Ayra groaned before tilting her head aside to follow his narrowed eyes. Two rounds of convulsion left her stamina drained. She was sure that she would faint if someday they both had real sex.


    Opening her eyes widely, she saw him looking down at her wrist. When she followed his eyes, her expression paled. He was pointing at the mark that she had gotten in her childhood. Though she remembered her fight with Enchantress, she assumed that there were much more which wasn''t aware of her consciousness.


    Ayra hesitated before spitting out the truth nervously,


    " I got it when I killed Enchantress."


    Cedric was well aware of Enchantress. Perhaps every creatures living on different worlds had knowledge about Enchantress who created havoc in this world. But it didn''t lessen his worry. Instead his grip tightened around his wrist. Pulling his eyes back on her mark, he asked again like a whisper,


    " Do you know what does this mark mean?"


    He had seen countless marks in the past but hers was the exceptional amidst all of it. So far he had never encountered any mark which could move inside skin randomly like a living creature. Ayra frowned at his words and wondered why was he suddenly concerned about her mark.


    She muttered sitting up on the bed,


    " It doesn''t bore any special meaning, I guess."


    So far, she believed that her mark didn''t had any special meaning. Arge part of her memory felt vacant from that incident. Furthermore her mothers had never mentioned anything specific about the mark. Watching his faded expression, Ayra questioned narrowing her eyes,


    " Why? What''s wrong? Do you know anything about this?"


    Cedric didn''t respond at once. He wasn''t sure whether he was overreacting or not but her mark didn''t feel right. As a man with dark powers, he could feel something wrong with that mark after paying much attention onto it. Since he had no specific answer for her curiosity, Cedric changed the subject consideringly.


    He shook his head unknowingly. Shooting a look at her half naked body, hemented with a grin,


    " I believe that you have enjoyed yourself, Princess."


    There they goes!


    Ayra blushed forgetting the topic that they were dwelling a few moments back. Going back to settle the pillow, she murmured lowly,


    " Let''s sleep now. I am tired."


    *****


    Isabe couldn''t fall asleep for the entire night. Her memories kept running back to her dead child that left the world before she could eveny in his mother''s arms. Loosing a child wasn''t a small pain that could be forgotten easily.


    By the time, she was forcefully woken up from sleep, Isabe was panting and gasping for breath heavily. Her shaky hands reached out to pour a ss of water for herself.


    " Did I wake you up?", a voice echoed through the room from nowhere. Startled by the sudden voice, Isabe nearly dropped the ss but held the edge at the end.


    Her dark eyes swam up to look at the person who was sitting amidst the darkeness. As the windows were all closed, it was impossible to detect the person''s face clearly.


    Feeling her body getting tensed, the person hauled up from his spot and walked into the sheen light that had been left inside the room. His handsome face dazzled under themp''s light. Isabe breathed in relief once she saw the familiar face.


    Withouting down from her bed, she questioned feeling it''s odd to have someone at thiste night,


    " Duke Ss, what are you doing inside my room?"


    Ss didn''t open his mouth to speak and kept staring at her moon like face. He could feel that she had trouble in sleeping. Regarding her answer, he didn''t even know what was he doing inside her room like a sneaky man. He was supposed to return inside his room after aplishing his hunting session. His hunger was all gratified and now it was time for a long run but here, he was wandering inside a woman''s room without her consent.


    Ss, where did your moral values go?


    He questioned himself but got no answer. That''s how feelings and love worked together. When you do something stupid and doesn''t even realize why you did this, then either you must be in love or you have really gone insane. Ss didn''t be the second one undoubtedly.


    Isabe felt a bit uneasy at his silence. Letting out an awkward cough, she called him again bringing his attention back on her,


    " Duke Ss?"


    Ss jolted snapping back to reality. His green eyes met her curious one deeply. He responded making himselfposed and smiled at Isabe embarrassingly,


    " I..I am sorry for disturbing you but I came to check on you. King Cedric is resting this hour and has asked me personally to check on you from time to time."


    Isabe didn''t find anything wrong with his words. Nodding her head slightly, she once again streched out her hands to pour a ss of water for herself. But Ss was fast to reach before her muttering,


    " Let me serve it for you."


    Isabe saw him pouring down the water and brought it under her lips cautiously. She took it from his hands and apologized sincerely,


    " I am sorry for troubling you. You may leave now. I am fine now. It''s just..I was having bad dreams."


    Ss''s expression stiffened a little. She was trying to drive him away desperately. Ss attempted to make another excuse of staying by her side,


    " Well, I have no powers on your bad dreams but I can definitely apany you for a while until you fall asleep again. Can I?"


    This time, Isabe had frowned harder suspiciously. Ever since she met Ss, she could feel that he was being over concerned for her. She didn''t wish to tter herself thinking that he was perhaps interested someone like her who was widowed and couldn''t even bore children anymore. But there was something wrong with him looking at her so deeply.


    Isabe sighed before replying shortly,


    " Well, you can."


    She didn''t know how to ask him such question. Perhaps she was thinking too much. Ss smiled and noticed how her hands were shaking lightly. Putting his hesitation aside, he asked again keeping his green eyes on her face,


    " Princess..Can I.. touch you..a bit? You might feel better at my touch."


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    Hi lovelies!! I am sorry for beingte. I was having huge writer block on this book suddenly. Another 2 chapters will be postedte at night ording to Asian time.. Keep voting for the book andments as much as possible to share your thoughts with others.