"What did you see?" James asks.
They both are in their bedroom. Jane is seated on the wooden chair and James standing by the wardrobe.
Jane stares out of the window, sighing in relief and pressure. This one-day marriage feels like five years and... Well...
It seems like James isn't the man she thought he was when she said he was a flirt. He looks very serious now. Is it because she's his wife or something? Or is there anything that he isn't telling her?
"I saw Xuvicer, My Father... He was talking to someone... Another person... But, it was a woman"
James' head rises to hear this. Kancial spiritual eyes immediately open and the picture of Xuvicer and Xale staring out the window in their darkroom flashes his mind.
'That's Xale' Kancial whispers from within James. The Heavens know every Demon and Witch because it's the Creator that created them, so... Why won't they know?
He does not want to create a scene by telling Raven and then she goes wild with her head smoking. He can't tell her she's a Demon, plus, he has to make her believe that what she saw was a dream.
And a silly dream at that.
"Maybe you saw things," James says and walks up to her
"I was not seeing things, what I am saying is the truth, James!" Jane stands up from the chair, with her face frowned in a confused way.
"I saw this, James. I know what I saw"
"Would you say I'm lying if I told you everyone has five minutes of madness every day?"
James is close to Jane now. She's staring up at him because of her height, while he's staring down at her for the same reason. Did she grow short? Or is it their eyes that aren't functioning?
"Woah... Did you grow taller or something?" She asks and James smirks.
God! That smirking business of his again has a resumption today? Again?!
"Don't give me that face" James nears her with his arms folded tight across his lower chest as he walks to her.
"James, stay right there cause I know where you're headed to" But James doesn't listen.
{Argh! You handsome bastard}
"I said-"
"You aren't going to bite me, are you?"
James is very close to Jane and the more she attempts to turn her face the other way, the more his cologne scent starts hitting her nose.
That scent... It's so precious!
"James, I came here to ask who exactly am I, not for all those -"
"I thought you wanted to have me do it with you?"
Jane's tongue ties instantly. Her blood seems to start flowing to her face as it turns red. Her whiteness isn't blending with her emotions due to the flow of blood James is causing now. Does he not know that his cologne is killing her?! Why does he want her to suffer by inhaling that beautiful and nice scent?
"James... I do. It's just-"
A knock is heard on the door and the nice-scent couple looks at themselves and then at the door.
James starts to think she called someone from an invincible source. However, he pulls back slowly and walks up to the door.
Opening it, Mr. and Mrs. Kon Von with a maid in front, are the people standing in front of him.
"Sir, they requested to see you"
"Et tu les as amenés directement dans ma chambre, jusqu'où peut aller ta bêtise? (And you brought them directly to my room, to what extent can your stupidity be?)" James asks in French.
The maid stares at him blankly, her legs are already wobbly and her sight is becoming too sharp. Instead of apologizing, she remains dumb. Her voice fails her even if they all know she has something to say.
"Leave"
The maid doesn't hesitate to do as her Master has ordered.
"Is it time?"
"Yes sir. We have booked a flight" Mr. Von whispers back.
"I'll be down in a minute"
Mrs. Von smiles at Jane from outside and Jane returns it with excitement before they leave the room entrance.
"I'll be on a business trip for a few days and-"
"Business trip? You want to leave me here alone?"
Kancial's heart breaks to uncountable pieces seeing Raven like this inside Jane.
She looks sick all of a sudden. Her face turned supernaturally pale when he mentioned those words "Business Trip".
"The company requires more staff. I have to get to the headquarters to see the people the manager have arranged"
Jane stares at him with wide eyes and a small mouth, nose, and ears. She looks beautiful when she's shocked!
"How many days are you going to be away?"
"I'm not sure. It's just up to a limit"
Staring at her thumbs as she played with them, Raven gulps heavily.
What about all those servants whose looks are so appealing? What if they try to do anything stupid with her?
"Can you do me a favor before you leave?"
James' eyes brighten up a little. His hands still folded against his muscular chest.
"Name it"
"I want you to send all maids and servants home, till you come back"
There's an ear-deafening and peasant silence coming from all nooks and crannies of the bedroom. Jane feels sicks.
{Author - I think she got a fever.}
"Why do you want them to go home? Did anyone complain to you that their jobs are too hard?"
"No! That's not what I'm saying... It's just..."
Her words are abandoning her. She doesn't even have a brain at the moment.
She plays with her thumb, staring at it. Her ears turn temporarily deaf for the entire moment James used to walk to her. She didn't notice his movement and nearly forgot that he's in the room with her.
However, the playing with her thumbs stops when he stretches his arm and uses his feminine created hand to wraps the hands of Jane. Surprisingly, one of his hands can contain two of her hands. He is a man, so... That shouldn't be a surprise around here.
He pulls her closer to him through the two hands he's holding and kisses her head.
"You want to exhaust yourself for me, do you?"
She wishes she could say no... But she has the heart to do that for him... Willingly.
"No. I just don't want anyone to be here..."
A pang of sadness hits Kancial hearing this. She-
"When you're not here"
Her voice seems like it's fading due to tears. She wanna cry. And he is not ready for that right now.
"But I'll wait. Till' You Come Back"