" Uh !! " Nyxeria mutters , her eyes wide in shock ..
Vaelric scoffs looking at Aridalle on the floor .... What else won't he see this night .
" She must be really strong to fight off the extraction ritual "
The extraction ritual is the strongest type of ritual in the mage history.
" Hmm " Seraphim steps forward bending over her , his gaze going up and down on her.
Nyxeria clenches her fist angrily... She already had high hopes of Aridalle dying and now this !!
" No I won't accept this " she hissed stepping forward , raising her palm mid air ...
" Èm flãïr øû --- "
She starts to say but stops abruptly , falls to her knee and coughs out blood .
They stare at her surprised ...
" Nyx " Vaelric murmured going to meet her .
" Are you alright ? "
Her eyes turn white and she passes out, slumping in his arms.
" .... "
" Hmm defense mode " Seraphim states .
Vaelric sighs laying Nyxeria carefully on the floor.
" Hm this is getting more serious... What should we do my Lord "
Seraphim stands up, his eyes getting colder each second as they stared at Aridalle.
" Take this thing back to the castle and see Drizella immediately , I'll see to Nyx myself "
Vaelric bows " yes my Lord "
He goes over to Aridalle and touched her briefly on the wrist and they vanish.
Seraphim looks up , his dull eyes taking in the night view ... Wherever Sariel is , he must be screaming his lungs out from happiness.
" I hate delays " he remarked dryly.
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In a well furnished apartment in the city ... Maelynn sat in her room , eyes glued to her laptop.. the reading glasses shading the crystal blue eyes, just with one look you will know she's a beautiful young lady ...long dark hair and a hourglass shape .. she's what they call beauty with brains.
" Uhh what kind of project is this , it's so hard " she mutters stretching her body, her gaze shifts to a picture frame of her dad on the desk and she smiles sadly .
After losing her dad four years ago due to cancer , her mom and senior brother with her struggled to survive... They were not poor nor rich just in the middle, her mom comfortable enough to send them to one of the prestigious Colleges in the city .
She groans removing her glasses " damn enough studying for today "
Her phone rings ...
" Oh it's Courtney " she smiles picking the call.
Maelynn : what's up baby girl
Courtney: am fine mi love ... How are you enjoying the school break
Maelynn: nice , somehow boring... You know my mom and brother are monitoring every of my movements.
Courtney: geez I've forgotten how creepy that is .. how is my sweetheart doing.
Maelynn: *confused* what sweetheart
Courtney: *shy* come on now , stop acting dumb you should know I'm talking about your hot brother
Maelynn: *bursts out laughing* oh you mean that peanut brain... He's fine and damn girl you still like him, it's getting to four years now
Courtney: firstly the person who you're calling peanut brain is the most intelligent guy in college, 1st rank grades and yeah I still like him.
Maelynn: *rolls her eyes* I don't see anything likable in Miguel.
Courtney: you must be blind then , take your word back
Maelynn: ah ain't taking back my words ... Miguel is a peanut...
" I'm peanut what "
Miguel opens the door entering inside , his tall frame was to obvious to ignore.. when Courtney called him got , she wasn't kidding cause it was as if a male god descended in human form .
He is her senior brother, three years older than her (23yrs) . after dad their dad died .. he took up the position as the bread winner of the family after their mom .
She gasps in shock and quickly ends the call before Courtney will say something crazy.
" Hey can't you knock before entering"
He smirks , eyes glinting mischievously . " If I remember correctly I knocked twice before entering, so considering the fact that you're deaf ... I really don't blame you "
" Argh you jerk "
She throws him a pillow which he easily dodges
Miguel chuckles, the annoying smirk plastered on his face .
" Hehe "
Narrowing her eyes she hissed faced her laptop back .
" What do you want "
" Mom said you should come down for dinner, so leave that boyfriend of yours and come eat and oh remove those glasses it makes you like a teacher baboon" he replies opening the door and leaves .
Maelynn glares at him , if eyes could kill.. he would have been long dead.
" Peanut brain " she pouts taking off the glasses ... He might be sarcastic but he's right ,cause she has heard it from most of her friends .
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✧ENCHANTED CASTLE.
Vaelric appears in the main hallway with Aridalle in his arms ... She was still unconscious.
He sighs , scanning her small oval face ... How can a fragile key bearer be so powerful to resist the extraction ritual ... There is so much he doesn't know about.
" *Gasps* oh gosh ... My lady .. sir Vaelric " Zenovia stutters rushing to them .
He sighs " she's alive "
" Omg really!! "
Vaelric nods dropping his gaze back to Aridalle, her face was hidden in his broad chest in a cute way.
" Yes "
" Uh what's going on " Marida says hurrying towards them with , Justin following her closely.
Zenovia turns to her smiling happily " mum , Butler Justin... Lady Aridalle is still alive even after the ritual "
Her mouth drops open in shock , what the hell then all the celebration and merrying she has been will be in vain .
" No way , sir Vaelric what happened "
Vaelric sighs again , already bored of repeating the same thing again .
" It's a long story so I'll keep it brief and am saying it once .. miss Aridalle someone resisted the ritual so it wasn't a success cause the key is still in her "
(●__●)
Two seconds of silence ..
" This is a mystery " Justin noted , frowning in deep thoughts.
Marida frowns, displeasure written all over her face .. " this is horrible, what of my Lord ... What is he going to do "
° I can't believe she's my mom ° Zenovia thought eyeing her almost in disgust.
