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SHE COULD FEEL COMFORTABLE IN HIS PRESENCE AS SHE FELT HIS GENTLENESS IN THE WAY HE WAS HOLDING HER.AFTER A WHILE THEY REACHED HALF THE WAY TO THE CASTLE .MERRY WAS QUITE TIRED BY ALL SHE HAD TO TRAVEL FROM THE MORNING.

AS MERRY FELT TIRED AND COMFORTABLE SHE DIDN'T REALISE WHEN SHE FELL ASLEEP AND SUDDENLY HE SAW THAT HER HEAD TILTED A LITTLE AND HE REALISED THAT SHE FELL ASLEEP. HE SLOWS DOWN SPEED AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE HER UP.

"SHE MUST BE QUITE TIRED BY ALL THIS " MAX MURMURED.HE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF HIS COMFORTER AND PLACED IT ON HER TO COVER HER UPPER BODY AS IT WAS GETTING QUITE COLD AND HE GENTLY PLACED HIS ONE HAND TO HOLD HER FROM HER WAIST AND THEN STARTED MOVING SLOWLY AS WELL AS INSTRUCTED HIS KNIGHTS TO DECREASE THEIR SPEED A LITTLE.THEN THEY STARTED MOVING ALONG IN THE FOREST.

"PRINCESS! PRINCESS! WE ARE HOME ." MAX TRIED TO WAKE MERRY.SHE WINKED HER EYES AND SAW MAX'S FACE , WONDERING WHEN DID SHE FELL ASLEEP..HE TOOK HER OFF FROM THE HORSE AND SUDDENLY THEY SAW HER FATHER COMING WORRIEDLY.

" MY CHILD !ARE YOU ALRIGHT? " KING MASIN ASKED MERRY.MAX CAN SEE HOW WORRIED HIS MASTER WAS.

"Y..YES PA..PAPA I'M ALRIGHT...S..SIR MAXIMILIAN REA..REACHED ON TIME."SHE SAID WITH REASSUREMENT IN HER EYES AS SHE SAW HIS FATHER EYES BEING ALL RED WHICH SHOWED HE HAD CRIED . KING MASIN PUT HIS HAND ON MAX'S SHOULDER AND SMILED AS HE WAS THE WHO SAVED HIS WORLD AND IT WAS TRUE BECAUSE MERRY WAS ONLY ONE HE HAD IN HIS LIFE.HIS ONLY FAMILY .MASIN ASKED MAIDS TO TAKE MERRY TO HER ROOM AND LET HER REST.

"THANKS A LOT MAX ."KING MASIN THANKED MAX .THIS MAID MAX FEEL REALLY RELAXED TO SEE HIS TEACHER'S WORRIES FADE AWAY .

"IT'S MY PLEASURE THAT I WAS ABLE TO REACH ON TIME." MAX REPLIED AND BOWED HIS HEAD AND ASKED "PLEASE ALLOW ME MASTER I BETTER GO NOW."

"WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH US ? IT WON'T TAKE LONG."KING MASIN ASKED MAX.

" I AM SORRY MASTER BUT I HAVE TO RETURN TO MY PLACE AS THERE ARE THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF." MAX SAID .

" IS IT AGAIN THE NORTHERN HAZRAT ?"KING MASIN ASKED

"THIS TIME IT'S THEIR FRIEND." MAX REPLIED WITH A SMIRK.

"IF THERE BE ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW I WILL TRY MY BEST FROM MY SIDE"KING MASIN STATED .

"OFCOURSE, MASTER ."MAX SAID AND BOWED HIS HEAD IN RESPECT TO LEAVE NOW AND ORDERED HIS KNIGHTS TO GET READY TO RETURN.THEY HEADED BACK TO HIS EMPIRE WHICH WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY A DAY TO REACH .

ON THEIR WAY BACK MAX FELT REALLY DIFFERENT AND STARTED REMEMBERING MERRY'S FACE AND ALL OF SUDDEN HIS GORGEOUS FACE SMILED .

"I CAN'T BELIEVE MYSELF .HOW IS SHE SUDDENLY GETTING IN MY HEAD .AM I GETTING ...I NEVER FELT THIS WAY IN MY LIFE ,NOTHING CHANGED HER EYES ,HER HAIR ,HER LIPS...THE HELL I AM THINKING I MUST HAVE LOST MY MIND "HE THOUGHT GOT SO FLUSTERED BY HIS OWN SELF

ON OTHER HAND,MERRY WAS SITTING ON HER BED AND WAS ABOUT TO READ A BOOK SHE WAS READING SINCE ONE WEEK .

" THE NEW BEGINNING" SHE READ OUT THE NAME ON THE BOOK'S COVER AND WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO READ SHE REMINDED OF HIS DARK EYES THAT WERE SO CAPTIVATING.SHE NEVER SAW SUCH EYES THOSE EYES WERE DANGEROUS STILL CALMING..

"AM I REALLY GOING TO MARRY THAT MAN .IS IT GOING TO BE THE NEW BEGINNING OF MY LIFE TOO?." SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF.