1 PROLOGUE

FAITH felt small under the menacing gaze of the man who is advancing forward to where she stood her ground, the dangerous aura surrounding the man-made her breathless. She immediately regretted doing this shit move as she gets on with the escape plan she made.

"Don't come closer or else I will—" she was caught off guard when the man gripped her left arm and pushes her harshly on the bricked wall; her back coming contact with the concrete made a loud thump but she didn't mind it at all as she was being cornered in between the figure of the threatening man.

"You will what?" the man mockingly whispered in her ears which send shivers down her spine. Feeling like the man is making an extreme pass on her boundaries, willing herself to overcome the fear that's already building up in her being, she brought her hands up and slightly pushed the man enough to make him inched his face away. The man smirked at what she did.

"I…I will scream. I will scream loud enough to draw attention." Faith said in between her silent deep breathes, her eyes switching gazes on the man's sinister icy blue eyes and full lips.

The man chuckled a little which sounded unbelievably decent yet deadly in Faith's ears. She withdraws a hasty breathe when the man grabs her wrist separately and pushed both of it behind her back and grip it together with an iron hold with his right hand; soon after, the man's left hand grab a hold of Faith's neck, enough to make her look up to him breathless, tears building up in her eyes.

"How about you scream now, little girl? Draw some attention, entertain me." The man smirked devilishly, his icy blue eyes displays nothing but no mercy, yet Faith finds herself enthralled in them.

"Pl—please, let me—let me go, I can't—ah, breathe." she pleads as a tear escaped from her eye. She tries to free her wrists from his strong grip to no avail.

When the man suddenly lets go of her neck, Faith took it as an opportunity to breathe in some air but was also immediately stopped when she was harshly pulled by her nape and her agape lips came in contact with the man's full ones. The man's skilled tongue easily found its way inside her mouth, savoring how she tastes and liking it too much.

Her wrists still behind her back restricted her from pushing the man away. Feeling the tightening of the hand holding her nape, the kiss felt more deep and intoxicating for Faith. Protesting through poorly writhing her small body and trashing her weak arms behind her back, these efforts were easily countered when the man pushed his body more on her, not breaking the kiss. Being able to loom over Faith with his dominant height, his left hand gripping her nape moved up to her chin and motioned her head upward as he deepened the kiss, bruising her lips and numbing it from the intensity of his shameless action.

Faith, in her current state, felt like she's hanging and drowning at the same time. She just couldn't keep up with what's going on, her ears felt like it went deaf. Her wrists gripped tightly behind her back by the man's hand which is pulling her weight down yet the action was matched with the man's other hand lifting her chin up, pulling her upward as she tiptoes to barely make up for the action. Her lips going numb with the man's random biting, his tongue running on top of her lips and inside her mouth, it goes again. His taste makes her feel dizzy and in a haze, it has that hint of bittersweet and minty flavor.

Her half-opened eyes can only take a small glimpse of that icy blue eyes coming off strong even though it was also held half-open as well. The deep intrusion of the other's lips lasted a bit more before the man who owns it pulls back from the kiss and lets go of Faith's wrists and chin all together, making Faith stumble a bit as she rested her body against the wall with her right hand as extra support. Taking in some deep breathes; she covered her mouth with her free hand and tried to even her breathing. Though Faith does not want to admit it—she felt dismayed. She liked how their bodies molded with each other and her clothed skin longed for the warmth that emitted from the well-dressed man.

Faith looked up almost immediately when she heard a silent smirk coming from the man, upon looking up, the man closed in the non-existent space between them, planting his right hand on the wall just beside Faith's angelic yet flustered face and his other hand find its way again on her neck, it felt perfect on his hold. He inched his face parallel to Faith then took in her features for a short period of time before flashing her a satisfied smirk.

"You might wanna scream and draw some attention, you can even try to escape…" the man paused before resting his forehead against Faith's as a sly smirk found its way on his full lips as he locked gazes with the cowering ones Faith have.

"But you should know, I'm known here as High King as it is I who run these parts. You might probably ask random people for help in these areas but they will surely send you back to me. You don't want me getting mad or I swear to those heads I fucking shot without a second thought, you'll get the worst shit. So, you better be obedient." The man said with strong conviction and pure command, it sounded dangerously superior which made Faith felt like the entirety of her being crumbled down together with the last bits of courage and hope she has within.