Chapter 16

I violently cough as water begins to fill my lungs. I gasp loudly as my head springs above the water in desperate need of oxygen. Look what you did Mia. You fall asleep in the tub or should rather be called a mini pool and almost drown yourself. Rapid knocking came from the other side of the door taking me away from my inner battles with my conscious.

"Miabella, is everything alright in there?" a soft voice asks from the other side of the door, the only thing keeping us apart. I almost didn't recognize the voice with the deep and true sincerity hidden in the words. I was shocked to say the least. My throat was dry and it seemed I forgot had to speak as nothing but air came out of my mouth.

"Piccolo uccello" his voice sounding to become impatient from my lack of noise. Again I try to form words but my throat just becomes scratchier and even drier if possible. A few seconds later I don't hear any signs of him. I swore I heard the mumbling of 'that's it' but yet nothing happened. Maybe he decided to give up on me. I was wrong when the door went flying off the hinges smashing into the wall completely breaking the door into pieces and leaving the wall to have holes and cracks along it. I jump in surprise making the water in the tub splash everywhere and onto the floor. I look at Ronan his eyes his normal deep blue but they have a sparkle to them that I've never seen before. His eyes start to slowly turn black but it wasn't from angry, no it was lust. Huh? Oh wait. I look down and remember I'm in the bath tub completely naked and the only thing covering me from Ronan seeing me bare body was the thin layer of bubbles that were created floating on the surface. I look back at him to see him slowly making his way towards me. I get a good look at him scanning over his body from top to bottom and see he's wearing his usual dark jeans with a dark button up t-shit except the top 3 buttons were left untouched giving me a perfect view of his sculpted chest. I swallow deeply and squirm a little in the water from the feeling stirring in my core. My body was acting strange and very reactant to his like a grenade ready to go off but just waiting for someone to pull the safety pin. Not sure of what was happening I finally find my voice and decide to break the tension.

"U-h what a-are you doing?" I terribly stutter. Nice job Mia. He freezes for a moment before he continues to walk towards me as if he never heard me. Never once does he take his eyes off me. It was like he was afraid that if he looked away I would somehow vanish into thin air. As he nears me he kneels next to the tub leaning against the edge. I move more towards the wall trying to increase the small proximity between us. I reaches his one hand to towards me and takes a strand piece of hair and wraps around my ear. His fingers linger next to my ear as they start to trail over my skin down my neck leaving goosebumps in their trail. I fingers incredibly slowly brush off the hair that was on my neck giving him a clear view of my skin. He looks intently at the healing punctures that occupied my skin. His hand grazes over the sensitive spot causing a strange and undeniably warm tingling feeling that spreads throughout my body sending my nerves on a frenzy. I soft and quiet moan escapes my lips from the intense feeling causing my eyes to almost bulge out of their sockets. Oh my god what is wrong with me? Mixed emotions swarm in his eyes as the corners of his lips tug into a sly smirk. Oh he thinks this is funny? Who would have thought Ronan, cold hearted and bloodsucking Ronan, had a sense of humor. I low chuckle rumbles in his throat which only adds to the warmness and begins to set my body on fire. The already cold water not being able to cool my hot body.

"Oh piccolo uccello" he beautifully whispers while leaning closer to me. I'm frozen in my spot not trusting my body to move because my limps are screaming at me to go to him. My body undeniable wants him and I don't know why. Maybe it's the plump and kissable lips or his messy yet perfectly kept hair or his god-like sculpted physique or the way he's as cold as a stone but also as gentle as a feather or- dammit Mia snap out of it. But I can't as his face comes closer in my view and I can perfect place out every little spot of stumble that lies on his face. I finally find some composure as I ask him a question that I probably won't get the answer to.

"What does that mean?" I hoarsely whisper as my mouth stays involuntarily open. Ronan gives me a small smile as he leans towards me ear his breath fanning my skin giving me shivers.

"Oh Miabella le cose che si fanno per me" his deep accent echoes in my head causing my body to melt. I don't even know what he said but it sounded sexy rolling off his tongue. I smile as I feel him smile against my ear. I like this side of him. This side of Ronan makes me forget about all the bad and terrible things I've been through and makes me feel warm, complete, and happy. This side of him is gentle and caring yet he'll do a complete 180 and go back to the cruel and heartless monster he truly is. But for now I'll cherish the moments with this part of him.

