327 On Me

CHAPTER 327

'I guess it must have to do with them coming to East Bane. I heard rumours that the King was mad that the supplies that were given to help out the village never got there and it was the Lady Erwina who was in charge. That would make sense as to why they want him dead.'

Evelyn's mind was going bunkers from the thought of what was happening.

If she had not told Cullen about herself and where she was from, he never would have mentioned it to the Prince and never would they have come to the village and thus anger the Lady and her daughter.

'It seems they figured out that it wasn't Prince Owen's idea but Cullen's. Oh no, what have I done!'

"I am sorry, princess. My word stands."

"Against mine? I could have you thrown in the dungeons for eternity for that." Cyrena was raged hearing Amelia's words.

The effrontery!       

Without uttering a single word, Amelia went down on one knee and bowed her head to her with one hand on her knee and the other at her side.

"I can help out a warning through to him but other than that… I cannot do further."

"Why are you protecting him so much, Amelia?!"

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By the next morning, Nerissa woke Astrid up early and took her away with the book to train her on her magic.

"Hey, aunt. Good morning." Astrid greeted while rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Morning, dearie. It is time to train." Nerissa greeted back and extended her hand for Astrid to take.

"Yeah, right, training."

The way he said it and responded was as though she was silently rolling her eyes while reciting sluggishly, her worst anthem.

Yesterday had been tiring especially with the spar she had with Jareth. It wasn't as before since this time around, it was kind of a duel than a training. Out of the ten times they duelled, Jareth won seven and her, three.

Of which we all knew Jareth let her win.

On those three occasions, he had actually distracted himself with her when he held her left hand firmly in front of her chest and trailed his left hand over her neck and shoulders, watching how enticingly her chest rose and fell.

At the second one, both hands were locked around her waist holding her close to him when Astrid took the opportunity to raise her hands behind him and threatened to crack his neck or pierce through it with the ice dagger that she formed instantly.

On the last duel, Jareth had actually made her trip over and fell on him, then he freely let himself fall with her, letting her raise a knife to his throat again as her other hand, held his chest down.

Jareth smiled as he watched her, he could easily flip them over and tower above her with his weight pressing down on her and trapping both her leg in between his but he let it slide that she won, but not before wrapping his hands around her and pulling her closer.

She could feel a slight bulge in his pants and chose to ignore it so that something HEATY would not start.

Rather than letting her go, Jareth let his hands roam over her upper body a bit, helping her massage her back and shoulders while nestling his nose and face at the crook between her neck and shoulder.

Minutes later he stopped and kissed her gently on the forehead before helping her up to a sitting position with himself.

After some seconds of looking at each other and fighting their urges, both of them stood up and walked back to meet the rest.

"Come on baby. You can do this. Up, up." Nerissa's voice broke her from her train of thoughts and she yawned. "Tsk, naughty girl. Come on."

This was going to be the first time in a long while that Nerissa would be training someone in the art of magic and honestly speaking she did not know how she would do so, especially with her fragile baby.

Little did she know Astrid wasn't as fragile as before. At least Nerissa got a good chance to see how well she had been able to control her powers now.

They both went to a quieter and wider field to train. It was a little bit far from where Jareth and Snow slept but Nerissa thought it best not to disturb the beast and the elf.

Little did she know that the naughty elf wasn't asleep but wide awake. By the time he was sure they had gone far enough, Jareth stood up but first mouthing something to Snow who was still fast asleep and left, following after them.

"Now, how much have you learnt and what spells have you tried from your book?" Nerissa asked Astrid.

Astrid began listing all the spells she had tried and those she couldn't because she did not have the right ingredients for it. 

She also to her about the aphrodisiac spell that she did, causing her aunt to be wide-eyed. She could not believe that Astrid tried such a spell and was even more shocked that she actually carried it out.

It was a spell most high-level sorceresses could perform. most advanced mages couldn't, let alone new and learning mages like herself.

"I am actually surprised and proud. Tell me, who did you carry it on?" Nerissa was now curious more than ever to know the tale even more than training her baby.

Astrid who was more than embarrassed at what had happened then was now regretting while she had opened her mouth to name such a speel.

She just could not keep it to herself and Nerissa could not pretend she heard such a thing. How could she? Like she said, just high levelled sorceresses, especially those with high magic power that could do it.

By now Astrid's cheeks had turned red from embarrassment as she recalled what had happened that day or what little she remembered.

"On me."