The image attached to the first chapter sent shiver in her spine. Even though she wasn't belong to a mere human family, still the blurr image of the evil made her soul panicking involuntarily.

Her curious eyes read the chapter details briefly to waste no more time. The chapter ritual initially explained that how did the evil souls were all combined together to gather their powers in a cave. On the image, various dark shadows surrounded a lying figure whereas another head of the evil god was appearing slowly above the lying figure beneath.

Considering the little time that she had in her hands, Esme quickly jumped into chapter 37 almost at the end of the book and saw the title called immolation. Her gaze darkened as she discovered that the evils need to satisfy their hunger with a body of teenage girl on a special eve.

She felt helpless without finding any useful information and turned out the last page hastily. Only then her gaze zoomed at the chapter title " your wish can be fulfilled by death or determination".

After letting out a long sigh, she finally started reading the whole chapter with more attentiveness. The chapter explained that :-

" On the eve of Blood Moon, if any person jumps into the cave willingly with a long last wish that he or she wants to be fulfilled badly, he or she will achieve it undoubtedly only if she or he stays strong among the evil souls surrounding him or her otherwise her or his body will be sucked off by them. "

Her pupils shrank at the end of the paragraph as she gazed at the page blankly before murmuring through her tightened lips,

" Blood Moon.. "

When she thought of reading further to know about the timetable of Blood Moon, she sensed a vague movement inside the room. With her cleverness, she quickly replaced the new book in front of her vision with the other one.

Very soon, a tall figure towered above her before leaning down and whispering in her ears seductively,

" Thief! I caught a thief in my library, huh?"

Esme jolted hiding the nervousness as she asked back trying to hide the book as much as possible,

" You are finished with your court, already?"

Aaron responded briskly enhaling the scent of her hairs,

" Uh.. huh.. what are you reading here? "

Esme frowned before shifting her eyes on the book that she had taken from the other shelve and replied back feeling his hot breathe on her left shoulder,

" Well.. herbal.. I. I was just reading to spend my leisure time.. "

She forced herself to calm down and clutched the book tightly in her grip sitting straight away. Her mind was shaking in fear but still forced herself to be confident as long as Aaron was there.

In reality, Aaron didn't find her existence here suspicious.He was aware of the fact that Esme was quite interested towards reading books and mythologies. Thus he only assumed that she had come here to spend her free time.His mood was already dull because of the mysterious corpse but after finding her here, in a moment all his stress had turned into a warm feeling like home.Never ever in his thought, he imagined that this little mistake would make him lose his precious thing one day.

He smiled genuinely at her usual personality as at the same time, his gaze successfully dived into her half opened collarbone. From upside, the swell of her breasts were plopping out in front of his eyes as his darkened in lust.

Sometimes he even felt confused about his own desire which could be easily stimulated by her mere appearance. Just like a magnet pool, it was dragging him towards her way subconsciously.

Just then, Esme thought of getting up, he buried his mouth into his shoulder sucking and licking the skin gently as she quivered under his sensitive touches.

She was speechless for a moment before protesting muttered,

" What.. what are you doing.. this is a library, did you forget?"

Aaron didn't heed her words instead replied nonchalantly,

" So.. what!"

Esme rolled her eyes as usual before trying to break free from his cage,

" No.. not here.."

Despite being her useless protest, he continued biting her skin softly like a sweet candy as her eyes were stuck on the book ahead.

She needed to find a way to hide it as soon as possible!

Thus she suggested quivering under his touches,

" Can.. can we visit outside today?"

Aaron paused in his track before lifting up his head and met her emerald eyes questioningly. Esme continued hesitantly,

" I mean, together? Can we visit a place today?"

Instantly, his face beamed like a new blossom flower before replying without thinking twice,

" Of Course, milady. Where do you want to go with me? Just say the name!"

Esme replied shrugging nonchalantly,

" I have no idea about places in this world. You choose one."

Aaron grinned widely before responding standing up,

" I know a place according to your preference. Let me call Jasper to prepare everything. We will have our lunch there."

After saying, he quickly went out to find Jasper as Esme exhaled a sigh of relief. She put out the book underneath the other book and quickly placed them in their usual spot. After reassuring the book had placed in order, she also left the library consuming in her own thoughts about the cave.

On the contrary, Queen Mother was heading towards Vanessa's room but was stopped by a guard midway. The guard handed her a letter that had made her frown hardly. She quickly opened it and unexpectedly her anticipation was right.

After reading the whole letter, her expression darkened at the same time seemed helpless.

This boy again!

After cursing viciously, she reluctantly ordered the guard to summon Zave again before heading for Vanessa's room.

Inside Vanessa's room, she recovered very fast but she insisted of lying down all the while to act pitiful. After Queen Mother entered the room, her eyes lit up with hope as she spoke pleading,

" Queen Mother, you.. you finally came to visit me. I was feeling hopeless sob. sob.."

Queen Mother sneered before replying angrily,

" What do you expect from me, Vanessa? What?? You have ruined our whole plan in a second because of your foolishness. What do you want now? Aaron had already ordered me to send you back as soon as possible. "

Vanessa's face turned sour as she denied angrily,

" I will never return to my home unless I die, Queen Mother. Do whatever you need to do. I'm not going back.. never.. "

Queen Mother threw her a harsh glare before speaking with mockery,

" Then what are you asking me to do? I should kneel down in front of Aaron because of your forgiveness. You want me to be humiliated too like you faced? "

Vanessa's face darkened in anger as she murmured clutching the beedsheet tightly in her grip,

" Kneel down..!! yes, yes I will kneel down in front of Aaron. He will forgive me eventually. I know that he can't be so ruthless over his childhood friend. "

As she finished her words, she climbed down from the bed and intended to go outside. Queen Mother watched her behaving like maniac as she shook her head helplessly.

She didn't bother her to stop as she had a lot of tasks to do. Thus she also left the bedroom and thought of visiting Athena once.

OLD CASTLE,

Athena was staying in her room without doing anything except reading books or eating leisurely. The days in the old castle was like a torture to her that she experienced once. On the flip side, she was constantly missing Ethan for no reason. The days with him in human world were like a precious memory to her that she recalled every passing moment.

Standing beside the window side, she watched the blue sky outside blankly. Soon after, her hazel eyes saw the carriage that had stopped at the main gate as her face sank in annoyance.

She shifted her eyes somewhere else as a maid barged in her room and informed forming a bow,

" Princess, Queen Mother has come to meet you."

Athena replied nonchalantly,

" Got it."

Very soon, a familiar footsteps echoed in her ears as her brows tightened together in anger and agony. The door was already opened as she entered smoothly before stopping at the doorway watching her back at the window side.

Queen Mother's expression remained cold as she approached slowly near her,

" Are you doing well here? Is there anything that you want?"

Athena didn't reply not even sparing a glance as if she heard nothing. Queen Mother sighed helplessly before regaining her tough attitude.

She knew her daughter very well that softness or crocodile cry won't work over her at all.

Thus she spoke holding an undeniable authority in her tongue,

" I have come to tell you something. I have fixed your marriage with Zave. You should start getting prepared for your wedding."

Athena turned her face instantly before asking sarcastically as if she heard a big joke,

" Excuse me?"