*Theo*

Chapter 19: Who Lifted the Curse?

“Mom… Mama….”

The girl kept crying out in her sleep, sometimes for her mother, other times for her father. I thought it was a good thing that she was at least speaking, even if she seemed to be having nightmares while she rested.

go?

It was a long night, but I stayed with her.

After all, she was asleep in my bed. Where else would I

Sitting next to her, I did my best to keep her calm, but it was difficult, and as the night wore on, I began to grow rather weary myself.

“Daddy!” she shouted, flinging both arms up into the air. “Daddy-no!”

“It’s all right, Ciana,” I said, smoothing her hair back and trying to get her to stop moving her arms so wildly. “It’s just a dream. You’re okay.”

“Daddy, please! No!”

The way she was crying out, I thought perhaps her father or her mother had done something awful to her at some point in time. But other times, the things she said made it seem like someone was hurting her parents.

I knew it had to all be just dreams, but it was all very dis- turbing, even for me.

I didn’t know how to explain what I was feeling. When she was awake, the things that she did, the words that she said just made me want to throw her out of the window some- times, so shouldn’t I be happy that she wasn’t able to bother me at this moment?

Yet, I didn’t like to see her so upset. I didn’t like hearing her cry out like that. Perhaps it was because she was still too noisy. So… I smoothed her hair and whispered to her, “Hey, it’s all right….”

Her lips were chapped, probably because she hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for a while. I didn’t want her to get sick. I did need her blood after all. I took a glass of water and slowly dripped it into her mouth, being careful not to choke her.

She seemed to be awake enough to swallow at least. I managed to get a little bit of water down her, which helped her fall back to sleep for a short while until she started wig- gling again in her nightmares.

After a few rounds of this, even I was exhausted. I sat down on the edge of my bed next to her and closed my eyes. just to get a few minutes of rest.

But my mind was busy with thoughts of everything that had gone on that night. Luther… or whoever the hell that was- what did he want?

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And Ciana. What could I do to wake her up?

“Mama?” Ciana’s voice brought me out of my attempt to

sleep. I leaned over and looked at her. Moonlight steamed over her face, her hair reflecting the light and creating a soft glow around her.

Now that I had the chance to actually appreciate her fa- cial features, I had to say, she really was strikingly gorgeous. Even through my gloves, I could tell her skin was smooth like porcelain, and it went really well with her bright blue eyes… when they were open.

Perhaps what made her even more appealing was the fact that she didn’t seem stuck up about how pretty she was at all,

unlike most of the other candidates.

“No, no…” Ciana moaned again. “Somebody, help!”

I hated to see her this way. Because… I was worried about her blood, of course.

“It’s all right. You’

turned on her side so that she was facing me, and when she did so, she bit down on her pink lips, the ones that I had kissed… I

This was wrong… I

have done

she was putting on a show? Or maybe

the berry

truly was… foolish. She

at some point while she was thrashing. I

her.

you to

“Water…” she muttered.

and leaned down to gently press my lips to hers. They

After pushing

her.

the fuck

*Ciana*

Something was different….

shouldn’t have been in. My head ached, and my body felt stiff as I turned around to try to figure out where

and someone else was laying next

his forehead. His perfectly sculptured face was so close that I could feel his warm breath

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between his brow, I couldn’t deny how strikingly handsome he was. If only he

Wait, wait, wait!

This was… Prince Theo!

awake immediately,

back to me.

been kidnapped. I’d chased after her. Theo had

him. What

sure I was still dressed and was thankful to see I had the same clothes on as I’d been wearing when I chased after

like that had happened. I let out a breath of relief and immediately felt my face heated from even having

wasn’t like Theo

I was able to breathe freely

wasn’t a comfortable position for him to sleep in, and

me the whole night when I was

royal actually took care of a lowly commoner like me the entire night? I wanted to

have asked someone else to do that… oh, right. It

still felt a flow of warmth run through my heart. Maybe he wasn’t really as

moment, I grabbed the blanket to cover him. As

touch any of your belongings!” I explained, remembering the last time. when he was mad when

Instead, he was gazing at me, a

“Your Highness?”

then leaned up so that he was resting on one arm. His brow furrowed as if

for

“Yes, I know you’re awake.

supposed to be?” I didn’t know

of what had happened to

healer said you wouldn’ t be able to wake

The good news was that I seemed fine now, although I had no idea how that might’ve come to pass. “I don’t know,” was the best I could

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