"So be careful, Princess. Don't even think about escaping from me, "
Seraphina didn't say a single word but just heard that sinner above her ,who was gazing at her with his icy grey eyes.
Arzal placed his palm over her cheek and gently brushed his fingers against her soft skin, making her breathing to accelerate.
Seraphina's heart started clenching in fear and pain when she saw a predacious smirk appearing on his face, as he was gazing into her shimmering blue eyes.
"Fine, let's make a deal, Sera. As you know I am a businessman and I do nothing for free, " He uttered, smirking while brushing his fingers on her cheek.
"So I guess it would not be very much justifiable if I take something for free, right? So... " He halted and touched the corner of her swollen lips with his thumb pad.
"You love your brother the most in this world, right? You can do anything for him, so... " He brushed his thumb on her lower lip delicately and stared into her azure orbs.
"Your brother will be safe, unharmed, perfectly alright and will even get every kind of success he has ever wanted in his life till the second you will follow my each and every word, Sera , "
Seraphina still didn't open her mouth but she could clearly sense that deadly havoc playing in his eyes and lacing in his words.
"But the very second you will defy my words then... " He leaned closer to her face and gave a gentle suck on her lower lip, making her to fist her palms.
"I will forget my words which I am giving to you right now of your brother's safety, "
Her heart ached, processing his words. He had made her vulnerable and helpless. He had caged her weakness and now was using it against her.
Tears pricked into her eyes but Seraphina still didn't speak a single word to him in reply.
"So, the condition of the deal is very simple. Obey me and get anything but disobey me and lose your everything, Princess , "
A tear slipped down from the corner of her eyes, hearing his words and watching that demeanor grin on his face, which made her mouth automatically speak those words.
"I hate you, " She softly breathed out against his lips in her shivering voice, which made his grin fall from his face.
Seraphina witnessed that grey shade in his eyes to turn darker at her words. His palm trail from her face to her neck and her heartbeat dropped when he clutched her fragile neck in his big and firm palm.
His hold wasn't painful, not even a little but it was terrifying enough for Seraphina to feel suffocated and afraid of him.
His devious smirk again crept back on his face as he peered into her glossy eyes and took his face more close to her. Seraphina shut her eyes when he traced his nose bridge against her cheek and then jaw line.
"Good for you, Princess if you hate me, " The pitch of his voice turned more low, making her shiver under him.
He brushed his lips on her cheek and then kissed his nose pin because he was painfully addicted to it , not just to it but her entire existence.
"Because loving me is far more worse than hating me for you , Sera, "
His words were a significance of warning for her but only if they both knew what their fate had stored for them in future.
He slowly detached his face from her and looked at her closed eyes.
"I will take your silence as an approval of the deal between us, Sera, "
Seraphina heard him saying and she exhaled a sharp breath when she felt him getting up from her. Her body lost his warmth , resulting in her shivering as she was still almost naked .
Seraphina slowly opened her lashes, only to find his eyes scanning her entire bare body with that evil sinfulness in his eyes.
A shiver ran down her spine when she witnessed his predatory gaze on her naked skin. She immediately got up and pulled the duvet and covered her with it, making him chuckle slowly.
He laughed and then looked at her afraid self. He bowed his upper body and got closer to her face.
Their gazes again fastened as their breathing mixed.
"Only if you know, Princess, " He cooed against her face, staring into her eyes which turned confused after hearing him because she didn't know what he meant by his words.
His grin turned wide by watching that untidiness in her alluring azure eyes which made her look more innocuous.
Unable to control himself, he pecked her lips softly , making her gulp. He stood straight and then glanced at her one last time and then turned.
Seraphina saw him walking towards the door. She thought he was going to leave but his feet halted which made her throat dry in panic.
"Lock the door more carefully because not every f#cked up man who is going to see you here like this is going to leave without satisfying his real motives, Princess, "
Her eyes widened in fear, realising the meaning of his words . Seraphina gazed at his back bewildered and then she saw him walking out of her door without turning around.
