Answer me

Clove felt herself being pulled out of the river as she gasped for air and she coughed violently as she had inhaled lots of water, her eyes refused to open as her body was still unable to move.

"*Cough* *Cough*" coughed Clove as she felt herself being carried by someone whose hands were very cold.

Clove struggled to open her eyes as she felt her heart drop when she saw who was carrying her.

Clove's eyes immediately opened wide when she saw Azazel with a very cold expression on his face, looking as if he was going to kill someone.

Clove felt her heart beating out of her chest, she did not know what Azazel was doing here, or why he saved her, or if he saved her to kill her himself.

Clove's heart momentarily stopped when Azazel's dark icy blue eyes met hers as she continued to cough.

Azazel scoffed under his breath as he tore off the pouch filled with rocks that Clove had around her as he threw it into the river and they sunk to the bottom, no wonder she was unable to move, the rocks were enchanted.

"Can you move?" asked Azazel as he looked at Clove not minding that she looked very terrified of him right now.

Azazel received no reply from Clove, and he took that as a no, she could not move.

Clove was unable to speak, from a mix of total shock, all the water she had inhaled, and ultimately fear.

Azazel held Clove closer to him, not minding that her clothes were soaked as Clove closed her eyes in order to avoid looking at him, something about this whole ordeal made her feel like she wanted to throw up, her insides were churning, and so was her mind.

Azazel muttered something under his breath as he looked at Clove again.

"Can you move now?" he asked her as Clove realized that she indeed could move, but she was too scared to answer him, she kept her eyes tightly shut.

Azazel could tell that she was shaken up, he did not know if it was because she was she had almost drowned, or because she was scared of him, or a little bit of both.

"Just answer me with a nod" said Azazel in a cold tone as Clove quickly nodded her head while keeping her eyes shut.

…

Azazel threw a blanket over Clove as she shivered and covered herself in the blanket as Azazel walked around his office while keeping his eyes on her as she kept her head bowed low, She had not said a single word, she was waiting for Azazel to say something, but he said nothing at all.

The first thought in Clove's mind was if Azazel was going to kill her, but she did not dare utter him less she make him actually kill her, she had just escaped drowning, she did not want to die after escaping death once.

"You are not going to say anything?" came Azazel's cold voice as he snapped Clove out of her thoughts as she shook her head, she was still shivering, she could move, but she did not dare utter a single word, she just held the blanket tightly to herself.

"Do you still feel cold?" asked Azazel as Clove shook her head.

"T… thank you for saving me my lord…" said Clove as she managed to say that, she was not ungrateful.

"Why do you think that I saved you?" asked Azazel as Clove had that same question on her mind, and of course she did not have the answer to that.

"O…only you know my lord" said Clove as Azazel smiled he was happy with her response.

Azazel walked to where Clove was sitting as Clove's heart started to beat faster and faster with every step he took as she bowed her head even lower and he stopped right in front of her as he said nothing and there was a grave silence between them.

"A…a…are you going to kill me?" asked Clove in fear as she heard Azazel chuckle.

"Why exactly would I kill you?" asked Azazel.

"Did you do anything wrong that requires for me to kill you?" asked Azazel as Clove kept her mouth shut, it was either he was just playing with her, or he really did not know that she was a spy.

"Answer me" said Azazel as Clove kept her mouth shut and Azazel held her chin and raised it up to face him as his eyes locked with hers and Clove felt her heart racing and she was unable to look away.

Clove felt her heart stop beating when Azazel suddenly reached out with his other hand and removed strands of her damp blonde hair from her face.

Clove felt her heart beating quickly, but this time not from fear, but from something else. Azazel did not know why, but those eyes of hers continued to call out to him, as if they were trying to make him remember something, he just did not know what.

Clove realized what was going on as she suddenly moved her head back, feeling weird by what just happened as she realized that Azazel could kill her for moving away but he did not, he continued to stare at her eyes as she looked down.

