"You’re right, Evy. I an Lady Greycastle. I never knew my mother; she died giving birth to and since I was little... I’ve searched... Searched for sothing, anything, to fill that void... Unfortunately it’s an obsessive need born from absence."
Everything was going extrely well. I could see her resistance weakening, little by little. A certain compassion, a weakness, began to appear in her eyes at so of my confessions, even though they were false and odiously arranged.
And it was at that precise mont that I saw her. That woman who fuels with so much resentnt.
As if she had sensed the scene from afar. She was leaning against Darwin Ashborn, the head of the Ashborn faction. She bent toward him, her lips brushing then lightly nibbling his earlobe, while smiling directly at .
Seeing her, a tidal wave of mories and resentnts overwheld despite myself.
[The Level-Headed skill drastically decreases... A flood of critical emotions affects your judgnt.]
Even when she was my fiancée, she had used like an idiot. She always demanded more, draining my family’s resources, gradually reducing to the state of a willing slave.
Oddly, looking at Darwin Ashborn, I wasn’t really jealous. I saw him too as a pawn. Just like , she just wanted to suck the economic power from the Paragons; now she wanted to suck the political power from the Ashborns. I almost felt sorry for him.
Looking at her, a flood of contradictory feelings invaded : a hint of unhealthy joy just seeing her, but imdiately covered by sharp irritation at seeing her in another man’s arms. Hating her for the way she had used and then discarded . Or maybe... still loving her, because of those years by her side that had paradoxically been the most intense of my previous life and this one.
"Ariana... You really are my forbidden fruit, with a bitter taste."
...
After vomiting countless calculated bullshit, I finally manipulated Evelyn enough for her to agree to see again. "To repair each other mutually, from our loves that were unreciprocated," she had murmured, finally yielding.
Then, I headed straight toward Ariana, who was deliberately not looking at . As I approached, I simply nodded at Darwin. "Leave us, I need to discuss business with Lady Hornraven." He hesitated, glanced at Ariana who told him to go, and he walked away, docile like the dog he was.
"I wonder what lies you were telling that poor Evelyn," Ariana launched without preamble, her seductive smile still on her lips.
"I don’t give a damn about your jealousy, Lady Ariana. I ca to talk business." I arrived with my hands in my pockets, displaying a smug smile.
"Jealous!? " She burst out laughing. "There are the others, and there is . You know I’m the best. So why would I be jealous? And what business are you talking about?"
"That’s where you’re wrong, Ariana. And don’t pretend to forget, you asked to kill Isabella and she’s dead. I’m waiting for your part of the deal."
She played innocent, opening her iridescent almond eyes. "I can’t give you information without tangible proof from your side. Wait a little longer, my dear Kaiser..."
"So you lied to . Do you know what I do to people who lie to ?" My voice grew colder.
Before I could continue, she placed a finger on my lips.
"Shhhhh~~ You talk way too much, Kaiser..." She approached dangerously, reducing the space between us. Her perfu, heady and familiar, enveloped .
"Back off, Ariana." I tried to create distance but she advanced again.
"Why are you backing away? Are you afraid? It turns out it’s not your imagination, Kaiser... I’m worse than an addiction for you. Our souls attract each other... I’m sure you feel those vibrations too?"
I frowned, seeing that she was indeed right. I didn’t understand but she was so close... It was as if... She made lose my composure.
"You push to my limits, Ariana... I’m seriously considering killing you."
She chuckled, narrowing her eyes. "You know very well that’s impossible." Then she leaned in and nibbled my earlobe, a gesture both intimate and possessive.
I reacted instantly, grabbing her by the waist. We were now pressed against each other, our faces re milliters apart. I could feel her warm breath on my skin, see every micro-detail of her mocking gaze.
"You know what I felt for you, and you take advantage of it. So tell , what do you really want?"
"What do I want?" She seed to think, playing the part. "I want you to look at like those n do. And tell you love ."
"That won’t happen. I’m no longer guided by my emotions, young lady."
"Oh yes you are! Even if I break you... you’ll always co back to ."
"You’re overplaying your hand, Ariana... I don’t know why you love stoking my hatred so much."
She wrapped her arms around my neck, her body molding to mine. "I know how to fascinate you, shape you, Kaiser... It won’t be as difficult as you think."
"I’m no longer the idiot I once was. Be careful, Ariana... It might be you who succumbs first."
"Then let’s see. Let’s see if you manage to seduce ... or if I’m the one who uses you as my slave."
In this world, there were only two people for whom I had real feelings. With Kleopatra, it was rather logical, in our political stakes; we went through a lot together, saving each other, plus we resembled each other in our goals and worldview. But Ariana... Nothing made sense with her. This attraction was absurd. I love her hair, her eyes, her face, the way she sways her hips, the way she seduces , and even her disgusting personality. I don’t know how to explain it.
"Our bodies attract each other, and I stoke your hatred, Kaiser... It was already the case, and it will always be the case."
"You’re way too confident, Ariana. Know that I’ve already turned the page and it turns out I’ve found soone..."
Ariana slightly furrowed her brows.
"Soone else? You love her?" She chuckled, looking at with a cold face: "You’ll never be able to replace , Kaiser..."
She closed the last space between us. But at the last mont, she avoided my lips and simply placed a soft kiss on my cheek, then whispered:
"You belong to ~~"
She then pulled away with grace and walked off, leaving alone with the bitter taste of her perfu and the chaos of my own contradictions.
"See you later~~. What does she call you again? Kai? Fufufufu... Say hello to your Kleopatra from ."
End Of PoV
Between love and hate... Politics and seduction. How can such a supernatural attraction exist? Just a Machiavellian deceiver and a dominating fem fatale who love and hate each other to death...
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