Chapter 48 - An Evil Image In His Eyes....

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Queen Ariadne's POV.

Next morning, when I woke up I found my self wrapped in the Emperor's arms. We slept on the cushion together in the drawing room. I looked at his  face and all I could see was an innocent man sound asleep. Who will believe that such a handsome face belongs to the devil? His eyes were shut tight. Those eyes I  barely look in to when they were opened. The long black lashes stood out making his appearance more beautiful. His thin lips were pink and attractive , making me regret why I didn't kiss them last night when he asked me to.

I could still remember what happened last night. The Emperor told me that he would wait for me til I  am ready to accept him as a husband. Actually, what led to our discussion about this was when he asked me how we were going to repay our broken relationship. I said forgiveness and true love, only when we forgive and love each other, then our old wounds will heal and I will be able to give my self to him as my husband. 

I never knew the Emperor would agreed to that. I thought he was going to be angry and might take me in forcefully but he didn't rather, the only words he uttered were "Your wish is my command". I giggled hearing when he Said.

The Ray of light that came from the sun through the open curtains affected my eyes. Only then did I remembered that I was supposed to meet my fake parents this morning. We were going to have a serious and secret discussion. Now, that the Emperor was still sleeping this was the right time for it.

Without making any noise, I removed his hands that were wrapped around on me and gently, I got up from the cushion. I checked to see if his eyes were still shut, o yes, it was. I took a step forward and quietly. 

I was about to take another step when I felt something holding me back. I couldn't move further. It seemed my gown was stuck to the cushion because of the length and size. If I was present when they made this dress , I would have told the seamstress to reduce its length. It was too long.

I turned back to remove my gown from the hold of the cushion, only to that the emperor was awake! He was the one that held the edge of my gown all these while. How was this possible? Few seconds ago, his eyes were shut and now, they stared at me seductively.

"Where are you running to my Queen?" He asked. His Shirt was loosed revealing the hit body behind him. Now, I know the reason why all the women in the Quarters, fought to spend the nights with him.

"Greetings, your highness. I want to go back to my room" I answered. Those eyes made me shy. I was uncomfortable with the way , his lips kept widened. This was temptation and I am not going to fall for it because I, Ariadne was the one who told the Emperor to wait a little longer for love to grow.

"Is there need for that? I also have a bathroom" he said. The Emperor held my hand, I thought it was just that, until he drew me back and I fell into his arms. The warmth of his skin made me shiver a little, which was odd.  There for the first I looked deep into his eyes and I saw that his Iris were red with an image of beast in it! I jumped away from his arms. 

I have never seen a beast in a humans eyes before. Or was I dreaming? The image I saw in those eyes was a man-beast with horns. Everything happened so fast that I didn't get to view it well. I tried to look at him again but this time his Iris were black from a far. 

How was this possible? I knew what I saw and the image was still in tact and saved in my brain. I could even draw it if I was asked to. The Emperor stood up from the cushion and came towards me.

"What happened to you my queen?" He asked, looking so worried. It's was obvious that he wasn't aware of it. 

"Nothing… I …. Am fine" I stammered. There was no evidence that I saw anything in his eyes, in order not to build a house on nothing, I lied to him.

"Are you sure?" He asked and  I nodded in agreement. The emperor came closer. Now, the gap between us was not up to a centimeter. He hugged me tightly.  When he did that, I felt relieved and saved. How was this possible? The eyes I saw with an evil image  earlier, belonged to this man , I found comfort and refuge in .

"You said nothing but your body tells me that something is wrong. Or are you afraid that I might go against our agreement?"

Oh , I didn't recall about that but I think this was the perfect topic to discuss to avoid further questions about the image "yes your highness."

"I won't my queen, believe in me he said. I won't go back on my words."

"I hope so" I said quietly. The last time, I trusted him everything went drown the drian. I hope he prove to me that he really care about me.

"You can take your bath here. I will be in my bedroom. When you are done, met me there" he said, letting go of my body which I didn't like at all.

"Okay" was the only word  I uttered. The Emperor made his way to the door, when he reached there, he turned back and gave me a funny smile. I let out a wild laugh.. Seeing him do that was funny or maybe it's wasn't! I was just in love with his boyish smiles.