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Destrõy Me - Episode 33 & 34
(Her•Heartless•Monster)
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"Yes, little one" Slade sinisterly replied, his dark hair dripping sinfully.
Three blinks brought her back to reality, then she realized she's not dreaming.
It's real.
She made to step away from him, but he already grabbed her by the waist, keeping her with him.
Something hard poked her again, but this time, it's on her lower stomach, and she held her breaths, trying to form a word as the water continued wetting both of them.
He's looking down at her with intense intrigue, interest and an unhealthy amount of intentionality which made her shudder.
His eyes just have a way of speaking with it's icy components, and it's crazy.
"Let me go...I can feel your..." She stuttered as the poke got harder on her stomach.
"Feel my what?" His dulcet voice came.
"I... Just... just let me go" she wriggled, but that only made him pull her closer.
He swirled her and took her to the wall where he pressed her on the glass, trapping her there.
She couldn't even look up, the embarrassment is firsthand.
"What the f+ck are you doing in my house? What are you doing in my bathroom, Light? Did you miss me that crazy?" He said, and she immediately looked up with a scoff.
"Missed you? You're not in the list of people I can miss, and I didn't even know you're the grandson. Grandpa Cedric invited me" she said defensively, and that sick smile graced his lips again.
He took the brown tendrils of hair on her face away, then he held her face with an hand, leaning down to her.
The air shifted around them, and Twilight closed her eyes fast, but she folded her lips to avoid unnecessary story.
"I have no business with your lips, so open your damn eyes" he said, and slowly, he opened her eyes.
He continued staring into the two eyeballs intently like a freak.
"Your descendants are bloody betrayers" he muttered, and she blinked.
"What do you mean?"
Without replying, he began leaving, but she quickly pulled him by the arm.
"Why aren't you telling me? Did you see something?" She asked desperately.
He looked down at his arm that she's holding, realizing that's the first contact she willingly made with him.
Strangely, it felt good, too.
"You can continue holding me like this if you'd love a good s+x in here. Back shots this time" he said, and she quickly let go of his hand.
Immediately she did that, her eyes caught his d+ck, and she gulped when she saw the piercings and veins again, then she quickly whipped around, turning her back on him.
"Turning back is unnecessary, not like it hasn't been inside you before" Slade said with a sharp smirk before wrapping a towel around himself, then he left the bathroom.
"That @ss" Twilight muttered, turning around slowly, and when she remembered how he looked into her eyes earlier and said something about her descendants, she furrowed her brows, wondering what it might mean.
She stayed in the bathroom for ten more minutes before coming out too.
When she got back to the bedroom, Slade already dressed up in a compression shirt and sweatpants which made him look casual but still attractive.
It's the first time she saw him outside his black shirts, blazers, coats or slacks.
He was brushing his hair in a smooth slick-back when she entered the bedroom.
"Why don't you ever leave your hair down? I think that'd fit you better" she said before she knew it, and she gasped.
"That was...a mistake. I didn't mean to say it" she quickly said.
"You make a lotta mistakes, Light" he replied in his crisp voice, taking a sweater from the full wardrobe.
He pointed it at her, and she took it slowly.
"You can change into that and give your wet gown to the maid for drying, though I prefer you wet" he said, and she gave him a glare which didn't affect him as he began walking out of the room.
"Come to the dinning for dinner. My grandpa doesn't invite just anyone to this estate, so you must be special or something" he said casually before finally exiting.
Twilight quickly stripped herself of the wet gown, even her bra had to go since it's wet too.
She left her panty and boy shorts on before putting on the sweater which stopped on top of her knees luckily.
Just how tall is that bastard?
She took the wet gown and bra and left the room, meeting the maid from earlier by the door.
"Give it to me, I'll dry it" she said, and Twilight handed it over.
"Thank you" she smiled.
The maid proceeded to leading her out of the hall to the dinning where she met dinner in progress already.
Grandpa Cedric is sitting at the exclusive end of the table, Uriel is by the left while Slade is by the right.
They're all eating except Slade who's drinking his dilution again.
Grandpa Cedric was the first to see her, and his face lightened up immediately.
"Why are you standing there? Join us!" He summoned with a wave of his hand.
Both Uriel and Slade looked at her direction at the same time, and despite the fact that the sweater covered her well, she started pulling it down awkwardly.
