The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 38: Holiday (Bonus Part for Intermezzo )

Elana blinked her eyes and frowned as the sunlight from the open vent sent out a bright signal that tickled her pupils and forced her to wake up from her deep sleep.

Half closed, Elana tried to move the body, wanted to wriggle her muscles that felt stiff, but unfortunately something*** her body, making her unable to move.

At once Elana opened her eyes and her face immediately met red when she realized that Akram was sleeping soundly with a prone position where the man's body was almost*** almost half of Elana's body.

It is fitting that he dreams of being chased by ghosts to gasp because of running fatigue, it turns out that Akram was the one who overcame him and the burden of the man's body that makes shortness of breath.

Elana's eyes inevitably watched the acram that was very close to her, the man was still sound, his body was slow and his expression seemed relaxed in his calm sleep. With her eyes closed and looking younger due to her disheveled hair, Akram Night who was currently asleep looked much less dangerous than Akram Night who usually always looked dark, and was not, grim and horrible.

Unwittingly, Elana is glued to Akram's face while he tries to examine his own feelings. In that forced togetherness, of course, there was a little change in Elana's heart. She is no longer afraid of Akram knowing that he will not hurt her unless Elana pushes Akram to his limits.

However, that does not mean Elana can easily forgive Akram's crimes in the past, then fall into the charm of Akram without a fight. She is not the kind of woman who is glared at by possessions and physical appearance, because for her, love can grow if nurtured slowly from within, not from outside.

At this moment there was still a strong sense of pain in his heart when he remembered how Akram was imposing his will on him. Even the pain was still burning every time he remembered it, hitting right into his heart and as if closing his airway until he stumbled involuntarily.

The desire to escape from Akram's power is certainly still passionate in his soul, making him not want to stop dreaming about a happy life of freedom somewhere far from the clutches of the man, he said, where Elana can forget all her past and start a simple new sheet in accordance with her simple dream.

But for now, Elana is trapped in a situation where she cannot escape. And what he feared the most was the fact that he had become accustomed to the closeness imposed by Akram on him.

Women without experience like her, when forced to face Akram who is very expert and experienced, what else can she do besides lose and give up?

Elana is afraid that if she does not immediately break away from Akram, there will come a time when she is accustomed to being Akram's woman and finally gives up completely, accepting and resigned to the status of Akram's mistress, she said, which is only seen as property to satisfy the man's physical needs.

Elana does not want that to happen, which is why Elana will not give up on fighting for her freedom and break away from Akram. He believed that he deserved to be seen as better than just a mere complacent lust.

Akram's body seemed to move and the man's forehead creased even though his eyes were still tightly closed, indicating that the owner of the eyes was still drowning in his deep sleep. Akram pushed his head to the side of Elana's face, drowned his nose on the sensitive side near Elana's ears and exhaled his hot breath there.

"Don't leave me, Elana," a faint whisper could be heard between Akram's regular breaths, causing Elana's body to instantly freeze with shock. He tried to push Akram's body on his stomach, *** half Elana's body in a strong body trap, but Akram was unmoved, as if still drowning in deep.

"Acram?" Elana asked slowly, trying to be sure.

There was no answer, only the sigh of Akram's regular breath sounded close to his ear.

So Akram was really still asleep. In that case, was the whisper just caused by a dream flower?

Elana was so surprised when Akram muttered like that, as if to understand the thought of Elana who was looking for a way to escape from Akram. Almost he came to the ridiculous conclusion that Akram does have the ability to telepathically.

Slowly, Akram's body was pushed with his healthy arm, a futile effort because Akram's rock-hard body did not even shift a inch. Elana would not give up trying. The day had gone by when seen from the bright light that penetrated the ventilation and Elana wanted to take a bath.

Elana finally tilted her head, brought her lips closer to the side of Akram's ear and said the man's name in a slightly loud tone to disturb his deep sleep.

