Alicia got to her parents house as she stood in front of the uneven mansion, her eyes prickled with tears that soon began to flow like rivers down her cheeks when she remembered what had happened, she didn't know how the fire had started because she was in her dance class, but her mother knew how because she had been with her father throughout the whole time, how her father died and her mother survived was still making Alicia skeptical about this whole ordeal, not that she wanted her mother to die but the woman had come out of the mansion unscathed, even her dress didn't catch a whim of the fire making Alicia suspicious.
Now, where was this mother of her's who decided to leave her alone in this strange world. If she could find her mother then all her problems would be solved and there wouldn't be a need to go back to Asher or his mansion. Sighing, she entered the house.
Looking at the burnt pictures and black walls, Alicia eyes started to well again. she walked over to the table where their picture frame was hung, she removed it and stared at it for a while with her hands stroking her father's face. Her father was the one she loved the most, not that she didn't like her mother but her father was times two of her mother in everything he does, he was caring, gentle, supportive and everything he needed to do to provide for his family were done by him, she could never ask for anything more than to find her see her father again and spend some time with him which was impossible as there was no soul that could rise from the dead.
Even the darkest witch would never have that kind of power, it was beyond their control so she had to move on.
Not wanting to waste much time, she entered her room to check where she had been keeping all her money and fortunately for her, it was only the can that was burnt as she had wrapped all her money before hiding it in the luxurious box her father had bought, seeing that it was in good condition, she took all her money from it and walked out of the house, she turned to look at it again and made a promise to come back here or if she had enough money, she could renovate it.
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Alicia went to the market to get some few things for herself with the money, haggling with the seller until they both reached a convenient agreement, she settled him and took all her things that was tied into a sack.
She was walking along the roadside as she watched everyone that was busy with whatever they were doing, she saw kids playing around in the corner while they giggled and laughed it brought a smile on her lips and she stopped by to watch them. Alicia loved kids since she was small and what she wanted was for her parent to give her another sibling but an unfortunate event had occured.
As she stood watching the kids, she failed to notice someone hopping down from a broom in the sky while adjusting his dark blue shirt. He was already walking towards her direction when Alicia swiftly turned and then accidentally bumped her forehead on his chest making her stumble back almost falling but the person held her in place with his strong arms.
"Are you alright milady?" the person's voice was a sweet as honey as if luring the bear. Alicia looked up to meet a pair of blue eyes watching her worriedly, she nodded her head and the person helped her stand properly.
"Yes I am, thank you and I'm sorry" Alicia apologized.
"No it's nothing, it's okay that you are alright" He answered with a sweet smile on his lips showing off the dimples that were on each sides of his cheeks.
Alicia then took in the person's features, his hair was white which was an unusual color but it matched with his pale skin, his lips were full and red in color, his eyes, blue which she had taken note of previously, his nose straight and his jaws were strong and firm. He looked very handsome and he was nothing less than Asher although he seems to be the light while Asher was the dark.
why is she even comparing them?!
"May I know your name miss, I haven't seen you here before" he spoke again, "And I'm ravn" he introduced himself baring his hand for a handshake.
"I'm Alicia, nice to meet you" she replied.
"What a nice name for a pretty lady like you" spoke ravn complimenting the beauty before him, there were so many beauties in their clan but this girl surpass them all, she was very beautiful.
"T-Thanks" Alicia said as she diverted her eyes away from him, her cheeks already turned pink due to her blushing profusely.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you because it seems like you have somewhere to be" He said and his eyes moved to her sack that she was holding before moving to settle on her face.
"No you are not and I'm not in a hurry" she responded and ravn nodded his head, "Would you like to accompany me, I came here to buy some things but I am not very good at pricing you see..." he trailed off as he scratched his nape ackwardly making Alicia giggle because he looked cute that way and she loved cute people, "I will" she answered and they walked side by side while talking casually as if they've known each other for so long. Alicia helped him buy the few things he wanted to buy and he bought buns for two of them so they could eat while chatting.
"Where can I find you because truth be told, I already like spending time with you Alicia" he called her using her name which she found comfortable. Alicia didn't know how to reply to his question, she couldn't let him come to Asher's mansion for fear of what Asher might say so she just told him that they should meet at a place which was situated under the tree.
Ravn looked up in the sky and he knew that it was time to leave already or his people would find out that he was already missing, "I have to go Alicia, bye" he said and suddenly placed a kiss on her cheek making Alicia's eyes go wide before she could turn to his side, he wasn't there again making her curious as to how he left that quickly because she was sure she didn't see any carriage.
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