Warning

After returning me back to my room, he stepped out and I assumed he was going to clear away the beast.

That awful chill returned once more and I bet it had to do with the fact I stressed myself out again, lord Qui told me the poison wasn't fully out of my system and it seems like I only made it worse.

With a disturbing headache, I laid down on the bed hoping to fall asleep, my eyelids felt really heavy and the thought of going back to sleep was appealing.

I was hoping to wait for my master to return before going to sleep but I couldn't keep my eyelids opened for much longer and drifted off to sleep instantly.

By the time I woke up, it was already late at night and my shivering became much worse, I wrapped myself with the blanket but it seems to be doing nothing, the headache also got much worse than before and I remained folded under the blanket, shivering like a little squirrel.

I gazed out at the window and noticed a thin layer of clouds had masked the full moon and feeling the room with blue light.

It's late already and the room felt cold, my hands clutch tightly to the pillow and it felt like I just made the poison extra worse.

The door to my room creaked open and I knew who walked in making me hold on to my last hope of getting some warm treatment, he closed the door, locking it up as he strode next to me.

"Lord Qui?" I blinked at him, he met my gaze and he looked at me with a strange expression I could hardly read.

His long dark hair fell across his face, his androgynous face never looked more beautiful under the soft warm glow of the blue light, he looked rather delicious giving me an odd feeling that made my heart jump.

He walked forward, still keeping his gaze fixated on me as I remained under the blanket trying to still the shivers inside of me.

He placed a hand on my forehead to feel my temperature and sighed.

"Why did you get out of bed earlier knowing about your condition, you've decided to make things worse yourself." He was back to the scolding master and I pouted sadly.

"I...I came looking for you when you didn't return, that's why I got out of bed." I honestly told him and his expression remained the same.

"What if I wasn't there on time? that thing would have killed you!"

I bit my lower lip as I lowered my head, I really wasn't in the mood for his lecturing, I'm feeling cold and I wanted some warmness.

"Lord Qui, can you scold me later and just let me hold your hand once more, or you can scold me while I hold your hand, I'm feeling cold."

I shivered under the blanket which he noticed and I could tell he still had more to say to me but dropped it and walked away to get me some warm water.

I didn't want the warm water and I shook my head stubbornly.

"Your hand lord Qui."

He raised a brow at me and I knew he was trying to punish me for stepping out when I shouldn't have_but he can't let me freeze to death because of it so I took the next initiative I could come up with, making puppy dog eyes at him.

"Lord Qui, don't do this to me." I whined like a child, wanting to cry but had no tears to shade.

"That won't work on me." He was about to walk out when I wailed even higher making him stop at his tracks, I didn't stop wailing and infact made it higher to the point I'm sure anyone passing the hallway would hear my cry.

My childish act seemed to have worked a bit cause I noticed his expression softened afterwards, he shook his head hopelessly at me before striding over to my bedside.

"You make it difficult to punish you." He admitted and I made a face looking as innocent as a lamb.

What I wasn't expecting was for him to get into the bed with me, moving closer to me and I stiffened, I was supposed to hold his hand wasn't I? 

Why was he getting into the bed with me?

"You're feverishly cold and just holding my hand won't do the trick, you have to cling on to me if you have any hopes of getting warm so it'll be easier for me to draw the poison out from your system." He stated almost uncomfortably and I paused for a while.

Cling unto my master??

I'm not worried about clinging on to him, I'm worried about how the thought didn't disturb me even when I tried to make it seem wrong.

I wanted to go against it when the cold air swept through me and I couldn't hold it anymore, instantly wrapping my arms around his warm body.

My thoughts changed and my hold around him tightened wanting to warm up against him, I felt his body go stiff for a while, I'm sure my actions must have left him stunned but I didn't care, I cuddled against him feeling safe, the cold slowly deteriorating from my system and I could feel the poison flowing out of my meridian as he placed a hand to my forehead and a satisfied sigh escaped from my lips.

I wondered curiously if my master was some kind of medicine to me and feeling extremely relieved, I sank into a deep slumber without even realizing and when I blinked, it was already morning.

I turned my sleepy gaze to my master who was awake beside me, I realized I was still holding on to him and worst of all, I was resting my head on his exposed chest.

My eyes widened at the sight I immediately moved away from him, I glanced at myself and also realized my gown had loosened a bit at the top, exposing my cleavages and I nearly screamed.

How did this happen?! 

My master met my shocking gaze and folded his arms.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked and I immediately looked away from him arranging my gown in one piece, covering myself properly before turning to look at him.

"D....did something happen?" The question escaped from my lips and he shook his head in response.

"Nothing happened."

"But..."

"You said in your sleep the warmness wasn't enough for you and went ahead to undress me." He told me and my eyes widened as he explained what happened on my subconscious state.

"Why didn't you stop me?!" I was almost yelling but he shrugged irrespective of my tone.

"I tried but you threatened me with a cry if I didn't let you do it so I had no choice."

"Then how come I was loosed?"

"After a while, you complained of too much heat and loosed yourself free."

My cheeks heat up in embarrassment as he poured everything out.

How could I have done that? I must have felt really stupid before my master to have done this.

"I.... I'm..."

"I don't blame you for it." He interrupted me. "Side effects from the poison you consumed so let's say that wasn't you."

My eyes raked over my masters flawless chest that left a tantalizing glimpse that'll leave you wanting to tear his robe of and view to your satisfaction.

Thank goodness I did nothing further and didn't get tempted by how mesmerizing he looked like this.

I could feel my heart flutter shamelessly at the thought of me being in those safe arms of his all night and I felt refreshed after waking up from my slumbers.

I felt a bit guilty though thinking the opposite that my master tried to take advantage of my situation, I should have known better.

"I....I don't feel cold anymore." I told him.

"How could you possibly feel cold? You were holding on to me so tight last night." He teased and the embarrassment which was starting to fade from my cheeks returned once more and I secretly gawked at him for reminding me of my shameful act.

He tsked. "Shanxia, never hold a man so tight next time if you're not ready to face it's consequences, it could get dangerous."

Maybe it's just my imagination but I thought I saw something flicker in his eyes at those words, why do I get a feeling he's secretly warning me about something.