Hidden Horns

Do you wanna know a secret?

"Why did you kill him?!" Agma shouted as she turns to Yohan abruptly after she made sure that Chloe went inside their house.

"I had no choice." Yohan said while staring at her hand, it was those rare unreadable stares that you will see in Yohan's eyes. As a devil, she don't feel remorse, empathy or anything that shows how vulnerable those human are.

But not today, not after killing one of her trusted men, not the one who took them inside his house when they are nowhere to go, not the human who accept them even if he knows that they are not ordinary women.

"No choice? Why? Because you're afraid that he might speak?!" Agma shouted again. She's on the verge of punching Yohan's face.

"Yes." Yohan said as she tear her gaze away from her hand and look at the main door to see if someone is listening to them. "I'm just being cautious." She added.

"You are not being cautious, you are being coward." Agma sneered at her.

"It was the right decision, he's dying anyway, what if Chloe uses his condition to let him speak? You're not there when Justin begs me to help him."

"Bullshit! You know him better than I do, and he knows you! You think he's going to surrender everything he knows while you are there?"

"Agma.. tone it down, they might hear you." Jess chimes in, holding Agma's shoulder to calm down the narrowed eye woman.

"Jess will do the same if ever." Yohan shrugs her shoulder, looking at Jess. "Right?"

The small woman with heart shaped lips lower her head, couldn't find the courage to agreed with Yohan but with her silence, it's enough for Agma to guess what is Jess answer.

"I can't believe the two of you." Agma chuckle dryly with a certain of bitterness and she shrug off Jess's hand from her shoulder before hopping inside the car and she drove away.

"Do you want me to follow her?" Jess asked.

"No, we already know where she's heading." Yohan replied and she turn her heels, but before she take step, she speak again, hiding her emotion from Jess. "But make sure that Justin's daughter is safe."

"I don't know how will she handle the news." Jess's said with a certain sadness in her voice.

"Just stay with her, I'll call you later." Yohan said before she walk away and she didn't let Jess to say something regarding to her order. The small woman shook her head before she board into Yohan's car and drove away.

When she arrived at the school, Jess parked the car in front of the gate and unlocked the door in the backseat as soon as she saw Molly. A 12 years old girl with bubbly personality just like her father.

"Aunt Jess!" Molly shouted giddily upon seeing her, while she's waving her hands in the air.

"Get in, buddy." Jess said, forcing her smile.

"Where's Daddy? Why did you pick me up instead of my dad?" Molly asked as soon as she climbed inside and she leaned forward to peck Jess's cheek before backing up.

"Molly.."

"Look aunt Jess, I drew this and I got praised by my teacher!" The kid excitedly showed the paper that she's been holding as she hopped inside the car. There were four adults and one child had drawn on it.

Jess's eyes softened while staring at the kid through the rearview mirror. Her tears eventually formed on the corner of her eyes. Molly's hands slowly falling down on her lap while looking back to Jess.

The witch immediately wipe her tears just before they escape and she smiled through the pain she's feeling for the kid.

"Molly, are you hungry? Do you want to eat your favourite food?" Jess asked to break the silence between them, and trying to sway the kid's attention for whatever she's thinking.

"I want to see him." Molly said instead, staring at the paper in her hands.

"Molly."

"Please, even for the last time. I want to see his face so I can bring his memories even if he's already gone." The kid begs, when she look up to meet Jess's eyes, she smiled painfully which cause Jess to let her tears to fall down and she cried, she shuffled to pull the kid from the back and engulfed her.

"I'm s-sorry, Molly. I'm r-really sorry."

"It's ok aunt Jess, he already told me that this kind of incident will happen one day and though it pains me, I still understand."

It's really unbelievable that Molly, a twelve -year -old child is prepared for what might happen to the only person with whom she lives all her life, after her mom died in a car accident on their way to the hospital to give birth to her. But unfortunately, they didn't made it and Yohan, along with Agma and Jess, are the ones who helped them. And Molly luckily survived but not her mom.

After their cries subsided, Jess decided to take Molly to where is Justin body, with Agma in his side who's crying non-stop for their loss.

