Damien went straight home. And just like a man on a mission, he headed towards the staff quarters. She said she would come to him but then he doubted if her time and his would ever correlate.She might be gone again, for all he knew. He was not going to give her time to go far before he caught up with her. She was going to give him the answers he needed. Then he would search for his next link. He needed to get his move on. He had done enough of waiting and learning. He was going to start acting and learning now. He couldn’t find her anywhere. He had activated his invisible mechanism to avoid any unnecessary questions that might piss him off or distract him.“Where the hell was she?” he thought in anger as he went in and out of the kitchen, laundry room and other places yet he couldn’t find her. Yet, he was sure that she was still there. Not that he could feel her the way he could feel the princess. It wasn’t that at all. It was more like a sensation. He sensed that she was still in t
“And where do you think you are going?” Princess Isabella asked in a sharp tone as Damien made to leave the room. Damien turned back to her with a shrug “To my chamber” He smiled when she raised her eyebrows in question. “I figured since my duties are done here, I will leave you, ladies, to your… discussion,” he said as he pointed at the morose-looking Morgan. A gesture that earned him a glare that she quickly masked before the princess looked at her. “You figured? You figured after causing all these messes?” Princess Isabella snapped at him. “And would you…” she looked back at the door and reduced the volume of her voice “Would you change whatever it is that is making you invisible to others?” Damien shrugged “Why should I? You can see me” Then he turned to Morgan “She can see me, too” “No!” Morgan denied vehemently, looking away as Isabella looked at her “I can’t see you” she said more quietly. “Ah,” Jason said with a playful tilt of his head “Then I guess it was just my guess
“She knew my mum” Damien was befuddled by the forlorn tone that the princess used as she entered the room, leaving Damien by the door. He was not confused for long though because he soon realized the reason for her sadness. It wasn’t a secret that the queen, her mother was dead after all. Damien rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at the clock. It was 01:09 am already. He wondered how long the girls had discussed if the princess was just coming back by that time. He could imagine his legs going numb from all the wait if he had stood behind that door trying to listen in on their conversations. She already sat on the couch, staring into space as if she couldn’t hear him as he came to stand in front of her. Damien knew that she was aware though and he wondered why she looked so spooked or…he had no idea what to call it but she was not the girl he had come to know. “Are you okay?” he asked though even if could imagine how stupid that sounded since she certainly did not look fi
“I have powers too”Damien wondered why it had been too difficult for him to tell her what he was. For all his newfound confidence and boldness, he still couldn’t boldly tell her that he was a vampire. He doubted if she even had any idea of what the word meant.She was silent for a while after he said what he said and he expected that she would lash out at him so but she merely stood up wearily and told him that she was going to bed.Damien was so surprised that he said “What about…” He grew silent though as he thought of the fact that she was giving him an easy way to back out and here he was about to throw away her offer again.“What about what?” she looked back at him and asked when he didn’t say anything again.“Oh, never mind,” he said quickly. “Go ahead and have a good sleep. I am sure that you would be better by tomorrow” She gave him an undecipherable look before heading towards the door. Damien quickly ran forward to open the door for her. Without a word, she went out and Da
Damien was dumbfounded as he watched her dash away after her outburst. A trait that was very unlike the girl that always seemed so cool, calm, and collected. He had forgotten the Airpod in his hands as he looked towards the direction that she dashed away through. He had no idea what he had done but then it seemed like it was serious. He had seen a sheen of tears in those tawny eyes of hers after all.He was still pondering what he did when Sky came back. “Oh, those kids wouldn’t leave me be unless I do what they want. So annoying but cute in a way as well” he said with a grin as he jostled Damien with his arms. “Do you know that two of them were not-so-subtly hitting on me? Ah, yes. So cute” he said with a feigned shudder before he bursted into laughter again.Damien merely nodded and smiled wanly.Sky gave him a mischievous look “I knew I was right when I said you are missing the princess so much that you couldn’t even function properly. Look, you have not even used the Airpod yet” h
“A…romantic relationship, my dear” Sky said then looked around before he lowered his tone. “Or at least a sexual one”Damien knew what sex meant and he gave Sky a sharp look. “What?” Sky asked with a grin. “Wait, don’t tell me that you are fooled into believing that things like that are not happening among these kids” The expression on Damien’s face made him laugh out loud “Oh, I see that I still have a lot of work to do with you,” he said then lowered his tone “These kids are fucking like rabbits from time to time. Some of them even get it on here at the school. How else do you think they spend their time aside from bragging about their parent's wealth and bullying others?” Damien couldn’t believe his ears. Even here in the school? He couldn’t even begin to imagine how, when, and where?“Ah, I see. You really were fooled into believing they are as pristine as they look, don’t you? Well, I can’t blame you though. You don’t hang out with any of the guys and don’t tell me that you did
Isabella looked up at the door as it swung open and her heart thumped when she saw the doctor enter. Though she had been so antsy about getting the test result as fast as possible, her insides clenched as the man came around the table to sit in his chair. Before she went to bed the night before, she had no idea that she would be taking the step that she took that morning. Amidst her tossing and turning though, she had finally decided before morning. So she got up as early as possible. Got dressed, and then went to her father’s chamber to get the samples that she needed. She ignored the memories that wanted to creep into her mind as she got into her father’s chambers. The memory of great times she had had in that room. Memories of the times she had spent with her dad even after her mum died and she had believed with everything in her that she belonged to him. At the moment, she couldn’t even think of anything like that. So, she just ensure that she took enough samples. From his comb
It was an uncomfortable feeling, one that she was not sure that she had ever felt before. She wondered if she was finally going crazy because she was sure that nobody could know her there, not to talk of having enough interest in her to watch her. She checked her phone to see if the doctor had called and she had probably missed it in the melee of the market crowd. No calls yet. When she saw the missed calls from her dad that she had not returned, she felt a twinge of guilt. His call came in just as she got to the airport that morning. It was their routine, her dad always call her morning and night whenever he travelled out of the city on one of his executive functions. She called him atimes too. Either way, they talked each morning to check on each other, always before Isabella left for school. He had called about the same time that she would be ready for school but that morning as she saw the call, she couldn’t pick it up. She just couldn’t. Her chest felt tight and hot with unreli