Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
Because Alex was holding Abi in his arms, Zeke swiftly managed to take the dungeon’s key from him.
“I’ll let Mira go. You can punish her all you want, but I can’t just allow you to claim her life.”
“That is not your decision to make, Zeke,” replied Alex as he stood up, carrying Abi in his arms as carefully as if he was holding a newborn baby.
“Abigail is alive, Alex. No need to spill anymore blood. Besides, if you execute Mira because of her, I’m afraid you’ll just be digging Abigail’s grave. Or, were you thinking of taking all her freedom and chaining her right next to you forever to be able to keep her safe?”
Alexander didn’t respond to Zeke’s words. The murderous look in his eyes, that started to waver upon the sight of his little lamb, slowly faded and returned to its usual coldness as he disappeared from Zeke’s sight.
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Somewhere in Old city, Country V’s capital…
It was a little dark when Abi opened her eyes again. Her entire body ached and she hadn’t even moved yet! Her eyes slowly adjusted and wandered around as her brows knitted together.
Where was she? This wasn’t her room. This was not her room at Alex’s house either.
Abi moved and immediately winced because of the pain from the cut on her left leg.
As she continued to move, a deep voice made her pause. “You’re awake,” the voice said and Abi’s head immediately turned towards her right, to the source of the voice.
“Alex… you’re back!” her voice was barely a whisper. She realized that her throat hurt a little when she spoke. However, she couldn’t think about the pain upon seeing Alex being right there next to her bed.
She felt like it had been a really long time since she last saw him. She missed him so much that she wanted to cry.
Abi immediately reached out and held his arm, as she attempted to rise so she could hug him, when Alex gently pinned her down.
“Stay put. You’re injured.” His voice sounded hoarse as if he was struggling to keep his voice gentle.
“Injured?” How come?” She said as she winced. Her voice was not coming out normally. She felt as though she hadn’t drunk any water for many days. “Water, please,” she asked.
Alex poured water into the glass and then looked at her. Abi was waiting for him to help her up but to her surprise, the man didn’t. Instead, he drank it himself!
Abi’s lips parted as she blinked at him in confusion. However, before she could complain, the man bent down and his lips crashed on hers. Her lips were already parted so he easily pried it open.
The next second, Abi felt the liquid flow from his mouth to hers, and then down her throat.
Abi felt like all her sleeping cells had been jolted awake by a lightning bolt. W-what did he just do?
Her face turned as red as a cooked lobster as she looked at him, dumbstruck.
But the man simply drank more water from the glass and kissed her again, making her drink the water from his mouth.
Abigail’s face was burning red. Her throat was finally better now after the third time Alex made her drink water from his mouth. He didn’t even give her a chance to decline him.
“Want more?” he asked, causing Abi to frantically shake her head.
“I… I’m fine now, Alex,” she told him as she covered her lips with the back of her hand. “I… I can drink on my own. Y-you don’t have to do that,” she stammered.
For Abi, what he did was extremely embarrassing and she felt like she’d end up being choked to death instead if he continued doing that. She thought that this man had no idea how his actions were affecting her. No matter how much she told herself that he was only doing that to help her, her heart couldn’t take it. She was afraid she might totally forget to breathe or swallow the water if he did that again.
“What. You don’t like my method?” he asked, his fingers were already on her chin and his thumb wiping her wet lips.
“T-that’s not it.”
“So you like it but you’re embarrassed?” he bent down and stared deep into her eyes. “Answer me, Abigail,” his sweet breath touched her face.
Before Abi knew it she said the word “yes”. This man was too much. How could she say no when he was asking her this way?
“Good girl,” he replied. At that moment, Abi finally realized that there seemed to be something off with this man since she woke up. He didn’t smirk or smile mischievously at her. She noticed that he always did that even in serious moments but now, he actually didn’t smirk or smile even once. Also, why did his eyes look like they were colder than ever yet felt warmer than before? Did something happen during the seven days that he was away…?
Suddenly, the memories finally started flooding into Abi’s head. That’s right, she and Kelly had attended the ball and then… she was…
Abi’s eyes slowly widened in both shock and horror the moment she remembered everything that happened to her. The darkness, the pain, the fear, the seemingly endless dungeon and the music… everything appeared in her head so clearly.
It was as if she just remembered a horrifying nightmare! Her hands suddenly clenched, clutching tightly on to Alex’s shirt and her reddened face instantly became pale.
The next moment, her arms flew towards Alex’s neck as they wrapped around him and pulled him down towards her. Abi hugged him as tight as she could as if she wanted to fix him permanently into her embrace.
“A-alex… I am not dreaming, right?” she asked. Her voice filled with doubt and fear.
“You’re not, Abigail.” Alex assured her.
