Iven stood, his expression totally inscrutable. It was rather more scary when he reveals being in anger. He rather started walking back and forth due to anxiety.
The boys stood motionless, head hung low. Seb was looking else where with droopy eyes but down or Iven. After the long day she was indeed sleepy. But she couldn't have escaped Iven, or couldn't have left the guys on their own. After all, it was her idea. Her face was still arrogant and stubborn, in denial that they were wrong!
When they had reached the ship so late, Iven was right outside the entrance, pacing restlessly. His face was frown enough already as it is, but it puckered even more when he understood that something has happened for sure.
They've dirt and wounds all over. He would've thundered relentlessly on them if Seb wouldn't have exposed herself from behind the huge figures.
He had chocked and his face had lost it's color at not only her sight, but also her bandaged eye, the gauze stained red.
Seb had looked straight into his eyes with a promise of explanation which prevented him from getting all over the boys.
Yuka was the one to come forth and explain everything. Even he was getting nervous.
The incident had seemed as if it threw Iven in a dark pit!
The thing he feared has happened, that too so soon!!! Iason didn't care to delay his actions this time. Also, things didn't go according to him, things will worsen now!
He is bound to strike again. Iven wasn't least convinced that they managed to return safe. It was sheer luck. The next blow will be major! It won't be easy for their likes to get through.
Since the time they had entered the main hall of the ship, Iven haven't spoken a single word. He seemed to have completely engulfed himself in shock and anger. He has been heavily panting too.
Seb kept away her contact and her attitude from him since then too.
"You guys have to say anything for yourselves?", Iven broke the silence without looking up.
He didn't shout or scold, but his voice was stinging. His throat has cracked. He never thought that Yuka and the others could defy him and become careless to this extent.
No one replied.
Not even Yuka.
Noah was hiding behind Mak.
"Nothing?", Iven looked at Yuka.
He stole a glance and kept staring down.
Seb shook her head slowly and folded her arms and immediately dropped them. It still hurt due to the earlier blow.
"Did you enjoy at your best? I'm glad", his words were getting calmly piercing,"And what are the consequences?"
"That's it Iven!", Seb interrupted raising her voice.
Iven looked at her. This time there was clear anger in them.
"I was the one who took them", Seb confessed as clear as crystal,"I'm the one to be accused, they're not to be blamed!".
"Belle...",Iven clenched his teeth and tried holding back his temper,"Stay out of this issue".
"You're consulting something regarding me, so include me in it too", she challenged," Else don't meddle with my life!".
-I've got the rights upon my reign, upon them too!
-It's not even eligible. You call yourselves their brother, and assign them whatever you feel like???
-You...have no say in this.
-I do!!! I've seen them from an angle you can never think off. You can just control and order them around.
-I need to listen how I should teach them?
-Teaching...doesn't even cover it. If you wouldn't have sent them on this stupid task, I would have been long back home. And this all won't have happened.
-None of this would have happened if you haven't interfered!
-I did??? All I asked you to trust me a bit, and you couldn't even do that.
-Stop it, I knew this would happen. That's why I did it!
-Did this? Spying on my everyday stuff? This is a psychopath's obsession Iven!!!
Iven didn't reply immediately.
He stared at her for a while as he swallowed his temper at it's limit.
All the boys were at the edge of their seat at the heated argument. Seb really overdid it this time.
"Belle...", Iven spoke in a cold low tone,"You're taking it too far".
"You are the one who took it too far Iven", Seb replied.
Nobody tried to break them up. They all were afraid to interfere. Seb has got guts to raise her voice up to such extent at Iven. They were trembling themselves. It wasn't still clear where the fight was dragging on. They both brought up each other's annoying traits at every point. But Iven really had it enough at the last line.
His breathing rate increased so did his heartbeat.
He didn't break his eye-lock from Seb's for seconds.
Suddenly he dashed at Seb with huge steps and grabbing her arm he pulled he with a rough jerk. Seb was caught off guard as she stumbled on her steps.
Iven didn't seem to care.
His point had crossed limits.
He dragged Seb with him ruthlessly and exited the room.
The boys gasped in horror. Things didn't go good, nor as planned.
Iven literally forced on Seb. Only if she didn't volunteer to take their offence all on herself.
Seb struggled to break free as she tried hard to escape Iven's inhuman grip.
"Let go!", she protested in pain because he held her arm too tight on the injured part, but he was blindly angered.
