It's a long night for Aleister while Avery gets the best sleep of her life LOL ;) In the future, Aleister might get dark circles 🙂
AVERYI yawn and stretch my arms above my head. My side aches but the pain is not as bad as before. After smacking my lips a few times, I snuggle into my pillow. My hands pat the surface under me. It’s a little hard.I must be sleeping on the floor again. I huff, and shift my legs over the…Wait a moment.What is this hard thing between my legs? And why do I seem to be straddling…Slowly, I pull my head back and open my eyes to look down. Aleister stares back, his eyes narrowed dangerously. And what are those black spots under his eyes? Dark circles?I nod. I am still asleep or the blood loss brought about this hallucination. I put my head back and close my eyes. “ Keep rubbing yourself over me. You are used to it by now. ” The body rumbles under me, the vibrations resonating in every inch of me. The ache between my legs grows. I clench my fingers.Why does a hallucination feel this real?Slowly, I pick up my head again and take him in. His head is propped over his folded arms as h
AVERY “ Where do you think you are going? ” Draven grunts, blocking my way outside my room. “ Aleister said I can go out. ” I reply. “ Shouldn’t you rest after getting stabbed? ” He points to my side. “ I didn’t know you cared about me so much. ” I move past him and straighten my back to look unbothered. “ As if I will ever care about you. ” I hear him mumble but don’t reply. It’s surprising enough to find him standing guard outside my door. It seems he is taking his role too seriously. I hum to myself. Doesn’t sound like a bad thing. “ I remember telling you that you shouldn’t go there. ” He follows behind me closely. “ And you thought I would listen to that? ” I say, rounding the corner and walking down the corridor that leads to where the King’s women seem to mingle during the day. “ What are you planning, Avery? ” He sighs. “ I don’t need to tell you. ” My eyes sparkle when I catch sight of a familiar face. When Lovetta sees me, she squeals and runs inside the open door
AVERY “ Princess. ” Her smile widens when she finds me looking at her. “ Agrona. ” I nod, calming the beats of my heart. “ Was she kissing Draven? ” One of the girls behind Agrona turns to others and says in a hushed voice. My heart almost stops beating. “ Mind your fucking tongue if you don’t want me to rip it out of your mouth! ” Draven growls from behind me before I can say anything. “ Calm down, Draven. Tracy doesn’t know what she is talking about. ” Agrona says politely and glances at the girls from over her shoulder. “ right, Tracy? You will not want to cause any misunderstanding between the Princess and the King, will you? ” “ No, Agrona. I didn’t mean it that way. ” The girl bows her head apologetically. I clench my hands by my side. I don’t have any doubt that Agrona will use this against me later. But why do I care? It’s not like I care about what Aleister thinks of me. “ Agrona. ” I smile enthusiastically and end the distance between us. She tries to maintain a swe
AVERY “ I never said I would tell you anything, Princess. ” She picks up the cup again. I huff, leaning back on the couch. She is a hard nut to crack. “ So it means we can’t work together. ” I nod after pondering over it for a second. “ There are some things that only Leister can tell you, Princess and I won’t take that away from him but when you are done…and you want to leave… ” She trails off and frowns. “ You will help me find a way out? ” I stroke the back of my hand with my fingers as I wait for an answer. “ I will point out the way. ” She agrees at last. “ I won’t help you but I will tell you where you should head. After that, everything will be up to you. ” “ That’s fine by me. ” I clasp my hands together. “ but I won’t leave alone. I will take my helper, Renee with me. ” “ I don’t mind. ” Her soft eyes land on my hands before she looks up. “ but if you get caught at that time, Princess, you should pray that you die before Leister finds out. ” I shudder. Just the way sh
AVERY It doesn’t take me long to realize that I am no longer in the confines of the castle walls, but drowning in the black lake I saw on my way in. Until my head remains above the water, I have belief that Aleister will be able to feel me in time and come to save me. But when my face dunks underwater, I lose that belief quickly. I hold my breath, writhing around to free myself of the ropes. The pathetic lack of strength in my limbs angers me, then horrifies me. I can feel the patch loosening on the wound in my back. I shake worse than before, moving around in the water, trying to see something in the pitch black. In the cold water, the warmth of my blood tricking down my side makes my head spin. Shortly after, I am out of breath. The pressure behind my eyes, and under my jaw increases so much that my mouth almost opens in the water to suck in a desperate breath. In my silent attempts to break free, I sense a slight brush of scales on my ankle. My heart hammers in my chest, due t
ALEISTER~A little while earlier…“ What’s wrong with you? ” Draven yells. The pen drops from my fingers as an intense pain erupts in my chest. I place my hands on the edges of my desk and stand up before squeezing my eyes shut. “ Leister— ”“ Where is Avery? ” I grunt, still reeling with the mind-numbing agony.It feels like someone is trying to carve my heart out of my chest. “ I left her with Agrona. Why? Is something wrong with her? ” He asks worriedly and comes to my side.‘ Did Dustin feel the same when he was drowning? ’ Her sad voice sounds in my head.Shocked, I push myself straight and look down. What’s wrong with her?The pain spreads to my throat as if something is trying to claw at my windpipe, cutting off my air supply.‘ If only Aleister had not taken my strength and tried to render me helpless… ’ She whimpers again in my head before her words drown behind the piercing pain.A force pulls me out of the office and pushes me in the direction of the Lake. She is in pain
AVERY I can never understand the change in Aleister’s mood. One moment, he is cold. Another, he is warm. Then, he is cruel before becoming like this…too clingy. I cringe as he suffocates me by hugging me tightly. I wanted to argue with him and curse him some more, but he looks like he came back to life after experiencing a horrifying death so I don’t know what to do with him. In the end, I can only struggle to breathe as I stay plastered to him. “ This is so unfair. ” I grumble under my breath. “ I should be the one acting like this. Not you. ” “ It’s not my fault that I can feel your emotions. ” He sighs, tightening his grip over me. If I didn’t know better, I would think he is trying to kill me by breaking my ribcage but his heart thumping against my ear tells me he is truly panicked. “ How can you say it’s not your fault? You marked me and brought this upon yourself. ” I huff, unconsciously placing my hand over his back. My hand moves on its own, patting his back softly. He s
AVERYMomentarily, I forget about the cold. Aleister carries me to the familiar hall where women mostly gather instead of to my room.When we enter, the witches rise and form lines on either side of the hall, bowing their heads to the King who has emerged suddenly.Smugly, I watch the hateful glances the witches throw my way from under their lashes. They must hate me right now. I just love it. Agrona steps down from the stairs and stands in the middle. Her eyes take me in, then lift to Aleister’s face.“ My King, is there something wrong? Why is the Princess drenched and shivering? ” She feigns concern for me and hurries towards us.I roll my eyes internally while applauding her performance. She always appears so kind no matter what. “ Can you stand? ” Aleister ignores his favorite woman and looks at me instead.For a second, I blink up at him. His brows furrow, awaiting an answer from me.“ Will you keep holding me if I can’t, My King? ” I smile innocently.“ I will have to sit you