The Lost Kingdom (The Fifth Element Chronicles)

Chapter 11 [part 2]

His hands pressed against me.

My heart raced like it had never sped up before.

I couldn't answer anything because I really didn't know how to react.

I knew I had crossed a boundary, but he had no right to behave like that.

Who did he think he was?

I grabbed his hand and pulled it away from my face.

Then I did something I instantly regretted.

I shifted my full weight on top of him, until he was underneath me.

I pulled the knife from his belt.

It's worth clarifying that that knife was mine and I couldn't believe he had it and still wouldn't give it back, so technically I just took back what was mine, and well, I used it in the best possible way.

I put it against his throat.

'What did I tell you about getting your hands on me pirate? Didn't you learn anything?'

I swear I could feel his smirk in the dark.

'You're more twisted than I thought. I'm impressed.'

'I think you underestimate me.'

'I just warned you something, take it or leave it. But warned you are.'

'Get out of my bed right now.'

His hands brushed my legs, and even though I had my pants on, I felt the warmth of his touch, which repelled me.

It repelled me because it felt, I don't know, pleasant.

My cheeks flushed at what happened.

'Are you going to let me out of here or do you intend something else princess? Maybe you want me to stay here, right here under you, touching your legs and...'

I moved at once.

'You're such a pig.'

He did nothing but laugh, it was all a game to him.

But I felt I couldn't leave it there.

I didn't want to look like the villain.

'I won't talk about her anymore if you do the same with Russell, you don't know him, you can't talk about him.'

'I don't care to know him either, it was just a joke.'

'There are some things you can't joke about, and I think it was clear to you when I mentioned a certain name.'

I was very cautious not to repeat it, so as not to give him an excuse to attack me.

He lay down again on the floor and I felt that I really needed to rest.

Only a few last words were spoken in that darkness.

'I will teach you how to fight. You must learn to fight.'

'I think I had you pretty well trapped.'

'See? That's why you must learn.'

It made me smile, but only for a second.

It was easy to forget who he was, until I didn't do it.

I had to remind myself all the time who I was dealing with.

On the one hand, I favored getting to know him and learning from him, but on the other hand, I didn't want to get close to him at all.

Apparently, he always brought out the worst in me.