The Beginning of The End
Chapter 72

I stand there, mouth open so wide a fly could descend into my throat and I wouldn't even notice.

He sends Suer to torture me, trap me in a room, slap me and belittle me, and now he brings me to meet his mother?

Is he trying to confuse me? Because if he is, he's doing a great fucking job. He's making it so hard to accept him, yet my body wants him more than I can bare.

My emotions are giving me whiplash so bad that my neck is going to snap, but I know it's the bond, no matter how much I want to hate him, my body still recognises me as his, and him as mine.

I want this, I want this so bad it hurts me, but I don't at the same time, I want to run far, far away and live my life as a recluse just so I don't have to deal with any of it.

Instead, I hold out my hand, "it's nice to meet you." I say in a voice so sweet it rots my teeth.

She looks at my hand like it bit her, "what are you doing?" She asks.

"I'm trying to shake your hand." I say with a frown.

Maddox laughs as he looks between us, "she isn't from this world mother, they have different greetings to us."

His mother nods, eyes hard. "I see." She puts her hand in mine but pulls it back instantly, snarling. "Fae." she spits.

My heart sinks, fuck.

I want to ground to swallow me up, and quickly.

Of course it wasn't going to go well, I will never belong here. This isn't even my world.

Do all the creatures here hate what I am?

My race will be the death of me, as it was for my family.

Maddox growls, stepping in front of me. "She's my fate mother, fae or not, she will be treated with respect."

We'll slap me in the face, cause that was unexpected.

He's so protective, and it's hot. So hot I'm going to die of heatstroke.

People are staring. So many eyes, so many confused faces.

They all want to see the commotion taking place, and now even more know what I am, and none seem overly pleased with the idea that I am still alive and breathing.

I want to leave, run, hide.

I want to bury my head in the dirt and pretend that this is all a bad, crazy dream.

"You accept her?" His mother asks, voice hard like steel. "Even knowing what she is?" Maddox crosses his arms, "I'd accept her if she had a second head." He says. "Her race means nothing, she is not responsible for the actions of her leaders."

Not responsible for the actions of my leaders? What the fuck does that mean?

There is definitely something he isn't telling me, and the more I see, the more I want to know. Knowledge is power and right now I have neither.

"Very well." She pays his arm. "I will support your choice, but I don't have to like it."

Yeah, neither do I lady. It's not like I asked to be here.

I'm shaking, but I don't know why, it could be rage, it could be anxiety.

It could be my body trying to tell me that this situation is fucked beyond my wildest dreams, and I'd be inclined to agree.

Maddox says nothing, just grunts and nods like an angry cave man.

My cave man.

He steps towards the stall, searching the items, and soon, he turns to me, a black ring with a central gold stone in the palm on his hand.

It was beautiful, so elegant, yet it was completely different from all of the rings back home. I don't think it's even made with a metal I could name.

"What are you doing?" I ask panicked as he kneels in front of me.

People are still staring, gods, don't they have anything else to do?

My face heats, my skin darkens around my cheeks.

I'm going to die of embarrassment.

"I forced you to become mine, and whilst we haven't seen eye to eye at the best of times, I want you to know that you are mine." His eyes are black pools of emotion, and it's eating me alive. "And I will kill anyone who tries to take you from me."

He grabs my my left hand and slips the ring onto my second finger, his eyes never once leaving my face.

"I would die to save your last breath." He says softly, "I would carve out my own heart

to keep yours beating." He give a slanted smile. "And I will show you a pleasure that no other can give."

I've never been spoke to like that before, but damn, that's hot. Really hot.

Did someone turn up the heat?

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I'm going to have to take off my own skin just to cool down.

I don't know what to say, am I supposed to speak?

Fuck, I don't know.

Everyone is looking at me.

Too many eyes, too many faces. Too many smiles and scowls.

"I guess it's real then." I say softly, my eyes on him.

I don't know what to feel, but my body is screaming that this is right. This is where I belong.

I can't say that I agree.

"I can be your greatest dream come to life, you just have to accept me." He rises back

to his feet, "there is something else I want to show you."

My mood instantly perks. I love surprises.

"What is it?" I ask as he takes my hand, ignoring his mothers calls as we begin to walk away. "What are you going to show me?"

"You were alone for a long time, Elora." He says, glancing at me from the corner of his eyes. "I'm going to take you dancing."

My mouth drops open, dancing?

Can Maddox dance?

This I have GOT to see.