Chapter 170
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{"I CURSE THE STRINGS OF FATE THAT BINDS THESE TWO SOULS! TO STOP SUCH CATASTROPHE, I CALL UPON THE GODS CREATIONS FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE DEFECTIVE BEAST. THERE SHOULD BE NO DAY THAT THEIR SOULS MEET IN GOOD FAITH! UNTIL MY DAUGHTER UNDERSTANDS HER OWN SELFISHNESS, ONLY WHEN THIS CURSE SHALL BE LIFTED!"}
My eyes shot awake, sitting up in a hurry as if someone was running after me. I woke up in an unknown room with dark interior wall yet all i could thnk of was the voice that echoed to me in my dream.
I huffed out, what the hell.
Did i actually just heard that?! The curse?!
'Are you alright?' Gina asks worriedly.
[What was that? i think i heard the moon goddess's voice. You saw it too right?!]
She stays silent.
[Hello?! i'm talking to you!]
'It's a warning from her.'
[What do you mean? i already knew the curse, you told me about it.]
'No, it's signal. The moon goddess is telling us that the fated day is coming near.'
I gasped, my anger boiling.
Even with all the things that we have planned, is the moon goddess telling us that all we're doing now will be pointless?! despite my struggle to change the direction of our fate? is that what she's trying to say?!
"That damned bitch." I fumed, gripping the blanket covers on my hand.
I won't let you.
I WON'T LET THIS DAMNED CURSE CONTROL ME!
The power from my body raged in anger, leaking out dangerously as my hair started to change color once again, my eyes burning from the overwhelming magic surging throughout my body.
"She thinks she can control me?! I'll show her! i'll stop this ridiculous curse once and for all!" I yelled, my voice cracking in wrath.
I was too immersed in my own thoughts that i failed to notice the presence already infront of me. I flinched, seeing Charles suddenly in my sight with a tray on his hand. I looked at the tray that contained all my favorite foods.
This trick again?
"Aren't you lively?" He smiles, approaching me as my head still lowered from my fit of anger. "I brought you breakfast-"
I slapped it away, the tray flying off his hand.
"Stop this." I muttered, barely a whisper. "Stop this ridiculous act of caring towards me!"
"Christal." He says in a sad tone, reaching his hand to me but i only avoided his touch, turning my head away in a swift pace.
He takes his hand back in irritation. "How long are you gonna throw a tantrum? i didn't kidnap you, you came with me on your own accord."
"I did." I gritted my teeth, "But i never agreed to be your Queen!"
This guy is crazy. I thought i'll be able to drag him with the other traitors that's planning to hurt Zyrus, yet look at me. I'm the one who's being taken advantage with! I never thought my plan could turn in such a bad direction.
This insane psychopath!
"Didn't you want to kill your mate?" He scowls, "I'm doing everything that could help you, yet you're rejecting my offer."
"help me?! how can being your queen help me?! it doesn't! it only helps YOU!" I snarled at him.
"Think about it." He sits down beside me, "If you become my queen, you'll be safe within the vampires, and you'll be able to have your revenge against your mate. isn't it a win-win situation?"
My eyes opened in dismay.
Sure it does sound like a tempting offer. But there's something amiss about how he was so desperate to make me a queen, even setting the date so early that i won't have any time to retaliate or change my mind about it. The only question that crossed my mind right now is how does he benefit from all of this.
I glared at him. "Win-win? so what exactly do you gain from all of this?"
He smirks.
I don't know what he's thinking. But just from the devilish look from his eyes, i could already tell how bad his reason must be. At that time, i didn't even want to ask him further, regretting that i even asked that question.
I trembled, feeling the pressure around us.
Standing up, he comes near me. I was so frozen at my spot that i wasn't able to dodge his lips that came in contact with my temples, feeling his mouth curling in excitement just from how he kissed me.
Shit.
Why can't utter anything?!
"You don't have to know about my intentions, it's too long for you to understand." He smiles, his pale cold skin making me turn my head away.
He leans on my face, forcing me to look at him by gripping my chin aggressively. "So have we come into an agreement, my queen?"
I gulped in nervousness.
It wasn't such a bad deal actually. If i think about it, it'll make things easier for our plans to escalate in a sooner date. But that thought that Charles would be the one controlling the whole event scares me, it scares me that maybe one day, i won't be able to manage this frightening guy.
My first love from the past.
My heart clenched in pain. "Charles, why me? you of all people know what i feel right now. So how could you trust me that i won't kill you?"
"Don't worry. Every agreement has a signature." He replies.
I raised an eyebrow in confusion, not getting where he was getting from. Signature? what does he mean?
He stood up, twisting his hand as he gathered magic around his palm. In less than a minute, he was able to summon two glasses with unknown liquid contents inside of it.
He smiles at me.
"What is that?" I asked.
"It's a toast, to our agreement."
He hands me one glass, and i reluctantly took it with shaking hands, using both palms so that it won't slip so easily due to my nervousness.
"What is this?" I gulped.
I could tell instantly that there was something wrong inside the glass. An ominous aura surrounding it, visible due to the demi-god's powers that i possess. He knows i have such an ability, so why is he handing me such an obvious intention?
"Wine." He says, bumping his glass to mine before drinking it, not a bit bothered that i was looking at him with wary eyes.
Shit.
He definitely knows i'm also suspicious of it.
"It's delicious." He persuades, his eyes gleaming at the glass at my hands. "You shouldn't waste it."
I gulped, i can't back down. If he's planning something in this drink, i think it's better for our plans. Whatever it is, i'm sure it's not intending to hurt me.
I know that at least.
I hurriedly gulped the contents inside my throat, coughing a bit due to ingesting it so suddenly. "It's.. sour."
All of a sudden, the glass disappears and his face was already inches away from me. My body locked by his hands, he says. "Now, all of this.."
He touches every part of my body slowly, making me flinch. Then he comes close beside my ear, saying his next words in a whisper.
"You're all mine."
