บท 32: The Wedding Night (1)

(From Blue's Perspective)

The moment those words left his mouth, my whole body stiffened. I looked up at him, trying to read the expression on his face. 

He was not smiling at all, rather there was an unbending coldness with a shadow of something that I could not quite understand. Even though he did not smile much, this time the expressionless face seemed dangerous like fire burning deep into his eyes, just like the fire I was feeling inside me. 

"Let's get unnecessary things out of our way," he said. 

"W-What?"

"Let's start with these hairclips," he said. His hands moved skillfully to unbraid my hair and take those little fancy hairclips off. The clips had tiny diamonds on them and the body was made with gold. He placed the hairclips on the dressing table and my hair spread on my back. 

"The ointment- you don't seem to need it."

"What?"