Serin was fed up by the drama until now. She was fed up by coming to this world, meeting Damen, meeting Asterin, with the evil Edurne and the Artemis who left her people behind and did not come back for the past two hundred years. Of course, she was not fed up by Forster's, because they were the one with her when she needed someone.
Serin gasped and turned back to place the dozens of dresses given by Asterin on the bed. She stood before a mirror and started watching herself with different clothes, by hanging them on her body with her hands. They were not too good but were also not too bad.
Serin was feeling like a princess and she wanted to spend her few more days there the same. She decided to give every dress a try whichever she got, as she could not get jeans and t-shirts to wear in this world. No one there was wearing such clothes, clothes there were of old Western-style like in France.
She chose a peach shimmery gown with cold-shoulder sleeves which looked fancy like the dress of her world and with a big long flare to wear. It was normal than the others. The others were looking like dresses to be worn in parties and weddings. Seerin put the remaining clothes inside the wardrobe and went towards the bathroom which was inside her room.
The bathroom was large as if it was another bedroom inside her bedroom. She kept looking at each and everything inside the bathroom with excitement. The fragrance inside the bathroom was attractive, the large white tub with white rose petals in it, different paste and liquids of different colours were kept in bowls, tiles and walls were made up of marbles, she kept admiring everything in detail.
The long warm water bath made her relax. Her stress and worries faded away for a while. She almost forgot for a while that she was not in her world and was lost in another world, known as Artemis. She lost herself for the moment for a very long time and then came out back into her reality when she entered back into the bedroom.
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It was going to be lunchtime soon and Serin didn't want to go downstairs. She knew that she would talk to anyone by mistake and will go against the rules of her punishment making Damen angry. Herself being alone in her bedroom, far away from the people, was what she thought would be right.
Serin locked herself inside the bedroom and stood beside the window, looking up at the clear blue sky. The mountains, forest and cold breeze touching her body which was coming inside the bedroom through windows made her calm down a little for some time.
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It was lunchtime now, everyone in the castle gathered around the large dining table. At one end of the table, Damen was sitting while on the other end, Asterin was seating, facing his brother. They all were waiting for the food and also for everyone to gather quickly in the dining room.
"Where is that human girl?", Damen crooked his eyebrows and asked. " Isn't she coming downstairs?"
Everyone looked at each other and then at Damen. No one had an answer, nobody has seen her since they got into their rooms. "Everyone can begin to eat", he said with a sigh. Sounds of spoons and knives began in the dining room. All of them were enjoying the lunch except Damen.
He did not touch his plate a little. He patiently sat there on the chair, with everyone, while thinking about Serin. As if she was getting on his nerves and he was tolerating her, by fidgeting his hands under the table, to avoid himself becoming annoyed.
Asterin read his mind, she understood why wasn't his brother eating and glaring towards the glass continuously in anger. She waited for everyone to finish their lunch and go back to their rooms. It's a rule that the prince can't leave the table unless his guests finish their food. And it doesn't matter whether the prince is eating or not. And the guests in the castle were Forster's and witches.
No one dared to ask their prince what happened, why was he not eating? Because they all know, results would be worst. As Asterin wanted, everyone ate their lunch and went back to their rooms. Damen was still sitting on his place, busy in his thoughts.
"Damen, go talk to her. It is not good for your health to keep things with yourself", She said while walking towards his side. " But don't dare to harm her"
And by saying this, she disappeared in the air. Damen took a deep breath before walking towards Serin's bedroom. He was slightly confused, also he was angry. Confused for why didn't she showed up and angry because she was not following her rules of punishment.
For Damen, she should be everywhere with everyone. And being like that, she shouldn't talk to anyone. In his way, this was his punishment. But for Serin, it was better if she locks herself in the room. So that she would less communicate with others and stay away from more problems.
Damen took a tray and filled it with a soup bowl, a plate of a bun, a plate of meat and a plate of rice with spoons, forks, and knives in the side and a glass filled with water. It didn't take time for him to reach near the door of her bedroom on the third floor. He walked fast like an air, balancing everything well in his hands.
He knocked on her door, he got no response. He again knocked twice, but no response. His one eyebrow crooked up into puzzlement. He decided to call out her name more twice before unlocking the door. He shouted and banged his hands on her door, but still, she did not open it.
Damen's anger continued increasing and increasing, thinking that she was ignoring him despite the punishment. He did not think that she would be not well or in any trouble but thought that she ignored her. He kicked his leg hard on the door and opened it. And yes he was right, Serin was ignoring him.
She was laying on the bed, cuddling herself with blankets and closed her eyes to let him think that she is sleeping. He thought she was acting and stormed inside the room, he kept the tray on the table beside a couch and walked towards her bed. His blood was boiling with anger.
