Note: 18+ only as this story will contain high sexual contact.
All OC Characters not belonging to the REV8 game are mine personally.
I will be posting a new chapter every Monday & Friday.
Something else is in league with Mother Miranda. Giving her vital information on the sisters and the Ladies of The Dimitrescu Castle, helping her choose which cards to play and while everything is falling into place with her plan. Everything at Castle Dimitrescu is falling apart.
September 1, 2019
Two months passed since the ordeal with Miranda. Daniela's encounter with her though had more effect on her than Bela and Cassandra, maybe cause she was the youngest? Maybe cause she was more fragile than Bela and Cassandra? Miranda had inflicted pain mentally which was worse than physically. For a month Daniella had become unresponsive as if she were gone and nothing but an empty shell remained.
June 29th
She stood before Lady Dimitrescu as she took her place by the window, light smoke surrounding her beautiful features. Cassandra sat on the carpeted floor, holding her sister's hand while Bela caressed her long red hair as she sat in front of the fireplace staring emptily into space
"Your services will no longer be needed nor wanted…I want you gone by tonight"
"Alcina…" Donna began
"LOOK! Look at my Daniella! If it weren't for her…for not holding up to her promise my Daniella wouldn't be nothing but an empty shell!"
"You are faulting Styx for Miranda's doing Alcina. Miranda is the one to blame here…even if they weren't here. Miranda would still threaten them to keep you on a short leash. And if they leave now than you are giving her what she wants…don't you see…Styx is a clear threat to her and Miranda is going to desperate measures and with Helena, Esmeralda, and Zozo here she will have no chance against the four." Clementine said angrily
Lady Dimitrescu turned to the young woman who had so much fire in her. Her Clementine.
"We need them to defeat Miranda…"
Donna turned to her sister
"Alcina…if we allow Miranda to get what she wants, what do you think she will do with us?"
Donna turned to the sisters
"Helena…you say that there was a familiar scent on Miranda…that of a demon…is it possible she is in league with one?"
"Yes…its clever enough to keep itself hidden from us…at what point it arrived to the village is unknown, somehow its masking itself from us to which is why how it found out about Clementine" Esmeralda added
"So what's the plan now?" Lilly asked
"We wait…"
Present
Zozo had volunteered to travel and see Chris and inform him of the new development and change of plans. As I didn't want to risk my team knowing that it was indeed a demon helping Miranda.
The staff was on edge since Miranda's visit they kept a lookout for anything suspicious, Kerberos and Fredrick kept close to Clementine who was now at fifty percent recovery and for the moment needed a wheel chair to guide her through the castle. Screams could still be heard even beyond the walls of the castle as the daughters spent their time in the dungeons with their new toys.
Bela avoided me completely. Not a word or even a glance which as painful as it was, I accepted that she blamed me for Daniela's condition. I accepted it with a heavy heart and decided to resign my position to Lady Dimitrescu in a few days' time.
I paused as I smelled the light scent of metal and smoke of cigar, that was washed away by the cold air yet enough for me to smell it. Lord Heisenberg must have snuck in a visit with. I turned to Lilly's soft voice, continuing I spotted her speaking to the plants as she checked over them, I grinned as she turned to me.
"Styx…hi"
I could see her blush bright red at being caught
"No need to be embarrassed, they enjoy when we speak to them, our voices are comforting to them" I said approaching her, Lilly nodded,
"Once Clem's is better…she can help me name them…right now Lady Dimitrescu has refused to let her out of her sight"
I chuckled
"Yes…and you how are you fairing…" I asked noticing that her necklace was still missing, she pressed her hand over her heart
"I feel naked without it…but he says its best to keep it out of sight in case"
I nodded in agreement
"Yes, for the moment it is best until we get rid of Miranda…"
I took in the scene before me, my eyes missing nothing
"Be sure to return to the castle before sunset"
"Of course…Styx…"
I turned to her
"Are you really leaving?"
I clenched my jaw
"It is for the best…"
"But…"
"I'll still be here to help in the defeat of Miranda and whatever demon is helping her…"
"And after?"
"After I will take my leave permanently…"
"But…it wasn't your fault…"
"I am the cause of it I could have kept her from the daughters…"
"You promised nothing would happen to me. You didn't know what would happen to me either…and Karl doesn't blame you"
I smiled
"Be sure to be inside on time"
I bowed my head before heading back to the castle, as I approached, I saw Bela at the doors, she was with warm wear and the cold air wasn't bad enough to threatened her, so I continued on ahead, reaching the bottom of the steps, I noticed that she been crying
"May we speak?"
"If you are trying to tell me that you wish to end whatever it is we had…you've made yourself quiet clear" I said, Bela looked down sadly
"Styx…"
Bela bit her lip, refusing to look at me
Bela shook her head, her thick blonde tresses falling over her features
"I…don't know how she knew…but"
I stared at her clearly confused
"Know? Know what?"
"I walked her out and she…"
"You allowed yourself to be alone with her!?"
I was seething as my fists clenched
"What did she tell you?"
