Her lips and chin wobbled as she backed down in the corner, with his each step towards her she took two steps back.
"You smell delicious." He whispered in a low cold voice making a sob bubble in her throat.
"N-no!" She stuttered as she shook her he...
"No Baltasar do not curse on us!" Caspian spoke up with wide eyes shaking his hand in negative as the other kids joined in with the small devil.
"Yes, do not curse on us. We don't want to be monsters." The small girl interjected as the kids all nodded in approval of their leaders.
"You wanna listen to the story or not!" Baltasar snapped, making the kids shut their mouth as they sat down again. Before Baltasar could start again a high pitched shriek was heard.
"BALTASAR!" Came the voice and everyone stilled out of fear.
"Run for your life little things." Baltasar yelled and the kids went rampant running here and there and hiding whereas a furious looking redhead approached him.
Baltasar stood up with the help of his stick. He was a sailor in his youth and lost his foot to the sharks and now he has a wooden foot to help him walk.
"Rest assured I'm not taking more mead then given." He gave her a cheeky grin but she just kept glaring at him with her big jewel like emerald eyes that looked like ablaze due to the reflection of fire on her.
With redhead and blazing eyes, she looked like a flame herself but she was small. "I'm no fool." She said with narrowed eyes and he just looked at the peeking heads of the kids from behind him.
"You realised it today?" Baltasar asked with a confused face and kids hiding here and there let out small giggles.
She raised her perfect brow at him. "Were you feeding them myths?" She asked exasperatedly and he made an ugly face.
"Tales my Rose. These are tales." He said with a grin on his face his blue eyes shining with years of wisdom as wrinkles adorned the side of his eyes. Even though he's aged, yet he looks powerful and strong.
"Baltasar!" She whined like a child. "Caspian will eat my head out with this new myth of yours." She complained, crossing her arms across her chest.
Baltasar let out a chuckle as Caspian came out from his hiding. His ginger curly hair made him look like a chubby stuffed doll.
"I can not eat your head Rosi. I'm not a cannibal." The seven year old boy shrieked out in horror.
Rose slapped her palm on her forehead as all the kids along with the old man started laughing.
She gave them a sting eye. "I'm going to close the bar, I want everyone going to their beds, right now." She ordered with a stern voice and the kids faces fell but the old man grinned as if he was allowed to be out.
"Including you Baltasar." She said, making his face to fall as the kids laughed at his sulking form. Rose took the large mug of mead from his hand as he whined but she just walked to the bar.
Rose is an orphan and her parents died when she was eleven. Their boat drowned in the middle of the sea. The only family she has is her brother Caspian a 7 year old little devil but she loves him with her life. Rose is 19 and she along with her brother stayed in Baltasar's orphanage along with other kids; in a beautiful town as port was attached to it. Baltasar became her father figure, though he never showed it but he deeply cared for her a lot.
Getting inside the bar she was met with Celia, her co-worker who was putting the chairs on top of the table, gathering things up.
"Where did you go?" Celia asked as Rose immediately cleaned the tables with a cloth in her hand. "Baltasar was again feeding myths to the kids." Rose said with a sigh and Celia frowned.
"You do know, those aren't myths. My mom used to tell me those exact same tales." Celia said while doing her work and Rose just shook her head.
"I don't believe in those things which I don't see." Rose said simply making Celia roll her eyes.
"Do you won't believe that men have penis as their genital organs until you don't see it?" Celia countered.
"CELIA!" Rose yelled as her face became tomato red and her emerald large eyes stared at Celia as if she had committed a sin.
"I was just putting your theory in facts; maiden." Celia teased Rose making her look away as she started doing her work with concentration.
"You remember the guy from yesterday, who was staring at me nonstop. His name is Bradley and I'm going to meet him tonight." Celia winked at wide eyed Rose.
"For lord's sake Celia! You just met him yesterday." Rose said with exasperation.
"Oh come on! I'm not a Virgin Mary, I like to experience things." Celia said with the wiggle of her brows which caused Rose to make an ugly face followed by a vomiting face.
Celia glared at her, making Rose to grin and next thing Celia was running behind Rose with a broom in her hand as their laughter resonated in the empty bar.
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