The Veil of Darkness
Chapter 54: Accusations

Chapter 54: Accusations

"What are you doing?" Annalise asked the man who had her pinned against the bedroom door as soon as she stepped inside.

"Shouldn’t I be the one asking that question, Princess? What exactly are you trying to do?" Damien questioned back as he took another step closer to her, closing the remaining space left between their bodies.

They were almost pressed against each other at this point but the tension in the air was anything but sexual.

"I don’t know what you are talking about, My Lord," Annalise replied as she tried to step aside and walk away. However, Damien stopped her as he placed his hands against the door on either side of her shoulders, caging her between his arms and the door.

"Really? Then what’s with the dress? I never saw you wearing something like this before, then why did all of a sudden you end up wearing it today of all days?" He questioned, his voice coming out dangerously low.

"What does my dress has to do anything with you? I’m wearing it because Kenric asked me to. It has nothing to do with you." Annalise could finally see why Kenric was so sure that the dress would get Damien’s attention.

The man brought his face closer to hers, his warm breath fanning her temple as he spoke in a whispered tone, "You can’t even lie, Princess. Your eyes are telling me that this dress has everything to do with me and only me. Are you that desperate for my attention?"

His words were like a slap across her face, one that rang echoes in her ears. She hated to admit but his words successfully made her feel cheap. She had no idea what made Lord Damien turn this hostile toward her but she surely wasn’t liking this side of him.

"I’ll go and get changed." She finally muttered as she tried to push the man away and walk out of the room but of course, her plan didn’t work as Damien stopped her from moving away. His hands took hold of her upper arms as he pushed her back against the door and pressed his body against hers to stop her from moving away.

"It’s too late now, Princess. You wanted my attention, you have it now." His voice was low against her ear and as he brushed his nose into her hair, Annalise felt a shudder running down her body.

"I was planning to keep my distance from you, to keep myself from falling into the same trap as my brothers. But it seems like I won’t get to relax unless I’ll give the attention that you seek." His words showed no mercy to her.

Annalise remained silent as her mind was diverted between his harsh words and his hand that was slowly making its way to her nape.

He took a fistful of her hair in his hand and gave a sharp tug on it, making a gasp leave her lips as he angled her face to look up at him. His eyes were now complete crimson and filled with emotions that were hard for her to decipher.

"How did you do that? How did you make both my brothers fall for you? How did you make them believe that you are the one for us? I’m really curious to know."

Annalise had no idea what he was talking about. What had she ever done to make him feel like she was trying to lure them into some sort of trap?

"Why? Why are you being like this? Is it because I made you accompany me for shopping? Is all this about that thing? If that’s the case then I’ll apologize..."

"Enough. Don’t act like you know nothing about what I’m saying." Damien seriously looked pissed off but his words and actions were only making Annalise feel more puzzled about everything.

"Can you just say it then? I’m sorry to say but I have no clue about what’s going on with you. I’ll appreciate it if you can just explain it to me clearly." She was done with his puzzling words and accusations that were making her feel so low about herself.

"Alright. Since you want to hear it so badly, I’ll say it. You are nothing but a mere mortal, you can never be our mate. I’m just surprised that you somehow succeeded in trapping Valerius in the initiation stage. Did you use some sort of forbidden magic to do it?" He didn’t stop there.

"Your cousin and father forced you on us, wasn’t seducing me and my brothers just a part of your pathetic plan? What is your real plan then? How do you guys want to use me and my brothers?"

Annalise shook her head as she felt his accusations piercing her heart like a sharp dagger. Never in her entire life had anyone made her feel like this. "What exactly happened? You were perfectly fine till a few days ago. Then what made you turn so hostile towards me all of a sudden? You weren’t like this when I first came to live with you all, then why are you accusing me like this now?"

She could feel her voice wavering as she speak and the tears that were bubbling in the back of her eyes as her heart trembled in pain.

Damien nodded his head as a chuckle escaped his lips but there was no humor in it. "I have to give credit to you for that. You have me fooled too with this pretty face of yours. I almost got fooled by your pretense and got pulled into your lies. But thankfully, I find out about your true colors before it was too late."

At some point, his hand that was holding her hair had moved to wrap around her throat and as he spoke now, his fingers slightly tightened their hold on her throat. "If not for me returning to the palace the day before yesterday as I wanted to discuss something with the King, I would have never found out about the plan that you guys had crafted to trap me and my brothers."

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