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CHAPTER 8: PROMISE

-KNIVES POV-

From the half- closed door I could see everything. I saw how Vash was pressing Meryl against his scared chest, how tenderly he kissed her, and how much she seemed to need his presence there in that moment.

And I don't know why, i wanted to scream. I wanted to shoot Vash again and hurt him badly than the last time. I think i've never felt so wild.

Even when my grandmother had expelle dme from Gladstone, where I lived with her and my brother, I hadn't felt this wild rage, this need to hurt someone badly. So is my desire for that little bitch increased to the point I can't stand that someone touches her?

Damn, it's only desire!! Physical desire, other all!! I could satisfy it with other women; I could have all the women I want to repress my desire for her but, i'll be damned, the only woman I want to death, the only woman who crowds my toughts and torments my soul to the point I'm hardly able to sleep at night is that damned maid whom my brother is hugging!!!

And I can't stand that!!!

I turned and went to my room. I stood for several moments to the nothing, meanwhile in my mind I saw only her in the arms of my twin. And i felt rage. A wild, powerful rage that ran on my veins like a herd of crazy horses.

And I screamed. And I screamed again and again, till my lungs couldn't stand it anymore. When I breathed feverishely I noticed that the room was upsidedown: the forniture were on the floor, togheter with what was on them. I did this mess. That was my wild rage.

My damnation came suddenly in the room.

"What's happened here, sir?"

I turned toward the spider and I saw her gulp. Was I so frightful? Was my rage painted on my eyes? I didn't know. The only thing that I knew - and damn, I knew it well- was that even in that moment I wanted her. Badly.

"You..." I murmured walking slowly around her little body. She stood stiff, looking at the floor. She had to have understood something, because all her fibres were tensed up.

My little, intelligent spider...

"You planned this, don't you?"

Suddenly her eyes met mine in a surprised but also annoyed look.

"Planned what?! What are you talking about?!-

What?! Now she pretended to not knowing what i was talking about?!? Her, my intelligent spider?!? One of the few people who could read my emotions from my eyes?!? Her, who was in the arms of my brother only two seconds ago?!? How could she say that?!? Damn it!!!

I pushed her roughly toward the bed, and she landed on it with eyes opened in fear.

"You..." my voice was a little trembling "... You're making me weak, do you know that, spider?"

"You're crazy"

I slapped her before I could eventually stop my hand and she looked me in disbelief. I was loosing my control; i could feel it clearly. I grabbed her from the hair, undoing the chignon and making her beautiful dark hair fall on her back. She protested when I pulled her up always grabbing her hair, but I ignored her.

"Yeah, you're right spider: I'm crazy. You are driving me crazy"

I knew I was going to ruin myself, but I knew also that if I would ignored my desire for her I would became definitely mad, forever damned into the worst of all hells.

And so i took my choice.

"You're an obsession. A sweet, maddening obsession and I'm not able to ignore you anymore"

Ok, now she was really, really schoked. She was looking me as if I was a ghost... But she spoke again after several moments.

"You said I wasn't enough tempting"

"I lied" was my admission.

She opened her mouth to speak, but she closed it only to open it again without saying nothing. And I was totally kidnapped by her lips. I remembered how sweet they were, how inviting was their taste... and I was definitely lost. My head went toward her, but she pushed me away immediatly.

"Don't you dare..." she murmured and my reason finally came back.

"Remember: here I'm the master. Who must don't dare something is you!" and whit this I took what I wanted so desperately. She awsn't enought fast to press her lips to prevent me from devoring her in a kiss full of the passion I felt for her. For this annoying, insolent maid who had turned my mind upside down. My hands traveled down her short body, ending their way on her ass. She tried in vain to get my hands off of her, but when I took her off from the ground she grabbed my neck to prevent herself from falling, and I took advantage to press my obsession against the wall.

I heard a squeak coming from her lips and I licked them with my tongue. I could feel my body tensing with desire, and she had to have felt it too when i pressed my body more fiercely against her own, because she rose her head -God, her white, inviting neck was too tempting... Definitely too temping- and she screamed.

"Damn you!! I'm not here to satisfy your instincts!!!"

I let her go, stopping what I was doing to her neck, but I couldn't keep myself from staying at her beautiful, red face for several moments. And I decided to not ignoring myself anymore.

"I want you. And I'll have you: this is a promise"

She didn't reply, but looked at me with the angerest face I have ever seen on her face and she left the room.