BLOOD AND Lightening

Chapter 37

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NIMIA

Standing by the balcony of a place I have grown to call my room, recollecting the whole ordeal, he held my waist every chance he got, smiled at me any time our eyes met, and whispered warnings into my ears, as the night got colder he gave me his robe, holding onto my hand whenever his hand left my waist, my body wasn't fighting it, rather I forgot I was dining with bloodsuckers, they glared but it wasn't for long, CARA left in anger even before the meeting could end so there wasn't a conclusion, rather Haldir announced this would be the last time he would be disrespected, stating his title comes first before any other thing, His mother's eyes rarely left me after I mentioned being a wife, well I set myself up and thank goodness his vicious brother wasn't around.

For some reason, as we arrived back, Haldir remained outside stating I should be escorted back inside, whatever it was my guts told me it has to do with Zephyr, his sudden disappearance at the gathering bugged me from time to time, and of course his recent demeanor, something certainly changed about him.

A cold hand suddenly touched my face removing a piece of hair from my face, the devil has invaded my room, and my body refused to turn around immediately, instead, I held my breath, "we are married huh?" his voice came, I knew this was coming.

"I thought you didn't like the idea," he said

"well you went ahead with it" I defended

"Should I have debunked it and made my whole plans fail, you have no idea the implications of your words earlier do you? Every words and action have consequences," his voice was low but loud enough, the fact his body was too close to mine and his mouth close to my ears whispering made me ignore the obvious threat rather I focused on the sensation he was causing me, I have been seduced, I can't deny that anymore, I finally mastered up the little courage I had, I know I will regret whatever action am about to commit now but my mind still managed to convince me it's a worry for another day.

"Can you excuse just this one?" I said turning around without moving away, our bodies collided, and I had to move a bit to take in the details of his face, the shock on his face enticed me, was this how it felt to want a man?

"Are your tongues tied?" I asked him, the confidence I never knew I had were prevailing

"What do you want Nimai?" he asked his tone mellow, for the first time I enjoyed how my name sounded, I really doubt am in my right sense as my hands went for his chest, 'what else should I do?' my internal being screamed

"I don't know what has come over me Haldir" I spoke sincerely, looking him in the eyes,

"Explain how you are feeling," he said as I watched his eyes go from confusion to ... To ... Is that concern in his eyes, I don't want him to worry about me.

"your body is cold but I feel hot," I said shamelessly still looking him in the eyes.

"Nimai" he called out to me closing his eyes, the moment, he opened his eyes I lost it, I was mesmerized, was he feeling what I was feeling? His hands slowly wrapped around my waist making our bodies, connect again

"Do not do this to me Nimai?" he said against my neck but I wasn't listening as I wrapped my own hands around him, the thoughts surfacing in my head intensified making me suddenly want his pale lips.

"Are these my desire Haldir, you are not purposely seducing me right?" I asked in a somewhat desperate tone wanting the answer to be affirmative, it's too good of a feeling to be fake

"Since when did I have this effect on you?" he said bringing my face to look at him but I ended up staring too much at his lips before I was possessed to kiss him, he didn't respond at first before slowly he opened up and devoured my lips, 'what was this feeling' I was burning up as my hands rampaged his hair, how we went from the balcony to the bed I had no idea, I began to feel dizzy while he licked and kissed my neck back to lips anytime his cold lips glazed my neck it sent a strong sensation down my most delicate feature causing me to quiver and moan for more.

"Nimai!" his voice came loud jolting me to consciousness

"what are you thinking about?" he asked me with a smirk, the embarrassment, I almost drooled while looking at him, 'Heavens! what kind of vivid imagination was that!'

"Can we continue this conversation later?" I said to him trying to come back from the embarrassment.

"what were you thinking about?" he said approaching me, my legs were weak but I managed to move back till there was no way to go, standing in my face his cold hands holding my chin and me forcing myself not to look into his eyes, till I heard the door and Heavens be praised, "Star!" I called out and moved away from him immediately to stand beside the confused Star, she stared at the both of us for a while before her face turned into a smile, and the devil's smiling face turned into an angry face before he walked away without saying a thing.

"Get a grip!" I let out in frustration as I lay in bed, holding myself from beating myself up, when did this happen, I thought I had feelings for Zephyr. Why am I having dirty thoughts about the devil, Zephyr is the dream person every woman should be with and not Haldir.

"Are you alright?" Star's voice came, and the concerned look on her face made me realize I was grabbing onto my hair in frustration,

"Nothing," I said standing up and she began to help me disrobe

"You and the master were married milady?" Star said causing a chuckle to leave my mouth.

"Don't tell me you believe that" I said

"what's not to believe," she asked genuinely interested "You didn't trust me enough to tell me Milady" she sulked, I turned over to take a good look at her face, is she really that slow, or was our acting that believable, a husband and wife between a vampire and a witch, that's impossible. And which husband and wife share separate chambers.

"We are not married Star, it's all an act," I said to her grabbing onto her hand only to hear the door to my room forcefully opened grabbing my dress to cover my blossom I screamed

"How can you barge into a lady's room!!" he appears to be shaken as he struggled to avoid my gaze,

"Do not lie to your maid, our marriage might have been a secret but denying it is beneath you" he said taking me by surprise

"what," I asked him, he was standing by the door listening all this while, thank goodness I didn't confess my new obsession.

"Excuse us," He said to Star, who looks lost and confused, as she began to leave the room so did my panic escalate, I do not fear the devil but it is the person I become once any part of our body meet that I fear and my corset has been undone meaning am half naked with my back bare with only my hair covering it.

"You did this, the marriage was you so don't double back" he warned

"Why I did it to save you from the obviously forced marriage you were about to venture into" I snarled "You should be grateful to me not act like I committed a crime" I continued

"oh, really, to save me, you had no other intentions?" he said with a smirk causing my eyes to roll over, this imbecile, I can't believe I am beginning to be seduced by this manipulator.

"yes and what about that, unlike you who set me up for problems, you know very well that choosing me to be your woman is dangerous, for me cause I am a witch but you did it anyway, and let's not even talk about you lying about not being able to walk under the sun, I wonder what you planned to achieve from that lie" he remained quiet staring at me

"oh, your tongues have been tied, if you are going to use me, I will use you too, to remain alive, so let's both relax and use each other till the end, it's just getting started, what kind of ruler are you, that you can't refuse a ..." I was cut short, his eyes darkened and my heart quickened,

"Know your place Nimai, don't make me regret my actions" he warned and that's how I knew I had issues, my eyes beamed instead of shaking I was excited, wanting him to grab me, is this who I have become, the temptation came back, the urge to push him to his limit so he can show his angry side once again but the fear that I might get myself killed made me shut my mouth.

"So we are married now" I shamelessly said in a low tone breaking the silence.

"Yes by words we are," he said

"Then when do we begin to share a room" holy heavens I let my intrusive thoughts out, his face held no expression so there is still time to cover the shamelessness

"you know to make it believable, we don't have to do that but to make it believable, you can sleep on the floor while I take the bed, you must have a balcony as well, I can sleep there like married folks share a room..." I was cut short again

"What are you saying Nimai?" he asked, his face suddenly seems like am stressing him out

"you don't like your room? You can switch to another, we are not truly married remember? Or you want to be married to me, do you?" he asked

"Yes"