Your lips are like wine,and i wanted to get drunk.
                                   - William Shakespeare

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                         Protector

She went near the balcony consciously.

" Hey sister, how are you doing?" The voice

He is standing in dark, those crimson eyes were visible in the darkness. He was laughing showing his sharp canines. Merlin approached him ,

" Hance, what are you doing here ?"

" well I came to know that you have a new guest today, it is a manners to introduce all the family members to the new one. " he laughed viciously.

" Dont even think of it. You are not allowed to enter this house. Dont forget that." Merlin said angrily pointing her index finger towards him.

" well sister, I dont want anybodies permission because this is my home too."

" but you are not this family member anymore"

" how can you say that, I am your brother, dont you remember that. We lived happily for years more to say hundreds of years and now you say I'm not your brother." He says sarcastically and  took few steps forward. Merlin pushed him back.

" I warn you, not to come again. If father sees you, he wont forgives you again. Get out of here now." Merlin warned him.

He came forward. He put his fangs out. He is up-to attack her. She stepped backwards and little frightened.

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Downstairs

" why do I have a feelings that there is something wrong" Lance sat on a sofa. His face looked tensed. His fingers were moving restless. His eyebrows furrowed.
"Some thing is wrong. Let me check over Zella"
Lance climbed upstairs aiming Merlin's room.

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Upstairs in Merlin's room.

Suddenly they hears the opening of door, the door opened. Hance's black eyes were glowing like a blood moon with anger. He stared at her gave her a warning look. He turned behind and then jumped down from the balcony and vanished into darkness.

Merlin came inside the room rushingly.

" who was that Merlin?" Lance asks angrily.

" Nobody" she replies

" Dont lie to me, tell me who was that?" Lance shouted, his eyes changed into blue tides of ocean due to anger.

" It's Hance" Merlin said in a low voice putting her head down.

" you are still talking to him. Dont you know that what kind of a person he is. You still think that he is your brother." he shouts

Lance walks to the balcony and tries to go behind Hance. Merlin stops Lance by pulling his arm and she continues
" you need to know something more important than chasing him."

"What?"

" come downstairs, I will tell you everything clearly." Then Merlin stared towards the balcony and took Lance downstairs.

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Downstairs,

Mr and Mrs Peterson was waiting for them because they asked Lance to call Merlin long back, which he forgot due to his tension.

All of them were crowded. Lance was eagerly waiting to hear what Merlin wanted to say.

" tell me ..  what is it?" said Lance.

Merlin paused and started slowly

"She is the protector."

Everyone stares and asked together

"The what?"

Merlin stands straight and pin out each words she says

" how long do you know Zella ?" She asked Lance.

" well from this year probably?"

" did she mention anything about any foresight or such things."

" well she keep saying that she hallucinates sometimes. But why?"

" well its not any hallucination. Its foresight. Zella has foresight. She can see the future. She just told me what I'm going to do just before I did it"

" what? What are you trying to tell?"

" well, do you all know she has the Red Stone."

" yes we do." said Mr. Peterson

"Zella has foresight. Not only that she has the Red stone and it was gifted from her grandmother. And she has the same birthmark of the protector. That means she is the only one" Merlin paused and continued " she is the protector. I saw the Red stone, dominus anima spiritus, glowing when I touched it and it passed me an electrified shock.

" so, she is the protector. That means she is in danger." Lance said that in a worrying voice.
His glance became sharp. With a strong voice he asked her
" Do Hance know about it?"

" About what?" Said Merlin

" About the the Red stone."

" How could he know?"

" you might have told him."

" what?... don't you believe me?"

Lance shout at her " how can I ? You were the one who was talking with him in the balcony"

Mr and Mrs Peterson's eyes widened after hearing this.
" what ? You talked to Hance?" They questioned her With a angry tone.

" yes. But I warned him to go out of here and never come back" said Merlin

Mr Peterson went near to her and hold her hand, said " He is a threat Merlin. Never ever go near him and talk to him." He said this rudely.

She released his hand from him and shouted. " he is my brother. Don't you all forget that. And I love him. "

" shut it. Don't you forget what he have done. He is an out clan now. He belongs to them. And he will return back and will be accepted back once he change back to what he was before. And it will never happen. He don't have enough time. He killed hundreds of innocent peoples. He wont change his evil heart. You understand." Mr Peterson screamed.
Merlin and all others kept silent.

They all kept silence when they saw Zella coming downstairs into the hall.
" oh. You all are here." Said Zella and then she looked Merlin and said " I was searching for you in the room to say."she stopped her sentence when she saw Lance.

Lance was standing beside the door. Mr and Mrs. Peterson went to their rooms. Merlin sat on the sofa watching Zella approaching Lance. and Zella went to him before completing her words with Merlin . She asked him how does she look with her expression and passing her hands through her dress. He gives her a great look and answers back with his brow and fingers. They both burst into a laugh.

Merlin looked at them,feeling happy for them.
Zella and Merlin walked into the kitchen.
sleek, professionally designed, bespoke, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, spotless, scrubbed, well equipped, utensils on hooks, matching cups, uncluttered, clean folded tea towel, gentle swish from the dishwasher, efficient hum of refrigerator, professional knife block, dried flowers hung from beams, nothing superfluous, minimalistic, uncluttered, ceramic floor tiles, underfloor heating.

Merlin gave her juice to drink. Zella drank it.
" today you will be sleeping in that room where we were talking. I will sleep in other room today" she held her hand and whispered. Should I give privacy ?"
They both laughed. Merlin gave her a pat and walked into her room.
Merlin called her " Are you coming with me?"
"No, I'm waiting for Lance. " said Zella.

She passed her eyes through the interior of the house.
The house was indeed Elizabethan, with wooden panels along the corridors, ornate chandeliers, and oil paintings of old bearded men in tunics and ruffs. The stairs led down into a tall galleried room with a rug spread out over flagstones and a fireplace big enough to park a car in. A long polished wooden table had been set for four.

The balcony grew from the walls of the house as generous arms from a host, or perhaps those of a mother to cradle her infant child. The metal had a patina of ocean greens and blues, or perhaps it was more the hues of a mossy forest floor in softened moon light, yet either way it was beautiful.

Zella noticed someone outside the balcony. She went out, There was a circular lawn with a path around it. There was a central bed of shrubs. Outside of the lawn area were four rose bush beds to fill up the square area. The grass has been mown so short and snow flakings were on top. The moss is scuffed, rolling away from the soil like a carpet. It was all completely covered with snow which made it even more attractive and beautiful.

"Oh, its Lance" she said to her self.

She went near him. It was too cold. She smiled at him and asked

" why are you standing out here, come lets go inside. It's too cold in here."

" well, I was waiting for you." He gave a wicked smile. " I know you will come."

He held her hand and came close to her. He hugged her tightly, moved his fingers through her face. He leaned his head towards her shoulder.

"Zella....."

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So Zella is the protector. How do you feel ?
Do Merlin has a soft corner for Hance ?
Will their parents accept Zella?
Who will win Hance or Lance?

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