Chapter 230: Magic & Spells (Part Two)
Annalise thought she was prepared for her failure but unfortunately, she didn’t even thought about passing the test as to her utter surprise, the candle flickered to life as it lit up almost instantlyat her command.
Her eyes immediately flew open as she fixed her gaze on the particular candle sitting on top of a wooden cabinet and found it lit. She didn’t get the chance to express her delight, confusion, and surprise as a hand covered her eyes and blocked her sight.
"I didn’t allow you to open your eyes." Valerius whispered into her ear as his body inched closer to her as he stepped next to her. His hand was pressed against her face which made her shut her eyes closed all over again.
"I... I was just too surprised..." Annalise tried to explain in her defense but then trailed off when she realized what she was doing. She had made a mistake, instead of finding reasons to defend herself, she must be acknowledging it and moving forward with a lesson.
"My apologies." She finally spoke in a confident tone as she took in a small but deep breath and tried to relax both her body and mind.
Once Valerius was sure that she was back on track, he finally lowered his hand from her eyes and stepped away from her. "Focus you attention back on the candle and start from beginning." He instructed.
Annalise was left so confused by the latter part of his instructions that without realizing it, she ended up opening her eyes all over again right at the moment when Valerius clicked his fingers and extinguished the small fire of the candle.
The first dark lord arched one of his eyebrows in question when he noticed her open eyes and it made Annalise hurriedly shut them all over again. However, it was already too late as she had defied his instructions twice despite his warning.
She once again felt him stepping closer to her and the very next second, one of his hands was sliding around her waist before she got pulled into his arms.
Somehow, Annalise succeeded in keeping her eyes shut tightly this time despite the urge of opening them and looking at the ethereal beauty who was holding her in his arms. Her train of thoughts was disturbed when she felt his breath against the sensitive area under her ear before his words entered her ears - "You are being a bad student, wife. Don’t take advantage of my love for you. Just because I can’t handle being harsh on you... didn’t mean that I don’t have my ways of punishing you."