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"I heard the news." Collin said as he stood next to Yohan in his office's balcony, holding two glass of wine and give one to Yohan.

"It's on Television, of course." Yohan replied while staring at the glass of wine in her hand. "I came here because I have a favour to ask."

Collin paused from sipping in his glass but continue anyway, waiting for Yohan to proceed.

"Let Chloe to live on her own." Yohan continued.

"Does she have plan to leave her parents?" Collin asked.

"Yes. It was Chloe's plan even before Lev died." Yohan said, earning a chuckle from Collin.

"How can I make sure that you are not going to take her while she's away from me?" Collin asked challengingly, but Yohan just huffed an annoying breath, she knows that Collin knows everything about her, because why not? He sold his daughter's soul to her for wealth and power.

"If I had a plan to take her from you, I would have done it a long time ago when she was in New Zealand." Yohan said, stating a fact.

She was with Chloe inside those 8 years, not literally on her side, but she's watching her, guiding her, saving her without a trace that she's the one who's doing it. She's always hiding in Chloe's shadow, and if Yohan was planning to get her, she would've done it 8 years ago.

"Oh well, when will she move?" Collin asked, because he knew to himself that Yohan is right, no doubt.

"Why are you asking me? I'm not the one who's going to move." Yohan scoffed.

"But you're the one who's going to look for her new house." Yohan's left brow automatically raised and she open her mouth, ready to protest, but Collin beaten her to it. "You asked me before to get the permission to fully control her, right?"

Yohan's mouth shut off and the corner of her lips formed a smirk, then she shook her head before drinking her wine in one gulp and she give back the wine glass to Collin.

"Tomorrow." Yohan said before she left the old guy in the balcony of his office.

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After taking a bath and changed her clothes into most comfy one. Chloe sat comfortably in the middle of her bed with her laptop. She booted it on and starts searching for this particular guy in a site that Nathalie gave to her. It was a site that has an access in FBI.

Justin Siege.

The guy was a former agent of the company where she signed the contract with. That's the explanation why he has the card of their company and pretend that he's still working there. He has no any record, he's a widow, his wife died in a car accident and he has one kid.

That's all, she didn't got any information that she could use to prove that one of her three bodyguards killed Lev.

"Useless." She mumbled as she closed the lid of her laptop and she let her body to fall behind. "If he is that clean, then what was the reason why he pretend to be a driver that day?"

"Maybe because—." Chloe sat up abruptly while clutching her chest after she heard someone spoke inside her room, clutching her chest, she reached for the pillow behind her and throw it to Yohan who easily catches it and continue her steps inside. ".. he has another reason." She finishes.

"How did you get here?! And why are you here?!" Chloe shouted, ignoring what Yohan said.

"I need to talk to you." Yohan said calmly as she put down the pillow.

"I don't want to talk to you! Get the hell out of my room!"

"You're going to move by tomorrow, I will ask Agma and Jess to get your stuff and—." Yohan got interrupted when Chloe held out her hand in the air to stop her from speaking and she rolled out of the other side of the bed, her hands in her waist when she stood up.

"What are you talking about?" Chloe asked confusedly.

"I already found a new house for you and I already bought it, it's not really that big compared to this mansion but it is enough to keep five people, it has five bedroom, library, and a pool."

"Five people?" Chloe asked again, she's getting more confused. "And why did you bought a house? Who ask you to do that?"

"Your Dad, and yes, five people, you, me, Agma and Jess are going to live in one house so we could definitely protect you."

"Do you hear yourself? You want me to live with the person I've been accusing who killed my friend?" Chloe asked sarcastically.

To think that Yohan bought a house for her and she's going to live with them under one roof, makes Chloe laugh mockingly. And one more thing, Yohan said five people, so there's another person with them other than her bodyguards.

"I have the permission to decide what's good for you and that's all for your protection."

"I don't need your protection for f**k sake! I don't even need you as my driver, what more living in a house with you and with your disgusting friends!" Chloe yell in rage.

"That's already decided, wether you like it or not. I'm not even asking for your opinion, I just came here to tell you." Yohan said as she turned her back against Chloe. She's about to reach for the doorknob but she felt the brunette moves behind her to take something on her side and throw it immediately to Yohan, but the latter catch it easily without even looking.

