13 Good or bad

"What?!" Jason was shocked hearing what the crown prince had to say of him. He couldn't deny it because even he was confused about the new things in the novel.

First, elemental magic wasn't in the book, and secondly, that seductress that he met wasn't in the original plot either. He needed to get the author to check her book before someone ruined her masterpiece of work that took a whole year to complete.

"Don't deny it. The whole world knows of your deeds," the crown prince stated. "I need a bath," he informed.

Moving past the dazed prince of Xeris, he walked away to head to the lake nearby to wash. He felt dirty after killing people.

"Are you coming?" he asked in a raised voice noting that Jason was still dazed.

Jason came out of his trance and followed him, the prince stole glances at the man confused about what to believe. The man before him was very delicate, easy to tease, and sweet but the man from the rumors is supposedly cold and heartless.

He had encountered the prince once before at war, they weren't at war with Xeris but Vanar and they joined hands to fight the common enemy. The man he recalled from then was just as the rumors described but he was being proven wrong by spending time with him.

"Are you good or bad?" he asked confused.

Jason was too busy thinking of the 3000 people he killed in his mind. It was true that Nedryn was a cold and distant man from the start of the novel but he was not a bad man.

The man only started crossing limits and boundaries after he lost Sashina to the crown prince. That was when he snapped and lost all senses of his brain. He could only think of destroying the prince.

They reached the lake soon, the prince helped Jason sit by a rock to avoid him walking into the lake. The man was lost in thought so much that he didn't even notice where they were.

The crown prince undressed his clothes and set them aside, he removed the pin from his hair and let his hair loose. His hair fell on his back freely. Rubbing his hand on his hair, he felt relaxed and complete in doing so.

Walking into the water, he released a sigh as the relaxing lazy him was surfacing. He could feel the crown prince withering into the background as he immersed his body further into the water.

Once he was fully in the water he moved around making his body get used to the cold water. His movements got Jason out of his thoughts, he looked up to the water with a puzzled look on his face.

He was sure that he was with the prince a minute ago but now he could see the seductress in the water taking a bath.

He would recognize the movements in the water from a mile away as her since he had watched her swim before.

He neared the water eager to meet the sweet seductive woman. Hoping her charms and sweet words would help him calm.

His mind was stressed from the changing plot of the story and the fact that he hadn't gotten to spend much time with Sashina. Between the prince and the seductress, he was finding no time for his love.

He gazed at the water for a while thinking that she might raise her head, the wish to catch a glimpse of her beautiful face was growing in his heart. He hadn't seen her since they parted ways and he missed her much more than he would ever care to admit.

Being frustrated that she was not coming out or raising her head, he removed his outer clothes and set them aside before jumping into the lake.

He swam towards the seductress and grabbed her by the waist and swung her around by the waist.