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Published at 29th of December 2018 11:25:22 AM


Chapter 23

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Glendalough, Wicklow Mountain, Ireland

The residence of James in Wicklow is almost on the top of the mountain 10 kilometers away from monastery which is at the bottom of their house. Prince barks and barks and run around like he misses the house. Edmond looked around the peaceful place. The night is dark and cold. They can hear the noises of frogs and crickets outside.

"Can we sleep first?" Edmond asked stretching his arms.

"Sure, help yourself. We will just go to Reina's house."

"Wait! Its dark outside you can't go out there. It's dangerous."

"Edmond is right, Gia. It's full moon outside and the human cats might around for their ritual."

"Human cats? As in were-cats? Like werewolves?" he asked. Reina nods at him.

"I will just prepare something to eat." Reina said leaving both of them. Edmond wrapped his arms around her from back kissing her cheek.

"Hey, Denmark is not far away from here." He told. "I can bring you to my castle anytime. You can meet my sister and my step-mum and we can have picnic at my Mother's garden."

"I'm sorry; I still need to fix some things here." She said coldly. He lays his chin over her shoulder and closes his eyes.

"I wanted to say to you that I am head over heels in love with you."

She bit her lower lips from the reason that it tickles her of what he is saying.

"I know, okay? You always say that almost every time. Are you not tired of it?"

"I won't get tired telling you every single time how much I love you." he told full of sincerity. Reina cleared her throat interrupting them.

"Guys, I need hands here in kitchen?" she calls. Gia nods and she removed his arms around her, pulling his hand all the way to kitchen. He giggles and he kissed her knuckles. She shivers on his kiss. They help Reina putting some ham and salad on the sandwich. Gia put spread on the toast.

"Seems that you two are getting sweet at each other." Reina said breaking the silence.

"I don't know sweet." She said biting on her sandwich as she sat on the breakfast stool on the counter.

She licked her lips and sipped on the ice tea. Edmond started eating too, watching Gia. Reina peek on them. Edmond move closer to her wiping a cream spread on the corner of her cheek by his thumb. He sucked his thumb locking his eyes on her. She rolled her eyes kicking his foot under the counter.

Reina turn back from them picking her phone calling Lester. She leaves both of them for them to make some romantic moment. Gia tear her sandwich and she gave the half to Prince who is sitting on the floor looking up at them.

"You know, Wilford, if you want to kiss just simply asked." She said.

"You only mentioned my name once. I want you to call me in my name." he said caressing her hair.

"Which one?" she asked looking at him while biting her sandwich. It's seductive and she's not aware of it.

"Edmond..."

"Too long." She said looking away sipping on her ice tea. Edmond sighed and just eats his sandwich.

Reina is already on her room while Gia is still on the shower. Edmond drank his medicine and contacts his doctor and her father about his status. They are in front of the bed sitting on their swivel chair in a hologram projector. It's like he is personally facing them.

"Son," his father greets in formal greeting. The doctor greets him into his first name Prince.

"I am now here in Ireland with Gia and Reina." He smiled.

"That is a good thing, son. Is she going with you here in Demark?" his father asked.

"I guess. I still don't have an affirmation about my proposal but she like me too." He smiles wide. "She told me that there's a possibility that she will love back."

"Sure, she will, your highness." The doctor told him with smiles.

"We better get hurry about it. We are going to announce the press your engagement when we received her answer. But I know that she won't decline you." the king assured. "Oh, speaking of your Princess, have you told her about your tumor?" he asked.

"Not yet..." he shook his head. "The tumor is benign which is not that dangerous. I will survive." He said confidently.

"Uhm," the doctor clears his throat. "There's a possibility that it will be malignant, some benign tumors are assumed to be precursors to cancerous."

"I understand, but can we take these things easy?" he asked. "I still need time to tell her about it."

"Okay," his father exhales. "But the doctors are going to look over your condition. We won't let anything happened to the heir of the throne."

