The Devil's Temptation!

95 Tea In The Garden

“Anna dear, are you awake?” Came the accented voice of Madam Alina who continuously knocked on the door.

The constant knocking sound was enough to irritate Roshan and when he slammed his fist on the wall like it’d stop the annoying knock from echoing into his sensitive ears, his powers indeliberately activated.

The floor beneath their feet shook unsteadily due to the impact of his hit, despite it being nothing but a normal punch to the wall. Madam Alina felt the unsteady impact herself as the ground beneath her shook in a way that threatened to break and crumble if much pressure were applied, causing her to unsteadily stagger back from the effect.

“Oh my!” She took a quick step back away from the door, avoiding the negative energy that came along with it and her brows furrowed in dismay, her lips curving to the side to match her intent stare.

“Strange, that energy...” it left her puzzled and she closed her beautiful hand fan. She’s never felt anything so powerful like that before. Who in heaven’s name possessed such vile power??

Anna’s hazy eyes instantly widened after seeing the action Roshan took and she made him look at her. His eyes were crimson red and she shook her head after noticing he wasn’t himself.

“Madam Alina is at the door, she can’t see you like this.”

In other words, she can’t see them like this, all flushed, with ragged heavy breathing and the aroused heat surrounding the two of them. Anna barely had the energy to ask what happened but there was something way more important she had to deal with and that person was standing right outside the door.

“Roshan.” She wanted to gain his attention, bringing his mindset back to the situation before them and the glacier finally blinked like someone who just snapped out of a deep trance. Only then did he realize what unfolded between them and he took a shocking step back.

.....

He closed his eyes for a few seconds and when he opened them, they were back to the hazel-green eyes, the normal pretty eyes she was used to seeing but the primal desires swirling in them hadn’t cooled off.

“Anna? Is everything alright in there?” Came the voice of madam Alina and Anna immediately responded this time around.

“Yes, everything’s alright, forgive my late response but... I’ll be at the door in a few seconds.”

She looked at Roshan who let his weight fall to the bed with a soft sigh leaving his parted lips, he covered his face with his palm and before madam Alina got suspicious, Anna quickly adjusted her dress and hurried towards the door to open it.

Madam Alina’s pretty face came into sight but Anna didn’t wait by the door and stepped out before closing it shut behind her.

“Morning Madame Alina.” She greeted as usual, but the woman’s expression was somewhat quizzical as she asked.

“Is everything alright? You took forever to open a simple door.” That really wasn’t the case to Alina, she was more concerned about that energy she felt and wondered who could possibly possess something so... so chaotic.

But looking at Anna at the moment, she doesn’t seem to have been the one capable of causing something like that, afterall she’s nothing but a human.

“F_forgive me, I was attending to_”

“Your brother?” She quickly clicked in as the thought of Roshan invaded her mind.

Anna nearly cringed the moment she mentioned Roshan as her brother and now she was starting to regret ever coming up with such an excuse. She wanted to tell her that he wasn’t her brother in any way, but unfortunately it’s too late for that now, isn’t it.

“Yes.” She replied instead.

“Oh, how is he feeling now? After what happened yesterday he seemed off.” The suspicion in her tone really rang an alarming bell in Anna’s head but she held her resolve and kept her demeanor calm and convincing.

“He’s actually better now, he’s not been feeling well lately so he just needed some rest.”

Madam Alina had her doubts on something as a vague thought creeped into her head, but she waved it off and opened her fan to elegantly blow herself.

“Let’s skip that for another day, I was wondering if you could join me for some tea at the garden.” Madam Alina requested, although in her mind she didn’t think it’d be normal for her to refuse such a special invite from a Mayor’s wife, but she decided to ask regardless.

“The weather is actually pleasant this morning and it is indeed a good time to have tea.”

“Does that also explain the colors on your cheek?” Madam Alina pointed out, causing Anna’s hands to fly to both her cheeks as they turned even redder due to her observation and a shocking gasp left Madame Alina’s red lips.

“Don’t tell me you’ve got the morning fever, that regularly happens during this particular season since it’s almost autumn.”

“I’m perfectly fine, I just felt uhm.. hot, you see, the room doesn’t really welcome a lot of fresh air so I’m even more pleased that you chose to invite me for tea in your garden.” Anna forced herself to respond while rubbing her cheeks lightly to get rid of the colors and of course, the scandalous moment from her head.

“Good,” Alina smiled once more, “then let’s go, we’re all actually in a favorable mood today after getting rid of the soulless Demon.”

Madam Alina started a conversation which Anna had no choice but to lower her guard and listen to as they strode past the wide corridor.

Roshan, who remained on the bed, finally opened his eyes to gaze at the ceiling and everything that happened earlier came flooding his mind.

He bit his lower lip hard, finding every feeling to be strange and yet so familiar at the same time. He couldn’t remember the last time a lady caught his attention to this extent, to the extent of making him hard and tempting his Demons.

A questioning look formed in his brows as his eyes narrowed and something didn’t make quite a lot of sense to him.

“Why did I call Anna Aveline?”

~

At the beautiful garden, Anna sat on one of the fancy white chairs while staring at the books laying on a table in front of her.

“You’re into books?” Anna politely questioned while lifting her gaze to look at the woman who sat beside her, currently enjoying her tea and she dropped it back on the tea plate.

“These are actually called grimoires.” She explained, “I use them to help build my skills.”

“So you’re a mage.”

“A powerful one at that,” she proudly added, “but I don’t use them since I have lots of people doing the work for me.”

Anna’s gaze returned to the book and a look of interest flashed in her irises. She wanted to pick one but stopped mid-way and turned her head to Madame Alina’s direction.

“Can I?”

“It’s not something human’s read but go ahead.”

Anna picked a book and stared at the thick cover. Indeed, it had a strange symbol on the center that wasn’t only beautiful, but had a meaning she wanted to figure out herself. Her brown eyes stared in great curiosity while running her fingers lightly through the cover.

Impulsively, she opened to the first page but what she saw made her stare as though she was looking at a blank page. Strange spells were written in extremely tiny letters. She could barely see what it said.

Madam Alina chuckled at her expression. “I told you.”

“The handwriting is so small.” Anna blurted out while Madame Alina shrugged to it and sipped her hot tea.

“What can I say? Our ancestors were quite difficult and took things like this very seriously.”

Anna’s gaze remained fixed on the tiny words and a soft voice uttered something she could barely understand.

“Huh?” The soft whisper made her avert her gaze and she turned to look at Madame Alina who was staring back at her.

“Is something wrong dear?”

“I_I thought you said something.”

“Did I?” Madam Alina looked quite puzzled and clueless about what she was talking about, but Anna discarded it. Maybe it was her mind bothering her.

She picked up her cup of tea to take a sip and relax her mind when she felt something buzzing around her ear. She ignored it at first, thinking it’d go away but when the buzzing slowly grew louder, she tried to swat it away.

She threw her hands back in an attempt to get rid of the fly or whatever was bothering her, only to end up pouring the tea on someone who approached their seat.

When Anna finally turned to see who it was, her expression dropped and that’s when she knew she was in big trouble because she didn’t just pour hot tea on anyone, but the Mayor’s son!!