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? Tales of two worlds ?
?Season 3 ?
? Chapter 18?
? Written by Goddy Francis?
. I was sort of happy. I really don’t know what I’m doing but I’m really certain I really like him a lot. I smile at my reflection and curl my alre-ady brushed hair.
I felt Arden’s cute dark eyes admired me from the bathroom door. He was always dressed as usual , black hoodie and black p@n-ts. He’s an as-s , always like being simple and he still look super perfect and S-xy with that damn white sneakers.
” A lot of black in here.” I tease and wi-nk at him before smiling at my reflection. For several reasons I’m glad that hell of a white haired witch isn’t in every mirror staring back at me again.
” You look awesome.” I smile and shrug.
He shove his hands out of his hoodie pockets and reach out to hold me.
” You look more awesome.” He wears a S-xy sm-irk and k!ssmy cheek.
” You ain’t supposed to be a prince. You’re too bad for that and Dylan is just too cute for that.” He laughs cutely as his dimples wi-nk at me. Now I wish I had one.
” I really didn’t notice I’m really that bad.” He raise his brows in a s£dûçt!vemanner still gripping to my w@!st.
” Bad enough to make me h0tter just by staring at me. And bad enough for ma-king me we-tter by just k!ss!ngmy n£¢k.” I bit my l!pas his eyes locked in mine.
He really didn’t say a word. Instead his eyes glue to mine and his grip on my w@!st increase as he pu-ll me closer to himself.
” And I think you’re too pure and n@ûghty for a princess.” He whispers as a tiny sm-irk curl at the side of myl-ip.
” How n@ûghty ?” I ask now wra-pping my hands around his n£¢k.
He sm-irk and smiled at me before replying.” n@ûghty enough to make me ha-rd by just smiling at me. Especially when you t©uçh me , I tend to think with my d!¢k..”
The foul language at the end of his speech made me h0t a little. Crazy enough , I’ve started thinking a lot of crazy things with him , like him slowly removing my dress and b!tt!g me again. He pu-ll me closer to himself and I could nearly feel a ha-rd Arden tou-ching me. His eyes dart from my eyes to myl-ips as he gently lean to my ear-lobes k!ss!ngmy n£¢k.
” You wanna cancel the d@t£ and risk it ? I’m not gonna be ha-rd on you.” He whisper. With every of his dirty talks I found myself wanting him more.
I really wanna go out with him same time I really wanna l@yn-ked next to him again with him on t©p of me k!ss!ngevery of my s-en-sitive p@rt.
” We could do both if you want..” he trail and look back to my eyes with his s£dûçt!vesm-irk.
” You’re an as-s. I’ll risk both.” I finally answer.
He chuckle and smiled.
” Let’s go princess.” I stretch out my hand but he surprised me by tossing me on his shoulders.
I giggle and pla-yful tap his back to put me down. He ignored me climb down the stairs with me still on his shoulders. He put me down next to one of his cars and open the pas-s£nger side for me. I roll my eyes and get in. Did he really have to carry me like that ?
” You look tensed ? Cause of how I carried you ?” He ask and sh0t me a quic-k smile before looking back at the road.
” I was just caught off guard.” I reply him. He laugh quietly while I turn on the radio.
” So where do you like to go ?”
” I’d be glad if you make the choices.”
He hum silently and nod.
” Why don’t you get a driver ?”
” Sweetheart , it’s boring. Sitting at the back of your car while someone drive you , I just feel old.” He said and smile at me before looking away.
I remembered the first time I drive with him .That was my dreaan and it feels so real. I remembered that extremely ha-rd Arden. The one I usually fight with , the one who always scold me because of unnecessary things and then I remembered the first day I met Dylan. I smiled at the first Dylan I met at my island. Who knew I would end up being with his older brother.
” What are you thinking ?” Arden seems to snap me out of my thoughts.
I bit my thumb and smile at him.
” You..” he seems to smile and just didn’t share me a look. He raise his brows and park his car in the lot.
” You’re re-ady ?”
I simply shrug with one arm and smile. I get out of the car without waiting for him to open the door for me. I look around as he held my hand and we walk inside.
” It’s just a simple dinner , you’ll be fine.” He wi-nk. I take a de-ep breath and look around this fancy h0tel or restaurant ? Without being told , only the rich can afford such place. A pop music light up this place and it’s breath taking. It’s awesome.
” Can I take your orders plea-se ?” A waitress ask and quic-kly smile weirdly at Arden. I don’t wanna believe she knew him too.
” Take her orders.”
