Tyrant's Obsession With The Heiress-Chapter 22: A Cold Touch Of Lips From The Demon

Truth be told, Van Merikh knew he should have used that opportunity to question Lady Karina about Moonveil's mythical beasts.

However, lost in the moment itself, his ambitions seemed to crumble beneath that burning lust in his limbs.

Desire clouded his judgement.

But knowing the brutal conqueror that he was, another opportunity would come.

And if it didn't, he would create that opportunity himself.

"You heard me, Lady," Van Merikh said, raising a brow.

Lady Karina didn't quite understand why she was stunned, but she was.

And over that feeling, fear had found its way to the surface.

She knew awfully well that the price could have been much more exorbitant, but somehow she had not expected a simple yet intimate command.

Why did the man want her to kiss him?

She had never kissed a man before, nor been kissed by one.

She had been fooling herself into believing that it would be something far less personal.

But perhaps she had been overthinking and exaggerating the demand; a kiss could be a completely innocent and respectful thing.

Perhaps it was a kiss on the hand?

That was the premise she would proceed on.

"Very well," Lady Karina agreed, inhaling a deep breath to steady her nerves.

She moved to stand before him, fidgeting with her fingers as his intense gaze settled on her.

She reached for his hand, and as if sensing her intentions, Van Merikh pulled his hand back.

He had no intention of allowing her sweet, rosy lips to touch his tainted hands.

The blood might not have been fresh, warm, and drenching his hands at the moment, but he could see it every time he glanced at his hands.

He shook his head.

Van Merikh didn't waste much time.

Although he demanded she take the initiative to kiss him, her agonising slowness made him take the lead.

He moved forward, his large hand snaking up her throat like before and tilting her head back.

He bent down, eliciting a gasp from the lady when his mouth descended on hers; his cold lips were firm, smooth, and powerful.

Lady Karina yelped, her emerald eyes blown wide with surprise but she knew there was no escape; his hands completely encircled her head and the lips upon her had instantly chased away all the thoughts from her mind, sucking the air from her lungs.

Before she knew it, his hands trailed from her head down to her body, and those iron-toned arms were wrapping themselves around her curvy waist.

Lady Karina was terrified and exhilarated all in one breath, uncertain of where to place her hands, which were planted on his chest.

Van Merikh's mouth sucked her top lip, her bottom lip, before his tongue plunged demandingly into her honeyed mouth.

The man was ravaging her to the point where she became breathless, struggling for air as his lips and expert tongue did obscene things to her mouth that she should never have allowed.

But with that indignant reaction came another reaction of such intensity that it nearly paralysed Lady Karina.

Her heart was fluttering and her head was swimming.

She could taste the man overwhelmingly as his hands sunk well into the dips of her hips, all the while realising that the faint taste of ale and musk was not unpleasant.

Van Merikh savoured her sweetness, tasting something so divine that should never have been his to taste in the first place.

And just as Lady Karina was coming to analyse his movements and taste, to experience it, he suddenly released her.

Lady Karina would have stumbled had he not reached out to steady her, but he accidentally grabbed her wounded shoulder and she winced.

He withdrew his hand apologetically, although the apology was not apparent on his face.

"You had no right to do that," Lady Karina hissed, her cheeks flushed and warm.

"I have every right," Van Merikh bit back. "You are my captive and I may do as I please with you."

Utterly infuriated and embarrassed that she had even entertained and responded to his kiss, Lady Karina retreated a few steps of distance between them.

"I will not be your whore," she spat. "I would rather cut my own throat before I allow you to take such liberties with me."

Whore?

Van Merikh frowned. "Who claimed that you were to be my whore?"

Lady Karina wiped her lips with the back of her hand, her heart still recovering from its marathon.

"Don't you dare do that again," she warned, her chest heaving to catch her breath.

"You clearly do not understand the concept of submission, Lady," Van Merikh said huskily, his limbs still on fire with need. "Now, go."

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Lady Karina was surprised by his sudden dismissal, her lips parting to argue.

"I want you to go back to your chambers and remain there," the man emphasised, his jaw taut with restraint. "I do not wish to see you until the sun has risen. Do you understand?"

Lady Karina was still finding her bearings.

"But...but Sir Dane..." She murmured hopefully.

"I will keep my end of the bargain," his sharp reply came.

"But..."

"Go now. That is not a request, Lady."

Dazed, Lady Karina obeyed and did as she was told, stumbling out of the cell.

Mounting the stairs proved to be difficult, made more challenging by Van Merikh's massive body directly behind her.

She could feel his heat. It was almost as if fire was raging from the magical marking on his neck.

They emerged into the cool night, into a field of dead knights impaled on wooden posts encased in ice.

And although Lady Karina had come upon the state of the bailey before, it did not lessen the horror she felt, nor did it make it any easier to face.

She kept her head lowered, heading in the general direction of the keep while her lips still burned from the kiss, praying that she would not take up illness now that the stench of the dead was overwhelming.

Even in the dark, it was a thick blanket of putridness that covered everything.

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