•••ROYAL CASTLE,BALVINA •••

Cedric left no room for discussion. Since he made promise to her family that he would shield her from any danger, he was going to stick to his promise through blood and sour. Regarding the punishment, in reality Ayra never deserved it. It was his own family members who pushed her life into danger.

Sirius was considered to be the purest creature in any form. Harming them was the greatest sin for the creatures across the lands of BRIGHTMOON. When the Dixon Clan finally managed to tame those scary creatures, they made promise to the leader of Sirius that they would serve them with utmost respect. If any forms of harms happened to them, the culprit must be punished to maintain the balance between their statuses. In that case, Ayra had broken the law and was bound to accept the punishment. If she didn't accept the punishment, the head of Sirius would appear out from his ancient cave and would create havoc across Balvina.

Ayra wasn't aware of anything. She was resting on the bed when Cedric showed up inside her room with a bowl of hot water. His expression was cloudy. Ayra didn't notice at the first glance.

He sat by her side without saying a word and started to warm her swallowed feet. Ayra looked down at her flawless feet and mumbled with unsurity,

" Why didn't I feel it when I got those bruises?"

She spoke before looking up at Cedric whose face was full of complicated emotions. Cedric parted his lips open slightly, eyes laid on her feet and explained shortly,

" It's by that Sirius. They have the ability of killing someone silently."

Ayra's mouth agaped in disbelief partially. Opening her lips again, she spoke while flaunting her eyes amusingly,

" So you meant that I could be killed without being notified."

Cedric kept his answer short and responded with a smug grin after glancing up at her,

" Precisely! A painless death! "

Ayra was awestruck after his explaination. She never expected that a creature like them could be bleeded or killed without being notified. She mumbled back stunningly,

" That's horrible! "

She commented before tilting her head up to stare at Cedric who went into his mute mood again. Her brows frowned in confusion as she asked with curiousity,

" Did.. Did..I do any crime? I..I hurt that creature! "

Cedric paused between his task a little and glanced up at Ayra unblinkingly. He scoffed with arrogancy after resuming his task on her feet,

" You are allowed to harm everyone in BRIGHTMOON. Your husband has the ability of claiming each kingdom.

What are you afraid of doing?"

Ayra rolled her eyes at him helplessly and scoffed back,

" You are always so full of yourself."

Cedric shook his head while replying,

" I am just being honest, love. It's not called boasting but pride."

Her mind drifted off to the moment when Cedric's stern voice managed to control her powers. She frowned harder before asking again,

" I forgot to ask you! How did you manage to stop me at that time? Even I had no control over myself."

Cedric spreaded into a grin and replied pulling her gown down with caution,

" Because you love me too much! "

Ayra growled pouting her lips together,

" Stop joking! You know that I do not love you. Tell me, how did you do it?"

Cedric sighed helplessly. She was sometimes too straightforward with her words and forgot to pay attention that she had deeply offended someone's feelings.

Cedric ignored the after effect of her words and explained patiently,

" I did it because I had more dominance than you. If someone who is higher than yourself use his strength flowing voice to command you with authority, your beast side is bound to kneel down. That's what I did when you have no control."

Ayra hummed with understanding and mumbled with a bitter smile,

" Lucky you got there on time or else I would have killed it already."

Cedric suggested standing up and placing the bowl over the table beside her bed,

" You must learn how to control your powers or else you will invite more troubles for you. In that case, I can actually teach you how to control your powers."

Ayra was little surprised. She spoke opening her mouth in disbelief,

" You? You will teach me? How can I keep such highly profiled master? How much coins I have to pay for your teaching?"

Cedric turned around to look at her teasing smile. His mood got better. Scratching his nose awkwardly, he eyed on her figure deeply and replied with a chuckle,

" Why bother to pay me coins? You have the biggest treasure to give me."

Ayra's grin paused abruptly. Her eyes kept staring at him with confusion as she asked with doubt,

" What is it?"

Cedric smiled cheekily and walked over to her tiptoeing. When he scooted closer, Ayra instinctively swallowed hard under his intense eyes. She saw him grinning and then heard his shameless respond,

" Your Body! "

Ayra choked before looking up at him with her widen eyes. Her face reddened before words came out angrily,

" You..You.. actually thought about.. using my body to teach me? How perverted creature you are! "

Cedric pretended to be innocent and spoke with a shrug,

" You found it malicious? Fine! Let's switch the subject. You can use my body as a repayment."

Ayra squeezed her eyes shut in annoyance and spoke between her gritted teeth,

" What's the difference?"

Cedric pondered before replying with an evil grin,

" There is a lot of differenciation love. I am explaining you in short. If you think about the exact differenciation, then you should be saying like this. You are up and I am down."

Ayra's mouth hung open in awe disbelievingly. His mouth uttered those words so naturally as if they were married for ages. Her cheeks started to flame in fire. To hide her embarrassement, she picked up the pillow from her side and threw it on Cedric's face yelling out loudly,

" You pervert! Get out of here! Shameless! Narcissistic! "