Rosie's Games

"Underestimating a beast can get you killed," Lucas said. "Look at its eyes… the hunger in it. Look…" Lucas jumped and avoided the beast that was full of small cuts. "Look at Miu. It's doing its best to attack the beast."

"How could I look at it!" Rosalind screamed. She had been running, trying her best to live, and he wanted her to look at Miu? She then ducked and rolled and silently called Lucas a few bad names. "They wanted to eat me!" She screamed.

No one in their right mind would drag their wife onto the battlefield just to train them when they were supposed to pretend they were a married couple!

She came to Lonyth with him, thinking she would be there to heal the King! Who would have thought that he would bring her here for some training?

Not her!

No.

She never expected that he would actually throw her in the middle of two beasts— demonic beasts.

She heard him chuckle.

The only reason she was able to survive until now was that she had been fooling the beast with her dark Blessing. She could not use an illusion on them because they could easily smell her and pinpoint her direction, so she chose to use darkness instead! Lucas warned her that the beast's sense of smell was even stronger than their sight. That they could smell her from afar.

So, she used her darkness to mask her scent. Then shot the dark mist to blind them.

Clearly, she had no strength or ability to fight a beast like this, all she could do was cheat and then run away.

However, instead of killing the beast right then and there, Lucas chose this perfect moment to teach her where to attack a beast! He even used it to teach Miu to use its speed to its advantage.

It had been days since they left that shed, days since she got Miu back from Magda. When Miu left her side, Lucas promised that it was only because he wanted to check the dark curse in its body. Moreover, he also wanted to put some runes on Miu's body to further mask its real identity.

He did not tell her that when they returned, Miu would be as tall as her knees when he was just a few weeks old.

Even then, he told her that he had already done something to make him smaller, as he was growing too fast. Bringing Miu around would be troublesome if they revealed his actual size.

"Your turn!" he said.

"What?"

"Kill it."

Rosalind did not know what to say. She wanted to glare at him, but she was too busy avoiding the beast that she could not even look his way.

"Go on… Just use the dagger."

Rosalind gritted her teeth. To her surprise, however, her body suddenly catapulted toward one of the wolves.

"Are you out of your mind!????" she screamed. Soon, two daggers appeared in her hand. Her grip tightened, and she had the feeling of lightness overwhelm her. Without a second thought, she used the dagger to stab its eyes. For some reason, it felt like this had already happened in the past.

The wolf's howl interrupted her stupor. She let the dagger go and, just as she thought she would end up comatose in a bed somewhere, Lucas pulled her body away.

Unknowingly, her arms wrapped around his neck as she closed her eyes. In his arms, she tried to catch her breath. When they first arrived at the scene, she didn't think that he would actually do something so crazy, so unthinkable, and to his wife nonetheless! Thinking back, she should not have trusted him. This man would kill women just because he wanted to.

His world is already so dangerous, he should not drag anyone else into it.

Why would he spare her from any danger just because of her Blessing!?

She knew that he only wanted to teach her, and she truly appreciated that, however, throwing her towards the mouth of a beast was just going overboard. The least that he could do was warn her!

"It's dead…" she heard him say. "You killed it."

While Rosalind wanted to give him a punch, she chose to stay in his arms for a few more seconds as she composed her thoughts. She knew some people were watching them. Soon, a smile appeared on her face, then suddenly she reached out and pulled him in for a kiss. She held his nape as their lips met.

Why?

Because people are watching.

That and she wanted to retaliate! She wanted to make him uncomfortable.

The man had been annoying her since they left the shed. Being with someone who not only knew how to fight but also knew how to talk like a pirate was truly annoying. She started wondering why he was doing this. Was he trying to make her relaxed and comfortable? Was he trying to make her trust him?

It turned out he just wanted her to lower her guard so he could 'train' her.

"Smile," Rosalind ended the kiss, leaving the Duke speechless. "People are watching, my dear husband. We do not want them to think we had a misunderstanding, after all, you threw me towards the wolf's mouth, did you not?"

And they did not want them to know that they were training.

She watched him freeze, his face as still as a statue. Rosalind was tempted to laugh. He was someone who always killed his future bride. From the rumors, the Duke had never been with a woman.

How would he cope if someone like Rosalind kissed him suddenly?

Was he going to kill her?

Rosalind lifted an eyebrow.

She was far too valuable for that to happen.

To her surprise, the man suddenly smiled.

"Of course," his voice was a little darker, deeper. Slowly, he put her down. "Of course."

Another smile appeared on his face. This time, she immediately turned alert. That smile was a little suspicious.

It was too suspicious.

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