Seven Devils and a Rose - Chapter 6
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Pre-Order Seven Devils and a RoseREAD SEVEN DEVILS AND A ROSECHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 4CHPATER 5Chapter 6Two Sinfully Handsome DevilsI tried not to show just how terrified I was, but it was damned hard to pretend like I was having a fine time touring a new, unexplored wild park, in another realm, on the back of a mighty winged-lion that was three times the size of the average lion I had seen in Africa. I mean, I had just been kidnapped, for God's sake, by a pair of giant ruthless men who dressed like some heroes in a fantasy novel, what with those dark, leather pants and jackets, and of course, armor. Not to mention those unusual masks on their faces, the likes I had never seen before, which made it all even more sinister.Along the thick groves of tall trees and wild bushes, I could hear sounds of men's footsteps, and now and again, the melancholy cries of some wild creatures, which only served to scare me even more.I was in another realm, all right, because I had never heard those sorts of cries before. They didn’t sound like the howling of wolves or growling of bears. They were something far more dangerous and terrifying.Despite my fear of my unknown surroundings, I still wanted to escape these men’s clutches and I kept glancing around... searching for a way out. But of course, no matter how hard I tried, it was just simply impossible. Firstly, I was surrounded by men who were marching on foot and holding what I could only assume were rifles and guns, along with swords and knives. At least, I thought they looked like those weapons, what with my short eye-sight and within the darkness of the night. Secondly, the man named Felix was sitting behind me on the back of the winged-lion, one of his iron-like arms wrapped tightly about my middle, holding me prisoner, while his other hand held onto the reins.Ahwooo!A noise echoed loudly throughout the woods. I jolted and gasped, darting my eyes around my surroundings, half expecting a large, beastly creature to jump out in front of us and rip everyone, including me, to pieces.Felix must have noticed my reaction because he leaned close to me so that his masked-face was inches from me and his warm breath was fanning on my skin.“What’s the matter, little elf? Scared?" he asked, his tone implied that he was amused.I turned slightly to look at him. The moment I did so, I regretted it, because his lips were so close to mine that the proximity only served to remind me of our kiss earlier. Well, not ourkiss, per se, but rather, akiss that was stolen from me by this arrogant man.I tried to move back, but of course, it wasn’t possible since I was tightly embraced in his arms.I unconsciously licked my lower lip and asked, “What was that noise?”“Just a wolf or two,” he said easily.A wolf? Or two?But wolves just didn’t sound like that, surely? And why did he act as though it was nothing? Surely, those one or two wolves were close by?And hunting?He said, “Hmm... It is rather strange that they should sound so... hungry.”He could tell that the wolves were hungry by the sound of their cries?He cocked his head to one side as he looked at me intently. “Then again, it’s probably because they could smell something delicious nearby? A little elf, perhaps?” He even brushed the tip of his tall, fine nose against my cheek.I knew that the man was implying the wolves must have sensed me around. Was he trying to scare me even more?I said, “But I’m not an elf. I’m a human.”“Are you now, little elf?”I sighed in resignation and decided to change topics. First, though, I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves. Then I asked, “Where are you taking me, by the way?”I felt Felix’s gaze resting on me for another few seconds, and then without even answering me, he urged the winged-lion to run faster.Shit!I gasped in surprise and held onto his muscular arm tightly, as the creature raced past the men marching. I buried my face against the massiveness of his chest the faster the animal went, and then I felt my stomach lurching, like when a plane was taking off. I peeked at my surroundings and realized that the lion had spread out its wings and was now ascending.Holy shit!The winged-lion was flying, and taking me and Felix along with it on its back. Both frightened and awed, I sighed in wonder while holding onto Felix tightly, as if my life depended on it.Felix expertly controlled the animal, steering it this way and that to avoid colliding with trees and branches, and it wasn’t long before we were above the forest itself.Up in the sky, I gazed in wonder at my beautiful surroundings. Here, the aurora lights across the distance were even more flamboyant, with the multi-colors bathing light on everything that it could reach.Felix said, “Beautiful.”I nodded in agreement. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” I said.“Neither have I,” he said. “Not in a long time, at least.”Neither had he?When he was living in this realm, and with the aurora so close by?I turned my attention to him and saw that he was watching me intently. I had no idea why, but I blushed and hastily turned my eyes away. Good lord, why was I acting all shy, when this beast of a man was looking at me like that?It was, perhaps, around ten minutes later when Felix made his lion slow its speed, and soon, we descended. I braced myself for a rough landing with my body going all tense. I even tightened my hold on Felix while burying my face against his mighty chest. But then, the lion hit the ground gently and lightly, which both surprised and amazed me.I looked around and that was when I sighted the glow of bonfires in the distance. It wasn’t long until we emerged into a clearing, which was obviously a camping site.As we came into the area, I could only gaze around in awe, and take everything in. There were men everywhere, sitting around the various open fires in groups of four or five and chatting. Or were they discussing and planning? I didn't know because I wasn't paying too much attention to them. Some others were working and carrying various things such as cartons of supplies, contraptions that I had never seen before, and of course, weapons, from one place to another while others were patrolling the vicinity. There were tents, too, like those Mongolian’s ones, scattered around the area, perhaps serving as sleeping quarters and storing goods.By the time we got to what seemed to be the center of the camp, I noticed that many eyes were on me, which made me uncomfortable. Suddenly, I was the center of their attention, eh?When we came up to a hill where one of the two largest Mongolian-like tents stood, the winged-lion came to a stop and Felix got down. Only then did I notice Felix’s colleague, the moody one, was watching me with such intensity that my heart skipped a few beats. Why was he gazing at me like that? Like I was his next meal or something?When we had first started out after I had been captured, the broody one had departed first on his winged-lion and disappeared out of my sight into the darkness. Now I knew that he had rushed over here to their base camp. To check up on things? I didn’t know, and God, I just wished he’d stop paying so much attention to me with those dark eyes of his, already. And truthfully, I felt like I was a deluxe meal on display and he was a starving wolf that couldn’t wait to devour every bit of the morsel, me, that was on offer.Just when I thought he was going to turn and leave, he marched right up to me and then wrapped his hands around my middle and guided me down from the lion, which pleasantly surprised me.He was nice?I was about to say ‘thank you’since he was helping me, but then, the two words got stuck in my throat when the man, instead of putting me on the ground, carried me over his broad shoulder like a sack of potatoes.I blinked, dumbfounded.What the hell?Was this normal behaver around here?As this moody one took me toward the tent, Felix burst out laughing, which confused me.I thought about requesting that he put me down—as I had legs and could walk as fine as any person—when he flipped the cloth-like door and walked into the tent.Inside, I was unceremoniously dumped onto the ground. Well, not the cold, hard earth of a ground, but rather, beneath me were soft Persian-like carpets and fur rugs. All around me were luxurious, soft cushions made from the finest materials. I suspected this was this man’s private tent, which told me that he must be one of the head-honchos of some clan. God, I felt like I was in an Arabian night, with all this glamour, in a tent, in the middle of the woods.Moody Brute took up an imposing position not far from me, sitting on that grand, comfy chair like a king. It was then Felix entered the tent and gracefully took the other chair to the left of his colleague.Side by side, the masks on their aquiline-featured faces looked like a reflection of one another.Moody Brute was still watching me intensely, like I was an alien who had just dropped into his world. Well, to him perhaps I was an alien, considering that I wasn’t part of this realm.Felix cleared his throat and said, “What’s your name, little elf?”His question caught me off guard. “Hmm...” I licked my lower lip as I thought hard on whether I should tell these people my real name or not. After all, if they knew, wouldn’t it be easy for them to hunt me down again if I had managed to escape?“Name?” Moody Brute asked, his voice demanding.Because he frightened me, I lost my wits and snapped back, “Alfie!”