Chapter 8
As you stare blankly ahead at the dark ornate and glossy wooden desk, you finally take notice of the name plate in the middle of her desk, saying "Alex Phoenix". Having only just now taken notice of her full name, you inwardly cringe. That was pretty bad... you should have taken notice before, but with everything that happen in only a short while and all that was on your mind... which brought your attention back to the crowd outside and the very strange and vivid dream of yours... It was hard not to think about what was happening so far and all you wanted to do was run to the royal library to find out, but you still need to try and pay attention to Alex Phoenix, your wedding planner...
"As I was saying..." She turns to pointedly look in your direction and continues to speak "you could have the wedding and reception here at this secluded Gothic Cathedral, in the middle of the underground part of the city. It's relatively safe and out of the reach of The VVV Overlords that are after you. Don't worry I already know, it's all over the news about what happen at Hellfire Design, yesterday. About this possible new Overlord female that might be able to make herself invisible and who knows what else. Also that she could be competition for Angel Dust once Valentino gets his hands on her..." She trails off as her eyes flicker to yours, she stares intensely as if to indicate that she knows it's you.
You stared back just as intensely and quirked an eyebrow at her, not backing down. Not that you would ever would, it was not in your nature to back down. But now that you think about it... you should probable watch the news or read the papers, as soon as you could. 'What was really being said? And why was she bringing this up all the sudden anyway? How did anyone know that you turned yourself invisible, a lucky guess maybe? Did Valentino somehow see you or could someone else have? And if he did... why didn't he do something to capture you?'
"My dear Alex... let's continue with the wedding plans for right now. I believe we would both like to go ahead with the location you suggested for the wedding to take place." Alastor interjected, his eyes glowing slightly more vivid red with even more specks of gold in his eyes... You see her visibly cringe at the look given to her by him. From his grim expression and tone, he must of gathered some information from her mind just now... You went to try yourself, but he took your hand and squeezed just enough to distract you 'I will tell you... later.' his thoughts entered your mind in the same stressed tone.
"Lets talk about the decorations!" Alex said with a clap of her hands and a nervous laugh. You look up at Alastor who visibly seemed to relax a little, as his grin widens. "What type of flowers do you like Y/N?" You didn't even have time to think about what you wanted the theme to look like, let alone the flowers, but... "I love purple and white Roses and Irises, is that good with you?" You say, turning your gaze from Alex to Alastor's. His hand caresses your face and he gives you a genuine soft smile. "Yes, that seems very nice to me, my dear." He takes your hand in his once more and lets you decide the decorations for the wedding.
You and Alex decide on soft silky whites and dark indigo silky fabrics to drape where needed with burst of Roses and Irises at the bunched ends of the fabrics. You also wanted the chairs to be dressed in a mix match between the two fabrics. You decided you wanted soft calming new age music during the ceremony and Alastor interjected with the idea for the leading song to be "A Thousand Years." (by Christina Perri) and that he wanted to have pops of red roses here and there as well. "Oh and before I forget you need to and should go see this caterer I know, her business is called "Finery Fires". I'll let her know you are coming and I will go and book the Gothic Cathedral building for you both and get the decorations set into motion. Here is her card and directions."
She quickly produced both slips of paper and handed them to Alastor. You both said your goodbyes to Alex, quickly leaving out of the front doors of the wedding planners shop. It couldn't just be your imagination, right? The crowds that had only seem to be two dozen people before, had grown to more than twice the amount of people. They seemed as if they intentionally stood there, outside of Entwined... waiting for you... with glowing red eyes and sinister stares.
A feeling of aggravation overtook you staring at these... assholes... They had no right too you! All you wanted to do was get too "Finery Fires" and wrap this process up, not deal with these cretins. In your anger... you thought of doing something just perfect for all of them... but before you could do anything, he grabbed your hand tightly and tugged you against his chest and tucked you under the nook of his shoulder, caging you. You saw his staff appear in his right hand and with a flick of his wrist, the ground started too shake apart with red and white blinding sparks of lighting erupting in and around the crowd, killing some and making others run in fear from the two of you. The sounds of their dyeing screams palpable in the air along with the low rumble of hells earth and static. Then just deathly silence...
He did exactly what you wanted to try on them... maybe not to the same deadly extent, but... You tear your eyes from the chaos and look up at him. "Remember, they can't know about you yet... It's not safe..." he reminds you as he holds your chin with his now free hand forcing you to look into his red/gold glowing eyes. He then looks up at the chaos he's caused and sighs "I should have done that earlier, nice idea though, my darling. Lets get out of here!" He looks down at you and then the directions on the slip of paper that seemingly appeared out of nowhere in his hand. He quickly teleports you both away, leaving the once filled streets a ghost town with the dead bodies scattered around aimlessly.
You heaved a relieved sigh as you found yourself only a block away from the entrance of the "Finery Fires". You where still under the nook of his shoulder as he reluctantly separated from you. He slipped his hand into yours, making you smile despite what just took place. The people out at the wedding planner's shop seemed out for blood... what did Valentino promise them, anyway? As you walked forward, you noticed that the streets around you seemed filled with beautiful buildings and perfect cobbled streets. This must be close too or literally where the nobles of Pentagram city resided.
