Chapter 27 27
He got away from me and turned his back to me, “The introduction will take place this midnight, and I hope you won't mess things up like the other time.” He said while I was just staring at the floor, confused as to what had just happened between us.
Did he just kiss me? Or was there any other reason he did that?
I recalled what Perrin said about being his slave, and I couldn't process it. How could he do that when I thought he wanted to see my smoky fingers?
“Are you with me?” his voice snapped in my mind, and I quickly nodded. “Then I will take you back to your cell.”
I looked at my fingers, and the smoke wasn't there any longer. The high emotions I developed dissipated in such a way that I didn't notice, and my chest was as though ice was placed on it. But what could have triggered such anger in me? He clearly saw the smoke but pretended that he didn't. Could it be that he knew something about it?
I was tempted to ask him that, but I was scared it would lead to my regret. If he truly saw it and pretended, then it should continue that way.
He placed his hand on my shoulder, and I was drawn out of my daze. I recalled he just mentioned the introduction, and so I wanted to ask about the stripping before the elders and if it was necessary.
I had already opened my lips when I sighed and shut them again. Whatever he wants! If having me strip before them would do him well, then I would pretend they didn't exist around me and do that.
“Where is she? Your human friend…” he whispered to me, and my breath hitched. “I'm not going to harm her.”
I nodded, "She's with Perrin….”
He narrowed her gaze for some time and threw his arm around my waist. My heart skipped the moment my oranges touched his body, but he didn't care and leaped. When we arrived in the cell, my heart was pounding so loud I feared he could hear the sound, but he didn't seem to.
I stiffened, my body still pressed against his, our gaze locked against each other….then the scene flashed in my mind, and I sneezed out. He quickly let go of my body as I staggered backwards, my ears flushed.
He would kiss me again if we stayed that way for so long, and it doesn't sit well with me. I was just his captive, and his family were all out to roast me. He was also engaged, so he shouldn't be doing that.
By the way, does he go around kissing people? Had he kissed his fiancée?
I was being so delusional. How would two adults be engaged and haven't gone intimate before? That lady could even lay an egg for him soon.
“Your meal will be served soon, so freshen up while you wait, and make sure you don't attempt leaving until the guards take you out,” he finally ended the silence in the cell and walked out through the gate. He picked up the padlock that I had broken and repaired it with his magic, then used it to lock up the door again.
Until he vanished from my eyes, I stood immobile there, not interested in what he was doing, but suddenly admiring him. The way he used his powers, how he showed up each time, and wrapped his arm around my waist like I was his woman.
Maybe, I would remind him the next time that I was his captive and would soon be his slave, so he shouldn't hold me that way, knowing how close it was as though we had something intimate going on between us.
At that thought, I slapped my cheek and groaned. How could I think of stopping an adult from doing what he does? He knew how risky it was and would stir people's attention, yet he held me that way. I felt so good when my oranges were caressing his chest, so I shouldn't be complaining.
I was finally being so dumb.
So many times when Ofelia would talk to me about falling in love with someone, I insisted I had no time for that. But now, I was hallucinating about him, and that was even worse, because I might seem like a fellow man to him.
I touched my lips and then reminisced about how he kissed me. I hadn't felt that way when Perrin did the same thing, and I honestly didn't want him to even let go. If he ever kissed me again, I would surely kiss him back, so he would know that I could do the same thing as him.
Soon, the cell began cooling, which meant that the sun was setting. I rushed into the bathroom and had a quick bath with the little strength I had, only to come out, and my meal was already brought.
Like the other times, it was a human type of meal, delicious and yummy, so I sat and began eating them all until every dish was empty.
I felt so full and happy. The meal was indeed delicious to the tongue, and I hoped they wouldn't change the taste they gave me. I leaned on the wall, staring at the empty dishes while humming a tune that Ofelia taught me.
If I could have written to her, then it would have been better. At least, to know if she had eaten or not, how she was faring there alone. If she had listened to me and agreed to leave, Perrin could have helped and taken her back to the human realm like Dragon Sovereign did in the past, but she was as stubborn as her mother always said.
I was so deep in thought and was even slipping into my dreams when a heavy wind blew at my face, and I jerked up, coughing. I wiped my face and opened my eyes, only to see the Sovereign's fiancée glaring at me as though I were prey.
The cell was still locked, and I wasn't supposed to doubt how she came in. But, of what use was her presence?
She raised her hand and flung it towards me, only for me to be hurled together by a tiny burning rope. And when she stretched her hand backwards, I noticed I had been tied on the neck as well, and was able to see how thick the rope was.
Each of them was painful, burning into my skin, and I took deep and multiple swallows to not cry out in pain.
But what did I do to her? We had nothing in common…
“I'm going to make sure you don't show up tonight, because I won't stand another female, talk of a weak thing like you, being the reason to lose my betrothed,” she growled and pulled me closer to herself until there was no space between us. “Fae female, I detest you so much and would take your life so easily.”
My heart sank.
I didn't know which to talk about. The rope was burning so much on my skin, and I feared she would truly kill me.
“Why? I did nothing to you…” I muttered beneath my breath, my lips trembling.
She hurled the rope around her palms and pulled it until I couldn't breathe again. “Ask that to your ancestors!!” she snarled and pulled it once again, causing all the blood in my body to drain.