The Gentle Maiden and Five Lustful Brothers-Chapter 134: Ash spared no feelings.

***Authors note. I’m sorry you guys; I’ve been dealing with some health issues on top since Mother’s Day on top of my family loss. I’ll try and be better with my updates once I’m feeling better. Sorry about the short Chapter, I’ll make it up tp you guys***

Violet and Arya successfully compelled every attendant and servant. No one would ever speak of what happened tonight again.

Ash uncovered the identity of the group of girls that brought Odette the dead cat as a present.

They were some witches; they went to school with Odette. He contacted the school and informed them of what happened and then he reached out to their coven.

Having to them five girls had died last night was no easy feat.

"I don’t understand? How did they die?" The Crone from their coven yelled over the phone. Her voice was cracked and shaking feeling frantic and panicked. How was she going to explain to 5 different mothers their little girls died.

"They broke into the royal palace, for one. They did it to party crash. Two, they gave the princess of fucking darkness a dead cat and they hexed it to explode all over the princess on her birthday in front of our entire royal lineage. You expect us to let such a grave insult go unpunished, they’re lucky to not have implicated your entire coven fir their treason? They were malicious and evil vixens. You should have raised better witches and taught them to not murder kittens and give their dead bodies as gifts."

Ash spared no feelings. These little witches broke into party crash and humiliated a member of the royal family. Did these girls expect to keep their heads? Even if his little princess hadn’t snapped their necks in a blinded blackout rage, they’d have been executed.

Vampires were prideful beings, and anything less than an execution would show weakness, and Ash was not weak.

Truth be told the girls were lucky to get such a quick death. Lilith would have damned them, she really liked cats, and she was a deadly great grandmother.

The witch was stunned silent. They were executed? Her heart sank. They were so young.

How did they even get to Romania? They didn’t have that kind of magic.

And then like a brick from above, the thought slammed in her head.

"Jessera, go check the teleport stone count." The Crone knew before the girl came back to inform her.

Those little brats stole teleportation stones and leapt to their death. The Crone was disappointed in her witches.

But the king was right, they were lucky to not also be implicated in the crimes of those young girls. Lilith wouldn’t waste a single tear on wiping out their entirte coven for thoe girls stupidity.

How could they have been this dumb? Was this some prank? They weren’t powerful or high born, they should have none better.

The Crone sighed. "I understand, did they suffer?"

"Not nearly enough." his voice was barely above a growl. Raw and spiteful. He was still so livid someone dared ruin his little girl’s day. Spoil the first party she ever actually wanted to have.

Someone dared to test them.

"I appreciate your mercy, my King." The Crone was wise not to argue with Ash, he hadn’t slept and focused on his daughter and identifying those girls.

Odette had been locked in her room since she entered it. Refusing to come out. She was beyond devastated.

She couldn’t erase the image of her dear kitten’s face from her mind.

When Kalvin came to see her later in the day, while Violet finished cleaning up and Ash worked. She barely said a word to him. He did all he could to try and soothe her, be her rock, but it seemed like she numbed herself to even him.

She had this sad far-off look to her. It hurt him to see his best friend looking so defeated and deflated.

She hadn’t forgotten what she saw last night, but she couldn’t bear to push him away. She felt alienated and alone, he was familiar and safe. She trusted the years of friendship they had.

She let Kalvin stay.

Until Delilah finally showed up to see her.

"Odette, I’m sorry I haven’t come until now. My mom and yours and Kal’s asked me to help. I’ve been with them since early this morning." Delilah jumped on Odette’s bed.

"You disappeared and I was worried. By Aunt Violet insisted you were fine, you just needed space."

Odette flopped herself arms wide on her bed next to Deliliah.

"Last night totally sucked. I should have never given myself hope. People never change. And now they’re even more afraid of me. Everyone is going to know I’m a freak." Odette whined quietly.

"Nahhhh... They already knew you were a freak. This ain’t nothin new girl" Delilah teased Odette.

Delilah wasn’t an odd one, not like Odette, she was creative and artsy. She had charisma and a smile that dazzled anyone. Where Odette was cold and unapproachable, Delilah was the opposite, she was warm and sunny.

Odette wished she could be so free and so open. Like Delilah, but she just wasn’t.

And after this Odette wasn’t sure how much warmth and light, she had left in her. It was like she was swimming in darkness now, only learning how to navigate the shadows.

"Ugh, I’m serious Delilah. I thought finally! Finally! I wouldn’t be so... othered... I was so stupid to think my getting my abilities would make them see me better. But nooo... now... now they see a monster." Odette really was drowning in her own insecurity. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"No way girl, you’re still their princess." Delilah rolled over and now faced Odette.

"I heard them, Dee, they called me a monster. A monster can’t be a princess. They might see my strength now, but they don’t think I can handle it." Odette was crippled by the what they all felt about her and saw in her.

She was beginning to realize, she was afraid of herself.

"All of us are monsters. Just some of us are better at hiding it." Delilah was wise for her age, especially with how little of life she’s actually gotten to experience.

No one noticed how Kalvin squirmed when she mentioned hiding a monster...