Chapter 122 - 95 Part 2
Angelica leaned back on the bench having no energy to get up and talk to him today. She had no desire to do anything. There was just emptiness wherever she looked. But as she kept ignoring him, she suddenly thought about William and straightened herself. Did he know sothing? Did he do sothing to her brother? If he went to her ho, he certainly knew she had a brother.
Standing up from her seat she went to hear what he had to say. When it ca to her brother, she was his one and only protector. He had no one but her.
"Good afternoon, My Lady." He greeted.
"Good afternoon."
"You look exhausted," he pointed.
"Well, I have been a little ill."
He frowned. "So have you been thinking about my offer?"
"I really didn't understand your offer, My Lord. I don't know what you expect of . Being a demon's wife, you have to understand that I don't trust you."
"You still think I want to hurt you because you are with a demon?"
"I have no reason to think otherwise."
"How about this," he began. "If I simply just wanted to hurt you I would be standing here with a dagger pointed at your brother's throat. All this ti in a military camp, I could have gotten my hands on him easily. I still can. He is not really in a place I can't enter. Not to bring your husband into this. I could easily turn into a tiger and have him as a late lunch and once he was dead I would be able to enter this castle and get my hands on you."
Angelica froze and he held his hands up. "I don't an to threaten and you don't need to lock your brother in this castle just the way you are locked in there. You are like a mother to him, you raised him. Now, will you just lock him in sowhere? And for how long? It seems like you don't understand how powerful I am? Even if your husband gathered all of his friends, I would destroy them. So many people who will get hurt to protect you."
Angelica just stared at him.
"Don't worry. I know touching your brother would make things really bad between us. I want an alliance. Not hostility. You can discuss this with your husband. I don't mind. But trust , you would want to be on my side." This ti he said it with urgency. Whoever he wanted to defeat wasn't an easy target.
"Who is your enemy?"
"I can assure you it is not soone you know or care about."
"My husband should be here anyti soon. Why don't you co by when he is here?"
"If that is what you wish. I was just avoiding any fights but now you know I have no ill-intentions."
"It is good to know. I'll let my husband know," she said.
They looked at each other for a long mont and then she rembered her mother's words. "Always trust your body's signals. It tells you what you don't know. It is your special gift."
She looked at Constantine and felt so strange way. She wasn't sure if it was good or bad but sothing told her that this wasn't what it seed like.
"If you hurt my brother then…"
"I have no intention of hurting your brother," he said firmly. "Not even you. You are a smart lady and that is why I am speaking to you. Think about what kind of life you want to live. If you want to be locked or do you want to be free."
Angelica remained silent.
He smiled and then bowed. "It is a lot to think about. I understand. I'll leave you to think alone. I hope you agree and that we can work together for a long ti. After all, if you mate with a demon, you will get to live an eternity."
Angelica frowned. He was clearly happy about her living for a long ti. A never-ending supply of blood. Fangs. She shivered.
"It is a lot to think about. I'll take my leave. I'll see you again, Lady Rayven." He bowed and then vanished.
Angelica stood there with so many words swirling in her head, but she wasn't triggered this ti. She was calr than she should be. Maybe because she was understanding things more and more but also because she felt like she had an advantage. He needed her badly. Whoever he needed to fight was even stronger and he was eager to defeat them.
This ti she didn't think much about what he said either. She felt sohow slow, unwilling to do anything and just waiting until she could get back to sleep. Her lack of trying frightened her. What was this heavy emptiness in her chest? This feeling of sickness in her stomach.
Angelica spent the afternoon struggling between trying to think and just feeling slow and tired. She didn't even realize when the evening ca and Rayven was still not ho. Did sothing happen to him? Was Constantine perhaps trying to prove a point?
Suddenly she woke up from the slowness and her thoughts went in a hundred different directions. She waited and waited and then she called, feeling stupid.
"Rayven!"
She tried three tis and then shook her head. Of course, he had been joking. Just what was she trying to do?
She went outside to the garden and waited so more while pacing back and forth. What was she supposed to do? As she turned she found him coming through the gate. His clothes looked a little misplaced and she thought she saw blood on his shirt.
"Rayven?" She hurried to him. "Are you alright?" She began to examine him. Where was he bleeding?
"I am sorry I am late," he said.
"What happened?"
"Nothing serious. I just… I am sorry. I lost the sense of ti and… you must have been very worried."
"Are you hurt anywhere?" She asked.
From the way he spoke, she couldn't help but keep worrying even though she couldn't see any injuries anywhere.
He grabbed her arms, looking sad.
"You were right. You have been protecting yourself and you keep doing so. I am useless and I can't even protect you."
"No, don't say that. It is not about one protecting the other. We will help each other to protect each other. We will work together. You don't have to do anything alone nor should you," she told him.
She hoped he wouldn't put this burden on himself because Constantine wouldn't be easy to defeat and she hoped he wouldn't ask her to do nothing. This wasn't only about her. It was about him too and her brother. She would never just sit down while her brother could possibly be in danger and now Constantine had let her know what could happen.
"Where did the blood co from?" She asked him.
"It's a long story and probably one you wouldn't want to hear."
She sighed. "Alright. Could you just please rember to let know in so way if you are coming ho late?"
She couldn't live with this worry and she really needed him today. But he was a man with his own struggles and even though he changed so much they still had a long way to go. Things wouldn't be the way they should be yet and she would just have to be patient with the process. Healing needed a lot of ti.
He nodded and looked down as if ashad. "I am sorry."
"It is alright."
She could definitely not live like this because the truth was she wasn't alright. She had been losing her mind worrying when she was already feeling unwell. She felt like she was slowly losing herself, not knowing what was right or wrong, a lie or a truth anymore.
"Would I know that you are safe if we… if we mate?"
He looked up, eyes wide with surprise and then he frowned. "Angelica, you… you are not thinking about it. Are you?"
"I am."
"Is this because I ca late? I won't be anymore. I promise. Yes, I ssed up and I am a stupid demon. There is… so much wrong I have done and I got lost in it today. But I am slowly realizing things. I know it is not the ti and you need and…"
"Rayven," she put her hands on his arms to stop him. He looked so stressed that if the situation wasn't so serious she would have chuckled. But facing your fears, this wasn't sothing she was just asking because she was angry. This was very serious for her and she was scared to death. But as scared as she was, she knew fangs would touch her skin one day. How long could she avoid Constantine? So she would rather let Rayven bite her first than anyone else.
She would faint at most, maybe have more nightmares, maybe discover more horrible things but since it was inevitable she just wanted to get it over with so she could finally breathe.
"It is not because of that.. I just want to do it," she said.
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