Santino laughs, and it's chilling, his eyes have that hard glare that never wavers away.
“ I don't want to be the bad guy,” He says with a cold smile.
I never knew a smile could look that cold, no wonder he never really does it. His smile freaks me out much, such that I scramble off the floor and run into Maximo. I hug him tightly as I cry in his chest.
“ Please save me from him,” My cries fill up the kitchen.
The aura of these two is chilling.
I make the mistake of staring up at Maximo and the cold reptilian eyes glare at me, plunging my mind. I can feel my whole get cold despite the warm temperature in the kitchen.
I run out of that kitchen and find myself outside. For the first time, I am outside. I continue running forward, and the bracelet begins to get uncomfortable on my wrist. I ignore it and continue forward, I am past the point of being rational, the pain of the bracelet surely can't compare to the fear of being in the presence of these two monsters.
I am running like I am crazy. My mind is in flight mode, and It's telling me to get as far away from them as possible.
The woods are darker inside, which should be shocking because it's broad daylight. Ignore all the warning signs and continue to run.
My foot hits a shrub and I fall on the ground, scrapping my arm and knee in the dirt. I get up quickly and continue with my running. My breathing is rugged and with each step I take it's my lungs constrict harder. I am breathless, I have never been athletic in my life plus I have never run this fast before. I don't know where exactly I am headed, as I pass by different trees the forest gets darker, but I push ahead. My mind refuses to acknowledge the environment.
Something screeches above my head and that sends me into overdrive. I hear wings flap before another screech and I scream. My feet work harder and then like a miracle finally see light ahead.
I run forward, my mind telling me to run for that light. My legs keep pushing forward until I tumble on the ground after hitting a large root. I am rolling on the ground like a barrel on a steep plane. My body hits different trees and leaves stick to my face. I try to remove the leaves as I fall. The land here continues to slide downward and when I can't feel any land anymore I understand why.
I am flying through the air as I fall to my death. I close my eyes as my voice pierces through. Air enters my mouth, choking me up. I cough as I continue to fall, the fall is endless. I stick out my arms and try to fly like a bird, but the action doesn’t reduce the rate at which I am falling, if anything I fall faster.
Humans will never be birds after all.
Panic rises as I continue to fall, and the bottom looks like an endless black void. I don't know if I am falling into water or rocks. I can’t make out anything, the rest of the place looks just like that. If I wasn't falling, I would have gotten curious about a lot of things.
The fear of not knowing what I will crush into makes me cry out more.
I scream louder as it settles.
I can't die like this.
Another loud screech disturbances the silence of the day, and the next moment I am floating. I stare under me and all I can see is glass. This is unreal, panic rises more as I stare, eyes wide at the thing that has saved me. It roars and the world shudders. I cling to its iced scales and hold tightly. I am sure it will eat me up. Why do I have such bad luck?
It spreads its wings and corners, heading back to the estate.
“ No! Take me away! Don't bring me back here!” I scream as I hit its back, one of its scales pierce through my palm, and I hiss. I bring my palm close to my chest and the small action sends me flying off the back to the beast.
I scream louder, even if my vocals hurt.
I land in a large, strong set of arms. The scent alone tells me who the man who caught me is. I open my eyes slowly and meet the beastly eyes of Maximo.
He is beyond pissed.
The earth rumbles as the dragon finally lands. The grounds shake and Maximo doesn't. My eyes are wide, I beg him.
He drops to the ground and walks closer to the dragon. Right before my eyes, it shifts back into a human who I know so well.
Santino.
He stands stark naked, and the dirty-minded girl in me doesn't dare to look away. I stare him down without shame, my eyes growing even wider when I see the monster that lies between his legs. I have seen a fair share of d***s in my life, but nothing, and I mean nothing, is as big or as long as his. He is blessed in this area and right there, and then I make up my mind. I won't mess with any of the brother's cause if Maximo has a similar size and if he had f****d me in the kitchen… I would have been buried by now.
That size is the true definition of a ‘ d**k can kill you’. I don't want to die by of these men's d***s. My p***y, wait not even my p***y, that thing can't fit my mouth.
“ You can stop staring now, Samantha!” Maximo shouts before he smirks at me.
Santino however, marches forward, one foot in front of the other. I look around.
“ Don't even think about it or I will burn you alive!” Maximo yells.
Santino in all his naked glory makes it near me and I can't control my eyes. Near, it looks even more huge than it did where he was standing.
My jaw drops.
“ Try what you did again, and I will let you fall to your death,” He growls, his sapphire eyes chilling me down. His voice is sharper than any edge, and I can feel it cutting me down.
“ Just let me scotch her fingers off so she gets the memo,” Maximo suggests, and he appears by my side and grabs my fingers.
He has this tendency to move fast, one moment you are seeing him at a distance, and the next near you.
I scream at the heat that kisses my fingers, and I pull my hand away.
“ Let her be Max, if she tries anything stupid I won't save her. I am sure by now she knows she has no way of escaping, so if she tries that again we will find another way of negotiating with brother.”
He walks off, leaving me alone with Maximo.
He is right, I have no way of escape. If I try, I will fall into that endless void and I will die. The only reason they can come and leave this place is because of what they are,
Dragon.
“ You guys are freaking dragons!” I scream and my eyes roll at the back of my head.
When consciousness takes hold of me, I can feel arms around me carrying me, taking me to who knows where, probably my room. It's not like it can ever be out of this forsaken mansion.
It must be Maximo, he seems kinder than they said.
The scent of sandalwood tells me otherwise. I sigh and snuggle onto it, enjoying the gentle feeling it brings, my mind is floating and everything seems to be nice. Like I am living in Wonderland, heck no! That's not a great comparison, even Wonderland has monsters. My mind, however, has this protective mechanism that refuses to cooperate and agrees that terrible things can happen to me. It's good at making up sweet delusions, and right now it's telling me Santino is a nice, kind man.
I sigh once more before my body touches something fluffy.
When I wake up, it's dark in the room and the small clock reads 4:30 am. I sigh and sink back into bed. I had the most weird yet nice dream ever. That I was in Santino’s arms.
Wait why Santino?
He is an evil bastard that wouldn't dare to carry me the way that he did.
I groan when I try to sleep on my right side and my body hurts like crazy. My legs however feel numb, I have never run like that in my entire life.
I continue to lay in bed until I fall asleep once more. When I am awake, my mind recalls everything.
I laughed at April when she said the two men were dragons, but now I feel like a fool. I shouldn't have laughed at her. Knowing what they are makes me more scared. What I can't understand is why Santino’s scales appeared like glass. In the shimmer of the sun, he glowed.
This revelation makes me wonder why they need that stone if they are dragons. if I remember correctly, Santino called it a Dragon heart stone. What is that meant to mean?
What will happen to me if Ethan fails to track it?
I shouldn’t have taken the stone, I should have just stolen their diamonds and moved on with life. Or I should just have kept it as part of my souvenirs. That would have saved me all the trouble, but greed is a terrible thing, and because of the very greed I am tangled up with the wrong people.
Or should I say I am tangled up with dragons?
And for long will I keep pretending not to know about Ethan's business?
Maximo sure doesn't buy my act and men like him never give up.
The best question is how long until I crack under Maximo’s interrogation.