Beastly

Cuddle

She stood and walked over to the bed,he lay at his sides with his elbow on the bed is head rested on his jaw, he seemed to be taking more space than necessary.

"I would have to establish some rules."she said to have him arch his brows, she really didn't know who was king here,did she?,he thought, and when he didn't say anything she spoke up,

"You would stay on your side of the bed at all times."she said.

"If you are done with that,now come."he said as he sat up on the bed making her take a step back and his eyes dropped to her legs and she clutched her robe tighter and then it went back to her face.

"Why?"she asked as she turned alert.

"Let me hold you."he said and his brows furrowed when she took another step back.

"What?"she asked as she tried to understand him, it felt like he wasn't listening to her, again!

"If you haven't noticed,the weather is a little less warmer than what you are used to as I have heard, Gatrish is a really warm place,so...."he said looking her up and down like he didn't need to give anyother explanation.

Was he really being serious? and did he just say a little less warmer this place was freaking cold!,and he was bare chested like it didn't matter, he just sat there like some god telling her what to do and if he thought that she was going to listen to his every word like some puppet then he was awfully mistaken.

"Thank you for the offer milord, but I think the blanket would suffice."she said as she chinned up."besides I did well the previous night with out your offer of unnecessary warmth."she said in a tone that suggested being left alone to sleep in peace,was that too much to ask for?, but he smiled, a smile that made her suck in her breath,it always had an effect on her with that dimple that made him look like the devil's first born,like he was planning something that she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

"You were shivering like a drenched little puppy."he said clearly enjoying their little argument.

"I am not a puppy!, and I refuse to be called one"she said as her eyes blazed with fury,it seemed to sparkle a little more when she was angry.

"Oh, you are much more , believe me."he said as his eyes strayed down the bodice of her night frock and up very slowly and she took another step back.

This perverted man!,she didn't even want to knows what he meant by that.

"And again, I was doing quite well with out your help."she said driving the conversation away from anything concerning her being and back on track,he stared at her for a long while and she stared back at him,she would not let him intimidate her with his gaze.

"Oh, you don't have to worry, you snore adorably."he said.

"I do not snore!"she flared taking another step back it looked something she did unconsciously but he didn't like the thought of her going away from him.

"And snow is black, keep doing that and you would be sleeping on the floor"his voice turned serious.

"You wouldn't dare."she said.

"Try me"he said as he tilted his head to the side.

She didn't know why, but there was something about the way he spoke that suggested that he meant every word of it,then she took two steps forward.

"Good girl."he said with a smile while her expression turned sour.

"Now come ,let me hold you."he said again.

She couldn't believe they were still on this topic.

"Milord."she said,her voice turning calmer ,"I would make due with the blanket."it was well enough that they were staying in the same room , sleeping on the same bed and sharing the same blanket she wouldn't add that up with being cuddled up in bed by a man she wasn't ready to marry.

"And I would say this once ,if you are not going to let me hold you, you might as well sleep without the blanket."he said with a smile,he really didn't take rejection easy ,did he? And of course there was a fire place but seriously ,she would freeze to death if he did that to her.

"Y-you-"she suttered,she couldn't even find the right words to describe how she felt at the moment,he didn't mean it, did he?,he arched his brows waiting for her to speak .

"You can't be serious with this."she said waving her head.

He looked at her for a while before he lay on his side of the bed turning away from her and taking a hand full of the blanket while leaving her none.

"Hahaha!"she laughed lightly,she couldn't believe this,he was behaving like a child but then a child was a lot cutier and a little less persistent.

She walked slowly towards the bed,she already felt so cold from standing there for so long and it was all because of him, she lay on the bed curling herself up in a ball,she clenched her fists and curled her toes,was this the kind of life she had imagined for herself?,no ,it wasn't but here she was living just that,how could he be so heartless,he didn't look like a beast,but he definitely was a beast at heart,she stayed that way for several minutes till she felt like she couldn't move, anymore of this and she would most definitely freeze to death but he just lay there feeling unbothered,she took in a sharp breath before she could finally get a word form her mouth.

"M-m-milord?"she wasn't sure if he had slept or not but he really had to give her a part of the blanket if he didn't want a dead princess by dawn.

"So stubborn."he said immediately he heard her voice,he turned to her side grabbing her hand as he pulled her into a cuddle not paying any heed to her obvious struggles,he had never met a woman so stubborn, every other woman would have loved to be with him but here she was hell bent on being away from him,well he was having none of that.