I could see that Bela was keeping something from me, something she didn't want to tell me
"…She will harm Cassandra…mother…she has proven her power with Daniela"
"Bela…you don't believe me strong enough—" I began
Anger flashed across her ocean blue gaze, causing them to change into yellow gold
"Like you did that night!?"
She blurted out angrily
"It took an entire month for Daniela to recuperate from whatever the hell she did to us! We almost lost her! What makes you think you can protect us from Miranda when you couldn't even protect Viviana from mere man-things!"
BELA
It took a moment for her to realize what she just said, she finally looked up at Styx and the look she had on her face of shock and unbearable pain made her feel as if Miranda had her hand buried in her chest, gripping at her heart. The muscles in Styx's jaw ticked as realization became evident in her different colored eyes
"Styx…I'm so sorry…I didn't…"
"I respect your decision Lady Bela"
She was gone in a blink of an eye, leaving her out in the open. The air suddenly grew cold and unforgiving.
POV
A few days since her interaction with Bela, Styx returned to her duties, but her face was a blank slate as she checked on the staff and made her last rounds.
At one point as she was answering a maid's question, when Bela was making her way to the Merchant's Room,
"Styx…a word?"
Styx turned to the young maid, dismissing her. Waiting until she was gone, she turned her attention back to her
"My Lady…"
Bela led her into one of the empty rooms, closing the door she turned to face her
"I…what I said…I was out of line; I should have never said that…especially about Viviana"
"What is done is done…I take full blame…is there anything else My Lady?"
Bela flinched at how blunt she was, but she continued
"I don't want to give you up…"
"You already made that decision for both of us…Esmeralda and Helena have decided they will remain after ridding this world of Miranda. If you excuse me My Lady I must see to the staff"
"Styx…please…"
Styx paused at the door
"I will leave tomorrow night. as soon as Miranda is dead and I hold the spine of that demon in league with her I will be gone…now leave me be"
Bela looked into the distance, jumping at the sound of the door closing as her hand covered her heart, feeling it shatter as the crystal tears flowed.
Who knew a broken heart was a fate worse than death…
Styx carefully placed the tea on Lady Dimitrescu's desk alongside the molten chocolate cake that was filled with thick rich sinners' blood. Clementine's was filled with her favorite white chocolate
Styx took a step back as Clementine gave her a warm smile
"How are you fairing Clementine?"
"Happy to be out of that damn wheelchair, I'm about to tell Alcina to throw it in the damn fire" she grumbled, Lady Dimitrescu gave her a loving smile before turning her gaze back to Styx
"I wish to apologize for my actions toward you and your sisters…"
"There is no need to apologize my lady…your actions were justified…what happened to Daniella is inexcusable and befalls on my shoulders. I gave you my word on keeping you and your daughters safe and I have failed…I will appoint Helena to my position and will help continue the care of you, your daughters, and this castle, I will leave tonight"
Lady Dimitrescu stared in shock
"You're leaving us Styx? But we need you…You didn't fail…whoever this demon is it knows how to play around your blind spots" Clementine took a moment to give me a long look
"I am not leaving…I will be residing at the Beneviento estate until Miranda is eliminated as well as the demon in league with her, after I will take my leave permanently"
"What about my daughter…"
Lady Dimitrescu stared at the hybrid though she could see the pain in her eyes
"Your daughter…wants nothing to do with me…she made that part very much clear"
Both women could see the sadness in her eyes and for a moment she saw tears making her different colored eyes shine like stars but in a blink of an eye they were gone.
Styx took a deep bow and dispersed from the room.
STYX
The fire sang as the flames light illuminated my eyes. Like every night in Romania the winds became blizzards as the storms made their approach. Though her words echoed in the recesses of my mind as I held the piece of parchment in my hand.
"Styx…"
My eyes moved over to see Esmeralda emerge from the shadows
"Something is wrong sister…I feel your hearts heavy…"
"And don't lie…"
Helena made her appearance beside Esme
"Zozo?"
"Still with mother…the experiment is a success…"
I turned to both
"What?"
"Donna offered a vial of her blood. Mother combined it with ours and it eliminated the Cadau completely…Donna's blood…it bonded with ours" Helena explained
"We will need to test it with the others…the reaction with Donna might not be the same" I added
Sitting back in my chair
"Helena, you can take my place as Head Butler…I will leave tonight"
"Styx…"
I shook my head
"I will reside at the Beneviento estate and take over, as soon as we get to the bottom of this, I will take my leave permanently"
"What about Bela…?"
"She has made it quite clear of her feelings"
"So it's true…" Esmeralda whispered, Helena turned to her sister clearly puzzled
"Clearly I need to be filled in" she began
"Bela…she…when Miranda did whatever it is she did to Daniella…Bela lashed out at Styx. Accusing her of not being able to protect Viviana from mere humans how was she able to protect them from one such as Miranda"
Zozo said making her appearance,
"I arrived from informing Chris…when I overheard you and Bela"
"She's right, I did fail" I whispered
"Where will you go…?" Zozo asked I shrugged
"Anywhere but here…"
