Bound (Yaoi Demon Romance) (Crush: Part 1) (FINISHED)

Chapter 22 - Servants

"What are we doing here?" I questioned Dante as we stood outside some abandoned shop.

He glanced back at me. "Well, I was looking at buying you a new house so we didn't have to stay in that wretched hotel room forever."

"Uh, huh."

"And then I thought..." he set his finger on his chin, "what about the servants?"

"We don't need servants," I growled. "I'll just make you do everything."

"Truly hurtful, Prince," he said then, sending me a smirk.

"Try saying that without that smile and I might believe you."

He just gazed up and threw his leg up, kicking open the door with brutal force.

My brows raised when it caved in immediately and flew to the back wall, immediately crushing and shattering to pieces.

"Show off," I muttered.

He smirked and stepped in, and I followed after him, glancing around in annoyance.

"So..." I said then, "we're going to hire a fire-bombed shop as our help?"

"No," Dante said then, "it's something different."

I then glanced to the right.

My eyes immediately widened when a hand flew toward us, and it got closer and closer to my face...

Until Dante caught it. "I apologize, but please keep your hands off my master. Thank you."

The person gasped in response, freezing in place.

He just shoved them backward, and she cried out, stumbling backward before falling onto her butt.

"Don't touch my sister, you vile wench!" a man screamed, rushing toward us from the other direction.

Dante just caught my arm, making me yelp when he threw me up.

I screamed, hands reaching out to him.

But he suddenly vanished, and I glanced back looking behind me to find him standing atop a table.

He caught me then, hands wrapping around my waist as I exhaled a short breath.

He then set me on my feet, gently dusting off my sleeves as I remained in shock, as still as a statue.

"I apologize for the inconvenience," Dante said as the man and the woman stepped together, glaring at us, "but we hadn't come to fight."

"What do you want then?" the man snapped, fists clenching. "This place is our home! You're not taking it from us!"

I just blinked, breathing slowly as I gazed over at the two people.

My... they fought so well, and they were homeless? Where did they learn to fight like that?