" Everything will be taken care off ... What you two need to do now is to make her forget what happened this night , I tried wiping her memories but was hindered ... So don't bring up what happened today to her . " He mutters heading upstairs to her suite.
" Yes sir Vaelric" they reply at once bowing.
Justin sighs looking at his retreating figure... Things are about to get messier .
" Well it looks like you rejoiced for nothing mother " Zenovia said immediately Justin left.
Marida scoffs " Don't have high hopes darling... Lord Seraphim will dispose of her soon ... After he needs the key to enter cold heaven "
" Mtchewww I can see that " Zenovia snaps and storms away .
Marida sighs ° nobody is perfect for my Lord except for lady Nyxeria °
She thought biting her nails .
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✧DRACUKI TOWER.
Seraphim appears in the master suite , the air getting thicker each second... The chandelier lights dimmed slowly casting a dark night glow in the room.
He drops unconscious Nyxeria on the bed , his scans her body dully wondering when she became weak like this.
" I really hate delays " he mutters again heading to the bathroom to shower.
Seraphim stood in his naked glory , groaning as the hot water hit him running from his hus broad shoulders to his abs down to his untamed monster leaned on the glass wall feeling the water from the shower run through his body soaking him completely.
" Hm I can imagine the look on Sariel's face " he intoned closing his eyes.
Half an hour later , he steps out , wrapped in a bathroom, showing his abs and his hair still dripping wet.
He goes over to Nyxeria and seats across her staring at her blankly.
What kind of defense mode did Aridalle use to knock a supernatural being like Nyxeria unconscious.
" Hm interesting " he drawls, lips tugged in a humorless smirk.
His eyes glowed gold and a bright light appeared from within Nyxeria healing her completely.
Her eyes fluttered open and she groans seating up ...
" Er my Lord " her face was bright red , seeing Seraphim half dressed like that sent her to cloud nine .
He leaned back slowly, his gaze flickering back and forth in the room .
" If an ordinary key bearer can knock you out ,I can only imagine how weak you have become .
Nyxeria went red in embarrassment this time ... " My Lord she caught me off guard, it wont happy next time "
" There would be no next time " he states bluntly.
" Uh " ⊙.☉
Seraphim stands up, his tall height almost intimidating to her .
" Stay away from the human , she's my prey "
Her eyes widens in shock , he just called Aridalle he's prey but why is she still feeling hurt and angry .
Seraphim gives her one last look . " You have an 30 seconds to recover then you leave immediately "
Nyxeria slumps on the bed dejected .... What just happened?
She couldn't believe that he would be so cold-hearted to her .. yeah he's like that but not to this extent.
" That pathetic human is still a threat , damn it" she cursed slamming her fists on the bed .
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✧ ENCHANTED CASTLE.
Seraphim walks quietly, his footsteps echoing in the hall way , the air noticed his presence and became thick to afraid to even breath .
" My Lord , what a pleasant surprise" Justin mutters bowing lowly
He stops looking around like a stranger , his eyes like frozen glass .
" Where is it "
"Uh " ⊙.☉
He tilts his head getting impatient " the human "
Justin almost groans ... He is referring to Aridalle as a thing how absurd.
" She is still unconscious in her suite my Lord " .
" Hm I see " he mutters deadpanned .
Without sparing Justin another glance , he climbs the stairs gently... His aura getting terrifying each second.
Marida and Zenovia comes out slowly from the corridor they were hiding.
" now she's really going to die " Marida grin wickedly.
Zenovia bites her lips nervously.. muttering few words of prayers for Aridalle.
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✧ ARIDALLE SUITE.
The door creaks open and Seraphim steps inside within an instant he was right by her bedside.
" Just how long you can hold on to the key human... You're eighteen already"
he purred grinning creepily... He was smiling but it did not reach his eyes , it was dead as fuck .
Leaning closely his scans her face noticing things he hadn't seen before... Like how small and rosebud her lips is and long her lashes were ... It kissed her cheekbones.
" Hmm not bad for a key bearer..... why won't you give me the key " he mutters , his eyes turning frozen with terrifying look on his face
Aridalle's eyes fluttered open and the first thing she saw was him .... With that scary face .
('◉⌓◉')
" Ahhh mommy !! " She yells trembling.. she shrinks back and hugs her knees, hiding her face from his .
Seraphim scoffs , the sound was colder than the winter wind itself.
" Mommy ?? *Smirks* don't worry she's in sleeping peacefully in her grave "
She looks up , her eyes filled with tears ... They begin to drop slowly.
" Big meanie , you're a big meanie"
" I prefer being called something more horrible than that "
In an instant, he was right before her , his hands wrapped tightly round her thin neck almost snapping it.
" How dare you deny me the key " he growled.
Aridalle gasps struggling to breath , her vision was getting blurry... She tried to pry his hand from her neck but he wouldn't bulge.
He watches her struggle in vain making no attempt to let go of her.
" Please spare me " she rasped her face bright red .
Seraphim smirks enjoying the look on her face . " Spare you hm human you don't know what you land yourself into "
Her eyes balls were going back .. she was already losing consciousness.
" Pathetic " he uttered letting go of her and she slumps to the bed coughing.
She shrinks back curling up like a ball ...
" You are now my prey key bearer ... Prepare to be haunted " .
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