Chapter 79
"Yes you may," he said with his eyes still closed. He hadn't made a single move and his eyes hadn't made any effort to open.
I looked at him carefully as my hand made its way to his torso. I slowly put my forefinger on the black ink on his neck tracing it down to his chest. I gasped almost silently as I felt it. The patterns,the ink it felt like a thick scar yet it looked just like a simple flat line tattoo.
My finger continued to roam on his upper torso as I felt the ink,I was so consumed in my task to feel if it all felt like a thick scar I hadn't noticed my fingers had travelled a little too far down I could clearly see his V line that would have led me somewhere I would never ever want my hand to be.
I shook my head and decided to ask "They feel like scars,I didn't think a tattoo would feel like this. I mean it looks so..."
"It's not just a tattoo,these are scars of a warrior. Battle scars painted in black to reflect a warriors soul. Mine is dark."he said and suddenly I was flipped over. I was suddenly laying flat on my back in a second staring at him in shock. "The snake,is not just a snake but the poison within my soul" he said running his fingers up and down my neck softly.
I blinked twice almost forgetting how to breath,I mean the man was so close I could literally feel his breath on my nose. I looked at his neck spotting the black snake tattooed right under his jaw travelling down his shoulder blades. "Breath,I won't bite." he said with a smirk.
I didn't even realize I wasn't breathing. I breathed out slowly feeling relieved but I still kept my gaze on him,well I couldn't look away. I couldn't even move. His fingers continued on their journey feeling like soft furthers touching my bare skin as he traced my shoulder blades.
"The dark roses within the endless circles are an illusion of a beautiful life that I can never have,a beautiful dream that can never be. Just like,"his forefinger suddenly circled my right nipple and I gasped out loud. I wanted to push him away but I swear I couldn't move, I couldn't control my own body which betrayed me and instead of feeling mortified- I felt pleasure. "You,Lucy you are just like that dream."he continued as my breathing increased.
Do something! My brain screamed at me but instead my mouth let out a low moan. This was not right, he smirked as he circled my left nipple-thank the dear Lord I wasn't naked. "Where did you get them?The scars or tattoos," I blurted out needing to distract him badly and it worked because his hand stopped. He removed a strand of dark hair that had fallen on my forehead.
"War,I have fought so many I have lost count. These symbols each reflect a battle I shouldn't have won."he said simply
"Poison,a dream,a life you can never have,"I whispered slowly touching each tattoo.
I felt his hard gaze on me as I moved my hand on his neck,his eyes slowly turning into a dark charcoal color. "Blood of a thousand souls,heads of my enemies,a storm to come and-" he said before I cut him off
"The fall of a warrior," I finished his statement tracing the tattoo under his left arm. It was a tattoo of an image I had seen before in a story book my mother used to read to me before putting me to bed. It was called 'the fallen warrior' ,the tattoo was of a headless horseman.
He grinned and I widened my eyes as a dimple popped out of his right cheek. I would have never noticed it since he never smiled often- or ever "you are full of surprises,how did did you know that?"he asked as he breathed in my scent burying his head on my neck.
"My mother used to read me stories" I told him as I tried to move away but still my body failed to cooperate.
He let out a breathy laugh "The headless horseman,a story of a soldier that died in battle. Not exactly an appropriate story for kids,"
"I loved that story,"I replied staring at his eyes that had suddenly turned gold. The sight was so beautiful,how did he do that.
"You admire the warrior that lost his head?"he asked raising an eyebrow
I blinked "he was a Good man before they took everything away from him" I said as I remembered how similar the story was to Alexander's history.
He looked at me deeply as if he was trying to read my mind or something "You admire the bringer of death,"he said tilting his head a little as if trying to understand something.
"No I admire the man behind that mask,the man behind that story. The good man he was before everything else."I told him hoping he would notice the word I kept bringing up 'good' .
"Being good is nothing but an illusion Lucy. Good men don't exist , behind every man's action is a selfish motive. A motive that will only be for the benefit of him and him alone. That is why it's so easy to lose that so called righteousness and it only takes one good loss to lose yourself." he said as his fingers grazed my neck.
Why was he so fixed on my neck,it was kind of weird as if there was something drawing him to it . "And it only takes one good reason to bring that goodness back" I countered and he laughed. That goddamn dimple,he really didn't know how beautiful he looked it was irritating. Evil people should never look that beautiful!
"You don't say. By now I would have expected you to be less naive Lucy. Keep believing in that and you leave a lot of room for disappointment."he said with a bit of sudden seriousness .
"Just because people you trusted disappointed you doesn't mean there is no goodness in this world" I said pushing him away, I breathed out loud glad that I could move now. Whatever trance I was in was gone as I thought of my mother.My mother was good and so was my father. The world had good people.
He scoffed sitting up straight as his golden eyes shined a little brighter. "Thoughts of a naive little girl. That is why your kind is so easy to kill. You are not Gods,good is a word used for the weak. Goodness is an illusion, virtue exists only in a non existent heaven"
How dare he judge our beliefs,my mother and father were in heaven because I believe they were good people. Loving parents! "Just because you don't believe in anything doesn't mean you can look down upon our beliefs. There are good people in this world, people worth saving."
"Keep talking like that you won't sound less pathetic. Words expected from a naive little girl "he said with a smug look on his face.
"You are just angry but we both know that good people exist and they did in your world too!Ray was a good person!" I said out loud in frustration not realizing I had said something I wasn't supposed to. He wasn't supposed to know I knew about his past ,oh shit!
His eyes widened in shock, confusion and lastly anger "what did you just say," he said dangerously slow .
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