Chapter 14

Chapter 14

“The hell, you said you were going to drink water…”

Enya wandered in confusion among the strangers who had now increased into two. Even though she tried to shake off her caught arm, the man did not let her go easily.

“Chiron, look at her. It must have been her first time.”

As the man named Aksan glanced at the man named Chiron, who had just arrived, he bent his eyebrows and smirked.

“She doesn’t want to, let her go. Hey, who’s with you? If it was your first time, you should have come with your sisters. I will take you.”

“Wait, Chiron. I like her very much. Give me some time to seduce her. Her skin is so soft, and it doesn’t seem like it will fit in one palm, the curves, too…”

Aksan prevented Enya from escaping from his arms, hugging her back and arms, and pressed her chest to him. When she was about to scream with all her might at that creepy sensation and push him away, suddenly Chiron stepped back.

“Sh*t! Hey, Aksan!”

Chiron made Aksan quickly shake off Enya’s hand. Because of that, he was annoyed and turned around as if wondering what was going on. Immediately, Aksan, like Chiron, suddenly turned white and dropped his arm that was holding Enya down.

Enya, feeling ominous, slowly turned her head, just like the men. The next moment, her face went pale too.

Aksan exclaimed as if he was innocent and quickly took a step back.

“Wait—Ta, Tarhan…! Wait! You misunderstood…!”

When Aksan’s eyes turned to the large shadow blocking the way they had come, her gaze also went there.

There was Tarhan.

Immediately, Enya slumped down. As soon as she saw Tarhan’s face, her tension was relieved in an instant.

At the same time, she trembled as if she had never seen the man named Tarhan for the first time in her life. He was gazing at the two men surrounding her with a deadly look. Even after so many face-to-face encounters, his eyes filled with the trembling cruelty and savage nature made her tremble.

She gazed up at him blankly.

Perhaps she was shocked, she strangely did not have any strength in her body, and she could not move as if a feeling of helplessness took over all parts of her body.

“…Tarhan.”

Enya felt his gaze on her bare chest and thighs. The mottled scratches and torn hair couldn’t be more embarrassing.

Because of that, she turned away from him and sobbed unknowingly. As she sat down and gathered her body around her arms, she didn’t want him to see her like this. She wanted to hide on the ground like this.

Tarhan didn’t say anything.

However, his silence conveyed a clearer intention than any other words at that moment. The temperature of emotion that his two eyes showed now did not need any explanation. He was outraged.

Aksan waved his hand and shouted urgently. His tone showed that he had plenty to protest.

“I, I really didn’t know! I didn’t know that, that it was her…! I really didn’t even think of going with this woman! I was just trying to get her there because it seemed like she was away from the party…!”

Chiron also took a step back and shouted.

“I… I have nothing to do with it! I’m here to find this bastard, Aksan! I didn’t even touch this woman!”

Although Aksan looked resentfully at his friend, who didn’t seem to want to help, he didn’t even look at him because he wanted to live first. Then, unfair and frustrated, he hit his chest and appealed to Tarhan again.

“Tarhan! Tarhan! I really didn’t know…! It was dark, and I couldn’t see well! In the first place, this woman never took part in the Day of Repose ceremony! I never even dreamed of it!!”

The two men’s fear was transmitted to Enya.

She looked up ominously at Tarhan, who was staring at them like he was going to kill them. The feelings of fear and anxiety and the feeling of wanting to hold onto and rely on something overlapped, and it seemed that even tears would flow.

Everything was a mess. At the same time, she was afraid of what he was going to do.

As a boy, Tarhan maimed the left arm of a man who tried to assault her. After that, everyone in the tribe knew that his anger, when his eyes turned over, was atrocious.

Still, when someone touched Enya, it was something more than just anger. It was as if someone had pulled the string in his head and cut it. It was pure madness, not thinking from a single rational point of view. At that time, Tarhan didn’t even feel like the same person. Even though he looked the same, words didn’t seem to work.

Would she see blood in this place?

But, he didn’t draw his sword. Instead, he walked over to them without saying a word. The two men took a few more steps back in an instant, wanting to run away. Despite that, Tarhan didn’t even look at them.

All of a sudden, Enya felt her body lifted upwards.

