Rose opened her eyes to a dark, fairly lit room. This was the library, as she remembered while rummaging through the entire castle. Wherever she went, he followed. She was now used to his presence, no matter for intimidating or overwhelming it was. His presence never faded like before these past few days. 

When she pulled a book out from the thousands of dusty, moldy, and destroyed shelves, she found herself walking around and reading the book of flowers. Soon she sat on one of the chairs covered with white sheets and fell asleep. It was curious to find some chairs or large tables clean in a room filled with duty. 

Maybe he used it...

Her hair fell off her shoulders as she sat up, her eyes running towards the dim fire burning in the mantle. She smiles, knowing it was him. A small noise at the end of the room made her snap her head towards the back, and there he was. Sitting on the window bed looking at her. 

She stared at him before walking towards him, but shivered as the cold got harder to bear at the back where the fire could no longer reach. Her gown hardly covered her body but she didn't mind. 

Having nothing to say she looked out the window to see a peaceful night, Unfortunately, the moon nor the stars could be seen because of the looming dark trees. 

"I-I miss watching the stars at night." She whispered as he got off the edge of the window and slowly moved to stand right behind her. His warmth was shocking. She felt as if a fire was burning only a couple of steps behind. 

His hand pressed against her waist and wrapped around it soon causing her to take in a deep shakey breath. His lips pressed over her bare neck with no prior warning making her close her eyes and bite her lip. He couldn't stop himself from kissing her neck, pushing her hair to one side before leaning in to kiss the back of her neck, then under her ear. Down to her shoulder before kissing her ear. 

She couldn't speak out of shock, the tingles in her body shut her up. Her knees were starting to get numb as she felt heat within her. A desire to feel more of it. She desired him because she saw him holding back all these days before. And somehow, he had given up and scummed to his attraction to her. 

To him, she was the only thing he wanted to protect after the forest. To him, she was like a burning fire but it extinguished the ice-cold stabs in his heart and melted his thoughts. He found an extreme pull toward her as he turned her around pushing her back toward the cold wall and wrapping his arms around her body, kissing her lips. He got rougher every time he pulled away. 

She was so fragile, an innocent girl. But she touched him, although he could see her fear for him. she tried to understand him. It caused a stir in his mind. As her small soft hands fell over his shoulder he pulled away staring at her. 

But to her, the passionate kiss was a shock and a sudden heartache followed as he pulled away. Scared that he might leave her again she put her hands in fists grabbing his shirt in the process stopping him from going anywhere. 

"Don't -Don't leave-" a small pause as he stared at her desperate eyes. She couldn't hold her gaze but she tried her best. 

"Please-" a whispered. 

He clenched his jaw closing his eyes and rubbing his cheek against hers before picking her up in his arms and taking her to his bed. Rose gulped watching him walk towards an unknown hall until a dark red hall came into view. He kicked open the door revealing a bedroom. It wasn't well lit, only a couple of logs on the fire in the mantle. The room was covered in white sheets over the chairs and desks. But the bed remained undone and grand. 

He placed her on his bed slowly before he kissed her again. His hands touched her cheeks and down to her neck. She shuddered to make him stop and look at her. 

He seemed to stop because she moaned, he thought he had hurt her. His hand fist pulled away from her but grabbed his hand, unfisting it and placing it over her chest. 

"You don't hurt me." 

Those words, he never thought he would hear such words. He hesitated to touch her. His hands were full of deaths he had caused. She was too pure for him to touch. A human who had never committed a sin was far too pure for him to be near. But she let him touch her pure body. 

Here sat a demon who had consumed and rotted the bodies of thousands of humans, His hands filled with sin, and before him was the perfect human he could never have imagined seeing. It sounded a bit funny. He found it dangerous and laughable. 

An innocent asking him to take her for himself sounded like a sin to a bigger sinner. 

"I -I m-migh-t hurt y-you.." his hoarse croaky voice fell on her ears and she frowned never caring about anything anymore. She cupped his face lifting it up to meet her eyes. 

"I've been hurt more.." She didn't finish her words as he laid a kiss on her lips. 

He moved her below him and pinned her hands above making her gasp in delight as he kissed her and couldn't let go. She pushed back out of breath but he continued his kiss down to her neck and pulled down her gown from her shoulder. She let the grown drop down her chest and wrapped her hands in his hair as he kissed down her collarbone and touched her breasts. 

She took a rough breath in and held it in 

His lips attached to her neck. She shivered feeling heat engulf her body. Her stomach was twisting inside out as his hand ran up her chest slowly cupping her breasts in his hand and seemed fascinated with it as he squeezed his hand making her moan. His fingers ran between her breasts and he kissed them before pulling down her gown her hands fell beside her head watching him as he stripped her off leaving her bare for him. 