“How old are you, little elf?” Felix asked.I was a little annoyed that a) I blurted out my name because I was a little frightened, which didn’t sit well with me, and b) bastard Felix still addressed me as ‘little elf’ even though I had already told them my name. And why did he wanted to know my age?“Does it matter?” I retorted. Then because I couldn’t take this weird interrogation anymore, I decided to bring the modern, Earthling logic into the conversation.I said, “Look, let’s get straight to the point here. What do you want with me? And why have I been captured? It’s not like I did something wrong, right?”Felix snorted while Moody Brute simply continued to stare, which by now began to get on my nerves. Like, when are you going to have enough staring at me, for God’s sake?Moody Brute said, “We’ll be the ones to judge whether you did anything wrong or not, boy.”I frowned. “I have a name, thank you very much, and it’s Alfie Yuki Nakamura,” I said proudly.The moment I said that, I could sense both men tense and become dark and serious.“Yuki?” Moody Brute asked.I was taken aback by their reactions, and particularly Moody Brute’s forceful question.I explained, "My middle name. It means snow in Japanese." Just as I said that I gasped and shut my mouth. What was I saying?Revealing to them that I wasn’t from this part of the realm, because surely, they wouldn’t have a country called Japan or the language Japanese here, would they?Felix seemed to have calmed down and said, “It’s a common name, Caleb.”So, Moody Brute’s name was Caleb, then?Caleb seemed to nod in agreement as he said, "Yuki is a common name in the eastern region." Suddenly, he got out of his chair and came toward me.Once he was inches from me, he got down to one knee and asked, “Are you from the eastern region, boy? But you don’t look like you’re of the eastern population.”Eastern region?So, they had something like that here? Like the Asian population?Despite the fact that I was so intimidated and nervous with the mighty Caleb being so close to me that I could smell his earthy scent, and feel the warmth of his breath on my skin, I nodded my head furiously.“Yes, I’m from the eastern region but I’m half-blooded. My father is from the eastern region while my mother is not,” I said, my eyes staring at the man’s chest.God, he had such a massive chest, didn’t he?* * *READ SEVEN DEVILS AND A ROSECHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 4CHPATER 5Pre-Order Seven Devils and a Rose
Pre-Order Seven Devils and a RoseREAD SEVEN DEVILS AND A ROSECHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 4CHPATER 5Chapter 6Two Sinfully Handsome DevilsI tried not to show just how terrified I was, but it was damned hard to pretend like I was having a fine time touring a new, unexplored wild park, in another realm, on the back of a mighty winged-lion that was three times the size of the average lion I had seen in Africa. I mean, I had just been kidnapped, for God's sake, by a pair of giant ruthless men who dressed like some heroes in a fantasy novel, what with those dark, leather pants and jackets, and of course, armor. Not to mention those unusual masks on their faces, the likes I had never seen before, which made it all even more sinister.Along the thick groves of tall trees and wild bushes, I could hear sounds of men's footsteps, and now and again, the melancholy cries of some wild creatures, which only served to scare me even more.I was in another realm, all right, because I had never heard those sorts of cries before. They didn’t sound like the howling of wolves or growling of bears. They were something far more dangerous and terrifying.Despite my fear of my unknown surroundings, I still wanted to escape these men’s clutches and I kept glancing around... searching for a way out. But of course, no matter how hard I tried, it was just simply impossible. Firstly, I was surrounded by men who were marching on foot and holding what I could only assume were rifles and guns, along with swords and knives. At least, I thought they looked like those weapons, what with my short eye-sight and within the darkness of the night. Secondly, the man named Felix was sitting behind me on the back of the winged-lion, one of his iron-like arms wrapped tightly about my middle, holding me prisoner, while his other hand held onto the reins.Ahwooo!A noise echoed loudly throughout the woods. I jolted and gasped, darting my eyes around my surroundings, half expecting a large, beastly creature to jump out in front of us and rip everyone, including me, to pieces.Felix must have noticed my reaction because he leaned close to me so that his masked-face was inches from me and his warm breath was fanning on my skin.