The Substitute Cinderella

Chapter 15 "Bad Old Enemy"

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"Dulcis somniabus." The words flew through Adrien's lips under the pouring rain.

Ella fell into a deeper darkness than the one surrounding the dome above the great kingdom, the destiny of which was tied to the thin rope of Queen's decisions and actions.

'Just kill her and save the both worlds, you can't go back with her.'

Adrien reached at his dagger that still had blood stains on it. The blue light of his pendant ripped through his dark clothes with the anticipation of a fresh soul .

A sound from deep within urged him to strengthen his grip and finish his business so that he could go back and the storm would pass.

This chaos wouldn't be needed.

Then he looked at the girl in his arms sleeping peacefully under his spell. She was covered in dust, soaked by the rain, still shivering in her sleep. But somehow she still looked... beautiful.

No she was trouble, a trouble he had to get rid of immediately. To save both worlds. Just like he had always done.

She was the chaos.

Adrien put Ella on the ground when they finally reappeared in one of the parts of the jungle that had never been stepped on. The trees stood tall and thick, the frequent rain drops slid down gracefully from the various green leaves to fall on the narrow untraveled roads.

He took out his dagger, kneeled down right next to her. Lifted his dagger as her chest rose up and down with faint sounds of breathing.

"None of this was meant to happen...Ella."

He sighed deeply. Feeling a yearning that was deeper than everything he had felt before.

He had touched the one golden lock falling down on her once crystal white skin as she laid there in front of him wrapped in his dark cape under the tree that was hundreds of years old.

A yearning, one drop of good emotion he barely remembered from the times before he had seen the evil side of the world, that took all of his willpower to suppress.

"Water.." Ella suddenly started to mumble, her voice was barely audible. Yet he heard her, their faces were inches apart.

Adrien froze in his place. His dagger fell from his hand landing softly on the land covered by wet grass and rotten leaves. He leaned down to swiftly pick it up.His spell was designed to keep her asleep unless he said otherwise, but she had already overcome the effect.

Ella finally opened her eyes. To see her biggest enemy on top of her. So she did the only thing she could think of with the shock.
Screamed at the top of her lungs. Adrien closed her mouth instinctively. She started moving frantically trying to get away from him. But again he was too strong for her especially after the last 3 days she had spent in the dungeon.

"Ella stop. Look, I will let you go but you have to promise you won't scream like that again." She quickly nodded.

"Don't ever touch me again." She said with a cold voice.

Soon she was finally free from his hands, sitting while holding her legs in a protective way her back against the tree, drinking the water that was created with magic without having any idea.

Adrien was walking up and down while still staying under the wide branches of the tree as if he was trying to keep himself from hurting Ella or...

"Why am I with you?" Ella was the one to break the silence.