Uriel looked away almost immediately, but Slade's empty eyes never left her, especially her legs.
"Come!" Grandpa Cedric said again, and she walked into the dinning, almost falling as a result of Slade's eyes.
She decided to sit beside Uriel, but Uriel spoke up.
"Not allowed, go sit beside your owner" he said.
"No one is my owner here" she replied instantly.
"You know what I'm talking about" Uriel replied, finally looking at her.
She needs no soothsayer to tell her that Uriel doesn't like her. It's obvious.
She went to sit beside Slade eventually, and when she saw the meals, she smiled.
There's fish, her favorite, and there are lots of fruit juice which she's in love with too.
"Do you like them? Or do I need to tell the maids to change the menu?" Grandpa Cedric asked.
"I like them, but I have a question" she replied.
"Ask anything" Cedric replied.
"Why must Killa...I mean Slade...why must be kill me? Who am I?" She asked, and silence took over the dinning room immediately.
Grandpa Cedric's face turned pitiful for a second, but he quickly masked it with a sigh.
"You should ask your father, he owes you the explanation, not us" he said.
"And am I really going to die? Is Slade really going to kill me?...When?" She asked slowly, and the silence deepened.
Her eyes went from Grandpa Cedric to Slade who's already eating from the cake without any care.
She looked at Uriel too, but Uriel looked away from her, so she hiccupped.
"Can we not think about the future right now? Who knows if there's another way to lift his curse?" Grandpa Cedric spoke.
"But...
"Eat" Slade cut her off.
"Huh?" She faced him with another hiccup.
"Just eat" he replied, finally looking at her
Somehow, that made her relax a bit
She picked her fork and began eating the fish slowly.
Grandpa Cedric smiled.
*
A HERBAL SHOP IN TOWN*
The time is 7:30pm when Lord Vann's car halted in front of the shop
It's the one Lady Lorraine told him she saw the elixir advertisement at.
He got to the door and pushed it. Surprisingly, it opened, and he met an old woman inside.
"Aren't you the owner of the university?" She asked, coming out from the middle of the herbs she's watering.
"Yes, I'm Vann Wesley" he replied.
"How may I help you?" She asked.
"Two years ago, there was an advertisement pasted in front of this shop for the sales of an elixir...
"The Kontrol elixir?" She cut him off.
"Yes. Who pasted the advert?" He asked.
"I only woke up that fateful morning to see the advertisement pasted on my front door, but the amusing thing is that it was pasted on the front door of every herbal shop in this town too. We all thought it was a joke, till they started distributing the expensive elixir early this year for those who placed the orders two years ago, and you should see the chaos happening in town right now cos people use it to control whoever they want. They control girls to rape, control banks to rob and many others. No one knows who these people are, and the cops aren't even investigating" the woman explained, and Lord Vann sighed
"Thank you for this bit" he said.
The woman nodded, and he left the shop.
Immediately he got out, he nearly got hit by a bicycle, but he was fast to dodge though he almost fell.
The helmeted bicycle rider pedalled away without saying sorry, and Vann immediately saw a paper on the ground which he picked.
He opened it and saw a note.
"GIVE UP ON THE INVESTIGATION YOU'RE TRYING TO START ABOUT THE ELIXIR, OTHERWISE, YOU'LL BE DEAD"
Hi looked up after reading, crumbling the paper in his palm.
"Who are these people?" He muttered.
*
LUTHER'S ISLAND*
Aimee dismissed the guards when she got to Stella's doorstep, and she stepped in.
Stella is in bed as usual, but this time, she's not sleeping.
Her eyes are open drowsily, and a small smile appeared on her face when she saw Aimee.
Aimee sat beside her and covered her well with the duvet.
"Is Slade back?" Stella asked softly.
"Stop asking about that bastard, mother. He's not ready to see you or father" Aimee replied.
"But I miss him. It's been twenty two years since he ran away from this island" She said.
"Stop thinking about him, mother" Aimee stood.
"But I can't... He's taking too long to kill his cure, and it's dangerous. I don't want to lose him. I know what i saw in the forest that night" Stella replied.
"What did you see?" Aimee asked, and a tear slipped out of Stella's eyes.
FLASHBACK, 27 YRS AGO*
"Oh no!!! No!!!" Timothy screamed when he saw Stella's unconscious body on the forest ground.