"Yes father. I will cooperate." He nods. "Give me two days perhaps. She has some things to fix in here." The two gentlemen nod at him and they were gone in front of him. He stood walking to her room knocking before opening.

"What?" she asked sitting on her bed putting lotion on her exposed firm radiant legs.

"Can I sleep here?" he asked. She shrugged. "I will take that as a yes." He jumped into her bed that make them bounced. "Can I ask you a question?"

"You are already asking." She said standing walking to the mirror seat putting the lotion on the desk. He looked around her room. The lantern is dim and her room is had painted some luminous paint on the walls and ceiling. It is so enchanted like her preferred room. She climbed up the bed.

"Why is your room full of art?" he asked.

"Because I am artistic. I don't want to be blind in dark so my rooms are like this." She said slipping her legs inside the duvet and lay back. He crawled closer to her bending over.

"When we get married, where do you want to spend our honeymoon?" he asked.

"Can we talk about it when I give you my answer or when I put the ring on my finger?" she asked irritated.

"Can you tell me about the curse?" he asked. She stopped and stared at the ceiling.

"The Black Witch had cursed her werewolf lover when she found out that he was only using her to cure his soul-mate. He was killed but his true love lives. She carried their baby and when the baby had grown up and find her soul-mate, her soul-mate dies after giving birth to their son then the same thing happened. The son had lived the same thing and other consanguine had the same curse too." She said sadly. Edmond caressed her hair and she met his gaze.

"If Lester is Reina's soul-mate there's a possibility that Lester will die or she will die because of the curse?"

"Precisely." She strokes her knuckles on his cheek narrowing her eyes. He leans on her giving her a kiss. She pushed him a little and he move back. "Did my father tell you not to kiss me?" she furrows.

"I'm sorry. But he's not here."

"But there are cameras around here. Father is spying us just to make sure there's no sexual intercourse will happen here."

"I won't take advantage of you. It is just a kiss Gia, will you let me?" he asked. She flicked his forehead and he sat back. She sat up and shook her head. He pouted like a child and he dropped his body on the mattress. She crawled to him, legs astride his sides.

"I will kiss you because I like it and so that my dad won't frown at you." she said.

He smiles and throws his hands wide on the mattress. She leans on him, stroking her hand at the back of her ear. She opened her lips and she pressed her lips on his chin. His lips get grumpy when it didn't land on his lips. He pulls her and her lips collide on his. "Hmmm!" she was resisting from his hug. When she is tired she surrenders herself and let him kiss her. She likes it? No... She loves it so she kissed back.

Prince jumped on the bed interrupting them. Gia pushes herself up catching her breathe. She looked at Prince who is licking her cheek. Prince got a camera on his collar so she sighed and she scooped Prince's chin and she removed the badge.

"Dad, I am not a child! I am 18 and a young adult. You don't have to spy on me around. He and I are together so stop spying on my life, got it?" she said annoyed on the camera badge. The camera blinked in red two times means no. "Oh c'mon! I am not a baby. I can make out anyone I like!" she yells on the badge. Edmond was a bit nervous and not comfortable on their position. He pulls her to make her sit on the mattress not over him. "If you don't stop invading my privacy, I will hate you. You don't like that, don't you?" she threatens. The badge blinked once and she slipped off from bed and she throws the badge on the trash bin.

"I think I will just sleep and pretend that there's no kissing happened between us." He told laying on bed covering the duvet on him. She jumped to him that makes him growled because of the pained arms and thighs. She giggles slipping her body on the duvet. She cuddles on him and he cuddles back giving warmth at each other.

"Prince is hotter than you." she said.

"I am hotter than Prince."

"No, he's warmer than you." Prince barks at them jumping to bed lying on the feet of the bed.

"But no doubt, I am hotter, sexier and more attractive than Prince." He grinned.

"You are such a high and mighty like arrogant Prince, Ed." She punched his chest closing her eyes. He smiled.

"I like Ed."

"What?" she yawn. He kissed her forehead.

