My Lonely Duke

My Scary Landlady

Xander POV

As soon as we reach the Palace, I untie my seat belt and nearly jump off the moving car. My Landlady gives me a dirty look with the action of I am keeping an eye on you. The doors of the palace open and I am immediately behind the large dining table. I know this is not going to go good now. 

She is slowly moving towards me like a cougar moves towards its prey with calculated moves before pouncing. Her eyes haven’t left mine and I am surprised but how much strength she has even at this age. 

“If you would be at my place, I would have already boiled you and served you with salt on top” “My employees would have devoured the meals with their bellies full” completing the sentence by licking her lips. 

I have gotten pretty crazy threats with what I do, but the threats she gives seems so real and graphical that I might pee in my pants just by one of them. This tiny woman is so scary that I prefer to hang out rather than stay in the house even when I pay the complete rent. 

She might have given me nightmares many times. I have been woken up in the middle of night to her just standing by the side of my bed looking at me. Sometimes I feel like if I wouldn’t have woken up what would have happened to me. I don’t dare to even think about it. 

I was lost in my thoughts when I get a hit by a stick. It’s tiny but it’s strong. I will have a scar because of it. I rush to the other side and with few jumps she is behind me again, stick in her hand chasing me like a crazy lady. She should be called the crazy lady. 

She is not stopping in her paths and has succeeded in hitting me couple of times.

“How many times, I have to come to get you out, I am even not your relative. I don’t know what I was thinking when I let you in” She is yelling now

“I could say the same” Ah I can’t keep my mouth shut can I ?  

“ I don’t mean that” I am out of breath now and yet she seems up and running effortlessly. Hoping if I may add

“What’s going one? Why the hell there is so much noise here? “ Oh Damm, Not a great night Xander 

Troy is coming back home now, in his signature trench coat and hat. I have gotten used to it. The mysterious get up he has. 

I have always seen him going out in dark when it is raining heavily dressed up like this. He stays in his room most of the time, doing God knows what. 

Even being a Duke, he doesn’t entertain any royal gathering, neither go out to attend one since I have noticed. And for all I know he doesn’t talk to anyone from the town and has no friends. 

From what all I know from my landlady, he owns this house and she is here since she was the original owner until one day, she lost the house. Troy keeps her in this house since she doesn’t have anywhere to go. Most of the tasks of being the Owner has been given to her, with getting tenants to servants and caretakers 

She is only nice to him as far as I know. 

“Xander is troubling me again” her voice has completely changed now from cunning to innocent. 

Damm Woman, I think to myself. He has no idea the woman is crazy behind his back.

“Grand Ma, I have told you thousands of time to not get involved with the tenants and get yourself a care taker” “ you are so fragile now.” He says softly. 

“I will soon, I have even let out an ad” she is still calm 

And that’s my cue, I quickly sneak but not before her giving me a death glare to say that this is not over.