Gasping, I effortlessly tried to pull away from him but just to make him envious, He held me tightly, not letting me leave.
Zaniel lips began to quiver, looking away he said, "Sky is looking for you, Prince."
"I see." He kissed my cheek possessively to burn him and left.
I inhaled for air, putting my hand over my chest in uncontrollable tension, feral disrupting my mind by his ceaseless intimidation.
"You okay…?" Zaniel asked softly and was about to touch me but I yanked his hands away.
“You don't touch me now after the fucking stunt you pulled." I hissed, moving away from me.
"Listen Cinzel, please… please." He requested, moving in front of me, making an almost crying face.
"What is left to say after what you did?!" I whisper-yelled at him.
A tear pricked in my eyes by his betrayal of those fragments scattered around.
"Look. I don't know what Prince has told you but believe me, I never held any bad intent towards you. I am so sorry for what happened, I swear I didn't mean to."
His broken tone hurt me. A tear rolled down our cheek simultaneously and I was too disquiet to place faith upon those heartbeats.
"You mean to say pointing a gun at me was unintentional..?" I asked in disbelief, moving away.
"No, you don't know the worth of this ring. I was just scared. Believe me. The gun was empty." He whispered, holding my arm.
"I married your fucking Uncle just to save the life of a disloyal like you!" I spat, pushing him away, the tears not worth it if shed for his misery.
Where was it when I came to him?
"Cinzel I know at first my intentions were something else. Heck not at first. Even before meeting you but believe me, I swear I truly fell in love with you since the moment we met. Please listen to me, I love you so much, please… "
He began to cry, lowering his head and putting it over my shoulder. The sound of his sobs and my facade, how can I embrace the one who invoked this trepidation?
Then at the same time, what about the person whom I offered my life to?
He was still the Zaniel I loved from the bottom of my heart, I couldn't never bear his wails.
"I love you, I love you so much. Please don't leave me Cinzel… please…" He whispered desperately, hugging me.
An unwanted tear rolled down my cheeks but unable to cope with it, I rubbed his back a little, pulling away from him.
"I did what my Father told me but my feelings were sincere for you. I Don't care for your place like Prince who married you to rule this world. I just want you." He whispered, trying to convince me.
I looked down and mumbled, "Sir… doesn't want it. He would never let anyone claim that position."
"He must be plotting something behind it as well. He had his eyes on you since High School. Believe me, Cinzel. I care for you. Let's run away, we will live the life you always dreamed."
His tone made my heart clench. I urged to attain salvation under his shade of soothing talks which ease my mind but I don't know who to trust anymore.
"Why would Sir do it if he doesn't want that?" I asked sternly, removing my hands from him. Taking a step back while grasping my overflowing emotions.
"I don't know. Maybe because he wants to kill you-"
"I.. I have to go and stop meddling in my life Zaniel now." I said hesitantly, putting my hand up and walking away, wiping the tears in my eyes.
"I know you love me as much as I do. You might not give me a chance but my shoulder is always available for you to rest your sorrows upon." He said earnestly, turning to me.
Narrowing my eyes at him, I only walked away without speaking further, trying to drift my mind from anything which derives compassion for the person who deceived me all these years.
“Cinzel-” Astrid tried to call me.
“Please, I need to be alone.”
And I went back to the room, not daring to come out.
Time passed in the blink of an eye and the most dreadful time came.
Night.
I stood in our room, the fact I have to call it our room gave me immense aversion, just like stabbing my heart.
And to elevate my tensity, the burning breath hitched my soul by unnerving quivers. Slithering around my neck perfectly to move in rhythm, He came.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
A hand moved across and was placed beside my head on the wall to entrap me utterly in the lure of his superior presence.
"Do we.. Really have to share the room?" I asked with a shaky breath, closing my eyes momentarily.
"You have no choice, Love…"
With a seductive laugh, enchanting my whole being unfavorably. The sound, the sensation reaching, it numbed me.
"Please, Sir." I whispered, daring to meet his remorseless eyes smirking at my vulnerable form.
"I don't understand why you call me Sir…? I am not your teacher anymore."
Closing the gap, he brushed his lips over my ears, stiffening my bones to the point the sound of my breaths echoed in the room.
At my lack of reply, he changed the topic by a more perturbing question, "Anyways, tell me what were you and your lover talking about?"
The worry written over my face entertained him to suck the fear running inside my veins more, "Hmm.. Tell me."
"He.. He Loves me." I whimpered, afraid of his reaction.
"Too bad you are mine now."
He smiled darkly, possessively, biting my earlobe, finally inclining my face with his.
When my eyes met his dangerous one, my bodily functions halted. Not releasing a breath even when his expression converted into a dominant one.
"Doesn't matter what he said but from now on, I don't want him anywhere near you. Understand?" He ordered, holding my chin.
Trembling violently, I uttered a 'yes' which made my heart thump.
"Good, because if I find you are betraying me…"
He trailed off, pressing his body over mine, intoxicating my breaths tangled with his dominant one, smirking while saying ruthlessly, "I'll kill you."