Chained to the prince of darkness by Lunasads (digital book reader .txt) 📕

I yelped as he pulled my chair closer to his, my hands tightened on the sides of the chair. 

He leaned in and whispered, "Be a good girl for me."

He pecked my lips, caressing them with his lips, and disappeared in thin air. I sat there frozen on the same spot.

 
What did just happen?

I was startled, shocked. 

"So, you're that lucky girl, I see." The silver-haired man said from another side of the room, making my heartbeat flutter. I looked at him with wide eyes. He wasn't looking at me but I could feel the tone behind his words.

I was still astonished by what just happened, and him giving me this curious tone, was making my insides burn. 
And it took me a minute to realize that I was still in the same position, I quickly shifted.

I was embarrassed.

I no more could sit here now. 

And with a burning sensation, I took a step to leave the dining room when I was stopped by small hands clutching onto my wrists. Alexa was looking at me with a small pout, maybe she wanted me to stay here, with her.

I crouched down and held her face between my palms.

"Hello there, do you need something?" I asked with a small smile over my lips. 

"You wanna play with me." She said. I was going to say no. But didn't want her smile to at the dropdown.

"Yeah sure," I said as I picked her up and pecked her head. 

"Come Fally!" She yelled.

My brows narrowed as Falcon stood up from his chair. 

"Oh...umm..No, Lexi. I think—"

"No." She started shouting before Falcon could finish. Falcon sighed deeply as he come towards us. 

If I say honestly, I didn't want to spend a single second with him. No one ever disgusted me as much as he does. 

"Alexa, I'm not feeling—" I was going to decline but she beat me to it.

"But you said you will." She whined dramatically and I instantly knew that she would make me agree. 

For once.

I sighed as she wiped her tears and smiled up at me and we started walking. 

"Let's go to the garden. I love it there." She clapped her hands repeatedly.

Garden. That's where the flowers were. That's where I could feel serenity. 

I nodded as she guided me where to go. Falcon was right behind us, following. He was quiet, I didn't hear him saying anything. Alexa was showing me the way. We crossed a few hallways and stepped outside. That's when warm rays of sunshine hit my face. I felt a wave of calmness hit me. I closed my eyes, feeling the warmness soothing me.

I gasped in awe as my eyes opened. The garden was beautiful, alluringly beautiful. Only a small section was visible through the windows of the room I was staying in but now that I had more access, it looked heart-warming in here. There were flowers everywhere, every single one had its sophisticated color and soothing scent.

"Do you wanna play?" Alexa's voice brought me out of my daze. 

I put her down and nodded my head. Looking at her brings back the memories of my childhood. And with that a truth also made its way, everything was a lie.

I put those thoughts on the back of my head and concentrated on the girl jumping with joy. Falcon was right behind me, maybe observing me because I could feel his eyes on me but I hardly paid no mind to him. 

He could go and sink and drown and die for all I care.

Alexa grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the lawn, where two wooden benches decorated with green sprinkles, were located. Falcon followed us and sat next to us. Alexa started telling me the names of flowers. I nodded my head in acknowledgment whenever she tells me a new name. 

She was rolling on a bed of grass, making me laugh out loud. I didn't remember when was the last time I smiled, maybe centuries ago.

Don't be dramatic.

I sighed as Alexa kept playing with her small bicycle, which Falcon brought from a small cottage located at end of the lawn. 

Falcon was sitting next to me. I was getting irritated with him with the growing second. Ignoring him completely and I looked at Alexa. I heard him breathe deeply as he readied himself to say something.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled. It was a small whisper but I heard it. 

Sorry, for what? For betraying me? For lying to me? Or for this vulnerability? I wanted to ask all these questions, but I didn't want to hear them explaining his lies. 

"If you're mad at me, hit me, curse at me, do whatever makes you feel less pain but please," The vulnerability was evident in his voice. Lump of saliva formed in my throat upon hearing his broken voice. "At least, talk to me."

I loved you, Falcon. I loved you more than I should. I trusted you with my life! You were my best friend. I made you part of my secrets. But why? Why did you do this to me?

"I have nothing to say," my voice was low, I was afraid if he heard the shivering in my words. 

"I know, whatever I did was not right. I shouldn't have abducted you. I shouldn't have kept these things from you. You deserved better, so much better. I shouldn't have kept you in dark." His voice broke at the end. I never wanted to see him like this, this vulnerable, this insecure.

"And now I've lost your trust." He continued.

And you have lost me too.

"It doesn't matter now." My eyes welled with unshed tears. Somewhere deep down in my heart I still loved him, I still see him as my best friend. But he didn't have to know that.

"Can you forgive me, please?"

No, never.

"I forgive you." 

His eyes widened in shock, maybe he was not expecting me to forgive him this early.