Alice Hughes’ POV
‘What?’ I said as I tried to get from Clive, as he put it, as far as possible. I don’t know that the bed would be so much bigger than it appeared to be.
‘What’s wrong, sweetheart? Afraid of me? But you don’t seem so when you’re with Connor,’ he said as he was crawling slowly at me. I don’t know what to respond to that. It was true that I was not afraid of him, somehow with Clive, with Connor’s appearance, it was much scarier than it was.
‘I’m sorry, but I believed I don’t know you,’ I said as I can sense I was at the edge of the bed. He chuckled at me before he stopped in his advance. I calmed for a bit before I was on my guard again as he waved his hand at me. I was stuck as I cannot move at all.
‘What the—‘
‘don’t bother, sweetheart. You are now under my control,’ he said as he pulled me toward him. I moved! I fucking moved!
‘let me go, you freak,’ I shouted as I don’t think people would come to my rescue. We were the only ones that were in our bedroom. Clive chuckled as his green eyes were shining under the dim light.
‘i have been waiting for you, sweetheart, I cannot let you go now when I was so closed to get you to where you belong,’ he said before he shouted.
‘Argh!’ He shouted and I was dropped onto my back on the bed. I ran out of his reach as he was holding his head.
‘just a little bit more,’ he said as he was looking at me. I was holding my heart as I don’t know what was wrong with Connor.
‘Alice, get me the pills in the drawer,’ Connor’s normal voice was heard. I looked at him but he was not in good shape.
‘where?’ I asked him as I don’t even know where to look for it.
‘beside my bed. On the right. Argh!’ He shouted again as he was holding his head on the bed. I saw he was tossing and turning as he was trying to get over the pain.
‘Hurry!’ He urged me as I went to the right side of the bed. I opened the drawer and there it was, the pills that looked like tiny ruby.
‘Give it to me, Now!’ He said as he still holding his head.
‘here,’ I said as I put it in his hand. He put it inside his mouth before he asked for water.
‘water!’ He urged me. I tried to locate the water as it was on the drawer to the left.
‘why you have to put it on different sides? Why can’t you put it onto the drawer with the pills?’ I asked him before handing him the water.
He took it as he had not had water like forever. He sighed before he put the water down. He was laying on the bed as he looked at the ceiling. I was waiting for him to talk before he got up and looked at me.
‘thank you,’ he said as he smiled at me. I smiled at him back.
‘no problem,’ I said as I was smiling at him. He caressed my cheeks before I looked inside his eyes. It has something that I don’t recognize.
‘Alice,’ he whispered as he gets closer and closer toward me. I was trying to keep my breath steady as my heart was pumping furiously.
‘yes?’ I replied to him before he looked into my eyes as our face was inches apart.
‘Can I kiss you?’ He asked. I gulped as I don’t know what to say but I know that I don’t want him to go away at that moment.
‘i take it as a yes,’ he said before he pulled my face toward him and we kissed. It was explosive like I never had been kissed before. I mean, I only kissed Connor for as long as I can remember.
‘Hmm,’ I grunted when I snaked my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He pulled me and put me onto his laps. He was roaming my sides as he touched the side of my breast and it was leaving the fire. I don’t know what to say or do but just let him have some fun.
‘Connor,’ I said as he broke our kiss for a while to take a breath.
‘yes, my love?’ He asked me. Now I know what was different from just now.
‘Who is Clive?’ I asked him which made him stopped in his advance. He put me at arm’s length and he looked inside my eyes, window to my soul.
‘What do you mean?’ He said, trying to brush aside the question that I just asked him.
‘You know who he is, right?’ I asked before Connor got up from the bed and went to the window. He was trying to control his anger, I can see it.
‘Connor?’ I said as I went to his back, hugging him from behind.
‘where do you get that name?’ He asked me as he released my hands and he turned to look at me. I looked into his ruby orbs before his brunet hair was shining under the moonlight.
