Chapter 25: Serving Tea [2]
Lilac
I knocked gently, breath bated.
I was completely taken aback when the door swung open almost immediately to reveal the Prince, and at once, my heart stumbled into my throat as I stared up at him. I suddenly felt dizzy. I didn’t expect the door to open this fast, so it completely caught me unexpectedly. As I stared into his eyes which gleamed a dull color of gold, I was reminded of the weird dream I had before waking up this morning and slowly, color filled my cheeks as I awkwardly averted my gaze while clearing my throat.
"Good morning, your highness. I- I brought you your tea." I breathed out. He was silent and the silence began to drag out between us. When I tentatively glanced up, I realized that he was frowning down at me and at once, panic flared within me as I instantly began to wonder if I had done or said something wrong.
Almost immediately, he stepped back, the door wordlessly held open. I swallowed emptily again, heart racing fast as I hesitated for a moment before crossing over into his room. His room wasn’t dark this time, bright lights flooded everywhere and it looked quite spotless. His bed was made but I noticed it wasn’t the sheets he asked me to rub my face over, that particular sheet was folded and kept in the chair beside the bed.
I walked up to the table in the room and carefully dropped the tray I was holding. When I turned around, but I let out a startled gasp to see the prince standing right there. I attempted to take a step backward from how panic flared through my entire insides. However, a hand clamped on my waist, and I yelped as the hand kept me rooted in place.
The prince was really tall and I was being reminded of that all over again as I stared up at him with fear swimming through my veins. A hand settled on my chin when I attempted to avert my gaze and I let out a shaky breath, my entire body starting to tremble. I remained still and tense as the prince tilted my face left and right with his grip on my chin, then the frown on his face deepened, frightening me further because I just knew this couldn’t mean anything good.
"What happened to your scent?" He suddenly asked and I blinked at him while my brain struggled to figure out what he was referring to. His grip tightened on my chin and I let out a shaky breath, then I was being tugged against him hard. I gasped as his body collided with mine while my eyes turned into saucers, my mouth falling open. His bare chest was hot against my clothed one, and I was too unnerved by this close proximity to dare take in a breath.
"Answer me, human." His voice rang through my head, pulling me back to the present and I struggled to find something to say but my mind was completely blank right now.
"I- I..." I struggled to say more than that.