Mi Amor

Chapter 14 - Pillow Fights

"Beautiful creatures you and me. Every time that we touch it's dangerous, this spark is more than chemistry." ~ Little Mix.

Reynah POV

"Are you hurt?" Alessio asked, scanning my figure for any injuries. When he found none he pulled me tightly into his chest again and breathed in my scent. Unconsciously, my grip on him tightened when I felt him letting go of me and instead walked towards the shattered window.

"What are you doing?" I asked cautiously, fearing another arrow would suddenly shoot into the room again.

"They must've left by now and I've already mind-linked my guards to track them down- you're safe"

"You know who did this?" It came out as more of a statement than a question.

But all I received from him was silence as he stepped over the glass littering the floor and looked out the window. I followed his gaze as he walked to the other side of the room and easily pulled the arrow out of the wall.

"Alessio?"

Suddenly a loud vicious growl shook the room nearly giving me a concussion.

"What are you growling on about now?" I huff, rubbing my temples.

"Go to my room and don't leave until I say so."

"Your room? Wh-"

"Please Reynah. Go. I'll explain everything to you soon"

We both stared at each other, our eyes never wavering. But his steel eyes made me falter. I breathed out a sigh.

Damn it. Those stupid eyes!

"Fine but you better hurry up, otherwise I'm coming back" I didn't wait to see his reaction, walking out of the room to see two guards standing outside my room. I nodded in acknowledgment, to which they bowed in response.

I will never get used to that. I thought before entering Alessio's room.

Alessio's room practically enveloped me with his scent as I sat on his couch, waiting for him.

What am I? A dog? Oh.

I could feel my eyelids grow heavy, the exhaustion kicking in from my lack of sleep. I shook my head, attempting to keep myself awake. This cycle continued for a good ten minutes before I heard the door open.

Finally.

Alessio looked slightly alarmed when a pillow smacked right on his face.

Damn. That was a pretty good shot if I do say so myself.

"Took you long enough, I was about to fall asleep."

Alessio alarmed expression faded when he saw me sitting on the couch.

"Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I've got good aim right?"

"You're not answering the question"

"I did, I wanted to have a pillow fight, you're not being a good sport, you know?"

"Really?"

"...I was waiting for you."

"You didn't need to do that mi amor, come on, let's go to sleep" He replied, he held out his hand waiting for me to take it and I did, as I let him walk me to his bed with no resistance. I would never admit it to him, but I was scared shitless of what had just conspired in my room, and the last thing I wanted right now was to be alone.

We got into the bed and I pulled the warm covers over me.

"Are you going to tell me what just happened?"

"Not tonight mi amor, you need to get some rest"

"How can I go to sleep after I nearly got shot by an ar-" His low growl cut me off.

"Don't say that again"

"Well it's true isn't it? I mean you don't just see an arrow fly past you everyday, merely missing your head. A few inches more and I would have been dead meat. Maybe four inches? I mean I've been to war before but I was in my fucking pajamas for Goddesses's sake! Can you imagine if the arrow didn't miss? I've always said I wanted a quick death, you know? Maybe by an instant car collision - something like that - not that I actually want to die that way, but an arrow, absolutely not. Never - it'd be awful, slowly bleeding to death like that. It'd be everywher-

I heard a low growl emit from Alessio, cutting my rambling short. Next thing I know, he's pulling me onto his lap.

"You're not going to die, I just found you. I will never allow that to happen." Those damn eyes were staring at me again.

"Oh what, so you have the power to control when I die too now? Do I look like some puppet to you?"

"You can tell me when you're scared mi amor, it's okay to be scared" Alessio spoke lightly. I was always terrible at hiding my feelings but for some reason I was glad that I didn't have to pretend anymore.

I didn't reply back to him, instead I leaned back and let my head rest on his chest, his arms wrapping around my waist holding me in place. Feeling safe I relaxed in his arms.

God am I hearing myself? That sounded so cheesy

"Let's get some sleep love, tomorrow's going to be a busy day"

"Busy?, how much 'busy' are we talking about?"

"You'll just have to wait and see in the morning"

"I hate when you do that you know?" At my comment, Alessio let out a chuckle.

"I know"

I honestly didn't have the energy to interrogate him further, I felt my eyelids get heavier but this time I allowed myself to fall asleep in Alessio's arms. I felt Alessio adjust our position so my head was comfortably placed on a pillow, and his arms pulling me closer, my back now against his chest. Sleep consumed me but I still felt a light kiss on my forehead, the sparks surprised me though I should be used to them by now.

I need to stop letting him do things like this. I can't let myself fall for him.

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Hey my musketeers! I am so incredibly sorry about not updating last week, my exams have been piling up and I've been a mess but I'm back and so I excited to write some more chapters for you all! I promise the storyline will start picking up starting next chapter and hopefully you'll like it. Thank you so much for giving this book a chance and please vote and comment. <3