"Stella! Stella!" He knelt beside her, bringing her head to his laps
"Stella wake up! Wake up I promise to get you the ice cream wake up!!" He shouted, but no answer came from her.
"No no no!!!" He yelled again, looking up to see the doctor who's standing there guiltily.
He stood and grabbed him by the shirt.
"What did you do to my wife? What did you do!!!" He demanded hotly.
"Calm down, please...my name is... Greg. I'm a herbal doctor, and i know how dangerous this ritual is, which is why I came here in the forest to do it! She shouldn't have come here!" Greg replied.
"Wake her up then! Wake her!!" Timothy yelled, and almost immediately, Stella screamed back to life.
"Arhhhhhggg!!!!!"
Sweat danced on her temples as her back lifted from the ground, her screams filling the whole forest.
"Stella!" Timothy rushed back to her, but his eyes widened when he saw blood pouring out of her middle.
"No! No! You're only seven months gone. You can't deliver now!" Timothy said.
"She will. If she doesn't deliver now, then the babies might die in her womb" Greg said behind.
"What are you saying?" Timothy's eyes widened.
"She witnessed a dangerous ritual, I'm afraid the baby is cursed cos this ground is unholy I fear" Greg replied.
"Baby? There are three babies inside her motherf+cker! She's got triplets inside her!" Timothy yelled.
"Ohhhh!!!!!!" Stella cried again.
"Let's get her to my cottage. It's not far from here, I'll help her deliver safely" Greg offered.
Timothy didn't even think twice before agreeing.
Jointly, they took Stella out of the forest.
BACK TO THE PRESENT*
"You gave birth to us in Greg's cottage after all" Aimee stood.
"Greg is... he's... he's not a good man" Stella muttered, and Timothy came in.
"I'll come back to see you early in the morning. Goodnight, mother" Aimee kissed her forehead and left the room.
Timothy took her place beside Stella, and Stella held his hand.
"I want to see Slade. Bring me my son" she me muttered.
"Soon" he smiled.
*
UNIVERSITY OF GLENNVILLE, 8PM~TAMLIN'S ROOM*
Ruslan is standing beside Tamlin in bed, and despite Tamlin's chest stabs, she's still holding his phone, staring at the texts he sent to Twilight.
She didn't reply any, and it's disturbing. He might just run mad at this point.
She had sent Ruslan to go check her tower, but Echo said she went to see her father.
Is she planning to spend the night at her father's cottage?
He suddenly sat up in bed, holding his chest.
He put on his shoes.
"Get me a new shirt from the wardrobe" he said.
"To do what? Where are you going?" Ruslan asked.
"I'm going to Twilight father's cottage" he replied, standing up.
Ruslan pushed him back to bed instantly.
"Are you mad? You've got three stab wounds on your chest which is only just healing!" Ruslan said, but Tamlin stood again.
"I have to see her, you don't know how I'm feeling right now jerk! I need her beside me" He said.
"You're not going out of this castle" Lady Lorraine said, coming inside.
"You do not get to tell my what to do" Tamlin glared.
"Oh that's where you're wrong, young man. You're my son" Lorraine glared back, pushing him to bed.
"Lie back down and allow your stabs to heal. I'm still trying to get the Aimee lady so just rest" Lorraine said.
"Then get Twilight here." Tamlin replied.
"If you refuse to rest, I'll sedate you" Lorraine said.
"Damn you" Tamlin groaned and lay back in bed.
"Good" Lorraine said, leaving the room.
She sent for Molly since an hour ago to hatch another plan with her, but she hasn't showed up.
"What's going on with her" she muttered and was about to dial her number when Lord Vann showed up.
"You're back?" She said, hiding her phone.
He gave her the paper warning he got, and as she read it, she frowned.
"They're threatening you? Who are these devils?" She faced him.
"They might be more powerful than we think" Vann said, and she gasped.
"I already asked for help from the Luthers though, let's see what they got" Vann said.
*
FIFTH TOWER, RIHANNON'S ROOM*
Damien is currently inside, playing house of cards with Rihannon.
There was total silence in the room till Rihannon's house crumbled, and Damien let out a roar of laughter.
"I knew you'd f+ck up" he grinned, and she slapped him on the head which only made his laughter worse.
Echo suddenly entered the room, and his laughter stopped.
