Morpheus laughed seeing him panic. âCalm down, Your Majesty. I did nothing of that sortâ¦yet.â
Draven ignored him and tenderly touched his mateâs head.
The Divine Eagle continued, âBut donât you think itâs an interesting idea, for the two of us to share a mate, a single human becoming ours? Pity, she is sleeping simply because she ate too many Dragon Fire Fruits.â
Draven gradually calmed down. He knew he could trust Morpheusâ words as there was no reason he would hide it if Ember truly became his mate as well. For a moment, he regretted the decision of sending her with him, but somewhere inside him, he still trusted that old friend of his. The Morpheus he remembered was not a bad person but was just hurt to the extent of willingly embracing the path to destruction.
âI will bring those fruits to her on my next visit. Just like my sister, she seems to like them a lot,â Morpheus commented as he looked at Draven with a hateful gaze. âMy sister. I hope you didnât forget about her, Your Majesty. Youâre once a loyal subject who suffered the most from your mistake.â
Draven, who was sitting at the edge of the bed, froze upon hearing those words. At the mention of the Dragon Fire Fruits, Draven realized where Morpheus must have taken Ember.
âYou can bring those fruits for Ember,â was all Draven could say as a wave of guilt took over him.
Morpheus sneered at him.
âAs if I need your permission to do so,â he said and walked towards the window, flying away once again and leaving nothing but a gust of wind behind him.
Draven looked at his retreating figure that slowly disappeared from the sky.
âIf only you knew what exactly happened at that time, but the truth might hurt you more.â
Just then, he heard the mumbling of the human girl on the bed.
âI want⦠to be a good mateâ¦a good mate, butâ¦you scare meâ¦Your Majesty, I want toâ¦â
Draven looked at his mate who was mumbling in her sleepy condition. His sharp hearing sense had caught her mumbling.
âI scare you? What did I even do? Instead, I try to be patient with you?â
She mumbled something once again, âThe scent..itâs goodâ¦why do youâ¦want me to resistâ¦I donât want toâ¦â
He continued to look at her in amusement. He had seen her being clumsy and now he was seeing how sweet and adorable she could be.
âDonât want to resist? Itâs for your own good. Do you want to wake up the next day in shock thinking about what you did the previous night? Instead of complaining, you better find answers to what I have asked you.â
She had frowned lines on her forehead even in her sleep due to all the frowning. Draven could not help but caress her forehead to make her feel at ease and found her drifting back to sleep instead of mumbling.
âSeems like she will sleep a few hours more,â just as Draven thought, his sleepy mate opened her eyes and looked at him with her half-lidded eyes. âIn my dream, you donât seem like a scary person,â she said and continued to look at him lazily.
âThose fruits not just made her sleepy but caused her to feel drunk and delusional.â
He heard her chuckle in sleep, âEven in my dream I can smell your scentâ¦itâs so goodâ¦â
She raised her hand to reach out to his face. She touched his cheek and placed her palm on his it. Draven didnât move back and let her touch his face.
She chuckled once again, looking at him with her drunk-looking eyes, âYou didnât biteâ¦you are not scary thenâ¦â
âBite?â Draven frowned at it. âWhat do you take me for? Do I look like I go biting around anyone?â
With a frown, he was about to move back but then found her thumb reaching out to his lips and caressing them gently as if she was getting a feel of them. In a little shock, Draven lowered his gaze towards her hand and her thumb that was boldly teasing his lips.
His gaze moved towards her smiling face who didnât know what she was doing. âAre you asking for trouble Human?â
âFeels good⦠When you kiss meâ¦They feel goodâ¦â she mumbled once again.
âDo they?â Draven asked as he continued to let her play with his lips.
âHmm,â she nodded while smiling at him.
âSo bold!â he thought, âOnly if she was in her right state of mind.â
She was so alluring at this moment for him to stop from not doing anything but she was not herself.
âSleep!â Draven instructed coldly but she shook her head, âI want.â
She looked like a spoiled child who would not listen.
Draven sighed, âWhat would I do with her?â
He held her hand that was still touching his face and put it down as he fixed the misplaced blanket. Then he looked at her, who made her lips into a light pout and her eyes turned small like crying as if she was hurt upon not getting what she wanted.
Draven didnât know whether to laugh at her silly behaviour or to get angry at her for tempting him like this when it was already difficult for him.
Giving up he leaned down closer to her face and gently pecked on her lips. He moved back a little and looked into her eyes, âSleep now.â
Draven didnât expect her to listen to him but surprisingly she closed her eyes. âThatâs it? After tempting me, she just obediently slept?â
Even in her sleep, she acted opposite to his expectations. When he expected her to sleep, she didnât and when he thought she would not sleep so easily, she closed her eyes right away and slept.
âThis human is strange,â he could not help but think.
Making sure she was really asleep, Draven stood up and left. Staying closer to her for a long was not good for him.
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Bonus chapter dedicated to reader Hollygolightly. Thank you so much for the supergift. ^_^