It was lunch time when they arrived at the mansion and they headed to the dining where they met both Dorin and Mrs Decron eating already. Xavier took his seat at the head of the table while Hazel sat besides him. Collins then signalled the maids to serve their food. Ever since Xavier officially announced Hazel as his woman, the maids dared not bully her again fearing that they might not just be beheaded rather skinned alive
"How many days are you staying" Xavier said breaking the silence, he was obviously talking to Dorin "as you said, we can't keep harbouring visitors" he finished
"…" Dorin
"…"Mrs Decron
"…"Hazel
Xavier just raised his brow waiting for an answer. Mrs Decron was actually the one who mentioned about not harbouring visitors the last time they ate breakfast, she never knew Xavier would use it against Dorin
"Are you saying I'm a visitor?" Dorin blurted out
"Am I?" He asked in a nonchalant way with his head tilted slightly
"Seriously!!" Dorin shouted as she was deeply annoyed by him
"I am barely trying to keep up with what" he then pointed at Mrs Decron with his head " she said earlier"
"I really hate that you are my step-br…" she held her lips as she realised what she was going to say. Mrs Decron froze also hoping that Xavier didn't hear that but unfortunately he did
"Stepbrother? Is that what you wanted to say?"
"No …" Mrs Decron tried to cover "she meant distant…"
"You're my stepsister" he asked coldly interrupting and ignoring what Mrs Decron was trying to say " her daughter?"
Dorin could not speak at that moment
"She's not my daughter, I never had a child with your dad, remember?"
Hazel who had no clue about their complicated family remained silent and just watched what was happening
"Are you her daughter" Xavier asked again staring at Dorin intensely "answer me!!"
"She's not your sister" Mrs Decron butted in again
"Of course she's not my sister, she's the stepsister, right?" He turned to Dorin again
"I-I-I'm n-not…"
"Oh please shut up and say the truth" he shouted as his patience was running out
"I'm not your stepsister" Dorin said slowly
"Oh, then what brought about 'stepbrother' in your sentence"
"It was a slip of tongue"
"You can't lie, you and your mum. Anyways I already knew about this a long time ago"
"What are you trying to say" Dorin asked
"I did some investigation on your so called family 'Caramel' and no such family exist or has ever existed, I found out years ago but decided to play along with your little game" he said mockingly " so actually you're not my stepsister, we don't share anything in common with parents, you're just a child from wedlock, who knows and your mum over here is trying yo fix you up somewhere, it won't be rude to call you a bastard right?"
PAAH!!!
That was the next sound heard in the dining room
"SHUT UP" Dorin said as she slapped Xavier, she was tearing up and also angry with the fact that he called her as bastard "how dare you call me a bastard"
"…" maids
"…" Hazel
"…" Mrs Decron
Xavier just stared at her for a minute, took a napkin which he used to clean his mouth and left the dining. It was after he left that the consequences of what she did reflected on Dorin. No one dared talk rude to the Lord, talk more of slapping him.
"What did you do?" Mrs Decron shouted "do you know the consequences of what you've done?"
"I was angry, he called me a bastard"
"And so what, you've ruined everything!!"
Hazel left them to their argument and headed to the room which when she entered was calm, too calm if she were to say. Xavier stood by the window but one could feel the tense and cold atmosphere in the room.
Hazel slowly walked up to where he was, she stood at his back not knowing what to do. She clearly didn't understand what was going on as he had never told her fully about his family, all she knew was that he was angry cause of the slap. After standing for some minutes without him noticing her,
'Seems like he's really angry to not notice her presence' she thought
She decided to hug him, so she leaned closer and wrapped her arms around his waist, her head was leaning on his back.
Xavier on the other hand was startled, he was so angry that he didn't notice that someone was in the room with him but he knew it was Hazel cause she was the only person who would dare hug him in this state. He didn't turn immediately but just remained still to enjoy the comforting silence.
