The Wall Between Us (Lucius Wagner x Reader)

~Chapter 3~

"Why, hello Lucius."(Y/n) says with a fake yet nice smile. Lucius doesn't say anything but glare at her. "Not much of a talker, eh?"She asks smirking. She crossed her legs and arms as she sat back in her chair.

"If you or that Isaac boy think that either one of you is going to take the throne, you both are wrong. It's going to be me."She says confidently. Lucius took a notepad out of his pocket and took a pen from her desk.

He scribbled something down and handed it to (Y/n).

Yeah right. Neither you nor Isaac are taking the throne but me.

You looked back up him with an eyebrow raised. "No... I'm pretty sure it's me that's going to take the throne."She says tapping her chin, threw the notepad onto her desk next to her.

Lucius shakes his head in disapproval. "Um, yes. I'm going to get my ways however I could. Maybe I should start with eliminating you first then Isaac."She says standing up.

Lucius goes over to the desk and scribbles something down and then steps back.

Unless I get to YOU first.

She looks up at him. She furrowed her eyebrows,"That sounds like a challenge."She says stepping up to him. He was only 3 inches taller than her. And he was indeed tall.

Lucius slightly smirked. Almost as he really was challenging her. She gets the message,"Fine. You kill me. You're just left with Isaac. And if I kill you, then only I am against him. With no doubt I'm going to win."

He wrote one word on the notepad.

Deal.

They both glare at each other. (Y/n) smirks,"Let the games begin..."She says. With a stoic face, Lucius gives her nod and leaves.

"He's going down."She says quietly as she hid her journal under her pillow.

After a couple of hours, Alastair comes to (Y/n)'s room,"Madam, dinner is now ready."

She was reading a book. She looks up at Alastair,"Alright. I'll be down."She says. Alastair nods and walks away. (Y/n) puts the book back into the bookshelf and exits her room. She heads to the dining hall where everybody sat. But, the only seat was next to Lucius. She scowled and hesitantly sat in the seat. Food was on the table.

The family said their prayers, except for (Y/n) and Lucius, and began to eat. As (Y/n) ate, she took a few side glances at Lucius. He just payed attention to eating his food. 'Maybe it's because there's too many people here he wouldn't dare make a move.' She thinks to herself.

After dinner, the maids were cleaning up the dishes. Just as one maid, Susan, was about to wash the dishes, (Y/n) stopped her,"Please, let me do the dishes."She offered. "Oh, madam, you don't need to. I could get in trouble if Mrs.Wagner saw you doing the dishes."

"Nonsense."(Y/n) says bluntly. "Oh, (Y/n), let Susan do the dishes. You are our guest of honor."Nancy says as she walked into the kitchen. "That's exactly why, Nancy. I'm the guest. I could at least help."(Y/n) says. "You don't have to, madam."Susan says. "But I want to."She says emotionlessly.

"Susan, if the girl wants to do the dishes, she can."Nancy says. "Yes, madam."Susan says as she bowed her head. "Why don't you help Jovita with the laundry."Nancy says. "Will do, madam."She says as she exited the kitchen.

Nancy looks at the young girl,"It's very nice for you to help around the house, hun."She says with a kind smile. "Oh please, it's not a problem."(Y/n) says as she started to wash the dishes. Nancy smiles kindly then leaves. She was now by herself. She pulled up her white sleeves.

She felt like she was being watched, but she shook the feeling off. Lucius was next to the doorway hiding behind the wall. He peeked through the doorway. He sees her scrubbing a pot.

Lucius used this perfect opportunity to use his powers. He used his telekinesis power to carefully pick up a sharpened kitchen knife.

When the knife is position and direction at her head, he swiftly moves his two fingers and the knife darted straight to (Y/n)'s head.

But, she caught it before the knife went straight into her head. She gripped at the blade and didn't even wince at the pain. Crimson red blood went down on her arm. When it reached to her elbow, blood seeped through her sleeves.

"I know you're there, Lucius."She says not looking at the doorway behind her. She looks at the knife, the corner of mouth went down into scowl but then went upwards into a smirk.

"So. This is how it's going to be, huh?"She asks as she dropped the knife into the sink. She washed the blood off her hand, but the bleeding continued.

Lucius stepped out of his hiding place and stood right behind her. "Great..."She mutters under her breath as the bleeding continued. She knew Lucius was right behind her, she could feel his breath on her neck which gave her an unsettling feeling.

Lucius was so close to her, he could smell her scent. And for some reason, her scent was appealing to him, her scent was sweet.

"L-Lucius... You're a b-bit to close to my attention. A-And I don't really know how I'm supposed to wash dishes with you breathing on my neck."(Y/n) says slightly stuttering as her cheeks turned slightly pink.

Lucius notices how close he was to her and took a step away from her. His cheeks showed a tiny of pink. After she was done washing the dishes, she goes into one of the cabinets, grabs a roll of bandages and wraps it around her hand.

Lucius just stands against the wall, staring at her.

"What?"She asks almost harshly as she bandaged her hand. He shrugged. "What? Are you out of plans to kill me? Or are you just trying to think up a plan?"She asked.

Lucius takes out a notepad and pen, he scribbles something down and holds it out for (Y/n) to see as she bandaged herself.

I never run out of ideas. And yes, I'm trying to think up another plan.

She smirks at this,"Well, I already have a list. So prepare for my wrath."She says still smirking and finished bandaging herself. Lucius scribbles something down.

Oh I will. And prepare for MY wrath.

She couldn't help but smile a little. 'It's kinda cute when he's all competitive... Wait... What?'

"Alright, Lucius. Tomorrow, tables are turned."(Y/n) says as she walked out of the kitchen. Lucius watched her walk out.

'She's pretty competitive. I like that in a girl... Wait a minute... What was I thinking?' He shakes his head getting that thought out of his mind. And walks out of the kitchen.