"Akram," Elana called out the man's name, beginning to despair when the man did not wake up. "Acram!" repeat it harder.

His final whisper made Akram move slowly, as if Elana's call had penetrated his consciousness. Soon Akram's head was lifted and hazel's eyes opened. Apparently Akram was the type of person who woke up instantly, because those eyes instantly became clear as Akram gained his entire consciousness quickly.

"Elana," Akram smiled faintly, then lowered his head to present a kiss at his temple. This morning I feel more relaxed and easy to smile. "Good morning" said Akram with a light almost like affection in his eyes. "Let's sleep a little longer" he asked meaningfully.

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"I want to cook my own lunch! When you were taking a shower earlier I even made a list of the groceries I would buy to make my menu," Elana looked at Akram with her wide, innocent eyes. "May I go out to buy groceries at the nearest supermarket?"

Elana seemed to have waited a long time to say that, the woman looked so petite, sitting on a large sofa in the living room of a spacious apartment and connecting with the kitchen and dining area.

Akram had just stepped down from the stairs that connected the room area with the lower area, the man had just taken a shower, his hair was still even wet and his face looked fresh, it returned all of its energy that was drained some time earlier.

The clock had already shown at ten in the afternoon and they both had both missed breakfast, which is why Akram offered Elana to order food outside to be delivered to the house, he certainly already has a list of luxury restaurants with appetizing dishes that he will give to Elana to choose from.

But the woman's answer was unexpected. Cook it? What kind of crazy idea is that? He had so much money and they just sat back and ordered as fancy and expensive as they wanted, but the woman instead chose to bother cooking?

"No," infuriated Akram giving an ultimatum. "We'll order food from the outside. I won't let you dirty my kitchen and apartment with all sorts of messy cooking ingredients." The tone of voice used by Akram was the firm tone of voice he used to his men. Usually, once he heard that undeniable ferocious tone of voice, his men would wrinkle, then flirt to run to execute the order without daring to refute.

Unfortunately the tone of voice was apparently unable to face Elana, instead of shrinking backwards, the woman even stepped forward while raising her head, as if ready to challenge her.

"If I don't cook myself I don't want to eat. And if I don't eat I don't have the energy, so I won't be willing to accompany you up there" Elana glanced up at the room, make Akram immediately understand the meaning. Elana knows that Akram's weakness is the desire to touch her as if it never recedes, and she uses that to fight Akram. Well, Akram could probably always impose his will, as he always did before, but, knowing that Elana rejected him at the beginning would certainly interfere with Akram's desire and reduce the pleasure he got from the process of making love with Elana.

Elana deliberately asked to cook for herself in the apartment to buy her freedom from the plural of Akram. The man had obviously wanted to spend this whole day trying to spill his passion on Elana, and if Elana had no other reason to be busy, he said, it could be that Akram will trap him in bed all day and will only release him if it is time to eat or go to the toilet.

At least by cooking alone whether lunch or dinner, Elana can linger busy yourself there, he said, so that there are hours of free time from the plagues of Akram without having to serve the man make love all day.

Akram's jaws hardened hearing Elana's implied threat and his eyes snorted, filled with a slowly seething rage and creating a terrifying aura that enveloped his body.

Elana's expression did not change, the woman even still looked up her chin haughtily, unblinkingly staring at Akram.

"That's better. Why didn't you do it before? Quickly contact your woman to accompany you, so I can rest with pleasure," Elana moved and casually passed Akram, about to step up the stairs and return to her room.

A moment later, Akram's hand blocked her healthy arm, holding Elana's body from moving forward.

Elana frowned, looking up to look at Akram with a confused expression.

"What else is it?" tanyanya.

Traces of anger were still on Akram's face and the man was holding him back with all his might.

"Where's your shopping list?" tanya Akram among the tightly clenched teeth.

Elana's thin lips held back the triumphant smile tucked there. It feels good to make Akram give up this time.

