***Wow Look another update! I'm on a roll! (Not a dinner roll. I wouldn't fit on one of those, but it would fit in my tummy!) Anywho! I hope all you lovies like it. Please Please Please Pleeeaaassee comment your feedback! I want to know what ya'll are thinking (Don't hate on my southern drawl). Now back to the story!***
After several minutes of following silently behind Aleksander, we finally arrived to what used to be our room. It was still in the same state that I had left it in. Dark curtains hung on wall to keep out light from the sun. Books were pilled neatly on a bookcase. The large bed was against the far wall, covered in a mountain of pillows and covers. The most interesting thing in the whole room was not on the wall, or floor, but on the ceiling. Right over the bed was a large mirror. Aleksander was not your most… traditional lover. I was startled out of my thoughts when I heard my name being called.
"Alina!" My husband asked with frustration laced in his voice. Aleksander was never one to yell. He didn't need to. "Were you even listening to me?"
Knowing that he was already irritated by the fact that I had left, I decided to push him a little more. The Darkling was never angry. He might get slightly irritated, or perhaps annoyed, but never angry. Why waste time on such a useless emotion when you can destroy the very thing that is irksome to you? No, he was never angry, but he was methodical and vengeful.
"Of course I wasn't listening. You had to call my name didn't you? That would imply that I'm not listening. Really Aleksander, have I been away for so long that you have lost your intelligence? You know they say that the mind is the first thing to go. It was bound to happen sooner or later, you are centuries old. I guess I will have to find someone who has more" I said with a pause while looking him up and down, "stamina," I said with a smirk.
His eyes flashed with annoyance. "Alina I would advise you to think before you speak. Apparently you're time away has caused you to lose your good sense," He whispered in a low tone.
Of course me being me I decided to keep pushing. I was never one to know when to stop. Not one of my most redeemable qualities, I must admit.
"Oh Aleksander, and here I thought you were the smart one, but apparently I was wrong. You should know," I stated, stepping closer and closer, our eyes locked, "by now that I always think before I speak, and I mean every word," by then we were so close. One more inch and we would be pressed against one another.
"Alina," He growled darkly. "Do. Not. Push. Me." He ground out.
With a sigh I backed away. "Always with the theatrics Aleksander."
"Why." I heard him ask behind me. "Why did you choose that… boy," he spat out "over us and the kingdom."
I turned to look at him and what I saw shocked me. He was leaning against the wall with legs and arms crossed, looking very relaxed, but in his eyes I saw something that was new. Behind the mask that he put up to keep everyone out I could see an emotion that almost resembled hurt. But he is the Darkling. He doesn't feel those type of emotions. Right?
With a sigh I decided to be honest with him.
"I left because I knew you didn't want a child. You hate to share what you consider yours. I mean honestly Aleksander you would have men killed if they so much as touched me. You were even annoyed when I would talk to other women! I'm not a possession Aleksander! I can have other people in my life!"
"You are mine!" He spat out as he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him. "You belong to me. How can you rule by my side when you are tending to that snotty, little brat?" He said, his grip tightening on my arm.
"Let go," I hissed, as I wretched my arm free.
"He won't be a distraction," I told him.
"The moment he does he is gone, are we clear?" He asked.
"Yes dear," I said in a sarcastic tone as I stormed to the door.
"Alina," He called as I was about to step through the door. I paused with my back to him.
"Don't underestimate me."
"I won't," I said in a soft whisper as I left to go check on Alexis.