The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 18: Dissent

"The spaces between your fingers are meant to be filled with mine"

With a pale face because he realized that he was being shot from close range, Nathan immediately raised his hands up, a sign of giving up and not fighting back.

Akram's own expression was very dark, as if he had indeed intended to shoot Nathan in the head in cold blood.

And Nathan himself knows that Akram never messes with his threats. Akram could not have succeeded in maintaining his firm position as a powerful leader and feared if his talk could not be held.

Behind her elegant and classy appearance, Akram is a ruthless figure who has no compassion. No matter if Nathan is a childhood friend, or even a personal doctor who has worked for him for many years, if Akram decides to eliminate Nathan, then Nathan will definitely lose his life.

"Sorry Elana, I still love my life, so I revoke my offer to help you" Nathan whispered to the pale Elana nearby, then immediately focused his gaze towards Akram.

"Don't be too serious, Akram! I'm just messing around! Don't kill me, you'll have trouble digging up the ground to bury me later!" Nathan exclaims in a loud voice to melt the situation when he sees that Akram is still aiming at his head with a gun in his hand.

Akram thinned his lips, looked at Nathan's eyes sharply, but he finally lowered his gun and slipped it back into the holster hidden behind his dark blazer.

"If you die here, I won't bother burying you.Living to put your body on the beach and the big crocodiles there will clean you up without a trace" Akram said in a cruel tone, deliberately staring at Elana when saying, causing Elana's body to shudder, horrified to hear Akram's vile sentence.

"You know I'm just messing around" Nathan's voice humbled as he continued his self-defense. "After all, I brought you something you've been waiting for," Nathan patted the bag he was carrying meaningfully, hoping that Akram understood its implied intent.

And Akram understands. What Nathan carried in his bag was something important and it was awaited by him.

Something closely related to Elana.

Akram finally nodded his head slightly, then turned around while gesturing for Nathan to follow him.

With a light step, Nathan moved to follow Akram until then in the doorway Akram suddenly stopped his sudden steps until almost making Nathan hit his back.  The man then turned his head back, staring directly at the position Elana was standing in earlier.

Elana herself was instantly stiff as Akram's gaze grabbed her. Actually, he had managed to move away a few steps without a sound when Akram turned his body and told Nathan to follow his steps earlier.

Elana is deliberately run away secretly because she does not want to interact further with Akram. Because, standing stiff while looking at how Akram pointed a gun so barbarically at his own personal doctor just because the man offered help to Elana, making Elana realize how cruel and dangerous the real figure of Akram is.

The man is not just a rapist who likes to impose his merciless will on women... Elana realizes that Akram could be more dangerous than she thought. Most likely, Akram was a vile assassin who had extinguished so many lives with his power.

"Where are you going?" Akram slightly frowned when he saw Elana was taking a step away opposite the entrance of the villa.

Elana immediately put on a defiant expression, raising her chin arrogantly towards Akram before replying.

"I want to take a walk around here." Elana deliberately inhaled fresh air and cool around him hard to tease Akram. "Outside here is much fresher than inside, the room" he half quipped.

The wrinkle on Akram's forehead deepened to hear Elana's answer. The man then watched around where the repair workers, all men, appeared to be running their duties.

The workers are trained to perform their duties efficiently, they work cleanly, quietly, quickly and as much as possible without disturbing the host who is known to have a bad temper. They will also leave the island soon after the repair work is completed. However, Akram's eyes found that most of the workers seemed to be looking at Elana, some even shamelessly deliberately devoured with their eyes all over Elana from head to toe with great interest, making Akram want to aim at those brash workers with his gun.

This morning Elana did look beautiful, with a fresh plain face without makeup, soft hair unraveled framing her face, and also a coral green dress wrapped her tiny body which now looked a little contained, she said, with the right density in the pleasant parts Akram. The appearance of Elana like a glowing forest fairy, really looks refreshing to the eye compared to the view around the island that is ravaged by the storm.

Thinking of the beauty of Elana being the food of another man's gaze, made Akram grit his teeth. He will never be willing to let his woman, who finally managed to have her hard-earned, enjoyed by other men even though only through the eyes.

"You have breakfast with me," Akram growled the command line firmly, and when he found out Elana was still standing rigidly in her place with a defiant look, Akram touches his hand to the gun that is still stored behind the pocket of his blazer, deliberately so Elana sees it. "Come in, Elana."

Elana gulped, she wanted to shout 'go to hell!' hard to fight Akram's attitude Arogan, but when he saw Akram signalling a threat by touching his gun, Elana knew that for now she had to give up.

Akram does not seem to like to be blatantly denied, especially in front of his men. And Elana believes that if she continues to argue, Akram will not hesitate to put a gun to Elana's head just to force her into the dining room and eat breakfast as ordered.

Elana finally stepped towards the door of the villa where Akram was waiting for her. He put on a sullen face deliberately to show Akram that even though this time he gave up and obeyed the tyrannical orders of the man, he did not do so willingly.

Normally, when Elana enjoyed her breakfast alone in this villa, she was already quite content to be able to eat an omelette with sliced peppers, she said, the delicious mushrooms and soft melted cheese in the middle are accompanied by a soothing cup of warm chocolate.

