Frozen Heart

Chapter 46: Praise

A lot of passersby at the harbour were startled by the lifeless body of the Harbinger you carried with you, asking if he was dead. Signora gave them deadly glares and emitted such a strong intimidating aura, that they stopped approaching you two. She amazed you all the time and would never stop.

She opened the door for you to get in the vehicle with Scaramouche. As you two were inside, you noticed how she was trying to not fiddle with her hands. You moved Scaramouche out of your way and scooted over to her, sitting him beside you.

"Signora, if you're so nervous about this, then let me handle–"

"No! No. I'll manage all of this. I don't want you to do anything anymore. You've done so much already, it's only fair" she took a deep breath in and out, then looked back at you, caressing your face.

"But you seem so..unsure. I want to help you and know that you're fine too.."

"As long as you're fine, then so am I." she smiled and placed a kiss on your forehead, leaving the vehicle right after. You smiled to yourself and looked at Scaramouche,

"I hope you're making your prayers inside of there..." you sighed and got out, continuing to carry him, right inside to the Zapolyarny Palace.

The Palace was shining in the winter light. Giving its usual intimidating power. You looked around the hallway as you usually did and realised that Scaramouches sign was gone, he wasn't even included in anything anymore. The atmosphere in general was way thicker than usual, giving you an uneasy feeling. You arrived at the door and didn't hear anything else other than your own heartbeat.

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You entered the room with Signora, she knelt down as always, but you just bowed since you had Scaramouche in your arms.

"Report." her voice rang all over the throne room.

"Your Majesty, we succeeded in capturing the Balladeer. He's not alive anymore, but we got his remains, including the Electro Gnosis, plus the Dendro Gnosis."

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You didn't look up from the floor, you were too nervous to face the Tsaritsa again. What will Signora even do to convince her not to take Scaramouche into her possession? Does she even plan on doing that? She shouldn't. It's Scaramouche. Not you. But yet...

An ice cold touch startled you, your face was lifted up, you stared into the Tsaritsas cold eyes that were glowing with her dark-blue lipstick. She didn't frown, it was the opposite,

"Great job to you two. Especially you, Y/N" she moved her hand down to Scaramouches head.

"I didn't think you'd manage to kill him, maybe capture, yes. But kill. Heh.." she chuckled. She gently grabbed his face and moved it to make it look at her,

"But I know he's still alive in there. You won't be able to hide from your consequences, Balladeer."

You gulped and felt your body heat up in fear. You weren't sweating, but it felt like it. Maybe it was the cold around your body melting. The Tsaritsa slowly began to take him off your hands, but stopped right after Signora interrupted her,

"Your Majesty" she bowed once more, "I'm begging of you to not take the Balladeer."

She slowly turned her head to Signora, glaring with the side of her eye.

🌹🌹🌹🌹

Panic tried to take over you, it wanted you to lose focus and mess up. But if you did mess up, your lover might be in danger and get hurt, so you looked over to her, she was holding up a thumb, smiling nervously.