Hidden Horns

Welcome to my World

A loud heavy thud of the door closes can be heard outside Chloe's room, which startled her from doing her make up. She lazily dragged her feet out of her comfortable position and heave up while making a hissing sound. Thinking her driver and bodyguards really forgot that they are in her house.

"I knows that they are living with me, but at least have a shame to their boss. They were late and now they are fighting? Come on!" Chloe groaned as she made her way down.

She's still in the middle of the stairs but she already could hear Yohan's angry voice even if it's not that loud, she seems upset, which is rare to encounter whenever she's with her friends.

"Are they really fighting?" Chloe asked herself.

That thought made her a bit concern so she almost run her way to the kitchen where she can hear their voices, but when she was about to reach the door, she heard Yohan more clearly.

"Then who the f**k did that?" Yohan asked as she let go Jess, who cough violently while catching her own breath and Agma rubbing her back.

"What do you mean?" Agma asked.

Chloe immediately retreated back upon seeing how mad Yohan, thinking that she shouldn't meddle to their argument since it's not her business at all. She tried to hide but she didn't notice the table and a vase sitting on top of it. She accidentally bumped onto it and if fell on the ground, which caused Yohan and the two other girls to look behind after she said the words that wasn't meant for Chloe to hear.

"There's someone stopped me from killing—." Yohan froze as her words stopped abruptly. "What the.."

"I'm s-sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I accidentally bumped into the table and.. and.." Chloe stammered as she's still trembling upon hearing Yohan, but the latter ignores her as her eyes went down to the floor, she noticed the red taints on it, when she looked at Chloe's leg, her angry eyes softened and she began to feel worried at the woman.

"Jes, get the first aid kit." Yohan said as she approached the scared woman. "You got cut on your leg." She said and grab Chloe's hand and tugged her with her to the sofa. She pushed Chloe down to sit and she sat next to cat-like eyed woman, taking her leg and put it on top of her lap. "What the f**k are you doing?" Yohan hissed, examining the deep cut and the A piece of the broken vase was still stuck in its leg.

Chloe felt a little shy and tried to take back her leg but Yohan prevent her from doing so by holding it tightly, she looked at the woman with her dead eyes, that's enough to make Chloe didn't move again and let her driver treat her wound when Jess brought the box of the first aid kit.

"Hold her." Yohan ordered and her two subordinates quickly obliged, they hold down Chloe as Yohan started to pull out the piece of vase.

"Ouch!" Chloe grunts in pain but felt a relief at the same time.

"You should be more careful next time." Yohan said nonchalantly as she wipe the blood using a cotton, then put an ointment to the edge of the cut. She wanted to use her power to heal the woman but she couldn't do it while Chloe is watching her intently.

"Are you guys fighting?" Chloe asked out of a sudden, which made Jess and Yohan to froze for a bit.

"No." They both answered simultaneously.

"They are." Agma said, earning a deadly glare from the two but she chose to ignore it as she smirked devilishly. "It's normal for us to fight since we sometimes have misunderstanding." She continued.

"Is it really that serious that Yohan had to mention about killing someone?" Chloe asked ridiculously.

"Your cousin f****d my friend." Yohan said through her gritted teeth but she's still focus at what she was doing.

"What?" Jess and Chloe asked in unison, both surprised.

"She led on Jess and we found out she's already engaged to others." Yohan said, which made Chloe more beyond surprised.

"Charlene? Is engaged?" She asked, totally confused and shocked.

"Yeah, with Joy."

"Joy? You mean Joy Acker? As in Ivy Acker's cousin?"

"Yeah, you know her? Do you happen to know where she lives?" Yohan asked without looking at Chloe.

"Of course I know, but I didn't know they were engaged! Oh gosh, what I have missed?!" Chloe slap Yohan's hand to let her leg's go so she could go back to her room to get her phone. She didn't mind the pain in her wound as she was excitedly run upstairs, leaving the three woman in the living room. Yohan's face is now calm and she's smiling devilishly, knowing that she would know Joy's address by naive Chloe.

They wait for the brunette to go down, different thoughts running on their mind. Jess is damn worried that Yohan might kill and take another innocent soul, Agma just wanted to go to pick up Molly and doesn't want to meddle at their fight or what's about to happen, while Yohan, still worried about the cut on Chloe's leg and at the same time, anticipated to eat another soul.

Chloe gave up as the Blonde still not answering her phone for the third time she called. She pouts and slumped down her shoulder, she's thinking to call Ivy or Joy but decided to do it later when she noticed the time. She still have a photoshoot for today and she's going to be late. She grabbed her things and went out of her room.

As she reached the living room, the three woman looked at her, all are waiting for any news. "She's not answering my call, I'll just drop by later." Chloe said.

"Why don't we go now?" Yohan asked.

"Nah, I still have schedule for today, maybe later." Chloe shrugged her shoulders, totally not noticing on how Yohan seems so curious about Joy's address.

