To Pyrenees

IN THE MORNING, she gets up on her bed with a smile on her face. He wasn't there but she knows he is holding her while asleep. She cleaned herself, blew her hair, and checked her phone. There was a text message from Dario.

"Good morning, milady, please tell me when to fetch my beautiful Queen."

As always from her butler

He doesn't call her early in the morning because he doesn't want to wake her up, he said. She put down the phone and opened her wardrobe looking for something to wear.

She grabbed a split seamed blue jeans and a long sleeved cable knitted white sweater. She wore them and opened the long wardrobe of shoes and got the navy blue sock boots. She put on pearl earrings and a casual watch.

She put her phone in her handbag after applying a bit of makeup. She checked her room, closed the curtains and glass windows before going out of her room and locked it.

As she walked downstairs, there she saw her mother, sister and butler talking with tea in their hands. She usually wakes up at eleven in the morning and goes to Stella at one in the afternoon. It's her routine in Seville because she works from one thirty in the afternoon to eleven in the evening. And Dario was always early so no doubt he is talking with her family.

"Have you had a mistress before, señor?" Her sister asked her butler with that clear flirty smile.

"No." Dario answered nonchalantly, and concisely.

"That's good! My daughter is still two decades younger, she hasn't got a boyfriend. Maybe you could hang out sometimes?" Her mother spoke, excitement drawn in her face.

"I am Mí Reina's property, señora y señorita. I could only do what she said. So, I can hang out with Señorita Savannah if and only if mí reina will oblige me. I am sorry to say that."

And then now, three pairs of eyes were looking at her. Two pairs were glaring and the other one was smiling. Dario stood to walk towards her and bowed down his head.

"Good afternoon, mí hermosa reina." He beamed.

But she wasn't focused on him. It was on the two pairs of eyes glaring at her. She clearly knows what those eyes mean.

Eyes that seek brutality.

Eyes that say 'I will kill you'.

But she was so used to it that it couldn't scare her. It doesn't even feel like a threat to her, especially that she knows they were demons. She looked at Dario before starting to walk, not minding her family because she doesn't want to argue. Besides, Stella is waiting for her now.

"Esperar, Luna, hija." [wait]

She stopped to look at her approaching mother. With a gentle smile on her lips, she came to her and held her right hand.

"Can you tell your butler to hang out with Savannah some time? I promise to secure your safety and assign a new body guard to watch you. Por favor, mi hija?"

Her face didn't change. She clearly knows what is going to happen if she will let this woman do what she wants. Before she could speak, Dario held his mother's pulse to lose its grip on her hand because it's too tight. As her mother loosened her hand, Dario lightly pushed her, signing her to step back a bit and she did. Her mother just threatened her, in a very humble way.

"Señora Andréz, my Queen's hand is precious to be touched. Please stop your hand from touching it." Her butler acknowledged with a small smile on his lips.

There she saw the grimace on her mother's face, losing her composure as the mistress of Andrèz. Her mother didn't look like the humble mistress a while ago. This was her true form, the mistress of Pride and Power.

"You know that I am one of the Nobles of your society, Dario. You are just the King's underling and my daughter, Savannah, is a concubine who deserves his majesty." Her voice was dark with pride and nobility, her eyes were threatening.

"You defy me by choosing a human rather than your superior. Isn't this treason in his majesty's reign?"

Luna was stunned by her mother's words. She was a Noble? So that is why she didn't let any of them take their father's surname! She wanted to make Andréz remain as a Noble?

Confused, she looked at Dario who was now frowning. His face says he is pissed. So it must be true that her mother is a Noble.

"I understand, Señora Andréz." Dario bowed his head down and lifted up his head again, chin up and his eyes were now.... looking down at her mother. There was an unexplainable aura that showed mightiness and power. He doesn't look like the Dario and Gael she knows, this man is a whole new... noble...

"Let me introduce myself again, Señora Andréz.

I am Havier Dario Villaruel Savage, the right hand of his majesty, a Noble of the Nobles." He spoke with authority, his voice was sonorous.

"I can defy my King. I can commit treason. I can say what I want to say. Your daughter doesn't even deserve to marry me, Señora. Your name isn't even worth mentioning with my mouth."

Shock was written on her mother's face. Trembling, her mother stepped back unable to move her lips. Her eyes were frozen into her butler's eyes as she shook her head in fear.

"I, as the descendant of the Savage family, in the name of my King,

thy not touch mí reina's skin. Thy not look at her eyes. Thy not speak colloquially.” He paused.

"Kneel."

As her butler commanded it, her mother fell into her knees as well as her sister who was watching. Luna froze to where she's standing witnessing what happened with her own eyes. What does this mean? Why would her mother kneel as her butler commands it? Why was she afraid of him?

"Milady."

Dario stepped back to leave a space between them as he bowed his head to her.

"Let us go, mi reina."

She was too shocked that she just did as Dario says. Looking back at her mother who was still on her knees and her head down, she walked to the car Dario had opened for her.

As her butler started the engine, she couldn't stop the need for an answer.

"What are you in your society?"

Without further ado, Dario spoke with all his honesty.

"Milady, in our society, The King is the most powerful. Second were the Nobles of the Nobles or known to be the Noblesse. Third, are the Knights that serve the King's dwelling. Lastly, the Nobles who live with ranks in human society" He explained.

"You are my King's wife, mi reina, You are superior to me and them."

"Do I have authority?"

"Sí, mi reina. You are just as powerful as my King. Your words are the demon's existence. It's their life to stay and live."

She didn't speak. So there are ranks in their society and her family is included in the Nobles. But hearing Dario say she is his King's wife, she felt happy but...

"We were divorced, Dario. I am not his wife anymore." She looked outside the window and imagined what happened last night.

He begged her to come back. But it is still a fact that they were divorced.

"… in paper, milady. And paper has no effect in our society."

She stilled looking at her butler's back. Then why did he let go of her? She was sold to him so she is his. So why? Why did he set her free when he knows that she is happy with him?

She was bombarded by her own questions until they arrived at GND. But she wasn't in a good shape.

"Stay here." She commanded Dario. "I'll come back."

Without hearing an answer, she left the car without even making him open it for her. She stormed inside to see Stella serving food to a group of boys. She was flirting with them but those boys stopped when they saw her approaching.

"Stellie."

As soon as Stella turned her head to her, she grabbed her hand to retrieve her from her customers to their private room. She explained to her what her purpose is and Stella definitely disagreed but in the end, Stella gave in after many talks.

"I will send someone who can help you." She lastly said to Stella after kissing her and went out.

She received many greetings from Stella's boys whom she can recognize as some previous customers. She just greeted back and smiled before going back to Dario who was now standing beside the opened car's door. He motioned his hand inside and she obliged.

As he goes back in the driver's seat, Dario asks her where to go.

"To the castle, Dario."

"Milady..." He was shocked.

"To the Pyrenees. Now."