“Why would you go there?!”
She didn’t even understand why he was so furious! She breathed in, really insecure for the first time in a while, and shook her head.
“I didn’t mean to…I just…wanted to see…”
“I forbid you to go there again!”
Kairen’s yelling made her shiver. She tried to step away again, but the Prince’s grasp on her wrist was too strong.
“I only meant to help…the sick! I…please, you’re hurting me!”
Her scream was like an electric shock to Kairen. He suddenly let go, and Cassandra, who had been struggling all this time, lost her balance, stumbling backwards. Before he could do anything, she fell on her right side, brutally hitting the floor.
“Cassandra!”
He meant to help her, but Cassandra avoided his hands when he got close, getting away from him. She was shivering, holding her painful arm with teary eyes.
“Don’t…please…”
He had never seen her so wary of him before. She looked at him with uncertainty, like a cornered animal, as if she didn’t recognize him. But his anger was still subsiding, and he was breathing loudly, trying to contain it and not do something else that he might regret. He clenched both his fists, and addressed her with a cold voice.
“To my tent. Now.”
Cassandra obeyed in silence, grabbing her cloak to put back on, and exiting the tent. With Kairen right behind her, she didn’t even dare to look at Krai, who followed them, curious, unaware of the situation. She just walked as fast as she could to the Prince’s tent, ignoring the sharp pain in her wrist and elbow.
It was an awkward but short walk back. Once she got there, she left the cloak on the bed, turning to Kairen, waiting to see if he was still as furious as before.
Indeed, he was.
“You are not going back there,” he hissed.
“What? But I need to go back! I still have a lot to do, I…”
“I said, no!”
With that, he threw his armor across the tent, crashing into something behind her. Cassandra closed her eyes, trying to stay calm. She held her tears in, and looked at him.
“Why not? Explain it to me, please.”
Turning away from her, Kairen stayed silent. She could tell he was trying hard to contain his anger, from his shivering fists and the thumping vein on his temple.
“My Lord, please, just…”
“Enough.”
He suddenly turned around, and walked over to kiss her. This time, Cassandra felt his strength and his anger in his kiss. It wasn’t blissful at all, it wasn’t like their usual kisses. She started trying to push him away, resisting his kiss.
“No, no!”
“Cassandra, enough!”
But she kept resisting, and opposing his hands which were looking for her body. Kairen was obviously much stronger, but Cassandra kept opposing him, trying to elude his kisses and make him realize she didn’t want to do this.
“Cassandra!”
As he yelled her name again, she suddenly stopped resisting, and stood completely still, not moving anymore. Kairen was completely at a loss. He tried to kiss her some more, but her body was so frigid, he had to stop.
“What are you doing?”