"Right, let's go. You're going to be late." Yohan said and looked at Jess and Agma. "I'll take care of her, pick up Molly and.." She paused as she shifted her gaze to Jess. "—have a rest." She said, looking away immediately and turn her heels.

Chloe looked at the three confusedly but didn't try to say anything, she followed Yohan outside and get in the backseat of the car as Yohan opened the door for her.

"Thank you." Chloe said sincerely.

"Won't you get any problem with your wound?" Yohan asked, she's still worried but she doesn't want the girl to see it on her face as she remain passive.

"I'll just cover it with make up." Chloe replied. Yohan nod her head and shut the door before she ran quickly to the driver's side.

Yohan releases several deep sighs after she got inside the car, still not turning on the engine. Chloe noticed it and she knew that she needed to say something or else it'll be awkward for her to ask Yohan about the news of engagement between Charlene and Joy and what's between Jess and Charlene.

"That's quite deep." Chloe asked while looking at Yohan through the rearview mirror.

"Just like the cut on your leg."

"Funny. Now tell me, what's going on between Jess and my cousin?"

"Aren't you quite nosy?" Yohan scoffed, looking back at the brunette through the mirror.

"You already told me earlier that my cousin f****d your friend, and that's not being nosy, it's my cousin." Chloe defends herself.

Yohan chuckled, she was just teasing he brunette and she knew she succeeded. She turned on the engine and shifts the gear, maneuver the car out of the garage and sped away.

"I don't know what's with the two, but I'm pretty sure, Jess like Charlene and vice versa." Yohan said after a couple of minutes after they left Chloe's house.

"How can you say that they like each other?"

"Well no s**t, I saw them eye f*****g each other when I got home last time and you were wasted."

"Is that your basis so you can say they like each other?" Chloe asked ludicrously.

"What else proof do I need to assume that? They almost kiss—."

"They f*****g what?!" Chloe exclaimed, almost yelling.

"You deaf?" Yohan asked mockingly but Chloe ignores the sarcastic remark. She fishes out her phone and tried dialing Charlene's number for the upteenth time but still no response from the Blonde, so she decided to call Ivy's number.

"Hey where are you?" Chloe asked as soon as Ivy answered the call. Yohan took a glance at the back quickly before diverting her eyes back on the road but ears are on Chloe. "Is it true?"

"What?" Ivy asked.

"That Joy and Charlene are engaged?!"

"No! I mean, yes, oh gosh, how can I explain this? Where are you?"

"I'm on my way to my pictorial, I'll drop by later and you have to tell me everything! Understand?" Chloe demands firmly.

"Great, I have something to tell you too, so you better bring your ass here as soon as you're done!"

"Fine and check Charlene for me, she hasn't been answering my calls." Chloe said before she ends the call. "Are not there yet?"

"We're in a wheels, traffic exist for a reason." Yohan said.

"Well, you're driving unusually slow today, are you really that bothered about what happen between Jess and Charlene?"

"Jess is my friend since I'm what? Toddler? And yet this is the first time she fell in.." Yohan paused abruptly, as if whatever she was about to say feels a poison in her throat. "...she like someone and got hurt quickly, so to answer your question, yes. I am too bothered."

"So are you really going to kill Joy?"

"Were you gonna report me to the police if I do that?"

"You killed Lev, what makes you think that killing Joy makes it different? Laws are stupid, they couldn't even tell me the main reason why Lev got into a sudden accident." Chloe sneered but Yohan just chuckled.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I didn't kill your friend? He got into an accident and he died at that instant, what's not clicking?"

"You can't tell me otherwise. I still believe that you and your friends are the murderers."

"Whatever makes you sleep at night." Yohan said dismissively before she pulled the hand break when they stopped at the parking lot of the place where Chloe's pictorial will be held.

Everything is already prepared, from the backgrounds, the cameras, the tents for all the models, the make up artists, the other models and the only person they needed, just got arrived, with a cut on her leg and a frown.

"You're late." The photographer said when he saw Chloe, guided by the make up artists towards the tent exclusive for her.

"Just got a problem on our way." Chloe said and she pointed her leg, blood started to drip from it, earning a gasp from the staffs.

"What the hell happened to you?!" The photographer exclaimed, darting a dagger look at Yohan. "What happened to her? Aren't you supposed to protect her?!"

"Not unless she fought with the poor vase." Yohan remarks and turned her heels to go back to the car, leaving all the laughing staffs with giggling Chloe and dumbfounded photographer.

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"Ok good, let's wrap up!" The photographer yelled as everyone clapped their hands. "Good thing we have good make up artist. Next time be careful." He said when he approached Chloe.

"I will, the vase didn't back down that's why I got this cut." Chloe joked, making everyone laugh at her humour. The staffs guide her back to the tent after they wrapped her with a towel. She changed back to her clothes and thanked everyone before she excuse herself to find her driver.

When she got in the parking lot, she immediately saw Yohan, talking with a teenager. The girl was smiling all eared and it ticks her off, she frowned and strut her way to reach Yohan's spot. She cleared her throat to get their attention, Yohan looked over her shoulder and saw Chloe, who raised her left eyebrow questioningly.

