The Devil's Temptation!

88 Unusual Favor

His tone was supposed to sound scolding, but if Anna heard right, she could swear she sensed a hint of worry laced in his alluring tone.

And did he just refer to her as his human? When did she become his??

“How is it my fault?” She countered back regardless of her own thoughts, “you said you wouldn’t help me so I had to do it alone.”

“I expected you to beg for my help.”

“Well sorry to burst your bubbles but I have no intention of ruining my dress.” She retorted and at this point, he was tempted to squeeze her little mouth in order to shut her up.

Roshan finally gave up, it was difficult to strike a conversation with the silly woman without turning it into some sort of argument. No matter how exhausted she was, she always had enough strength to argue with him.

“We’ll finish this conversation later.” It was a subtle response that left Anna guessing what he really meant by that.

His attention eventually diverted to the person laying on the bed and he strode up to his bedside.

“Is this the Mayor’s son?”

.....

She reached to stand beside him before nodding in return, “I’ve been trying to get a response from him for about twenty minutes now but he’s not responding, and look...”

She pointed at the bite mark on his left arm, “it’s totally different from the one on my neck.”

She moved her hair to the side so Roshan could see the mark he gave her and he instinctively lowered his gaze, as though he was unwilling to look directly into the bite mark on her neck.

“He has up to four marks on his arm, is it possible to be beaten twice, at the same time?”

Roshan nodded with a cryptical stare, “yeah.” He crouched closer to examine the bite mark that was currently smudged with herbal ointment.

“The venom has spread to a limit the herbs unfortunately can’t reach, that’s why he isn’t responding.” He stated, causing Anna to take a step back as the last hope she had came crashing down like a tidal wave.

“That means the herb won’t work?”

“Not if I can help it.” He muttered to himself before holding the victim’s arm. As much as he was willing to risk it, he couldn’t let Anna’s hard work go to waste. All he had to do was stay focused in order to find the venom, that way it’d be easier to force the venom out of his system before it’s too late.

Taking a deep breath to prepare himself mentally, he closed his eyes to concentrate on the little energy left inside of him and before Anna’s hopeless gaze, she watched as Roshan’s body glowed in a soft illuminating light.

Her eyes widened in pure fascination, seeing those silver lights move from Roshan’s body and into the Mayor’s son’s body.

‘He’s transferring his energy.’ she silently marveled and her eyes shifted back to the Mayor’s son.

A stabbing pain was the first thing Roshan felt as he continued the process, but he was capable of handling it and decided to hold it in for as long as he could. He tried to remain focused so he could track the poison when another painful stab struck his chest.

The red crimson liquid slowly escaped from the corner of his mouth as he constantly battled the pain and tried to stay focused at the same time.

After a few minutes of energy transfusion, the young man resting on the bed suddenly jerked and he turned his head to the side, spitting out blood as he coughed violently.

Roshan finally let go of his arm as he sank to the ground with a light thud, his body shook slightly due to the pain circulating his system and it felt like he just ripped his tendons apart.

An elated gasp left Anna’s lips after seeing the Mayor’s son respond and she instantly hurried to his bed side.

“He’s alright!” She happily exclaimed, gently helping the unconscious being lay back comfortably on the bed after the terrible coughing. His heartbeat slowly returned to a normal pace, relieving Anna’s heart further.

“Roshan he...”

She turned to tell Roshan the exciting news, only to see the being was battling with a look of pain she’s never seen in his eyes before and her happy expression slowly dissipated. What caught her attention was the blood that escaped from the corner of his lips.

“Roshan!”

She hurried to his side with quick steps, discarding the Mayor’s son from her mind as she quickly knelt on the ground beside Roshan.

“What... what happened to you?”

“Don’t come close.” He warned after seeing she was about to touch him, “I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine!” She argued. His face was contorted with a pain he couldn’t hide and she knew he was trying his best to keep them hidden Ashe gritted his teeth.

“It’s just a little consequence I have to face, I’m alright.”

“Consequence?” Anna didn’t get it, “what consequence?”

“Check him while I...”

He hadn’t even finished speaking when she raised the hem of her dress and lightly wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, as though she was scared she’d end up hurting him more if she pressed too hard.

“You claim to be his highness when you can’t even take care of yourself, how will you take care of your people then? I’m still a maid so the care of his highness comes first, you can’t stop me.”

She queried non-stop like a mother scolding her son for being reckless. He didn’t miss the look in her innocent brown eyes and for some reason, he found it difficult to look away.

“You...” he finally said something, “you.... never listen, do you?”

She noticed the glint in his Hazel-green eyes, causing a familiar feeling to flutter in her heart, but their moment was interrupted when the door opened. William was the one to step in.

“I heard a lady scream.” He said with an alarming look, only to spot Anna helping the annoying man up to his feet.

“What happened here?” He immediately questioned. Surprising both Anna and Roshan with his presence. Goodness knows what could have happened if he stepped in during the energy transfusion.

Roshan’s identity would have been exposed.

The soft painful groan behind them caught their attention, equally catching the attention of William’s and when they turned to see who it was.

The young man on the bed was slowly regaining consciousness, leaving William’s eyes to widen in disbelief after seeing the Mayor’s son wake up from his deep slumbers.

“N_Nicholas?” If he was wearing glasses, he’d have definitely taken it off to be certain he was seeing correctly.

“Arghh, my head.” The blinding headache was the first thing Nicholas was welcomed with after staying how many days in bed??

“Nicholas, you’re awake!” William couldn’t hold back his exclamation before rushing to his bedside.

“How are you feeling?”

“It’s best not to stress him, he just woke up and his brain needs a lot of rebooting to do.” Anna suggestively explained, drawing William’s attention back to her and Roshan.

“How did..how did you?!” He really couldn’t believe it, they healed the Mayor’s son.

“But what happened to him?” He asked after noticing a little change in Roshan’s expression.

“He...uhh... he’s not feeling too well,” she quickly came up with a lie, “it’s something that occurs once in a while with him, but he’ll be fine.”

“Then we better put him to rest to show our gratitude.”

“Can I ask for one favor then?” She mustered up enough courage to ask, causing William’s brow to pull together.

“Which is?”

Anna pinned her lips together as though feeling ashamed to say it, but it was something that needed to be done.

“Can we share a room?”