░ Chapter 6 ░ (2/2)

Yes Master she was too breathless to speak so she let her thoughts speak for her

"I'm relieved. But firstly a bath, you are absolutely filthy, come with me Pretty"

Mark kissed the tip of her nose before blurring over to the door and holding it open with a devilish smile on his face. Chrysalis thought for a moment then she gasped.

"You....want me to bathe with you Master?"

"That's exactly what I want now hurry up, don't make me come and get you""Master Mark has arrived"

"Took him long enough, send him in Victoria Thank you"

Jaebeom paced around his black marble study with a crystal glass in his hand that held a dark amber liquid. It was the most modern room in his medieval style mansion. It was so out of place compared to the rest of everything made of cobble stone you'd think he were mad.

Newly refurbished with a huge round black marble table and chairs, the walls were painted a forest green color with golden trimmings and the floor was carpeted with a wine red rug with subtle gold designs.

Shelves lined with books containing information about every Puppeteer in the society along with guides and history books were neatly arranged giving the room a more business like feel.

The evening light was pouring in through the rectangular windows and Jaebeom turned towards the opening wood door and chuckled at Mark who waved at him stupidly and stepped inside.

"Sorry I'm a little late"

"I summoned you almost 7 hours ago. I could've been dead by now"

"Nice to see your humor isn't affected by your old age Jaebeom"

Jaebeom chuckled, his eyes flashing a deep green color, and he sipped at his glass as Mark looked around the room with his arms behind his back and whistled teasingly.

"You know you should think about re-designing your whole place like this. Torches lighting a cobble stone hallway was sooooo last century"

"I'll think about it, as you know I'm very old fashion"

"Old. You're very old."

The two laughed as they embraced in a greeting hug then Jaebeom raised his hand towards one of his shelves and a newspaper flew across the room and into his grasp. He slapped the paper against Mark's chest and the demon let out a small oomph from the force. Old and strong.

He opened the human paper and read the main article out loud.

"Another series of unexplained murders has swept across Seoul leaving police baffled. Victims ranging from 16-25, both male and female, found in alleyways....Jaebeom what does this have to do with...."

"Keep reading Mark"

"...found in alleyways with their hearts carved out by what appears to be an unnaturally large blade and their bodies positioned as if they were laying in a coffin but no fingerprints have been found nor any witnesses."

Mark made a face of disgust and dropped the paper on the table.

"Last time I was in here you said you found something intriguing. This isn't intriguing, this is humans being humans. And they call us monsters."

"I'm not so sure it's a human"

"So what then?"

Jaebeom turned to Mark and handed him a crystal glass and they clinked them together.

"You believe a Doll is commiting these murders? That's against the law Jaebeom."

"I'm fully aware it's against the law Mark it's my law."

Jaebeom sighed deeply and shook his head.

"Maybe it really is a tormented human behind these killings but I have a bad feeling about it. Just incase make sure Mona keeps her eyes open if she goes searching around in alleyways. Actually, no from what I've heard you have a complete set now congradulations. How is this Doll that finally suits your fancy?"

"Don't be jealous but she's the reason I left you hanging"

"That special huh?"

"Intriguing. She's intriguing."

"Be careful Mark"

"You sound like Mona. It's just intrigue."

Mark placed the glass down on the table and headed for the door and his arm quickly raised as Jaebeom sent the newspaper flying into his hand.

"You're hiding something Jaebeom, you wouldn't make such a big deal out of something like this so early into your investigation"

"Cautious. I'm being cautious which is what I want you to be."

"Yeah I'll be cautious alright, BamBam's coming over to visit me tomorrow"

"Ooo I'd definitely be cautious, especially your Dolls. Do they know?"

Mark smiled devilishly and shook his head and Jaebeom laughed and waved him off. As the door closed Jaebeom's gaze hardened and he brought his hands to his chin.

These murder victims sound like perfect Doll candidates, hopefully Mark was right and it really was just a human serial killer. And hopefully human victims will be the only thing he had to worry about.Chrysalis poked her head into the deserted kitchen before tip toeing towards the fridge. Master Mark had gotten over rambunctious with her again before he left for Master Jaebeom's and she was hungry and sore. How the others could disappear into his bedroom for hours and come out as if nothing happened was beyond her.