As you come towards your destination, you see that it was a beautiful tall and thin in width gray English looking cobbled stone building, pressed up against similar styled buildings. As you are looking above the door you take notice of the storefront signs font being very elaborate in style and in a silver color that glowed a fiery blue, saying "Finery Fires". You both enter the set of tall elaborate doors, both made of silver and windowed artfully. You look nervously behind and around you before the doors shut behind you. Spotting nothing but a few upper class demons milling about, you sigh in relief once again.
The room ahead of both of you was truly beautiful, dark zebra marble Greek columns lined the entrance of a grand dinning room. The walls were a greyish blue, with black and white marble floors and elaborate white crown moldings on the ceiling and doors. Soft lighting set in scones ran along the walls illuminating elaborate circular dinning tables filled with all types of noble demons. Soft new age music played in the background. This was a grandiose place indeed, one that fit the noble part of the upper Tier of the city. At least the way you thought it would.
You hear a cough of a female to your left standing at a podium in the room. She is beautiful to say the least and despite this, she is seemingly was able to blend in with her grandiose surrounding's. She has long curly black hair, two white straight spiraling horns protruding from her head. Her skin is a light mocha color, with a set of black bat wings adorning her back and a long arrow pointed tail. Her eyes were blue glowing catlike orbs with black sclera's. She is very curvy with a slight medium build. She is wearing a light blue silky curve hugging dress with a split up the skirt, showing off her white sparkly high heels.
You stared at her and the place in general with a sense of awe, making Alastor chuckled softly as he leads you towards her. "Hi, I'm Alastor and this is Y/N. Alex should have told you we where coming here today?" he said calmly, kissing your hand and snaking an arm around your shoulders. The woman smiled and extended her hand to Alastor and then to you. "Oh yes! My name is Silver Trinity, owner of Finery Fires restaurant and wedding catering business! It's so nice to meet you two love birds! Please come this way!" You didn't expect her to be so excitable and polite. Her appearance made her seem like she would be snotty and regal... a noble. She led both of you down a long hallway to your left.
You hear him chuckle softly again, nudging you playfully. 'She an odd one, but not snotty. She is a natural born succubus demon. She grew up in the noble household, Trinity.' You smile up at him, nodding slightly. 'Wouldn't that make it to where she would never have to work a day in her life? Why does she run her own business then?' You think to him while looking at her retreating form. 'I don't know, you have to ask her.' His reply is short, making you huff in annoyance. She then leads you both into an office as grand as the dinning hall.
"You both must be in a hurry, from what I'm gathering from Alex. So lets get this show on the road. Please take a seat." Silver said, looking up at the both of you as she took her seat at a very ornate and grand, dark wooden desk. You both follow her lead and sit down across from her. "So what do you have in mind for the wedding cake to start off with?" Smiling, you think of your favorite flavors, licking your lips while doing so. You love the flavor's of (Insert Cake Flavors) and blurt them out to Alastor telepathically. 'I was thinking the same, my dear.' "We would like these (Cake Flavors) combination's." he says, while squeezing your hand.
"I do have samples of those (Cake Flavors) on hand. So we can get that at least done with today. Now what did you want the cake to look like?" She asked smiling at both of you as she took out a medium sized book for you both to look at for ideas. You both smile at each other, looking through the book to find the right style. Finally having found the right style, you look up "We would like (Insert Style of Cake) and we would like it to be rather large." you say with a big smile. Silver then takes notes on the wedding cake and puts it in a file. "I do also need to know what you both want for the main dishes and side deserts, as well." She then takes a big book out from under the desk. It was thick and made a big bang as it hit the desk in front of you. You stare at the book, somewhat intimidated, making Alastor chuckle at you.
You and Alastor then look through the rather big book presented to you both and discuss what you want for the wedding food. "We want (Insert Food Dishes) for the main course and (Insert Food Dishes) for the side deserts." After hearing your choices, she then takes more notes and shuts the folder, putting both of your names on it. "I think we got what we need for today, now let's go taste those cake flavors." She says getting up and leading the way back down the long hallway and into the kitchen of the restaurant. It's a very big industrial style kitchen with many people attending to their duties, taking almost no notice to your group. She then leads you to a back room with tables and chairs. She has you sit down at the ornate wooden table and soon produces your cake flavor choices.
You take a bite of the first flavor, almost moaning at how good it was. Soon trying the other cake after a sip of water. Both are just beyond good and you hope Alastor has the same reaction. "I know that I love both of them." you say with awe in your eyes at Silver and then Alastor. He chuckles and try's both flavors. He seems just as taken aback at how good they both are. "You and your company do make very good cake, my dear, Silver." you nod in agreement with him.
She smiles brightly at you both, walking towards the door "Well with that done, let's go and finalize everything, shall we?" you both get up to follow as she then leads you both back to her office. You then take your seat across from her, along with Alastor to finalize everything. Alastor again, puts an emphasis on being quick with the preparation and to contact Alex Phoenix on where to conduct the catering. You smile at her as you both say your goodbyes.
You heave a sigh as you leave through the front doors with Alastor. That went quicker then you thought it would... which was good because you felt tired already...