Chapter 22 New fears

Ragnar cautiously took a step back, looking behind me. I didn't want to turn around because I was terrified. I was afraid that if I looked back I'd faint. His mere presence in the room strikes terror down my spine. Maybe what Ragnar said was true, maybe he did break me.

I swallowed.

"Prince Ragnar. Looks like you've become acquainted with my little pet here."

I watched Ragnar's eyes narrow at Azreal, his fists clenched beside him.

"I'm surprised she has taken a liking to you. Aurora is usually very resentful and doesn't trust easily. Especially the conquerers. "

I tensed as he said my name. The fight or flight response in me kicked up.

"She is healed. There are no signs of physical scarring. However, she's showing signs of hysteria. She's emotionally unstable." Ragnar says tight-lipped. In his alien language.

"Naturally. Thank you for your help. you're dismissed."

Ragnar takes one good look at me before turning around to leave.

No please don't leave me here.

I reached out to him.

"Step away from him." Azreal commands and my body freezes in response. I watched Ragnar leave the room, leaving me alone with him.

"Turn around." He commands once again, and I'm frozen in place.

"Don't make me repeat myself Aurora."

I slowly turned around, looking down at my feet. Flashes of the whip hitting my flesh come to my mind and I'm terrified of disobeying him.

Azreal stands right in front of me and he's so close I can feel his abnormal heat warming me unintentionally.

he reached out grabbing my chin making me look up at him, but I look away immediately.

I whimper not knowing what to do. My body is traumatized.

"Hush. Look at me." He whispers turning my face towards him once more. My eyes opened and met his green ones and it took everything I had not to hyperventilate. I wasn't sure if he was going to hurt me again. His gaze was cold and calculating and I knew then, that he had no remorse for whatever pain he had inflicted upon me. That thought terrified me because I don't know how to react to this monster anymore.

"Did you learn your lesson?" he asks me his voice low.

I stay still. Too afraid to answer.

"Next time you leave my side, I will not show you mercy," he growls out. Mercy? what part of that was mercy?

My heartbeat rises in fear as I remembered the torture I endured. Was that boy safe? did they kill him too? Did it all come down to nothing?

Tears started streaming down my face against my will.

Azreal searched my tear-soaked face before letting go of me and I gladly took multiple steps back.

"Come. They have prepared our rooms." He says walking out expecting me to follow. The thought of fleeing comes to my mind but I brush it away immediately choosing to follow him instead. I know I'm not going to win against him at this point.

Once we entered the room I realized it was quite large compared to the last one. As usual, there is a glass window looking out into the horizon reminding me of the world we once had. The rain falls against the glass gently and I watch the scenery solemnly.

The doors close and I decide to stand near the glass looking out.

"Step away from the glass Aurora. As you and I both know you have a knack for breaking them"

Azreal says from behind me and I remembered the white energy that I summoned in the throne room. What was that? how did I do that?

I looked at my palms in wonder.

I looked up again and saw Azreal's reflection right behind me next to my shoulder. I tensed.

"let's take this off shall we?" He whispers next to my ear whilst stripping off the large cloth Ragnar gave me.

I felt Azreals palms brush along my back and reach the curves of my butt. His touch was gentle and soothing but I haven't forgotten the beating he gave me with those very hands.

"You've healed quite nicely. Not a single scar in sight."

I scowled. This bastard is going to pay. Oh, I wish I could put him through the same torture he's given me. I want to watch him burn. I hate him. I hate him so much it hurts.

He observes my expression that's reflected on the glass and cracks a smile. He was amused.

"There she is." He whispers smiling while planting a kiss on my shoulder.

I feel the white energy spark in me again and I turned around feeling livid.

When I looked up at his tall frame I realized his eyes were taunting me. He wants me to go against him so he can easily punish me once more.

He loves it when I defy him.

The energy leaves me and my shoulders slump.

helpless and tired.

Azreal grabs my head and pulls it towards his bare chest. I can't hear a heartbeat and that kinda explains a lot in itself. This creature has no heart.

"Why did you think you could save them Aurora?"

"Do you think I would just sit around and watch my people suffer?" I asked in return.

"You? Against an entire battalion? that makes no sense. According to their law, if a human kills one of their soldiers they get a death sentence immediately. Especially those who were given access to be inside their premises. You came with me, therefore, you were my responsibility. I had to make an example of you in front of them to keep our temporary peace. You've forgotten that they are our enemies Aurora."

