Bloody Eyes
|Bab 39|

"Who gave you permission to come here?" Owen said it changed. "Who do you think disrespects my orders?" Standing up, he spat out words like a starving and uncontrollable dog.

Standing in front of her was Daniela, bright red eyes, black clothes - usually masculine - that made Owen even more furious. He remained silent, smiling. Waiting.

"Owen first," said Luana entering the large and large dining room. The dress was blood red, gold-brimmed, gracefully rolled behind her body—though there was no breeze her hair was piled high above her head with some loose curls decorated with golden combs. Blood eyes. “I don't allow anything. I commanded. There's a difference there. Second, I thought to this day that she was Princess Daniela, except - she smiled broadly, stopping between Owen and Dani - you have revoked her title, she said, in this case I will change her name to Princess Daniela and my personal advisor.

“How dare you break one of my orders..”.

"Oh God!" the thrill of scoffing, bowing. "You should have known that one of my skills was presumptuous," he calmed down.

Muffled laughter: Harvey, Luana smiled wider still holding back her laughter. Lua turned to Merleah, catching her amidst the smile and satisfaction in her eyes. He bowed slightly with a restrained respect.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you, Merleah."

The woman's smile widened, Luana straightened her body.

— I'm always here, just find me — reply. A silent blink behind the seething Owen.

“If you order it, let's see if you have the courage to repeat the order,” challenge Owen with gritted teeth.

Luana's smile instantly faded and she turned to her father-in-law with raised eyebrows.

"Are you challenging me Uncle?" — sarcasm looking for confirmation. “Oh, it's okay, it doesn't hurt. I can't point out the problem, look into my eyes Owen.

Luana looked into his eyes, searching in their depths the ghostly power he had secretly trained with Paisley. He found it: dark, drunk. Attack the depths of the man's mind in front of you. Dark and cold. Ice cutter. The smell of the sea on the night of the full moon. The stone walls are thick, but some are already ruins. A part. Luana attack. It attacked Owen's mind, his mind. And there he planted a picture of himself and Daniela on top of the tower a few hours ago. Scene when command is given. And from that ice fog that was shrouded. Came to you. Owen's previously teary eyes refocused. His face was like marble: petrified. Maybe a mixture of fear and anger.

"How do you do it? — no emotions, no reluctance.

Luana smiled faintly. Lazy smile.

- What is it? Is scared? — quiet, relaxing.

- You…

— Didn't mean to scare you... Uncle.

— Do not call me that..you should not know all that.. —He whispered in amazement.

Luana exhaled, rolling her eyes disinterestedly.

- What is it? - dry. "Do I have no right to know that my father, now deceased, is your brother?" It's a pity - pretending to be sorry. - I think you traded the daughters of the gods for something worse Owen - state.

Soleness.

— Nice to meet you Layton — Luana suddenly turned around. On the young man with bright hair and purple eyes leaned against the wall next to Harvey. Both smiling.

Luana accompanied them.

Inadvertently, she had entered the guest's mind—actually, the only person Luana couldn't read was Harvey—'s mindand finally found a very sympathetic thought. He looked into her eyes, as Daniela had said, for such confirmation. His friend was right: only by looking into his eyes did he know who he was. Emotional turmoil erupted from him, but his face remained expressionless. He can act very well. Luna found it interesting. Layton pushed away from the wall and immersed his body into a deep arc.

"In the queen of your services."

Ready to serve the daughters of the Gods. Accept me as your servant.

Layton whispered between the abyss of the two minds, Luana brought them closer, greatly reducing the distance. Aroma's salty.

Layton.

He answers. Not in confirmation or denial.

I've been waiting for you for a long time, Lady of Eclipse. Accept me.

Sounds like music, symphony. Sounds like a charm. Luana felt an indisputable force flow through her veins. Alive and warm. Very hot and fast. He controls himself. He can't give up.

"Do it for me."

The first promise of loyalty to your blood.

It whispered back to that warm darkness. The mood smiles in response.

Anytime, Eclipse Lady.

I'll tell you when.

And he came down from the abyss. They come to. Layton composed himself.

Luana smiled at him in response.

During a few minutes of silent conversation between Luana and Layton, Owen calmed down. Now he sat at one end of the long table, a glass of wine in one hand. Merleah cleared her throat and everyone turned to her, before that, Luana exchanged glances with Daniela. They'll talk later.

"We'd better have dinner before the food gets cold" and he sits down.

The table is set. John sat down, a presence that only Luana noticed at that moment. During that time he was cornered with Max and Paisley, who are now also well established. Harvey approached, Layton settled down. Luana remained in the same place, waiting. Harvey touched his waist, drew closer to his ear and whispered, his voice hoarse, containing:

— You still surprised me a lot Luana, I was curious about what you haven't shown — and she guided him to one of the chairs, helped him sit down and got closer again. “You blindly saw this dress and I would love to tear it from your body.

