Finlay chuckled after a short pause, assuming she was trying to be hilarious. He withdrew his hands from her shoulder and then grabbed one wooden stick of fire before holding it close to her face."I missed you,"Ophelia wondered if this person had lost all sanity because she didn't know him. Wait a minute, could he be her captor or something? He was too good-looking for his own good with the longest sand-blonde hair she had ever seen for a man. Nevertheless, she couldn't trust him. It felt like he had so many skeletons buried in his closets and was trying to pretend."Missed me? I find this very confusing, sir." She said after looking away from his gaze and rubbing the side of her arm."You're my wife, am I supposed to not miss you?" Finlay used his free hand to pull her face back to his, wondering why she was being so strange."Come again, perhaps I might have misheard you," this time, Ophelia didn't look away. She held his gaze.Amusement disappeared from Finlay's eyes as he wrapped
Finlay was beyond upset, with the way his wife was ignoring him. He couldn't tell if it was a deliberate act as a serve of punishment, or if she truly had lost her memory.But how was it even possible? She got kissed by the dragon, fell into a deep sleep for three days, and woke up and couldn't recall anything. Refused to sleep on the bed with him and even ran out when he was undressing in front of her. Like he was a stranger who wanted to rape her or something.He had woken up the next morning and couldn't find Ophelia in the room. She had left, wearing the same dress she wore last night. Without even undergarments on. Christ!Finlay left the bed and made his way out immediately, in search of his wife. It felt like he was getting smacked in the face for ignoring Delta Lockwood's advice. Now, Ophelia was out of control.He walked through the ship, asking everyone he saw if they had seen his wife, but they kept replying that they hadn't.Finlay sighed heavily and ran his fingers through
It was the other way round.Finlay was ignoring Ophelia over what she did. He left her standing outside and went on with his business. When he returned, he barely even acknowledged her presence. Spoke to everyone else and deliberately ignored her, so she would know he was upset with her. This was rather unsettling for Ophelia, as he had been nice to her since the previous day's evening. Of course, she couldn't recall anything, but she had sensed some truths in his words from their earlier conversation, it turned out she had falsely thrown accusations and wanted his attention on her. She watched as men trained with swords and clenched her jaw when she saw Finlay come to take a look with his beta right behind him. She could admit she was a little jealous.The whole time Finlay ignored her, he could see her watching his every move through his side glance. It was amusing but he wanted to torture her by putting some necessary distance between them so she would learn. Testing him was the l
"You ruined everything.""I was pained, couldn't let the man have you to himself.""But he's my husband. You erased my memory of everything just so I wouldn't recognize and love him as I used to.""It was only for a couple of days, I wanted to torture him.""Where in history was it stated that werewolves and dragons mix? I've never even seen a real dragon before, except you.Ophelia ground her teeth until her jaw began to hurt as she looked away from this man whose skin was as white as snow. It was Alexander and they were in Oceanfait, standing right on the frozen sea except ships and men were out of sight."You know, I thought this would be just a love story between me and Finlay, but it's more of an adventure with gods and were-cannibals trying to separate us from each other," Ophelia folded her arms across her chest."There's nothing in my heart except pity for you, Ophelia. You didn't know what you stepped into when you accepted this man into your life," Alexander shook his head at
They reached the Holkar sea which was known to be the largest to sail through. Sometimes men go missing because of the treacherous sea beasts and blowing-amulet sirens. They were all prepared for this sea which would take a week to cross. Holkar was the fifth and most dangerous sea among the seven seas before South. Finlay ensured Ophelia didn't leave the room. Thankfully she had regained her memory, but he couldn't risk having her out there anymore. After what Alexander made her suffer. He was outside with his men, his sword right in its belt. Ready to slay any beast that would threaten to attack. Holkar as a whole was bad luck. Cursed. Finlay had put a strict law where his men wouldn't fish or even take the seawater to filter for drinking. He had sailed through this on three occasions and could recall how men had died from just drinking from it. Sometimes they go blind if they stare at it too much.Finlay could still recall how they had been attacked by sirens who blew their amul
Sailing through Holkar was more complicated than they had predicted. Men were missing one by one that Finlay had to impose the law of counting themselves to ensure they were complete in number. Bloated dead bodies would float atop The water as the ships sailed by and it was rather saddening. Eleven men had died within two days. Finlay even gave strict orders to them to stay inside and not come out, but it was difficult because each man who took the job as a sailor died along the way.It was exasperating for Finlay. He had discussed with his meeting men about this so they could put heads together in finding a solution, but it was to no avail. Men kept dying every day when they hadn't even reached the fifth sea. Every day, they threw dead bodies into the sea. It was certainly the sea gods who were killing them.As usual, Ophelia had stayed inside without being let out. Even the windows and door were shut so she wouldn't see outside. Finlay couldn't risk her life. But the person who had
Continuation of flashback…Finlay was completely frazzled by her beauty because he had seen a lot of maidens within and around Easton, but none had caught his eye the way this fright-driven, trembling girl did. So far, she was the fairest.He didn't know she was that beautiful and delicate until she took her veil off and spoke up when he was about to have his guards behead her father since the man owed him such a large amount of money. Finlay cleared his throat slowly, "you never told me you had such a daughter, O'Cleigh," his voice was low when he addressed her father with his eyes never leaving hers.Although he wasn't staring at her like he loved or listed after her. He looked at her like she was meant to be kept within his castle. Away from other men so he only would have access to her.Ophelia took a hard hurtful gulp because she didn't like this man, didn't like the way he was treating her father but she wouldn't blame him because O'Cleigh was the one at fault.He was being trea
It was remaining two days before they would reach south and Finlay had sat with his men once more for the last discussion on how to attack the Dark claw pack. They had the whole of that day to make plans and to start proceeding with them starting from the morrow, except they were still on with some arguments they had been having for the past three weeks."My lord, I am standing on my word regarding the giant, that's the only way we can break down the walls." Lord Wesley placed his wolf on the line leading to the backyard home of the giants where negotiations would be made."I beg to differ, our men aren't lambs awaiting to be sacrificed. We have to look for another way to break down the walls." Delta Lockwood clenched his jaw after letting everyone know his opinion, as he was against Wesley's idea."One giant can break through and kill over a hundred men within seconds." Wesley put his hand over the table and faced Delta Lockwood, "I'd advise you to think about this before you come up