“What’s the matter, little elf? Scared?" he asked, his tone implied that he was amused.I turned slightly to look at him. The moment I did so, I regretted it, because his lips were so close to mine that the proximity only served to remind me of our kiss earlier. Well, not ourkiss, per se, but rather, akiss that was stolen from me by this arrogant man.I tried to move back, but of course, it wasn’t possible since I was tightly embraced in his arms.I unconsciously licked my lower lip and asked, “What was that noise?”“Just a wolf or two,” he said easily.A wolf? Or two?But wolves just didn’t sound like that, surely? And why did he act as though it was nothing? Surely, those one or two wolves were close by?And hunting?He said, “Hmm... It is rather strange that they should sound so... hungry.”He could tell that the wolves were hungry by the sound of their cries?He cocked his head to one side as he looked at me intently. “Then again, it’s probably because they could smell something delicious nearby? A little elf, perhaps?” He even brushed the tip of his tall, fine nose against my cheek.I knew that the man was implying the wolves must have sensed me around. Was he trying to scare me even more?I said, “But I’m not an elf. I’m a human.”“Are you now, little elf?”I sighed in resignation and decided to change topics. First, though, I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves. Then I asked, “Where are you taking me, by the way?”I felt Felix’s gaze resting on me for another few seconds, and then without even answering me, he urged the winged-lion to run faster.Shit!I gasped in surprise and held onto his muscular arm tightly, as the creature raced past the men marching. I buried my face against the massiveness of his chest the faster the animal went, and then I felt my stomach lurching, like when a plane was taking off. I peeked at my surroundings and realized that the lion had spread out its wings and was now ascending.Holy shit!The winged-lion was flying, and taking me and Felix along with it on its back. Both frightened and awed, I sighed in wonder while holding onto Felix tightly, as if my life depended on it.Felix expertly controlled the animal, steering it this way and that to avoid colliding with trees and branches, and it wasn’t long before we were above the forest itself.Up in the sky, I gazed in wonder at my beautiful surroundings. Here, the aurora lights across the distance were even more flamboyant, with the multi-colors bathing light on everything that it could reach.Felix said, “Beautiful.”I nodded in agreement. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” I said.“Neither have I,” he said. “Not in a long time, at least.”Neither had he?When he was living in this realm, and with the aurora so close by?I turned my attention to him and saw that he was watching me intently. I had no idea why, but I blushed and hastily turned my eyes away. Good lord, why was I acting all shy, when this beast of a man was looking at me like that?It was, perhaps, around ten minutes later when Felix made his lion slow its speed, and soon, we descended. I braced myself for a rough landing with my body going all tense. I even tightened my hold on Felix while burying my face against his mighty chest. But then, the lion hit the ground gently and lightly, which both surprised and amazed me.I looked around and that was when I sighted the glow of bonfires in the distance. It wasn’t long until we emerged into a clearing, which was obviously a camping site.As we came into the area, I could only gaze around in awe, and take everything in. There were men everywhere, sitting around the various open fires in groups of four or five and chatting. Or were they discussing and planning? I didn't know because I wasn't paying too much attention to them. Some others were working and carrying various things such as cartons of supplies, contraptions that I had never seen before, and of course, weapons, from one place to another while others were patrolling the vicinity. There were tents, too, like those Mongolian’s ones, scattered around the area, perhaps serving as sleeping quarters and storing goods.By the time we got to what seemed to be the center of the camp, I noticed that many eyes were on me, which made me uncomfortable. Suddenly, I was the center of their attention, eh?When we came up to a hill where one of the two largest Mongolian-like tents stood, the winged-lion came to a stop and Felix got down. Only then did I notice Felix’s colleague, the moody one, was watching me with such intensity that my heart skipped a few beats. Why was he gazing at me like that? Like I was his next meal or something?When we had first started out after I had been captured, the broody one had departed first on his winged-lion and disappeared out of my sight into the darkness. Now I knew that he had rushed over here to their base camp. To check up on things? I didn’t know, and God, I just wished he’d stop paying so much attention to me with those dark