Chapter 52— Shade of Merry

~MERRY POV~

Lyra looked at me with wide eyes, and her jaw dropped in shock as I clenched her hair in my fist, returning attitude back to her.

"Did you just catch my hair?" She let a scoff out while making a sound.

"If you can grab my hair, why can I not?" I respond back, clenching her hair even tighter in my fist.

"How dare you?" Lyra screamed as she lost her temper over my behaviour, raising her hand to slap me, but I am not going to let that happen.

I grabbed her wrist with my other hand, stopping her palm from touching my cheek only an inch away.

I began twisting her hand down as she screamed in pain, sounding out and looking at me with wide eyes.

"What the hell are you doing?" As soon as she raised her voice, I raised my hand and slapped her on the right cheek with my left hand, forcing her to close her mouth.

"Don't raise your voice at me!" I showed her my finger when she looked at me while covering her cheek with her hand.

"Did you just slap me?" She ask