"Is Twi back?" He asked.
"No" Echo replied.
"Then why are you here? I thought you were angry" Rihannon said.
"I'm sorry, I overreacted" Echo apologized.
"Just be careful, anyone from the rich tower is not trustable, especially someone like Ruslan" Rihannon said.
"Are you guys not going for dinner?" Echo asked, pretending not to hear the advice.
"Is it ready? They said dinner will come late tonight" Damien stood.
"It's ready, the chefs dropped update on the homepage already" Echo replied, and Rihannon stood too.
They left the room together and were already moving to the refectory when they heard screams and jeers from the tower base.
Students are rushing too, so they joined the rush till they got to the base where students are surrounding Molly who looks helpless.
* She can't speak anymore?
* Is it for real?
* How come? She was ok at the field.
* Who else has the power if not the monster of this school. Slade Luther!
Molly opened her mouth to talk again, but she couldn't.
Her frozen tongue could be seen, covered with dry ice.
"What the f+ck!" Rihannon gasped.
"That's crazy" Damien smirked.
"I don't like her, but I pity her" Echo said.
Molly left the place in tears.
*
GRANDPA CEDRIC'S ESTATE, 8:30PM*
The dinner is just getting over, and the maid called Twilight over to take her gown and br@.
It's all dried, so she changed back into it before coming out again.
By the time she got out, everyone is gone from the dinning room.
_To the balcony. Take the right and go down the hall, then open the first door_ the voice in her head spoke to her.
She went that direction and opened the door, only to meet Slade there.
He's leaning on the balcony, holding a plate of cake which he's eating from with a fork.
The voice in her head is probably starting to get high cos why would it lead her to this man?
However, she entered the balcony and stood beside him.
He didn't look at her at all, he just continued eating the black cake.
"You seem to like cake" she said.
"And you seem to like fish. You almost ate all the tuna fish at the dinning table. Fruit juice too" he replied blankly, still not looking her way.
She made faces, resting her arms on the rails.
"You're oddly gentle tonight" she said.
"We've gotten to the point where you notice everything about me" he said.
"Don't flatter yourself" she rolled eyes.
"So you prefer my wicked side? I can switch it up for you" he finally faced her.
"Don't try it. I've seen enough" she rolled eyes again, and he took the cup beside himself, drinking from his dilution.
When he made to drop it, Twilight took it and drank too.
"It's sweet. You like sweet things" she squeezed her face as she dropped the cup.
"It's black coffee and tequila mixture, sprinkled with sugar." He said.
"Black coffee and... tequila? You diluted the two? You're sick, Killa" she said, and he secretly smiled.
He hasn't really liked the name since his mother began calling him that, but maybe it's not that bad.
"What do you mean by my descendants are betrayers?" She suddenly asked.
"Go ask your father" he replied.
"But you can tell me too! Why is everyone hiding!" She snapped.
"You do not snap at me! I'll fuçking snap your neck!" He glared, pushing the glass cup and cake aside.
"Then tell me what!" She snapped again, and he instantly grabbed her by the throat, slamming her back on the rails.
"F+ck!" She gasped, concentrating on his eyes as it shone the dark-gold.
"Watch it, little one. I can decide to flip the switch anytime" he muttered.
"Time to leave, the car is ready" Uriel came into the balcony.
Slade released her neck, and she scoffed, rubbing her throat.
Slade left the balcony, and Uriel handed her the sweater the wore earlier.
"He doesn't wear things that has been worn by others, so you can have it" he said.
"You both are the same, your personality sucks!" She rolled eyes, snatching the sweater from him.
They left the balcony together, saying bye to Grandpa Cedric before leaving for the park.
Grandpa Cedric watched as they got in the car which immediately drove out, and he sighed out .
"I wish there's another way" he mumbled.
The little time Twilight spent here is enough to make anyone like her.
He likes her so much already, so watching that sweet girl die because of his grandson's curse is sad.
He sighed sadly again before going back inside.
*
9PM, UOG*
Twilight stormed out of the car immediately it stopped at the castle park, and she didn't wait for Slade or Uriel before waltzing away.
She got a text from Echo while in the car that dinner is still going on, so she'd just go meet them at the refectory.
"Grandpa Cedric was only trying to console her earlier, you know there's no other way unless you kill her" Uriel said as he came down from the car with Slade.