eyes of his, already. And truthfully, I felt like I was a deluxe meal on display and he was a starving wolf that couldn’t wait to devour every bit of the morsel, me, that was on offer.Just when I thought he was going to turn and leave, he marched right up to me and then wrapped his hands around my middle and guided me down from the lion, which pleasantly surprised me.He was nice?I was about to say ‘thank you’since he was helping me, but then, the two words got stuck in my throat when the man, instead of putting me on the ground, carried me over his broad shoulder like a sack of potatoes.I blinked, dumbfounded.What the hell?Was this normal behaver around here?As this moody one took me toward the tent, Felix burst out laughing, which confused me.I thought about requesting that he put me down—as I had legs and could walk as fine as any person—when he flipped the cloth-like door and walked into the tent.Inside, I was unceremoniously dumped onto the ground. Well, not the cold, hard earth of a ground, but rather, beneath me were soft Persian-like carpets and fur rugs. All around me were luxurious, soft cushions made from the finest materials. I suspected this was this man’s private tent, which told me that he must be one of the head-honchos of some clan. God, I felt like I was in an Arabian night, with all this glamour, in a tent, in the middle of the woods.Moody Brute took up an imposing position not far from me, sitting on that grand, comfy chair like a king. It was then Felix entered the tent and gracefully took the other chair to the left of his colleague.Side by side, the masks on their aquiline-featured faces looked like a reflection of one another.Moody Brute was still watching me intensely, like I was an alien who had just dropped into his world. Well, to him perhaps I was an alien, considering that I wasn’t part of this realm.Felix cleared his throat and said, “What’s your name, little elf?”His question caught me off guard. “Hmm...” I licked my lower lip as I thought hard on whether I should tell these people my real name or not. After all, if they knew, wouldn’t it be easy for them to hunt me down again if I had managed to escape?“Name?” Moody Brute asked, his voice demanding.Because he frightened me, I lost my wits and snapped back, “Alfie!”“How old are you, little elf?” Felix asked.I was a little annoyed that a) I blurted out my name because I was a little frightened, which didn’t sit well with me, and b) bastard Felix still addressed me as ‘little elf’ even though I had already told them my name. And why did he wanted to know my age?“Does it matter?” I retorted. Then because I couldn’t take this weird interrogation anymore, I decided to bring the modern, Earthling logic into the conversation.I said, “Look, let’s get straight to the point here. What do you want with me? And why have I been captured? It’s not like I did something wrong, right?”Felix snorted while Moody Brute simply continued to stare, which by now began to get on my nerves. Like, when are you going to have enough staring at me, for God’s sake?Moody Brute said, “We’ll be the ones to judge whether you did anything wrong or not, boy.”I frowned. “I have a name, thank you very much, and it’s Alfie Yuki Nakamura,” I said proudly.The moment I said that, I could sense both men tense and become dark and serious.“Yuki?” Moody Brute asked.I was taken aback by their reactions, and particularly Moody Brute’s forceful question.I explained, "My middle name. It means snow in Japanese." Just as I said that I gasped and shut my mouth. What was I saying?Revealing to them that I wasn’t from this part of the realm, because surely, they wouldn’t have a country called Japan or the language Japanese here, would they?Felix seemed to have calmed down and said, “It’s a common name, Caleb.”So, Moody Brute’s name was Caleb, then?Caleb seemed to nod in agreement as he said, "Yuki is a common name in the eastern region." Suddenly, he got out of his chair and came toward me.Once he was inches from me, he got down to one knee and asked, “Are you from the eastern region, boy? But you don’t look like you’re of the eastern population.”Eastern region?So, they had something like that here? Like the Asian population?Despite the fact that I was so intimidated and nervous with the mighty Caleb being so close to me that I could smell his earthy scent, and feel the warmth of his breath on my skin, I nodded my head furiously.“Yes, I’m from the eastern region but I’m half-blooded. My father is from the eastern region while my mother is not,” I said, my eyes staring at the man’s chest.God, he had such a massive chest, didn’t he?* * *READ SEVEN DEVILS AND A ROSECHAPTER 1CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 4CHPATER 5Pre-Order Seven Devils and a Rose
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