Episode 4

"Luxarianas." I repeated again.

His eyes didn't leave mine.

"That's me."

"What?"

I didn't understand.

"Luxarianas is me, my name. How do you know about it?"

"My mind told me."

His hand went to my throat.

"Don't lie to me." He grew more angry.

"No one knows my real, full name, only my parents and they are dead!"

My mind went blank, this guy was choking me, and he wanted to know how I knew his name, maybe I should've stayed quiet. It was that dumb mouth of mine.

"I...truly don't know..." My eyes filled with tears.

He finally let go. His eyes, studying my face.

"Fine, I'll trust you as I see no lie in it." He finally said.

"But I want to know everything you know." He added to his words.

I just nodded my head in agreement.

"From now on, I Lux Stellarium Lutine, the king of Lutine, declare you, Eryx Argenten, as my bride, the one and only. From now on, you shall be known as Eryx Aeteris Lutine, the future queen of Lutine, the land of Isuria and Sunai folk."

My jaw dropped. What was he on about? Me, marrying a man? A FAE!? The most dangerous man in the world!?

"What? No!" I yelled out.

"You have no other choice, darling."

"I'm a man!" I called out.

"In Lutine even men can get married together."

"Huh? For real?" I asked.

"For real." He picked me up, as if I was a kid.

"Where are we going?"

"To Lutine." He said only.

Before I could protest, he threw me onto a large elk made of ice.

Brr... it's cold, just like it's master.

"Beat with the cold. You'll be warm soon." The king, Lux, sat behind me, trapping me in between his arms.

This position is so weird.

I lay on the back of the elk, Lux was sitting behind me, his arms trapping me in, his legs touching my thighs.

Fuxk...

Before we started moving, he tied up his hair into a ponytail. It looked good on him, he had a fair skin, his platinum golden hair shimmering in the light, his clear blue eyes mirroring the world.

"Stay still, try anything funny and you'll be punished." He smiled.

"And I don't mean it in any brutal way, but as only I can do to my bride." He whispered into my ear.

His hand going up my shirt. I shuddered. The touch of his skin on mine was ethereal. I could feel every little touch.

"So be a good boy." With that he leaned backwards and gave the others a command to move forward.

With that, the Lutine folk moved back to it's homes.

Teryx was taken away by one of the guards. He was given to a new, commoner family to be take care of, he was just 10 years old.

The royal family was imprisoned and taken with us to Lutine, where they'll undergo Osoxos, the holy ritual of Isuria and Sunai, the magic folk of Lutine.

I stayed quiet the whole ride. I couldn't feel anything else, but the touch of Lux's body on my own. It was a weird sensation.

The way he called me his bride. I've never felt like this before, something just stirred inside me.

Something weird, unwelcome. Something I didn't want to name. A feeling buried deep inside me.

To be continued...

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