Chapter 164: The Basement
"The basement?" Annalise questioned with surprise clearly evident on her face but it wasn’t her fault as she never thought she would ever be able to step into the basement of the castle, that was the most forbidden part of the entire Cursed Castle for anyone who wasn’t one of the three dark lords.
"Right. This..." Kenric spoke while signaling toward the room behind him, "... is our new room so that at least one of us can stay next to your room all the time but if we are going to talk about my actual room, then it’s definitely the one down below. After all, that’s the place where I have slept for centuries."
Annalise opened her mouth to say something but then closed it without saying anything at all. Her thoughts were running around her brain at such a rapid speed that she was having trouble focusing on anything. After a couple of long seconds of silence passed, she finally spoke, "So... I can enter the basement?"
Right! She was still having doubts if she had misjudged his words and misunderstood what he wanted to say. She needed him to say it out loud and clear that she could now enter the basement.
"Yes, Little Bird..." Kenric confirmed as he closed the distance between tge two of them and moved to stand right in front of her with barely any space left between them and yet, he wasn’t touching her at all which only made the situation more intense. "...you are the lady of this house and our wife, there’s no place in this castle where you can’t go."
Annalise took in a deep breath as she craned her neck to look into her husband’s beautiful dark orbs that seemed to speak nothing but his true heart to her.
"Thank you..." She found herself saying with as much gratitude in her voice as she was feeling deep down in her heart, "... for trusting me and for every other thing that you all have been doing for me. I really mean it, Kenric. I’m really thankful to you all for all the love, warmth, respect, and protection that I have received here..."
She didn’t get to say more as Kenric placed his index finger against her lips and silenced her. "You have no idea what a precious treasure you are, love. If I’m really thankful to the stars for something, then it’s for you being my soulmate and I’m sure my brothers would agree too."
"I second that." Damien’s soft voice made both Annalise and Kenric turn their attention toward the man who was standing a couple of feet away with his back pressed against the wall and his gaze focused on both of them. "Though I’m sorry for disturbing your sweet moment." He apologized quickly as if realizing what he had just done.
Annalise let out a small sigh before she hurried toward the second dark lord and surprised him with a sudden hug. "I missed you." That’s all she said before burying herself in his warm embrace. It didn’t even take more than two seconds before she felt his arms surrounding her as he returned the hug and pulled her closer.