"A book." The prince gave me a slow smile. "I want to know which book it is."
"It's a book…" I wrecked my brain. What kind of book? I couldn't say that I read the entire story on a laptop screen. I was dying from the poison. "Book of… book of…"
"Book of prediction?" He suggested.
"Yes!" I clapped my hand. "That's exactly it."
I had no idea about a book of prediction. Since this evil emperor said it, it must be a book for sure.
The smile on his lips grew wider. "So, you want to live?"
I gave him a stiff nod. "I also don't want my leg amputated."
"Lift your skirt then." He grabbed my ankle. "I will suck it out."
Suck what out? My brain stopped functioning. Did he mean what he just said? Though I didn't prefer amputation, I wasn't open to the idea of 'sucking it out'.
"We don't have much time," He told me casually. "The poison needs to be sucked out. You feel nauseated and high. What else? I don't remember… it's been a while since I got poisoned."
Been a while since he got poisoned? "Who sucked your poison out?"
Dante pulled my skirt up and stared at my pale thigh as if he was looking at the most disinteresting thing in the world. I almost snapped and told him to show some emotions. I admit that my legs weren't in the best condition, but I was still a woman.
"You can't look at any other parts," I warned. "Actually, keep your eyes closed."
"Why? I like what I am looking at," He replied with a straight face.
"What is wrong with you? You can't tell me that you like looking at my bare thigh with no desire in your eyes. Do I look like a fool to you?" I was focused on an unimportant thing as always. I knew that he just wanted to make me feel uncomfortable. But I was annoyed by the fact that I was flustered while I was less than an hour away from death. "I know the eyes of a man with lust."
He ignored my comment and pressed his finger on the end of the poisoned protruding black vein. "It's going to hurt a little."
"I am sure it will hurt less than getting my leg amputated," I muttered. It was hard to believe that he was the same man who killed me twice within five minutes after we met. The difference in his attitude was certainly related to mistaken identities. He thought that I was Aloisia. Killing a noble of another kingdom wouldn't be taken lightly. Kaige Jin would want Aloisia back.
It was dangerous to pretend to be Aloisia Annaliese Bloodworth. I looked different from Aloisia. She had freaking dark hair and I had yellow hair. Perhaps, that's why she tried to poison me. If I died, she would get more time. But what was her…
"It will be over in a few minutes." He almost sounded like he was trying to pacify me. The keyword was 'almost'. "If it doesn't work, we will chop the leg off."
"Kindly stop talking about chopping my leg off and suck the damn poison out," I barked at him.
"You don't sound like a noblewoman." He grabbed my thigh, lifting it up as he bent down his head. His warm breath tantalized my flesh. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm myself.
I wouldn't get horny for a guy who had killed me twice. While trying to distract myself, I said to him, "I am not the type of person who would act all noble at times like this."
"I know." It was barely a whisper. Before I could ask how he knew it, he bit my flesh hard.
Clenching my jaws, I kept my eyes fixed on his face. His eyes were closed while he sucked the blood. I didn't feel dizzy, but my heart was thumping hard as if I had run a mile. I noticed that his skin was turning grey. What was he doing? When I reached for his cheek, he grabbed my hand.
He opened his eyes, watching me while the lecherous sound of sucking entered my ears. His eyes glinted a sinister shade of violet. I didn't have to be a genius to guess that he was not a human.