"I'm not going to move with you!" Chloe shouted angrily, she pad explosively towards the door and she pushes Yohan on the side and she exited her own room.

"See you tomorrow." Yohan said as she makes her way downstairs, meanwhile Chloe head straight to her Dad's office to confront him.

Yohan didn't notice the lady at the root of the stairs, looking at her and waiting until she got off of the stairs.

"Who are you?" Mrs. Smith asked.

"Good evening Mrs. Smith." Yohan greets with slight bow of her head. "I'm Yohan Ceyx, your daughter's driver."

"Chloe's driver?"

"Yes Mrs. Smith." Yohan replied.

"Since when?" Carla asked, confused as to why she only found out that Chloe has a female driver.

"After Lev died."

"Lev is dead? Since when?!" Carla asked in shocked, her eyes were widely open from the news.

"Carla." A deep voice of a man called Mrs Smith's name upstairs. Colling looking down at his wife while Chloe standing next to her with her arms crossed against her chest and her face in scowl while shooting deathly glares at Yohan.

"How come I didn't know that Lev was already dead?!" Chloe's mom asked as she walked upstairs.

"He was killed by— wait, how come you didn't know that he's dead? It's all over the news!" Chloe asked with a bit of suspicion in her voice.

"I was out of the country, doing business." Carla scoffed and roll her eyes. She looked down at Yohan who's walking out of the door and ready to leave.

"It's on international news, I doubt that you didn't know it, he's my manager and I'm in news." Chloe insisted.

"Well, I don't read news." Carla dismissed and she leaned to give his husband a quick peck in his lips before facing her daughter. "Well since you don't have any manager at all, you're going to handle the company."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Chloe asked ludicrously, releasing a dry laugh.

"Chloe, the company needs you."

"You know what? I'm moving out and stop bothering me with the same bullshit over and over again." Chloe snapped out and she turns her back against her mom to walk back in her room, slamming the door too hard that sends vibrations althroughout the mansion.

"Chloe!" Carla called but her daughter, but it was too late and Collin had to stop her wife.

Yohan, who's hiding at the porch and leaning her back on the side of the wall, heard everything and she smirk at that. She didn’t think that Chloe’s decision to move would be that quick with the help of her own mother's persistency.

She fishes out her phone and dialed Jess's number. After three rings, the witch on the other line answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Have you already prepared everything?"

"Yeah, but can I ask you what's with the sudden moving into a new house?"

"I'll answer that tomorrow, bring Molly with you, I want to see her and meet me at the address that I will send you. We're moving in Hudson yard, Manhattan." Yohan said before ending the call and type the address of their new house before she shoved back her phone in her pocket.

She decided to go for a walk outside and as she stride over the pavement towards the spot where she could see Chloe's room, under the dying light of a lamppost, she didn't notice the woman standing on her way, if the light didn't dazzle in Nathalie's knife, she wouldn't felt her presence and Yohan quickly grabs Nathalie's hand, brutally wrenching it behind the woman's back which cause her to drop the knife on the ground.

"Don't surprise me like that, if I didn't recognize you right away, you would be dead by now." Yohan growled as she let go the woman who just laughed at her. "Why are you here?"

"Same reason as why you're here." Nathalie replied.

"You're going to put an all nighter to guard Chloe?" Yohan asked ludicrously, she looked up at the lamp and when she snapped her fingers, the lamp shattered, dimming their spot, so if ever that Chloe stepped out in her balcony, she won't see them.

"More like I need to keep an eye on Mr. Smith."

"You really want to kill me that bad." Yohan teased, earning a soft and agreeing nod from the woman next to her. "Do you wanna know a secret?"

"Of course, everything about you is worth to know."

"Well, I'm immortal."

"No way!" Nathalie exclaimed, slapping Yohan's arm playfully, as if they were friends for a long time and not trying to kill each other. "So even if I kill you, you're going to live all over again as if nothing happen?"

"I'm sorry to tell you that no matter what you do, you can't kill me even if you turn the world upside down and just so you know, you're already dead, Nathalie."