"I love you, Gia..." he sniffed her hair and just pressed his lips on her forehead.

He thinks about his role in his kingdom. He thinks about his operation and how he will survive. There are lots of risks and it includes his life. But he mostly thinks the people around, the people he loves and the very special young lady he loves.

"Eddie, do you know that I hate people saying I love you then they will be gone?"

"Everyone hates that. But we should think that there are still reasons while people have to leave. Leaving means not totally goodbye." He told cuddling her hair.

"Why are they making it complicated if they can only just tell them the truth why they are leaving? They only have to tell the reason why they should leave, right?"

"You are right, love." He kissed her. It makes him even guiltier.

"Why me? Why do you love me?" she asked.

"I don't actually know. Love is so irrational that some things can't be explained by intelligence but can explain by our emotions and actions. I can feel that my soul is attached on you so much that I can't even take my eyes off of you. I can feel that my soul wanted to be with you, so I tried to make conditions. I need to know you. I thought I am going to be turned off by your dark attitudes but it only makes me fall deeply in love with you."

"I know..." she murmurs. "I think... you are crazy..."

He giggles and he leans on her. "No I am not crazy; I am just in love with you."

He woke up in the morning only find Prince sleeping beside him where Gia should be sleeping. The light is passing through the binds of the window. He searched for Gia around the room but there is no sign of her.

"Where's Gia Prince?" he asked stretching his muscles.

The dog jumped off from bed and runs outside the open door. He put his slippers on and he followed him. He went to the kitchen and there's no one there except to the food cover on the table and a note on it. He picks the sticky note.

Reina cooked breakfast for you. Take care of Prince while we are gone to Rathnew. The caretakers of the house that is living in the cottage will accompany you.

Gia.

He sighed in frustration. Gia shouldn't just leave him alone with Prince in the house. If something happened to them again it will be his fault because he's not with her. He just ate the breakfast and drank his medicine. After taking a bath he roams around the house and he saw from the wall glass of the house a man and his wife cleaning the garden. They might be the caretakers.

He looked on the pictures on the shelves that are pinned on the wall. There is Gia and Reina with hunk boys around them. He picked the picture and smile on her beautiful smile on the picture. He put it back and turned around to see Prince standing 1 meter from him. He started barking and barking at him. There's something wrong with Prince.

"Prince, easy boy..." he was about to touch him but there's a sound of fall of a glass that scattered on the floor. He stopped and turned around. He saw the picture of Gia and Reina with the hunk boys on the floor. The glass frame is broken and the glass had scattered. "Gia..." he murmurs. He runs outside grabbing a car key from the porcelain bowl. "Hi!" he greets the caretakers. "I'm Edmond, Gia's ahh, fiancé. Do you know where the cars are? Or can I use them to find Gia?" he asked.

"It's on the garage son." The man told. "Gia and Reina are gone to Rathnew to go to Reina's house."

"Thank you very much." He said hurry.

"Is there something happened?" his wife asked.

"I think there's something happened on them. I gotta check them. And please don't let Prince go out and take care of him while I'm gone. She might reject my proposal if something happened to him." He told.

"Okay Prince Edmond, just drive safely. There's a lot of Chimǽra's on the way to Rathnew." The man told. He had stopped and furrows. They know that he is Prince Edmond so he just nods.

He drove the car fast just to catch them. He had driven 12km and had stopped when he saw some pieces of the car parts on the road and not that far. On the woods he saw the car that is belonging to the James' which is collided on the pine tree. The front of the car is wreck and the trunk had scratch of claws. He parked the car on the side near the wreck car.

He scanned the whole car if there's a gun or something he can use as a defense from this monster that are after them. He found an electro-neutrino gun and a whip which is made in aluminum. He doesn't know why it is made in aluminum but he took it. He runs to the woods tracing the drop of bloods. He stopped and saw the necklace that he gave to her and the ring. He picked it up putting it on his pocket.

"Gia!" he calls out that echoes on the woods making the hawk and birds that is hiding on the tree fly away.




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