Captured Love

Chapter 7

"What if I don't want to be your queen..." The silence spoke volumes of tension in the atmosphere. The air had stilled with the sky growing darker. Amias simply stared at me with cold eyes. The green of them darkening to a more seaweed color matching the stormy ambiance. I only just blinked and in a flash he was in front of me.

"The union will happen with or without your consent. It is our duty to fulfill our roles assigned by the heavens. To not do so would lead to who knows what kind of catastrophic events." His tone severe I backed away slightly squishing myself into the bed. I was already frightened by the idea that I was kidnapped by a crazy catfish date , now I was even more terrified by the fact I may never go home.

'I need to find a way to escape before it's too late and I end up trapped forever with this psycho!'

He's still looking down into my eyes, face hovering just above mine. I held his gaze, not wanting to blink first as dumb as it sounds.
'We were so close I could feel his breath fanning over my lips almost as if-'

"Master, master!"

A little ball of light came zooming between our faces making him back away first.

"What is it this time Zemi?" You could hear the the sighing in his voice as he turns to start walking away from with the ball hovering over his shoulder.

"Uhmm.." I'm left speechless at what almost happened.

"I will return for you after you have rested sufficiently enough." He waves me off with a hand not even bothering to look back.

I slump against the sheets feeling my tense body relax again.

'What was that orb and how was it talking? I mean he did say we are in the spirit world,does that mean it was soul or something. And what the fuck was I thinking almost kissing my kidnapper!'

After Amias and the entity left the room I was completely enclosed again. No doors or windows with the exception of the bathroom. With nothing else to do I decided to draw a bath and relax with a good soak. I barely wore the gown from earlier so I left it hanging on the hook from the bathrobe. As the water began steaming up the restroom I added some potion looking bottles that I assumed to be soap into the water to make it bubbly. Testing out the water with my hand I finally descended into the spacious tub.  I Sigh at the delicious sensation of warmth surrounding me. Just as I'm submerging myself under the water to wet my face and hair I feel a strong pair of arms grab me. I'm yanked up out of the water scared shitless wondering what the hell was going on.

"What the fu-" I almost screamed if it wasn't for me swallowing the water on my way up.
An enraged Amias begins to yell at me as I cough up the water I almost choked on.

"Realizing you can't escape you decide to just end yourself is that what you thought!" I'm bewildered by him because I wasn't sure what he was talking about.

"I'll have you know there is no escape from me. You cannot die while you are here in this realm, because you are it's queen and it will not kill its own masters." He grits out his words through clenched teeth at the end.

"What are you even talking about? I was just bathing am I not allowed to even do that!" I was finally able to clear my throat as I screamed back at him.

His brows furrowed at the information I just said looking towards the ball of light I didn't notice at the entrance and back at me.

"So you weren't trying to drown yourself to end your life  and get away from me?" I look at him dumbfounded.

"What. No I'm not a idiot-" he interrupts me.

"So you were simply bathing?"  I roll my eyes at him.

"Yes, as you can see I was lying here relaxing till you came in."  His eyes seem to wander over my naked body making me feel self conscious once more. I cross my arms across my chest.

His gaze becomes fixated on my arms.

"You are hurt. I apologize for my rash assumption and for harming you. However you seem stable enough so let us  leave for the union ceremony to complete our bond. Once you join with me the  magic should heal you."

'I haven't even rested all that long. He did a complete 180 of a mood swing. This man is insane.'

He holds out a hand to me to help me get up from the floor. I take it deciding there's no protesting with crazy. As he pulls me up I finally see what he meant. There was bruises starting to form on my arms where he had grabbed me. I don't stare at it too long as he covers me in the bathrobe and attempts to gently dry me off.

'I hope this is the worst of him I'll ever see and the last. All this over a simple misunderstanding from a bath I can't imagine what else has happened here before where someone actually tried to off themself.'