Hellbound With You (WN)

Alicia was still embarrassed at the scene she had inadvertently witnessed between him and the other girl, so she decided to leave regardless of Zeres ’ words. But unfortunately for her, Zeres had already muttered the spell before she could escape quick enough, and she became visible to him. He appeared before her the moment he pinpointed her location in his apartment, giving her a fright.

She tried to smile at him, to say something to break that tight tension that were between them. She did not manage to call a single thing to her mind, thus she acted like nothing had happened and smiled him lopsidedly as though she did not see a thing from earlier. ”Why are you hiding from me? ” she asked. ”It has been so long since we saw each other Zeres. ”

Zeres remained silent and just stared at her without a single ripple across that good looking face of his. He looked like he had gone frigid at the sight of her. He looked pretty dishevelled and roguish. He was supposed to look like shit with all that ruffled hair, one cheek with a smeared mark of lipstick and crumpled shirt – but he was not. He actually looked like his appearance had matured a lot in the past months that Alicia had not seen him.

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Trying to break the awkward silence, Alicia looked around. ”I was surprised to find you in such a modern place like this. ” She commented, keeping her voice light and noncommittal. She allowed her gaze to sweep around the interior of the luxurious apartment.

When Zeres still did not say a word, she looked back at him. She realized that he seemed leaner now, almost raw-boned. It has been months since she last saw him, and he just keep on changing. If she tried to imagine him when she first met him and compared him to what he is now, she could tell that he was altered in so many ways. She wondered if there was something that had happened after he left the Black Forest after her ’funeral ’ that had caused him to change so drastically.

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”Do you fancy this kind of place now? I am hoping Ezekiel didn ’t force you to live here – ” Alicia rattled on, trying to dispel that somewhat stifled silence between them.

”Alicia. ” He cut her off. His voice surprisingly deeper and harder than she remembered it to be, that it truly surprised her again, that she stopped talking and only blinked at him a couple of times. ”What the hell are you doing here? ” he did not raise his voice at her, but he sounded extremely cold, causing Alicia to snap out of her surprise and narrowed her eyes at him. She was starting to feel irritated at his cold reception now. ’Was this anyway to greet a friend who came all the way to visit? Does he have to be this prickly?! ’