The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 108

Ember wanted to stand, but her legs refused to cooperate and she could only sit awkwardly near the edge of the pool. The water reached just below her shoulders, making her look like a blooming water lily as her dress’s long skirt pooled around her over the water surface. On the other hand, the King also remained seated in the central part of the pool. The water covered the middle of Draven’s chest where one could see the head of a dragon tattoo over his heart.

Two startled people wordlessly faced each other, but this strange standoff didn’t last long.

Draven’s red eyes were incomparably chilly, filled with annoyance at the awkward situation–no, this unimaginably absurd situation. Seeing her dripping wet appearance together with those huge bewildered eyes was a dangerous combination when he’s already struggling to maintain resistance against the pull he was feeling towards her.

Ember tried to get up. “Your Majesty, I apologize. I didn’t mean to disturb—aah!”

Splash!

She fell back into the water as she was unable to maintain balance. Her ankle was hurt and twisted after falling from the edge of the pool because of heeled footwear.

Once again, water was splashed on Draven, reaching even his face, and he closed his eyes in brief annoyance. Afterwards, he opened them to glare at her.

Ember struggled in the water for a while due to the weight of her clothes dragging her down. After a while, she managed to sit back up again, only to receive the terrifying sight of a pair of red eyes openly glaring at her. With this second fall, she was closer to him than before, putting her in a position where she was receiving the full brunt of his anger.

“A-Apologies…I…I followed the bird…” she tried to excuse herself in panic. She looked around the chamber but the small white bird was already nowhere in sight.

Her mind was in chaos. ‘He’s angry. I made him angry. Will I be punished? I shouldn’t have followed the bird. It was rude for me to enter his chamber without permission…’

When she moved her gaze back to Draven, she felt her heart leap and wanted to move back like she was escaping from a predator, but she didn’t get far. Soon, she felt a hard wall behind her. She had reached the edge of the pool.

Startled, she looked at him, only to realize his face was close to hers. She was being cornered by him.

“You sure like to be in trouble, don’t you?” His breath turned heavy as he observed her closely. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

Draven could no longer see anything else but her–her pale skin in her almost see-through form-fitting dress, the wet strands of hair framing her face, her beautiful eyes along with her thick eyelashes that seemed to be graced with dew.

‘This is crazy,’ he could not help but think.

Even that tiny nose trying to breathe as quietly as it could and her moist trembling lips that failed to complete a sentence were things about her that mesmerized him.

‘This crazy bond–‘

His heated gaze followed the water droplets flowing along her skin, from her cheeks to her neck, to her thin collarbones and further down. This sight by itself was already dangerous to his rationality, but the most dangerous part of her was her seductive scent that assaulted his senses, asking him to do dangerous things to her.