*unedited
"I was, and you are not here to ask me about my past! What is wrong?"
"Hm, I must go to the castle, I need your help!"
He put the brush down and gazed at her, "my help? How?"
She bit her lower lip and his eyes rolled on her red-pink lips, they were glinting and making his heart pound faster.
"Use your map as an excuse!"
The devil smirked and shook his head, "no way I help you go there after what I heard about some of those suitors having affection toward you!"
Li Shu's face reddened, it was tough to hear this all the time. He must get rid of this curse soon and show them all a lesson.
"Fine!" She replied in a hoarse tone and thundered out of the library. The dawn was close and it darkened already, a flash of bold lashed the clouds, and the raging sky displayed brutality.
