Don't Fear The Reaper *Izana x OC x OC* (COMPLETE)

Revealing Secrets

Reza—

After regrouping with Roman and reviewing the notes I made over our breakfast... dinner... food early in the morning... I leave him so he could nap while I go to the compound in search of poisons. Our herbalist shop has every type of solution imaginable from healing to poisons and everything in between. The best part is, they're open all the time and as Reaper I don't have to pay for anything I take, but I am not greedy. Many of their items have a shelf life so hoarding would serve no purpose and using multiples could prove simply wasteful or can negate the effects. That was a rookie mistake that my third cousin Chrial made. He mixed two random vials together that he'd taken from the shop and they turned out to be a lowgrade poison and the antidote. He was caught trying to escape with the vials and the target survived and Chrial was killed. Some of the previous Reapers I had serious concerns about how they'd made it to the title. I was surprised that I made it but as Mother's perfect little weapon I was raised to be the best.

I leave the shop and return home to find Roman drooling on the couch. I haven't told him that he drools in his sleep as I'm sure that'd simply bruise his ego. I gently nudge him awake and tell him that it's time to go. He's going to run perimeter for me again while I go after Izana. The actual royal guard is a non-issue, I just need him to play babysitter for the alley cat skulking around. Roman stirs slightly but after a few minutes of nudging and eventually pulling him off the couch, he doesn't wake up. That's great... I'll just go without him, it'll be alright. He will likely be angry when I return home but I may be able and sneak in and out rather quickly with how willing Izana is to die. I just can't let myself get wrapped up in conversation with him again. I give him credit, he is rather charismatic, though I suppose that is practically a requirement for being a prince.

I enter Prince Izana's room and find it actually empty this time. I study the room before taking notice of the bedspread. It looks softer and much nicer than anything I could hope to afford. I run my hand across it and sigh. If I could easily get away with it, I'd take it with me once I killed him. I regretfully leave it behind and find a box of coffee near the fireplace along with the rest of the set up to make tea and coffees. Don't mind if I do. The castle has caused me enough trouble, they can survive with one less cup of coffee. As I heat the water, I peek through the keyhole in the door across the room and find it to be an office. It's empty too so I open the door and take my coffee with me. Things look recently moved so he must have stepped out. I settle behind his desk and begin to flip through his papers and notebooks littering the desktop. I arch a brow as I flip open a book to find notes on Reapers. There's a new page that's been started with notes on our encounter last night. There's not a large amount of notes overall but what he does have seems to be mostly correct. The door opens and I look up just enough to know that it's Izana before returning to the book.

"You're more clever than I expected, Izana Wistaria. Most of your notes are correct. How long have you been studying us?"

"A few months now."

To my surprise he shoos me from the chair without hesitation and I shift from the chair to the corner of the desk without thinking about it. He's lucky I don't want to spill my coffee while punching him.

"Tramilla was a horrible Reaper, she only lasted three weeks..." I mumble while flipping back through the front of the book. "I miss Brumino, he was my favorite cousin. He carried on for six months before he was killed."

He asks me about if we're a family and I pause for a moment. I really shouldn't be revealing family secrets to an outsider, but at the same rate he's going to die today so the information won't be going anywhere. I'll take his notes with me as well and burn them so Wistal Castle won't have anything on us anymore. What's the harm in answering a few questions?

"So, are you still wanting to die?" I ask a few minutes later.

"Would I have let you stay without alerting the guards if I changed my mind?"

"Humans are unpredictable creatures, eh? Any final requests before we get this taken care of?"

"Can I see your face?"

I blink a few times before turning to face him in surprise. "What?"

"To my knowledge no Reaper's face has been seen by anyone who survived to talk about it. I'd also like to see the face of the woman who kills me before I die. It would be something beautiful to be my last sight."

"What did you say? 'Something beautiful'? Why do you say that?" What the hell does that mean? 'Beautiful'?

"Because I feel like you're a beautiful woman despite hiding under the cloak."

"That is a bold assumption. I also am unsure on whether to be offended or not." Oh God he sounds like Roman. That's a problem... "Why do you remind me of Roman...?"

"Who is Roman?"

"Roman is-" I pause and curse under my breath. "-going to kill me. Stay here."

I enter Izana's bedroom and immediately get slammed against the doors once they're shut. I meet Roman's burning gaze and suppress a sigh. I know why he's mad but I think he's overreacting a bit. I'm the Reaper, it's my job to kill people and there are many times that I've done it on my own. I'll be alright.

"What the hell are you doing!?" He growls. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Calm down, I'm fine." I shrug him off and push past him into the room. "I tried to wake you up but you wouldn't so I left. This is my job and it's super easy."

"This isn't some stupid rookie job, Reza! This is the leader of an entire kingdom! I had to rescue you from that brat on the grounds last night and now you take off on your own!"

"Go home or go run perimeter, but we're wasting time arguing like this and making me more likely to get caught."

"Reza-"

"That's an order, Roman, not a suggestion." I snap.

"Yes, Mistress. As you command." He sneers before heading toward the balcony doors.

I'll have to fix that later...