Twin Tormentors By RARE

Chapter 42

LEIGH-ARI

The merry times in Dubai eventually came to an end, and we all had to fly back home. After the incident at the masquerade party, the twins doubled my “security” and restricted my movements in all ways possible. I was against it at first, but I had to deal with it because they weren’t going to change their mind. They never did. They were hell-bent on protecting me and after a glance at what they actually did, I wasn’t going to ask questions. It wouldn’t do me any good.

And Laura, she flew back home. She had a life, and it sure as hell didn’t involve underground lords with guns and tattoos and mercenaries. Although it was hard to let her go, knowing that I was going to be alone again, I had to. I had to let her go.

And I missed her already, so much. She made living this life a hundred times better in all ways than one. But here I was, back in Dark Woods where it all started.

Behind the closed stone walls of Dark Woods castle, life was well boring. A lot of maids roaming around, the harem in the other wing, and nothing else. Just that. The twins were busy with whatever they were busy with, and all I did was to be a perfect housewife and stay a t home doing nothing.

It was late in the night when I left the tower lounge and padded bare-foot back to my room. There was a gazillion of cameras in the castle so I told my “maids” to rest when we were at home, a girl needed time to herself.

I arrived at my room and found it empty, like always. A sudden thought of getting a pet crossed my mind. Maybe it wouldn’t be this boring if I had a little furball keeping me on my toes. But that thought was well dismissed when a tattoed guy crossed my mind. He would probably roast it or deep fry it because I spent a lot of time with it. So to save a life of a poor animal, I was well off by myself.

I walked straight to the bed, plopped myself down, and looked up at the ceiling in the dark, unlit room. A shadow flickered at the terrace got my attention and I tore from the bed. It was s o swift that I nearly missed it, but I swear I saw something move. The twins weren’t around, so it sure wasn’t them. And my maids were all in their quarters. I wanted to dismiss the thought but something about the whole thing felt really unsettling. With that, I took silent steps towards the lace curtains, careful not to make any sound. I didn’t know what it was and I wasn’t going to anger it by making noise. Although I lived a sad life, I still wanted to see the sunrise and sunset, at least for the other 20 years.

The whir of the air outside added to the pent-up anticipation, I found my heart beating louder and harder than usual. I could even hear myself breathing. The more I got closer to the glass double doors, the more unsettled and unnerved I became.

wide as saucers and I knew if there was really something out here, I had to show it a thing or two. Because it would take a

somewhere on my headboard.

I pulled on my big

apart, to find…

Nothing!

on the terrace sitting there and breathing the chill air of the night. The blue light bulbs on the balcony railings were all lit, illuminating the night sky with their glorious blue hue. The loungers and cushion were all in place, everything was in place.

stormed

there, the more I got the sense of being watched. It was as

I made, every ticking second of the day but that has never unnerved me. This,

the thoughts, I pulled in the blankets and tugged myself

an umpteenth time, I got up and switched on the bedside lamps. A scream tore out of me when I spotted a

jacket, a pair of black jeans, and a black dress shirt that was buttoned all the way

panicked voice, slowly pulling myself into a sitting position and

hurts.” He tilted his head and watched at me intently. I studied him for a good minute, and then

and

and stalked towards the bed predatorily. I just sat there, frozen with all thoughts running up in m y mind. First of all, how did he make

pull up a

I was scared shitless.