"I said I'll bring your food to your room for you!" Ruslan's voice suddenly said, and they both turned to see him rushing after Tamlin.
"I need to go see her at the refectory at least" Tamlin replied, walking faster towards the refectory.
Ruslan ran after him.
Slade started going towards the refectory too, and Uriel followed.
"By the way why is your hair down? It's always slick-back" He said.
"I suddenly like it down" Slade replied, and Uriel went silent.
*
REFECTORY*
Twilight almost couldn't hear anything when she entered the building.
Apart from the chats from students, there's obviously something else going on.
Imogen and her dogs are the loudest. They're literally screaming in their exclusive table.
"Twi!" Echo's voice reached Twilight, and she sighted her where she's seated with Rihannon and Damien.
She went there with a smile.
"I didn't know you'd still come back" Rihannon said.
"Why is everywhere extra noisy though?" Twilight asked.
"Founder's day is coming" Damien replied.
"Founder's day?" Twilight blinked.
"Yeah. You should check the homepage for more details" Echo winked.
Twilight got her phone out of her bag to check, and that was when she saw the numerous texts from Tamlin.
"Shit" she muttered.
"Twilight?" Tamlin sounded behind her, and she stood to face him.
"Tam...
She couldn't finish calling his name when she saw Slade entering the refectory.
Slade's entry made silence fill the building. Dead silence.
Slade never enters this place.
Tamlin looked back at Slade too, and when he saw the ring is back on his finger, he faced Twilight.
"You gave him the ring? Are you serious right now?" He said disappointedly, and when Twilight made to talk, he saw the necklace is gone from her neck.
"The necklace. Where is it?" He demanded.
"It's..." Twilight drawled, looking at Slade who's still standing at the door like Satan.
Tamlin faced Slade again.
"Is it what I'm thinking? You took it from her?" He muttered hatefully, and he began storming to Slade.
"You took it, is that it? Does she look like yours?" He said, pushing Slade's chest when she got to him.
Slade didn't sway, just looking at Tamlin with those eyes.
The refectory is still so damn silent like a graveyard, no one is coughing nor breathing at the palpable tension.
Slade smirked and made to walk out...
"You know you can act tall and mighty, but we all know it's because of your stupid ring! You're nothing without the ring and that's why you're trampling on people!" Tamlin shouted, and Slade stopped.
"Without your ring, I can bet you won't be able to throw me a punch successfully! You're weak without it just admit it! You're not even a man! You shouldn't call yourself one! Get a skirt!" Tamlin rumbled again like a drunk.
Slade slowly turned back, then he took two long steps to Tamlin before pointing his fingers forward.
He slowly removed the infinity ring from his finger, then he gave it to Uriel to hold.
"Heard you got three stabs on your chest" Slade said, getting a table knife.
He drove the knife into his own chest three times, and students screamed at the self-harm as his blood wet his chest.
Twilight was already freezing frightfully on her spot.
Everyone is on their feet right now with wide, terror-stricken eyes.
"Now we're fair" Slade told Tamlin, and Tamlin gritted his jaws.
He immediately threw a punch at Slade's face.
The punch met Slade's jaw, and everyone gasped.
Tamlin threw another one, and it met Slade's nose, causing him to bleed out from the nostrils.
He staggered, and students screamed again as Tamlin punched him in the chest this time, on the stabbed spot.
Slade bled blood from the mouth, staggering again.
Tamlin threw a kick next, and it met Slade's jaw.
Slade staggered back to the wall heavily, and Tamlin chuckled.
"I knew you're as light as a feather, bastard!" He muttered and rushed forward.
He grabbed Slade's neck, trying to lift him and throw him off, but it was impossible no matter how much energy he used.
Slade raised his face slowly, and the menacing smile on his bloody lips made Tamlin's eyes widen.
"Are you done, kid boy?" Slade muttered wickedly.
Before Tamlin could get it, Slade grabbed him by the chest, lifting him off the ground.
"Slade no!!" Twilight shouted, but who's she kidding?
Slade flung Tamlin away like a toy, and Tamlin flew off to one of the wooden tables.
He landed brutally on it, and the table crashed down, breaking violently.
Tamlin went down in the middle of the ruins, and the wooden table pieces all fell on his head, covering him completely.
TBC.
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