Red Haze

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

It was not his intention to let her freeze on the floor. Well, at least for the whole night. He was pretty sure that she would burst and demand a better sleeping place. It would help in diminishing some of her strong pride but his action only made him guilty as she struggled to fall asleep throughout the night. Yet, Lucian was unable to do anything obvious that would give him away.
When sleep came to her, it was almost 2 hours later but she was still slightly trembling in her sleep.

Unable to take it anymore, he carefully lifted her and tucked her into his bed. He carefully walked out of the room so he wouldn't accidentally wake her up.

" My lord, there is something you should see," his sire mind linked him.

Lucian sighed. And here he was hoping for a peaceful day to spend it with Amelia. " I'm coming, "

When he arrived at the outskirt of his territory, he was more than enraged. The smell was sweetly pungent. It was blood. Of his own people. They were massacred and their bodies were scattered around like ragged dolls. It was a horrifying scene. The grass and trees were painted in crimson red and a particular body seemed to be even in a worse shape. Her body showed obvious signs of torture. Her arm was dislocated and long deep cuts were all over her. In her little bloody fist, there was a crumpled piece of paper that said;

Royals be warned
For your kind will soon be gone.

P/s: Is the sleeping beauty still asleep?

A wave of anger and nausea washed all over him.

Amelia

All he wanted to do was to murder all those who dared to lay a finger on her in cold blood. At the same time, he wanted to stay with her forever and bring her somewhere far away from any danger.

" AMELIA, " he called out as soon as he opened the front door of his mansion.

When she didn't reply, his heart was hammering against his ribcage. Adrenaline rushed through his veins. An unknown fear was growing in the pit of his stomach. The smell of her was faint. As if she left the place awhile ago.

He dashed up to the room as fast as his long legs could take him but his thoughts were running faster than his legs in his mind.

Where are you?
Please be here.
Are you okay?
Amelia
Amelia

" AMELIA, " he called out again when he slammed his bedroom door opened.

" Huh? What? " There she was. Oblivious to everything that just happened. Her hair was wet and cascading down her shoulders.

A shower.
A shower.
A friggin shower.

That was why she couldn't hear him and he barely got a hint of her smell. It was washed away by a sweet lavender smell. If he wasn't in such a nervous-wrecked state, he would have heard the shower in use and the sweet scent of lavender lingering around. All of the sudden, he was afraid. With her, he could barely function properly and the thoughts of losing her sent cold chills down his entire body.

No, he will never lose her.
He will never let that happen.

" Dude... you in there? " Amelia waved her hands innocently at him.

He smiled genuinely in centuries. At that moment, he forgot about the differences in them. He forgot that they were prey and predator. He forgot to remain cool in front of her. He forgot about his little game with her. He forgot about everything and everyone else. All he was feeling at that time was relief. He wrapped his arms around her, taking in her sweet scent of lavender from her hair shampoo.

" Ti Amo troppo," he softly whispered.

He relished this moment greatly until he felt her entire body stiffen.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

It finally dawned on him. Why the hell must he say that he loves her too much!

He put on his cold mask on again before releasing her. He hoped she would let this slide off if he used the -Im-messing-around card again.

" Yes? " he plastered a smirk on his face.

He was expecting quite a few reaction like shocked, anger and being ridiculed but he certainly didn't her reaction coming.

It was fear.

The fear in her eyes was crystal clear.

Why the fear?

Taken back completely, Lucian totally lost his ability of speech " Wha... I.. uh.. ,"

They stared at each other in confusion.

" What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Lucian tried to loosen the tension up.

" What can I say? I don't speak Italian, signore, " To his surprise and relief, Amelia actually replied.

" Awww.. Then you must have missed my declaration of love. Pity. Pity. ," Lucian wanted to make sure that Amelia had no doubts about it.

" Such a pity. I would have swooned with your spell "

Lucian' eyes twinkled with mischief.
" Oh really? Wanna take a risk, girl? "

Her eyes light up just like his. " My life's all about taking risk, boy"

He inched dangerously closer.

" A kiss," his voice dropped an octave.
A voice deep enough to make any girls drop to their knees.

" So shall it be, "

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