Chapter 6 : Courage

Young Adult Series 3327

" Hana!!!"

Pang! Tubuh gadis itu jatuh menghempap lantai corridor. Rambut panjang miliknya bergerak ditiup angin malam.

Her gaze was still fixed into the window above her.

"Oh my god, Hana!" Suara itu sekali lagi menjerit "I'm sorry, did I scared you?"

Hana mengalihkan pandangan melihat gadis yang memakai dress tidur berwarna peach dan rambut berwarna hitam yang dilepaskan.

"Riane.." Lemah suara Hana memanggil nama gadis yang meluru ke arah dirinya " there..there..."

"Ada apa?" Riane yang menunduk badan memegang bahu Hana "awak dah kenapa? You ignore my chat and get me worried so I sneak out to your dorm just to hear your sleeping roommate tell me kau ambil keputusan nak mandi tengah malam. And when I follow you here, kau terpacak kaku tengok luar tingkap almost lima minit. Sebab tu aku jerit panggil nama kau."

Mata Hana berkelip. Lima minit? She swears it feels like only a second just passed since she saw that red eyes guy.

Pegangan tangan Adriane ditolak lembut, badannya pantas bangun kembali melihat kearah atap sekolah where the red eyes man just standing a moment ago.

There nothing there now.

"Hana!" nada Adriane semakin risau. Dia turut bangun dan menyentuh dahi Hana "babe, awak demam ke? Let's go back to your room okey. Mungkin mandi tengah malam make you.."

"It doesn't make sense.." ujar Hana tiba-tiba. Dia kemudian melihat kearah Adriane.

" what? babe, I think bathing at night.."

"Who are you!?" potong Hana. Dia melangkah ke belakang " how the heck you look exactly like Adriane?"

"Adriane" seems confused " babe, seriously what's wrong with you? Saya risau pasal awak that's why.."

"Impossible! Sebelum aku keluar bilik tadi, Violet already asleep, and she wearing earphones. And I'm so sure I lock the door so how on a heck kau boleh masuk bilik aku and talk to her? What's more, there no way Riane will just follow me to the bathroom at 1 am just because she worried about me. Aku baru jumpa dia harini and we not that close yet for her to act like that, and babe? Riane never called me that! So, again, who the heck are you!?"

Hours before, if someone told her that her nerd and introvert self will curse someone at midnight, she will laugh and brush it off saying how delusional the other person can be to even have that kind of imagination.

She so timid she can't even kill a cockroach, let alone scolding strangers.

Riak wajah "Adriane" yang kelihatan risau dari tadi bertukar stoic dalam masa sesaat.

"Ah, this is fucking annoying."

Click!

A soft sound of something breaking can be heard, Hana feels like the corridor ground she standing on right now whirling.

The soft tone that belongs to Adriane now changed into an icy masculine voice of a man. Rupa paras milik Adriane hilang, diganti oleh wajah lelaki bermata merah yang dilihat di atas bumbung sekolah sebentar tadi.

His handsome pale face, with red irises, looking straight into hers.

"You.." Hana baru membuka mulut apabila badan gadis itu diangkat ke udara.

Her neck was strangled harshly by the guy.

Dia meronta, cuba melepaskan diri namun sia-sia. Gengaman tangan lelaki itu terlalu kuat.

"I can't breath, I can't breath let me go!!!" Ayat itu hanya dijerit dari dalam hati, bahagian lehernya yang dicekik make it impossible for her to talk, leave alone scream.

The only things she can do is hitting tangan yang digunakan oleh lelaki itu untuk mencekik dirinya, dengan harapan the grasping loosened.

Wajahnya kini semerah anak mata milik lelaki itu, trying to inhale her remaining breath.

The guy, still with his stoic face reaction and doesn't seem like he cared about Hana struggling open his mouth.

The icy cold tone once again echoes.

"Should I just kill you? Human sure is annoying. Your life duration so short but you never wanted to listen to others' advice. "

"Huh, huh.." Nafas Hana mula hilang.Air mata gadis itu jatuh, with her last strength, she tries to talk "let.. go..of me!"

The guy raises his eyebrow, making him look wicked but charming at the same time " crying? Well, that might work on others but apa gunanya trying to make me feel sympathy for you when I right now don't even have an inch of empathy left for anyone.."

Hana might seem wrong because of the pain she was suffering and her blurry vision but the man's face after he said that word seems like he in grief.

His eyes then fall into Hana's hand, showing her newly made green ink school logo tattoo. The man's face changed a bit.

"Mix blood?" He speaks again, his red glowing stares still giving the cruel spark " so you're a student here. What nuisances"

Hana can feel her energy drowing rapidly. She looks at him, with full hate sentiment.

Fine, if she dies, she gonna become a vengeful spirit and haunt this guy for life.

Seolah tahu apa yang difikirkan oleh Hana, the man throws her body into the corridor wall, making a loud "bang" sound.

"Uhuk!" Blood splitting from Hana's mouth.

With one last look toward the man who seems to approach her, she curses.

" Until you die, you will never forget me and what happens tonight, or all the sins you made. You have to pay it with your life."

And second later, her vision turns black.
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-LIAVE CASTLE, CAZELLE DISTRICT, HELL-

Castriel sigh.

Pintu pejabat with a devil horn dilihat lama. The door looks odd even it was located in hell itself.

