A crown of flames

Chapter 28

Hey" He grins

"It's 10 pm?" I point out.

"So?"

"So why are you here?"I say still not letting him in.

"Well you're not asleep so what exactly am i interrupting?"He says peering over my shoulder with interest as if expecting to find someone in my room.

"Nothing"I grit out trying to close the door against his face.

He laughs "I'm not one to judge if you have a friend in there , although i am curious , who is interesting enough for Elide Melian to take into her bed"

I glare at him.

He groans "please tell me it's not Conner , i find you really impressive you know , but if you're into him i might have misjudged your character"

I blink.He finds me impressive?

"No one's been in my bedroom yet your highness , and you're not going to be the first , so please leave i'm waiting for my friend"

He pushes the door open against me , practically slamming me into my room.

"Let me remind you i have been here before"He says looking around my room "it's gotten smaller i think , have you done something to it?" He asks sarcastically.

"No" I say giving up and sitting back down on my bed.

He walks towards me and stands in-front of me.

I was still sat down so he was hovering above me , looking down at me ,but he was so close my knees were touching him and my eyes were at his waist.

I look up at him in question.

"What happened tonight Elide?"He asks

I sigh and i explain to him.

Not because i want to but because he won't leave unless i do and i'm too weak to argue right now , and i'm desperate for anything that will avert my focus from his very close body.

He frowns and moves away from me , thank god for that , i was scared he might notice my shivering.

He takes a seat.

"What are you doing?"

"I am waiting for Ben to come back , i want to talk to him about this"

"Okayyyy?"

He looks at me in disgust "It's of concern to me if mutilated women are running around chasing people in the woods"

"You care about my well being , that's a surprise!"

He laughs dryly

"Elide your well being is the least of my concern , believe it or not there are more people in my life than you"

His harsh words take a jab at my heart , but i'm too tired to be witty with him , too tired to give him even another inch of my attention.