I go throu-gh the menu and finally pick a random meal. I tap abs£ntly on the table and look around. I could tell people alre-ady glance at us. Yeah , he’s beautiful anyways especially with a black hoodie. It makes him look like a high school h0ttie. I think he chuckle.
” Is it that obvious ?”
” What ?” I furrow my brows with a sm-irk.
” That I look like a highschool h0ttie.”
I laugh and wave my hand in the air . ” Maybe you do.” I smile to the fact that he sneak into my head again.
” How often do you do that ?” I ask , now leaning my elbow on the table cu-pping my cheek.
” Do what ?” He raise his brows with a boyish grin.
” Always going throu-gh my thoughts . Basically , I think you live in my head. ” I shrug with a arm still grinning at him .
He laughs as the waitress return with our meal. I’ve grown to like salad so it’s not excluded with what I ordered.
” Thank you.” I told her once she was throu-gh arranging the meal.
She smile awkwardly and turn to leave.
” You seem to easily attra-ct women . Hope I’m safe ?” I ask him resting my hands on the table tapping silently on it.
” I think you’re. St©p thinking about that. You’re hungry right ?” He pick up a fork and motion to the food. It smell so good.
” They cook well , at least.” Arden said shoving the food into his mouth. I smile as his expression changed when he chewed the meal. I think it’s worth it. I c0ckmy brows and eat too.
” I really haven’t ate your food.” He says drinking from the glas-s.
” It’s not like i really cook perfectly. You don’t let me near the kitchen including Dylan.”
He laughs quietly and nod. He continued eating with his eyes always staring at me. There’s a way he looks at me , always weird and taunting.
” Are you thinking about something ?” I ask him because of his looks. He look worried like who’s thinking.
” My parents. They fought today.” He sigh and sit back on his chair still holding his fork.
” Really ? Why ?”
” My mom sort of found out that Derek’s her step son and she freaked out.”
” What ! Who told her ?”
” Your b©yfri£nddid.” He shrug and bit hisl-ip. ” I feel sorry for her. She felt betrayed and sad.”
” I once ask Dylan if he was your older brother but he said no that he knew Derek’s father. I sort of suspected it at the palace. What happened ? What did you father say ?”
” His mother was a witch before she died. They…” He trail off and st©p like he remembered something. It’s like i knew what he was trying to say.
” Your council and coven in general hated the idea. They wanted them to break things and it was alre-ady too late. She was pregnant for your father.”
” Now I feel pathetic. Are you also in my head ?”
I shake my head and sigh.” You know sometimes i really don’t blame them. If I was in Amazon , my people don’t usually marry people like you , i mean pale skin people. We believe as a successful warrior , sometimes it’s not advisable to get married. Even if you want to , it’s always an amazonian and at the end they always want a female child since men can’t rule. Just imagine bringing home a Caucasian as groom. My mom’s gonna go n-ked and curse me.” I point out and that made Arden laughs.
” That’s ridiculous. Go n-ked and curse you ?” I shrug and start eating.
” It’s weird I know. I knew they would never accept me. First you’re royalty and second I’m a witch. Vampires don’t like hybrids. I’ve grown to un-derstand they see hybrids as vampires who aren’t pure we-ther royalty or not.”
” I can’t let the council tell me how to live my life. These are some of the reasons I hated to be a vampire. I’ve always loved to be human. At least there’s better freedom.” I slightly Laugh and smile at him.
” I was serious when i said I’m in love with you. I can’t just sit back and watch them end what ever thing we have.” He held my hand on the table and give it a gentle squee-ze. ” I just want you to trust me.” I sigh and smile.
My heart sort of melt over again at his confession. So he truly loves me. I really wanted to tell him I love him too , but then my conscience was always the queen.
” How did your mom handle the Derek issue ?” I ask him after the long silence.
” She freaked out , fought my father and design his cheeks with her claws. She always hated to be lied to. Infact everyone does , especially for a long time. ” I sigh and nod.
Things are complicated and for some unknown reason I’m scared. What if the council come after me ? What if I can’t fight them ? My mind as-sured me I’ll be okay. I know Arden will definitely look out for me , including Dylan and Derek. I was relieved that himiko was out of my case for now but I’m sure she’s still watching me even after getting angry and destroying my mirror. I noticed we have almost similar powers and anger issues.
After dinner Arden and I drove to the city center. I remembered this place , the place he took me in my dreams. I smile and giggle when I remembered my dream. He held out his hand and help me with the stairs. I climb quic-kly till we arrive at this balcony that view the entire city. I lean on the arm rest and shut my eyes as the cold breeze k!ssmy skin.
” You remembered this place ?” He ask me looking at me with a cute smile.
