~HEARTS & FANGS~

19: I WILL NEVER LOSE TO YOU🌹

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I WILL NEVER LOSE TO YOU🌹

His silky voice announced his presence and also his unarguable authority. Every damn person stopped whatever they were doing to acknowledge his presence in the training grounds. The lot bowed to him, paying obeisance except Rose who stared at him, surprised at his arrival. What was he doing here? She was still angry with him for chasing her away from the dining room so that he could secretly be with Hera-Mera. Now he was here again, calling her Mera in that silky smooth seductive voice of his. She humped as he neared her without glancing anywhere.

'What?' she snapped at him. 'Why are you staring at me like that?' she asked him after he only kept looking at her with a silly smirk on his face. Was he here to mock her? Well, it wasn't as if she even gave a damn. He could laugh at her all she cared.

'What a fine spear you have there Mine,' he said to her. 'I can see that you have made a good choice. Well, I actually had that crafted for you for or whenever you were ready to wedge a weapon, especially against me.' Now, that had her attention. She stared at him, a little bit puzzled. He had done that? She stared the spear up and down, doubting his words. She didn't believe him. He was all lies! Definitely all lies!

'Mine?' she asked him.

'Yes,' he nodded as the corners of his lips lifted into a soft slight smile. 'Yes Mine, definitely yours.'

'Hmm,' she nodded as she evaluated the spear once again with her eyes. She looked up at him and noticed the smirk on his face. Then, she instantly realized something. Their brief monosyllabic conversation, she realized what it had meant to him. To everyone and even her, they had been talking about the spear. But to him, he had been referring to the both of them. He had just stylishly affirmed once again that he was hers. He belonged to her.

'Seriously?' she asked him. He realized that she had caught on to his little play of words to mean something else.

'Shall I spar with you then?' he asked her. 'It seems you are bored playing spear with Vura and you really want a new sparring partner.'

'Really?' she asked him in total surprise. He nodded at her question. How had he known that she was fed up of practicing with Vura? That was the real reason that she had wanted to take on Winnie, because she was already so bored with Vura and not because Hera-Mera kept urging her to do so. She smiled softly.

'I am currently free and even if I wasn't I would still say otherwise.' She stared at him, unsure. Was he playing with her? Did he really mean that? But wait, he wanted to spar with her, with weapons? She gave her spear a knowing look and then rested her eyes on him. Then, he surprised her a second time. He laughed heartily, wholeheartedly at her eye gesture. He must have understood. the smart man. But, the handsome sight made her heart do cartwheels, risky ones and her mind went blank for a moment, having only him in it. She started to melt into a smile but caught herself before she could do so.

'Why are you laughing at me?' she managed to force herself to mumble though she knew just why.

'You know why.'

'I know nothing,' she said staring at her spear once again with that previous look that had made him all mirthful.

'Don't worry Mine. You can't do it though you think that you can. I wouldn't let you do so if you could.' She smiled at his answer. He had indeed understood her eye gesture. Well, she really could not kill him anyways during the spar like he had said because his people would have her dead the moment that she harmed him. Also, though she could think to do such, she was sure she could not actually do it. Her heart will cause her to hesitate unlike the time that she had first wanted to be away from him. But oh, he was so sure. It was his confidence that made her want to attempt it. 'So, shall we spar?' he continued. She simply nodded at him without any grievance.