"You still didn't answer my question" I tell him as he lightly laughs in my ear, the sound rings as it sounds like music to my ears. Completely ignoring my statement he softly bites me lobe making me gasp in surprise, butterfly like sputters erupt in my stomach.

"Tell me piccolo uccello do I make you nervous?" He questions as his lips move further down to my neck his tongue leaving a cool wet trail. I use all my might to hold back a moan wanting to be released.

"N-no" I stutter embarrassingly not being able to ignore the feelings he's causing to my body.

"I beg to differ young Bella" he coos looking up at me in the eyes and then down to my lips. My tongue involuntarily pokes out to slowly move across my lips licking them. His deep blue eyes start to get impossibly darker than they already are. His orbs filled with unquestionable lust. His lips look warm and welcoming making me crave to feel them against my own.

He seems to snap out of a trance as his eyes turn back to normal and he looks vulnerable. He slowly leans back and away from me as he starts to stand up increasing the distance between us. My body begins to ache for his touch and the tingling that only his skin can cause on mine. I look at him confused while he stood there wearing a blank expression seeing at that he seemed to be in deep thought or having an internal battle with himself.

"I can't do this" he whispered to himself but loud enough for my hearing to catch. With that he left the bathroom leaving me once again alone in utter silence. What just happened? My skin still burns and aches from Ronan's touch and I want to throw up. It must be some type of Pureblood special ability I mean his is royal after all and future king. King. The word makes me cringe at the thought of Ronan controlling everything and how much more chaos the world will go into with his never ending changing mind.

Brushing off the thoughts of him I climb out of the tub and grab the towel that was placed on the counter and wrap it around my now freezing body. I wipe myself clean of water and wrap the towel around myself since I didn't bring any clothes in here. I walk out into the bedroom and see a pile of clothes neatly placed on the edge of the bed. I walk towards it while dropping my towel to the ground and grabbing the outfit to put on. After I put them on I started towards the door my curiosity of this castle get the best of me. As I'm walking around mindlessly through the centuries of old halls I hear the sound of glass smashing towards the end of one of the halls connected to the one I'm walking down. The hallway was dark no lights or candles in sight giving it a dark and dreary look. The pit of my stomach twisted and turned as the shattering sound increased but my wondrous side of me one as my feet started moving towards the pit of darkness. As the sounds of the crashing got louder and more frequent I surprisingly saw the faint brightness from a light in a room creeping through the bottom of the door. Alright Mia this is your time to go back since you don't know what's behind that door you could possibly die. I ignored my conscious as my hand reached for the doorknob turning it to unlock it. As I creep the door open the cracking of the wall echoed into the hall but still I kept opening it. When the door was fully open I had a full view of Ronan standing in the middle of the room with his back towards me. I avert my eyes to my surroundings to see the room was completely trashed. Cracks filled the once smooth walls and shattered glass and broken wood pieces littered every space on the ground. My eyes enlarge in shock at the mess and the wonder of why he would do this.

It seemed that he finally noticed my presence as he slowly turned around to face me. My body vanished of the feeling of want from him as my face fell in fear from the aurora of the power radiating off of Ronan. I was about to turn towards the door and make a run for it since all the good thoughts of him were suddenly replaced with my fear of him, but he beat me to the door with his heightened abilities. He slammed the door shut locking me in the room with him. My heart was beating out of my chest from the scarce that I feel right now. Well Mia now you're going to die. I told you so.

All of a sudden I'm slammed into the wall, my wrists tightly in his clasp as he brings them above head pinning them there as he uses his body to secure my to the wall. I look at him fear evident on my face my eyes start to water and my throat tightens knowing this is probably the moment where he finishes what he started. I look up and meet his eyes, they weren't black but they weren't his normal blue either but more of an in-between. His face contoured in mixed emotions of hatred and disgust, but also admiration and lust and a little bit of fear. What would he have to fear? Lost in my thoughts I didn't notice that Ronan fluttered his eye lids closed and the silence of the room. It seemed as the world stopped but then everything came down on me all at once as Ronan did the unthinkable.

He kissed me.

But I did the impossible.

I kissed him back.