"W... who are you?" I stuttered in fear, thinking he may be one of those bloodsuckers. My eyes searched everywhere in the room hoping to see anything that I could grab and hurl at the person. I couldn't see his face because he was in the dark side of the room but his shadow looked huge.
"Is that anyway to greet your saviour?"
Saviour?. The man started stalking towards me slowly and deliberately as if am a prey. Different thoughts swirled in my head. What if he saved me from the wolf so he could suck me dry while am still alive? What if he wanted to keep me here and fatten me up so I could be a supplier of blood for him. I felt sick at the thought, I was thinking of myself as if I was a meat or better still a bottle of wine.
I felt hot hands on my arm, hands that were almost burning my skin and I flinched. I looked up into a pair of glowing eyes, eyes that were glowing with intensity, sucking me in, drowning me in a hot pool of sensation, till my cheeks were burning hot and I looked away mortified.
"Did I scare you?" The man asked in his deep voice and I found myself blushing and looking away. No! I have to thank him, don't I? I cleared my throat.
"No sir you didn't scare me" I whispered. Understatement of the country because I was and is still scared. I turned away from him and buttoned up my shirt. I turned back to him and it was then that I realized how tall he really was. He was so tall and huge he almost look like a giant and he had a very exquisite face, face that was burningly handsome and my cheeks grew hot again. I looked down again and quickly bowed my head as a show of gratitude.
"I am most grateful to you sir for saving me and letting me sleep, Thank you sir, I really appreciate this" I couldn't look up to see his burning gaze. He cleared his throat and I still didn't look up.
"Anyway, how did you end up in that bush? I mean how did you get there?" he asked. Just that one question was enough to bring tears into my eyes, but no I wouldn't cry, not In front of a man that I didn't know, not in front of a man that was so achingly handsome.
"I ... you... I mean it's nothing, it's just that I lost my way you know and I ... didn't know the..."I broke off horrified by the panic I could hear in my voice. I cleared my throat and tried to change the subject. "Am sorry mister, but do you happen to have any spare cloth that I could wear? "
The man's gaze trailed from my face down to my clothes and I realized once again how horrible I must look. He folded his arms and raised one of his eyebrows and that one small action made him look like an arrogant prince.
"Unless you'll want to wear my own clothes huh?" he asked in a slow drawl.
" Why not, I'll try it, Thank..." I trailed off when I suddenly saw the man standing in front of me, too close and I blinked because I didn't realize when he moved.