"What!" I yelled so loud it startled my beastmen, I sat up on the bed...
"DIdn't the doctor say she wouldn't be able to move properly for a while?" Ryker said to the others.
"She's pretending," Azarael said. "Do you want us to feel sympathy for you? For the performance you gave two days ago?" He asked, and my eyes widened.
"Wait! Two days ago ?"
"You've been asleep for the last two days, why did you do that?" Veyra asked. To be honest, he was the only one who had more visible worry in his tone than the rest, and my hands subtly reached for his hair, gently patting. "Elowen gets away with everything, she needed to be punished, and an apology from Darian apology to you guys was long overdue " I muttered. I watched as his cheeks reddened and felt glad i pushed myself like i did. I reached for his two black horns and gently ran my hands over them.
"So smooth," I said softly, and he bit down on his lower lip. I couldn't help but fix my gaze on his lush red lips. Gosh, what wouldn't I do to have those lips on mine.... The system must have read my mind.
I could feel a mischievous smile form across my face, but I dismissed it instantly.
Thinking of it, Elowen had left for the Academy yesterday.
BEAST BOND ACADEMY
is another thick, life-threatening plot in the original novel. The heroine Elowen gained more love, admiration, and awards from that Academy, and Darian grew stronger.... Although the villainess didn't live to see it, but that isn't the case now, it's a threat ill have to deal woth sooner or later. Plus, Raven had failed the entry exams to that Academy three times: technically she didn't fail; she chose to stay behind all because of Darian, wasting four years of her life.. Now that she's 23 and I'm going in place of her, I expect ridicule.
I sighed and retracted my hands, but Veyra's hands clamped mine, encircling them and placing them back on his horn... I felt my naughty side scream.
Was this the beast-men she threw away?! The original villainess really deserved death.
Let's forget that.
I snalped out of thought and looked towards my beast-men, but their gaze was locked on my hands gently caressing Veyra's horn... were they jealous? The thought made me smile inwardly, and I pulled Veyra closer, his face inches from mine.
"You have beautiful crimson eyes," I said, his cheeks flushed instantly.
"I-i," he stammered, but then Ryker stood up. "I'll be going out for a walk!" he announced. My eyes brightened.
This would be a good way to get alone time with him, and I might actually get to kiss him...
"I'll come with you," I said and stood up, but Veyra's hands clamped my waist. "You are still injured?" he said, and my lip parted....
"I'm okay really, I can move see," I said, turning to stare at Ryker's fading back view. I can't let him leave...
"Um,..."
I couldn't think. My hands reached for Veyra's face and
SMACK!
My lips pressed into his softly. He froze... and so did Azrael; he stared with widened eyes....
I realized my mistake. What if he actually kills me for this... I moved to retract myself from the awkward position, but his hands reached for my back and pulled me closer....
"Wait, does this count as a kiss?" I thought, but then everything faded to black and white, and the cat appeared.
"Definitely not a kiss," she said, sitting by the open window, and I gasped.
"How? It should count as a kiss though!" I yelled, and she laughed. "Raven, you can't just smack lips with anyone and expect it to be a kiss, it has to be reciprocal especially if it has to do with your beast-men remember they hate you duhh. Where is the sparkle, the gaze, the tension, the passion hmm?" She said like a poet, even using her paws to gesture, and I rolled my eyes.
"Cut the act."
"Thank goodness, that felt embarrassing. But you get the point" She passed and jumped down from the window, then walked on the soft bed to meet me, while I crouched to her level, going for her cheeks. "What do I do?"
She laughed and then raised her paws. The sharp nails went straight into my hands, and I retracted, hissing.
"How coul—"
"No touching, I'm not feeling it today, you need to figure that out yourself, the readers and system wouldn't view that as a kiss and remember, you have only two days or..-" And just like that, she disappeared and everyone came back to normal.
Verya gently pulled away. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—"
"Don't apologize," I said and reached down from the bed, but Azrael caught my wrist. "What are you playing at? You torture us, you disgrace us, and you think it's all okay now?" he said, clearly angry. I watched as his eyes turned green-black, and the pet snake around his neck hissed, its venomous eyes piercing into mine.
"It's not that?"
"Liar!" he roared. Veyra stood behind me. "Let her go, Azrael," he said, and Azrael scoffed.
"Just a kiss and you are acting like some loose fool. Don't you see she is using us? She doesn't care about us, she never did. After we fulfill whatever she wants, shes going to dispose of us!" he said. The last time... just thinking of it makes me shiver, after everything how could you....
I felt he was ready to kill me now. He raised his left hand, and a green-black ball just formed. "It's better we end her now!" he said, and I trembled.
[Warning: Host you might be eliminated]
I watched as the hologram lingered around and tried to pull away from Azrael hold. I turned to stare at Veyra, but he seemed confused in his thoughts; he was wavering...
"Was the kiss also a strategy?" he asked, and my lips parted. "No, it wasn't. I would never hurt you guys. I meant everything i said, I would never hurt you guys again!" I said worriedly, but Azrael laughed. He swirled his right hand, and in that instance, he pulled me closer to him. This time, his hands wrapped around my neck.
[Warning: Hate level 400%]
I shivered seeing it again. Think, think, Rosy. What did you read in the novel that could help you now! I scrambled through every memory I had, fidgeting in fear...
Wait!
My eyes brightened, and I managed to voice out, gasping for air. I could feel myself dying,
"If yo-u ki-ll me, you will a-lso DIE," I choked out, and his grip eased for a bit. I staggered backward, but then he caught me again, clamping harder.
"Then I'll rather die with you," he said. Yes, that very word scared me. I felt I was reliving death again... he had the same look, the same my fiancée had in his eyes when he pushed me towards the glass, that gaze that wanted nothing more than my demise.
I didn't realize when the tears escaped from my eyes. "Why can't I be happy is really that much to ask for?!! " I screamed in my head....
"Let her go," Veyra finally snapped out of it, but Azrael cackled. "No one bosses me around. he said pridefully, and Veyra's eyes darkened.
Was there no way? Must I really die? My vision blurred, and my hands went limp.
"Let's her go."
Darkness took over, and I felt my body fall to nothing but air and gravity....