“It’s pointless to know when you are going to die anyway?” Lucian replied then suddenly the men were in flames. They were burning as if someone set them on fire but Lucian was still standing in the same place. He hadn’t even moved an inch.
Their screams filled the room as they rolled on the floor. The sight was horrifying and my head started to spin.
Lucian turned his gaze toward me. My heart jumped as I gazed into his blood red eyes while I tried to cover myself. As he walked toward me he took his robe off, crushing down he covered me with it. To my surprise I didn’t try to run away from him I just let him gather me in his arms. I wasn’t scared anymore, strangely I felt safe in this man’s arms, this man who could be the devil himself.
“It’s alright. You are safe now.” he said holding me closer. Sleep now love and before I could think about the voice in my head I fell asleep.
Pain. Pain was the only thing I felt as I woke up. My head, my face, my throat even my whole body was in pain, especially my arms where the men held me down. Afraid by the memory I looked around for any threat, but I was back in the castle, so I was probably safe.
A bottle of water on the table caught my attention. I needed water. My throat burned and itched and I couldn’t take the pain anymore. I made my way to the table quickly ignoring the pain in my body
because it was nothing compared to the pain in my throat. I grabbed the bottle of water and emptied it quickly.
Suddenly Oliver came to mind. Was he safe as well? If something happened to him how could I forgive myself. I needed to know so I walked toward the door but stopped suddenly when I walked past the mirror. Taking a few steps back and I stared at my reflection. Dark bruises covered my face, my lips were slightly swollen and chapped and my hair was ragged.
You are at least safe I consoled myself.
“Are you alright?” I jumped at the sound and looked to where it came from. Lucian stood suddenly in the room with his hands behind his back. He seemed angry and there was an aura of danger around him.
How could I not have heard when he came in?
“I..” my voice cracked and my throat burned. I could barely speak so I just nodded. The way he stood reminded me of earlier. His red eyes and nails sharp. He really was the Devil or maybe it was my imagination. But I was sure I saw him, and the men who were suddenly burning, was it his doing?
My head was already hurting but now it hurt even more because of my thinking.
“Oli… ver” I said trying to speak.
“He is alright. Don’t worry about him.” I sighed in relief. Lucian still stood on the same place with a frown. I knew he was angry I went outside of the castle and that he wasn’t saying anything because of my condition.
Yes, I know I put myself and Oliver in danger and that I made Lucian worry. I know that everything was my fault but it was partly his fault too. If he hadn’t gone with that blonde all this would not have happened.
There were just too many emotions including anger and regret that I felt at the moment. I just wanted to disappear. Turning around I was about to go back to bed but before I could take a step Lucian already picked me up.
“I…” I tried to protest but couldn’t finish the sentence because of the pain.
“Shhh… no need to say anything.” He said while he carefully lay me down on the bed.
“Rest now,” he said and I closed my eyes as I didn’t want to look anymore. I didn’t want to feel or think but my thought wandered back to Lucian standing there with his red eyes as blood dripped down from his long nails. He killed the men.
Lucian fingers traveling down my cheek disrupted my thoughts.
“You scared me today. I have never been so scared in my life before.” He whispered. Opening my eyes I looked into his sad and concerned eyes.
“Don’t ever make me worry like that again.” Why am I not scared of him? Instead, a warm feeling spread through my body as I noticed how worried he had been and that he truly had been scared for me.
Married To The Devils Son.
Chapter 27
Anger boiled inside him upon seeing Hazel’s bruised face. He wanted to go back and burn the bastards all over again and enjoy their screams of pain. He had been so scared and worried when he discovered that Hazel went outside the castle. If she hadn’t put as much perfume as she did today he would never have been able to follow her scent and find her.
Never had he let his demon take over completely before, but seeing Hazel get hurt today made his vision red with anger. He would have burned the whole place if Hazel hadn’t been there, but he was regretful. Regretful because he had shown the beast he was, the devil he was to Hazel. He hadn’t want her to see that side of him but now she did and when she recovers and remembers clearly what happened today she would fear him forever.
Leaving hazel to sleep Lucian made his way to the gatehouse while clenching his fists to suppress the rage he felt. Walking into the guardroom the guards moved out of his way as they sensed his anger.
Oliver laid on the bed as Lincoln attended to his wounds.
“Your highness” Lincoln said standing up immediately. Oliver, on the other hand, was trying hard to stand up as he was severely injured but Lucian didn’t feel any empathy at all. Anger was all he felt at the moment. Anger that Oliver risked Hazel life, he should have known better.
Oliver dropped to his knees in front of Lucian.
“Your Highness, no apology is enough for what I did. I deserve to die.” He said looking down. Ky walked into the room with a dagger in his hand. He held the dagger out to Lucian.
Lincoln stood at the corner of the room trying to keep a straight face but Lucian could see a hint of fear in his eyes, and when he took the dagger from Ky’s hands he could hear Lincoln’s heart beat faster.
Oliver still kept his head down while blood dripped from his wounds down to the floor. Everyone was waiting for Lucian to kill Oliver. He could even hear the other guards voices outside the room. They were both scared and sad that their friend would leave this world very soon.