Chapter 44

Ash reached for where Myan had been standing, confused by what had occurred. He took a step forward and withdrew to hold his shoulder with a tight grip. It was the effect of the venom from the black tree. He sucked the pain in, his facial muscles disorientating as he held the expression.

"Myan?" He called as if she would magically appear before him. So many things were happening at once without a break. He wanted to move forward but stopped with a yell and went on his knees, panting heavily. It seemed as though her absence was affecting the venom in his body and causing him to react faster than he thought he would have consumed the antidote.

"Myan…" he trailed off, his vision going blurry.

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Ash opened his eyes slowly. Someone was pressing warm towels on his head and trying to ease his pain. He noticed that what he thought was a fluffy pillow were thighs.

"Myan?" He groaned, sitting up with pain still lingering around his forehead. He held his head with his hand, still thinking about how he got here.

"Where are we?" He put his hand down, frowning and then getting to his feet. There were no walls, no floors, no roofs, everything was plain white.

"I…I don't know," Myan told him honestly. "Your arm,” she gasped, wrapping her small hands around his arm.

He looked at what she was referring to. It was a huge black mark that had spread from his upper arm to his wrists. "The venom, it paused its spread." Ash said aloud in wonder.

"Venom? What venom?" Myan alarmed, moving closer to inspect the problem.

"It's nothing…" Ash wanted to focus on the bigger problem at the moment, looking around them to scrutinize their environment. "Are we dead?" He wondered.

"Ash, talk to me, what venom?"

"It's nothing really. I took a sip of the sap from the black tree,” he confessed.

"What black tree?" Myan furrowed her eyebrows in confusion and proceeded to widen her eyes after realization hit her, "the deadly Oak? What did you take that for?!" She panicked.

"You were too far for me to catch a scent in my Aeu so I had to find you and the powers from that tree were the only things that could help me catch up with you,” he said.

"Why would you do something so stupid?" She cried, "what made you think it would work?"

"Relax, there's an antidote, I just didn't expect the effects to take up this quick,” he scoffed.

"That's what birthed the black Aeu?" She asked in understanding. "Ash!"

"Don't be mad at…" he was cut short because she swung herself at him and began to sob against his chest "I'm sorry, I really am,” she cried, "ever since I walked into your life, it's been nothing but problems. No one has ever cared this much about me Ash, thank you." She sniffed, "I…I love you."

"I've never cared this much about anyone either,” he confessed, hugging her with his unaffected arm and gently patting her back as he so did.

"I love you,” he told her. "Never be sorry for coming into my life. I don't think I had a reason to fight before, I was always angry, and it was stupid but now, I actually have a reason to fight…to live,” he concluded, lifting her head so he could kiss her. "I love you, I mean it,” he said the words like it were his first time.

Myan closed her eyes to receive his kiss. She felt his hard rub against her silky dress. "Are we really going to do this here? In this…place?" She wondered.

"Only if you want to,” he whispered.

She stared into his eyes and pushed his head back downwards to resume their kiss.

Ash's hands moved down to her waist and remained there, pushing her closer to his hard on his pants. The friction between her dress was appeasing and if he stayed like that an hour, he would eventually come.

Myan took him aback when she gripped him through his pants, squeezing gently, not breaking their kiss.

He smiled and allowed her to pull his pants down.

Myan pulled free from the kiss and adored his manhood, it was almost as if he became huge with every new intercourse they had.

A weird image of how huge it would be in his Aeu flashed across her mind and she instantly felt bad for thinking about it.

"Don't rip my dress." She had a feeling she should warn him. Who knew if they were being watched?

He noted her request and hoped he would succumb. He flipped her around and gently drew her dress down until it fell at her ankle.

"Whoa." Ash widened his eyes.