Chapter Seventy Eight
Chapter Seventy Eight
There’s a knock on the door, and I’m awoken from a very peaceful slumber.
It was Axel.
“Why are you here so early?” I questioned
“It’s actually very late, close to midnight, and you’ve slept long enough,” he says, letting himself in.
That’s when I noticed something different about him; it was his dressing. Don’t get me wrong, Axel was always good–looking and in the right dress, but a white well–fitting dress shirt paired with dark grey chinos was unlike him.
“Uhmm, was the occasion?”
“Is a surprise?” he says.
“I don’t like surprises.‘
“Trust me, this one you will like,” he says, deliberately imitating Thane.
“I trust you, so this must be good,” I say, heading towards the door.
“Where are you going?”
“You said you have a surprise for me?” I questioned, giving him a pointed look.
“Not dressed like that; you look good, but maybe a bit more effort.”
“You’ve never been bothered about my dressing.”
“You will thank me later for this,” he says, and I huff.
is better.” Axel said, and I nodded, picking out the dress. I was bad at this, so
to be this glamoured
this is appreciated,” he says, and again
his attention to the wall, like it
to hide,” I said, despite
and I wouldn’t
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all, I still felt self–conscious. Slowly Axel turned to me, his
him, and his eyes trailed down my
“I
skips a
calm, but inside… inside I wasn’t very calm; I just wasn’t
to straighten my hair and apply the slightest makeup–I never really believed I needed that. I slipped on a pair of nude heels, and I was ready.
this
me out of our room. The trip down the stairs was the hardest, and I was grateful that there were fewer people present. It was late, so we were most likely to see more of the soldiers and
pack house, I felt more relieved. The air was cold and nice, beautif the moon shone brightly above us, and the moon was
Axel stopped.
“What?”
move any faster,” he explains,
Why are we going into the woods in the middle of the
will harm you?”
this is creepy.”
the woods can’t be creepy. Maybe to the humans it could be “he says, and though he wasn’t implying it, I couldn’t help but feel the slight sting;
you have for me is in the woods?” I asked, brushing off the
few more minutes, and
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