"Daddy wants you to forget about the revenge and went back to school"

Ayat yang diucapkan oleh Celeste bermain di minda lelaki itu. He bits his lips.

"Forget about the revenge..." Castrial bersuara lemah "how can I forget about the revenge when you're my whole life, Audrey."

Again, the image of a woman with black blood all over her clothes and a knife with the ancient Latin word stab into her chest and her last word that night, Castriel face turns dark.

He looks at the necklace he was wearing, trying to find the last courage he has to meet the person behind the door.

After a brief moment, he opens the door.

The decoration of the office was minimalist, as mostly the things and paint were in black. It still has the influences of the Victorian era but not a heavy one. In the middle, sitting while looking at the document on the table is a man, looking amazingly dashing in his all-black outfit and hair that was comb behind.

"Dad.." Suara Castriel berbunyi setelah beberapa minit berdiri tanpa dipedulikan.

Adriel rise his face " oh, you finally got out ?"

He looks like he just sees him there when the guy has been standing in front of him for a while.

Pen yang dipegang diletakkan di atas meja. Dia menyilang tangan dan melihat tepat kearah Castriel " so I can conclude you already forget about the revenge?"

" Never." Castriel berdegil " but I want to bargain with you."

"Huh" Adriel put his long finger under his chin " speak."

" I put aside my revenge on the zombie and witches, but the vampire, I want to eradicate them all."

Adriel's face looks delighted " oh? Why so?"

"The zomps might be the one who killed her and the witches provide the weapon but none of this will happen if the vamps didn't plan it. Celeste was right, the vamps were the mastermind, so they must perish with her."

"What a vast ambition, but son, do you have the power to do that?"

Castriel melihat kearah Adriel. A grimace appears on his father's face, he looks like he's having his share of fun.

What a freaking sadist.

" of course, not dad. That's why I need your help" sambung Castriel. " if you agree to help me, in return, I attend to on giving my share as this territory crown prince so mother will be incompetent to govern altogether with you. She did, depend on my position to be where she was currently. Is that the only barrier you have from ruling this territory alone dad, because our demon realms rules that verify the kings only have half of the power to control their territory, while the others half belong to the crown prince or princess? My position and power as Cazelle crown prince, I surrender it to you "

The grimace in Adriel's face grows wider before he made a low chuckle "interesting, you sure was my son."

Castriel didn't answer. His face stays emotionless.

"Fine, but prove me your worth. Kill the vamps inside the school first. And if you succeed, I help. You sure know I don't need a weakling as my successor."

"I understand dad." Senada balasan itu keluar dari mulut Castriel.

"I expect a tremendous result from you, my dear son.." Adriel looks at the door before it open by itself  "and Caless, if you want to eavesdrop, at least hide better."

Sesaat, kelibat Celeste muncul dari sisi tepi pintu pejabat. Mukanya tegang " daddy, you and Riel are crazy.  Some of the vamps are my friend!"

"Demon doesn't have a friend, Celess" Adriel looking amusing at her "should I make Cherly teach you again about our kinds and peculiarity. You should learn all that the moment you're born."

Castriel tunduk hormat terhadap Adriel sebelum melangkah keluar.

"Riel!" Celeste called him in a frustrating complexion.

Seeing Castriel didn't pay her any attention, she glares toward Adriel who already continues to revise the document, and runs to Castriel.

Sebaik sahaja jejak langkah gadis itu keluar dari pintu pejabat , the door close spontaneously behind her.

"Idiotic daddy!" Celeste curse before she glimpses and cries out Castriel name again.

Few calling and Castriel stop walking. Without even giving a glance to his twins, he talks " Celess, if you still think of me as your family, blind your eyes. Even if I have to fight you, I'm still gonna kill those bastard."

He then disappears from there.

"Stupid! Stupid daddy, stupid Riel!" Celeste curse again and again " you both the only family I have. Do I even have a choice to choose?"

Celeste Echethier laughs after she is satisfied cursing her father and twins.

Family huh? what a cute make believe lie it was
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"Hana! Hana!"

Hana Evans membuka matanya.Cahaya matahari pagi menyinari tubuh gadis itu.

"Hana, why you even sleep here?' Suara Violet berbunyi " if Adriane tak datang cari kau pagi ni,  I thought kau dah pergi kelas dulu."

"Auch.." Hana memegang lehernya.

Weird , why did that part hurt?

"Holy shit, kau sleepwalker ke Hana?" Adriane yang berdiri di sebelah Violet mula kembali kecoh.

"Hurm.." Hana menunjuk kearah leher "is there something dekat leher aku, why did aku rasa sakit?"

"Huh? Violet memegang leher Hana "tak ada apa pun. Kau sakit kerongkong ke? Aku ingat kau nak mandi tengah malam je , macam mana kau boleh end up dekat corridor ni?"

Hana cuba mengingati peristiwa semalam but she just remembers the part she went out from the bathroom before everything went blank.

Did she fall asleep in the corridor because she too tired?

Weird, she never sleepwalking before. This is the first.

Adriane baru hendak membuka mulutnya sekali lagi apabila jeritan hysteria kedengaran.

"Someone dies! someone dies in the Rosenheim dorm!!"

Hana yang dipapah oleh Violet untuk bangun kini tergamam.

What again?

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