FATE #3 *(A ROSE IN BLOOM)*

TRUST ME TOO*

GENERAL POV

"Excuse you? You think I do that to you? Lucious, I don't go about doing that to anybody unless it's very weighty! You're the only person I never do that to no matter how important it is. Yeah I may have done it once, but that was because I couldn't take your fury when I was just trying to save you... How dare you think that of me?" She nearly shed a tear and turned to walk out but then, he whirled her over, pinned her to the wall and expeditiously locked his lips with hers...

"I'm sorry Pearl... I'm really sorry for saying what I said, from the way you interrupted, I thought you already knew what I was going to talk about and... Just concluded you did that, don't take it to heart please!" He spoke showing much remorse and staring into her eyes.

"I do know what you want to tell me but then, I don't because I stole your thoughts, I overhead almost every portion of it when I was coming over. It seriously makes me feel inhumane that you think that of me, I'm curious to know how long you've had such a thought!" She added when he gently kissed her again in a long pace.

"Hey, I'm sorry... I'm feeling the worst right now, I'm deeply sorry!" He apologized and wiped her tears.

"Lucious I trust you more than anything, I feel weak against you because, I can never bring myself to as much as give you a little cut on your skin, please I need you to trust me too, okay! I'm in dire need of that from your end... I just don't want you to feel obligated to tell me everything that happens with you!" She cried aloud winning a sincere embrace from him.

He felt deeply sorry and regretful for that. "I'm sorry, I'm sincerely sorry... Stay with me please!" He held on tight to her until she was calm enough to clear that from her heart.

He took her face in his palms and kissed her once again, he placed his forehead against hers not yet out of his regret, she knew it was her turn to assure him of her forgiveness.

Emulating his method, she held onto him, in gloves this time and kissed him with passion. Slowly stirring his inner feelings for her with that gentle spanning kiss. Pleasantly setting the mood successfully, they opened up themselves, having their pleasures take them on a spree.

While smooching off against the wall, Pearl felt Zherra beginning to actively take over, the sparks were pushing her far as she began unbuttoning his shirt. He pulled her hairpin off, letting her hair lose.

He dug his hand in there and began caressing it... Feeling her hair bristling to his touch, she teleported him to his bedroom, Zherra was still pushing on against her innocence but Lucious was genuinely drown in the moment to consider anything.

Partly nude, and relented to the situation, the king's seal began stirring up her soul, the sensation set in strongly this time, but then she was determined to bear it, she didn't want to let him down in anyway...

He began tracing his lips down to her bosom whiles she was stuck with hers in his neck, craving to bite through, the pain was escalating as if with a stop watch timer controlling it.

The excruciating pain was getting hard to bear and somehow weakening her system, she felt Zherra flickering on and off within her and instantly yelped, gently pushing him off her.

She held onto the spot panting heavily, Lucious swiped his hands through his hair baring his view to her face and panicked at what he saw, her iris had balanced between crimson and green and she appeared weak as well.

The pain finally subsided, as she shut her eyes and swiped her hair back.

"Pearl!" He stuttered in his panting, "are you alright?" She blocked his hand from touching her whiles he suspected it could be an effect of Zherra.

"What is going on with you? Say something to me!" He worried. "I'm okay!" She began, he watched as her iris reverted to normal. "I'm sorry for ruining the moment, it wasn't deliberate trust me!" He held onto her and embraced her, patting her hair in a pace...

He thought Zherra was behind that and couldn't wait till she's finally exorcised, if there was any moment for him to be selfish, he thought it was due.

"I understand you, and I'm not blaming you, I went too far... Thank you for being with me!" He smirked and planted a kiss on her forehead, after noticing where they were.

"I love you!" She stated and stayed in his arms for a long time, when she saw that he was asleep, she kissed him and left him back to the palace...

She took a stand in front of her mirror and observed the spot again... "What did you do to me Nathan?" She clenched her jaws and growled whiles looking in the mirror thinking about what Zherra was doing behind the scenes.

"Or was it your doing, Zherra? Since only you will benefit when I become weak, hey! Stay within your limit alright, Lucious is mine not yours... And I'll make sure, you never get access to him, you monster!" She vented to and against herself before proceeding to take a shower.

She stood in the tub thinking about it all night until the servants came in to change her milk, they kowtowed and pleaded for their lives. She simply dismissed them and walked out to get ready for the day.

She first met with her mom for breakfast and when her first gaze fell on her daughter she panicked a little "princess, are you alright huh?" she nodded twice in response pinching her a brief smile.

Lucious came over to join them wearing a pleasant smile because of what ensued between them the previous night. However, his smile didn't last on his face when he saw her eyes.

"Pearl!" He called out to her trying to figure out whether it was Zherra or Pearl... He called out three times to her and she responded well to them all.

He held her hand in her confusion and situated her in front of a mirror fastened on top of their console. She went wide eyed to what she saw, her individual iris had two different colours each, balancing between crimson red and green just like what Lucious caught a glimpse of the previous night.

She wandered what could be wrong since she felt nothing different in her system.

Lucious recollecting what Jemilla told him, but didn't know how to tell Pearl about it, so he thought of a way to let her remember.

"Today, isn't your birthday or anything right? Could it be Zherra's? This is a bit odd!" He said when she looked over at him thinking.

"No! My birthday isn't until next four months and Zherra..." She took a moment to think that over.  After a while, he noticed she wasn't getting any closer to where he wanted her to.

"Are you really alright? It's pretty much suspicious how out of the blue they change this way..." He communicated. "Let's have breakfast first, I think I can do with sun glasses for the meantime." She assured them feeling slightly perturbed.

Everyone hardly enjoyed their breakfast because of the issue, whiles she hoped Zherra wasn't up to anything bad once again, she planned to close the court early and stay away from everyone for observation.

Pearl placed on the glasses and left for the opening, she had about ten cases scheduled for the day, with six being criminal cases, three disputes and the rest issues concerning the wall construction.

Lucious was present with her in case anything came up, but then he had a strong feeling Jemilla will be showing up.

Pearl decided to take care of the latter first, she issued a command that all active male prisoners, captured male citizens of the two empires, both free and slave be sent out to work on the building pro.

She went ahead to settle the disputes without delay nonetheless, they took longer than she had expected, few minutes away from twelve in the afternoon, Jemilla in her black cloak arrived in the throne room and walked to the center.