"W-what are you doing?"

Li Ming asked in a shaky whisper as her eyes slowly take in the way the robes were falling from his shoulder.

Her eyes grazed over the bare skin that appeared in her vision. His chiseled collarbone was suddenly making it hard for her to breathe.

Her eyes traveled towards his right shoulder where she could see the slightest glimpse of the soul mark but it was hidden underneath the inner robe.

"Keeping you warm."

Hei Long softly answered as he lifted her in his arms, making Li Ming clutch him tightly.

She was still too shocked to process what was happening around her. Her mind wasn't as foggy as before but it had still to start working.

Hei Long softly laid her on the bed on her side and after a few seconds, Li Ming felt the bed shift behind her.

She was about to turn around to see what the Demon Prince was doing but the very next second she found herself pulled into his arms as he laid behind her.

"What-"

Li Ming almost squealed at the sudden shift as she found herself pressed to Hei Long's chest.

His hot breath fanned over her neck sending electric tickles throughout her body.

The dizziness, the weird pull, and the lack of energy that she was feeling a few minutes ago, suddenly disappeared.

Her mind was full of thoughts that she was lying in the arms of one of her mates who didn't even like her that much.

She had no idea what was the reason behind this sudden change in Hei Long's behavior.

The only reason that she could find was that he probably was doing all this because the bond was making him worried about her.

"Now relax and keep silent." Hei Long softly whispered in her ear as he inhaled her sweet lilac fragrance.

Li Ming was about to reply when her eyes landed on the hands that were circling around her waist.

Within a second she was out of Hei Long's arms as she sat up on the bed and turned towards the Demon Prince.

"Why are you naked?" Li Ming asked in a surprised tone. Her doe eyes turned into small round balls due to shock.

Hei Long only raised his eyebrows at her words. A soft smile grazing his lips as his beautiful eyes kept looking at her.

"I mean...you are completely naked from the waist above. But why? Wear your clothes." Li Ming somehow fished out the words.

Her heart was beating rapidly and she even felt her breathing quickening.

The image that the half-naked form of Hei Long was presenting to her eyes was too much for her to take in.

His body was built like that of a well-built model. His long dark hair cascading down his shoulders and collarbone as a direct contrast to his milky skin.

And the most lethal was his eyes and that soft smirk that played on his lips most of the time.

Rather than following her words and covering his naked upper body, Hei Long pulled her back into his arms.

"Looks like you are already feeling better than before." He softly said as he brushed her long hair behind her ear.

Though Li Ming wanted to find more about the sudden pull that she felt and the energy loss that followed it, but currently she had a more important problem in her hands.

Hei Long's behavior was not normal anymore. The sudden change in his attitude, the warmth in his tone and eyes, could no longer be categorized as a result of the soulbond.

Her eyes traveled to his right shoulder to look at the soul mark but after looking at the ending curve of only one tendril, she realized that the soul mark was carved on the back of his shoulder and not in front.

She had a perfect chance to look at the soul mark. Who knew that she would not have to do much to make the Demon Prince took his clothes off?

"Yeah, I'm no longer feeling dizzy. You can let go of me." She replied in a normal tone this time.

Hei Long started tracing some kind of character on the back of her right hand. The light touch of his fingers made butterflies emerged in her stomach.

"What if you start feeling dizzy again when I let go of you?" Hei Long inquired.

Li Ming had no idea how to deal with this attitude of Hei Long. She had a very bad feeling about the sudden change in his behavior.

She took in a deep breath as she asked, "What do you want?"

This time her tone and her expressions were back to their original cold and indifferent self.

"I like the way you can suddenly change your attitude within the blink of an eye. One moment you are flustered and confused, and the very next minute you can be your proud, confident, and controlled self. You really amaze me, Sweet Prey," Hei Long softly said as he continued to carve the imagery characters on her wrist.

"Thanks for the compliment. Now, answer my question. Don't try to avoid it," Li Ming said in her icy tone.

A soft chuckle left Hei Long's lips as his eyes sparkled with the bright red rings.

"Your question doesn't even make any sense. What I'm going to answer to then?" He asked with his raised eyebrows.

"As far as I know you don't like me at all. Why are you suddenly being so caring? It doesn't make any sense." Li Mung muttered as she tried to look anywhere but at the man lying beside her.

His closeness...especially, his naked closeness was making her uncomfortable in a very wrong way.

"Not everything needs to make sense in this world."

This was the reply of the Second Demon Prince.

Now, someone please tell Li Ming how she was supposed to deal with this person.

"Please wear something first. How can you be so shameless?" Li Ming said as she ridiculed him.

"It's not easy to get you so flustered. Never knew that my naked appearance can have such a strong effect on you. The pink tinge in your cheeks and ears looks good on you."

Li Ming felt his hot breath on her nape as he said those heart-wrenching words.

Her hands immediately flew to cover her cheeks and her ears. Though it was hard to cover both with only two hands.

"Stop it! How can a Demon Prince be so shameless? Do you love to go around and flirt with little young girls?" Li Ming asked as she tried to change the topic from her flustered form.

"Who's little and young here?" Hei Long asked with an actual confused look on his face.

"Of course, it is me. I'm barely fourteen and a half years old. Show some morality." Li Ming replied with a scoff.

However, Hei Long's next word made her choke herself to death.

"In the mortal realm, fifteen is a marriageable age. You are already there, so you can't be categorized as a young girl anymore."

Li Ming stared at the Immortal with her mouth hanging open in shock and her eyes staring at him.

"Are you kidding me? What rubbish! Getting married at fifteen? You guys are fucking insane for goodness sake." Li Ming ranted out her frustration.

She was seriously lucky to not end up transmigrating into the body of some fifteen years old young miss of some family. Who knew if she would have ended up as a wife of some weird psycho.

The mere thought of some other man as her husband made her recoil from inside.

"Why are you calling us names when you aren't much better yourself?" Hei Long asked with a scoff.

At Li Ming's questioning eyes, he continued, "To remind you, you are the one who offered me to join your harem just a few hours ago. A girl like you who is already collecting men to fill her harem at the age of fourteen and a half, should not be complaining about the marriageable age."

Li Ming had no idea how to reply to this. He wasn't completely wrong but there was also the fact that she was not actually going to do anything with her mates. After all, her body was still in the puberty phase.

She felt the fingers that were grazing her hand punching her lightly to get her out of her thoughts.

After seeing his smirk and the satisfaction in his eyes, Li Ming had enough.

"You know what, I'm not that free to waste my time here like this with you." She was seriously losing her cool as the Demon Prince continued with his stupid behavior.

She tried to crawl out of his arms to get out of the bed but with a sudden jerk, she was back in Hei Long's arms.

However, this time she saw something far too different in his eyes which made her breath stuck in her throat.

Someone, please save her!