Hazel felt like the hug wasn't working after some time since he didn't move, so she tightened her hold on him, surely this made Xavier turn to face her, but her head was faced down. He slowly raised her chin up to meet his gaze
"Are you still angry?" She asked innocently
"No, since you hugged me"
"Hmmn" she smiled
"You're smiling" he noted
"I'm happy, you're no longer angry, I thought I would be the one to be slapped next" she tried to joke
"I would never do that" he said seriously
"Even in your demon form?"
"Even if I'm a deranged vampire" and he pulled her into a hug again, Hazel felt he was trying to ease up the remaining anger in him. After some time, he withdrew after placing a kiss on her hair, Hazel was a head shorter,so he could comfortably place his jaw on her head
"What will you do now?" She asked
"She would be punished, that's for sure"
"What punishment will it be"
"Stripped off her 'Lady' status"
"Oh"
"And she would never appear here again, if her mum wants to see her, then she would have to go back to where she stays"
"—"
"Can I get a kiss to ease my temper" he asked bluntly and Hazel gave it a thought before answering
"Well, you could but only on one condition"
"Which is …?"
"I've told you virtually everything about me but I don't know about you, you promised to tell me about your family later, I think its time"
"…"
"You can't go back on your words"
"I never said I was"
"So…?" She said as she sat on the bed guiding him to sit by her side
"He took a deep breath " I don't know where to start from"
"From your childhood"
"Okay. My dad was a vampire and my mum was as fallen demon, my dad met my mum at the middle town in Borreve, he met her as a prostitute and spent the night with her, according to him, he fell in love with her and decided to marry her. My mum never told him, she was a fallen demon up until I was born and I was around nine, that was when he found out. After that, I was treated with so much hate by my dad as I was partly a demon also, although he didn't reveal it to anybody, my mum was sent out and he married another"
"Mrs Decron"
"Obviously, and my mum was never seen again. I guess she went back to where she came from. Mrs Decron treated me with hatred also, she did everything to make me look even worse than how my dad already saw me. I never felt love or care since then" he said with his eyes filled with anger and strong emotions "my dad never thought about me and just focused his attention on his wife, she never had a child for my dad but I guess she had one outside which is Dorin. They lived their lives without me in it and I vowed that when I become the Lord, I'll show no care or emotions" he paused for sometime before he said "I killed my dad" he said in an extremely cold voice as if he was reminiscing it all over "I did it so I could take over Borreve fast as I couldn't wait any longer" Hazel's eyes were wide open, she trier to out in his last words
"Y-you ki-lled your dad?"
"Yes"
"Why?"
"As I said, I wanted to become the Lord as fast as I could, I was tired of being a slave boy in the mansion" Hazel just blinked thrice at his answer "I've told you Hazel, I've done so many bad things, I'm not as good as you say, I'm a demon, its what we do"
"I never said anything"
"I know, but you would soon say"
"Say what"
"That you hate me again"
"Is that all about you? Is there more?"
"You want to know more, aren't you angry with what I just said"
"I'm not angry, let's just say your dad was extremely mean to you but that doesn't mean you should kill him"
"You're sure you won't leave me cause I'm bad"
"You've been bad before I met you, leaving you now won't change anything"
"Anything else?" She asked and he stood "why are you standing?"
"I want to show you my demon form"
"Oh"
He shifted back a little bit more and strayed changing. He changed into a beast, a huge one with fangs now larger and thicker, there were no horns on his head but his hair looked so messy now. What caught her attention was his wings, they were black and big such that he could wrap his big form in it and it was covered with thick feathers
"Wow, y-you got wings"
"Obviously" he said, his vice even more hoarse in this form. After some seconds, he noticed that she was a bit scared so he turned back to his human form leaving just his wings
"Your wings are still there" Hazel exclaimed
"I figured out you like it"
"Your wings can be seen in your human form?"
"Yes"
"And you never showed me"
"I thought you'll be scared"
"Oh… so does anyone know about this" she asked
"Let's keep it a secret"
"Hmmn... anyways where Elliot, I didn't see him at the dining and I haven't seen him since yester-night"