Winterfall

As I suspected, her power grew in time. Her power was intense and as much as I would hate to admit it, I was glad her guard was present. Without him, I am pretty sure I would have been electrified right now. Now, one spell wouldn’t have killed me off right but if she kept going at it, I’m not sure how much of her power I would have been able to withstand.

Hell, even though that guard of hers took all of that spell I still felt some of the electricity through the air. It was enough to cause the hair to stand on my skin, enough to cause panic in my eyes. What force did I truly awaken when I attacked her?

What I witnessed frightened me. What I witnessed amazed me. What I witnessed hungered me. Her power will only grow stronger from here on out. Which meant her soul would grow stronger.

However, I did not appreciate the kiss her and Théoden shared. To which I took advantage of. Her lips pressed against mine felt buttery soft. The kiss made me crave more. Something I only felt with one other creature, and that creature was Crimson.

“You KISSED HER?” Crimson explained as she appeared next to me in my room. “What is WRONG WITH YOU?” She spat as she slapped me across the face.

“I wanted to know why he was constantly coming back for more. I wanted to know what was so special about her. She will be my wife after all!” I shouted back at Crimson.

“What are you going to sleep with her too?” She hissed at me.

“If the opportunity presents itself.” I shrugged, I mean why wouldn’t I sleep with her if given the chance? Maria is truly a beautiful girl. She is kind and caring and I doubted she slapped her lover around as much as Crimson does with me.

“Bastard!” She slapped me once more across the face.

“Enough!” I shouted back at her, “control your damn jealousy or I will order you back to hell!”

Crimson stared at me stunned, “you wouldn’t,” She snarled.

“Don’t tempt me. Remember your place here.” I snapped back at her. I was letting things get out of hand with her and I had to remind her who was in charge here.

She rolled her eyes, “like you have a chance with her anyways. She hates you!”

“She doesn’t hate me.”

“Yes she does.” Crimson proclaimed again.

“If she hates me, then I will get her to like me.” I explained. It’s not necessary for my plan for her to like me but if I was going to live in the same castle with her for a few months I need to get along with her. Up until recently, I had been staying in Summer Crest half the time. That was until Crimson agreed to maintain control in my absence. Besides, I couldn’t have my future wife hate me.

“You will fail at that.” Crimson said with a smirk.

“We shall see about that. I will win her over.”

Crimson narrowed her eyes, “let’s make this interesting then Marcel. I bet you will not be able to have her wrapped around your finger by the wedding date.”

“How wrapped does she have to be?” The bet amused me. I already had slight feelings for Maria so pretending to care wouldn’t be a problem. I will just have to get her to care about me. But how? I am a devil, I haven’t done anything kind. And most things can not even withstand my presence. Getting her on my side will be tough, but I don’t shy away from a challenge.

“I bet you can not sleep with her by the time the wedding commences.” Crimson said with a grin. “Considering what I witnessed with her and her guard, you have a lot of work to do. He is in her deep.”

“Please, I don’t need any gory details of their late night escapades.” I told her, crossing my arms.

“What? Afraid of the romantic details?” She crossed her arms and mimicked my posture.

“I just don’t want to hear them.” I groaned in annoyance.

“Fine, considering what I had to do for you, I want this to be more interesting for me. I bet that you will be unable to sleep with Maria prior to the wedding night. And if you fail to accomplish sleeping with her, you will have to obey my command for two months.”

“Two months?” I questioned her. I knew I could handle a day of her command, I have before, but two months? I didn’t know about that.

“Two months is how long I have to deal with the bull shit of you having me as a personal spy.”

“You agreed to that.” I reminded her.

“Yeah but I didn’t realize how involved those two really are.” I watched as she scrunched her face and tried not to gag. “So, what do you say? Do we have a bet?”

I thought about it for a minute. Sleeping with Maria interested me and Crimson making it a challenge, even more so. However, I knew I was going to have to try really hard for it to even happen. Because if I didn’t, I knew it was a lost cause.

“Crimson, you have a bet.” I said and offered her my hand to which she shook.

“Deal. Good luck competing with a dragon.” Crimson vanished in thin air before I could even process what she had just said. Théoden, her guard, was the silver dragon? Bloody hell…