Chapter 248: the dare!

Marianne pov

"You both, you are full of blood, you could be used to lure the animals. Don't wash yourself"  said the man and I wonder if the day could be any better! What did he think of us! Are we his baits or what?

I knew if this goes on Cassius would not be able to handle much, even if it was a lot for me. But then, when was he behaving like him these days?

When I thought he would be angry and deny or try to be witty and find a solution he did something I had never expected.

"I am ready to be the bait, but let my wife clean the blood and stay in a safe corner. If she would be hurt even a bit, I would make sure to kill as many of you as I can.`` His words were so cold that even I shivered but their head just chuckled.

"And you think, you bare handedly can deal with all of us?" His words were filled with mockery but Cassius just shook his head.

"No, but I will make sure to kill a few of you before getting to my end. So how many are you ready to lose your life? because I am sure I am ready to die to save my wife." he said with the same arrogance I know in him. 

To say that I was not getting affected would be a lie. Even if he was acting, he had done so perfectly that my heart was beating so fast in my rib cage that it would burst out any moment. I shook my head to clear my thoughts. This was not the time to be emotional and a teenage girl who would look at her love to fight for her from the sidelines.

"Alright, then you will be one to be the bait, just open your bandage and let the blood fall when animals are near. We will signal you. And your wife can come here and sit with Zua, he pointed at the leecher man who was looking at me since we bumped into each other. His eyes were telling there was so much lust in it. Rather than sitting with him, i would better stay here and be bait of the animals.

But before i could say anything, Cassius spoke again,

"She is not going to stay with him. She is going to stay with you, the head of the clan. And I need a pledge from you to keep her safe." he spoke and my fingers clenched into a fist. Why was he talking like he was not going to make it!? Did he think he would become a brave warrior or a great husband who sacrificed his life for his wife. 

Tsk.. tsk.. Had he taken me as a weak wife who cries by sitting in the corner when her husband would fight from the enemies.

"You are a tough nut, aren't you. Alright, i will escort your wife safely if something happens to you. Now move from the river and stand in the middle. I can feel from the ground, the animals are near." he said and i finally understood why the man was lying on the ground and even talking while keeping his head on the ground all the time.

Cassius looked at me with his face full of seriousness, and I wanted nothing but to beat him first and then handle all these monkeys who were ordering us as if we were their slaves.

"Go there" he instructed and it took all my strength to not shout at him right there.

I nodded seriously and moved towards him and hugged him with a sentimental face as if I was too upset and in a pathetic state.

But when I was about to move my legs slipped and I fell on him. We both fell straight into the river behind him and then i made sure to move as much as i could in an attempt to stand but the slippery water kept disbalancing me or so as i acted.

Cassius looked at me with a frown and I winked at him, making his eyes widened. Look at the courage of the man, he even had the audacity to pinch my waist in that condition and make me cry in pain.

He let me act a bit more and when he finally helped me in standing up, we both were all wet but clean, there was no smell of blood from us.

The brooding man finally stood up from the ground and walked toward us. He sniffed us like an animal would do and then his eyes met mine. I still acted like a pathetic and hopeless woman but his eyes were telling me he could see through my act.

But who cares, we have already cleaned the blood, and he could not do anything about it.

Cassius and I stood in an alert position in case he tried to attack us. But in the next second the man chuckled.

He looked at me and asked, "which weapon can you use?" 

"I can use all '' said Cassius but he shook his head, and continued looking at me as if still waiting for my reply.

"I can use a bow, sword and a bit of dagger." I replied with my head held high.

He nodded and uplifted his hand in the air.

Soon a man threw a dagger at him. Could he not choose a sword or bow?!

"Show me your skills, if you won with Shia, then i would make sure that you will be escorted well without even jewel and will promise to protect you once in future no matter who would be against you. But... if you lost, Shia will make sure to give you enough wounds to use you as bait for the hunting for days to come and only your husband would leave the place alone. That also only if he wanted to leave or else we do not mind an extra fool as bait!!