Damen stopped right on his place when he went on the opposite side of the bed to take a better look of her face. She was glowing, her face was glowing with beauty, her body was glowing with the beautiful peach dress on it. Her large eyelash felt on her light pink tint cheeks, and her pink plump lips on her white pale face, made her look like a real sleeping doll.
He didn't realise when his normal heartbeats changed into abnormal ones. They were skipping beats on his chest, making sweat appear on his forehead, also his lips went dry. All his anger, for the first time in his life, calmed down, only by looking at someone, that too a girl.
He was feeling himself as if he was being attracted to her, taking small steps towards her slowly. In his life of more than 200 years, this was his first time to be attracted towards a female. He never liked looking at any, because no one felt attracted to him. He was a single prince all these years, and girls falling for him, made his attitude touch the skies.
Serin thought that Damen might have left the room. The silence was filled in the room, making her think like that but she didn't know that the prince was standing right beside her and leaning close to her face without even knowing what was he doing.
Serin sighed while closing her eyes and immediately woke up to sit on her bed with a grin. But her grin changed into a confused look and eyes widened when her lips touched something cushion soft against it. Damen finally came back to his senses and stopped right on his place.
Their both lips touched each other when Serin tried to sit on the bed. They both froze on their place, their lips connected. Their gaze was stuck into each other's eyes, Damen's eyes colour began changing. They turned to electric blue and Serin kept looking at his eyes as if they were the most attractive thing in this world.
Both of them turned red, and after a few moments then both pulled back immediately when they finally understood what just happened. Both of them began looking everywhere else but not at each other's face, in embarrassment. "Pri-prince", Serin discreetly bowed before him in respect as he said her to do.
Damen wanted to let go of the embarrassment, so he tried to change the topic. He went towards the table, picked up the tray and stood before her. "Why did not you came downstairs? This is the lunch, eat it", he said, placing the tray beside her and taking the blanket away from her body.
The prince shouldn't have done this thing, it revealed her milky white bare legs under the blanket. Serin has a bad habit to sleep while taking her pants and dress up to her knees to sleep comfortably. Except for the embarrassment to be gone, it grew more and more.
Serin quickly covered her legs with her dress and looked down in embarrassment. Her cheeks turned tomato red now. Damen's jaw dropped on his actions and he facepalmed. "I- I'm sorry", he apologized. And this time she was Serin whose blood began boiling in anger.
"Prince, I know- I should respect you. But right now- you are not in a stage- to be respected. If I do anything wrong to you in the coming days, don't blame me. I'll become- more worst, and I won't care- if you kill me then in punishment ", Serin said, her anger was showing off through her each word.
She clenched her jaw before looking up at him. "You liked it didn't you?", Damen said teasing her. Yes, he was ashamed by what happened right now, but he also enjoyed it. At last, he is a boy, and their pervertness is always hidden somewhere within them.
"You!", Serin clenched her fists and looked around to throw something on his face. Her eyes caught the glass, full of water. And without wasting any second, she grabbed it and splash the water on his face.
Damen chuckled and picked up the same blanket which covered Serin before, and wiped his face. "What a pervert are you?", She growled. "Why was I so stupid to not keep a punishment for you if you break any?"
"That's the foolishness of you, it's not my problem", Damen said with a smirk on his face. "You are stuck in your punishment, so now be quiet until I'm, and eat the food". Damen began making his way out of the room.
"You. Freaking. IDIOT! GO DIE!", Serin yelled and threw a jar of light on him. Before the jar would hit the back of his head, he caught it with his one hand and turned back. "I hate you", she yelled again. Within the blink of her eyes, he was standing next to her, glaring at her with his dark eyes.
"Stay away from me, or I'll kill you Mr Prince!", she spat, standing right before him. "Take your food back with you, I'm not eating anything", her each word were reflecting anger from her.
"Eat the food, or I'll do something bad to you that you will regret all your life", he growled, taking a step forward towards her. "Be quiet, and eat like a good girl"
"What will you do if I won't?", she said taking a step forward towards him as he did, but she was angry. "What huh? What will you do?".
Serin stopped right on her place when Damen took his hands in front from his back. His hands were holding the same jar in his hands, but instead of the light, there was a giant black spider inside it. "The most dangerous spider of Artemis", he snickered while looking at the jar. "It won't let you sleep for days, it won't leave your body, it will stick to you for weeks. You don't fear to die, what about spending your days with him? Isn't it more worst than your death? His one bite will give you pain, which won't go away for months. Isn't it good?"
Serin froze on her place, cold sweat formed on her forehead. Thinking about the ugly giant spider, sent shivers down her spine in fear. She gulped hard and took steps back from Damen, while Damen began walking towards her.