The Prison of Hearts

Chapter 4

"You slept with Rebekah!?!" I burst into Mara's room

She was there, sprawled all over the bed, red hair up in a bun with a few curls slipping, her brown eyes wide as she took in my angry expression

"What?!" she asked with a hint of fear in her eyes "how do you even know about that?" she asked, I raised an eyebrow at her

"Of course she told you... I should have known she would tell you, she tells you everything"

I picked up the book near me to throw it at her but she raised her hands and stopped me "Come on Azi you are not gonna throw a pretty book like that now are you ?" she said smirking

I looked at the book it was a pretty book 

"you know what? You are right I cant throw this book"

 I put it back and pulled out my knifes

Mara's eyes widened "Azalea....." and I threw my knife at her

She ducked and the knife embedded itself into her headboard. She looked at me shocked "Omg I can't believe you just did that, Rebekah knew that it was a one-time thing" she said and I threw another knife at her head

"Yeah but did you know that it was her first time," I asked her

"What no it wasn't," she said and I raised an eyebrow and her eyes widened to an extent that I thought they would pop out

"What?! No how is that possible, I swear to god I didn't know she never..." she trailed and then started panicking "OMG AZI WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!" she screamed at me

"Are you honestly blaming it on me ?" I asked shocked

"How else was I supposed to know?" she asked

"Mara she is 18, what did you expect?" I simply said

"Wait what? I thought she turned 20 recently"

"No she turned 18, she was a minor when she came here"

"Wtf, I swear I thought she was twenty and was yo know... experience"

Mara was looking at me with a panicked expression, I sighed and went to sit beside her

"Just talk to her and explain yourself, it'll be okay" I advised and she nodded her head calming down

"Now let's go to the hall I need to dink some expensive wine to get that awful Nor brandy from my system," I said pulling my knife out of her headboard

She grimaced "You need to stop destroying my furniture, that was one beautiful piece of art"

I rolled "then stop doing shit that makes me want to throw knives at you" 

"and it's just a bed," I said walking out of the room 

"Still really pretty," she said following me to the hall

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We walked into the hall to see the guys there already drunk. I smirked this is gonna be fun

Felix, Mason, and some other members of the gang were sitting on the sofas while Stella was glaring at them, she didn't really like us drinking

As we entered Stella came up to us with a box "All weapons in this box" she said

"Come on Stella we need some of them" Mara argued

"Not if you are gonna get drunk you don't" Stella replied

I raised an eyebrow "You want us to be defenseless in the middle of drunk men?" I asked smirking a little

Stella looked a little shocked "Well... if you say it like that...." She trailed thinking as both Mara and I smirked

Suddenly Stella froze and looked at us with a deathly glare "That is not gonna work young lady, half the men are scared shitless of you and as for being defenseless are you really? You can beat all of these men with or without your weapons, where is all that arrogance now huh?" Stella seethed, done with our shit

"Not all men Stella" Mason's voice came from behind us "She has yet to bet me in combat," Mason said, his face right beside mine

I take this chance and raise my elbow to meet with his beautiful russet face. Just as it was about to collide with his nose, he caught it in one quick motion.

"You gotta be faster Azalea" he smirked looking deep into my eyes

"Not my fault you are so fucking fast" I mumbled as I used my right leg to sweep him off his feet.

He caught himself before he fell face first and got up in one smooth move. Damn it! He even managed to look graceful doing that, I mean come on give a girl some rest.

I huffed and walked over to the guys wanting to kill someone just yet. The guys seemed to be playing some sort of game, all of them hammered

"So who would you rather be seduced by? Azalea or Maya?" Felix asked one of the new initiates. Both Mara and I looked at each other waiting for his answer

"ah.. what? That's tough... I guess it would be the leader" he said deep in a thought

All the guys started laughing, I gave Mara a smirk while she just flipped me off.

"What ?" the guy stuttered looking around confused.

"Have you ever been on a mission with Azalea?" Sam asked running his hands through his dark hair

"N-no... why?" 

"Have you ever heard about her missions? " Felix asked 

"Yes.."

"Name some"

"Umm... the one with the leader from the west, the one with tavern owner and that girl who ran a trafficking ring..... " 

"Are any of them alive ?" Mason asked putting an arm around the petrified soldier

"Um... No" he gulped as the realization hit him 

"Well, you see..." I said finally joining the conversation "I only seduce to kill, but I am flattered that you would rather be seduced by me than Mara over there" pointing to Mara who was glaring daggers at the poor guy

"Who is he even ?" Mara fumed snatching Mason's dirk as I rolled my eyes at her 

"Be nice Mara, he probably just joined us... don't wanna scare him too early do we" I smirked stroking the boy's hair like a child's 

"Oh shut up Miss 'I throw knives at peoples head', you are the last person to be giving me this lecture"

"Oh calm down, it's not like he said he would rather die than sleep with you...... Oh wait, but he did" I smirked as the drunks started howling around me and Mara's jaw dropped to the floor

"Bitc-" 

She was cut off when a white-haired boy ran into the room

"The Crown is making a statement, everyone in the entertainment room"