He watched her milky white skin glowing golden due to the fire beside the bed and dipped down to kiss right below her breast making her bit her finger and turn her head away as he moved down lifting up her one leg biting and running his lips over her inner thigh. 

She moaned wondering how he could make her feel in such a way, But for him, her sweet smooth skin was enchanting. He could help but feel like an animal and bite and kiss it. Her soft skin felt like butter over his tongue. While Rose went crazy, Xerxes was busy tasting her milky-like skin. 

"N-NO-" She whimpered as he bites her thigh and he stopped looking up at her. 

Her round breasts moved up and down as she looked at him with lust. 

Suddenly he grabbed her jaw with his hand as she moaned. As her eyes fell into his she couldn't help but wonder who beautiful he was, that fearful aura around him never disappeared but now she was engulfed in that very aura and she loved it.

Her neck was turning hot. She was embarrassed but she didn't move. She was nervous, as his hand smoothly ran down her stomach and squeezed her waist once before running down and she gasp grabbing his hand. She was wet, she didn't realize, it was like tingling sparks between her legs. He pressed his lips against her cheek as she slowly let go of his hand and let him explore her. 

Rose closed her eyes wrapping her hands around his neck and moaned as he touched her. 

She gasps arching back as some different pain yet pleasure was given to her. She felt his finger enter her and she moaned whimpering as tears pooled around her eyes. He licked them off her before pulling his finger out noticing the wetness and tasting it with curiosity. 

Rose stared at him with her eyes wide in horror and stopped him in pure embarrassment grabbing his hand as he tried to taste his finger again, "N-No!! Don't do that! what-what are you doing!!" She was blushing. Her cheeks turned pure red and he found it amusing, licking the rest of his finger before kissing her stomach making her chuckle as it tickled. 

His eyes widened with curiosity as he kissed her stomach again getting another small giggle. That sound was so pleasing to him. It was something like happiness. She would wriggle in the bed as she giggled giving him that sound he suddenly was addicted to. 

"N-NO that-that tickles -" She said giggling and pushing his head. 

The sound of her giggling gave him immense pleasure as he moved up to kiss her lips again. 

"I-I l-like y-your voice-" He could only say much before his voice went too coarse and he stopped looking at her as she looked at him before cupping his face with both her hands and kissing his lips. 

"I like your voice." She said kissing him again.  

Soon it turned harsh and rough as he ripped apart his shirt throwing it down putting his hand under her and kissing her all over her body. She didn't realize when he undressed when his bare body laid over her as he rested beside her head while his lips embraced hers. 

She felt him position himself and she frowned until it started hurting. 

She knew she cried he would stop, She held back her whimpering but her tears said it all. When he saw them he stopped cupping her cheeks and looking at her with fear in his eyes. 

His eyes fell over his hands and his body as he suddenly pulled away making her scared. 

"No! Don't go. I am not sad-" She said sitting upright before him and cupping his cheek as he looked at her with his jaw clenched. 

She gulped slowly straddling him as he watched her intently. He took in a deep breath as her soft breasts touched his chest while her hand wrapped around his neck and the other stayed over his cheek. 

"Please never leave me like that." 

He nodded as his hands wrapped his arms around her again and they kissed. This time, he never moved away. She embraced her pain and let him in. 

She whimpered as he pushed in deep as laid her back on the soft sheets making her gasp. Her small fists held over his arms. It hurt her, but something about his constant kisses calmed her down. 

He grunts picking up his pace as she relaxed feeling the pleasure wrap around her body. His lips never left her neck or lips as he peppered her with kisses. His hands occasionally touched her red cheek and then suddenly he wrapped his fingers around her neck. Not squeezing it, just placing it there as he fucked her. 

Rose moaned feeling ecstatic. This time, his hand around her neck gave her more pleasure than fear, She remembered the very first time he had touched her. It was to kill her. But now it was different. She wanted him near, she didn't for her death anymore. She was just letting herself fall into his possession and letting the wind take its course. 

 She didn't care if he killed her anymore. 

For him, he cared. He found it displeasing to let her out of his sight. Every time she left her chamber he followed her observing her. He only stayed in the shadows scared that he would hurt her. But he could no longer do so. 

Xerxes opened his eyes to find her peacefully sleeping over his body. Her warm body pressed against his, her hand resting over his heart. Her hair spread over the pillow to her other side. He was calm, for the very first time he found himself at peace. His thoughts were blurred, undistinguished, and not defined. He didn't find his mind at worry or angry. Her peace gave him peace. 

