Chapter 32: Venomous Kiss
“We saw the bodies of those people Arlow, I see no need for you to explain yourself to me.” Adryan critically warned in a calm tone, causing Sir Arlow to bow his head in apology as he had no idea his act of clarity would end up displeasing his highness.
It was their secret and he made the mistake of mentioning it, but he didn’t want to become a suspect to his highness else he could be killed too.
Annalise on the other hand tried not to gape at what she just heard, forcing her mind to become clear and not get overshadowed by the fog. Her gaze remained transfixed on the both of them as she remained at her spot, not caring if she would be seen or not as what rampaged in her mind took control of her senses.
So... so all this was actually Adryan’s and Sir Arlow’s plan? To get rid of her??
Her expression was more like someone who just had the worst nightmares of her life, she didn’t want to believe it and shook her head in skepticism, unwilling to believe that Adryan could be part of something as hypocritical as this.
Sir Arlow’s intention didn’t come as a surprise to her but Adryan did. She would never have suspected that Adryan would have a hand in this cause after Calista, he was the second person she trusted most in Euphrasia. He always sheltered her and was also the reason why she’s alive till this day so seeing his mask being unveiled before her broke her heart in ways one couldn’t possibly imagine.
He was supposed to be her friend, how could he do this to her???
.....
Annalise couldn’t help but feel betrayed by someone she trusted the most, but his reasons for doing this were still unknown to her. Why would he want to get rid of her? They didn’t have any issues before he left so why would he do this? If he really planned all this then why did he respond to Calista’s message when she told him about her predicament??
With the anger boiling inside of her due to those unanswered questions, she was not only tempted to go out there and slap him back to his senses in case he left it at the neighboring kingdom he visited, but she wanted to know why he did all this.
He claimed to love her, he cared for her and then betrayed her like this?? Was this the love he so claimed to have for her?? Wasn’t he concerned about how she’d feel?
Her fists clenched tightly by her side and she felt stabbed in the back. If it wasn’t for Calista, she would have probably been dead by now, thinking Adryan was coming to help her and the thought of it suddenly made her feel foolish.
“Your highness.” Bryan suddenly showed up, causing Anna to finally hide away as he approached Adryan.
He bowed politely before raising his head up, “his majesty wants you back at the palace, the new swords has just been made and it’ll be a good tryout if we test it on demons.” He informed, causing Adryan’s serious Amber eyes to finally glint in amusement.
“The swords have arrived already?”
“And many other weaponry, but the sword seems to be special, a valerian sword if I’m not mistaken.” He added, causing Adryan and Sir Arlow to exchange looks that showed their cluelessness.
“Very well, we’ll come back here another day.”
Annalise shook her head in disagreement, at this point she no longer cared if she would be caught or not, but he has to answer to her questions and why he of all people would do this to her.
Already stepping out of her hiding place, a hand suddenly seized her arm with a quick grasp, unceremoniously drawing her back and into the other side of the bushes where she’d be out of sight to the Euphrasia guards.
“Ah!”
Annalise yelped at the unexpected action and before she got a chance to recover from that unexpected hold, she was backed against a tree with Roshan standing right before her.
Her big eyes turned round yet again at his unforseen presence, her heartbeat immediately picked up speed and its thumping sound didn’t miss his ear, but he barely reacted, more like he was forcing himself not to react.
“R... Roshan??” The surprise and shock were both evident in her tone as she was left to stare into those Hazel-green eyes of his, he was dressed in a royal attire that he suddenly looked a bit different to her, like the dark prince she had predicted in her head earlier but an unknown fear equally gripped her heart. His aura became much worse as he stared with so much intensity in his eyes.
“W_why are you here?” She stammered but he suddenly leaned towards her against the tree, causing her to shrink away as though she could disappear from his sight and from his overbearing aura, nearly forgetting about the betrayal she got today.
She was already filled with enough rage at the moment and he just interrupted her only chance of ever getting the truth from Adryan. She was hurt but instead, her heartbeat seemed to be focusing on Roshan and the looks he kept giving her.
She watched his seductive gaze slowly land on her lips before retracting back to meet her stare.
“To take what’s mine.” He responded and it sounded so foreign to her ears as she blinked in confusion, take what’s his?? What could that....
Before she got a chance to make up her thoughts, his lips were already on hers, causing the confused and disoriented Anna to go still against the tree like someone who just got electrocuted. Her eyes widening to the point it looked no different from the eyes of an owl.
Her heart thundered in her ribcage the moment his soft lips forced it way into parting her lips and deftly sliding his tongue in without restraint.
Only then did Anna regain herself and her heart was instantly filled with a sense of disgust with the fact he was actually kissing her. How dare he do this????
She tried to push him off with all her might, her sounds of disapproval were muffled in-between the unexpected kiss, causing it to sound like a sweet moan to his ears and he took it even deeper.
The more she resisted and tried to squirm from his trap, the more chances he got to savage the inside of her mouth with his tongue. He could feel the heat escaping from her body despite her being so reluctant to give in and his mind was immediately filled with how soft and kissable her lips were. He wanted more and kissed her without realizing how possessive his kisses were starting to become.
Annalise stopped struggling when he pulled her body to his like a magnet, forcing her hands to land on his chest and she could only close her eyes tightly, she wanted to catch her breath but barely got the chance to.
She was immediately overwhelmed by the anger and strange flutters building inside of her, she didn’t realize that her eyelids were starting to become heavier the more he kissed her.
Soon enough, her body was starting to grow weak, she didn’t have the strength to fight him off and wanted to even take out her sword, but her body wasn’t cooperating with her senses anymore.
Slowly and slowly, her energy seeped from her system with each passing second and just like he realized it too, he slowly pulled back as well.
He met her stare and she looked weak like he had expected, he saw the rage in her eyes, but she was too weak to even vent them.
“What did you.....”
“Shhh.” He softly silenced her when he sensed she was about to say something.
“Don’t fight it.” His tone sounded somewhat different to her ears and her eyelids dropped again, why was she suddenly dizzy? What did he do to her??
Without getting an answer to those questions, she instantly lost consciousness in his arms, causing a look of triumph to glisten in the eyes of Roshan as he swiftly picked her up.
Just like before, he was once again covered with a dark light swirling around him and once it faded, he was nowhere to be seen.
Neither was Annalise.
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