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.

nodded, picking out the dress. I was bad

be this glamoured for

he says, and again he gives

off my clothes to put on the dress, and Axel turried his attention

to hide,” I said, despite

dress is creepy, and I wouldn’t want to, except… ‘you‘ want me to,” he

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I did mind; even if he had seen it all, I still felt self–conscious. Slowly Axel turned to me, his eyes on my face as I put on the

look?” I asked him, and his eyes trailed down

says. “I think you are

heart skips a

good looking too,” I complimented, trying to act all calm, but inside… inside I wasn’t very calm; I just wasn’t used to getting compliments like this.

me 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

Thane know about this surprise?”

is very aware,” Axel responded, and with that, he led me out of our room. The trip down the stairs was the hardest, and I was grateful that

beautif the moon shone brightly above us, and the moon was full too; maybe

Axel stopped.

“What?”

you to move any faster,” he explains, and with that, he

woods in the middle of the

I will harm you?”

but this is

I couldn’t help but feel the slight sting; the woods never felt like ‘home‘ to me, and maybe because I was just like… humans, after all,

this surprise you have for me is in the woods?” I

lot of questions; a few more minutes, and you would

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