“What the fuck is this?!” Ace’s booming voice resounded throughout the police station. Damien could hear rushing feet as officers came closer to where Ace stood, staring googly-eyed at Damien through the bars.“Is everything alright?” a female officer said as she came out from the inner office, giving Damien a fleeting look before she looked at Ace. “You fucking tell me! Tell me how he looked like that when yesterday night he was looking like shit!” Ace ranted as he flung his arms wildly almost knocking the female officer aside with his hand.The woman gave him a confused look before she looked over at Damien. Since she was not on duty the evening before when they brought Damien in and she had no idea what he looked like. She gave Damien a blank look before looking back at Ace. The look on the latter's face was not welcoming so she nodded behind him to one of the officers, who had seen Damien the night before. “Is everything…”“I swear if one more person asks me that dumb question a
“Thwack!” the sound of the baton was so sickeningly loud as it connected with Ace’s shoulder. He jerked in surprise as he turned to look at who dared touch Smith Macmillan’s, right-hand man. He was met with a deafening slap from Isabella, who was already turning back to face Ace before the baton stopped him.It was as if she already know that he will attack her. Some of the officers looked at the person that struck Ace in surprise while others were engrossed with Isabella’s maids that clustered around her as they worried that she might have bruised her hand when she slapped Ace. Isabella waved away their worries just as the rookie cop gently placed the baton in his hand on the counter. “I already told him that it is not right to hit a woman” he muttered to no one in particular. It was clear from the apprehension on his face that he thought he was in big trouble.Isabella clicked her fingers in anger and the guards, who had restrained Ace, bundled him out of the station while he yelle
She took him home. And by home, Damien realised she was taking him to the palace. “My patience is stretched thin and I am taking no chances this time around! She had said when she dismissed her driver and got into the car to drive herself while her entourage followed them behind. It was an impressive scene to behold indeed. Damien could see cars park aside as they passed. The car was different as well as she drove a rose-gold Rolls-Royce Boat Tail that blended well with her hair.The $28,000, 000 car was as much the centre of attraction as the gorgeous enviable lady driving it. Some of them barely noticed the dishevelled, unknown man beside her as their eyes were fixated on the darling of society, whom most of them have only seen once or twice before.Those that have never seen Isabella whispered and tapped themselves as they struggled to catch the barest glimpse of the most privileged and most affluent young lady in the whole of Santa Eyre and its environs.“Oh, my God! Is that the
Shamefaced, Victoria made a move to stand up from her kneeling position before she would apologize to Damien.“No, do it like that,” Isabella said testily .her patience stretched thin.She saw the fleeting amazed look that her head made her but she ignored it as she waited with raised brs for ht latter to get ahead.Victoria knelt very well again before she mumbled something that Isabella couldn’t quite hear “What?! I didn’t catch that. Apologise and stop wasting my damn time! Or will you prefer I call in your subordinates? A larger audience should open your mouth wide enough, don’t you think?” Victoria flinched at the mention of that and he said loud and clear “Please, forgive me, sir. I shouldn’t have disrespected you. I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I promise to never do such a thing again,” she said in contrition and Isabella could see tears dropped from her eyes when Damien just stood there without saying anything.“Ma, I…” Victoria looked at her then back at Damien “I have s
Damien knew that there was no point in dragging this out anymore. He decide to just tell her whatever he knew without putting the New Clan vampires in trouble. What did she want from him, after all? He wondered, yet he knew that he was now in her debt. Originers pay their debts in full. Even though Damien was now picking up the habit of lying just as these people, gratefulness was an inherent part of the Originers that he couldn't do away with. She saved him twice, so he was ready to give her the truth. Whatever that was. It seemed like she could see his resolve to come clean because she merely nodded her head after giving him a long look.Then she said "Come and have your seat"Isabella led him to the loveseat closest to the door and Damien sank in the eye comfortable with a beautiful, patterned, cover."Would you like to have anything?" she asked him but he shook his head. He wouldn't care to ask for anything even though he had not eaten since the day before. He just wanted to get
She insisted on sending him back to where he lives. She wrote a note for him to give to his employer and Damien left the palace.He wondered if he would be allowed to go scot-free if he should go back to the Macmillans. "They would not dare to do anything to you when they see this note" She stated confidently as if she could read his apprehension. "Unless you will rather go back to your people. Where do your people live here in Santa Eyre?" she asked with an intent look.Damien panicked as he wondered where to tell her. He couldn't possibly tell her that there was an underground city connected to her father's palace. Could he? He knew that she would find out if he just randomly tell her a casual place. So he panicked."Is that also another secret?" she said with a small smile. "I will find out eventually but for now. A driver will be waiting for you downstairs. I will be in touch" she said simply before turning away from him. She went towards the inner chamber and Damien rushed out o
By the time the driver finished his statement, it wasn’t only President Macmillan and Sybill that were amazed, Damien himself couldn’t believe his ears.He now knew the reason why she gave him that confident smile when she said that he would hear from her soon enough. It was because she had a plan all along. “What? She asked this…this thing to come and live in the palace?” Sybill’s shocked statement had Damien looking back at her in surprise. He thought she wanted him away from her house before. Why then was she showing outrage now? He wondered.Sybil turned to her father when the driver only nodded his head “No, dad. You can’t allow that. He is our servant after all. How can one…one…” she sputtered when the driver looked at her sharply and her father turned an aghast expression on her as well. “I mean, the princess cannot just take him away from us, can she?” then as if she just remembered something, she held on to her dad’s arm as she shouted “Remember what he did to Sonia? Dad, w
“Damien!” The excited shout had a smile split Damien’s face as he definitely knew who that voice belonged to! True enough, the driver had barely parked well enough, when Andrea jumped out of the vehicle and ran towards where they stood.Sybil rolled her eyes and scoffed even as the driver, Butler Shawn and President Macmillan shouted in panic at the way she jumped out of the car.Andrea looked at them all like what she did was not a big deal even as her driver ran out from the driver’s side and quickly bowed to the ground as he pleaded “I am so sorry, sir. I never knew that she would jump out like that. I will be more careful next time, sir. Forgive me, sir”“Stupid” Sybil, who still had her hand firmly on her reddened face, muttered.“He is not stupid!”Andrea shouted, her face red and her pigtails flying. “You are the stupid one! Dad tells him to stand up. He did not do anything!” Andrea said to her father.President Macmillan shook his head before telling the driver to get out of h