Iven pulled her to his room, banged open his door and almost threw Seb inside, closing the door loudly behind him.
Seb tripped on her feet but balanced herself.
She immediately turned at him confronting violently,"What do you think you're doing?".
"You don't get to decide every time Belle", Iven said deeply. His face had darkened. Seb didn't like it.
-I do, since it includes me!
-If I wouldn't have sent them, think what would have happened...
He launched towards her, grabbed her arm and lifted up her sleeve. It had bruised pretty bad. He left it and looked at her. He knew it all this time,"This.....and more of it..."
-No, I would be home long time ago.
-You...would be in Iason's den!
-I can defend myself without protection...
-Even with it, did you do it? Even with Yuka and others around, how many of your body parts have been vulnerable??? You could even have lost your eye!
-But I didn't, did I?
-You could have!!! That's the point dammit! Can't you be obedient just this once?
-The point is, you need to stop. Stop treating me like some one who's in distress and is hapless. I'm not used to it all!
-You're not. But I need to keep an on Iason.
-That's all for it. Even that's why you joined the college.
-Yes!!! Yes I did!!! What wrong did I do? I can't let him hurt you! Not more of some one I care for!
-But my privacy is being invaded...
-I can't Belle. You ask me to trust you, but I beg you to have some faith in me. Iason, will stop at nothing...he's got no weakness!
-He's just another lunatic with your face, not worth getting afraid of.
-He's not me!!!!! He murders people!!! He takes what he wants, else destroys them!
-I don't want to know the details Iven, no more spying on me!
-I can take no risks Belle, sorry...
Seb lost it,"Am I some kind of toy?...", she murmured looking down,"...Why do I have to be under your care?".
Iven was taken aback by her change in the mood. Seb continued,"Even being depended on you, do you know how hard it is for me? Being treated in someone else's shadow? When I've been through everything already since young age?".
"Belle...stop it", Iven raised his palm at her. It didn't work. Seb was walking at him.
"Is it fair to be treated as a belonging? Being obsessed over so much???", she was almost near him.
"Belle....stop I said", he said again.
"You say you want to be with me" , Seb went on," Can't you understand me just a bit? Why do you do this huh???", Seb suddenly pushed Iven on the chest,"Isn't it tough enough for me to be like this to someone I care for so much huh???", she pushed him again. Iven raised his hand in surrender, gesturing her to stop,"Belle....stop", but no use.
"You enjoy this?", she said,"Tormenting me? Even though I've been so loyal to you this whole time? Answer me!!!", saying she pushed him real hard.
Iven finally lost control of his temper he's trying to hold back for so long.
His body reflexes took impulse on i's own.
He suddenly grabbed Seb's wrists and applied all his physical weight on her.
Seb was weak as it is as she tripped on her steps backward and fell down. Iven still on top of her, holding her down without a chance of motion.
His eye's burned, gritted his teeth.
He was completely forcing himself on Seb without the slightest care.
He brought his lips to her ears and spoke. his tone so familiar...it was from before. It was him...Lucifer!
"You belong to me!", he said,"You're my woman, your everything belongs to me. Without my permission, you can't die either. So you do as I say...you understand? Else I've ways to make you..."
Iven didn't finish his line as he felt something.
His chest was in direct contact's with Seb's. He felt her heartbeat.
It was abnormally fast...why it was so quick, that too in such a short amount of time? He didn't even do anything.
He lifted his face and looked at Seb's.
Her eyes were shiny and frozen.
He recalled that face. He knew it very well.
It was from when he first acted with violence to her...did it....no it can't be....does she still harbors it in herself?....Did that incident scar her?.....leaving her with such a trauma?....That's why she was so quick to response to his wild acts?.....She still couldn't let go of it from within?.....
He did it again...
Even though he promised he would never hurt her.....
She was right.....this is clear obsession...
Iven calmed down and immediately let go of her and sat away from her.
Seb took time to breath out her trauma....she kept lying for a while. She sat up after few moments. Iven didn't look at her for the time being.
"Don't recall the old me back Belle please", he said whispering,"I don't want you to go through same hell again. You're someone I can't live without, I need you! I just want to protect you."
Seb took time to reply to him.
"I thought I could change you Iven...", She said with a cracked voice,"...but falling for you....only ended up bringing the Lucifer back all over again."
Saying she didn't waste a single minute and hurried from the door out.