Chapter 11

Haaah!" Frank exclaimed in total shock and surprise with his hands pointing skywards. "What is it?" Luca asked with a worried expression on his face. "Its dawn already" Frank replied with a pain filled voice. "Dawn?" Luca who now wore a confused expression on his face, looked up to see the sun rising. He let out a light chuckle and said "we actually stayed up all night." He looked at Frank and said "you'll have to get your sh*t together." With that, his countenance changed. It seemed like they had swapped personalities. Luca, proceeded to wake Trevor and the young miss up. "Trevor, Trevor, Trevor!" He groaned slightly and a frown appeared on his face. He woke up and with a sleepy voice, he asked "is it our turn already?" Frank and Luca exchanged glances with each other, Frank smiled and Luca gave him a weird look. "Let's move. We should be there before noon." "Huhh" Luca was displeased "You slept all night." He said, fuming. Without wasting more time, Trevor turned and woke Bella up. She sluggishly got up and looked around. A frown immediately formed on her face as she seemed to have realized something "is it morning already?" " At least this one has got brains. Tsk." Luca muttered under his breath. " What was that supposed to mean?" Trevor asked. Luca just shrugged and stood up to start moving. Frank gave a light chuckle as he stood up to move. Trevor sat there with a slightly annoyed look on his face while Bella looked quite confused. Her questions were met with silence. They quickly got over their thoughts and moved towards Luca and Frank who were trying to cover distances.

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She opened her eyes to a breathtaking sight. He sat beside her with his back resting against a tree. Some strands of hair had found their way on his face. Accompanied with the ray of sun hitting his face, he was.. Angelic. He was undoubtedly the most charming man she had ever seen- next to her brother of course. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. She just wanted to enjoy this sight that seemed to be straight out of a movie scene. "Am I that handsome?" he suddenly asked with his eyes still closed and a slight smile on his face. 'Tsk this guy.' she thought to herself. His voice resounded again. " Why did I even ask? Of course I am." the smile on his face was even broader now. " "No, I was just wondering how a person could be so ugly" "when compared to me right?" he retorted. Narcissist!" He laughed lightly and stood up. " I've heard that before." he said with a smile still on his face. "That doesn't sound like a surprise. Who was also wise enough to tell you that?" " My brother." "oh such a wise one. Who is he?" when she asked that question, His countenance changed. It was only for a brief second but it was long enough to be noticed. "Well, he's.... Dead." Her eyes widened. "I'm really sorry I didn't know he was...." "It's not a problem, I killed him myself." "what?" she looked puzzled now. " it's a long story. Anyway, There's a stream down there. we'll go together and you'll have a wash while I'll stay and keep watch. After that, I'll have my own bath while you stay and keep watch." "you... watch me?" "would you prefer if we go in together?" he asked and went closer to her. She walked quickly towards the stream. He watched her moving and smiled. She was still green. While on the way there, she just kept having wild thoughts and on intervals, she would steal glances at him and her face kept getting redder. When he looked at her and saw her red cheeks, he couldn't help but tease her. Of course he could trace her train of thoughts. He himself was having those crazy fantasies. She sure was a beauty among beauties. "Is everything okay princess?" "princess??" Alarm bells were going off in her head. Her whole face went red as she desperately avoided his gaze. She proceeded to walk further away from him. He reached out to touch her her shoulder. As he made physical contact, she spun and kicked towards his hands which he retracted in a haste. "Don't come close to me!" she warned as she made her way to the stream. A frown appeared on his face as he followed after her. ' we were cool until now.' he thought to himself. Once he got to the stream, he met her staring at him. He simply shrugged and turned around facing the opposite direction. Some minutes later, he heard a loud gasp and without thinking, he turned around and with one swift motion, he grabbed hold of her bare waist. he pulled her close to him and stretched out his other hand and shink! Something tore into his skin. he let out a light groan and shook his hands vigorously. A snake slithered across the grass the grass and went into the stream. she didn't seem to want to let go of him. She even made her grip around him tighter forcing her large twin peaks to exert pressure on his chest. He was in no condition to enjoy the sensation because the starting to have it's effect on him. His breaths became heavier as he tried to fight against the poison that threatened to kill him in seconds.

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Liza walked butt naked into the stream. Her thought were racing, her heart beating as she remembered what just transpired. ' he's probably thinking I'm a weirdo. But it's his fault for calling me a princess.' she thought trying to justify herself. She was so lost that she didn't notice that she had stepped on a snake's tail. It sprang up and was heading to bite. When it was inches away from her face, she noticed it and let out a surprised scream. Just then, she felt a soft palm on her waist and it pulled it away from the snake. Instinctively, she grabbed hold on whatever or whoever deemed it right to save her. Funny enough, she could recognize the smell- Arthur! ' I'm naked. I can't let him see me like this.' With that thought, she held on even tighter. ' Why is he becoming hot?' Yes he was literally boiling and that too in a matter of seconds. That was when she noticed that his other hand which was stretched out, fell and rested weakly on her waist. She held her breath as she felt it slide down her waist area. When it was inches away from her buttocks it stopped. A little further and he would be touching her... she didn't want to imagine. Something went down and caused a tickling sensation. She looked over and she saw blood. Her eyes widened with realization. He had instantly gotten a fever because..... because he was bitten by the snake. He had saved her. His image immediately went up by a mile with this realization. immediately she figured that out, He blacked out.