She opened the stainless steal door with both hands and peered at it's full contents. There was a section for all of Faun's dried fruit, Mari's assorted puddings and above the fridge was Karin's cookies and Talia's chips and jerky.

A colorful bag of sugar candies in assorted colors and flavors in the shapes of stars was sticking out in the bottom of the fridge and it had a little post it note with beautiful hand writing "Please Do Not Eat Without Permission."

That was definitely Rea's and the thought made Chrysalis smile. She spotted the empty section in the fridge free of anything and assumed it was her own little cubby hole. What was it that she liked to have?

As she pondered she spotted Mark's bottles of "Arizona Ice Tea" in various flavors. He drank it so deliciously before and he did say anything could be taken from the fridge. She reached up on her tippy toes and grabbed a pink bottle that said "Peach."

She examined it curiously and gasped as it almost slipped out of her hand. Once she was steady she twisted off the top and brought the opening to her lips and took a big swig but she started to choke and gag.

"BLEH!!!"

"You did not just gag from drinking Arizona Ice Tea!"

Mark came out from the shadows with his arms across his chest and he laughed brightly despite the late hour. Chrysalis bowed respectfully and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

He came over and took the bottle from her and again he drank it deliciously and as he held the bottle out to her she shook her head and squinted her eyes shut causing him to laugh more.

"You don't like it~?"

"It's too sweet!"

"Is not! You're just weird!"

"You're weird! ahem Master"

Chrysalis excused herself from the fridge and started to explore the cabinets and pulled out a bowl and spoon along with a box of cereal. She caught Mark watching her from the island table with a dreamy smile on his face and she raised the bowl, wordlessly asking if he wanted any and he nodded.

"Don't get another bowl we'll just share"

Aside from the sound of cereal crunching in their mouths the two sat silently as they ate from one glass bowl. Every once in a while when Chrysalis was getting another bite Mark would jab her spoon with his and the two would have a little sword fight and they'd both giggle when cereal jumped out of the bowl to avoid the massacre.

"Are there other demons like you Master?"

"Like what?"

"Nice ones"

"You think I'm nice?"

She nodded with the spoon in her mouth and Mark chuckled and shook his head.

"Not exactly nice but most are "civilized" compared to other brutes who are obsessed with destruction. Demons have a montrous demonic side, those you see in fairytales and illustrations. Tails, fangs, wings, ect. and while some like to walk around like that in "all natural" the rest of the demon realm prefer to embrace our human style side which is far more appealing."

Mark laughed as Chrysalis started looking at him at various angles and he bopped her head with his spoon.

"What are you doing?"

"Trying to see your tail or wings"

"You won't find them Pretty nor do I plan on showing you my demonic side. I have not revealed it to any of the girls. I do not wish to frighten you all."

Mark watched contently as Chrysalis played with the last piece of cereal swimming in a measly puddle of milk with the end of her spoon. The frightened aura from her was completely eradicated and she was now at peace.

"How....did you end up living on the streets?"

"My parents died in a fire and I was sent to an orphanage but as I got older the older men who worked there started to...."harrass" me so I ran away and I've been out on my own ever since."

The spoon in his hand became disformed as Mark crushed it in his grip. Humans really are disgusting creatures. He grabbed the spoon from her hand and placed in the bowl and he blurred to the sink and placed the dishes and blurred back to his seat.

"As I've told the rest of the girls all that doesn't matter anymore. You're all mine now and I won't let anything happen to you all."

"And we won't let anything happen to you Master, up until the day you grow bored of us and destroy us we'll continue to protect you"

Chrysalis hopped down from her stool and Mark followed her out the kitchen like a puppy. How could she have such loyalty already when she has only arrived. Still new to this world and to him. Her heart was just as beautiful as her eyes, that's why his Dolls were his Dolls, because of their hearts and he would never be rid of them ever again.

"Where are you going Chrysalis?"

"That way Master?"

"But my bedroom's this way"

"And my bedroom is that way...."

"Who said you were sleeping in your bedroom tonight Pretty?"

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Author Note: Would you win in a spoon fight against Mark? What's so bad about BamBam visiting? We'll find out next week on a new Playhouse m(_ _)m Do you still want to play?