My anger spiked and I pushed away from him. Surprisingly, he let me go. I pointed my finger toward him In a fury. I would have slapped him but I remembered what happened to me the last time I did that.

"you! you're my enemy. You've been nothing but cruel to me. Don't ever pair us up together as a team."

Azreal looked down on me. His gaze calculating. Why does he not see that what he did was terrible? How can he act so nonchalant and touch me so freely as we are lovers that had some minor spat? He almost killed me.

"Aurora.." he says calmly looking deep into my eyes.

"I never said that we're a team." He says lowly stepping too close for comfort. He laid a hand on the glass right beside my face and leaned down so he can look into my terrified gaze.

"For us to be a team we must be equals. You're not my equal Aurora. The power I hold is beyond your imagination so learn to address me as your master."

Azreal brushed his lips against mine ever so briefly, stunning me into silence.

"learn that you are mine now. Accept your fate as it binds us together as long as you're alive." So death do us part then. My death not his.

Tears started to well up in my eyes. I don't want this. I just want to be free. why is he evoking so many feelings in me? I don't know how to deal with it.

Azreal suddenly wrapped a possessive arm around me and pulled me to his side. He was looking outside the glass window sternly.

I slowly followed his gaze and my eyes landed on Eden. I could recognize him instantly. He was looking up at us from below shrouded in the shadows of a tree. He said he would wait for me to escape.

My eyesight as a human shouldn't be this good. But for some reason, all my senses were enhanced. I was changing slowly in a way I couldn't understand.

Seeing Eden reminded me of the mission I have to complete. For my people. I'm going to be trapped by Azreal no matter what I try so I'll do anything I can to be useful during my time as his captive.

"He's just human loitering around. Are you going to kill him?" I ask trying to keep my panic at bay.

"I don't like nosy beings Aurora. It's why I isolate myself at the pole. No one can simply mind their own business."

Oh god, he can't kill my only ticket to freedom. I wish Eden just ran away soon. He's going to get himself killed.

"Maybe I'll let this one slide. You've seen enough death for a while. I don't want to emotionally damage you further." Azreal gave one last glance in Eden's direction and looked at me in a contemplative manner. Did he know something? was he already onto me? Can he read minds? I don't know what he's truly capable of.

Azreal let out a smile that almost looked cunning and my gut screamed that he was up to something. Or I'm simply paranoid.

"Shall we eat? you must be starving." He asks leading me away from the window as the blinds close shut automatically. Eden barely escaped his death even though he does not know it. yet, I wonder what he was doing out there. At least he is safe for now.

The room is shrouded in complete darkness with no ounce of light.

I hate the dark because monsters are lurking in every corner and the biggest one of them all would be Azreal.

"I am not hungry," I whisper into the darkness.

"But I am. and I've been waiting for a while to taste you"

It took a moment for that to set in.

"Azreal wait-"

The next moment I was laying on the bed and I could feel Azreals presence hover over me. My senses were once again heightened and I could feel his presence everywhere, stroking me sensually consuming me from the shadows and he hasn't even touched me yet. However, all that does not keep away the terror I feel when he touches me.

I kicked and struggled as he took hold of my ankles and pried them apart. Spreading my legs so that I'm exposed.

"No, You can't-"

"Hush. You need this more than I do. I can't have you terrified at me for every single touch." Azrael's voice washes over me and I feel his breath against my inner thighs.

My senses are clouded with the feelings of want and the urge to run far away. No. I don't want this. He hurt me.

"you've forgotten that I'm capable of giving you pleasure as well my little pet." He says lowly as I tried to struggle and failed miserably. His lips come Into contact with my flesh as he buries his head between my legs. he held me down firmly. My eyes shot open as he stroked me with his tongue long and hard. Pleasure bloomed in my stomach and started to spread throughout my body like melting hot lava. leaving me in shock.

How is he capable of giving me so much pleasure after giving me a lifetime's worth of pain.

somewhere down the line, I could feel Azreals energy hum in what felt like delight, and to my shock, the white-hot energy in my body responds to his. It's soaring and intertwines with Azreal and I can't recall where he starts and where I end.

Something in Azreal changed as well because his energy became more possessive than it was before and it coiled around me and overpowered my senses. Our energies crackled together as if they were meant to fit one another.

I screamed with rapture as he brought me to my climax over and over again and simply devoured me the entire night for hours on end.

A new type of fear started to bloom in the pit of my stomach as I held on to his silver strands of hair as if my soul depended on it.