Chapter 4 - Astrid-4

"What if I want to keep you, Mon Ami?" his calloused hands slowly circled my neck.

My heart shuddered from a tinge of dread. But every touch of his finger sent tingles down my spine leaving a strange hot sensation behind. God, when did I become so weird.

"Let me go?", I growled in a low voice, I finally cannot tolerate this anymore.

"Oh, ha ha…" he laughed in an animated voice, as he continued, "we will see that in moment, weird little girl."

"I am not a little girl", I almost screamed with anger.

This moment of insult is something that I will never forget, but the thing is I haven't even seen what the culprit looked like…

But before I could retort any further, I heard a lot of footsteps coming towards our direction. I was instantly filled with a lot of panic for a moment because I felt my chances of fleeing reducing to nothing and it was all because of this psychopath standing behind me.

But I suddenly felt myself twirled by two strong arms around my waist, which instantly afterwards pinned me to ground, with a lot of force and trapped both my legs between his own.

My head buzzed from the impact, and I violently started struggling with all my strength…

"Now, darling do as I say, or I will make you pay." he sneered at me.

He was too close; his warm breath blew against my neck, and I could smell fragrance of wet earth on him. I finally turned my face to him and coldly stared at him.

I would have to admit that the sight, I beheld before me was nothing short of magnificent, his wheatish skin was without a single pore on it and he had a straight sword like brows. his incredible sharp jawline came with a tall nose.

But the most fascinating were those beautiful amethyst eyes that teasingly smiled at me. And it really pissed me off.

"Hey, who is hiding there!" a loud voice sounded from some distance…

"Oiii, what are you doing there." Another voice followed

When I heard those voices, for a moment I gave up struggling altogether, closed my eyes and just lay there. F**k, I didn't know that God didn't favor me to this extent.

For now, Let this man play his tricks.

"What is the meaning of your Silfian guards, now I can't even find a little place for a rendezvous with my lover…? Huh…" I heard him speaking in an irritated voice, as he gingerly gathered me in his arms & hid me his wide chest, like I was his most beloved creature. What a hypocrite…

"L…. lord Vildar, we are so sorry for the intrusion. But you should not be out here. The occurrence of ferals attacking the commoners have been widespread lately, it is not safe to be outside at such late hours." I Heard them say.

"Kindly follow us to join back inside the halls, My lord"

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Mon Ami - (means in French) close friends, my dear, etc.