Chapter 26 Do Not Test Me Again
“My… room?” I was immediately wary.
“Pack up, and we need to get going.”
I let out a breath of relief….
What was I worried about? Theo had no interest in me as a woman. He only wanted my blood.
However, his words still made my heart catch in my throat. By going, he meant back to the palace, of course. He was taking me back. Despite the fact that I didn’t want to marry him, and he most certainly didn’t want to marry me, he was going to drag me back to the castle-when I was trying to get back to my pack lands where I could check on my people.
“Lead the way, Ciana.” He gestured toward the stairs.
I said nothing, only climbed the stairs as quickly as I could.
The room I’d shared with Warren was unlocked. The moment I walked in, I missed him already. I’d had such a heart-felt discussion with him not long ago, and I’d anticipated a nice journey with him, where we could get to know one another even better.
Now, all of that was ruined, thanks to Prince Theo.
But there was one thing I was right about. Theo wouldn’t harm me. It had been proven again and again. As long as he hadn’t gotten his dreamberry, he would have to keep me intact.
With that, I felt a little more secure about my own life and was willing to push the boundaries if I felt the need to.
Sulking, I went over to the dresser and began shoving items into my bag, trying not to mutter under my breath. The window was open, and a breeze wafted in, making the hair on my arms stand on end. I needed to get my emotions under control.
Raising my eyes, I looked at Theo, who was standing behind me, an irritated look on his face as he glared at the bed.
“Did that mattress do something to offend you, Your Highness? Or is that scowl just a permanent fixture on your face?” I had to let my negative emotions out somehow, right?
He lifted his eyes and met my gaze in the mirror, a frown on his face.
I couldn’t help but smirk as I turned around, my bag packed. “What? You don’t like it when people are honest with you, do you? You want everyone to walk around telling you how lovely it is for you to treat them so terribly?”
speaking was overridden by
looked down at me, judging me, as if he were the most virtuous person in the world. “I
go ahead and accuse me of being a whore, Your Highness? Is
only stared at me. His lips pressed tightly
time we arrived here, no thanks to you and the lovely accommodations of your dungeon. You might want
repeated the word in such a way that I couldn’t tell if he didn’t
endearing if I wasn’t fully aware that there was only one thing the
all.” I cocked my head to the side and made a face
lot of empathy for the woman who tried to stab me in my own garden and ran away with my
to accuse me of trying to kill you, but you know, it’s just plain wrong for you to
snuck down into my dungeon and released a prisoner of mine? Yes, he seems quite loyal.” He took a step
more and more scared of him by the moment, but I also felt a tingling sensation deep in my gut, one I seemed to
was trying to help me because he is a kind man. You could learn a thing or two from
like he couldn’t figure out how I’d managed to live this long without pissing off the wrong person. “No one talks to me the way that you
the faded blue carpet between my feet. “Maybe… other people should.” Since I felt like my life wouldn’t be taken from me at that moment, it made me
hand taking hold of my chin and forcing me to look him in the eyes. He didn’t have to use much pressure to get me to comply, and when I looked
but it left me quivering. “If
let go; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been strong enough to free myself. “That’s right!” I said. “You can’t kill me. You need
his face
me- and how disgusting it
away. “I have no interest in arguing with
Maybe I am! But I’m an insane woman that you can’t touch because I have useful blood-or something like that.” He turned his back to me, which inspired me to continue to mouth off. “So… if you can’t kill
spun around and glared at me. His eyes narrowed, and his jaw
to mine and his hot breath blew on
was, his powerful and slender fingers were circling around my neck-they didn’t touch my skin, but I knew that if he squeezed, I’d be
he needed that berry? I didn’t
me.” I reminded him. “Not until after you use my blood. Otherwise, all of this lovely,
He leaned even closer, and our lips were almost touching. “Do not test me
don’t want to know what
he choked me or anything-it was just that I was so nervous that I held my
calm my racing heart when I heard a slithering sound. Then, I saw
and the snake took my greeting as an invitation and slithered his way
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