Eighteen

She was determined to rip Thomas's throat out, and she also knew she couldn't leave witnesses. That room would have turned into a bloodbath if I hadn't seen my fox sleeping like a baby in that scumbag man's arms.

Cross, as I had named him, woke up with a start, staring at me with his beautiful bright eyes. He, innocent and who always warmed me up on the cold nights I spent here, soon started shaking his tail making all my plans go down the drain.

I couldn't put his life on the line when I still had no control over my actions.

"Y-you're back!" - he said still surprised.

- Yes! -pretending and repressing my revenge, I walk towards him, taking Cross from his hands. -You can go on, I'm on my way out! - I notice turning my back.

As I walk through the door, Thomas stands and dismisses all the investors. He claims that my return is a miracle and that he wants to spend time with me.

— MILA WAIT! - I'm locked in the lobby.

- What it was?

I want to kill him, I want it so much, I've never wanted anything so much.

- How it feels? -be curious. -Do you remember what happened? -he is firm in his theater.

— I don't remember my King, but I feel great! - I say giving light bites on my tongue, in an attempt to keep quiet.

"Do you really not remember what happened?" -strength with your trembling hands.

"Should I remember something?"

- NO! -she says exaggeratedly. -Doctors reported that the grass broke his fall...but...but...

"I can hear your heart racing..."

- But?

"But even if there were layers of snow on the ground you wouldn't have survived that high!"

- What you mean? - I press it. -That I'm a miracle, a spirit, a living dead?

- No! -disagree. -But if you're fine we should certainly celebrate!

"It's...it's a great idea!"

"I died, in fact I was reborn. I deserve to celebrate!"

This party will be my fresh start, my first step towards a great female empire. And to complete my plans, I need to be in the best shape possible.

"Mr. Cooper?" - I call my butler who passes outside my room.

The door opens little by little and he appears with his forehead creased.

- Called me? - she asked with a strange face.

— I did! -I say.

"How did you know I was coming by if the door was closed?"

“Intuition!

“Intuition? - she countered.

"Could you call that same crew that got me ready for the ball?" -Subject change.

"Did the King allow you to change your look?"

"I'm his Queen and I figure if I want to give him a gift I shouldn't tell him!" -I'm short and intimidating.

"Okay, I'll do it right now!"

While choosing my outfit, the view from the balcony caught my attention. Thomas's actions shouldn't change how I feel about that part of the house, but unfortunately I was still able to remember the pain even though I was dead.

"Height was never an issue until my body was thrown over that railing."

"— Your Majesty, fell almost eleven meters high."

I remember the woman I murdered saying that she fell almost eleven meters from a height. Anyone would have their body split in half, unless she was overreacting when she said that.

"Go see..."

That space left the sun perfectly centralized, calling the attention of anyone who saw such beauty. And that late afternoon he was so radiant that he even seemed to be calling my name.

I got closer not being able to avoid its charm and started putting the tip of my fingers in the rays that entered the room. My biggest fear was never being able to feel the heat of the sun on my skin again, I was afraid of living like the vampires in my stories lived, always running away from sunlight. But then, when I saw the light in my hand, I could also feel the heat taking over.

"Thank God..."

My skin doesn't burn, much less become a living fire. When I feel confident enough, I throw myself fully into the light, opening my arms so that all the brightness covers me, however, in a few seconds an extreme pain that I have never felt in my entire life starts to burn me from the inside.

My body moves on its own, quickly returning to the step it had taken. If I didn't back away I could have sworn I was going to go up in flames, my skin was still itching like it had been attacked by bees even though I was in the shade. I am filled with despair, an immense fear that my new "life" is to blame.

"Mila, I'm coming in!" -he announces behind the door, without waiting for me to allow it.

— O-hi! He smiles, trying to hide what I'm feeling.

"The team has arrived!"

"Th-thanks, James!"

- Need something? he asked suspiciously.

- No no! - I answer hiding my right arm behind my back.

For some reason, my arm is hurting way more than the rest of my body.

— Okay, anything just call me!

As soon as my butler leaves the room, I ask the staff to come in and help me arrive at what I had in mind. I had decided to cut my hair, leaving it light and layered. Certainly, that would make a big impact along with the outfit she'd chosen.

— Mila? Two knocks on the door snap me out of my thoughts.