The shock in Nathalie's face are too visible to hide, she turns, but too slowly to be normal. When she tried to speak, her voice trails slowly, like her words are unwilling to take flight.

"Wanna know another secret?" Yohan asked but Nathalie is still in aghast which gives Yohan the opportunity to continue her words. "You have only one chance to kill me." She said, pulling out Nathalie from the shocked.

"W-what?"

Yohan turn to Nathalie, her eyes were dark, telling Nathalie that her brain is in a different mode, that she has switched gears from empathy to cold emotional indifference and it emerges the sense of a threat through Yohan's dark eyes.

"Kill Chloe." Yohan said, having eye contact with Nathalie, with that look, Yohan could see her soul, she could see what nobody else ever could.

"I c-can't do it."

"Exactly." Yohan replied as she tear her gaze away from Nathalie to looked up at Chloe's room with lights still on inside. "And even if you can, you are not allowed to do that. You know what I'm capable of, more than anyone else who knows me."

"What does Chloe's death have to do with yours?" Nathalie asked out of curiosity, ignoring Yohan's threat.

"That's a secret for now." Yohan said chuckling. "So you're here to keep an eye on Collin, so I guess you already found out the reason why I haven’t taken Chloe’s soul yet."

"Yeah, and that's what I need to find out."

"I never thought we would have the same goal to get what we need, and whatever s**t is that, it's in Collin's possession."

"But do you have any idea what it is?" Nathalie asked.

"Yeah, and that's for you to find out on your own." Yohan said as she started to walk back to the mansion when Chloe's light turned off, leaving Nathalie alone under the broken lamppost and in frustration.

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Morning had arrived and Yohan already standing outside Chloe's door with Agma, waiting for the girl to come out so they could take her things.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, Chloe just woken up and she's still staring at the frame on her bedside table, It's Lev's photograph. She took it and stroke the frame slowly, releasing a lungful sigh.

"I'm going in." Yohan's voice interrupts her drama inside and just before she could protest, the door swung open and Yohan stepped in with Agma who immediately walk towards her suitcase and drag it outside.

"Don't you know what is privacy? Don't you know that it's rude to enter someone's room without permission?!" Chloe asked angrily, it's still seven in the morning and it's too early for her to get angry, but she couldn't help as she can see Yohan's annoying face inside her room.

"We're moving out, go take a bath." Yohan ordered, ignoring Chloe's anger.

"You are the biggest asshole I've ever met in my life!" Chloe shouted, turning abruptly and she hid under her thick comforter.

"You seriously not throwing tantrums right now, aren't you?" Yohan laughed.

"I'm not moving!" Chloe yells under her duvet, fisting it tightly around her. "I don't care if mom— what the!"

Yohan pulled the comforter and without warning, she picks up Chloe and put the latter in her shoulder. "I guess no taking a bath for today."

"Put me down! What the f**k are doing?!" Chloe shouted while punching Yohan's back.

"Shut up!" Yohan snarled, slapping Chloe's behind, which made the girl to flinched and her eyes widened.

"D-Did you just slapped my butt?" Chloe asked in disbelief, her eyes growing more bigger.

"You kept struggling so I had to stop you." Yohan said, suppressing her laugh to break out. She walked out of the door and head straight outside the house. She shoved Chloe inside the car first before she hop in and lock the door. "Let's go."

Agma nodded and she started to leave the driveway of the Smith's residence. Collin watching the car as they leave while holding a glass of whiskey in his right hand and another unknown object in his left palm, fisting it tightly.

"This is kidnapping!" Chloe shouted while she keeps punching, kicking and slapping Yohan's body, but the latter didn't even budge. "I'll sue you for this!"

"I have your dad's permission." Yohan said.

"I don't care! I'm still going to sue you!"

"Then go, I'm not going to stop you, just make sure you're going to put me behind the bars—."

"Or else what?!" Chloe asked challengingly.

"Or else you're going to regret it."

Chloe stopped from hitting Yohan, their surroundings became silent instantly, but her chest still rising and falling rapidly in too much anger, that makes her breathe became audibly.

"If I were you, I'll just keep quiet." Agma said on the driver's seat, eyes are focus on the road.

