Ensnaring his Dark Moon-Chapter 224: Think of me

’’No?"

Just when he was about to reach her, Esme tilted her body to the side and ran towards the bed.

She grabbed Leo along with the sheets he was tucked inside.

The beast struggled in her arms.

’’Move an inch and see if I abandon you right here or not,’’ Esme warned him in a whisper.

Leo went still.

Esme removed the sheets from his body and grabbed him in her arms.

She walked towards the door, without raising her head to look at the man who was standing at the doorway.

Just as she was about to let out a relieved sigh after walking past him, he grabbed her elbow from behind.

Esme felt like chastising him for having no dignity but before she could do that, she felt a soft graze on her shoulder as the man dropped a feathery kiss on her gown, ’’Sleep well and think of me more often from now on, hmm?"

"Think of ways to kill you?’’ she mumbled under her breath.

Esme pulled her hand away and walked ahead with her shoulders squared, suppressing the palpitations inside her body.

Hearing no sounds from behind, she stopped in her tracks and turned around only to find him leaning against the wall.

His lips tugged up in a teasing smile when their eyes met.

Esme turned around almost immediately.

What was wrong with her? 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Leo jumped off her lap once they were inside the room before he proceeded to jump onto the bed.

She glared at him.

But without bothering to say anything to Leo, Esme walked to her side of the bed and grabbed the pillow before she banged her head on it, ’’AHHH!!’’

’’Ahhhhhh!’’ Luciana shrieked, stirred awake by Esme’s violent scream, ’’What happened? Who died?" she sat up.

Esme stiffened, remembering that she was not the only person inside the room, ’’Nothing happened,’’ she pushed the woman back, ’’Go... Sleep.’’

Luciana sprang up again.

’’What happened to your face?" she asked, gradually recovering her senses.

’’W-What...’’ Esme pressed the pillow closer to her lips, rubbing it sneakily to destroy any remaining evidence of the unspeakable affair that took place a moment ago.

Luciana snatched the pillow from her hands, ’’You are red.’’

Esme averted her gaze, ’’I was feeling hot.’’

’’But it’s chilly here,’’ Luciana rubbed her arms, ’’Why did you shout like that?"

"Maybe a nightmare,’’ Esme cleared her throat.

Luciana sighed, rubbing Esme’s back, ’’Don’t be scared. I am here.’’

Esme glanced at her hands placed on her lap as a sense of guilt overwhelmed her. How could she do this to Jeremiah?

She closed her eyes, ’’Lucy.’’

’’Hmm?" Luciana did not stop rubbing her back.

’’When you sneaked inside that door back then, did you find anything about the heavenly realm?"

’’I did. There were many books about it. I was young so I forgot quite a few things. What happened? Are you curious about something?"

Esme licked her bottom lips, ’’What is snow deer?"

’’A high-grade beast in heaven. It belongs to the beast clan,’’ The mention of the ’beast clan’ made Luciana look at Leo on instinct.

Leo glared at her with eyes full of warning.

Luciana’s lips twitched slightly.

’’The five main gods belong to the main clans but there are many smaller clans here in the heavenly realm as well.’’

’’Do they eat snow deer’s meat?"

’’Hmm?" Luciana blinked at how rapidly Esme changed the topic, ’’Snow deers are very rare. Why do you ask? Do you want to eat it?"

Esme shook her head, ’’Since you knew Prince Aleister, did you know that we are coming here for him, not for some child?"

’’No,’’ Luciana frowned, ’’Almost all of the blessing ceremonies are held when the heir is born. Prince Aleister’s circumstances are different. I did not expect to see him here.’’

’’Why does a blessing ceremony occurs for three days?"

Luciana was astounded by the way Esme was changing questions but she still answered patiently, ’’From what I read, it happens only once. Like I told you Prince Aleister’s circumstances are different.’’

’’Why is he different?" Esme mumbled unconsciously.

"..." Luciana’s brows nearly touched her hairline, ’’I did not say that he is different. I said that his circumstances are,’’ she poked the woman.

Luciana was surprised that Esme was expressing her curiosity over Aleister. That was not necessarily a bad thing.

’’How?" Esme ignored the woman’s teasing gaze.

’’They are holding his blessing ceremony for three days. It has to be because he is not a child. Or...’’ Luciana inhaled a breath before she continued speaking, ’’...Maybe because of his injuries. The blessing ceremony should be a guise for his powers to fully recover," No matter how she thought about it, she could not find any other reason behind this.

Back then, Aleister was gravely injured by Marilyn so it must have caused some vital damage to him.

’’Injuries?" Esme frowned, ’’What injuries?"

’’He was badly hurt in the past,’’ Luciana softly whispered, ’’Are you being curious about Prince Aleister, Es? Do you want me to take you to him so that you can have a proper talk?"

Esme quietly laid on the bed and dragged the sheets to her head, ’’I can’t wait for three days to be over. I don’t want to see his face at all.’’

Luciana sighed. It seemed like she was overthinking. Instead of growing feelings for him, it was looking like Esme was beginning to hate Aleister.

After three days, they would leave and she highly doubted that Aleister would be able to come with them.

And Cardan... Will she ever see that scoundrel again?

Luciana laid her head on the pillow, biting the edge of the silk pillowcase.

On the other side of the bed, Esme had her hand pressed on her chest as she chanted in her mind, ’Don’t think about him. Don’t think about him. Don’t think about him....’

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