Never invited

Rosie would smuggle books for Lareina every once in a while when she discovered the woman's interest.

As Lareina belonged to a royal family, she was a well read woman but the books she read were limited to virtues of women after her mother's demise. A well read woman amongst the humans would be deemed as witch. But for the demons, there were no such prohibitions. Demons worshipped the strong and capable and they believed in absolute power, regardless of what the gender of the power holder was.

On this particular day, Lareina sat by the window as she read a book about the geography of the demonic lands that were separated from the mortal lands by a barrier. The barrier was constantly maintained by strongest warriors from both the realms, the demons with their magic and humans with their inner powers.

However, every five minutes, Lareina was distracted by the loud noises by her door.