The Devil's Temptation!

Sluggishly making her way towards the bathroom, the interior part of it authomatically lit up once she opened the door. Her bathroom chamber wasn’t completely big but Anna had to admit that the maids in Viscarrian were justifyingly given nice rooms.

With this little enjoyment, one can easily tolerate the attitude of most of the Astaroth’s family without having the thoughts of quitting.

Making her way to the silver sink that was accompanied with a mirror on the wall, Anna didn’t let her exhaustion wear her down completely as she reached for the sink on time, placing both her hands on the wall to steady herself and instinctively closed her eyes.

The wave of nausea trying to hit her repeatedly didn’t help situation, Becca had eagerly informed her about the horse race happening at the palace field and suggested they sneak and hide to watch, but unfortunately, Anna didn’t feel too much in good health to accompany her new friend and so, pleadingly dismissed herself after they were done with the remaining chores, like arranging the Masters bed and handing out clothes to the laundress so she can get them washed.

Turning the tap on, streams of clean water flowed out into the sink, echoing through the bathroom itself and Anna wasted no time cupping her hands before it, filling it with the cool water and splashing it repeatedly on her face, hoping the incoming dizziness would vanish after she was done.

Redoing the same process for the fifth time, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a few minutes. Her head seemed to spin, even in the darkness as her eyes were still sealed shut from the dizzy effect.

“What’s.... happening?” She whispered, touching her head lightly, as though it’d ease the incoming headache and she hissed when nothing seemed to be getting better.

If she wanted to pass out, she was used to it and knew how it felt like, but at this current moment, it turned up in double.

.....

Her stomach flipped and churned in discomfort, instinctively letting her hand rest on her flat belly and she looked at her sorry self in the mirror. Her face was turning paler and her eyes were starting to look sick.

She doesn’t recall eating anything bad this morning, she only ate some poached eggs and avocado. That was it, so why was she?

The discomfort that twisted her system made it’s way up her throat, it was so rapid that the next minute, Anna found herself coughing into the sink. She grabbed a small white towel that rested at the edge of the sink and coughed into it.

Her throat burned and and as much as she wished to stop coughing so violently right now, she couldn’t, as though the uncomfortable churning in her stomach was making her cough out whatever was causing it.

Her eyes were already watery the moment it stopped and she didn’t know how to thank the heavens for making that awful feeling dissipate. But her relieve was cut short when her eyes horrifically widened at the sight of her own blood on the towel.

Frantically, her eyes shifted to the sink and it also had traces of her blood. Looking into the mirror, the trickle of blood that stained the corner of her lower lip made Anna’s face turn morbid as the towel fell from her numb grasp to the floor.

Her ears hummed tremendously in disbelief as her shaky fingers reached to touch the blood stain at the corner of her lips and she wasn’t imagining it, it’s actually.....

“B_b_blood??”

Struck by the sight in front of her, she turned the tap on and washed the blood away from the sink, rinsing the inside of her mouth and splashing water multiple times over her face.

She was already coughing blood?? How many days were left??

Returning to her bedroom, she anxiously reached for her dressing table and picked the notepad resting on it. Flipping it open, she hadn’t marked the date of yesterday and today, and if she did, today was meant to be the tenth day!

“Two days in Euphrasia is equivalent to a day in Viscarrian.” That means she’s spent four days in total??

Closing the notepad after marking the dates, her expression was obviously gloomy but she shook her head, not willing to let herself be depressed by the feeling. Instead, she took a deep breath and nodded in understanding, this was her fate and there was no use in hiding it.

If the heavens really needed her soul then she’d give it to them, besides, the heavens have a reason for doing anything and sooner or later, everyone will forget her existence and she wouldn’t need anyone crying over her loss.

Getting to her feet after convincing herself, she would rather rest to ease her exhaustion than bother about this.

Hours slowly passed by in Viscarrian, days turned into night and Anna just found herself turning on the bed, unable to get any sleep as her eyes remained wide-open.

She subconsciously heard different knocks on her door at different time but the hell! She just wanted to be left alone and so she ignored every one of them.

Turning and flinging the duvet cover off her body, she sat upright on the bed with an unsatisfied expression displaying on her face. Refusing to step out for the whole day since Becca already informed her that the males will be seperated from the females, she see’s no reason to go out when knowing she wouldn’t find Roshan anywhere.