The party started and I could see in the garden the amount of people arriving. The accident with the sun wouldn't get out of my head, it was making me hell the whole time I was getting ready.

- You may come in! I run my hands over the dress, arranging the last details.

— I don't want to be in the way, but Thomas asked that - -unexpectedly, he stops what he was talking about and gives me this weird look. -Damn... -he said with a sigh, piercing my soul with his blue eyes.

Benjamin not only knew how to get me wet, he also knew how to dress really well. It was a surreal perfume with a structure and cloth that impeccably accompanied your muscles.

I couldn't fight my urges, all my self defense always fell apart when I saw him.

"Why all this change?"

He was a few feet away from me, his hands shoved in the pockets of his slacks.

"Didn't you like it?" - I use a cynical and vulgar voice.

- I liked it, but I thought it was already done...

- But I am! - I say, hitting the tip of my heel in your direction.

- It is? she repeated. -How are you doing? -He gets restless. -Are you by any chance wearing anything under that coat?

— I don't know... -I say, daring to lightly touch the sleeve of her folded blouse.

My fingers go up his thick arm, where I touch trying to seduce him. I don't even look him in the face, I just explore his skin, taking courage to put my other hand on his belly.

"Mila..." My name is the only thing that comes out of your mouth.

"If you want to know what I'm wearing underneath, you're going to have to put your hands on me...

"Y-you can't dress like that..."

His voice has a slurred tone, like his insides are begging for my body.

- Why I can not? - I asked pulling his hand from inside my pocket. -Before you fight with me, first you have to see if I'm dressed or not...

"I can see you're not!"

"I drive him crazy sometimes and I like it!"

— Better than seeing, is feeling, don't you think?

I take his hand in mine and raise my gaze to his, seeing him admire me just as willingly. We both didn't even blink, he knew I was turned on and that anything he did could cause an explosion.

"If you do this-"

I don't let him speak, my action shutting him up as I place his hand on my skin in the middle of my breasts, just inches away from me pushing his fingers under the cloth.

He sighs, confused where he should look.

"My eyes? My boobs? Or the door?"

I go sliding her hand, seeing her eyes tremble with desire. I could have sworn that if I were any more rebellious, he wouldn't be able to contain even his other side.

CELLPHONE RINGING

His cell phone starts to vibrate inside his pocket, causing his lucidity to return. He pulls his hand away and takes the cell away from me.

"HELL!"

— S-talk! He stammered with the phone to his ear. -Did they do it again? he asked angrily.

I can't hear who's talking on the other end of the phone, I had hopes he could use my hearing, but his racing heart was getting in my way.

"Maybe I'll be late here!" - he said, looking back at me. -I have some things to solve, Vincent!

"It's Vincent..."

"Solve it, then I'll see what I'm going to do about it!"

"Why does he look angry?"

"Okay, bye Vincent!"

He hangs up the phone and suddenly stuffs it in his pocket, towering over me. His strong footprints and his evil expression make me walk backwards, crashing into the wall.

“Quiet! - she ordered, surrounding me with her arms at the same time that activated the red in her eyes.

"Cum!"

If I did something wrong I'll know now.

— Benjam —

“Quiet! - ordered again.

His face doesn't look like someone who wants to have fun between four walls.

“I don't know what kind of men you're used to, but I'm not the boys you get involved with.

"Is not it!"

— I like you, I really do, but you're my friend's wife and I can't do that. So even though I really want to eat you, I suggest you don't tease me like that anymore if you don't want to cause disgrace!

"People..."

"T-okay..." I reply in shock.

— Now change your eye color and let's go to the party!

"My eyes?"

Scared, I was so scared that I didn't even feel the change. It was very easy for him to activate and deactivate it as if it were a little button, but I was still learning to deal with it.

We left the room together, with the feeling of an entire ocean between us. His heart was beating normally, whereas mine, if it had any life, would be choking me with rage.

"Vincent, go get your food." I want you to be careful when he arrives and wait for me in the garden! - she said going down the stairs.

"I remember saying you'd take care of me!" - I say through my teeth, seeing the room crowded with people that I couldn't differentiate from food. -And I also said that I don't like orders!

I know Benjamin is here to see if I'm going to keep myself in line and if I don't get it right I'm afraid of what he might do to me.

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