12 Marriage Contract

A young man wearing a black suit with a cloak hanging from his shoulder was standing outside a small mansion. The mansion was full of silence as if there was no one inside but the twinkling lights from one room show the opposite. He kept staring at the mansion but didn't go inside. It was as if he's waiting for something to happen.

Two people knelt down behind him, they wore knight's uniform with a sword stationed at their side. One of them said with respect, "Master."

The young man nodded his head as he knocked on the door that has no answer. With silence, he thought it means okay you can come in. He forcefully opens the door, entering like it's no problem.

The two knights ignore their master's behavior, seemingly used to the weird things he has done.

...

As the young man and his two knights move closer to the room with the lights on, a woman's voice ring out, "Don't Marquess Tremaine have no manner to enter."

"Isn't it inventing me to enter." The young man who is also a marquess reply back.

The woman stays silent as she observes what the man want.

"Aren't you going to serve your guest." He said as he makes himself comfortable sitting down on a chair, facing the woman.

"How am I going to serve you when your two knights have already taken care of my servants." The woman said sarcastically.

The young man stays silent while his two knights are sweating with fear at their master's silence.

The silence went on for almost an hour that the two knights really want to leave this room full of intense silence air. The woman didn't seem to care about their master as she just went back to working on the whole stack of documents on her desk. While their master is only observing the woman in silence.

The first to speak for a long time was the woman as she glances at the man: "So what does the marquess want to come to such a shabby mansion, not worth your time."

"A proposal... or more like a deal for you, my lady Camilla," Marquess Tremaine replied.

Camilla: "What deal?"

Marquess Tremaine: "This deal is an advantage for my lady."

Marquess Tremaine lies down a contract entitling [Marriage Contract]. He began to explain, "If my lady marries me, my title would help you keep this mansion and the things your late husband inherited from his grandfather."

Camilla skin through the contract. After she asks, "Why me of all people? There are many women who would do the Marquess bidding with just a lift of a finger. For the Marquess is hand... truely a man, ladies would want."

Marquess Tremaine: "Why? Maybe cause you're from a good family and I need a mother for my daughter. Also from your reaction to conduct, you won't feel in love with me."

Camilla sneered, "Huh. You want me to manage and help you protect your household. Won't your daughter disagree? She just lost her mother not so long ago.

Marquess Tremaine: "It's already a year since then. She needs to let go sooner or later. Will you take the deal or not."

Camilla wrote her name on the contract and stands up from her seat walking over to him, pushing the contract paper on his chest, "You really are a heartless man even to your own daughter. ...I'll take the deal and will never feel for someone like you!"

Marquess Tremaine has a slight smile on his thin lip as he replied, "I hope you're up to the challenge as you said."

He embraces her with one hand while the hand tilted her head up as he kisses her on the lip.

Camilla was caught off guard and when she came to her senses her lip was accompanied by the other person. She struggles to free herself from his hold but to no avail. The more she struggles the tighter he holds her and he even dares to go as far as using his tongue. Her struggle is getting weaker as her legs are becoming jello and his hold was the only way to keep her from falling.

The two knights eyes never left the sight before them. They both are bachelors meaning when they saw such an intimating scene between a woman and man they don't know how to react. They stood there still as a statue and holding their breath.

The woman's face was flush red and they can see the anger in her eyes but she can't break free from the man's hold. On the other hand, their master seems to be enjoying the woman's pointless struggle. When their master uses his tongue to tangle with the woman's tongue, they can't help but gulp at the scene.

...

Camilla didn't know how long the kiss has gone for but it was getting harder for her to breath. Her thoughts were does he want to kill me this way!

The man parted their lips with a satisfied look on his face while Camilla has the look of death written all over her face. She growls at him, "Are you out of your mind!!!"

The man eyes her appearance. She was wiping the saliva dripping from her mouth with her the back of her hand. Her face was that of anger and tears like a small hurt animal.

He said: "Method for forming contract."

Camilla was about to retort for she couldn't believe such nonsense can form a contract but saw the contract lighting up disappearing into thin air. It forms into the wind and marks their left hand with a contract symbol. The symbol slowly vanishes from their skin as if it never was there.

Camilla was confused, the contract she knows about uses blood as an oath and doesn't require a... ki..kiss. This guy is crazy and not in the right mind!!!

Seeing the woman confused he told her, "Ancient method."

Camilla turns towards the two knights peering at them, "You saw nothing today right?! If I hear anything about today, you would be childless! "

They nodded their head as hard as they can.

Camilla: "Does your master always speak with broken sentences?"

They nodded their head again completely surprise by their master's conduct. What they know is that the master wants something from the woman but... a marriage contract and a de..deep...ki...kiss was beyond their expectation. They thought they are used to the master's weird thinking but maybe they have to rethink everything over.

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The door was suddenly burst open with another knight hurrying inside. He handed an envelope to the master before stepping back to where the other two knights are. Even then he felt an intense stare at him that can skin him alive. Feeling goosebumps all over his body he decided to confront that stare.

Camilla turns her head back not bothering about the new knight that came in.

The knight was confused by the lady's action. He whispers to the two beside him, "Do you think the lady has the hots for me?"

Both knights answer at the same time, "Don't even DREAM about it!!"

...

After reading the letter in the envelope Marquess Tremaine hurriedly said to the Camilla, "My lady, this one has to leave now. Something happened at the Awakening Ceremony that I have to dealt with."

Hearing the two words 'Awakening Ceremony' Camilla suddenly stop him with a worried look on her face. She said shakingly, "I'm going too!"

Marquess Tremaine can see that she was very worried about something when she heard him talking about the Awakening Ceremony. Her hands are trembling and her complexion is very pale. He decided to let her go too, to see what she's up to.