STIRRINGS

CHAPTER FORTY ONE

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Open your mind, baby. Let me see your room. Play the picture in your head so it would hover in the forefront of your mind.

Adrianna hummed on his skin.

Damien almost dropped her!

He felt electrocuted by the vibration of Adrianna's hum. The electric current traveled from his neck to all over his body. Making him shiver.

He stared hard at Adrianna with a complicated, heated gaze. Then he took a deep breath and swiftly peeked into her mind like seeing through the curtains.

The action is like dipping his toe in the waters, testing the temperature. With no intention of diving in.

Seeing the picture of her room, Damien connected with her and closed his eyes. Its like Damien is the vehicle with Adrianna as the driver. Then they disappeared from where they stood.

There was momentary darkness then they appeared in Adrianna's room.

Damien's eyes wandered around. The room is spacious and simple. No clutter, no unnecessary furnishings.

He walked over to the bed, laid Adrianna at the center and sat down beside her.

Adrianna curled her body in a fetal position as she held Damien's hand like a lifeline.

Damien did not ask anything. He just stared at Adrianna's closed eyes, stroked her hair and hummed a lullaby underneath his breath.

With the erratic pounding of her heart, Adrianna pretended to be asleep. She doesn't want Damien to ask anything.

But Damien already knows her act.

Seeing her evading like this, a look of disappointment flash in Damien's eyes. But he doesn't want to force any information out from her.

After awhile, he kissed her forehead. Then with his shoulders in a droop, he blinked away from where he sat.

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When Damien teleported back to his study in Virginia, Marius and Luca were already there waiting for him ---with a glass of whiskey in each of their hands.

Luca silently inclined his glass in Damien's direction. Like he was saluting him.

Marius just smiled at him while taking a sip from his glass. His eyes is gleaming with amusement like he is teasing him.

"Your mate is gorgeous and...young." Marius can't help but rub it in.

Damien's impassive face cracked a little before restoring to its usual aloofness. He leveled Marius with a deathly stare.

Marius coughed as the whiskey entered the wrong pipe. He slapped his chest as he choked on his drink.

Luca smirked at him.

This brat never learn. Damien can easily wipe the floor with his ass with little to no effort. This pup is simply looking for an abuse.

"Did anyone squeak?" Damien started with an eerily dead voice. Like a voice coming from hell.

Luca and Marius looked at each other. Their nerves tensed up and they became wary.

His voice brings back the past. Its like seeing Damien again amidst a sea of mangled bodies, savagely killing everyone around him ---obliterating everything that stands on his path. A demon that is completely stripped of his humanity.

The very demon from the depths of hell.

Damien has this distinct nefarious atmosphere that surrounds him. They don't know what happened. And they don't have the guts to ask.

But despite this, whether it is his darkness or his malevolent ways of doing things, he still has the bearing of royalty. Which he truly is in essence.

Luca glanced at Damien and took a sip of his whiskey. He wondered what made Damien like this?

"Yes. It was Andrea's father who ordered it done. The accounts are currently under review. We are now tracing the money to find the other conspirators." Luca answered.

"I wonder if this has something to do with the elders." Damien muttered as he nimbly tapped his fingers on the desk. His eyes staring blankly at the fireplace. "Continue to investigate. I want to know how large an appetite this person has, how far his hands has reached and how much he is willing to give up to achieve his goal. For now, allow him to roll about and indulge on his greed for wealth and life. He may turn out to be an obedient bait."

"When will we move?" Marius curiously asked.

Damien just sighed. But did not answer.

Even though he is confused on his mate's hostility against Andrea, they will have to wait until Adrianna has played enough. He just hope they will provide enough amusement to satisfy her.

"It would be refreshing to watch how those cretins jump like clowns." Damien absentmindedly whispered with a sneer on his lips.

Luca and Marius are at a loss hearing Damien's comment. Is he planning something?

Seeing the evil smile on Damien's lips, Marius prayed silently in his heart. Some people will soon have a taste of this devil's insidious ways.

Damien opened his mouth preparing to ask something when his forehead creased like rumpled sheets. His eyes emitting an arctic coldness.

Here it is again. Damien snorted in his heart.

He felt a sudden odd current in the mind network that connects all Vampires. In one of the labyrinth of pathways, there is a throbbing, dull ache. The strangeness is akin to seeing a rotten apple amongst a barrel of luscious ones.

He already felt this odd sensation since he woke up. "Were there any vampires who have gone rogue? An elder or another... Ancient?" He asked the question which was interrupted earlier by the sudden ripple in his mind.

This strange throbbing...there is also an oddness he can't figure out. He doesn't know now. But he intents to find out.

As for now, he is certain there is a powerful Vampire who has gone mad with bloodlust.

Luca and Marius simultaneously looked at each other then looked at Damien with hesitation.

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The moment Damien disappeared, Adrianna opened her eyes, stretched out her limbs and covered her eyes with her arms. She doesn't want Damien to ask. She is not ready to talk about her rebirth just yet.

From her desperate attempts searching for the truth, she is now numb.

She is already done questioning why things happened the way they did. She has a feeling, things are beginning to unravel before her eyes. Its only a matter of time.

With this thought in mind, she has firmly decided not to waste her brain cells anymore and just wait for the answers to show themselves to her.

Adrianna opened her eyes and looked at the roof.

After awhile, she stood and composed herself. Then went down for dinner.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Adrianna came face to face with her second offender.

Surprise. Surprise.

The side character has finally made an appearance.

Her promiscuous, two faced Aunt and her equally two faced, duplicitous daughter.