"Do not go anywhere" he said to her as he turned around and walked out of his office as Clove tried to calm down her racing heart, wondering why she felt like this,

Was she crazy or what to think that Azazel was being rather gentle with her.

"Shut up Clove, what the heck are you saying… he is… Azazel" said Clove to herself.

…

"Oh good riddance to bad nonsense" said Selene to herself as she smiled happily while drinking some wine.

"I am sure that her body has washed up somewhere by now, no one will be able to tie anything tom me, it was just an accident" said Selene with a chuckle to herself as Azazel suddenly appeared in her room and she felt his presence.

"Oh my lord what brings you here?" asked Selene with a happy smile on her face as she turned to look at Azazel as he did not say a word and he walked closer to her as he took some loose strands of her hair in his hand.

"Tell me Selene, how many times have I told you not to dare touch my things?" asked Azazel in a low chilling voice as Selene just continued to smile.

"Many times my lord, and for that reason, I do not touch your things" replied Selene with a smile.

"Oh and are you sure about that?" asked Azazel with a smile.

"Very" replied Selene as she wanted to touch his face, but she would never dare, she would like to keep her limbs intact.

"You lie, you touch my things countless times even though I warn you" said Azazel.

"And for that reason, I will not take it lightly with you this time" said Azazel as he let go of her hair and instantaneously grabbed her neck as he started to strangle her.

"So you would kill the mother of your only son just for some irrelevant woman?" asked Selene as she stopped with her pretence.

"You are not irreplaceable Selene, know that" said Azazel.

"Does it not occur to you that I am the only woman who can ever love, you, I love you, I did many things for you, just to make sure that you were powerful again, and this is how you repay me, but doing this to me?" asked Selene as the pressure he was apply to her neck did not seem to hurt her at all.

"I never asked you to love me, and do not say it as if without you I would not have survived" said Azazel.

"You would have never" said Selene as Azazel chuckled.

"Wrong" replied Azazel as he threw her against the wall as if she was trash.

"Don't you ever, and I mean ever, lay a finger on Sage again, or else I will kill you with no hesitation at all" said Azazel as he left the room and Selene scoffed as she laughed.

"Just wait and see Azazel, you will pay" said Selene as laughed.

…

"Oh Sage, Sage, are you okay?? Hunter told me that Azazel called me to look after you" said Nia as she rushed into Azazel's office as Clove was wrapped in the blanket from head to toe.

"I am fine Nia, really" said Clove as she knew that Nia would told her that she told her so, she should have known that Selene would try to kill her.

"I told you Sage, I told you, I should have never let you go alone" said Nia in nothing but worry.

"It's not your fault Nia, I was the one who decided to go alone, I should have realized that Selene was dangerous, it just makes no sense to me on why she would want to kill me" said Clove.

"Selene needs no reason to do what she does, she Is just that wicked" said Nia as Clove sighed.

"Honestly, I owe Azazel my life, I do not know why he saved me, but he did, and I am grateful to him for that" said Clove.

"I do not know what to think about that, I am just happy that you are okay" said Nia as Clove smiled.

"Me too, come on we should go now" said Clove as she stood up from the couch and she removed the blanket wrapped around her as she heard Nia gasp.

"What's wrong Nia?" asked Clove as she turned around to see Nia with shock in her eyes as she covered her mouth with her hands.

"Nia, what's wrong? Did something happen?" asked Clove as Nia continued to look at her as tears fell down from her eyes.

"My lady??" said Nia in a mix of disbelief and confusion.

"Nia, is something wrong?" asked Clove in confusion.

"You… you are my lady" said Nia.

"Which lady?" asked Clove in confusion as Nia blinked, making sure that she was not seeing things, that she was actually seeing Clove and not someone who just looked like her.

"Nia, please say something, I am so confused right now, who are you talking about?" asked Clove in serious confusion as Nia started to cry, she even sounded just like Clove and she looked so much like her, Nia was sure that it was her.

Nia could not help herself as she rushed to hug Clove who was in utter confusion as Nia hugged her very tightly.