Sighing at the thought of it as her shoulders dropped, her eyes indubitably shifted to her wardrobe, changing her sad mood and something interesting popped in her head. She wasn’t able to test all the dresses she bought in Ark Ville due to how little time they had to spend outside and since she had nothing else to do, she might as well use that to keep her boring self busy.

Getting out of bed, she twirled to her wardrobe in a princess-like manner, opening it up and staring at the beautiful dresses she carefully arranged on each set, feeling somewhat proud by the beautiful dresses she has achieved so far.

Since she was still unsure of her death day, she might as well test every set of clothing in her wardrobe, make the rest of her living worthwhile and maybe somehow, if luckily, get to experience the happiness with Roshan.

Picking a dress from her wardrobe, she wasted no time undressing herself, flinging them to the bed and putting on the new dress she bought.

She looked at herself in the dressing mirror and observed the lilac-colored lace she wore, it had a heart-shaped neckline and the straight-cut skirt fitted it perfectly as it moved freely with every little move of her hips.

Placing her hand on her waist, she couldn’t imagine what the maids would think if she wore something out like this to work. They’d probably take her to be a sneaky thief cause no maid can afford something this expensive.

Feeling satisfied with the times she enjoyed the dress, she switched to another one, testing and rocking each one of them in her bedroom without any hint of shame, anyone that looked princess-ish, she would mimic the personality of a princess, if it was a warrior or healer, she acted each one to herself.

She was out of sight to everyone, giving her the opportunity to freely display a bit of her madness.

Going through her wardrobe to change again, her eyes caught sight of a red sexy lace nightwear. She stared blankly at it before reaching to take it out of her wardrobe set.

“When did I buy this?” If she remembered correctly, the lady of that stall packaged just the right amount of dresses she bought. She doesn’t remember purchasing something like this, could it be she added this by accident?

“And I can’t give it back.” She muttered to herself, knowing she might not return to Ark Ville anytime soon.

Well, this can also be considered good luck, the nightwear is actually very sexy, making her wonder what it’d look like if she wore it instead.

Smiling with a mischievous glint in her eyes, she undressed herself again and wore the nightdress. Looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes widened seeing how the outfit looked on her.

It had a long V-shaped neckline that exposed some little flesh of her bosoms, along with her cleavages and like that wasn’t enough, the red lace covering her fleshy bosoms was a see-through.

She can visibly see her womanly flesh from looking at the mirror and just below her bosoms was a small ribbon tied with a red strap, the length of the dress flowed to her thighs and luckily, there was a thin silk that hid what the length of the lace could have revealed.

Her smooth legs were exposed and Anna barely believed the sight of her own body, she never imagined she could look this sexy, in her entire life and with her hair down like this, it only added to her enthralling sight.

Before she could react, there was a sudden knock on the door, startling Anna to her wits that she nearly jumped out of her own skin. No no she wanted to remain in her skin.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

“Who is it?” She asked, wanting to know if it was safe to open the door or not, but then, the males have been moved from the corridor to the opposite side of the palace walls.

Was it Becca?

“Is that you Becca?”

She got no response but whoever it was kept knocking repeatedly. Strange, was it one of the demoness? Or could it possibly be Lady Odette?

The knock came even louder this time and Anna was left with no choice but to grab the jacket of the dress and wrap it around her body.

“I’m coming.”

Reaching for the door knob, she turned it open and popped her head out first, wanting to see who it was and to her shock-filled eyes, it was no one other than the glacier.

Obviously he was about to knock again but stopped mid-way the moment she opened the door. A foxy smile curved his lips after seeing the shock-stricken Anna stare with goggled eyes.

“Ro-I mean your highness!” The panic in her voice wasn’t hidden despite her attempt, but it was too late to stop herself when staring at the pulchritudinous being in front of her.

“Why..why are you here?” Still keeping only her head out from the door while the rest of her body remained hidden inside, Roshan’s right brow rose in confusion.

“Why am I here? Shouldn’t you invite me in first?”

“No!” She stopped him from opening the door, leaving him baffled by her defensive act but seeing her actions might be misjudged, she tried to think of something else.

“My chamber is a mess at the moment and I wouldn’t want to inconvenience his highness in my chamber Soo...”

“Not like it matters but that’s not the issue anyway.” He didn’t ponder over it.

“Why are you here then?”

“To get you.”

“Why?”

“So we can go swimming.”