Into The Devil’s Heart

Audrey was hoping for the flower to come back to life and glow again but then, nothing always works as planned.

She blinks at Cannon, broken. Her heart was heavy, and the guilt she was feeling made her feel even more depressed.

She waited for a few more minutes and there was no change. She could no longer stand it, so she turned and ran away but before she could reach the exit, Cannon spoke out.

“Nothing ever works best for every first try” He turns to her, but Audrey doesn’t look at him, she is crying silently for she knows she won’t be able to stand by him if she doesn’t learn and master her powers. He will always keep her behind the closed doors of his mansion.

“How were you able to master yours?” She asked, not understanding why hers was different.

“Unlike you, bunny, I am not a human. I knew what and how my powers were the exact moment I started existing but you, you have to learn and keep a constant practice to master yours” he explains.

“I’m sorry” she cries out, not able to withhold her tears.

He takes her into his arms, “If you keep crying like this, I’ll be forced to put you on closed doors” he jokes.

Hearing his jokes, Audrey quickly wipes away her tears not wanting to be left alone.

“I want to be strong, so strong that I can stand by you in everything” She blurts out her heart.

“Hmmm, have a good mastery of your powers then, I promise not to stop you” he assured.

“Now, let’s go. We are done for the day” he informs. Knowing she’s always been disturbed emotionally, she won’t be able to take any more tests.

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Black Gun walks into the room where they had prepared for Aurelia to do her dirty witchcraft, there, Aurelia stands before a table with a pot on it with hands moving back and forth in the air while she mumbles something like a spell.

” You should learn to knock,” Aurelia said, not turning around.

” I thought it’s not worth it as we all stay together, “The black gun was cut short

” There is no excuse for killing someone, the witch’s space is not to be interrupted ” Aurelia’s tone was firm with a little bit of aggressiveness.

She hates it when she’s been interrupted by work, in her Kingdom, no one dares get her offended.

“You should be conscious around me, my hunt is nothing but a man like you” Aurelia then turns around, meeting his gaze. “A wise man won’t need to be talked upon twice before they senses where the danger is coming from”

” I apologize for interrupting your work, it won’t happen again ” He assures and turns to leave.

“Now that you are here, why don’t you stay and let us get ourselves even more acquainted? ” She proposed.

Black Gun seems to be contemplating with himself for some time before giving it, “If it’s ok with you, then, I’d stay”

His gaze falls on the table behind her, then moves around the room.” What are these for if I may ask?” He knew she might as well as she might not answer him though he hoped she did.

Aurelia’s eyes stayed glued on him for a very long time, she seemed to be reading him. “Ingredients!” She blurts.

Black Gun nods, “It amazes me you cook in here” he knew there was nothing the witch could not do.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

“Now you know,” Aurelia walks to the table on the left where a black spot was standing with little containers by the side.

“Witches spent their time making the best dishes that could ever be served” She picks up a thin stick with flat edges that looks like a spoon but that no one would love to use in their home, dip it into the pot, and start stirring it anticlockwise.

“Dishes like?” Black Gun was curious to know more about the dishes she was talking about because as long as he can remember, there is absolutely nothing he’s tasted that looks and smells so gross.

“Charms,” Aurelia said, picking up a bottle by the side containing liquid. With care, she let a drop fall into the pot.

Black gun subconsciously moved behind when the pot that had no fire beneath suddenly blew out blue flames.

“That’s scary” he breathes out, at the burst of magic. He turned to the lady who stood still, she didn’t seem to be afraid of the sudden flame.

“It’s her work anyways,” he thought to himself, the flames had long died out.

“What charms are you preparing then?” He asked.

Aurelia stirs gently the pot before her, bringing the spoon closer to her face as she observes the purple-like mixture bubbling on the spoon.

“What’s with that?” He couldn’t stop himself from asking, the sight of the beautiful transparent ball on the left side of the room made him even more curious.

Aurelia didn’t bother looking and just answered, “You don’t have to know but for curiosity’s sake, I will tell you” She picked up a bowl, deeps it into the pot containing the charms she was just preparing, and walked to where the ball was placed. Black Gun followed her behind.

“It is called a crystal ball and its basic use is monitoring others” She explains. “Wanna try?” She turns to him.

“Yeah, of course,” Black Gun could feel his nerves getting excited at her offer.

“Who do you wish to monitor? Like, to know where they are and what they are doing?” She demands.

“Cannon” he blurted out, of course, that’s the reason he was excited. There is no desire other than knowing where he is and what he is doing.

Aurelia smiles at her choice, he sure knows what he’s after. She then let a drop of the mixture fall on the transparent crystal ball.

As soon as the liquid touches the crystal, it starts eliminating brightly sending rays of different colors. It lasted for some minutes, then, the colors started coming together forming a bright brick-red color, which could be seen as a fog.

It started to brighten up and the view was now clear for them to see. The first thing that popped up was Cannon, his talk muscling firm figure made Aurelia gulp down but she was quick to mask her emotions before Black Gun could figure it out.

By his left was Audrey clinging to him like a tiny bunny not wanting to let go. She seemed to be so attached to him, that her hand kept on moving up and down his arm, while she intertwined their other hands together.

He didn’t stop her, he didn’t push her away. From the look on their face, Aurelia could tell he loved her closeness, and she felt jealous.

“He seems even more gentle and romantic than I thought. ” Aurelia blurted, averting her gaze away from the people in the crystal.

“She better keep him busy so he won’t be able to figure out our plans… It will be the death of him” Black Gun chews on his teeth, turns, and leaves the room.

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” A minute,” Audrey said and ran to the beach shore, washing off her hands.

The evening sun shines charmingly on the sky, making the place even better for a perfect romance.

Cannon made himself comfortable on the sand, watching her okay with the water as she kept on sprinkling some in the air while enjoying it falling on her body like rain.

She turned to him and gave him the best of her smile, her long silky dark hair made her look so breathtaking. She walks out of the water, approaching him.

“It’s so refreshing… The water” she said, standing before him while draining off the water from her hair.

Cannon silently watches him with his hands resting on his knees. Only she and her beauty can leave him speechless.

Audrey opens his hands, makes herself comfortable between his legs then wraps his hands around her body. The smile on her face never left, she leaned against his chest watching the sun with him.

She turns all of a sudden and starts staring at him, he looks even more beautiful staring from below. A frown appears on Cannon’s face as he looks down to see what she is busily ogling at but then, she gives him the biggest surprise of his life by kissing him.

Audrey’s face was crimson red after the kiss, she was shy and excited. She turns her attention back to the setting sun, pretending as though nothing happened.