The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 21: Family

“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones that would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.”

The afternoon breeze began to blow fiercely along the coast of the island, creating a swish of leaves that swung against each other and sounded like a whisper of a lover who was blown lovingly into his ears. Orange color also appears to have adorned the skyline, reflecting golden light through the large window in the library and make the light hit two bodies that huddle on the sofa.

Akram had just released himself from Elana and was now lying together with the woman on the sofa, decided to take a break from their sex activities because the woman began to look tired after serving Akram's endless lust.

Akram did not release his embrace from Elana, himself lying on his side while embracing the woman tightly docked to his chest and drowned the face of Elana who looked half asleep there. Meanwhile, Akram's fingers rub gently, down along Elana's spine in a light, spider-web-like motion.

This sofa is actually large enough to accommodate two human children sleeping together. But still, lying down and making love on this sofa does not feel as comfortable as if they do it on his spacious bed. On this sofa, Akram had to keep both of their bodies in order to stay cuddled so that they would not fall over. Even so, Akram's body can not lie, the satisfaction he got from Elana's body is still as delicious as the first time he slept with Elana, making him crazy and as if never satisfied.

Akram put his chin on the top of Elana's head, feeling a peaceful atmosphere after making love that he had never felt before with anyone. It was as if his body was so satisfied and the hormone serotonin flooded his brain and made him feel something synonymous with happiness.

Akram finally gave up the pleasant peaceful atmosphere, and almost allowed himself to sleep for a while, before then the sound of Elana's tummy rumbling loudly rippled between them and stained the silence as if a magical one created earlier.

Akram opened his eyes again, and looked towards Elana who was curled up in his arms. The woman was being tightly shut, and the fact that Elana did not refuse to be embraced by Akram at this time, most likely was because Elana was too tired to even do a small refusal. Akram had satisfied his lust mercilessly to Elana as early as the afternoon. The man never seems satisfied. When she had just reached the peak of her satisfaction, just touching Elana's skin or hearing Elana's sigh could easily stir her up again.

Meanwhile, Elana who closed her eyes began to be swallowed by the dreamland which seemed to pick herself up in a hurry. At this moment, Elana just wanted to sleep. He wanted to rest all of his bones that were feeling faint and melt his so tired body. He just wanted to close his eyes, rest in a dreamland, not caring about his stomach protesting and shouting hunger cries.

But maybe Akram was created to harass and disturb Elana, the man even shook Elana's shoulders a little hard, disperse the dreamland that was ready to hug Elana tightly.

"Wake, Elana. You have to eat." said Akram in a stern voice as Elana refused to open her eyes.

Elana removes Akram's hand from her shoulder, blatantly thinking of Akram as a bully.

"Don't want to eat, want to sleep," Elana wrapped her head with her arms as a sign of rejection, want to immediately return to the dreamland that is waiting.

Akram gritted his teeth at Elana's behavior, not because of anger, but because he had to hold his passion as hard as he could. The usual Elana, would not have been as spoiled and adorable as she was today. All this time Elana had always challenged him, putting on a defiant expression filled with vigilance, hatred, or even fear. Perhaps because Elana was very sleepy, the woman forgot to fortify herself in front of Akram.

And this Elana is a lot of fun for Akram. Along with other women who always act spoiled, with blinking eyes and lips piercing full of seduction while they use all means to sag on Akram's arms and impose a continuous intimate touch, she said, Akram is too used to it that he feels invulnerable. But the spoiled attitude that Elana showed him at this moment, felt like a treasure that only came to the surface once every thousand years, was so precious.

It disturbed Akram's heart with a foreign feeling that he had never felt before. The feeling was warm, prompting her to be gentle and loving towards Elana, an attitude that was of course very opposite to Akram's cruel and stiff character.

Akram touched his finger to Elana's soft hair, rubbing the woman's head slowly as if rubbing the head of a beloved child.

"I'll get you some food" whispered Akram softly, then gave a small kiss at Elana's temple before rising from the sofa

Elana's answer was only an indistinct murmur while her eyes were tightly clenched, a sign of her already falling into the dream realm.

Akram closed the folded white blanket on the arm of the sofa to the naked body of Elana and moved around wearing her clothes back silently. Afterwards, Akram stepped out of the quiet and peaceful library room and closed the door behind him.

After ordering a late lunch menu to his chef, Akram grabs his phone and decides to make a phone call to Elios.

As expected, Elios picked up his phone at the first ring Akram called, muttering greetings filled with a respectful tone.

"Nathan said you've taken care of all the necessary procedures for the boy?" ask Akram without further ado.

"Already, sir, I'm currently with a lawyer on my way to the orphanage to complete the final adoption process. In a few hours, the boy will be in our shade."

"Take the boy immediately to Nathan for a thorough health screening as soon as you get a legal adoption permit and can get him." Akram gave the order quickly. "I want the boy to be completely healthy because he won't be of any use to us if he's sick."

"Well, sir," Elios answered back obediently. "Home in the northern area has also been prepared to hold the child temporarily, until you need it." she reported later.

"Good," Akram did not hide the satisfaction in his tone of voice. "Let me know if the adoption process is over." she shut the conversation down, then cut off the phone.

When Akram returned to the library room while carrying a tray full of food in his hand, Elana was still lying in the same position, his eyes closed tightly and his breathing up and down seemed regular signs that his sleep was very good.