"What?" Elana put on an innocent face and pretended not to understand, "Can you repeat again?"

Akram's eyes flashed with a dangerous threat, but the man held out his hand towards Elana.

"List bought it, give it to me, Elios will buy it." he sis Akram rough.

This time Elana could not help but smile again, with her sparkling eyes taking the grocery list out of her pocket and handing it over to Akram's hand. The man pulled out his phone and photographed Elana's shopping list and contacted Elios, who seemed to be on hand across the street despite the holidays.

"I'll wait in the upstairs room, call me when the groceries come, yeah!" Elana was about to leave, but Akram was still holding her wrist in a grip that made Elana unable to step away. Next to Akram's hand was holding a cell phone in his ear, and once connected to Elios, the man immediately gave a series of instructions in a firm tone. After all his commands were delivered, Akram shut down his phone again.

Akram then focused again on Elana, staring at the only woman who had managed to make Akram Night succumb willingly. But of course Akram will not make Elana continue to have the upper hand. He will show Elana who is in charge of their relationship.

"Who said you could go?" Akram tightened his grip on Elana's wrist, holding her firmly there so that any attempt at Elana breaking away was thwarted. "I've given you what you want, now it's your turn to give me what I want" Akram's eyes glistened meaningfully, making Elana's cheeks red.

"What do you really want?" Elana raised her tone, she still did not give up trying to release Akram's hand grip on her wrist, but it did not work either.

Akram himself, unexpectedly brought Elana's hand to his lips, then gave a light, hot kiss on the back of Elana's hand while his eyes stared intently at the woman, showing his point clearly.

"I want you to hold me, Elana," he replied in a voice full of decisiveness.

Akram's sharp gaze that seemed to stab into the soul made Elana feel nervous. His eyes glanced towards the door then towards the clock on the wall, and then back towards Akram, trying to persuade the man to cancel whatever intention he had in his heart.

"I can't... Elios uh... Elios is coming soon with groceries and. and I have to cook..."

"There's still time, there's still plenty of time" Akram interrupted Elana's words, saying he didn't tell her to come in an hour. She hugged the woman before Elana could refuse her.

Elana. His. The woman.

In his heart, Akram vows to take care of Elana with all his strength, so that Xavier will not be able to touch his hands on this woman, then snatch and tear him up like Xavier always did to Akram's in the past.

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On the other hand, in a large supermarket in the middle of the city, Elios appeared to be standing rigidly in front of a shelf of fresh groceries spread out in a neatly storied array along the wall before him. A mobile phone was clasped in his left hand and a shopping cart appeared to be in his right.

Indeed, Elios did not expect that he would spend his little day off shopping at the supermarket alone.

Not to mention, it seemed like he was the only single man in this area of fresh vegetables, fruits and ingredients who was shopping alone without a family accompanying him. On all sides, he saw many families who spent Sundays shopping together.

Well, for the rest of his life, this is the only time Elios has been shopping at the supermarket. Although she is single and lives alone, her time is up for work most of the day. He almost always eats lunch at the restaurant with Akram and if he has time for dinner at home, then he will take advantage of the supply of instant food and canned food in his refrigerator that only stay heated in the microwave.

To buy even daily necessities, Elios never did it alone. She uses the services of a housekeeping manager who in addition to maintaining the cleanliness of her apartment, will simultaneously fill the stock of her needs if it has been thinned. And up to this point, Elios felt quite comfortable living that way.

Elios tries to ignore the awkwardness created by the contrasting shades around him and focuses on the shopping list photo that his Master Akram sent to him.

The names of the groceries Elana wrote on the shopping list mostly look like the names of alien food for her. As Akram Night's assistant, Elios is used to solving complex problems easily because of his above average intelligence. But only this time he found it difficult to do tasks from Akram, whereas the task of shopping should be a very simple task.

It seems like he is in big trouble. How can he tell which one is garlic, which one is onion, then what is onion and another one??