"My sword is one inch away from slicing your neck. My victory is one inch away, yet why can't I do it, Althea? What kind of spell have you cast on me to have me thinking about you all day?!"
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Byeol meets a tragic death at age nineteen...
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Althea detached her body from mine in a panic as she looked in the mirror with a terrified expression. Turning my head, I noticed a red haired woman I soon recognized as count Victor's daughter staring at us in anger. Her stare became a glare as she focused only on Althea after a while.
"What is going on?" She questioned as if we were obliged to give her an explantion.
"What do you think is going on?" I replied harshly, frustrated at her for interrupting us, but Althea only zoned out, not responding.
"With my soon-to-be fiancé, you bitch?"
What the flying fuck is a 'soon-to-be fiancé' and why is she referring to me as hers?
Althea seemed to be in another reality, away from this one as she stared at her, making me wonder what's going on in that pretty head of hers.
"Huh?" She finally whispered after a while, blinking and taking a step back. "You still think you're becoming empress?" She spoke with more certainty as she crossed her arms.
"I don't think, Althea. I know." She deadpanned.
Out of the corner of my eye, I swear I saw Althea roll her eyes before she said, "you only know and believe what daddy told you."
I let my lips curl in a smirk as I pulled her away and out of the bathroom, not interested in what Eris had to say.
"You sure know how to be mean when you have to." I said as I leaded her towards the dance floor.
"If the situation calls for it." She looked at me underneath her eyelashes, "her interruption frustrated me." My smirk widened at her words.
"Yeah?" I spoke in a low voice as I took her hands and put them around my neck, my own going around her waist. "Why, What'd you wanna do before she entered?"
"Do you really wanna know, Aias?" She questioned as we danced to the slow, sensual song that played as soon as we appeared. Our masks were off and I could see the whole of her. All her beautiful features that brought a man to his knees, made him want to worship her.
"I think you know the answer, silver." I chuckled as I brought her body even closer to mine, pulling her chest flush against mine.
"Well I can't say it out here where people might hear." Her lustful look got me even more excited as images of me on-top of her, beneath her, on countless furniture pieces raided my mind.
Her smirk told me she noticed. My hands traveled lower, until they settled on her hips.
The song came to it's end as did the people dancing, and she seperated from me. "I have to get back to my room." She spoke in a more serious voice, bringing me back to reality.
I forgot she was basically a prisoner... something I was still trying to fix in the countless meetings I've had since the first day they arrested her. It doesn't matter anymore, though. Tonight, I'll be crowned emperor and my word will be law.
