“You.” Ranulf stepped back and spat at Armand.
“Greetings Ranulf.”
“Why are you doing this to me?” Ranulf turned to face me and asked.
“You should ask yourself why do you keep on sabotaging yourself,” Armand answered his question for me.
“You clearly don’t want me! I fucking love you, you and Durwin…” I started to get up and wear my clothes and it was making Armand smirked at him, knowing that I was wearing his color.
Ranulf was looking livid like he could murder him.
“So, you’re staying here, with him. Knowing that you still love me?”
I couldn’t answer him, he knows. He fucking knows that I was saying the truth, that I still love him, that I still wanted him. And he was proving his words by grabbing me roughly taking me flat to his body. I could hear Armand groaned from behind me. I could see him standing and covering himself with his clothes.
“Rain, I tried. I tried to stay away, to keep you safe, but I couldn’t. I selfishly wanted you, all of you.” He was whispering his words in my ear and it was tearing me apart on the inside. Half of me truly wanted his words to be true, but half was not buying his bullshit.
“Just go back to your kingdom and be with your harem Ranulf, and let Rain heal himself here. This love thing will never work for you…” Armand was taking my hand in his and slowly pulling me away from him.
And I was too confused, too baffled that Ranulf had come for me.
He just wants his harem back, he’s possessive that way.
My mind was fighting for some common sense when Ranulf finally lunged at Armand. They were yelling and looked like cursing in another language. His fist was punching Armand’s face, I could see blood from the sheer blow. I pleaded him to pull back, but he was seeing red when Armand seemed to sneer at him in another language.
“Armand! stop it mocking him, he’s going to kill you!”
“Maybe I wanted to die? don’t you ever want that Rain? Do you know that we can actually be killed by our own, that we are not immort… tal… when we’re up against our own?” his words were paused when Ranulf hit him on the gut, and he coughed up blood.
No… no… no…
“Did you know that’s what happened to his angelic beautiful mate? his jealousy killed her!” he groaned louder when he tries to hit Ranulf, but he was quick to defend himself and hit Armand back then kick him when he falls.
I was pulling him away from Armand, since he didn’t stop his mockery, and it was burning Ranulf’s anger even more.
“Do you want to fucking kill HIM too? you selfish fool!” that was his last straw, Ranulf tugged himself away from my hold and beat him mercilessly.
“STOP IT! I’ll go back with you! just STOP it you’re killing him!” I yelled out angrily, my eyes were watery from the intense emotion that I let out. But the words finally sink into his head, and he stopped his beatings.
He looked at me and pulled away from Armand, then he took my hand in his and didn’t say a word. He just made me walk beside him, he was quiet. I could feel his thumb caressing the insides of my palm, yet he didn’t say a word.
We walked out the door, knowing that I would leave Armand behind and I couldn’t even make myself look back at him for one last time. Cause for the couple of days that we were together I have come to know the tragic side of him, and just knowing that Ranulf was the one person who had killed his loved one was heartbreaking for me to know.
We were both silent, and stay that way as I was in his arms, I could hear his heartbeats when he carried me as he flew us back to his kingdom. We landed on the outside area of his chamber, and he lets me down and holds me until I was steady on my two feet.
He looked at me, caressing my face. I was looking back at him, all the feelings I have were bubbling up inside me ready to burst. But we were interrupted by Durwin’s footsteps from inside his room.
“Rain! oh my… I’m so sorry… I should’ve…”
“Burn his clothes, dress him in my color, I’ll be in the royal bath.” His words were harsh, and he was making me unwanted, not even after five minutes, he managed to make me shed a tear. My chest hurts so bad when he finally left me.
Durwin hugged me, he knows that I was about to break, and he keeps on holding me tight in his arms. His positive energy flowed into me, and suddenly I feel the calm breeze, soothing me.
“Cry Rain, let it all out. Then you will face our King.”
That was all it took for me to finally break down in his arms, days of pent up emotion was bursting out of me. My body shook from the sheer sadness.
Why am I even back here again?
Durwin was holding me, he was rubbing my back, and then within moments, I have finally calm myself down. He didn’t say a word, he was letting his energy flow throughout my veins. He was slowly stripping me naked and giving me his long sensual kisses. He was quickly making my body burns with desire.
“Come now, we will heal our king, he had gone crazy since you left us.”
“But I didn’t… both of you didn’t even want me here!” I almost flipped remembering why I stayed at Armand.
“Ssh… Rain, I’m sorry… come, let me fix this.”
This wasn’t his fault, but Durwin insisted and I finally relent.
Ranulf was sitting quietly in the royal bath. His face was still stoic when Durwin took me to him. He took my hand to his face, Ranulf was naked and submerged half his body sitting on the steps of the bath. He looked at me, then to Durwin who was kissing my shoulder from behind me. I could feel his naked body flat to my own.
“My King, please… he’s here. Our love is here…”
I winced when Durwin stated the word.
“What? don’t you love us anymore?” Ranulf replied sarcastically.
“I’ve never stopped, though I doubt myself and convinced myself otherwise but I couldn’t seem to managed to stop, and I hate you for it…” my words were flowing easily, as easily as my visions blurred from the emotions, my chest hurt again. I was trying to back away, but Durwin was keeping me there.
“I’m sorry…” Durwin whispered while he keeps on kissing the back of my neck, but the stubborn king kept on clenching his jaw as if he was having an inner struggle with himself.
“I love you, I’ve never loved anyone this much and it scares the heaven out of me.” His handsome face finally turned to face me, he looks straight into my eyes and said that he loves me once again.
And at that moment, just with one look, I know that he was going to be the one. No matter how hard I was resisting him. I knew he was the next chapter of my life.