After witnessing him leaving, Seraphina bursted out crying and hugged the duvet tightly because what just had happened had shrugged her heart in fear and pain and what was about to happen had started shivering her soul in terror.
In the evening, Nathan came back from his work. He entered his house and then closed the door behind him. He walked further inside the house and spoke loudly.
"Sephi, I am hom... . " He stopped when he saw her sitting in front of a window of the hall as she was looking outside through it.
He walked towards her and placed his palm over her head which made her slightly shrug.
Seraphina trailed her eyes upward at him and Nathan immediately noticed that something had changed in her because her eyes were looking dull and slightly puffy.
"Seraphina, what... "
She didn't let him complete his words by hugging him as tightly as possible. He immediately hugged her back and started caressing her back.
"Angel, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well? " He asked, tensing up badly.
Seraphina caged him more firmly and softly spoke.
"No, I..I missed you, Nate, "
Even her voice was quivering which didn't go unnoticed by Nathan. He took out her face and then saw her eyes were glistening with tears which made his chest tighten.
He cupped her face and asked, concerned.
"Sephi, what happened? Please tell me. What's bothering you, angel? "
Her entity screamed at her to tell him everything. Everything about that person who had started ruining her life. Seraphina opened her mouth to tell him the truth but immediately his threat started echoing in her head which made her shut her mouth again because she knew he was capable of doing what he had just threatened to her and Seraphina could lose anything but not her brother because he was her everything. Her brother had always shielded her in best or worst. He had put her , her safety, her happiness before his, so how could she let something happen to that person's life who was living for her.
She shrugged her head a bit and answered.
"I.. I slept in the noon and had a very b..bad dream, " She moulded her words but did not lie completely. That person was a nightmare for her.
Nathan sighed in relief at her words because he believed his sister would never hide something from him, lying wasn't even a question. He trusted her blindly.
He smiled and cleaned her teary eyes delicately.
"Why didn't you call me if you had a bad dream? I would have come back to you hurriedly, " He told and her fluttered, realising how much he loved her.
Seraphina placed her palm over his and clutched it tightly.
"From now on, I will fight against that bad dream alone, " That was also the truth. She had to fight against that nightmare alone.
Nathan beamed and patted her head and said
"My Sephi has really turned into a big and brave girl and I know she will win against her bad dream and the second she will defeat her bad dream, her bad dream will turn into the most beautiful dream of her life, "
Who had seen the future that at what cost her nightmare was going to change into a beautiful dream in future?
Seraphina slowly nodded and smiled weekly.
"Go and freshen up . Then I'll talk to you about something, Nate, "
Nathan got confused hearing her and spoke.
"You can tell me now what's troubling you, Seraphina, "
She shrugged her head lightly and said.
"No, go and freshen up first . You must be tired and then we'll talk, "
Nathan sighed but ended up listening to her and then went to his room to freshen up.
And Seraphina exhaled a heavy breathing by watching his disappearing figure . She turned her head and again looked at that evening sky through the glass window, which was falling into more darkness just like her life, which was drowning more deeper in darkness with each passing second and she had no way out from it, then to lose herself to that darkness.
"Ok now tell me, what you want to talk to me about, Sephi? " Nathan asked, while coming out from his room.
Seraphina sighed, hearing him. She held his hand and made him sit on the couch and settled herself beside him.
Nathan tensed more by watching that seriousness in her eyes. He cupped her palm in his and spoke.
"You can tell me anything, my angel. You know that ,right ? "
Seraphina's heart clenched in pain. Yes, he was just not only her brother, he was her father, he was her mother and even her best friend. Seraphina had always found her entire world in him because he was always there for her , in every phase and moment of her life.
She held back his hand and parted her lips to speak.
"Nate, I want to talk to you about that thing which Mr G.. Grayson was talking to you last night, "