[The mature content is just kissing]
The only sound in the room was the slow, steady breathing of the two. Atheline could feel his heartbeat from the silence as he waited for her answer.
Her hands tightened around him, her nails digging into his skin but not too painful but enough to sting.
"You're going to marry me," she said softly but she might as well have shouted in his ear
His stomach dropped.
"No."
The words came out immediately almost instinctively before he could even process them.
She tilted her head slightly. He could feel her piercing gaze on his side.
"No?" She echoed softly.
Atheline couldn't stand talking to her without looking at her face, it felt jarring and he didn't like how out of control he felt at the moment.
He swung his legs off the bed then stopped.
'She fucking didn't'
Chains, glowing faintly with magic, are almost invisible except for the small magical pulses.
It was tied around his leg connected to the bed. His breath caught.
