Asty woke up to the rays of sunlight directly hitting her tired eyes. She rubbed them and lifted herself up, when she felt the soreness of her back.
"O-Ow..."
"Does it still hurt?"
Chaol was standing beside the bed, shirtless, with a cup of coffee in his hand. His hair was wet but combed to the back. Suddenly, the memories of last night's scandalous events surged inside her head. Asty immediately looked under the blanket to see if her clothes were still there.
"Oh my God." she whispered under her breath.
"What are you so surprised of?" Chaol raised a brow. "We did it "
"M-My mother would be so furious with me!" she looked at him and covered her body with the blankets.
"It's not like she knows."
"W-What if I bear a child?!" she looked at him with a terrified face. "S-She would be so upset!"
"Take it easy." Chaol told her.
Suddenly, the thought of having children crossed his mind.
He imagined little toddlers
Asty was making her breakfast in the kitchen when she felt two sturdy arms wrap around her back. She felt the warmness of his torso spread around her spine. She slowly shifted her head to look at behind her and found Chaol standing, with a huge grin on his face."G-Good morning.""Morning." he greeted back at her. "What are you doing?""Making breakfast. Do you want me to make you some?"Chaol rested his chin on her shoulders and bit the tip of her ear. With a husky voice, he teased her: "I want you."Asty shoved his head away from her and cleared her throat. "Nope. Brother will kill us if we do those things again.""It's fine, we can just sneak around." he smirked at her.She heaved a sigh. "It seems that you can make your own breakfast. I'll be in the dining hall.""You're so stingy..." he pouted at her. "Not even a kiss?"
105: To the Beach"I am not wearing that!"Asty puts waves her hand in front of them, refusing to take the cream-colored two-piece swimming lingerie in Yvonne's hand."Oh, come on! We'll be going to the beach, it's the best time for us women to flaunt ourselves under the sun!" Yvonne told her."Yvonne, we would get burned before we can reach the water.""Still we can't let Asty wear those nanny clothes!" she whined."Let her wear the clothes she's comfortable with." Lana told her. "But are you really going to wear that while swimming in the water, Asty?"Asty who was wearing a yellow shirt and her short pants (which she used to wear in the village) looked at them with a worried expression on her face. "Does it really look bad?""No, no, no!" Lana told her. "You look absolutely fine with it. My concern is just that, you won't feel very comfortable gliding in the water with that kind of outfit."Asty stared at the two girl
"Be sure to take a shower, Asty. The sand isn't good for your body if sticks too long!" Lana yelled at her as she ascended the stairs.Asty nodded and headed towards her room. She reaches out to the doorknob with her hand, when suddenly, it is replaced by someone else's. She shifted her head to see Chaol behind her with a smirk on his face.His hair was still wet and he had a piece of towel hanging on the other side of his shoulder, he covered her small figure entirely and slowly opened the doorknob.The two gets in."You should take a shower now." she told him as she entered the room. She frisked towards the closets and grabs her beige nightgown."I'll borrow yours." he casually told her and sat on her bed, while stretching his limbs. "My bathroom's clogged.""Why don't you use the other spare rooms'?" she asked him while making her way towards her own bathroom."I'd have to ask Lana for the keys, you know that I'm not the type to ex
The young woman was left disquiet after hearing what the vampire revealed to her. All she could think of was the memories she shared with everyone that day. The smiles that were evident happiness in their faces and their confessions...was all just a mere act.The vampire looked at her as she fell silent. You can clearly see the distress that was emanating from her eyes. Her small hand was tightened into a ball."Asty..." he called out to her.But the woman was not able to respond.She was too busy thinking whether the trust was wasted or not. She thought of many ways and contemplated about the possibilities and negativities of their blooming friendship."There's no way that they are all lies, aren't they?" she asked the vampire, hoping for his answers to reach out to her.But Errol did not know for himself. He had always doubted the kindness of thi
"But I'm not even half as starving as him.""Who?"Asthenosthene knew no hesitation when her sunrise orbs spanned across the room and found a man lying on the ground. Her eyes widened in shock before running towards him. Errol grabbed her arm before she could get close to the stranger, and thus she recoiled in the air, while looking at him with those gleaming, concerned eyes."I know you want to help him, but you can't get too close." he warned her. "He's violent. Why do you think I have bruises and scratches all over me?""But he's dying!" Asty expressed in dismay. "He needs help!""He can get all the help he needs. Right now, you need to go back. It's going to be difficult if the others sees you here.""No!" she yanked her arm away from him. "Do you expect me to just leave and let him die?! I can't do that!""Look, he has been starving himself ever since I came. Lana would bring food for him but he wouldn't touch it. And God knows h
The half-moonchild, Othello was casually taking a nap on the sofa when he felt something soft being thrown at him. He opened his eyes annoyed and saw a cloak above him."What the hell is this?" he rubbed his head before sitting straight and holding the cloak in the air.Chaol glowered at him with his sadistic, narrow eyes and smiled. "Dress up. We'll be leaving in a few minutes.""Wait, I am not coming with you." he told him and went back to his napping position. "Go for all I care."Chaol kicked the couch with his foot, which created rumbles to disturb Othello from his napping."Stop it!""I said, we're leaving." he firmly told him."I said, I'm not coming!" he snuggled at the pillow and ignored his request. "Why are you even telling me to come? I have nothing to do with your fancy-schmancy business with that darned King.""He had a few businesses that he'd want to discuss with you." Chaol clipped his cloak on his midnight blu
"Are you finished with your lunch, Asty?" Lana approached her with a smile on her face.Asty nodded at her and placed her plate on the sink. "I am. Do you need any help with the laundry?""No, not at all," she answered and tucked in her apron that will contain the stain from the splashing water as she washes the dishes. "You can rest all you like.""I see. I will be in the garden then." Asty smiled at her and nodded. "By the way, Asty." The young woman shifted her head towards her direction. "Yes?""I found your boots in the abandoned staircase yesterday. Have you gone there?"Asty froze for a while, but kept her composure. She had forgotten to take it away. "Ah yes. I was roaming around the castle yesterday.""Roaming?" Lana's brows furrowed as if in worry. "Where have you gone to?""Just the hallways. I needed to think." she lowered her head sheepishly and smiled. "Chaol has been c
It was already evening when Chaol and the others had returned from their appointment with the King. With an exhausted expression on his face he gestures to Asty with his fingers and pulled her in a tight hug. The count buried his face on her pale neck and smelled the scent of her soft hair. Even for just an hour, Chaol had missed the feeling of her touch in his skin. "Welcome back." she greeted him."Mhmm." She felt the woman's small hands caressing his broad back. "How was your appointment with the King? I see you've brought my brother along with you.""Ah, I just accompanied him to speak with trivial matters.""I see." she smiled at her and helped him sit on the cushion. "Do you want something?"A sly smirk escapes from his lips. "I want you." The woman's chest began throbbing after meeting the male's seductive invitation. She shook her head and clutched onto her nightgown. "Nope!"