One Last Hope

Chapter 50

⭐️"The biggest flex is loving yourself the way you wish they did. Be your own upgrade."⭐️
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This evening, I barely have time to get back to my room after dinner when Drogo jumps me.

Drogo: "You ready?"

Nora: "Ready for what?"

Drogo: "For this..."

I open the door to my room, but he steps in front of me and slams it shut.

Nora: "What are you..."

He pulls me to a window, opens it and reaches out his hand.

Drogo: "If you'd be so kind as to take the trouble..."

I take his hand.

In what feels like a tenth of a second, we find ourselves in the back yard behind the manor. It's dark.

He hoists me on his back and uses his impressive speed to reach the forest.

After a quarter of an hour, he drops me down on a tree trunk, leaning over a flowing stream.

I can see he's devouring me with his eyes and it stirs me to the very depths of my soul.

Drogo: "I think I need to make things up to you."

Nora: "Oh really? You think so?"

He pulls me up against him and runs his fingers through my hair. He pulls on a few strands while holding me against his chest.

Drogo: "You've been sulking since this morning..."

Nora: "It's because I had a bad night..."

Drogo: "Ah yes, that's right... The famous wolf dream."

Nora: "Exactly!"

Drogo: "Do you realize that you are a very bad liar?"

Nora: "That's not true! I'm very good at..."

I stop myself abruptly, realizing that I just fell into his trap like a total moron. He bursts out laughing.

Drogo: "You were dreaming about me! Admit it!"

I don't like the fact he got the better of me.

Nora: "I wasn't!"

Drogo: "Really?"

Nora: "Really! You wish I was though, don't you?"

Drogo: "I'd love it."

His lips meet mine with in a long, deep kiss. The sound of the river lulls us as we sink into each other.

I put my hands around his neck and lose myself in him, following his rhythm.

Drogo: "You're not that angry."

I slap him on his side.

Nora: "I still am. A little..."

Drogo looks at me for a moment as I think back to the conversation I had with Peter.

Nora: "Would you help me control my powers?"

Drogo: "I could... What would I get in return?"

Nora: "My eternal gratitude?"

Drogo: "I guess I'll have to make do with that."

He points down to a few stones lying on the floor.

Drogo: "Let's start here. Try to make these stones levitate up to us."

After several unsuccessful attempts, I finally manage to lift the pebbles. I give him a smile of victory and hand them to him proudly.

He grabs them and then takes aim. He's about to throw them...