Chapter 153 - The Hunting-3

Abigail pov contd

"Why do you think so? Do you even remember spending time with me?" he asked, looking at the other side and I shook my head. He was right, it could not have been possible. Silence ensued after his reply.

But I could only think of one reason no matter how much I think. So far, I always ignored his actions towards me  as his excessive favor or kindness or his attraction towards beautiful girls., but I had to reevaluate him this time. He offered to do me a favor by giving up his own gains and even incurring damage to his honor every time. He even stood up for me many times in front of everyone.

Though his words were not that romantic towards me like he flirts with others, it was something that always touched my heart even when I tried to ignore them. There was something in his eyes the way he saw me, or was I just overthinking since he saw everyone with lusty eyes yet his eyes were clear when he saw me.

But I soon shook my head at these idle thoughts. I felt a bit romantic after spending time with him and emotional after seeing a cruel hunting scene a few times.

'How can I use 'romantic' for this kind of cheesy expression?'

My face hardened with the soft thoughts bubbling in my heart. Wasn't it enough to die once because of love? How could I even think about them again? Have I learnt nothing from my mistakes?

"Are you okay? Your face doesn't look good," James asked Me with a worried tone. I shook my head but my body shivered at that time. The cold was too much. Though I was wearing a uniform, it was too thick and absorbed more water. It was like wet cotton, cold and heavy now.

William continued to look at me and then he took out his jacket. But instead of giving it to me he held it in his hands and took out his inner vest too. Now he was standing there bare chest. My eyes widened as I looked at his fair skin, Noah had a bit tan skin with abs, while William was on a fairer side with an inverted v figure. My eyes widened when I realised I was thinking of nude bodies that also had two of them at the same time.

'Darn Abi! Being single for so long makes you lewd! Even if you have been laid in the 21 century. You are only 16yrs old now.'

"Here, this is still dry." he said, passing me the coat. "Go inside the carriage and change your clothes. And stay there for now." he said as the carriage was walking away. But I shook my head. The carriage was filled with dead wolves and headless dead foxes. It would be full of the stench of dead bodies. I would rather stand there than share a closed box with dead bodies.

William approached me and examined my condition. His eyes were worried as if my condition seemed to be quite serious, like I would just faint right away. 

"Your body is too cold and aching. Are you feeling nauseous too? I think you have an upset stomach, too, look at your face, it's turning red, maybe it is because of the wet clothes' ' said the man who was not even wearing his shirt and standing bare chest as a model.

"I am just a bit cold, that is it. And you will be sick earlier than me if you do not wear clothes." 

"She is right, your highness, your lips have turned white too."

I sighed and looked around to check if there were any helpful plants nearby. There were all kinds of green plants in the forest. After looking for something for a while, I found a few herbal plants nearby and ran to it.

I picked up several leaves from the plant and returned to them. They were looking at me with confusion.

"These ginger leaves are your highness. If you chew them you will feel better. Put it in your mouth and chew it well. It will help your digestion. It's good for a cold, so chew it " I assured them but only William forwarded his hands, which was also stopped by his knights.

I sighed and chewed a few leaves slowly in my mouth to assure them as they continued to look at me with suspicious eyes. When they noticed that the color my cheeks had returned, they also began to chew several ginger leaves carefully. I also felt a bit relaxed because of the warmth of the ginger leaves that spread in my mouth.

Fortunately, the rain slowed down after a while. But most of us were so drenched that I did not think anyone would object if William asked them to return now. 

"I think we all should go back now." said William as he wrote his shirt back and they all nodded. I took a breath of relief as contrary to my fear, nothing happened. And soon we will be back to the palace.

We headed back to the entrance of the forest. The spring forest, after getting washed in rain, was looking fresh and beautiful, the smell of wet soil was so refreshing to the body.. As the sun through the clouds shone a rainbow started to form at the distance, making the scene like a fairytale. The woods were looking alive with shining leaves on the branches, the forest was full of life.

"Whoa!" but there was something wrong with the gait of the Hundred.

I had no time to enjoy the beauty of the forest because I had to hold the reins tightly many times as hundreds were going more and more out of control.  I tried many times to control him and appease him by caressing or kicking and holding the reins tightly but it continued to struggle more and more.

but then suddenly everyone turned silent.