king Eremus said not moved by Demon exnation.


    ¡°My father is the king of the demon, my mother the Queen of the Shadow Walkers, I am just a mixture of both sir, and I know what¡¯s right and wrong but I am promising you right here and now that no harm shalle to Elena, you, your kingdom and everything you own. Plus, I¡¯m a businessman with my ownpanies around the world.¡± Demon exined and even went ahead to tell him the name of hispany which left both King Eremus and Jess speechless to their bones. ¡°No one knows I¡¯m the CEO except you two. I really love your daughter sir, you¡¯ve got to believe me when I say that. Please give me a chance to prove my love for your daughter.¡±


    ¡°What rtionship do you have with my wife?¡± King Eremus asked, shifting the subject.


    ¡°Nothing, she and my ex wife know themselves and n to get Elena¡¯s soul, though I¡¯m 100% sure that Cami nor Hades knows that she is Elena¡¯s mother.¡± Demon answered. ¡°So sir try to think about what I just told you now, truly I disguise myself to trace Elena and have her killed but I fall in love with her instead and even now that I know the powers she possesses, that hasn¡¯t changed my love for her in fact it has increased.¡± He added.


    ¡°We will be leaving for Eras Kingdom tomorrow,¡± king Eremus said in finality. ¡°And I don¡¯t want to see you near her or near my kingdom.¡±


    ¡°You should know that I am the type of person who doesn¡¯t give up on what he loves. She is my love sir and I will visit your kingdom whenever I want to, sir.¡± Demon challenge.


    ¡°I see you are the stubborn type,¡± king Eremus said with a hardened expression.


    Demon only smiled but didn¡¯t say a word. All these while Elena has been eavesdropping on their conversation. Her heart fluttered when she heard the words that Demon told her father. She couldn¡¯t deny the fact that she wasn¡¯t attracted to the beautiful man. She hopes he repeats the words ¡®I love you¡¯ to her and he will see her next step.


    She is in love with Demon and couldn¡¯t prevent her heart from falling deeply in love with him even more now that he has dared her father.


    She was happy that he had cut all ties with his first wife.


    Demon voice broke through her thoughts as he said to her father.


    ¡°Instead of you being concerned about me and stopping me from helping you and in return protect my love, you should be more concerned about what Annabel would do once she¡¯s back. She is a very dangerous Ninja and no one has ever double crossed her. Trust me you wouldn¡¯t survive what she is preparing once shees back and believe me she will be back,¡± Demon said.


    ¡°He is right King Eremus, forget about his rtionship with your daughter, you should be happy we have a strong person as an ally who will always be there to protect Elena,¡± Jess said in support of Demon after all the beautiful man had saved them from being captured by the Ninja¡¯s Annabel had sent.


    ¡°Okay, how do we activate Elena¡¯s power?¡± King Eremus demanded.


    ¡°That has been the question I have been expecting from you, my King. I know how to activate them.¡± Demon answered.


    ¡°How?¡±


    ¡°The only way for Elena powers to be activated is if only a Manticore Creature can unlock it for her.¡± Demon replied.


    ¡°What are you trying to say?¡± Jess asked with knee interest.


    ¡°You are a Manticore Creature but you weren¡¯t the chosen one. I would say Annabel should be the one to unlock the fire powers but we all know what she is capable of and that leaves me with only one person.¡± Demon answered.


    ¡°My mother?¡± Jess suggested.


    ¡°Exactly Ma¡¯am.¡±


    ¡°But how do I contact her, she only appears in Elena¡¯s dream twice,¡± Jess said. ¡°I haven¡¯t seen her since.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry too much, she will appear to Elena to unlock the fire powers she possesses and then teach her how to control it.¡±


    ___


    ¡°Eva you know I have wanted to discuss something important with you but I don¡¯t know how to say it,¡± Julian said and then blushes. How can he tell Eva he was ready in love with her. The mate pull he now has with her screams of love.


    ¡°If you can¡¯t say it just express it with your face.¡±


    ¡°Oh,¡± Julian said and quickly closed the gap between them, stealing a kiss from Eva and shifting back. ¡°Do you now know what that means?¡±


    ¡°You just kissed me, how do you expect me to know what it means?¡± Eva said, trying not to smile.


    ¡°Okay, to be very frank with you Eva I am a yer, but that changes when I set my eyes on you. I love you Eva and I picture myself spending the rest of my life with you. I know it¡¯s soon but I have to let it out, to let you know how I feel about you. I love you Eva.¡±


    ¡°You know I admire you too Julian, scratch that, I love you Julian. I was afraid that you wouldn¡¯t love me, that you would love my sister. I am so d you love me Julian and I will be faithful to you. Just promise me you won¡¯t go back to your old lifestyle and you will have my Love fully,¡± Eva said to him.


    ¡°Alright my love, I promise you I will forever be faithful to you,¡± Julian said without hesitation.


    ¡°Love through the Window.¡±


    ¡°What was that?¡±


    ¡°You and I profess our love for each other through the window,¡± Eva saidughing silently and Julianughed at that.


