Forbidden Love With The Dragon Prince

Chapter 4

Four words that stuck to my brain like white on rice . .

You don't deserve her . . .

I struggled out of his hold, trying to get to her, I left the cove, straining my eyes to see which direction she took. I couldn't see anything, how could she have gotten so far?

Then it hit me like a freight train.

Her blue hair was perfect for camouflage, that was what made her unique.

I don't deserve her . . .

My mind is in turmoil right now, I can't seem to think straight, I'm torn between wanting to go to her to try . . keyword, try . . to convince her to give me, . . us another chance, I'm also minded to let her go, I don't want to be selfish.

But that's the problem,

I'm selfish,

I deserve the best,

the fates gave me the best, but I have used my own hands to destroy it.

I don't deserve her.

I'm at a loss, looking around like a mad man, not knowing the next step to take.

I remember that she doesn't have many friends, so that means she probably might be headed home.

I kick my fins, swimming as fast as I can towards the Preston's cove, thankfully, the Prestons are still inside with my dad and the prince, I may have ample time to talk to her alone before they get back.

Their cove is silent, but a maid opens the main door when I knock.

"Where is she?" I boom breathlessly, marching inside, not minding the perplexed look on the maid's face.

"Wh . . who " she stuttered

"Manny, where is she?"

"Sh . .she should be in her room, let me get her." she rushed out, but I was following her on her heels, I wasn't going to let waste anymore time, I wasn't going to let her refuse me.

I don't know who was more shocked when we met an room empty.

"S . .Si . . Sir , please, I . I . I .don't know where she i . . .is, she was here last I checked."

"When was that?" I asked with a calmness I wasn't feeling at all.

"3 hours ago"

I heaved.

The maid is just clueless, I don't blame her, it's my luck exactly.

I stepped into the obviously empty room, checking the closet and rest room, just to satisfy my curiosity, I stepped out of the rest room to see the maid by the door watching my maniacal moves with wide eyes, not minding my perplexed audience, I went ahead to check under the bed, eliciting a silent squeal from the maid, I'm sure she was beyond perplexed, but I paid her no mind as I continued to look around.

I would have checked her draws, if only my befuddled brain believed she could fit.

I sat on her bed, feeling dejected, her scent hit my nostrils as I laid my head on the pillow, sobbing for the first time in 16 years.

My public show of emotions may have been too much for the maid, but I was grateful she didn't disturb my moment.

By the time I raised my head, she was gone, and the door was shut, I secretly thanked her for giving me privacy, I was about to lay down again when something caught my eye.

I moved to her reading table, smiling as I saw the romance novel she must have been reading.

"So you love romance ehh" I said to myself, smiling through my tears, happy to at least learn one thing about my mate.

My eyes scanned the neat surface and landed on what looks like a diary.

Inasmuch as I would have loved to respect her privacy, I was curious to learn more about my mate, hopefully, I could get tips about how to make up for my mistakes.

I sat on the chair and flipped through the diary, the first few pages held nothing of interest, just how she wishes she could be more like her sister, make friends easily, how people she thought were her friends would easily dump her to spend time with her sister instead.

I was becoming furious the more I read, how can she ever compare herself with that slut of a sister, she was more than beautiful inside and out and whoever chose Ruby over her, it was their loss.

I was about to toss the diary aside when I saw my name written boldly .

' TALON

The most handsome man in our pod is betrothed to me, I can't believe it,

goddess knows how long I've wanted him to notice me, now he's being handed on a platter.

My parents are the bestest.

Now I can daydream about him without feeling guilty . . .'

A lump formed in my throat, she had daydreams about me and I was busy being a bastard, the anger I was feeling was now directed towards myself.

I felt foolish

I felt mad

I was disgusted at myself

for the first time I could imagine how she felt when she saw me with her sister whom apparently everyone chooses over her, and in her mind , I did the same.

I don't deserve her.

I sat there letting tears drop.

I made up my mind that no matter what it takes, I'll get her to forgive me and love me again, even trust me, I'll do whatever it takes even if it means grovelling daily at her feet.

I don't deserve her.

Some commotion in the cove brought me out of my reverie, it seems the Prestons were back, I was hopeful that Manny would be with them, I quickly hid her diary in a waterproof compartment of my swimming trunk, I don't know why I took it, but I wanted to read it over and over again and hit my head on the wall for being a fool and causing her to cry.

I quickly slipped out of the room, heading towards the inner court where the commotion was coming from.

"This is all your fault . . ."

"stop trading blames, we are all at fault here"

"I will put it on you because if for once you acted like a father and not allow her to wrap you round her pinky, we wouldn't be where we are today."

"Oh, stop it woman, it was obvious you took her side more often than not even when she was in the wrong."

"At least I did try to point her in the right direction sometimes, if you did same, we wouldn't have to face this shame."

". . .He loves me, not her, that is why . . ."

"SHUT UP" both of them shouted at Ruby.

I was shocked so to say that I had to step out of the shadows to actually see if they could shout on their spoilt brat.

The movement did not go unnoticed by the three of them.

Ruby ran and hugged me, holding me as if her life was anchored to mine, sobbing as she spoke.

" Tal . . Tal . . tell them, tell them we are in love, tell them we prefer to be with each other, we love . . ."

" Get your filthy hands off me" I growled out lowly, the shock on her face was priceless as she slowly disentangled from my body.

Totally ignoring her, I went to her parents.

"Mr and Mrs Preston, I really want to apologize for what happened today, I know I'm also to blame, I shouldn't have given in to your daughter's wiles, we wouldn't be where we are now. " I said to them as sincerely as I could.

"We know our daughter can be insistent when she wants to be, I don't really blame you. " Mrs Preston said, her husband looked as if he didn't agree with her, but kept mute.

"I want to assure you that I'm in no way in love with your daughter. . ."

I heard Ruby gasp behind me but it didn't deter me, I was determined to be with my mate alone from henceforth and nothing was going to stand on my way.

"If I had known that Manny was my mate, I wouldn't have touched Ruby with a ten inch pole. " I spat.

I heard it before I felt it, the collective gasps around the room confirmed it.

"How dare you speak in such a despicable manner about my princess? " Mr Preston fumed, his eyes flashing in anger.

I rubbed the cheek he had just slapped, looking him in the eye as I replied.

"If a princess opens her legs to every man in the cove, then I will rather marry a peasant. " I fumed

" I will take this slap as a show of anger that you were defending your daughter whom you didn't know was a slut, I hope you never repeat such a mistake. " I spat, turning to leave.

" if Manny gets back home, I'll like to be the first to know." I said, leaving a sobbing Ruby with her parents who were too shocked for words.