“Would it have changed your answer?” He said coyly, giving me a dazzling smile as he strode on by.
“No. I still needed you to heal my brother. I hope you have done so.”
“Once we are married, then he will be healed,” he said casually.
I stood upright as I realised the severity of his words. I assumed he would take my word as binding. As the promise it was,
and heal Norok already. How long would it take for us to be wed and then for him to heal Norok? Would Norok know where I
disappeared to? Perhaps Mother and Father were already out searching for me.
“And wh-when will that be?” I asked, my voice shaking.
He took a few more steps away and sat down by a large fountain. It seemed very similar to the one in the city square of the
Goddess of Light. This one, however, had a man, who climbed up her, clinging to her waist as she cupped one side of his face,
while her other hand reached outwards, towards the skies. Both their expressions were tortured—sad. As if there were some
heart-breaking love story behind them both.
“Shall we say, in four week’s time?”
“You wish to wait that long? Here I thought you were desperate for me,” I teased as I sat next to him.
He was sure to keep some space between us as he shifted a little away and swallowed hard. My hands rested on my lap
while I took in everything else I could see. I knew this would be the place I would run to when I wished to escape. Along with
the library, I would use these two places to hide away from the world and all of the court's eyes. Feeling lighter on my
shoulders, now that the marriage to Dorian was no longer looming over my head.
“Did you think I would marry you right away? Ornella, I have many things in mind for you. But first, I must woo you into
submission,” he said calmly.
“Submission?” I demanded a little harsher than I’d intended.
He turned towards me, resting one knee up onto the fountain and with both hands, he pulled me close, closing the gap
between us. The gap he only just created. As his hands trailed down my waist, my hips then to my thighs I felt a sudden flutter
of butterflies in the pit of my stomach along with a heat rise between my legs.
He leaned his face closer to mine, bending down to brush his nose against my cheek. His breath was warm against my skin.
My heart raced behind my ribcage. I released a shaky breath and swallowed hard.
“When I am done with you, you will only know my name as I make you reach points within your mind and body you didn’t
know existed.”
My mouth watered as he whispered in my ear, his hands gripping my thighs. He shifted again, bringing both his legs to
straddle either side of the fountain. He pulled me even closer, bringing me until I was almost sitting in his lap.
“When you are my wife, I will show you things no other woman has even seen before. I meant when I said I’d devour you