"Shut up." Chloe sneered, kicking the chair in front of her and Agma just shook her head.

"I want you to meet someone if we arrive at your new house and don't worry, Agma and Jess decided to not live with you, but I bought another house next to you."

"Much better, and whoever that fucker that you want to introduce, I'm not interested." Chloe scoffed, she cross her arms against her chest abruptly and she turned to look out the window.

"Whatever, you still need to know her because you're going to live with her." Yohan shrugs her shoulder.

"I'm not going to let someone live in my house, even you!" Chloe said firmly but that's not gonna work with Yohan. She's in control of everything, so even if the brunette refused to that, she can do nothing.

The ride to their new house filled with silent after the last sentence came out from Chloe, it only took 20 minutes to arrived at Manhattan and Agma stopped the car in front of the two story house.

The house was new. Very new. It looked like it had been finished last week. It looked almost too new in some strange way. The windows were huge and seemingly inspired by something truly alien. Anyone could see into the house from an uncomfortable distance. From here, she could see surfaces of white, glossy plastic that iced over the kitchen, granite enforced the walls in their straight, uninspired monotony. The living room are filled with dull colour of couches, the porch are though appears truly welcoming but it wasn't the reason why Chloe frowns when Agma open the door for her.

It is because of Jess, standing on the doorway, smiling ear to ear, a cast in her right arm that got badly wounded yesterday. "What an eyesore." Chloe huffed and rolled her eyes.

"Good morning ms. Smith." Jess greets.

"What's good in the morning if this piece of s**t was the first person I've seen." Chloe said while glaring at Yohan.

"Could you help Agma to get Chloe's stuff and bring it in her room." Yohan said, ignoring Chloe. Jess salute first before running to the car and help her friend.

Yohan open the door for Chloe and the latter huffed a sharp breath before entering inside and she makes her way straight to the stairs, but when she's already in the middle, her steps halted and she looked back at the couch in the middle of the living room.

"Hi?" A kid waved her hand cutely at the brunette with her toothy smiles.

"Who are you?"

"Hi, I'm Molly Seige." The kid introduce herself as she stood up and bow her head in good manner.

Chloe's eyes slowly widened and she looked back to Yohan, who's standing at the door, looking back at her in — do not be rude to the kid— expression. She rolled her eyes at Yohan and her gaze landed back at the kid.

"You are Justin's daughter."

"You know my dad?" Molly asked naively, too innocent for what is happening in her surroundings.

"Not totally." Chloe replied and was about to continue her walk but she stopped again and looked back to Yohan. "We need to talk."

"Sure." Yohan said while walking towards the kid and she smiled, the first smile that Chloe saw in her, it is genuine and warm. "Wait for aunt Jess, ok? She's going to make food for you, I'll be back later." Yohan said, she bend over to give the kid a kiss on her forehead and Chloe's brow automatically raised.

"Thank you aunt Yohan." Molly said and she turns to Chloe, bowing her head once again before walking out of the house to see what she can help with Jess and Agma.

Chloe continue her way upstairs and Yohan followed her. They enter a room that is not Chloe's room, but of course, Chloe doesn't have any idea that Yohan will live with her along with Molly.

"Why do you have Justin's daughter?" Chloe asked as soon as Yohan shut the door behind her.

"Justin died because we tried to run after him."

"So what? He kidnapped me!"

"He didn't, his wife is a huge fan of yours , and he promised his wife that one day, he will get to drive for you if you ever come to New York."

"Stop making lies! I'm not going to keep his child!" Chloe said.

"You're not, because I am."

"Then go! I'm not going to stop you, now get out of my room!"

Yohan looked at Chloe ridiculously before laughing throatily. She shook her head and walked behind Chloe, holding both of the brunette's shoulders and pushed her towards the door gently.

"You get out of here, because...." Yohan's voice trailed off as she fully pushed Chloe out of the room and before she shut the door, she smiled at the brunette. "...this is my room."

Chloe was left dumfounded outside the door, mouth fell open in expression of stunned surprised, eyes blinking in disbelief for what she heard from Yohan.

"What the actual f**k?"

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