Akram himself had eaten a late lunch at the dinner table alone. After he finished eating and when he was about to bring himself this tray up, the panicked waiters tried to prevent her and wanted to help Akram deliver the tray full of tantalizing dishes to the second floor where the library was located.

But Akram insisted on bringing this tray himself to Elana. It was impossible for anyone else to see the sight of Elana's naked body covered only in a messy blanket and lying on her stomach in her deep sleep on the library's couch.

Akram placed the tray on the table near the sofa and looked back at Elana. The contrasting appearance between the seductive body and the innocent sleeping face recreates a spark of passion that begins to crawl Akram's body.

This time Akram's hand movements were stronger as the man shook Elana's shoulder, not wanting to give in to Elana's refusal who was still feeling very sleepy.

"Wake up little cat, I bring you food." Akram bowed and deliberately whispered the sentence near Elana's ear to disturb her.

His efforts succeeded and Elana's beautiful clear eyes opened, directly staring at Akram's face close to her. Unfortunately, this time Elana's vigilance seemed to have returned, until there was no more adorable spoiled attitude that she had just shown. What was there was a suspicious look mixed with hatred in the eyes of the woman towards him.

"I brought you food." Akram put on a stiff expression while raising his chin towards the tray full of food on the table next to the sofa. "Eat."

Elana tried to get up to sit down and directly gripped her sagging blanket as she did so. Quickly tied the white blanket wrapped around his body and covered his chest, to prevent the sight of his body being exposed in Akram's eyes. No matter the expression of Akram who mocked as if saying without a voice that there is no point Elana being shy and trying to close her body in front of Akram, he had seen and touched everything.

Elana's eyes glanced towards the food that was served full on the tray. The food menu looks very interesting, a bowl of chicken with marinara sauce combined with potatoes pounded and fried until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it is still coupled with broccoli that looks so fresh appetizing. And the chef in this villa not only provides the main menu but includes a companion menu in the form of fruit salad and vegetable salad, and and cheese cake stoberi as dessert. Lastly there is lemon tea which is very tempting to refresh the mouth after eating.

When Elana just stared at her food without moving for some time, Akram finally hissed in an impatient tone.

"You're hungry, aren't you? Finish your food."

Being ruled with such an arrogant tone made the dissident attitude in Elana's soul bouncy out. He gulped his saliva to refrain from the temptation of such tempting food and raised his chin haughtily.

"I'm not hungry." he said.

Akram's facial expression darkened and the man moved as if he wanted to grip Elana furiously. But before Akram could do anything, Elana's stomach suddenly rang again, this time even louder than before, as if deliberately wanting to deny Elana's own words and humiliate her in front of Akram.

Akram's expression that was angry suddenly softened immediately to hear the voice. Her lips thinned as if holding a smile until it made Elana's face flushed hot withstanding the overwhelming embarrassment.

Knowing that Elana would be even more resistant if she was being tough on the woman, Akram softened her tone.

"Eat Elana" said Akram calmly. "If you don't do it for me, do it for yourself. How can you fight me if your thin body is weak from hunger?" connect with Akram on purpose.

Elana pensively paused for a moment, then raised her defiant gaze towards Akram before snorting in annoyance and grabbing the tray onto his lap.

"I didn't eat because I was told to!" elana said, "I eat because I'm hungry!" he continued in a high tone, implying an unenclosed hostile attitude.

Instead of feeling angry, Akram even with all his strength tried to resist the stubborn smile and force to knot on his lips.

Just this time there was someone who was disrespectful and rude to him openly, and Akram even felt amused, not at all offended to accept it.

Elana devoured her food quickly, stuffing one by one the food into her tiny mouth that was miraculously able to devour everything without difficulty. Seeing Elana's huge appetite, Akram wondered why she was so thin when she first met him.

Has Elana been unable to buy enough food to satisfy her taste? Was she used to hunger because she had no money to buy food?

Akram's expression darkened as he pulled up the chair and placed it in front of Elana who was engrossed in eating. Akram sat there with a stiff expression, watching Elana with his sharp hazel eyes.

"Be my family, Elana."

Akram's words spoken in a serious tone with an unexpectedly deep voice made Elana choke instantly. The large piece of broccoli she chewed instantly got stuck in her throat, leaving her eyes glazed over and Elana coughed loudly. Quickly Elana grabbed the glass of lemon tea in front of her and gulped it in one big gulp to relieve her painful cough.

Then after she calmed down, Elana looked back at Akram, while her eyes shone in disbelief.

"What did you say?" Elana asked back, trying to ascertain if her ears were functioning properly.

Akram's facial expression did not change, remaining solemn and calm, while his eyes stared straight at Elana as if capable of piercing the depths of his heart.

"Be my family, Elana and you don't have to worry about anything anymore. I will take care of you under my protection. All you need to do is become my bedmate voluntarily, obediently and with no thoughts of escaping from me."

Akram grabbed the book that Elana had read to sleep which was then taken and placed by Akram on the floor. Akram pulled the white paper tucked in there, then squeezed the white paper containing Elana's hand graffiti with all his strength to shatter formless again. His expression looked cruel as he continued his sentence. "Because when I give confidence to the person I consider my family, I will be very angry when I find that person is trying to betray behind my back."