Chapter 8 You Can't Survive Here

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• KIMBERLY'S POV
• I was in the middle of the forest, trees on every side. I had been running for a while, and I had some thorns pricking into my skin.
• As I looked around, I felt so horrified. I could see the creatures approaching me from every side. It was dark, and all I could see were the red eyes heading towards me.
• “I told you! You can't survive here,” a female voice said, and I realized that it came from the wolf that was the closest to me.
• “Gillian?" I called, realizing that it could be her.
• But it pounced on me immediately. It sank its teeth into my flesh, and I felt a sharp pain.
• “Ah!” I woke up with a start, only to realize that I was dreaming.
• But then, I realized that I was out of breath. It was like I was suffocating.
• I opened my eyes, only to see the Lycan Prince sitting on the bed beside me and pinching my nose.
• I struggled a bit, and he stopped. He stood up and looked down at me, his face cold and scary.
• I gasped for breath and looked at him in fear. “You… you…” I stammered.
• “You snore when you sleep, human. That irritated me,” he said in his deep and low voice.
• I was left in shock. So just because I snored, he wanted to kill me? That was my room, okay?
• But then I sat up with a start when I thought about it. I had locked my door the previous night. How did he get in?
• “You… how did you get in?” I asked, but I saw his gaze turn deep as he looked at me. “What?”
• He suddenly looked away. “Put some clothes on when you sleep,” he said.
• It was then that I realized that I only had my bra on. I didn't have pajamas yet, so I slept with only a bra.
• I froze for a second before pulling the covers over me. I cursed in my heart several times.
• “That's what happens when you come to people's rooms without knocking,” I muttered.
• But he turned to look at me. This time, he seemed scarier. “What did you say?“ He asked.
• I pursed my lips and didn't say anything to him. I was scared that if I tried, he would strangle me to death.
• “This is my house! I go wherever I want,” he said with a scoff before sitting on the couch.
• I could only sigh while looking at him fearfully. I didn't know when he was going to attack me. So I had to be careful.
• “I was told that you went to see the Queen Mother yesterday,” he finally spoke up.
• And I tensed up a little when I remembered what Agent Kane wanted. How the hell could I get information from the devil in front of me?
• “Yeah,” I nodded. “She called for me.”
• Myles nodded his head, but the expression on his face remained grave. “What did she want? What did you two talk about?”
• I wasn't surprised that he would ask that. After all, what the Queen Mother had said about him wasn't very nice.
• I could tell that there was beef between them. And something was telling me not to get involved.
• “What?” I asked.
• He furrowed his brows. “I asked you a question,” he said. “If I ask, you answer.”
• He wasn't friendly at all, and this bothered me a bit. Of course, I knew that I wasn't going to marry him. But couldn't he at least pretend to be nice?
• I stared at him for a second before looking away. So he wanted to play that rude game, right?
• “She asked if I wanted to marry her son instead,” I said, trying to keep my expression calm.
• He seemed calm for a second before he scoffed. Then he stood up, wanting to leave.
• He didn't seem bothered by my statement at all.
• “Wait!” I suddenly said.
• He stopped, but he didn't turn to look at me. I didn't know if he wanted me to say whatever I wanted to say or not.
• “I want to continue going to school,” I said.
• I had thought about it for a while. I only had one year until I graduated from college.
• Since I was trapped in his castle and I didn't know when I would get out, maybe I could continue with my studies.
• At least, that would keep me busy, and time would go by faster. Moreover, I wouldn't have to spend my whole day in that castle, trapped with him.
• He was silent for a while before he turned to look at me. But still, he didn't say anything.
• Scared that he was going to turn me down, I looked back at him. “I promise I will keep my distance from you and won't do anything that you don't like. Just let me go back to school,” I said.
• He shrugged. “Okay,” he said. “Schools open in a few days. You can go if that's what you want.”
• I was a bit surprised that he agreed. But I felt excited. At least, I would have a place to spend my day.
• “Okay,” I said.
• But he walked towards me. I felt terrified and tried to back away. I didn't know what he wanted to do.
• I was just about to scream when he grabbed my hand and looked at it.
• “What happened?” He asked, his voice still cold and scary.
• “I… I…” I stammered had looked at my hand too. He was holding it with some force. That was the spot where the wolf scratched me at night. It was painful.
• He glared back at me, waiting for me to speak.
• “I tripped and fell,” I lied. I didn't know why I did it. It just felt like the right thing to do.
• But suddenly, he applied more pressure, and I cried out in pain.
• “Ah! What… what are you doing?” I asked in shock.
• “I will surely cut off your tongue the next time you lie to me,” he said before releasing me.
• He didn't say anything else. He just left like nothing had happened.
• “I need to get out of this place,” I said and wiped the tears at the corner of my eyes. My hand was very painful from what he had done.