POV Switch
I laid on the bed staring at the wall in the dark. I took a deep breath and sighed. I couldn't sleep. Just like how I hadn't been since the first inn we stopped at. I turned onto my opposite side and was met with his back. I narrowed my eyes oh so slightly as I looked at his form. What was it that made him so different? Not just physically but him as a person. It was as if he wasn't human. But if he wasn't human then what was he?
I dared to reach out and slowly raise the hem of his shirt. There I spotted the markings I had seen earlier. They were black, all written in what looked like the ancient dragon language. They wrapped around his waist and curled up his back, disappearing under the rest of his shirt. I let my fingers trace them, hesitating when I felt him tense. I held my breath but when he did nothing I continued on mindlessly. Like a child tracing a drawing over and over again until they could draw it themselves.
POV Switch
I laid there motionless. I first felt her slip my shirt up, exposing parts of my markings. Then I jumped as her freezing cold fingertips begin to trace them. Akara paused, then when I did nothing she continued on. The trace she left felt like ice on my skin only to make goosebumps form where she had touched. I should have yelled at her. I should have yanked my shirt down and been furious at her for trying to do such a thing. But part of me hoped she'd figure it out so then she'd leave me alone before she got too attached, before I got too attached.
Finally I took a deep breath before reaching back and catching her hand gently.
" You shouldn't be doing things like that while people were asleep." I mumbled softly. What hope did I have? How stupid it was for me to think she'd figure it out and run from me? If anything it would make her kill me right where I laid before moving on with her life. Part of me thought I'd let her do it too. Just so I wouldn't have to feel my blade go through her heart.
When she didn't respond I turned and faced her, her wrist still in my grasp.
" Did you hear me? I said you shouldn't do things like that while they are asleep. You might see things they don't want you to see." I repeated. Her face was even, it didn't even waver as she spoke.
" Things they don't want me to see? Or things they are trying to hide?" She asked, her voice deathly firm. Instead of answering I dropped her hand and began to turn back over.
" Go to sleep Akara." I demanded simply. Only this time it was her who caught my wrist.
" I know who you are."
I felt my breath hitch in my throat as my heart stopped.
" Oh?" I asked as I turned back faced her. " And what are you planning to do? Kill me? Slay me? Run your sword through my throat until I lay dead on the floor?"
I heard her gasp as I quickly switched it up, locking her wrist into my hand once more and squeezing tight. What was I doing? What was I saying?
" Or perhaps do you think you can seduce me like how they do in those fairytales?"
I was now straddling her while pinning her hands above her head, letting the blankets hover on top of me as I did so.
" Are you scared of me, Akara?" I let her name slither off my tongue, my breath scraping against her ear.
" I'm not scared." She answered. Her voice was soft, calming even. But not fearful. Fear was the last thing on her mind. My hand palmed at her bare hip just above the hem of leggings and just below where her shirt had hitched up. By the divines what was I doing! I needed someone needed to rip me off, seal my lips and throw me in the lowest dungeon.
My thumb made small circles against her skin. Despite the scars I'm sure she had from battle her skin was smooth against my calloused fingers.
" Then just what are you going to do my dear Akara?" I asked as I caught her earlobe in-between my teeth, her back arching only in the slightest. It would have gone unnoticed had I not been paying such attention to her.
" I'm going to follow you to the throat of the world."
I pulled back and looked down at her. Her eyes met mine, still even with no signs of fear or worry. I smirked and quirked my head to the side.
" You're a dangerous girl."
Her lips turned up in a smirk just as daring.
" And you're a dangerous man . . . Alduin."
Oooooh dang, it's getting serious now. I hope you like this chapter! The next should be up soon, let me know what you think about everything! Love you!