They were no longer looking at Kontas the leader of the warriors' but instead, they were looking at a phoenix.
Madison was stunned,not by the fact that he doesn't have a spirit beast like everyone else but instead he was the beast himself.
But she was stunned by how big the Phoenix was. It wasn't like anything she saw in her dream.
It was so breathtakingly beautiful and he was....
"Mine!!" She couldn't hide the possessiveness that was tied to that single word.
It shook the whole place, making all the beast present to all whimper. Not of pain of being hurt,but of pain of longing.
She could feel all their emotions, especially the beautiful Phoenix watching her every move.
She could feel his longing for her,his pain and the urge to protect him and every beast overtook.
She took a step moving towards the Phoenix when.....
' Control Madison! Control yourself! You've come this far,you can't ruin everything you've worked so hard for '. She all but yelled at herself.
Thinking about everything that she has passed through, everything that caused her pain,she masked up her emotions.
She managed to maintain a facade of indifference ignoring the way her mind was in chaos.
"Do you know about this?" Tez asked, coming to stand beside her with a shocked Hezra by his side.
"No I don't. I should be asking you. He is your brother after all"
If Tez doubted her,he didn't show it. He just grinned.
"Both of us knows who he tells almost everything"
Madison just ignored him as she kept her attention solely on Kontas.
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It's been almost a month now since Kontas turned into his phoenix. Everyone was now weary of him,and he doesn't even seem to care. Even the King started treating worse than before even though the fear was visible for everyone to see.
That serves them right.
Kontas has also started treating Madison like an egg. He doesn't shout for her like before or tease her and that was making Madison uncomfortable whenever she was near him.
She knew that something has changed since his transgression. And she was also aware that he knew something even though he tries too hard to hide.
It was a great day and Madison was so enjoying the weather. She was passing the training field when she heard her name. Without looking she knew who was calling.
"What's going on?" She asked Rei as she got to where she was with the other slaves and some of the warriors were.
"We were playing a game since all of our masters are in a meeting in the great room"
"What kind of game?" Madison asked curiously as she sat crossed legs.
"This is how it goes. You will be blindfolded and we all run in all directions. Anyone you catch will grant you three wishes"
Ok now she was enjoying this.
"Am in" she all but yelled as they blindfolded her.
Madison was already thinking of what her wish would be. It would be great if she were to catch viber. Then she will ask her to submit to her forever.
With that in her mind,she set out for her hurt. She touched a few people but they left her grip before she could hold them properly.
Madison was actually surprised to be having fun,but the stuff was becoming boring for her since she hadn't caught anyone. She was thinking of giving up when she bumped into a solid chest.
' Wow! I was actually hoping to catch viber but this isn't so bad ' she thought as she traced her hands down his chest enjoying every moment.
She was lost to her fantasy not noticing how quiet the place was till the person she was caressing shamelessly said,
"You keep on surprising me Madison"
This wasn't what she was expecting. Why is she always crossing paths with him?
"Prince Nazim" she stuttered as she removed the blindfold from her eyes.
"Why do we keep meeting in this kind of way?" He asked. Without waiting for her reply,he dragged her along with him.
"Prince Nazim, did I do anything wrong? If so, I am so sorry, ok. We can talk this out" she tried to reason with him,but seems like he was adamant on what he was doing. So she just kept mute and allowed him to drag her to wherever it was he was dragging her to.
They stopped when they came to the royal garden. Madison always loved coming here when no one was watching. She wondered why the prince brought her there.
"Take a sit"
What? He wanted her to sit with him?
"How dare I sit with you my prince..."
" Nazim"
"Huh"
" I want you to call me by my name"
What the? What was happening?
"How can I possibly call you by your name? I dare not". He scoffed, staring at her.
"But you call Kontas by his name?"
That's because she has known Kontas for all her life.
"Well, that's.... that's...."
"Stop making excuses. I just wanted to eat with you,so just sit. You can do at least that much for me after I treated you" he said as he left the veil that was used to cover the food. Madison's mouth suddenly watered. Was someone allowed to eat these kinds of food?
Well he wasn't wrong, she could just eat a little. After all it was an order from a prince. Who was she to refuse?
"Sure. After all I can't disobey the prince" she grinned drooling as she stared at the food, making prince Nazim chuckled.
"Let's dig in"
"You don't have to tell me twice," she replied as she started stuffing her face with food.
What the! Madison never knew food could taste this good.
"Woah! This is so,so gods" she mourned, worshipping the taste of the food in her mouth. It has been a long time since she had such tasty food before.
Nazim all but stared at her as she devoured the food, not being able to resist the pull she had on him and his urge to wipe her lips.
Madison immediately teased her as Prince Nazim's hand touched her lips, wiping away the sauce from the corner of my mouth and licking it off his fingers, surprising her.
"It tastes much better"he beamed as Madison coughed, choking on the food.
"Are you ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine. This is really good" Madison smiled trying to bring up the mood again .
"Don't Kontas feed you like this?"
"Psh! He is such an ass to care . He's only good at bossing me around."
That actually made prince Nazim laugh. No one has ever called his brother an ass before.
"Ain't you scared that he might hear you"
"No, I am not. I call him that at his front all the time." She replied nonchalantly as she went back to devouring her food.
Nazim suddenly lost his appetite and the joy he felt. He has seen how close Kontas and Madison have grown together. He knew his brother wasn't the type to tolerate disobedient slaves,still he tolerated every single thing Madison did without punishing her.
He hated to admit that he was jealous of his brother Kontas. He wanted Madison to show him the same attention he always shows his brother.