chapter 19

Creak...

Slowly Claire opens the door to look inside the room while taking a slow breath.

" Hello? Anyone's here? " whisper Claire slowly while taking a look around the darkroom in wonder.

" ...! "

" What.. is that..? "

" .... "

A big, thing was facing away from Claire. Crouch in the dark with a trembling voice sounds like it was trying to hold back a groan maybe because of the muzzle that covers up all of its mouths that was full with sharp teeth.

" ..ugh.. grr.. "

" .... "

I gulped in shocked while my mind completely forgot about my fear, I take a bold step closer towards those things, trying to take a better look at what it truly is.

Suddenly the creature move into the dark, maybe it was trying to hide from me by shoving itself into the darkness even more.

Looking at the creature action of defending itself from human, my green eyes desperately looking into the dark without my body move an inch at all but maybe because that thing that was facing away from me can felt my presence getting near it, the creature suddenly turns its big body and look at me with it ominous eyes, my whole body tremble while my mouth seems like it was not going to open anymore. Our eyes currently face each other thus make me instantly freeze by its gaze towards myself.

Speechless with the thing in front of me, I look through itself without a sound.

The creature..., it seems more like.. a wolf? a really bigger wolf than the normal size of a wolf but interestingly, it had blonde golden fur all over it. Like a treasure, the color was more blinding than the sacred lights from the blood of the sun, shone with a colorful radiance by the moonlight that gets through the small hole of the wall. Fascinated by the golden fur it has, my eyes unconsciously drove directly into its eyes back.

Even though it had a beautiful shining blonde fur, its eyes were a pair of rubies that were more shone than the fur itself. Like a thick color of blood, a deep and contempt eyes was glaring at me like it was saying that ' I'm gonna swallow you up at any second now if you're not going to leave this room at this instant! '.

But at the second thought, there's something about it eyes though, when I look into it eyes.. it shone like something that I am really familiar with. This thing had a really menacing glare from the way it shines towards me. I had seen it before... where it is though..?

" ... "

Gasp..!

' It-it can't be...! '

" ...? "

" ...Ev-Evans..? "

When those name tumbled out of my mouth in a spit because of the shock, the creature suddenly looks straight into myself, facing it complete face towards me. Flinched by the creature action, my feet felt like it was glued to the ground.

" ...Grrr... ".

The creature begins to groan in anger.

" ..It's that truly... you.., Evans..? "

Thank goodness it had a muzzle up, so I don't have to get scared whether he was going to eat me tonight or not.

" ..Grrr..! " the creature groans, even more, when I'm obviously ignoring it anger towards me.

" ... "

" ..Evans.. " trying to hold back my disturbed feelings, my body trembles while my feet keep dragging towards Evans direction. I don't know what has been possessing my body but when I look at Evans in those states, my heart suddenly feels something that I had never felt before, even when I'm in love with those bastard Noelle!

" ... "

" Evans.. " call my voice again.

The creature keeps groaning as my step get closer, fear gradually shown in it eyes make it quickly struggling to let itself go from the iron rope that was blocking its way from running away from me.

" .... "

" GRRR!! "

Now, I was currently standing before the creature while the creature continues to make a groan louder than before to make me scared of it.

" I'm sorry...I felt really sorry for you, Evans. "

My hand slowly touches the creature's face. With tears fall from my eyes like a waterfall, I keep caressing the fur that covers all of its faces.

" Why don't you tell me about your unfortunate state to me, Evans? "

" ...Grr..! "

Surprisingly, the groan gradually becomes slower, and maybe because of my bold action, the creature blank before me, begin to let my hand caress for it, the creature just shut itself as my tears wet its golden fur.

" ....!! "

" ..GRRR!! "

" Argh! "

Quickly I distance myself from him. I look at my hand in disbelief. Blood has covered all over my palm and it keeps bleeding non-stop. ' Evans has bitten my hand through it muzzle! '

" Evans! " in anger, I shout his name while he suddenly begins to get closer to me. ' It has freed from the iron rope already? but when?? '

I gulped at his sudden action and slowly backward from him in fear.

"..Grr.. " he keeps groaning.

Our distance keeps decreasing even though I'm trying to make it increase now!

" Evans.. please.. this is not yourself." I begin to beg when my back can feel the wall behind me already.

" Evans... "

" ..Ugh.. grrr.. "

Evans suddenly stop his step and bend his head down. I look at him speechless because of his sudden break.

" ..Grr.. "

" Evans? "

" ...! "

" Kyaaa!! "

" ...!! "

" Don't get near her! "

" .... "

****

" Oh my! my Lord! " shock by Relius suddenly barged in, Lenny stood stunned in front of the main door in a speechless.

At first, she thought she was going to take a stroll since she can't sleep even though it past midnight already but when she opened the main door of the palace to head out, Relius's big body just heads into the palace in flash.

" Wh-what are you doing here, my Lord? should I call for princess due to your sudden visit, my Lord? " In flustered, Lenny quickly follow Relius who was hurriedly climbing up the stairs in a firm.

" Where is Claire? " asked Relius when he was standing right in the middle of the stairs that split into two.

Like a dumbfounded person, Lenny bends her head before the archduke.

" Yo-you mean the princess? sh-she was currently sleeping at the right-wing of.. "

" Kyaa! "

" ... "

" ... "

Stunned by the scream, Relius and Lenny stood at the stairs, speechless by the voice, and instantly they turn their head towards the direction at the same time.

" What was that? " asked Relius in the blank.

Lenny shakes her head in dumbfounded. " Pardon me, my Lord. I would take a look first. "

Without any second thought, Lenny quickly steps on the stairs that headed towards the left-wing since she thought something had happened to the maid because of the thing she hides from them.

" Ma-Ma'am Lenny! quick the princess..! " shout a maid who was standing right on the top stairs of the right-wing, trying to call the head main in flustered.

Relius instantly turn his head towards the maid in shocked.

" ... "

" Princess..? "

Without wasting any time, Relius quickly climb up the stairs to head towards the right-wing of the palace in hurried while Lenny dumbfounded on the stairs of the left-wing.

" Oh! please forgive my rudeness, my Lord! " said the maid after she recognized the archduke who was running past her in hurried.

" Ma'am Lenny! quick! " shout the maid when she looks at Lenny who was standing there looking at her in the blank.

" Yes? ye-yes! let's go. "

" ....! "

" Claire! "

His mouth shouts her name when his feet can't take any step further anymore because of the current sight in front of him. Relius stood in some speechless by a figure that was currently slumped on the floor like a dead body, it was laying on the ground while next to her was her loyal maid, Daisy who was looking at him with tears all over her eyes.

"....! "

" Claire..? "

Relius body begins to tremble in scared, he takes a deep breath and quickly runs towards Claire in fright.

" Why she was in this state?! I thought you would protect her no matter what! " shout Relius while pulling Claire into his embrace.

Daisy quickly bends her head in guilty. " I found the princess in this state while I was.. "

" Shut your stupid mouth. She better wake up again or you won't be safe anymore! I don't want you to get into my sight, move away. "

Hurriedly Relius pull up Claire and walk towards the stairs to head back to his carriage.

' I would make sure she would never take any step in this palace more than it already has! all of these useless people of Felix..! I would deal with them later after Claire safely arrived at our mansion tonight. '

In his deep and scary thought, Relius coldly walk by the servant of the Allardis Palace with his firm figure that was carrying Claire who was fainted in his embrace.

" My Lord! "