As she moved softly away from him he panicked, he wasn't ready to let go yet. Every time she moved away from him felt himself at his edge unable to accept it. She was possibly the one and only human who had dared to show love toward him and the thought of losing her caused him to fear his actions if he lost her. 

He pulled her back on him as she tried to move. She whined causing him to look at her in pure amusement as she made her comfortable over him and snuggled into his warm body. 

He sighs putting his head back on the pillow and staring up at the drapes over the bed polls wondering how this happened. 

He wondered how she would understand the forest and how it work. The gruesome truth is hidden within the woods. The blood, rotting bodies their sins being consumed by him every time the forest enchanted someone to step within its boundaries. The pain he felt every time one of the trees collapsed. The strings attached to his veins bound him and the forest into a blood bond. Every human he killed gave him enough dark strength to become the better version of his last evil acts. 

Every time he stepped over the soil he remember who he killed over it. It was like snakes crawling over his body up his legs and neck engulfing him with their bodies. But somehow when he stayed on her as she walked past him exploring the woods, he didn't feel anything. She was like the only flower over a vast land of thrones. Enchanting him. But it wouldn't be long until someone picked it. He was worried that it would end up being him. 

"Mmm-" She whimpered moving to bury her face in the pillow and letting go of his body before yawning and opening her eyes. 

His eyes opened wide as she looked at him and stared. He touched her waist, moving his hand up from her hips to her waist and feeling pure bliss as she blushed to notice their naked bodies. 

He let his hand travel up her breasts, his thumb softly rubbing over her nipple before his hand wrapped around her neck. Her neck was all he thought off. It was so smooth, he leaned in and kissed it making her moan and burying her hands in his hair. 

He couldn't hold it back pining her hands beside her head and diving into kissing her all over again. She gasped as he entered her. This time, the feeling of pure pleasure washed over them. Her mouth stayed open as he pushed inside her making her moan and close her eyes. 

He didn't like it. He loved her eyes, they reminded him of green. The green he liked, not what the forest surrounded him with. Her eyes turned and made him feel aroused, he liked it. He grabbed her jaw turning her head straight making her open her eyes. He slowly shook his head as he continued causing her her gulp. She was scared of his gaze, but this was different than just fear. She liked it. 

"Ah!" She moaned as he suddenly fastened his pace, with his hand still over her neck and his lips on her neck occasionally scrapping his teeth over her soft skin and biting her loving the little whimpers she made. 

She felt a warm liquid inside her as she tried to catch her breath as he pulled out and laid his head over her chest. She ran her hand through his hair as they lay there in silence. She suddenly felt the warm liquid drip out of her causing her to blush as she stared at his hair in shock. 

"I do not wish to be a mother yet." She whispered catching his attention. 

He lifts his head, his cheeks had now turned red making her smile. He looked like a normal human, his cheeks which had no tint before, were now red. His eyes held a twinkle she never saw before. They looked cold, dead. But now they were just different. 

He tilted his head to ask what she meant and she realized he had no knowledge of it. 

"When you-"She paused looking away but he kissed her cheek making her embarrassed even more. 

He nudged her with his nose over her chin to speak and she bites her lip. 

"When you-you let it inside me. Don't do that.." She stuttered unable to frame it. 

He got off her laying beside her and pulling her into him. He glanced down at her and frowned. 

"No! It doesn't hurt." She said cupping his face and kissing his lips. 

"Just don't do that again. Okay? Not unless..we want a child." 

"Child.." He whispered staring at her with utter shock as she buried her face in pillows with embarrassment. 

"F-Forg-give m-me" He said. 

"No-It is fine. You did nothing wrong." She said turning to him and she smiled. 

"Of course, you wouldn't know." She stated running her hand over his arms and slowly running it up his arm to his neck. He was covered in scars, old and new scars. She wondered what happened. 

But before she could ask he sat up leaving her and making her panic as she watched him disappear into the powder room she laid back in bed knowing he wasn't leaving like before. 

It wasn't long till she heard the sound of water. She frowned until he walked out. Bare in all his glory. He walked towards her as she sat up looking at him as he scooped her up in his arms before her in the powder room revealing a bath ready for her. 

He let her down in the bath slowly, she sighs at the warm water and wondered how until she saw the fire lit next to the bathtub. She grabbed his hand as he was about leave and looked up at him. 

"Stay?" 

He didn't wait, getting in behind her and pulling her into him. She laid her head over his chest and closed her eyes.