"Done?" Yohan asked, ignoring the questionable expression of Chloe.

"Yeah, let's go." Chloe said monotonically, giving the teenager with deathly glares.

"Where to?" Yohan asked as she opens the door at the backseat but Chloe open the door at the shotgun seat. Yohan furrowed her brows but didn't say anything, she looked back at the kid and smiled widely with a half waved of her hand before she gets inside the car, which annoyed Chloe furthermore.

"Didn't know that you're into younger girls." Chloe said, annoyed.

"Young kids mostly have pure soul." Yohan said meaningfully but Chloe took it wrongly. She gasped and looked at her driver with disgusted eyes.

"You maniac! How could you say that?!"

"What? Isn't it true? The more they're young, the more their souls are pure."

"I'm so disgusted and disappointed at you, Yohan!" Chloe exhales sharply, scooting back away from the woman in the driver's seat.

"Whatever, just tell me where are we going." Yohan dismissed as she started to drive.

"Is this the first time you have to work for someone? I mean, even though my dad requested you to be my formal bodyguard and driver, you should still know how to respect your employer."

"Oh okay, so where are we going.. ma'am Chloe." Yohan said sarcastically, smiling at Chloe sardonically.

"Much better." Chloe retorts, rolling her eyes and crossed her arms. "I have to see my cousin to confirm about her relationship with Joy." She added.

"Your wish is my command, Your Highness." Yohan said playfully with slight bow of her head, Chloe finds it cute but she huffed a sharp breath to cover her giggles.

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When they arrived at Charlene's house, Yohan's face darkened, the anger started to build inside her, wanting to kill Charlene for hurting Jess, but she knows that she cannot do that with Chloe on her side. So she decided to behave and stayed on Chloe's heels when they stood in front of Charlene's main door.

Chloe banged the door loudly, they could hear running footsteps approaching the door, then it swung open abruptly.

"Chloe!" Ivy exclaimed and was about to grab the brunette, but she froze upon seeing Yohan behind. "Why is she here?" She asked.

"Uh.." Chloe looked over her shoulder to see Yohan and shrugged her shoulders. "She's my driver, remember?"

"I know, but can't she wait for you in the car?"

"I could do that." Yohan said and was about to turn around but Chloe stopped her from doing so by grabbing her hand.

"Why are you suddenly become rude to her? She's my driver/bodyguard, so she needs to be with me wherever I go." Chloe scowled at her friend.

"You're literally inside your cousin's house, you don't need a bodyguard!"

"Yes I do, I always need her." Chloe said and the three women fell in awkward silent after they realized what she had said, Chloe had to clear her throat to cover her embarrassment. "I mean, who knows, right? There might be a crazy guy breaks in, so I need her inside as well."

"But—." Ivy's word were cut off when Chloe started running inside the house, leaving Ivy alone with the Devil.

"You really hate me that much, huh?"

"I'd rather be with wild tiger than talking with the Devil." Ivy said and walked away as fast as she can. She knows that she just revealed that she has any idea about Yohan's Identity, and it might put her life in danger, but it's better that way, so Yohan will have a second thought of doing something undesirable at her.

Or so she thought.

Because the moment she left Yohan, she didn't saw how the Devil's face began to show her true colours, her dark eyes, her demonic face and the way how her horns came out pointedly on top of her, even her skin became dark tan, a true colour of Devil who crawled out from the hell.

Yohan smiled wickedly, looking at Ivy's back, she lifted her arm and Ivy suddenly stopped from walking, her body seems has its own mind and she turned around to face Yohan. Ivy wanted to scream upon seeing the horrifying look of the Devil, standing at the door, smiling at her devilishly, but she couldn't find her voice, she's too scared to utter any word.

Yohan motioned her hand in the air and Ivy's body flew towards her, then Yohan suddenly holding her neck, she lifted Ivy from the floor while glowering at the woman, who's on the verge of crying.

"Listen to me, woman." Yohan said, her voice are deep and demonic, as if it's coming from the deep within of the ground. "From now on, I am owning your soul." She said as she open her mouth and there's a black smoke came out from it, it danced in the air while Ivy's orbs following its movement, then Yohan forcefully opened Ivy's mouth and the smoke finally found her way inside Ivy's mouth.

Ivy writhed against Yohan's hand, her eyes rolled and her face began to pale, as is she runs out of blood. Yohan slowly put Ivy down on the floor when the latter stopped from writhing.

"Who am I?" Yohan asked.

"Master." Ivy said with deep voice, making Yohan smiled wickedly. Then she snapped her fingers in the air, Ivy gasped and sucked for a much needed air, filling her empty lungs with oxygen. "What the f**k did just happen?!"

"Nothing, I just made your soul dark." Yohan said and she patted Ivy's head. "Welcome to my world, Ivy." She added before leaving the girl, who's eyes were wide open horrifically while looking at Yohan's tail and horns.

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