۞ XV ۞

OH, HE'S GOOD WITH HIS HANDS. Donna felt delighted with the massaged. "You helped me out tonight, so I don't see why not. And I didn't give you the dagger for you to kill yourself with it. I'll save two glasses, one for you and one for Gabriel, since he's also helping me and he's still in my room pretending that we're there!"

How amusin'. Is that ma' love into the Knight too? She seems to be slightly leanin' towards him. And both him and Lewis seem to be fightin' with one another with those deadly glares. "What's yer actual name, Sir?" Raye asked, throwing fuel to the fire.

"Timothy. Timothy Goldsmith, Mrs. Meadows!"

Timothy? I had no idea he such a beautiful name. "When did you start working for my family, Timothy?" We are past the honorific phase are we not? "I don't really recall it."

Oh, did she kept calling me Knight because she didn't know my name? She could just have asked me. "I was 18, Princess!"

Donna licked her lips, looking at him from head to toe, "And how old are you now, Timothy?"

"I'm 23, Princess," he smiled at her. Hah, the kid doesn't seem to have made a good job in that room if she's giving me those horny eyes now. I would have done better. Fuck. I think I'm hard again.

He's 23? Damn, he looks 26. Why did he had to have such a short age difference from her? And why is she looking at him like that? I don't like it. "So, you've been working in the Marquise for 5 years by now." Lewis tilted his head to the side. "You don't look like you're from around here though."

How old is this boy by the way? He looks younger than the Princess! "Yes. 5 years, seems like you know how to count," he provoked him. "And I'm not from here. I was from the Princess' uncle's territory. The neighbor County. Born and raised there, until a Knight from her house saw me when they were there and scouted me for the Knighthood of the Marquise, and I accepted. It was a better opportunity, since it was a stronger territory!"

"Ya seems strong. Havin' Spatial magic in the army might be very important, is not, kid?" Grover asked, as amused as his wife was with the drama unfolding in front of him.

"It is. It's one of the most powerful assets for the Knighthood, that's why I made the cut so easily," then he turned his eyes to Lewis who was visually annoyed by how his big hands were now caressing Donna's ankles, and she was clearly enjoying it. "What is your magic, kid?"

"Telekinesis," he exclaimed proudly, as he should.

Timothy couldn't hide his surprise, "Really? Interesting!" He could make a good Knight with that magic.

"Lewis's very strong," Donna exclaimed with her only eye closed. "He'll make a good Knight when my uncle takes over after I'm gone and bring my family with me."

"How old are you, Lewis?" Timothy asked with a grin.

He clenched his jaw, "17!" He's messing with me.

Oh, wow! Both Timothy and the couple seemed surprised, as they also didn't know his age yet. He's about 5 years younger than Donna, isn't he?

"When did you two starts dating?" He pressed.

Donna tilted her head softly, unaware of the fight going on in front of her, because of her. "We aren't dating. I couldn't do this to him. You date someone with marriage in mind, I have two days left to live, I don't have that luxury. It would be too mean to do that to him when I know the depth of his feeling for me!"

Donna, babe, Lewis looked at her sadly. He couldn't help but to feel sad at the constant reminded that she would be gone soon from their lives forever.

That's a thought weigh to carry, for a woman so young. For a Princess like her to carry, Timothy felt bad to making the questions, not imagining that she would give such a sad answer, and without even looking sad. She looked determined. "Let me ask again, then. Since when are you two together in this way?"

"Almost a week?" She tilted her head to the side. "Well, we go closer like this when he told me how he felt days ago. I knew it already, because he did a terrible job hiding it, but we couldn't really do anything," she shook her bracelet, "because I would have burned him to death without this to block my magic!"

Less than a week? She doesn't love him then. It's probably a passion that's uncontrolled. Like the first person we like. The first person to get us aroused. "How do you know, Princess?"

"Two years ago, I tried having something with a boy I met here in the village. Anthony. But I almost killed him before we could even kiss. Thankfully Karl was able to heal him in time, and he's good now, but I still feel a bit guilty. All because, without restriction, my Hell Fire gets dangerously out of control when I'm under a high quantity of sexual hormones. So, yes. Those feelings literally ignite me, and that's dangerous for whoever's with me!"

"Wow," Timothy gasped stunned. "So, that's why the first thing you did when I brought you here was to run and kiss the boy."

Boy? I'm an adult already. Bastard. Lewis clenched his teeth.

"Yes. I had to take advantage of this damned bracelet!"

"At least, now ma' love isn't gonna die a virgin," Raye said making Donna blush. "Ya was intendin' to die a virgin, but the Gods were good to ya, weren't they?"

Donna scoffed, "The bracelet made me go through a lot of shit but at least I was able to do this. I've been dying to kiss for a while. It's good to do it, even if I'll soon have to take the bracelet away. It's better than dying without even having a taste of this!"

Gods' she speaks of it so freely, Lewis blushed. "Is your back still hurting, Donna?"

"Yeah," sigh, "but I'll only able to do something about it the moment I go back to my wing in the castle. Then Gabriel will be able to heal my back as much as possible, though I bet it'll be difficult for him too. The twins did quite the job on my skin," let's see if they will like the feeling of slowly burning alive. "I can't wait to hear their pain cries and screams when I kill them. They will get a taste of their own poison, but ten times worse and bitter. I'll make so their souls will be terrified of fire in all of their next reincarnations," she clenched her fists and her sole eye burned with anger.

Should I give the lil' cat an opportunity to be with Timothy? "Lewis, boy," Grover got up and took five pots of food, "it's late. The kids must be missin' ya in the orphanage. I prepared food for ya to take to them. Go and rest. The lil' cat also needs to rest after all the shit the Marquis family put her through. And she needs to go to the castle again to get that back of hers treated!" He got closer to her, with pain in his eyes, "I hope ya is able to take the best outta yer last days, lil' cat," then he petted her hair.

"Don't make me cry, Grover!" She sulked and turned to the boy holding her. "He's right. You aren't nocturnal like me, Lewis, and the kids need you. I'll come here tomorrow again!"

Lewis brought her closer and kissed her softly, and Timothy clenched his jaw, annoyed by the sight of a boy kissing the Princess like that. If she didn't have such a deadline, he would be dead for touching her like that. And I would personally kill him for it. "Lewis," he called him, and the boy glared at him, "if you want a helping arm later, after the change in power here, I'll try to help you out on getting into the Knighthood."

That took him by surprise, I don't like him, but that's a golden opportunity. "I would appreciate that a lot, Sir Goldsmith!" He said as he sat her down on the chair slowly and got up, then offered his hand to him, which Timothy accepted. "Thank you for taking Donna out of there. You saved her tonight."

"She's my Princess, I only did what I was sworn to do. You'll will be there too, if you make the cut. You have a good build, as you are still very young, you will probably grow more to become a strong for the Knighthood!"

His Princess? Does he have feelings for her too? Asshole! He kissed her one last time and then caressed her hair, "You'll get better when the noble physician heals you. Read the books when you have time, it'll help taking your mind out of this chaos."

Donna nodded softly, "Send my kiss to the kids."

"I will!" Then he bowed softly in thanks to the couple, took the foods, everything else she had presented him with, left, praying silently that Donna wouldn't get anywhere near her family if it wasn't for her to kill them.