Porsha's POV
My stomach crawled with anger, how dare him make decisions for the two of us?.
“And what if your wife doesn't want to ride with you?" I asked nonchalantly, not feeling the least bit of excitement.
“Then she would have to walk home" He stated, still smiling.
“What if she says she prefers to walk home rather than sharing a carriage with the likes of you?" I said with a provocative smirk of my own. I refused to give in to his stupid games.
“She could try but I am not sure she would survive the journey on foot. The journey to Ember nest is a full day by carriage. I am a little concerned to how long it would take her, maybe 2, 3 days" He said and a cold chill ran down my spine.
My limbs trembled, there was no way I could possibly survive something like that.
“Let's go wife” He said, opening the door of the carriage for me. He then offered his hand to help me, at first I hesitated but decided against it when I thought about my poor legs.
“I can help myself, thank you very much” I said, my tone hinting at mockery as I walked past him into the carriage, but all he did was chuckle and say, “You're welcome queen"
He hopped into the carriage and took a seat opposite to mine, and our trip began.
All the while his eyes never leaving me. His lustful gaze made my skin crawl that I had to lower my gaitou to reduce his view point.
But instead of giving up, he walked towards me, taking a seat next to me. I tried shifting but the more I did, the more he followed.
“Do you mind?" I asked with a tedious frown.
"Not at all wife” He said with a gigantic smile, but still didn't move an inch.
“Can you please shift Emperor, I need space” I asked politely, the last thing I wanted was an argument when our trip just began.
“I'm afraid I can't do that queen” He informed, his voice radiating with pride.
“Why not?” I asked, my eyes fixed on his annoying face.
“Cause I like seeing your beautiful face queen Porsha” He confessed with a straight face, and my cheeks burnt.
“Whatever" I said, turning away from him, the last thing I wanted was for him to see the redness on my face. Gosh I hated how my body reacted to him.
Next thing I knew, my gaitou (veil hat) was snatched off my head. I turned and there he was smiling as he raised it above his head.
“What are you doing? Give me back my hat your highness” I commanded, as I rose to my feet, trying to pry the gaitou out of his grip but just then the carriage hit a bump and I fell onto Leviathan.
We froze for a couple of seconds, our eyes peeled into each other, his breath fanning my lips, the feeling of his skin was like nothing I had experienced before warm and tender, it sent shivers down my spine. His lips were red and soft, they looked so delicious that I badly wanted to bite into them.
My mind went blank, I was overwhelmed, mesmerized infact, it only took the feeling of his warm hand on my waist to pull me back to reality.
“Take your hands off of me," I commanded pushing him away, and retained my seat, as I tried composing myself, “You shouldn't touch people without their consent”
He narrowed his gaze.
“I expected a thank you Porsha. I just saved you from a fall” He said with a distasteful frown, which didn't even move me one bit.
“Thank you for what? I never asked for your help” I informed with a straight face.
“You know what, you are ungrateful. An ungrateful spoiled brat is what you are” He dared to insult, like I was supposed to be hurt by that. He didn't have what it took to beat me at any game in life.
“And you are a self absurd, opportunistic parasite who thinks he is something just because he has a crown on his head” I insulted, plaguing his interest.
He fixated on me, his eyes blazing red. The horror on his face made my heart bubble with excitement.
“You think you are something Leviathan. You are nothing but trash....” I said aiming to hurt his feelings, but he cuts in.
“Shut up Porsha” He commanded in a scary manner, as he clenched his fist.
The mare sight of him sent goosebumps up my skin but I maintained my composure, if he thought he married a weak wife he had another thing coming, cause I was going to be his worst nightmare.
“No, I will not shut up. I will tell you the truth that no one dares to tell you, you are trash, everything about you is trash, the power you have is fake, and you are a failure” I informed, my tone slow and deliberate.
He clinged his jawbone, his body trembling as he tried to suppress the beast within but I wasn't just going to let things slide like that, if he thought he could hurt my feelings and get away with it, he was dreaming, now was my turn to kick him where it hurt the most.
“It's no wonder your mother abandoned you, cause she knew you would amount to nothing...." I yelled but before I could finish he cut in.
“Porsha" He screamed, his voice thunderous as he raised his hand to slap me.
My eyes widen as I gazed upon his blood red eyes, the realization hit me, he was just like my abusive father.
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