Her Heart, His obsession

127. His Passion for Truth

Athena was frustrated. She was twisting and turning on her bed wide awake. The sound of thunder and lightening had woken her up in the middle of the night and now she was finding it hard to sleep. She could cast a spell on herself to sleep but she didn't like to do that because that meant a dreamless sleep.

She gave up on getting more sleep. Sunrise was still hours away and she was thinking hard about what to do to occupy herself. She got up from her bed and looked around the room for something to do. As her eye caught the door, she got an idea. Maybe she could use this time she had for exploring the castle by herself. Dante had refused to give her a tour.

She opened her door and stepped outside. The door closed by itself and Athena found herself greeted by total darkness. She turned around and somehow managed to find the door handle but she couldn't open the door. it was locked now. She sighed " She had locked herself out." She tried spell after spell to get some light but it was useless. This castle only responded to Dante as the most powerful warlock of his Ronas bloodline. Only powerful Ronas speciallty spells could help her.

Suddenly after a few minutes of waiting in one place, light appeared. She found herself surrounded by burning candles which were all suspended in air hovering around her. The candles started moving forward as though trying to direct her into a certain direction down the corridor. She walked with the candles across a long corridor and walked down a set of stairs. She didn't know how many levels she went down until the candles directed her onto another corridor.

Athena felt Dante's presence nearby. Just as she thought about this, the candles stopped in front of a door. Athena gasped as the door opened by itself and a force pulled her inwards. She then found herself in the most unlikely place, Dante's arms.

She was being held by Dante bridal style in the middle of a room that she could only describe as a green house. As far as she could see everywhere was covered in flowers. So this was where he was growing his flowers. The room was so massive, it's limits were not visible. It was the biggest room she had ever seen.

As Athena was admiring the scenery and had totally forgotten who was holding her, his husky voice made her shiver " I see you are used to my touch already. You didn't even try to push me away when I pulled you inside and held you. A major improvement in this relationship finally."

Athena tried to deny it "I was just relieved that you found me. I thought I was going to be lost. What's with the darkness? Now put me down Dante."

Dante put Athena down and narrowed his eyes at her " Actually about that, what possessed you to leave your room without telling me? Your room is in the highest tower which is a tower out of bounds for all inhabitants of this castle. No one can enter it and no one can leave it too unless I demand it. I have put you there deliberately. As I said, navigating through this castle is only under my control. I haven't permitted you to walk around on any of the floors in this castle freely so you won't be able to teleport any where or reach any chambers unless I demand it."

Athena sighed " Why? Don't you trust me enough? You actually think I would runaway. Don't you?"

Dante nodded " Of course I don't trust you. Do you have to ask that? I am not going to trust you until we have a holy reunion in a marriage ceremony."

Athena sounded hurt " Never mind. Why are you awake so early in the morning anyway?"

Dante spoke " I don't think my sleeping schedule is of your concern, my love. Not yet anyways. When we get married, then you can ask such questions. But right now, I don't think you have earned my trust enough for me to tell you what i do with my time."

Athena was frustrated " Our relationship is a two way portal. Remember. You said it once yourself."

Dante challenged " Athena, do you really want to go there? From what I recall, you were the one who left me in that cabin on the first night that we met. And I was the one who kept summoning you and messaging you in the time after that."