"I can't wait for Harvey" Lua whispered back.

He pulled himself up, sitting on the chair beside him. Daniela sat on Luana's empty side, smiled briefly at him and helped herself. For the most part, the dinner went on in silence, interrupted only by whispering conversations between Max and Paisley or John, Layton and Harvey, which at one point started rubbing Lua's thigh under the table.

No one else was eating and with the leftover magic disappearing, the table was flooded with drinks and playing cards in place. Everyone slowly dissolved into the conversation and drank. All except Daniela and Luana. They were silent — just watch — find a gap to get out. Half an hour later they fled to the top of the tower again. Starry night sky, moon fading. It was almost midnight.

you're right Dani, she knows exactly when I look into her eyes. It gave me the feeling that my barrier was overcome by a strong but harmless force. And a kind of electric current flowed through it, as if giving a warning. The difference was that he knew how to disguise all of this very well.

“I was curious when Paisley told me that you could get into the mind and explore everything. Listening and reading minds. And master it with a little more practice. What tickles me now is that with this, if I'm right, you can crush people from the inside out, destroying their minds. Well, if you've already sensed Layton's power, it's incredible! Now that we've ascertained her resemblance and Zoey, you feel she's something dark. Zoey managed to hide her aura of power so well that we don't even know when she moves. But if you read Layton's thoughts...

“I didn't read his mind completely. I could only hear what he was saying at the time. It's intentional. With Owen it was completely different. I broke through the barrier, feeling the wall of his mind with my thoughts. As for Layton, between the two of us was a chasm he whispered. I approached, reducing the distance, but even so I couldn't stay by his side, there was still a gap between us. It was like a trench, only deeper than usual.

- Wow! - cried Daniela wonder. “The description is very graceful! It's like you're walking down the road to someone's mind...

— Your father's situation is precarious to be honest. I didn't even have to bother to find the entrance or pass through the shield. Most of them are in ruins. It is strange that I can feel, have sensations in people's minds and from what I can understand now, they differ from person to person...

- Like this? - confused.

— Your father's mind is ice-cold and dark, it smells like the sea on a full moon night...

— Sea scents on a full moon night? Isn't that a little weird? He narrowed his eyes.

- I don't know. That's what came to my mind at the time. It was something that reminded me of the sea and the full moon at the same time, whereas Layton smelled of the sea and was warm comfortably.

Daniela raised her eyebrows in a silent question.

“Paisley's mind is completely different. There is no darkness. It felt like a piercing sunlight in the spring afternoon and smelled like wild lilies. Maybe something more wild. The feeling of peace she gave made sense, as she was the reincarnation of the goddess of peace as well.

“It must be very interesting to have that feeling…

“Some are not interesting at all. They are obscure, cold and dark. Now let me show you what Layton told me ...

"Ah, continue, I've even forgotten ...

Luana searches in the dark for Daniela, for her protection. Everything is very quiet. Until then, it was empty. But something in the distance appeared: tall and fat. There is no defect. The shield lifted without rest. He approached and touched the wall of fire. Hot as fire. And the silence is gone. The phoenix song flooded his mind. Time melody. Music is not sung, not played, not composed.

Anything. Timing.

Luana calmly touched the shield, asking for permission. At the same time they bowed, gave way to him, the gate opened and he entered. There he kept his thoughts, images and politely left. The shield was lifted again and Luana waited until Daniela was conscious.

"Then, shouldn't we kill him?" - mocking smiling.

“Seems not.” Lua smiled back. “Sometimes I think you are fascinated by death.

— I am Time. I am creation and destruction, but I am nothing. Death to me is like a brave friend who sometimes has the courage to challenge me.

Luana laughed, closing her eyes to feel the wind beating on her face and ruffling her hair.

"How will you make him swear allegiance by blood?" ask Daniela.

“It's not quite how, it's where. I need a place where we can meet him without anyone knowing and being safe.

“I can do this for you. I find her location, set the day and time, and pick her up, though if she looks like Zoey, she must have the power to show up wherever she wants. Maybe let my mom get it so no one knows. It's a good move actually, because almost no one knows what he's actually capable of.

“Okay, Dani. I know you can do this for me. An advice: it is safe for us to make a blood deal with anyone who decides to join us. They will not betray us easily.

"Who did you learn that from?" - curious.

“I've been taking classes with Paisley secretly, you know, and I've learned a lot of useful things from him.

— You learn in a week what I need years to learn and it attracts Lua!

“Don't overdo it, Daniela. I'm just trying.