Cinderella, The Monster Slayer

Chapter 25

"Did you miss me?" *Jim Moriaty's impression.

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was in a bad place(still am in a bad place) and I was struggling and fighting. Plus, my internship has taken a lot of my time making me unable to write. Sorry for that. But here I am now.

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She was nervous.

And slightly frightened.

As she pressed the code to open the door to her lair, thoughts on what Blake would say after she told him the truth ran in her mind. Oh god, she hoped that he wouldn't leave her. She couldn't hold it together if he left.

Entering the lair, she saw Henry treating Angela's wound. He turned to Elektra and gave her a small smile.

"She's okay. She just nee to rest." He said.

Looking at Angela, she saw how her cheeks were flushed and how her eyes seemed to look everywhere, except them.

Well, something was going on.

"This is like a real live bat cave...only brighter." Blake said, breaking the silence among them. His eyes were everywhere. His mouth was slightly open as he took in the place with awe.

She smiled before taking his hand in hers. "Come on. Let's go talk at the pantry."

With that, she led him to the small pantry. Blake took a seat down cautiously while his eyes still wondered around restlessly.

She took two bottled water from the fridge and made her way back to him. She sat across him, handing him a bottle.

"Wait here. I'm going to change." She gave him a small smile before disappearing from the pantry.

He waited for her patiently, looking around the place as he tapped his foot to the ground. She later returned with a comfortable black t-shirt and grey track pants.

She took a seat across him and they were silent for a moment. None of them spoke. Their eyes not meeting each other's.

Even though she knew this moment was going to come, she somehow did not know where to start or what to stay. She was nervous, clearly. She was scared, definitely. She just hoped that this goes better than she expected it to be.

"I-" They both blurted out at the same time.

Chuckling as they let their eyes met, Blake gave her an encouraging look. "Just start from the beginning."

With that, she nodded and started to spill her secret.

"Do you know the tale of Arthur?"

Looking at her with his brows furrowed in confusion, he nodded. "King Arthur?" She nodded. "I'm familiar with it."

She started talking again, calmly with her eyes on his. "As you know, Arthur was a brilliant king. He was very powerful. He had a lot of enemies...but the thing is, humans weren't the only enemy he had."

"This world is filled with magical creatures, creatures that we learned from fairy tales and fiction. Dragons, warlocks, vampires...they are all real. Humans just don't know about it. Well, some humans do but we kept it a secret to keep the peace in this world."