Chapter Three: The Queen and The Beast

After she open her eyes, she sat down quickly while panting so hard. She inhales and looks around. There's big window in her side.

'Night.' She felt tired all of a sudden and doesn't have any energy to walk around. But still, she felt suspicious because there's no sound and the room is so unfamiliar to her.

The Queen continued to look around while still sitting in the bed. She ignore the cold and shut her eyes after confirming there's no suspicious object and person.

'This must be a punishment for me.' a tear fall down from her right eye, remembering her dream. She keeps shutting her eyes thinking about what exactly happened.

" I hope you sleep well, my queen" The Queen immediately open her eyes and look around to see where the voice came from. In the corner of the room near the door, she stares in shock thinking 'WHO IS IT?!' when she see a figure standing there. She felt mix emotions and stares.

"Good evening, your majesty, the almighty queen" As soon as the figure greets her, it appears in front of her but not near enough where she clearly see the figure what it looks like.

'Looks like a mist or smoke' The Queen commented and shakes her head trying to clear her head. She looks around if there's a weapon she can grab to protect herself.

The figure felt dissatisfied and disappointed after seeing the Queen's action and how she felt about the situation.

He knew from the smell that the Queen doesn't like what she used to when she we're at her kingdom 'It's the human 'thingy' again' and decided to do something.

The Queen is trying to reach the lamp at the table near the bed when the figure starts to come towards her. The lamp falls down and when she felt that she doesn't have time to pick it up, she immediately looks back and sees a young man. Same age as her. The moonlight from the window became the only light in the room.

Staring at the young man who has a black short hair and intimidating red eyes. When she looks at his eyes, she sees and felt blood, death, darkness, and emptiness. The young man walk towards the Queen and stop in front of her.

" Did you sleep well?" The young man bends down while she still confuses. His left hand is at the bed while his right hand slowly reaches her hair and smells it like it was perfume. Then suddenly he looks up and his red eyes meet hers. While staring into her eyes, he stands up and suddenly claps.

"You were really great! I had never felt anything like that till now!" He said with drool on his mouth. The Queen felt embarrassed and shouted-

"Who are you, you pervert?!" The young man ignores what she said and still looking into her eyes.

"It's me..." He slowly bends down again and touches her hair and kisses it. Suddenly, the Queen remembers who did that the last time she faints in the kingdom.

" You're..." The young man let go of her golden hair. The Queen looks at him then shouts

"You are that beast! The---" She stops suddenly when his pointing finger touches her mouth and says.

" Beast is a very vulgar thing to say, your majesty. You can call me the dark prince who save your life." She stares at him in shock and slaps his hand aside.

"Stop joking around! Where are we and what's going on?!" She felt exasperated and bewildered.

"You said you wanted to avenge your people" His face is so close to the Queen's face. She still can't remember well, only the fuzzy memories after she faints. The young man stares at her in the eyes. She replied with a baffled look written on her face.

" I didn't—" She stops when his finger touches her soft lips, again.

"Don't say that or I'll get mad?" He said it with a cute tone in his voice and a worried look on his face. Then he glares her in the eyes.

"You don't want to make me mad, do you- your majesty?" He asked then shows her a very sweet and gentle smile yet the Queen knew that his smile is not as it looks. That's not what really it means. There's something hidden in his smile, something that you can't think of, something that can rip one soul as a reaper and demons do.

She bit her lower lip because she can't speak a word or make a sound. Struggling on thinking what would she do- the queen only grunts and stares at him. Suddenly the dark prince turns his back and sits in the black chair in front of her. The Queen still staring at her and sees his lips curved in a deadly smile.

'His smile is deadly as it looks'.

"Don't take me for granted, Queen" He says. The Queen breathes in and stands up from the bed. She slaps herself then look at him again, this time, she's different. The young man chuckled and smiled

'This more like it. Keep it that way so I'll want you more. Welcome back, my queen'