Knock knock~
All three individuals turned their heads to the door.
Ryu immediately sensed who it was, and his eyes slightly shook.
"Enter," Rin said after collecting himself.
Xenroth pushed the double doors open and the closed them soon after.
Her eyes instantly fell on Ryu and noticed a girl standing close to him.
"Did I disturb something?" she asked. The air turned cold and the less satisfaction she got from whichever answer she received next, the more icy the room would get.
"You came just in time," Rin said as invisible sweat started forming on his forehead, "This lady here claims to be the one who spent the night with my brother," he filled her in on the details.
"Oh... Is that so," Xenroth simply said with a domineering tone. Her eyes glued on the girl.
"Ye...yes your royal highness Xenroth," she stammered.
"And you?" Xen asked Ryu, "Is she the one?" folding her arms over her chest.
"My memory is a bit fuzzy. Unfortunately, I can barely recall what happend," Ryu replied with his hand nervously scratching his hair.
"In that case, she deserves the reward for taking care of our precious royal," Xen said with sarcasm evident in her voice. She could not get any more irritated especially when Floner slid her arms and wrapped them around Ryu's left hand. He did not push her away because he was curious abour Xenroth's reaction towards this action.
A few minutes later, Floner was told to wait outside and Rin set up a sound barrier around them so that no one can eavesdrop on their following conversation.
"His scent is on you," Rin said with a serious tone, "Brother, don't you think you rushed into marking her. The contracts are unique in our bloodline and can only be done once."
"Really?" Xenroth asked excitedly.
"I know I did it on impulse, but even if our parents were the first in over a humdred years of our generation to mark each other with the contract, I feared meetimg her would be a dream. So I wanted to secure my position and make sure no one touches her other than me," Ryu responded with his gaze slowly turning to face Xenroth who quietly listened to their conversation.
"You are well aware that you marked your enemy right?" Rin asked just to make sure.
"Yes."
"I must say, your abilities are quite remarkable your royal highness," Rin said turning to Xenroth.
"Please, call me Xen with an X not a Z."
Ryu snickered.
"Alright then, Xen. You're the one who tempered with my watching glass right? No one has been able to detect me except my brother. How did you manage to do it?"
"I must commend on your strength Rin," Xen went on to say, "People in the Frost kingdom are raised in a different manner. So our abilities vary and our strentghs are limitless depending on the enemy."
"Your words are wise," Rin said respectfully.
Ryu just watched them in silence.
"So why did you pretend to believe the girl if you already knew it was me?" Xen asked Rin.
"Because the night-myth poison my brother has is quite peculiar. Human girls with no background are usually offered to him every night the poison kicks in and they never live to see the daylight. Hence they are easily disposed of and never missed by anyone. Pretty rational if you would say; besides that they even do it voluntarily. But my brother is never satisfied. This is the first time seeing someone walk out alive. Nomatter how gifted the person is, the only one to ever survive was left paralysed and eventually passed on after a few years. This is because the sexual interaction is the fastest way to expel the poison but as a result, it is absorbed by the recipient. Custom made ancient poison with no cure," Rin replied with a slight frown across his brows.
Xenroth gave Ryu a stern look, "So you're just a horny bastard with the night-myth poison as the catalyst huh?"
"Are you jealous?" Ryu teased her even though he knew it was not the best time to.
"We'll find out," she simply said.
"Anyway, from the looks of it...it seems like Ryu hasn't taught you how to mask your contract scent. Here," Rin said handing her a small peach round edible ball, "This should temporarily help you so that my parents or anyone from our clan cannot detect the scent."
"Shit, how did I forget that," Ryu said with an awkward laugh, "I'll take care of it later."
"Ok brother, but remember to restrain yourself a little."
"I know..."