The Three House

"Ho ... hole?" Nathania was shaking. Although she didn't want to believe that the bodies buried in this hole were victims of Aiden's brutality. However, if Nathania recalled what this young man was like, Nathania would have no choice but to believe.

Aiden continued to stare at her with those shining eyes. The look in his eyes made Nathania unable to move, as if a magic had caused her to lose the constraints on her own body.

"Bruuukkk ... bruuukkk ... bruuukkk,"

The ground began to move to close the hole. There was a strong tremor around her and at times like this, Nathania couldn't do anything to save her increasingly helpless self.

"Please Aiden ...!" Nathania moaned, hoping Aiden could help her this time. Even though she knew, there was no hope for that. Nathania was silent, stunned with tears streaming down her face.

Aiden saw the cry and he felt empty. Those eyes shone like the moon and his soul was always filled with hatred, for some reason there was a hint of sympathy which made him falter again.

"Tch, shit!" Aiden hated this. In fact, he had already made up his mind to kill the girl tonight so that he wouldn't lose his goal. However, there was a strange urge that kept him from doing it.

The hole was closed and Nathania began to be buried in the damp ground. Even though she knew that she had no chance of surviving, Nathania was still trying to make hope by grabbing anything with her hand to make her climb to the top.

"Ugh ... Nathan please help ..." her head sank, the intense pressure made Nathania unable to grab anything with her hands.

Yes, this is what Aiden wanted. Leaving the girl buried with the other victims. Even though the pungent aroma that she kept on making it again made him unable to just let her die.

"Tch ...!" he shrieked as he took Nathania out of the hole that was filled with dirt.

Aiden manages to catch up with Nathania who is already unconscious because she is too tired and lacks oxygen. Aiden took Nathania to his tree house, doing something he had never done in his life, namely saving someone's life.

Aiden laid Nathania on his bed, took off the dress Nathania was wearing and replaced it with his white shirt. There were numerous wounds on Nathania's legs and arms, as well as around her head and chin.

"Maybe, this is the perfect opportunity to kill her. I don't have to look at those sickening eyes again!" He thought.

Aiden pointed his hand directly above Nathania's head who was in a fainted state after being buried in the hole. Aiden wanted to burn her body to ashes before she even had time to wake up and feel the heat of the fire that burned her.

"Sleep in peace!"




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"Nathan ...!" Nathania jolts from her sleep. Her body was shivering and her breath was short. It was as if she had just felt a very painful death. Buried in a hole with a pile of human remains.

Slowly she caught her breath as she looked at the room where she was currently lying. Wooden walls and a bed, she had never seen this place before. But somehow, the only thing she could remember from this distinctive scent of wood was the Aiden tree house.

"Where ... where? why can I be here?" she muttered. When she tried to move her body, there was a terrible pain in her legs and arms.

Nathania opened the blanket covering her, she was surprised by what she was wearing and how bandaged her legs and arms were.

"Whose shirt is this? I don't think it's mine?"

The only thing that still stuck to her body was the wigs she was wearing with bobby pins, so they didn't come off easily. Nathania took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Her heart felt heavy as she recalled how her life had almost ended in that hole.

"Are you awake?" without permission, Aiden entered the room with a tray filled with a cup of tea and a bowl of soup.

Nathania could taste a very delicious aroma and it made her stomach a little hungry. But than that, Nathania was even more surprised to see Aiden who suddenly appeared near her.

"Wh ... why am I here? Is this your tree house?"

"Yes!" he replied curtly and still with the only expression he had.

Hearing Aiden's 'yes' answer making Nathania even more unable to understand him. Many questions arose in her mind regarding the unexpected actions Aiden had taken several times. Like helping her find a silver leafy plant, letting her return home and this time helping her out of the hole.

"Why are you helping me? don't you want to kill me? why don't you just let me bury in that hole?"

"I have no obligation to explain it to you!" he said as he put the tray on the table, then walked away leaving Nathania who was still glued to the warm bed.

Nathania smiled, even though her tears were flowing. Isn't this weird? even a devil could have a conscience too. Before, she had felt so afraid of him. But now somehow the fear began to fade away and turned into enormous gratitude.

Nathania took a teacup and tasted Aiden's hot tea. The aroma of the tea was very nice, making her feel better.

"Delicious!" she said when she realized that Aiden was better than her at making tea.

In fact, this soup containing chopped vegetables tastes very delicious, not much different from the soup made by the chefs in the palace. After finishing the bowl of soup, Nathania felt she had the energy to get out of bed and thanked Aiden in person.

Nathania stepped out of the bedroom, she just realized that the plain white shirt she was wearing was bigger than her slim body size.

"Could it be that I'm wearing Aiden's shirt? did he change my clothes? so ... so, he must have seen my body too, right?" Nathania started thinking about something she never thought before. How did a man help her change the clothes she was wearing?

"How embarrassing! how about this?" her face flushed red as she imagined Aiden looking at her body.

"Ugh ..." a hot feeling started to run through her body. Nathania never felt strange like this when dealing with a man. Especially since all this time everyone saw her as a boy, not a girl.

Even though Nathania was worried that she would face Aiden with this uncertain feeling. Looks like the figure she was thinking about wasn't even here. This silence made Nathania realize that she was alone in the tree house.

"Where's Aiden? did he go? what time is it now?"

Nathania watched the situation outside through the window. The sky was still dark, but not as dark as when she entered the forbidden forest. Judging from the color of the sky and the scent of the leaves, it looks like it's still 4 or 5 in the morning.

"Looks like it's too early. But, where did he go? why did he leave me here alone?" she muttered.

Under the tree, Nathania could see Aiden just coming back from somewhere. Nathania immediately opened the door just as Aiden was about to enter.

"Hi ..." she said awkwardly. Aiden looked at her flatly and it made Nathania feel uncomfortable because she just realized that something was different from him.

Aiden only wore black trousers without wearing clothes. In addition, his hair and body were half wet. It was as if he had just returned from a place where there was water such as a river or lake.

Nathania's innocent eyes saw that his muscles were very good, which further clarified his status as a manly man. strong and fearless.

"What are you doing? are you running away?"

"N ... no, I'm not running away. I'm just waiting for you to come home!" she replied awkwardly. Nathania can't focus her eyes properly.

Aiden was silent for a moment, thinking of something that made him not understand why he couldn't kill this girl's? even though the flames had appeared from his palms and were ready to burn her body, he still couldn't do it.

"Who are you?"

"What do you mean? I told you, I ..." not to mention Nathania finished her sentence, the kiss landed on her lips.

Her body felt very weak, when she realized that Aiden was hugging her very tightly and kissing her like this. Aiden closed his eyes and what he was doing almost made Nathania's heart jump out of her body.

"A ... Aiden ..."





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