Isabella was on the rooftop admiring nature when Jason walked in from behind
"I'm sorry for leaving you behind and thanks for cutting the conversation short with annex family" jason said and Isabella rolled her eyes
"its fine" she said and turned towards the railing
"did you kill her?" jason thought within himself and sighed "but then, annex died of cancer" he gave it another thought
"so you drove back home?" jason asked
"no, i took a cab" Isa replied
"hmm" jason hummed and didn't probed further.
It started snowing and Jason caught a drop on his palm
"you seem to like snow" Isabella said
"of course! don't everyone like it when it snows?" jason said
"well i prefer falling petals, the atmosphere is always soothing and calming when petal falls but its always cold when it snows, i don't like cold" Isa said
"your preference is surprisingly cool" jason remarked
"is it?" Isa said
"miss Ella, can i call you that instead? you know, Isabella is too long for me" jason said
"its fine, others call me Isa anyways" Isabella said
"then may i ask a question?" Jason asked
"sure, go ahead'' Isabella permitted
"Are you really a falling angel?" jason asked cautiously
"very surprising! you are the only one who still believes that" Isabella said
"oh, is it false?" jason asked
"well, i would've been very glad if i was a fallen angel, but I'm far from that" Isabella said
''but you don't look like a bad person to me, every time i look at you, it always seems like you are being forced to do what you can't do" Jason said
"You might be right, but just so you know, its a do or die affair, I'm left with no option here" Isabella said
"You still don't feel like talking about it?" jason asked and isabella turned towards him in a swift manner, their faces only few inches apart
"Mr jason, don't you know? a hunter does not tell his prey that he's going to hunt him down" Isabella said grimly
"But not all pretty deserves to be hunted down, hunters should spare the pitiful preys" jason said
"Right. but what can the hunter do when he's left with no option?" isabella asked and jason stared hardly at her instead of replying "sorry for the late condolence, may the soul of miss annex rest in perfect peace" Isabella said and without waiting for another minute, she lunged towards her room
on her way back, she met grandmother maxwell who goes with the name, coker Abigail at the hallway
"Greetings to you ma'am, you are grandma maxwell right?" Isabella asked politely
"yes, your highness" the old woman replied with a small bow and Isabella frowned
"How come you know I'm a princess? not everyone knows about my kingdom" Isabella said, looking at the woman suspiciously
"how can i not know you when I'm also from Li' Dynasty?" grandma maxwell said and Isabella's brows creased
"Did you escape from the kingdom?" Isa questioned
"I can't really say that, I'm also here on a mission" Grandma maxwell replied
"Does his majesty know about the mission of yours?" Isa asked and the old woman grinned
"I'm already dead to them" grandma maxwell replied
"oh, i see. what is your name woman?" Isabella asked
"coker Abigail, your highness" grandma maxwell replied
"No, I'm asking about your real name" Isabella said hoarsely "i need to know which clan you are from if you are really from Li' Dynasty" Isabel said
"let's leave that for another day, i have an urgent matter to take care of" mrs coker said "But I'd promise you one thing though, you would never regret knowing me because i am going to help you shed light to the dark intensions of Larson and ashes" the woman said and Isabella furrowed her brows
"what an insolence! how dare you!... who are you to call his majesty by his name?!" Isabella half yelled and mrs coker bowed in respect
"i apologize for my ruthlessness your highness, as you know, it is not safe to discuss things like this when others are at home, i just stopped by to check on you but it seems you are doing just fine, so i'd leave now" Mrs coker said and walked away briskly
"what, she came to check on me? just who is this strange woman" Isabella wondered aloud before finally retiring to her room
"Rush? what are you doing here?'' Isabella asked as she sighed him at the other end of the guestroom
"Why do you look so surprised? i rushed down here immediately i finished my shoot, we still have things to discuss" Rush said and jumped on the bed beside Isabella
"hmm, Rushian? the old woman who helped you get rid of the custom bracelet, do you by any chance remember what she looks like?" Isabella asked cautiously
"well, for some reasons....i can't recall what she really look like, why did you ask? did you perhaps....meet her too?" Rushian asked eagerly
"I'm not sure if she's the one but, that old woman from the maxwell family whom i told you about, she's from our kingdom" Isabella said
"what! is she a runaway?" rush asked
"it seems so, she refused to identify herself, she recognized me as the princess and also called his majesty by his name, i sensed a different energy from her this time, she's strangely strange, i think she has the ability to hide her energy" Isabella reasoned
"then we should find out more about her!" rush said
"yes, she said she would help to shed some light to the dark intentions of his majesty and ashes but i...."
"No Isa! she is the only one we can trust for now, its obvious we've been deceived by his majesty and ashes, there's no assurance that you would become human after becoming a murderer" rush said curtly
"But, we can't be so sure..."
"Isa, after my encounter with the old woman, i clearly heard my heart beat twice, i had to divert mother's attention away from it but i really heard my heart beat twice" Rush said and Isabella frowned
"impossible! that's so impossible!" Isabella said
"i know right, but the impossible are becoming possible, if the old woman you saw was also the one i met then we should trust her and go all the way, remember this life is all about taking risk and chances, beside this is a matter of life and death, we mighty be able to put an end to the yearly human slaughter in our family" rush explained solemnly
"you sound like its so easy, if your resolve is really right then father and ashes would do anything to stop us, do you really think we can fight against his majesty and ashes, even monsters and lucifer himself bows and cower before them" Isabella said
"let that time come first, only the weak find excuses not to fight against the strong" rush said and Isabella sighed "have you read the letter i gave you?" rush asked in addition
"No, what does it entail?" Isa asked
"it says his majesty wants you to complete the mission in a month time" rush said
"what...."
'knock! knock! knock!...' the door sounded and rush quickly made himself invisible
"Isa? I'm coming in...." the person at the door said slowly and aliya walked in
she looked around and frowned
"where is your guest? i clearly heard a male's voice..." aliya said and stared at Isabella suspiciously