When the kitchen chef asked her what breakfast was her pleasure, Elana handed it to the chef telling her she wanted a menu that was the simplest and simplest dish the chef had ever made. And the chef ended up serving her an omelette as well as a warm chocolate drink. The type of cuisine that despite its name is quite simple, but is clearly made from high-quality ingredients so that it is presented with an amazingly delicious taste on the table.

The breakfast menu this time is not just an omelette and a warm chocolate drink, but comes with a fresh salad, toast, and, sausages and also steaming black coffee that gives off a fragrant aroma and is certainly deliberately reserved for Akram.

They ate breakfast in silence, several times Nathan seemed to start a light conversation that only Akram responded to with short and short answers.

Elana herself deliberately put herself as an outsider, she tried to ignore the existence of Akram and Nathan, trying to assume they were currently not in his presence. Elana chose to focus her attention on the delicious food in front of her, enjoying her breakfast wholeheartedly.

Despite that, Elana could not help but steal a glance towards Akram and Nathan who were sitting across from her desk. The two ate breakfast in a style that looked very elegant, especially Akram, the man ate with a charismatic expression with his back straight and a style of eating like the upper-class nobles at the lavish banquet that only Elana had seen through the television screen.

Enraptured by Akram's elegant eating style, Elana accidentally misplaces his fork, until the tip of the silver fork punctures the fancy ceramic plate on which she is feeding, creating a loud sound broke the silence on that dining table.

Akram immediately looked at Elana sharply, throwing a warning look so that Elana kept the dining etiquette at the table. Growing up in an aristocratic family full of strict protocols and high-end rules, Akram arguably could not tolerate the impoliteness and barbaric attitude at the dinner table.

But Elana herself, once aware that Akram dislikes her etiquette which might be considered classless at the dinner table, instead of her self-improvement, Elana deliberately challenges Akram and demonstrates her rebellious attitude.

Eagerly, he sliced the omelet in front of him with a large piece, stuffed it all into his mouth, chewing it with a loud, annoying clucking sound. And as if that wasn't enough, Elana grabbed a warm brown cup in her hand, drinking it like a thirsty marathoner after a run, it deliberately gulped with a huge gulp that caused his throat to create a loud sound as he swallowed the liquid.

Acram's face was red-dyed seeing Elana's attitude, and to the point Elana put her brown cup carelessly until the liquid stained the clean white dining table cover, Akram got out of control and slammed his palm against the table and created a loud sound that made the movement of Elana who was bribing the next big piece of omelet, come to a halt.

Elana looked up her head, looking at Akram with a defiant look which meant 'Areally what's your problem?' and continued to chew with a loud clucking sound as if mocking. Salah himself Akram forced Elana from the lower class to be his prisoner. If Akram likes a good-ticket woman, he should take a high-class woman as his passions, instead of forcing Elana to end up with him.

Elana doesn't know what high-end dining etiquette looks like, and she doesn't care and doesn't feel the need to know. For Elana, the food was eaten as a function so that humans could survive, the food should also be enjoyed gratefully, without having to care about protocols and procedures that make it difficult to eat.

Akram wiped his mouth with a clean white napkin provided on the table, his jaw hardened as he stared at Elana who continued to enjoy her meal carelessly without caring that she made Akram feel uncomfortable. Akram was unable to even finish his breakfast after seeing Elana's behavior.

What makes Akram more angry is because he knows that actually the style of eating Elana which is usually not that rough. This woman obviously deliberately ate in a haphazard style with the intention to demonstrate her defiance against Akram.

No. gabe. Akram will not be that easy to fall in emotion just because of the childish provocation done by Elana on purpose.

At the moment, there is something else that needs more focus until Akram decides to ignore Elana for a while.

But that doesn't mean Elana can just walk away. Later when Akram has finished his business and they are just the two of them, Akram is determined to show Elana about who really rules in their relationship. Elana should be aware that there is no point in trying to resist going on. For the woman will surely end up submissive and yielding under her mercy.

Akram got up from sitting, then stood up in a quiet elegant manner, although at the other end of the table, Elana continued to eat like a starving person who had not been fed for several days.

Ignoring Elana, Akram turned his head towards Nathan who seemed to be enjoying his breakfast while bowing his head deeply. When Akram watched Nathan closely, he realized that Nathan was holding back laughing and the man tried to hide his expression by looking down deeply.

The damn doctor was apparently amused by the awkward situation between Akram and Elana. Nathan seems to be enjoying a show of provocation from Elana to provoke Akram's anger and he is also happy to see Akram who looks tormented because he desperately tries to refrain from being provoked by Elana's provocation.

Of course Nathan is so enjoying a situation that probably could never happen twice. Because normally, no one would dare to provoke Akram's anger, and if anyone was crazy enough to do so, Akram was clearly not going to let that person waltz freely without injuries like what was happening to Elana.

Elana is truly a special woman, not just the innocent attitude of the woman who is not glared by the physical perfection and wealth of Akram, Elana also becomes the only woman who dares to rebel and provoke Akram blatantly. Akram treated Elana differently, giving her treatment that she had never given to any human before.

"Finish your meal soon, Nathan. I'm waiting in my study, and I hope you've come to bring me the good news I want," Akram speaks to Nathan while throwing an implied warning through his eyes so that Nathan does not try to interact back with Elana when Akram leaves them alone.

Afterwards, without looking at Elana again, Akram turned to leave the dining room and stepped into his study across the hall.