Oberon swiftly entered the palace, Nyx in his arms.
Elena rushed towards them.
"Oberon, where did you find her?"
He didn't answer her question, he went to the stairs and to his room.
When he got to his room, he dropped her gently on the bed. Looking at her sleeping face for a while, he sighed. He finally turned around and stormed out of the room.
He go to the main room and ordered everyone to be assembled.
When they were all gathered, he spoke up.
"So I have no one who is responsible enough in this place? You all call yourselves adults yet you can't even look after one person properly!" He yelled.
"We're so sorry your Majesty." They apologised.
"Keep your useless apologies to yourself! She was almost raped, who knows what else the rogue would have done to her?" He clenched his fists.
They all gasped and began to murmur among themselves.
"Keep quiet!"
They all shut up and bowed their heads.
"It's a good thing you saw her on time." Elena held her chest.
"Mother, how come you didn't notice?" He was boiling in fury.
"I'm sorry Oberon. I had thought that she was in her room. I had no idea she had slipped outside." She shook her head in her defence.
"This should be the last time such a thing like this is happening. If such a thing repeats itself, I'll have all your heads." He said coldly.
They shivered and nodded, "Yes your Majesty." They said.
"From now on, you will keep a very close watch on her. Is that understood?"
"Yes your Majesty."
He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down.
"You all leave right now." He said calmly but dangerously.
They all left one by one till no one was there except Oberon and Elena.
"Where did you find her?" She asked again.
"In the woods." He replied.
"I was so scared. We can't lose her now." She blinked and sighed.
He placed his hands at his back, "We didn't lose her, that's the most important thing right now." He said softly.
"Can we still go ahead with the marriage rites tomorrow? She seems to be in a bad shape."
"There's nothing wrong with her, we will still go on with the wedding." He said bluntly.
"No Oberon, we can still postpone it, she needs to rest at least." She told him.
"I don't have any time to waste, the sooner, the better. Who knows what might happen next if I don't wed her tomorrow?"
"Nothing will happ..."
"It's tomorrow and it's final. No arguments mother." He said and walked out on her.
He went up the staircase and got to his room. He sighed before opening the door.
Nyx was still unconscious and had not woken up yet, he walked to the bed and sat on it.
"I'm not ready to lose a Luna yet, my coronation is very important to me." He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples gently.
He heard a slight cough, he opened his eyes and faced her.
Her fingers moved slightly, she slowly opened her eyes and she coughed again.
"Where am I?" She blinked her eyes as she could not yet open them properly.
"Nyx? Are you okay?" He asked.
She looked around, "Mmh? Where is this place?" She asked weakly.
"It's my room. You're in my room." He rolled his eyes.
She slowly turned to his direction, "Your Majesty? Is that you?"
He exhaled, "Yes, it's me."
She tired sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and blinked again before she finally opened them.
"Your Majesty." She gasped in surprise.
"Where did you go to?" He frowned.
She gulped, "I don't know."
"You don't know?" He squinted his eyes, "You just ran off somewhere and you didn't know where you went to?" He could feel anger slowly gripping his chest.
"I'm so sorry your Majesty, I don't know what happened. I transformed into a complete werewolf and ran off." She played with her fingers avoiding his eyes.
"You almost killed yourself." He shook his head.
She gulped and shivered slightly.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
He thinned his lips, "Get enough rest, we are still getting married tomorrow." He stood up.
She nodded and proceeded to leave his room.
"Where are you going to?" He arched his brow.
"Uh.. to my room." She replied.
A smile made its way to his lips but it didn't reach his eyes.
"You're not going anywhere, you're staying here. It's not a bad thing if you spend the night here." He walked to his wardrobe.
"I should spend the night here? Your Majesty..."
"It's Oberon, you can call me Oberon. Your formality is getting quite irritating." He took off his shirt.
She looked at herself and saw herself on manly robes, she looked at him.
"Your Majesty... I mean, uh.. well Oberon." She gulped.
He looked at her, "Mmh?"
"Uh...well I, it's nothing." She shook her head, timid.
He shook his head.
"Why do I have to stay here?" She asked again.
"That's because I want to watch you, myself." He replied.
"Why? I can watch myself."
"As it seems, you can't. I'll do it, after all, you'll come back here when we're married. So there's no difference."
He took off his pants. Her eyes fell on him, he was almost bare save for the linen undergarment on his waist.
She wanted to look away but couldn't. She let her eyes trail down his thighs. He had strong thighs which she found surprisingly attractive.
She kept them glued to his legs and wouldn't look away.
"Mmh, enjoying the view huh?"
His voice brought her back to the present, "What?"
"I didn't say you shouldn't stare, you can still do that, I could go stark naked." He smirked.
Her heart skipped a beat. Her head raced back to that night when she first saw him naked. She could feel excitement slowly creeping in but she didn't want to get herself into something she couldn't get out.
"Uh.. yes... I mean...no you shouldn't do it." She spoke quickly.
She was feeling uncomfortable, "I want to go back to my room, please."
He raised his brows, "As I said earlier, you're not going anywhere. Get back in the bed." He walked to the bed.
Her insides jumped with fright.
"What... Why?" She stuttered.
He looked at her, "What are you scared of?"
She hugged herself, "Uhmm.. I..."
"You are still going to give it to me. There's no dodging that." He spoke with so much confidence and authority.
She shook her head, "I'm not ready yet, I don't want to." She shifted closer to the edge of the bed.
He got into the bed, "You should get used to it." He smirked, "Why don't you lie down?"
She shook her head, "No thank you."
He sat up, "I promise to be a gentleman. Cross my heart." He said with a wide smirk.
She clenched her fists, she wasn't sure if he was going to keep his promise.
"I don't know about this." She said reluctantly.
"Trust me."
She slowly climbed back into the bed and lay down but maintained a good distance from him.
He chuckled and drew closer, "I just have to come to you then." He wrapped his hand round her waist.
She stiffened.
"You have a nice body though." He nuzzled her neck. All his anger had melted away, all he could feel was pure lust.
She gulped, "Your Majesty, I don't want to.."
He made her face him, "You're a very pretty girl Nyx plus a nice body." He grinned.
"You made a promise." She said.
"That doesn't matter right now," His finger gently stroked her face.
She shivered, "Your Majesty..."
He shut her up, "Oberon, it's Oberon."
"Oberon I..."
He didn't allow her speak. He shut her mouth with a slow, passionate kiss.