SYLAQ'S POV

THE  following morning, the guards released us and we could move our bodies freely. If I were a human, I'd probably be physically tired spending a night in this shitty cell.

"So the night is finally over and we are free to use our powers," Zac pointed out as he stood up to his feet.

"Oh, I didn't notice," I said with a bit of sarcasm, walking out of the cell. Zac also came out and started walking. with me. The guards greeted us but we didn't greet back.

"Don't have the impression that we'll be friends just because we spent a night in that shitty cell," I made it clear to the idiot.

"I can never be friends with the monster who attacked my pack and killed my mate for no reason," he said with clarity.

Truly, I regretted the evil things I did back then but I couldn't change it. I was the one who started the war with Zac which made him fuck Jenny. The right thing to do was to tell Zac that his mate never died. Yes, I should tell him.

"Don't worry too much. I will reunite you with her soon enough," I told him.

"Not if I send you to hell first,"' Zac clenched his jaw, clearly misunderstanding me.

We came out of the castle's prison and we were both close to entering the castle.

"We'll see about that," I sneered.

"Good morning, my prince, and good morning Sir Zac," Mia, the witch chef who looked rather innocent in her white chef clothing greeted us at the entrance of the castle.

"Hi, Mia. I have a special order for you," I told the witch chef and she nodded her head for me to continue.

"I need you to cook a wolf," I told her causing Zac to let out a snigger.

"Your wish is my command," she answered.

"Good, I'll be sure to deliver this fool to you so that you can cook him," I told her.

"Consider it done, your majesty," she said and then I told her to go. She curtsied before leaving.

"This is why I called you a dreamer," Zac was laughing and smirking at me as he entered the castle.

"laugh all you want 'cause when you get cooked you won't be able to laugh," I sounded confident, smirking at him.

Ariella's POV

I spent the whole night awake because I was worried about Sylaq. He shouldn't have been arrested. Even though the King had told me that Sylaq would only spend a night locked up, I was still restless thinking about how uncomfortable he would be. Besides, it's morning and Sylaq's still not here. I will go and talk to the king right away cause I can't take this any longer. I sprinted to the door and I opened the door to see my husband, Sylaq.

He was still in his black shot but his face and the whole body is stained with blood from yesterday. All his injuries had obviously healed.

"Do I at least get a hug?" Sylaq asked me. Without thinking twice, I quickly gave him a tight hug. Sylaq tightened his muscular body around me making my body feel so warm.

After a minute, I slowly broke the hug and said, "you need a bath."

"Will you bathe me? he asked me, closing the door.

My heart was screaming YES so I agreed, "Yeah, sure. Consider it your lucky day."

"Hmm, this will be fun," he chuckled.

"It's only a bath so don't be too excited.," I said, taking his white towel. "Let's go!" I commanded.

"Your wish is my command, MRS. Steel," he said in a sexy way, causing a tingling sensation throughout my body. Then he removed his shorts, I couldn't help but glance at his enchanting manhood.

We both entered the bathroom together. Sylaq turned on the shower and said, "will you give me a chance to explain everything? Whenever something happens, you always punish me with the silent treatment."

I applied his scented soap onto the sponge and started bathing him from his neck downwards.
"You have not given me any reason to trust you," I said.

"You just assumed that Jenny was telling the truth. I don't get how you would choose to believe her over me. I still don't get how you didn't spare one minute for me to explain things to you. Ariella, we're both adults and even if you hate it, we're married to each other," he fixed his hypnotic gaze on me. From what he said, I got two things. First, he indirectly called me a child. Second, he indirectly called me stupid for believing Jenny.

"Why don't you just directly call me stupid and childish," I was losing it.

"I'll never insult you. Look, I'm very sorry for what I said when I saw Zac with you. I didn't mean it that way. I love that night much more than you know of," he was apologizing for slot-shaming me.

"As for Jenny, I won't deny that we've had sex before," he raised his right hand to his chest:

"Spare me the details of your intimacy with your mate. I don't want to create memories with you in any place where you and your so-called mate had shared moments", I couldn't keep that in my mind.

