Myla gulped at his words and immediately turned away from him. She used this opportunity to look around and saw that no one else was shaken up by the scene so this was probably something they were used to. She turned back to Ares and saw that he wasn't even looking at her anymore.
“Cornelius" She heard him call out and was a little surprised. Hadn't he asked Cornelius to leave them alone? She was even more surprised when Cornelius appeared beside her.
“I'll take care of it" Was all Cornelius said before handing Ares another pair of shoes and having some guards clean up the body.
Ares nodded at him then took the shoes and wore them before turning back to her. He stared at her for a while then turned Cornelius.
“Take her back home, I'll go by myself" And with that, he walked away. Myla sighed but was actually grateful for that. Her head was feeling very light and she just wanted to rest her head.
She turned to Cornelius and saw that he was giving her the irritated look and it was starting to annoy her.
“What's your problem with me?" She found herself asking and it seemed her question only made him angrier.
Don't ask stupid questions. Let's go" He turned away from her and she sighed. He was going to make everything much more difficult for her.
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They walked in absolute silence back to the castle and even though Myla liked the silence, she wanted to know why Cornelius hated her so much. She could see that Ares and Cornelius were very close so if she could win Cornelius' favour then she could probably win Ares's.
“I want to know why you hate me so much?" She spoke up which made Cornelius stop in his tracks. He narrowed his eyes as he turned to her.
“What did you say?" He said intimidatingly which almost made Myla laugh. Sure, he was intimidating but because of how extremely intimidating Ares was, every other person just seemed.... Mild.
“Why do you mate me so much?" Cornelius turned fully to her.
“Because humans are selfish and back stabbers and you seem like no different" Myla tilted his head at him.
“And aren't Wolves Selfish and backstabbers too?" Cornelius furrowed his eyebrows.
“What?"
“Have you ever even met a human before you're just judging me based on the rumors you've heard?" Cornelius stared at her for a while then rolled up his sleeve and showed her very deep cut in his arm.
“This was caused by a human I trusted so much but as you can see, I was stabbed in the back and almost died because I decided to ignore the rumors and trust one. Do you know who saved me? Ares and that's I'll make sure I protect him no matter what happens and if I have to protect you against people like you then I won't hesitate. Wait in the room till he comes back" Before he could walk away, she spoke up.
“I too tried to be friends with a wolf but I got stabbed in the back too. He killed her father" And with that, she walked into the room and closed the door behind her. She hated telling people about this because it just made her burn with anger but she needed to gain Cornelius trust.
She took a deep breath then walked over to the bed and sat down. She prayed she didn't fall asleep this time but like always, Luck wasn't on her side.
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Hours later, Ares walked into the room and was surprised to see Myla laying down on the bed fast asleep. He sighed then walked over to the mirror and took off his clothes slowly.
He hisses out in pain as his rough tonic rubbed against the injury on his stomach.
“Son of a bastard," He muttered. He should have killed that bastard.
“Ares?" He froze as soon as he heard a soft voice falling out his name. He turned to her and she gasped as soon as she saw the injury on his stomach.
“That's none of your business, go back to sleep" Myla frowned then looked around before turning back to him.
“Erm.... Am I sleeping here?" Ares raised an eyebrow.
“Why won't you be sleeping here?" Myla scratched the back of her head.
“I just thought I was going to sleep with the other slaves and maids" Area tilted his head at her.
“But you're not like other slaves, you're my slave" Myla sighed. She wasn't in the mood to argue right now.
“I thought wolves heal quickly? Why haven't you healed?" He showed her the wound and she saw that it was all closed up and looked like nothing had ever happened.
“I was stabbed by a silver knife and although I'm a demon wolf, I'm still affected by silver but not as much. It would take a normal about a day to heal from such a wound but mine take some minutes''
“Do you always brag this way?" She clamped her hands over her mouth with her eyes wide. Why did she say that out loud?
She was shocked when she heard him chuckling softly.
“Yes, I always brag about it because it stops me from hating myself more than I already do" He turned away from her and immediately walked into the bathroom.
She frowned as she thought about his words. She didn't know why but she felt a little sorry for him at that moment. Hating oneself was the worst thing ever.
She once went through that phase and she knew how horrible it felt.
After some minutes, Ares came out of the bathroom with only his torso covered with a towel.
Myla gasped and covered her eyes.
“Why did you come out like that?" Her heart thumped in her chest as she heard his soft steps getting closer.
“Remove your hand" Myla didn't know what compelled her but she slowly removed her hand and stared deeply into his deep gray eyes.
“I want you to dress me little slave".....