‘You said it just now. You’re of all people must know who he is,’ I said as I held my ground. He rubbed his face with his hands before he pushed me aside.
‘it’s late, you should get some sleep,’ he said as he pulled me toward the bed and trying to tuck me in.
‘i don’t need to be tucked in. I’m a big girl,’ I said as I pulled my hand out of his grip.
‘Alice—‘
‘no, don’t you Alice me. I want to know who he is,’ I said as I came face to face with Connor. His nostrils were breathing hard. I don’t care if he was going to burst. All I wanted to know why was Connor acting so strange the next time and then, he was like someone else.
‘You wanted to know who he is, fine, I tell you who he is,’ he said before he pulled me toward the bed and hit my back on it.
‘hey!’ I exclaimed.
‘Hold still,’ he said and before I can say anything, he kissed me. I was not prepared for that but I felt like I was teleported to someplace foreign. Somewhere that I never known before. My eyes closed, I gripped Connor’s neck and suddenly, my back was not on the bed but rather on some wooden floor.
Thump!
‘Urgh!’ I exclaimed as Connor tried to ease my falling by putting his body to protect me as I came crashing onto him.
‘Ow!’ He exclaimed.
‘my bad, sorry,’ I said as I can feel his hard abs under his shirt. He was wearing a button-down green checkers with a black shirt inside it. I think he looked quite boyish in that casual wear.
‘Where are we?’ I asked him as I was looking around. Some wooden walls and pillars. Old table and chair. A fireplace that lightened as if someone just tossed a log inside it.
‘i tell you in a minute, but please, can you get off me for a second?’ He said as he was looking at me. I looked at our intimate landing as my legs intertwined with his.
‘Sorry,’ I said as I got off from him. He was smirking before he pulled me again and I landed on him, for the second time.
‘Connor!’ I hissed at him before someone came through the door.
‘Your highness, I’m sorry to interrupt you. Please forgive me,’ a man, not older than us, walked on us and get out shyly as he looked at our condition.
‘no, wait,’ I said before the door was closed.
‘Hold on a minute, what did he just call you?’ I looked at him as he just smirked at me before I realized what just happened.
the nerve of a man! I immediately get off from his as I get as far away as I can from him.
‘Oh, I’m sorry. Did I just made you uncomfortable?’ He asked me as I was looking at him.
‘You, you…you horrible person!’ I shouted at him as I tried to close my body from him as much as I could.
‘Come on, can’t your fiancé has his fun?’ He said as he got up. I don’t even notice his wardrobe has changed. He has his sash on his left shoulder and pinned it at the waist on his right. He wore the most expensive jewelry that was dripping over him, rubies to match his eyes. His tousled brown hair was glistening.
‘are you done?’ He asked me, smirking as he knew that I was checking him out. I blushed.
‘Shut up,’ I said before I turned around and looked at myself. I was speechless. I was in a quite revealing gown, I mean lingerie that I never saw before. It was black, spaghetti straps and its length was enough to cover my butt.
‘What am I wearing?’ I shouted at him before I hid behind furniture. I just realized that Connor must be checking me out when I was staring, I mean checking, I mean judging him.
‘it’s your official dress,’ he said as he went to take something from the bar. He was pouring something into the glasses and he brought it to me as well.
‘What is that?’ I asked as I was trying to cover myself. I don’t think I have underwear inside. How humiliating.
‘it’s just champagne. Come on, it’s nice. You need to try it, Alice, and I guaranteed you that you will want it again,’ he said as he shook the glass in front of me. I don’t know if I can trust him but I took it anyway. He smiled before he sipped on his own and went to sit and the old chair.
‘Where are we?’ I asked as I went to look outside the window. Connor finished his drink and instantly he was beside me. I screamed for a while before he pulled me closer and he sipped on my champagne as well.
‘Welcome to our kingdom, my love,’ he said.
‘what kingdom?’ I asked him. He chuckled before he put his hand on my lower back.
‘The Monster Realm,’ he said as his eyes were glistening dangerously under the blood Moon.
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