    ¡°You are so right my love,¡± Julian said and once again kissed her lips, this time around wasn¡¯t quick, they kissed deeply and forgot they were at the window and outside.


    Lack of air force Eva to lift her head and kiss the pretty guy¡¯s lips. They stared into each other¡¯s eyes with love.


    ¡°My father is around.¡± Eva chip in yfully.


    ¡°Really? King Eremus is here?¡± Julian asked in surprise.


    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°Then I have to see him immediately and tell him about my feelings and what I feel for you.¡±


    ¡°You know you can¡¯t, I¡¯m still in school and will finish in a year or two.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s not a worry, I will wait for you to be through with your School. I just want to let your father know then engage you in case he ns to marry you off to a Prince because baby you are mine for life,¡± Julian said and left the window and went to the frontage of the house and knocked.


    Jess, who wasn¡¯t expecting any visitors, went to open the door ready to attack whoever it was but was surprised to see her new neighbour.


    ¡°Yes, what can I do for you Julian?¡±


    ¡°I came here to see King Eremus.¡±


    ¡°Who told you he¡¯s here?¡± Jess asked suspiciously.


    ¡°His daughter. I just want to talk to him, please.¡±


    ¡°Come in then.¡± Jess opened the door wider for him to step in closing the door after him.


    Julian quickly entered the sitting and his eyes went immediately to King Eremus.


    ¡°Hello my King, it¡¯s a pleasure to finally meet you.¡±


    ¡°And who are you?¡± King Eremus demanded.


    ¡°My name is Julian and I am here to talk about your daughter.¡±


    ¡°My daughter? Please let it not be Elena.¡± King Eremus said, holding his nose.


    ¡°Nope, your other daughter Eva. I want to tell you how I feel about her and-¡± Julian was Interrupted by a very familiar voice.


    ¡°Julian is that you?¡±


    Julian turned to see the owner of the voice and his eyes widened to see him.


    ¡°Uncle Chase.¡±


    Demon and his mother with his father know each other as they were business associates. He had always seen Demon in their house when he was a little boy and had always wondered why the beautiful uncle hadn¡¯t aged like his father.


    When he had changed into his Leopard form, he came to understand the supernatural world and know where his ¡®Uncle Chase¡¯ belongs.


    ¡°You¡¯ve all grown up, kid,¡± Demon said with a smile. ¡°What are you doing here?¡±

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    ¡°I came here to see Eva and her father, uncle.¡± Julian replied. ¡°And what are you doing here?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Same thing you came here for Julian, I came to visit my mate and her aunt and surprisingly met her father here.¡± Demon responded. ¡°Do your parents know you are here?¡±


    ¡°Yes uncle, I¡¯m no longer the Julian you used to know.¡± Julian answered.


    ¡°I see you know him,¡± king Eremus said, staring at the young man who has just professed his love for his daughter and then back at Demon.


    ¡°Yes my king, his parents are my business associates, and he is also a Leopard, a supernatural creature just like me.¡± Demon told him.


    ¡°Half Leopard and Vampire Sire.¡± Julian corrected with a smile.


    ¡°First, Elena got herself a Demon and shadow whatever you called it and now Eva has also gotten a Leopard and blood sucker as her mate¡± King Eremus said touching his forehead and stroking it gently. Why not just a human so that when everything is over, they would have forgotten about what happened, but he guesses the Creator has a hand in it. Having two supernatural creatures as his daughter¡¯s mate is better than having two humans as their better half, at least he was sure they would protect their lives.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to think too much, my king, I can speak for myself and for Julian, we love your daughters and I promise you no harm shall befall them,¡± Demon said as if reading into the mind of the King.


    ¡°Yes my king, as he said, no harm shalle to them,¡± Julian said in support but frowned his lips and he stared at Demon. ¡°But remind me again what we are protecting the girls from?¡± He asked confusedly. ¡°Are they in danger?¡±


    Demon quickly briefs him of what was happening and why Elena and Eva need protection, especially his Elena.


    ¡°If you are so sure that this Annabel will be back, I suggest the king takes his daughters back to Eras Kingdom where they will be safe.¡± Julian suggested after hearing the story. ¡°Because the guards in Eras kingdom will try their possible best to stop the Ninja¡¯s and it will give us time to know their strengths.¡± he added.


    ¡°You are right Julian, king Eremus will take his two daughters and ma¡¯am back to his pce. I will send my demons and shadows to protect the pce and also protect them individually.¡± Demon supported the Leopard and faced king Eremus. ¡°What do you say my King?¡± He asked Eremus.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    ¡°I think I will do as you say, my pce is more secure than here, it¡¯srge enough for us to fight the enemies without alerting the whole neighborhood unlike this ce where everything gets uploaded on YouTube,¡± King Eremus said after a while of thinking. ¡°I want this to be over with.¡±


    ¡°I will go and tell Elena right away.¡± Demon said, excusing himself and entered his mate¡¯s room.


    ¡°I know you don¡¯t know me that much but I love Eva.¡± Julian said.


