Part 10.

Elaine

Right after Elaine hurried away leaving King Ramuel behind , her hand unknowingly clutched her chest ,It took few seconds for her to realize she was embarrassed by her own action as she looked awkwardly around the hallway , hoping no one saw her small self criticism moment .

But she had to admit ,as much as it was just an innocent move it left her speechless for a moment ,how sweet and caring he was , his considerate moves even as he swayed her in his arms ,as if she was breakable ,and the touch of his skin sent shots of electricity through her veins ,not the kind you would immediately bolt away ,but one which pulls you close , numbing your body into full comfort and ecstasy.

She wasn't sure whether she was the only one feeling that way , her heart still raced like a drum , knowing she just kissed the most wicked ,cruel ,perhaps even vengeful king ,right on his damn cheek .

The old Elaine days ago wouldn't have done such a thing ,hell she wouldn't even step a tippy toe close to him by miles distance ,It was so easy to believe all the stories he carried on his name , To accept the fact he just committed all the terrible things people told behind his back , without even questioning whether it was true at all .

After all a world needed a villain ,perhaps even a monster to fear , someone who could question everyone's morals without backing away from their two faced nonsense , without fearing breaking the rules and making new ones that fitted for his own preference.Thats what kind of man Elaine thought King Ramuel was and it was without a doubt ,she feared him for a good reason .

But somehow as those days passed ,as she saw how he behaved around her ,ever since the beginning something seemed to start changing , and it wasn't just her beliefs of his legacy .

But she couldn't put a word to it nor describe it yet , it was just clearly obvious she felt comfortable and safe around him .

At that mentioning she recalled how she slept on his chest entire night and gasp escaped her lips leaving echoes roaming between dark hallway walls lit by candle lights .

Was she slowly falling for him ?

She leaned her face on the wall cooling down her heated face as the idea flushed her cheeks , she couldn't help but suck in her bottom lip at the image of him wearing that soaked up muddy shirt , One might judge it for hygiene matter ,But he hid a god like body underneath the fabric and she managed to catch just tiny glimpses of it .

Her eyes shut close as she started engraving that memory deeply in her brain , Did that made her a pervert ? Perhaps , but other females knees would bend for him without a question, and it wasn't first time Elaine saw mans in their glory moments defining their physiques ,She used to train with few of her father knights secretly at the forest without his awareness , but even that never catched her attention as much as her husband did .

And the darned fact ,She had a opportunity to sleep on top of him ,and she didn't took her chance to feast her eyes on that moment due of her sleeping like a winter bear .

Yep ,She did cursed herself for that in her mind perhaps a hundred times but that was stopped in instance as deep breathing was felt on her neck ,just inches away from her face .

"What are you doing here little princess?" A raspy cold voice that sounded nearly ghostly as she snapped herself in instance facing Nero as his eyes seemed to be bulging out from his head . Definitely not creepily.

"Can't I just take a breather ? You are ?" as best as she could Elaine tried to distract herself from his twitching eyes ,she could swear she saw few veins pump up on his forehead as well but feigned ignorance to it .

" His Highness most Trustworthy knight Nero Diablo at your service " Little devil spoke politely , But that still left that weird grimace on his face unchanged ,

"Glad to meet you knight Nero ,but I'm pretty certain there's some works for me to do with butler Adam.. soooooo I'll see you later " that was her most used truce card so she dashed as fast as she could as far as possible from the devil hoping that will put some distance between them both .

Little did Elaine knew Nero was catching up with her without a breather ,Always staying inches behind her right side .Least his face seemed normal but it definitely did seem as if he was sulking until Elaine ran out of breath reaching end of another hallway and stopping in her tracks breathing as if she ran a marathon .

" Did ya got lost milady ?" Evilish laughter

That was definitely the one Nero made sending chills down Elaine's back .

" No not at all .you heading to butler Adam to Nero ? " Princess awkwardly asked .

" Butler Adam wasn't even at that direction milady ,can't get rid of me that easily " He inched closer once again forcing Elaine directly to the wall ,her back nearly knocking few decorations off as he eyed her at the same level .

" Me ? trying to get rid of you ? No way ,that's a coincidence" she tried faking it as much as possible but that certainly did seemed as lie or lacking excuse ,even a kid wouldn't believe it with her low acting skills .

"Lies " Nero face was sulking even more but he still looked out worldly handsome ,His hair still remained in that messy ponytail with branches in it and his eyes glowed bright green mixed with golden .He trapped Elaine ,arms placed on both sides of the wall .

If king would see him closing her in in such manners would perhaps educate him with some severe punishments .

" Lies or not ,Get to the point,it's first time I'm seeing you and you're definitely picking up a bullying attitude on me ,What's your reason Devil ?" The situation seemed bizzare but the young Princess couldn't let her voice be affected by her fear and discomfort, she steeled it to a cold tone as well as her manners as much as she could and for a brief second , that seemed to take the devil from his guard .

" Point simple, You're making a problem I don't quite like milady , Because of you the king seems has softened up to much just in couple days ,He barely sleeps , barely eats and all the time just keeps bugging maids of your condition and whereabouts .That's not the type of king he used to be so what the hell am I supposed to do as his servant ?" Nero didn't held back his opinion even a bit as he spoke out of all his concerns past those days for his new Queen .

It left Elaine for a moment silent , knowing that the king behaved in such manner because of her presence or some other matter ,did left a tingle in her heart that spreaded butterflies down her chest.

" You sure it wasn't because of something else bothering him up ?" Regardless she had to ask .

At that Nero Snapped once again

"If it was something else do you think he would still stand outside drenched wet fazing out and touching his god damn cheek as if it's the first time he touched his face in who knows how many centuries?"

That just confirmed Elaine suspicion even more and she couldn't help but smile from joy as her pulse quickened enough to fill her ears , The king liked her .

" it's not something bad then ,why you're acting as if it is .."she asked barely in a whisper ,New sensations replacing the fear she felt just a moment ago .

" It's because you damn soulmates ..." At the last word he forced his mouth to cover up as if it was the top nation secret he just spilled and That forced Uno Reverse ,Elaine leaning in on him as if she was the interogator in instant .

" Soulmates? Speak up Sir Nero " She snatched one of his knives from his belt pointing it up his chin and he couldn't even grasp how quickly she managed to do it .

" that uhh...it's just a term of saying nothing else so don't bother ,you should probably spend more time with king until he's not such a softie around you " That was Nero last words as he used his magic once again disappearing into thin air .

While Elaine took a deep breath ,and at last went towards direction where Butler Adam was actually located ,She was certain that feeling so much in such a short moment for her Husband wasn't just one love sight but something more ,and that might have confirmed it ,They were soulmates ,Destined from the very beginning to pass through flames and chaos , through destruction and arguments to finally face each other as they were two pieces that belonged to one another.