I chuckle and smile too looking down at the city. ” That crazy dream of mine. Where you first k!$$£d me even if it was a dream.” I reply. He lean on the rail and smile.
” Crazy huh ?” He ask and give me a quic-k gaze.
” Yeah , it feels real.” I shrug, trying to think about the dream.
” Maybe I imagined k!ss!ngyou that day..” he mutter and smile at me. I blus-h and smiled.
I was lost in thoughts and I really didn’t notice Arden was behind me with his hands around my w@!st.
” You know i always think I get what I want but this time is different. You got me , Lita.” He k!ssmy hair since he’s taller than me.
I bit the inside of my cheek and smile. My cheeks were alre-ady burning because of too much blu-shing. I spin around and t©uçh his cheek. His hands still curl gently around my w@!st and his eyes were locked with mine. I wra-p my hands around his n£¢k and k!$$£d him. He didn’t hesitate but guard me against the rail and k!$$£d me.
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Arden’s ringtone made me whimper from sleep. It’s morning and I’m in his be-d , in his shi-t slee-ping on his arm. He slightly scoff and reach to get his phone. My eyes were still close since I wasn’t re-ady to get out of be-d.
” Derek.” I heard him say on the phone.
” What happened ? Did they fight again ?” That stole my attention as my eyes slowly snap open. I know what he means. His parents have resumed fighting and that isn’t cool.
” I’m nee-ded ? fv¢k…” He ru-b his sleepy eyes and turn to look at me. ” Yeah I’m coming.” He roll his eyes and hang up. .
” What happened ?”
” Just a crazy emergency.” He sigh and toss his phone on a corner. He k!$$£d my cheek and get out of be-d.
” Sorry I’m leaving you this early.” I nodded and watch him walk to the bathroom. He returned with a towel after few minutes and return to the bathroom to get dressed. So funny , even after seeing him n-ked.
He returns looking perfectly stunning and k!ssme on the cheek again.
” I’ll be back soon , becareful.” Once again I nod as he walk out.
What must have happened cause he look tensed and worried. His parents fighting again made me worried and I was sure it’s because of Derek being their father’s son. I really wish she could be kind , he deserved it.
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DYLAN :
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” Your loud mouth is the fv¢kin reason your mother is acting super mad.” Dad yell at Arden. After that yesterday’s confession , nothing had gone right between my parents.
Of course nothing would go right. It won’t even sit properly if I was in mom’s shoes. Who could easily believe Derek’s our older brother. Dad went wild and exchanged words with Arden and it’s disgusting to watch them fight. 60% of it is because of Alita.
” If you’re smart you’ll let her be.”
” Oh ! And end up like a coward like you ?” Arden spit back. That didn’t go well with my father , he sl@pped Arden and that really made me surprised. I didn’t expect that , not even my mom who’s being ranting about.
Arden’s eyes turned dark red as he place his hand on the place that got hit. He’s about to go wild and things won’t go well. I place my hand on his shoulders to comfort him.
” Dad , was that really necessary ? You don’t have to raise your hand on him ? We’re not kids.” I said.
” Turner , what did you do that for ? Will that cover up the $h!t you did ?” Mom question.
” I can see you guys are having a family meeting ?” Carina walked into the gathering. She smile at us and sit.
She’s an elder at Havens and one of the council members. Without being told , I know why she’s here. To talk about Alita. Everywhere was tensed as Arden roll his eyes. Yeah , they once had something. What a brother ?
” Turners , would you plea-se postpone whatever drama that transpired in here and sit ? I’m here to discuss something important.” She sm-irk at Arden.
I sat down including every other person except Arden.
” Oh , prince charming Is okay , then it’s fine by me.” She smile at us and cross her legs with her hands on t©p of the other on the arm rest of the couch.
” I’m here to talk about the slave Arden bought.”
” She’s not a slave..” Arden quic-kly cut her shut.
” Do me a favor and don’t ever cut me short.” She scowl and sm-irk. ” As I was saying before I got interrupted by an as-s-hole. The council alre-ady noticed that Arden’s being acting like an as-s around Jasmin and he’s in love alre-ady. With the witch slave. Just in case you should know , Derek won’t rule this throne , he’s a hybrid and he’s forbidden…” She pause and look at Arden again. ” If you’re smart , you’ll stay away from her.”
” So why should I adhere to your threats ?” Arden ask. He’s easily taken especially when it comes to Carina. I know what she means , the coven would ba-rely accept Alita especially when Arden’s a royalty.
” Threats…” She chuckle and raise her brows standing.
” Don’t quit whatever thing you have with her , watch till the coven take her life. It’s not a threat Arden , we’ll kill her….”
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