Hide And Seek With The Devil

~Chapter XIV~

"Nice to meet you too...~" Dorothy tried to hide her awkward stare for a moment. Her hand raised to hold hers and her eyes looked up at the green ones of Adriana. She would stay, as Sue said, for a while with her, till Sue get back from this work of his and her curiosity grew about how she knew Sue in the first place. Sue approached the young girl and leaned against her

"If she does anything to you without your permission, tell me... Okay, princess?" He looked down at her and gave her that calming smile of his. Her eyes met the red head again and then at Sue since he started to follow Priscilla. Would he leave now? It was all so fast.

"Wait Sue... I cooked something for you to eat before you go" Dorothy rushed towards him and held his hand, with him squinting to look at her. He had no time but for food... He would always make some. Priscilla glared at him immediately but with no result since the young man didn't pay attention to her anymore.

"Is it soup? "  He almost whispered. He liked soup but Dorothy cooked it so well, he didn't know why. With a simple nod of the young girl he grabbed her hand and started walking out to the hallway and to the kitchen while Dorothy was letting out some chuckles.

"So this.... Is supposed to be the guard of hers" Priscilla huffed in furry and crossed her arms over her chest. Adriana didn't wait a second to walk towards her though "And.... What do you expect from a guard? To always be serious? To show off that he has power? "

"Why do you ask? " Priscilla wasn't a fool to believe that Adriana didn't ask on purpose" Ah I heard you were searching for a guard if you're still interested..Im open to offers"

The pink haired would soon let out a silent chuckle and nodded. "If after this absence of mine and Sue you will be able to protect the girl then.... You will have the job" She breathed out before taking a seat on the small couch the room had. She had to wait till Sue finally come back even if he was making that time to come slower than death. He was taking his time with Dorothy to not be able to leave immediately and of course they would eat together this time. After some minutes though, he would stand up and after several steps he turned to look at her. Why did he think that all this cheerful attitude would be missed during these next days? He didn't know what else to do than just... Stare at her form that started to clean the things up and without a bye he almost vanished in the shadows.

The minutes passed too fast from the time he left and Dorothy started to wander around the place. Still being anxious about the woman up to one of the many rooms the house had, Dorothy found herself to knock onto the door before entering. Her orange eyes stared at the curvy form of the woman laying on the bedside. Her green eyes fixed inside a brown covered book before the roll up and look at her.

"Hello there again, little one~" She breathed out happily, though she would meet the both confused and curious glance of the other woman. "Alright..... What's wrong?" She continued, at the same time she let go of her book beside her thigh and patted the mattress for her to sit if she wanted. " What....were you doing in that library?" Dorothy would ask curiously, she still didn't know why she was even able to open that book when on the other hand, Adriana could. "You know... It's a library it happens to meet people there, dear~Or just read books" Adriana chuckled and stretched her back before fixing her scarlet hair behind her ear. She obviously knew what she meant by that question but she tried to avoided answering about the book. "And..... What kind of book opens only to one person and not to the other?" Apparently she couldn't dodge that question. "Some things are way more interesting if they remain secret, there's no point in life without them. So just forget about that and love on, there are so many other things to do than go back there... It's not a safe place for you, after all"

Adriana's green orbs stared up at her and gave her a grin. She could say Sue was hiding things from her and she didn't want to risk her 'new job' because of rushing to tell the truth.

Dorothy let out a huff, obviously she couldn't ask anything else but.... The feeling she had when she was standing around the redhead started to decrease. The unease became a more welcoming feeling as she took a seat and looked at the ground. "You won't tell me why it is dangerous either... Will you..?" She rolled her eyes and laid back. Somehow she felt a little relaxed that she would have at least company. She expected Sue to let her all alone if he had to leave the house and that was a constant anxiousness inside her. She was never alone.

"So, princess.... What would you like to do? " Adriana soon spoke with the sweet voice of hers, making that 'princess' sound like they were actually in a role playing game.

"I don't know.... Sue liked to play chess..... But I always lose... So I guess I'm not good at all to this game"

"Chess it is then. You can't be worse than me" The woman would stand up with a swift move and smirk at her.

"Where is it? I'll go set it up"

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Meanwhile outside the palace Priscilla would wait Sue get ready.... by ready, he literally meant to just wear a darker suit for their case. "Don't you know it's rude to make ladies wait?" The pink haired hissed under her breath, clearly being bothered by him being late once again. Every mission she was calling him for seemed to be a testing of her anger.

"I know... But I can't see a lady around" Sue's smile would widen as she could see his plan on making her more furious...and it was only the beginning. The woman tried to avoid his murmurs to the whole walk inside the forest about Dorothy and -what was she thinking of letting her 'alone'- and once he started to get silent he would huff

"So...... We can't go faster there? To end this meaningless thing a day sooner? "

"We won't end this tonight, what I want is to know why he's getting stronger. Two attacks occurred in the palace and both were to the inner building, so his followers have an open door for the palace.. We have to know how"

"What if we have a traitor, Priscilla... I mean let's just don't think about how they entered the palace without anyone's knowledge and focus on... How did they know that you were all alone there at the time of the attack" Sue blinked once to look at the small pathway that lead deeper into the woods "What if they already know that we're here? Did you say anything to anyone? "

"No... That's why I told you to discuss it later this morning.... I'm not sure... But if it's so easy for them to enter the palace where I have so many guards -"

"Useless all of them-"

"They're not useless.. " The older woman glared at him and crossed her arms over her chest, the fact she was with him all alone and in the forest while walking on these heels was making her more mad than she already was. "Then why don't they capture the intruders? Before they arrive in the building where this..... Ah.... Majesty (?) Is living? " Sue's disgusted expression couldn't be hidden by the darkness.

"I don't know, and I can't take you to the palace since you're too busy playing like a child with Dorothy"

"I'm not playing.. I told you I'll tell her the truth and then we can do whatever you want-.... Well not whatever but...you know what I mean"

"Then do it soon before —" The woman had been silenced by Sue's hand as his eyes fixed onto a tree. "Sh" He whispered too silently as his from started to faint and being covered by the shadows. The place he was standing a second ago was nothing but a Priscilla who would only glance at the direction he gone and tightened up her fists. How could he be so idiot? She would wonder under her breath.

"They were spying on us......'your highness'" After a second of silence the man would return casually walking towards her, wiping the blood of the one who dared to look after him..and her. "You thank me later-"

"Sue.... Why do you think we walk all the way there...? A guard of mine that I sent before we come here told me they have runes that keep this forest under their guard......... We use our abilities and they know we're here, peasant " She couldn't believe she just walked all this distance for him to ruin it for a damn demon.