    ¡°I haven¡¯t given my consent yet to either you or to that Uncle of yours. I will have to think it through, especially when ites to Eva, she is still young you know and is not yet through with her school.¡± King Eremus told Julian.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that my King, I will dly wait for Eva to finish her schooling before I get married to her, she is my mate and i will always respect her wish. I will never do anything to hurt her my King, believe me.¡±


    ¡°I have heard you Julian, I will question my daughter on our way back and if she truly loves you, well then¡­. until then.¡±


    ¡°Thank you my King,¡± Julian said. ¡°I shall take my leave now,¡± he added and left the apartment and went back to his, going for his phone and calling his mother.


    It rang twice before it was picked.


    ¡°Julian, don¡¯t tell me you have ruined it?¡±


    ¡°Ruin what mother?¡± Julian asked.


    ¡°Your mate life, I mean hope you haven¡¯t done something to her, I haven¡¯t seen her yet so don¡¯t spoil it with your nasty attitude,¡±


    ¡°C¡¯mon mum, I just discovered that I have a gorgeous mate and you are expecting me to ruin it? Well for your information mum, I am now a changed person, you can. inform father.¡±


    ¡°d to hear that from you son, so no more chasing anything on skirt?¡±


    ¡°No mum, no more. That old Julian is dead, buried and gone,¡± Julian said meaning every word he said.


    He doesn¡¯t want to hurt Eva again.

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    ¡°Are you sure of what you are saying?¡±


    ¡°Yes mum,¡± Julian answered.


    ¡°Very good, I hope you keep to your words son, do not ever hurt your mate,¡±


    ¡°Like I said before, I won¡¯t mum.¡±


    ¡°I shall inform your father, so when are weing to see her?¡±


    ¡°Soon mum, but, she is still in school, in college,¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, when I met your father, I was in the university studying, he had to wait. for me to be through with it before he proposed to me. He didn¡¯t want to stop me halfway that¡¯s why I love him till date.¡±


    ¡°Thanks for this, I already told her father I would wait for her to finish her schooling.¡±


    ¡°You got that patience from your father my dear son, talk to youter son.¡±


    ¡°d you could tell me this mum, take care of yourself and send father my greetings.¡±


    ¡°Will definitely do, love you son.¡±


    ¡°I love you mother,¡± Julian said and dropped the call.


    He went to his room, andy down on his bed, thinking of Eva, soon enough he left his bed and went to his room window, where he stared at the house opposite him, he didn¡¯t want to miss the chance of Eva leaving.


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    ¡°Are you done packing?¡± Demon asked when he entered Elena¡¯s room.


    ¡°Yes, Demon, I am done.¡± Elena gestures to the big bag sitting on her bed. ¡°I guess Eva is done with her packing too.¡±


    ¡°Probably,¡± Demon said, closing the gap between them and hugging Elena. ¡°I will miss you when you go but do not worry when all this is over, I am going to marry you and take you on a vacation around the world.¡± He added.


    ¡°I just want this to be over quickly. I don¡¯t know why my mother, because of power, wants to kill her own daughter.¡±


    ¡°Things happen everyday sweetheart that you won¡¯t even believe that those you love will want to hurt you,¡± Demon said. ¡°But do not worry, I am here to protect you, no harm shalle to you or your family members, I promise you.¡±


    ¡°I want to defeat my mother, I need to unleash these powers in me so that I can stop this once and for all.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, all will be well, we will win.¡± Demon assured her.


    Soon, they left for Eras kingdom together with Jess.


    Julian and Demon didn¡¯t go with them.


    ¡°I need to go back to my house and settle something¡¯s,¡±


    ¡°Should I follow you?¡±


    ¡°Well, you can if you want.¡± Demon told him, entering his car. Julian quickly went back into his house and made sure everything was in ce, he locked the door and enter his own car.


    Demon drove out off the premises of Jess, followed closely by Julian.


    Getting to his house, his gatekeeper quickly opened the gate for them to drive in and as soon as Demon applied the brakes of his car, he was out and heads inside the building.


    Julian followed him. He watched as Demon entered his room, open his wardrobe, grab his ck box, opened it and began to fill it up.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°Taking the necessary things I will need, we are going to Eras kingdom.¡±


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    Annabel¡¯s Hideout:


    Annabel was livid with anger when she appeared in what looks like a cave, a big cave. It was dark but Annabel could still see with her sharp eyesight.


    ¡°They have gone back to Eras kingdom,¡± she said in the darkness. She had known that after her visit to Eremus that their next step will be going back to the Era¡¯s kingdom and she wasn¡¯t wrong.


    She could see all her Ninja¡¯s in the dark, waiting for her orders.


    ¡°We pay them a visit tonight, by tomorrow, I don¡¯t want to hear of their existence again.¡±


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    It feel like ages since they set their feet in Eras kingdom.


    Elena and her step sister Eva couldn¡¯t contain their joy when they arrived at the pce. Their pce guards all weed them.


    King Eramus had already informed the servants and the cook of theiring so they had prepared the Princesses room with Jess room.


    ¡°It feels good to be back in a familiar ce.¡±


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