"Why would you do that, Fang?" I asked as I saw everything falling back into the sa void of conversation, where Fang asks for a price and I have to pay. But I wasn't expecting Fang to put up sothing so ridiculous that was like putting my freedom on the line. "Why would you tell my father-"
"Because you can only be mine," Fang said through his clenched teeth.
There was so much going on behind his black eyes, and I did not want to decipher those emotions. It was never possible for to choose either Channing or Fang, even though Fang was my soulmate.
"I cannot be your Fang. " I stared at him with my creased brows as I felt my body tense. This was the sa person who was there with last night, and for a split second, I had wished that Fang would do what he wanted to. To run away with . But both of us had harsh realities, and he had his revenge to fulfil while I had my duties as a princess. "I am betrothed. Do you understand I am about to marry soone else in a few more months to co?"
"I can dissolve the marriage," Fang retorted like a small child. He was long out of the deal when my in-laws had t with my parents. Fang sighed, "that marriage was just a trade for the queen to get you out of the way and to save her son's life."
"Then I will marry for my brother's life," I spoke as if it was the most obvious answer on the face of this planet for .
"Oh please, Selene, that boy was always destined to have a short life from birth," Fang deadpanned. "There is no cure to him. And I'd rather let him be that way."
I knew there was no cure for my brother. The worst was I had only heard about his condition from Dandeline and never even got to see him. It was too risky to let my abilities be known to the queen because if using the healing once didn't work, then my mother would not think even for a second before keeping as the only source for my brother's cure. Extracting blood from every day and making use my abilities on him.
But because I can't help him directly did not an that I wouldn't consider helping him at all. He was my younger brother, after all. Even if I had never t him his life ant sothing to .
"How cruel can you be?" I asked Fang. A life is a life and if I had to save any life I would not think twice before doing it.
Fang took a step closer to and I did not budge. Not today, I wasn't going to just kneel like that. Fang brought hand near my face but did not touch and sowhere my skin yearned for that touch, "There is nothing above you for ," Fang replied and my hazel eyes looked through his dark eyes where an eternal darkness shone. "That is why I am saying be wary of Channing and keep your distances from him or I promise you I will tell the king about it," Fang grunted as he clenched his fist beside my face with his raised hand.
It was unbelievable how much Fang actually wanted and to what extents he went. Channing was one of my only close friends who could understand , but here Fang was taking that away from instead of granting freedom.
If my father knows sothing like what Fang had just ntioned, then I was sure to be thrown back in the dungeons.
"Fine," I said. There was no winning this man, and I did not want to ruin anything unnecessarily. Even if I had to keep my distance from Channing, I would still be seeing him in the professional settings. Just that my personal life would be void of that uncontrolled drunkard. I had bigger things to do here, and it was okay to keep one man out of my personal life. It wouldn't hurt much.
I turned around and stomped away from there. "Where are you going?" Fang questioned from behind . I could tell the jealously he felt even when I thought about Channing.
"What? You are done here right," I answered, "you got what you wanted Fang, bye now."
How stupid can one's life be? I finally tasted the winds that passed through the forest and heard the laughter of people chi in my ears, but at the end of it all, my life outside gave shackles again. Why did Fang have to be my soulmate? Why not soone more understanding and simple.
My feet made their way through the forest ground as the leaves so leaves crunched under them.
I realised that Fang was not following because there was an only sound of my footsteps that filled in the darkness of the night apart from the crickets and occasional owl hooting. I turned around to see Fang was not following . Rather, he kept looking at walk away with a dense smoulder on his face.
It was like Fang was about to blurt sothing when I turned back to my front, not wanting any more of his dictatorship or possessiveness. The mont I turned, I almost bumping into soone.
My hand imdiately ca to cushion my front, and the man stopped in his track. I looked up to see who it was, "Oh Bane, what are you doing here?" My words rolled out as if I was angry at him and not Fang. I observed he was holding the sa bottle of drink that was made of poisonous wolfbane flower and Bane's antidote blood. At this mont, what was the need for him to bring this drink here? Was he so kind of sit alone drinker? I wouldn't be surprised, given his quiet personality.
Bane looked straight at , as our heights did not have much difference. He passively raised the bottle of drink and said, "I had saved the last of the drink for Alpha-"
"Good!" I exclaid, taking the bottle from his hand. "I am stressed, and I didn't get a chance to have it before." If this was for Fang, I'd rather drink it myself. I was already fuming with rage and having never tried so funky alcohol like this one before, I unscrewed the bottle lid with acceleratedly.
"But it is for Alpha Fang," Bane said, but he could not bring himself to get the bottle back from . Maybe Fang had restricted him from being hostile towards .
Suddenly I heard feet beside and a hand ca to rest on my shoulder. I knew this familiar irritating yet nice scent of burnt ember. "Bane, you go make sure no one cos here," Fang ordered Bane and while I continued to open the bottle cap. I turned it around with such speed that it fell down and I did not care about that, neither did Fang's eyes went to it. He only looked ahead at Bane, waiting for him to react.
Bane was the only one who nonchalantly stared at the rolling bottle cap as it went ahead and hit his foot before stopping. Bane looked at and then at Fang before bowing, "Yes Alpha."
Bane turned around and started walking away from us while looked at him go not once turning to look at .
I brought the bottle to my lips and threw my head back where Fang's forearm touched the back of my head, as he had his arm over my shoulder. It was funny how I had got used to his touch and him being around like he was allowed to do that. I felt the liquid trickle down throat and there were huge shocks that travelled like a burning sensation through my neck. The drink was sure strong, but I closed my eyes before the bottle was suddenly pulled away from .
"Stop drinking that, Selene, it is poison!" Fang shouted at , looking inside the bottle with one of his eyes closed, and checked how much I had drunk and I was sure it was a lot.
But I wasn't satisfied. I shook my head aggressively as there was an odd feeling that engulfed . It was burning in my stomach and everything was starting to feel hot. I could feel the drink was very strong as it had already started to make its way to my brain and it felt like I had a blackout for a mont. I stumbled when Fang held .
I swat Fang's hand away from . I wasn't drunk yet, and Fang was no one to tell what to do and what not to do. "Don't you dictate my life any more than what you already have!" I said as I grabbed the bottle back from him.
Fang was dumbstruck at my words. He stood there watching and this ti I did not let go of the bottle till the last drop of it wasn't down in my stomach.
The liquid felt so hot in my insides that I the heat started to radiate outside as well. I did not know this was how it felt like to get drunk. I was getting tipsy slowly but with the amount that I had drank and how fast I had gulped everything, heat started catching up to . There was an odd tranquillity as all the thoughts in my head stopped suddenly and all I could focus on was standing straight.
Fang held by my waist as I was about to fall and I sucked in my breath quickly at the closeness. "Co with .. I want to show you sothing," Fang said.
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