"But we never had sex in that river. I never even took her there," I saw the sincerity in his eyes.

His eyes sparkled with hope as he asked, " Wait, does that mean you want us to make memories together?"

I crushed that hope by saying, "Sylaq, creating memories with you is a dead end. I just want my normal life back and as you can see, you're not my normality."

"Okay," he shrugged. Did he really just shrug his shoulders?

"If you want to be with Jenny then go ahead and be with her but first we must get divorced. I will not accept being cheated on again so you had to stop this game," I said as a matter of factly.

"What game?" He looked confused.

"Using me to make her jealous."

"Dammit! I don't even care about Jenny," he raised his brows.

"Yeah, right," I sneered in disbelief.

"The truth is you are just looking for every reason to end our relationship," he said, tilting his chin.

"Do you think I wanted to marry a vampire? Do you think I wanted to live with supernatural creatures? No, I didn't and I still don't so don't make this look easy for me cause it's not. I had dreams before you. I wanted to travel around the world and capture every place, every moment, every event and so much in a camera but I'm stuck here with you."

"No one's stopping you from achieving those dreams. You're talking as if you don't go out to different places to take pictures. Tell me, if I've ever stopped you from going after your dreams?"He voiced and turned off the shower. Dammit! He had a point.

He continued, "I'm sorry that Sylaq Steel and his family weren't part of your plans but you don't even appreciate the fact that there are people here who care about you. People like Dorothy, Nathan, my mom, Tyler, and I.  I'm done forcing you to stay. If you want to leave then just go," he walked out of the bathroom angrily without taking his towel.

"Yes, I'll go away as soon as I find a place to stay,"  I said while coming out of the bathroom.

"Go ahead and find a new place and a new husband that are better than you signed up for since I'm not what you signed up for," he said angrily but with pain evident in his green eyes.

"Or am I wrong?" he asked.
"No, you're not wrong at all. You're right," I said firmly. Deep down, I knew that I was falling for him but still, it was risky to accept this vampiric life as my normal life.

"You've got no idea the things I did to have you here right now but I won't force you anymore", he brought out white pajamas from his wardrobe.

"What do you mean?" My face became puzzled.

"Ariela, you know nothing. Today is Thanksgiving and I want to sleep before lunch," he lay on the bed after putting on his PJs. He was openly ignoring me.

"Dam, you! Go ahead and ignore me. Remember, I don't even give a fuck about you," I said in a fit of rage.

"You never forget to remind me so how can I forget?" His wet face looked serious.

I was flushed with anger as well as pain so, I just dashed out of the room.

Sylaq's POV

I thought vampires couldn't feel pain and their wounds healed quickly so why the hell is her rejection always hurting me? She is disgusted to live with me.

This pain is like a slow poison and the only cure for it is her acceptance. Ariella will never love me just cause I'm a vampire.

Her rejection must be my punishment for all my evil deeds in the past.

My inner conscience appeared in the mirror and said, "you just told her to go."

"Yes, I did because she hates this place."

"So you're giving up on her?"
"She gave up on me. Just leave me alone," I said but he didn't leave me.

"She's different from you. She's human and you can't just expect her to be chill with everything. You and I can feel that she feels something for us."

"She doesn't love us."

"Zac is right about you. You're dumb," my inner conscience just insulted me.

"Get out!"

"I'm only here cause you called for me."

I didn't call for him, he was worsening the situation. "I didn't so go away."

"I can't go if you don't let me go,"' he said, testing my patience.

I just got up and used my hand to break the mirror.

"You're really dumb," my inner conscience mocked me as he appeared on my bed.

"Now what? Will you burn the bed to get me to go away?" He mocked me.

"You're the dumb one 'cause you think Ariella loves us."

"You're a vampire so why don't you use your dam instincts," he said.

My instincts were telling me that she loves me. "Holy fuck, I'm really dumb," I said while dashing out of the room to find Ariella.

"Exactly and you're welcome! My annoying but helpful inner conscience shouted.

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A/N: do you know what's the best thing about writing a story? It's that you can imagine anything, and write it down and it doesn't even have to make sense to others, it just has to
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