"What were you both thinking?" Xander gasped.
"She knows about us but hasn't seen us. I didn't know she would be there." Melchoir replied.
"What will your father say once her learns she...."
"Hey, he knows she's the one he'll marry so there's no way she won't know. The only thing is that she shouldn't tell anyone." Ralph hissed.
"But you know there are rules before you can choose your bride." Achilles looked up from the papers with him.
"I had the rules skipped. He would just have to choose his bride and then their marriage will be arranged the following week. Done." Ralph replied and Achilles nodded.
"Now that's better." Melchoir smiled before walking into his room.
Melchoir had the maids make him a bath and he requested to take a bath himself.
Melchoir sat in the bathtub remembering his time with Kira. He never knew she could react like that.
A smile curved his lips as he remembered the way she closed her eyes thinking he wanted to kiss her.
"What's making you laugh this way?" Melva suddenly materialized in the bathroom.
"Seriously Melva I'm taking my bath." Melchoir hissed.
"Who cares. I had to come here before going to Ralph. Father allowed me to come to the surface to be with Ralph till you choose to returning to the underworld." Melva smiled wickedly.
"Yah." He rolled his eyes with pure disgust visible on his face.
"Come on Melchoir, it'll be great to have your only sis with you." She smirked.
"Just don't go near Kirana." He said in a hard tune.
"I can't promise that." Her wicked smile was plastered across her face. He knew her well that the smile is not a pure intention one. Well she never had a pure intention.
"If you touch a single strand of her hair I'll make sure I teach you a lesson why I am your older brother." He growled.
"At least I'm more powerful than you are. You lost your part of your powers didn't you?" She smirked.
"You can go ahead to Ralph now and stop disturbing my peace." He hissed.
"Of course. I won't disturb your peace." She smirked and slowly faded.
In Ralph's castle, (All the Lords live in their castles which were on different parts of the kingdom. The Royal Palace was located on the Northern hill while his was in the Eastern part of the kingdom.) Melva materialized in his room. She saw him pulling his robe off and she walked to him.
"What are you doing up here Melva?" He asked.
"Aren't you happy to see me?" She frowned playfully.
"Not that. You only come up here once in a blue moon." He smiled.
"Well I'm here because I'll be staying with you as from tomorrow." She smiled.
"Wow, that's good news." He grinned happily.
"Yeah, it is." She ran her hands across his face.
Kira sat with her mother and Eva eating dinner. She seemed absent-minded and when Evie looked up she saw Kira blushing.
"We must have missed something important Eva. Kira why are you blushing? Your cheeks are pink and you're smiling." Evie raised her brows.
"Uhn? Oh....noth... nothing." Kira stuttered almost choking on her food.
"Is it a boy? You're a sharp speaker not the type who stutters." Evie asked.
"It's not. I'm fine." Kira stood up and walked up to her room.
Kira sighed and rest her head on the door.
"Thinking about me?"
She could recognize the voice anytime and anywhere. How did he get into her room?
Kira looked up and her gaze met his. The butterflies in her tummy suddenly appeared again. She gulped hard trying to say something but she couldn't.
"It's nice to see someone thinking about me and cute too." He smirked.
Kira quickly moved to her bed.
"I'm already going to sleep." She said awkwardly and he laughed.
"Alright, just wanted to steal a glance of you before sleeping myself. Goodnight." He smiled and immediately disappeared.
She let out a deep breath before falling in the bed. She closed her eyes to sleep but she couldn't.
Could it be that Melchoir was a Demise? Or whatelse could he be? He could teleport and use magic.
She kept on thinking and couldn't fall asleep. The time she managed to sleep was an hour before sunrise.
"Oh my you look tired." Uma gasped as soon as she saw her.
"I'm fine." Kira hissed.
"Well if you say so. Lord Ralph's wife came out of his castle for the first time. She's going to the southern market." Uma squealed.
"So?" Kira raised her brows.
"No worries. We should start preparing for the king's bride ball." Uma said and then Kira remembered yesterday again. She felt her cheeks burn and thankfully Uma wasn't looking her way.
"The king's bride ball is in six days and we need to help aunt Eva with making our dress." Uma said.
Making dress was so not Kira's talent at all. She had to leave it for the two who knew how to make dresses.
"Would you be able to finish them before the ball?" Kira asked.
"Of course. I'm done cutting your dress." Eva replied putting a pin between her teeth to help her hold it.
"Mum's gone for the meeting right?" Kira asked Eva.
"Yes." She replied.
"I'm surprised you're this fast. I would still be on the first clothes by now." Uma said.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Eva smiled.
Kira sighed and walked out of the house. She walked down the beach and sat on the sand. She looked up at the sky and a sigh escaped her lips. She suddenly felt a presence behind her. She looked up and saw a lady with long brown hair standing there looking at her.
"So this is Kirana they've all been talking about." She said aloud and Kira stood up looking at her.
"Who are you?" Kira asked.
"Forgive my manners, I'm Melva. I'm Lord Ralph's wife and Melchoir's sister." Her lips curved up in a wicked smile.
"Melchoir's sister?" She asked.
"Yes and I'm here to tell you everything. Melchoir hasn't told you yet and I can't keep on waiting. He's a demise." Melva spilled and Kira frowned.
"And how should I believe anything you say?" She raised her brows bringing on her cold attitude.
"Oh, stop that attitude. You know a normal human can't do what a demise can do. And we both know you know about us demise. Why wait to marry him before him telling you? He doesn't live you truly, he is just acting like this because you're his weakness and he would die without you alive." She smiled and suddenly Melchoir appeared.
"Back off Melva." He snarled.
"Oh big brother." Melva said in a mocking tune.
"I said back off. I knew you came to the surface for a reason. I told you not to go near her." Melchoir growled.
"Oops my bad." She chuckled darkly before leaving.
"Kirana." He looked at her and she looked back at him.
"You're a demise. And what she said is it true m" She said.
"Yes I am a demise...I can... yes you are my weakness but...."
"It's okay I don't want to hear anything. I just want to be alone." She turned her back and sat on the sand.
She couldn't believe it. She was falling in love with a demise. He was a demise. She would never get married to the creature of the darkness and fire. He doesn't even love her. He is only doing this because she was his weakness.
She can never get married to someone who will love another person after her because he lives for over a thousand years.
"Kirana."
"Didn't I make myself clear? Go away." She half yelled.
Melchoir obeyed gently and disappeared.
"Ralph. Get Melva away from this place if you don't want me to hurt her for you." Melchoir barged into his room.
"It's okay. Melchoir." Ralph tried to calm him down but no he didn't.
Melchoir growled as he scattered everything in his room.
"Melva. If I ever see you I'll make sure I strangle you with my hands."
It's only been a day since they both started meeting and yet she spoiled everything.
"It's okay Melchoir." Achilles sighed. "She'll come back."
"Just leave me for now. I want to be alone." He mumbled walking to the garden.