“Ta, Tarhan…”

He gently lifted her up by putting his arms under Enya’s back and knees. She relieved her trembling body and buried her head completely in his chest. He smelled of dry leather and wet grass at the same time. Had he taken off his clothes and slept on the wet grass…?

She could feel Tarhan’s gaze looking down at her.

It was miserable. She didn’t want to, but in the end, miserable tears began to form in her eyes. Why did tears come out when she was agitated or angry?

Enya bowed her head in unbearable shame and begged. She just wanted to go back home.

“Please, let’s just go… please…”

Enya, encouraged by Tarhan’s arms wrapped around her waist, whispered, touching his hard chest. She hoped the trembling-like crying voice wouldn’t come out though her body didn’t cooperate. While her trembling arms were pressed against Tarhan’s chest, they continued to flow downwards.

His eyes widened at the sound of her voice. The anger and sad feelings of wanting to bury the two men alive in front of his eyes were evident. Enya stroked Tarhan’s arm with a trembling hand.

“Let’s just go home… okay?”

Home.

Her body trembled slightly. Her stomach was twisted, and it started really hurting. The next moment, Tarhan hugged her and ordered to his back.

“Put them in jail for now. Get them out of my sight.”

Enya did not know until then that several other men were standing behind them. Her gaze was focused only on him, so she didn’t even notice it.

As Tarhan started walking while holding her in his arms, she buried her face in his concave clavicle bone. She could see the men caught by his subordinates being dragged to somewhere with empty faces.

It seemed that the festival was still in full swing. Some of the people of the tribe, who had been away from the Day of the Repose for a while, saw Tarhan holding her, then backed away looking like there was nothing to see.

All the way back, leaning in his arms, Enya couldn’t lift her head bowed like a criminal.

It was the same when they came into the house.

“What the hell! Why were you there? And, what is this outfit…!”

That was the first thing Tarhan asked her, laying her down on the bed. Enya gazed up at him with tears in her eyes. She could see a red vein popping on his neck as he asked the question.

“Did they insult you? Did those bastards touch your body…?”

If she answered yes, he would pluck the neck of the two men at any moment. Enya tried to wrap her arms around his neck again without answering the question. However, Tarhan removed her arm and let her face him.

“Tell me, Enya! Say anything…! Please, give me something! I think I’m going crazy with anger! Do you know how desperately I endured not to behead those children on the spot?”

His rough hand gripped her cheek softer than ever. He groaned like a man whose neck got strangled, almost pleading.

“Please, tell me. I’ll do whatever you ask. Shall I tie those bastards on their necks to a carriage and whip the horse until they fall off? Or should I throw them in the middle of the village with their skin upside down so that they can be eaten by birds…?”

Her mind went blank. Enya couldn’t answer anything.

Tarhan, who looked at her with distant eyes, was merely letting out sobbing moans, finally hugged her tightly. As she was captured in his suffocating arms, the tears she had been holding back came pouring out.

As he constantly stroked her trembling back and arms, she felt even more sorry for his lost attitude.

In the end, she couldn’t speak the truth. She failed to be his proud woman today. The cold eyes of the women during his absence and the act of burning her works bruised her heart, yet she couldn’t confess it. Her pride didn’t allow it.

Instead, it took a while before Enya was able to spit out an excuse.

“The Day of Repose… I saw it. I didn’t know it was such a thing. I…”

As she uttered those words, the sight she had seen with her own two eyes unfolded again.

The images of men and women copulating indiscriminately, entwining their genitals. It couldn’t have been more shocking. It was even worse than seeing the mating of beasts. Enya pulled Tarhan’s arm as if pleading with wide open eyes.

“I, I don’t want to do that… I just want to do that with Tarhan…”

Then, tension suddenly entered Tarhan’s jaw. His head twitched, and he moved forward. It seemed that fire was gushing out of his eyes.

“Do you think I’ll let other bastards touch one of your fingertips.…?”

Then, he laid down her body and lay on her, pressing her thighs and wrists.

Enya opened her closed eyes and gazed up at Tarhan. Their gazes were strongly entangled. The man’s eyes before their intercourse were too savage, to the point that her stomach, which seemed to have already lost its pain, started to tingle again.

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