Alle Kapitel von The Dragon King's Chosen Bride: Kapitel 411 – Kapitel 420

She stumbled backwards as she pressed her hands against either side of her head. Her heel hit a rock and she sat on it, her legs feeling too feeble to hold her up. Afraid. Vulnerable. Overwhelmed. The words kept echoing in her head.A Life For A Life. Her hands trembled as she tried to force herself not to cry but think. Think, Belladonna!Think!At that moment, she felt his hands over hers, warm. For a second, the war that raged on her mind died down and when the tears that fogged her sight steamed down her cheeks, she saw that he was on a knee. His eyes looked like they understood what she was going through, even with his recent absence in her life, but that wasn't the only thing in his eyes. She cupped his face in her hands and he took in a deep breath. “Your eyes are a shade that I do not know.”They were black, completely black. It was surprising that she was just noticing it. “Death does make its changes, but I am still me, Donna.” His hands slipped down her waist. “I am

A hit to the face, a splatter of blood.Aniya hit the floor with a thud, her head ringing. Stupid Princess! How was she to be blamed for something like this that was out of her control?! Foolish— ah, pain. Pain everywhere.Goldie kept beating her up while the rest of the ladies snickered, giggled and laughed. With every hit, Aniya doubted her survival. Her hopes of Ikrus rescuing her was also dwindling. This mark was so useless, if it couldn't alert him whenever she got into danger. Or maybe it was but the dungeon was too powerful for him to escape from. This reputation was based on lies. Soon enough though, Aniya couldn't even think.All she remembered was the first crack, her bones breaking and the agony that unleashed in her veins after that. Goldie picked her up once again and Aniya looked at her with bloodshot unfocused eyes, the metallic taste taking over her mouth as her face twitched in pain that sprung from deep within her marrows. She was in too much pain, she couldn'

She pushed herself lower, trying to push herself into his face, but he was on his feet again with her panties in his hand… that he shoved into her mouth. “Be quiet.” He whispered slightly against her ear. A rough intake of breath made him pause. “Remain quiet, please.”It almost sounded like he was begging because he was afraid that her pleas would be too powerful for him to resist. Like he was scared that giving in would build things that he didn't want for them to come to existence. Besides, he had learnt that Aniya considered things differently from his kind. Would she be alright with him doing this once the effect of the blood passes or would her reaction be otherwise. It was hard to tell. Her muffled pleas floated through his ears again and he balled his fists at either side, then he turned away from her and just like that, he was retreating to the door. Aniya’s breath quickened, feeling how much was left undone, unexplored! The need in her veins drove her to acquire anythin

GAYA’S GARDEN ____Belladonna was stunned by Alaris' statement but it did make sense that the map was lying to them. Maybe it wasn't completely lying to them but everything they approached using the guidance of the map always had something else in it that the map didn't tell them about, something dangerous that they should have been warned about. Like the river by the Tree of life that contained sirens, and this. Mostly especially this!The map was obviously playing tricks on them. If that wasn't obvious before, then this Garden of Gem had proved it to be true. There were no gems here, only corpses of those who had done what they were doing, and had ran out of time while they searched the Garden for something it didn't have. They had probably not seen the bodies that laced the ground and provided nutrients for the soil. Why were they seeing it? Maybe because Gaya was showing it to them, allowing them to know that they had fallen into her trap and there was nothing they could do

She yanked her hand away from him, feeling the sparks from that stupid contact already running wild in her veins, her body betraying her for reacting this way. It made her even more infuriated. Even her body wasn't supporting her in this. “You are a mad man!” She hissed. “A Mad Beast of whatever you are! What was that for?!”“You are hurt.” His voice held that calmness that infuriated her and once again, he reached for her hand.“No!” She moved away. “I’m not done.” “I said no!”“There is more.”“I will clean it myself!” She snapped, heading towards the door and now feeling the sting of the cut that went right through her palm. He stopped her easily, his hand anchoring around her waist and redirecting her. “Why leave? I have all the things you need.”“I don't want your tongue anywhere near me,” she gritted as he pushed her onto the sofa, forcing her to stay there. When she fought him, he pinned her down. “Sit. Down.”Still, she stayed. She didn't have enough time to fight him