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reacted a tad late.
Hervé cursed and propelled towards him. Armand welcomed him halfway. They met in mid-air, with hands clamped on each other’s necks, a stalemate. Their powers were equal.
“Back off. Belle’s mine.” Armand tightened his grip.
Hervé gasped. He choked Armand harder in return. “Never.”
Armand gurgled and let go his chokehold. “Don’t you think you’re being selfish? I saw her first.”
Hervé coughed. “Selfish? You’re the one who’s being selfish, cousin. You didn’t let me compete for her fairly. I let you win Minette before. Now it’s my turn.”
“You fuck a new girl every week. She’s not one of your easy-to-get games. Go find somebody else.”
“I fell in love with her!” Hervé glimpsed at the balcony. “Shit.”
Armand saw Belle had been watching their fight in disbelief. She was clad only in a bed sheet. Her face paled. “Oh, fuck.” Armand descended to the ground. Belle had caught them red-handed.
Hervé followed suit. “You ruin everything. Happy now?”
Armand brushed past his cousin and walked to the mansion. Hervé’s staff had pooled by the terrace. It seemed they’d been watching their fight the whole time.
“Armand!”
He ignored Hervé’s call. Armand wanted to straighten everything with Belle. Just as he entered the drawing room, he saw her running towards the front door. Her dress was half-zipped and she was only wearing one shoe. The other was in her hand.
“Back off!” she shrieked when Armand was about to come to her.
“Belle…”
Belle was totally freaked out. “Stay where you are. Don’t come any closer.”
Hervé materialised next to Armand. “Belle…”
She screamed, watching his cousin come out of nowhere. “Leave me alone!” She yanked the front door open and fled.
“Belle!” Armand wanted to run after her, but Hervé halted him.
“It’s no use. Give her time to cool off. You’ll scare her even more if you chase her right now.”
Armand paused. His cousin was right. Humans weren’t accustomed to seeing supernatural beings like them out in the open. Belle needed some time to sort things out. He whirled around and jabbed a finger in Hervé’s chest. “This is all your fault!”
Chapter Five
As soon as she had bounded from the taxi and stormed into her apartment, Belle locked her front door in haste. Her hands trembled. She bolted to her bedroom and locked that door as well. She slumped by the foot of her bed. A cold chill numbed her.
God. Who are Armand and Hervé? Ordinary people don’t just levitate and wreak havoc at whim. She’d been awakened by a loud boom and crashes and men shouting. She’d thought it was an earthquake when her bed shook violently. When she took a peek at the balcony, she saw Hervé and Armand fighting, trying to kill each other with their psychic power.
She couldn’t really discern what she saw. Psychic- that was the best way to describe it. People didn’t just hover in mid-air and make things fly with simple hand gestures.
God. What had she got herself into? She’d slept with men who clearly weren’t ordinary humans.
Human .
Belle blinked. It occurred to her Madame Chabert had called her human the first time she saw her. Hervé said something about smelling human scent when he found her in Maison Plaisir.
Human. She was human. They weren’t
What the hell were they?
Belle had been a logical person her entire life. She hadn’t believed in the tooth fairy, elves, and even Santa Claus when she was little. But what she’d witnessed couldn’t be explained with any science she knew.
Belle pinched herself until her skin turned blue. Hurt like hell too. No. She wasn’t dreaming. Everything was real.
Groggily, she hoisted herself onto the bed and curled up, until exhausted from thinking, she dozed off. When she woke up, it had turned dark outside. She pulled herself together and took a long shower to clear her mind. Still, everything didn’t make sense. Belle
Hervé cursed and propelled towards him. Armand welcomed him halfway. They met in mid-air, with hands clamped on each other’s necks, a stalemate. Their powers were equal.
“Back off. Belle’s mine.” Armand tightened his grip.
Hervé gasped. He choked Armand harder in return. “Never.”
Armand gurgled and let go his chokehold. “Don’t you think you’re being selfish? I saw her first.”
Hervé coughed. “Selfish? You’re the one who’s being selfish, cousin. You didn’t let me compete for her fairly. I let you win Minette before. Now it’s my turn.”
“You fuck a new girl every week. She’s not one of your easy-to-get games. Go find somebody else.”
“I fell in love with her!” Hervé glimpsed at the balcony. “Shit.”
Armand saw Belle had been watching their fight in disbelief. She was clad only in a bed sheet. Her face paled. “Oh, fuck.” Armand descended to the ground. Belle had caught them red-handed.
Hervé followed suit. “You ruin everything. Happy now?”
Armand brushed past his cousin and walked to the mansion. Hervé’s staff had pooled by the terrace. It seemed they’d been watching their fight the whole time.
“Armand!”
He ignored Hervé’s call. Armand wanted to straighten everything with Belle. Just as he entered the drawing room, he saw her running towards the front door. Her dress was half-zipped and she was only wearing one shoe. The other was in her hand.
“Back off!” she shrieked when Armand was about to come to her.
“Belle…”
Belle was totally freaked out. “Stay where you are. Don’t come any closer.”
Hervé materialised next to Armand. “Belle…”
She screamed, watching his cousin come out of nowhere. “Leave me alone!” She yanked the front door open and fled.
“Belle!” Armand wanted to run after her, but Hervé halted him.
“It’s no use. Give her time to cool off. You’ll scare her even more if you chase her right now.”
Armand paused. His cousin was right. Humans weren’t accustomed to seeing supernatural beings like them out in the open. Belle needed some time to sort things out. He whirled around and jabbed a finger in Hervé’s chest. “This is all your fault!”
Chapter Five
As soon as she had bounded from the taxi and stormed into her apartment, Belle locked her front door in haste. Her hands trembled. She bolted to her bedroom and locked that door as well. She slumped by the foot of her bed. A cold chill numbed her.
God. Who are Armand and Hervé? Ordinary people don’t just levitate and wreak havoc at whim. She’d been awakened by a loud boom and crashes and men shouting. She’d thought it was an earthquake when her bed shook violently. When she took a peek at the balcony, she saw Hervé and Armand fighting, trying to kill each other with their psychic power.
She couldn’t really discern what she saw. Psychic- that was the best way to describe it. People didn’t just hover in mid-air and make things fly with simple hand gestures.
God. What had she got herself into? She’d slept with men who clearly weren’t ordinary humans.
Human .
Belle blinked. It occurred to her Madame Chabert had called her human the first time she saw her. Hervé said something about smelling human scent when he found her in Maison Plaisir.
Human. She was human. They weren’t
What the hell were they?
Belle had been a logical person her entire life. She hadn’t believed in the tooth fairy, elves, and even Santa Claus when she was little. But what she’d witnessed couldn’t be explained with any science she knew.
Belle pinched herself until her skin turned blue. Hurt like hell too. No. She wasn’t dreaming. Everything was real.
Groggily, she hoisted herself onto the bed and curled up, until exhausted from thinking, she dozed off. When she woke up, it had turned dark outside. She pulled herself together and took a long shower to clear her mind. Still, everything didn’t make sense. Belle
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