Zanuel walked behind Denisa being pulled by her into the room and sat down on the bed as told. Caroline, Robert, and Margaret everyone watched him walk behind her, no one thought they would ever be able to witness their lord being obedient to anyone let alone a mortal after what happened in the past.

"here, do your thing, stop the bleeding"

Denisa was sure if she didn't have stepped in no one would have dared to stop Zanuel and Caroline she definitely would have died, but she does not want anyone to get hurt because of her, let alone die.

Zanuel tucked the stands of her raven black hair behind her ears falling on her face and gently holds her neck with one hand while caressing her cheeks with another, she looks at him puzzled by his tenderness while her cheeks turned red and her body burning hot with his slow touches making her nervous and the stomach feeling the butterflies.

The closeness and the scent of him were making her crazy, at the same time it was getting harder for Zanuel to keep himself in check. They keep getting closer to each other as if there's a magnet pulling them to each other.

Zanuel pulled himself back as he knew what his scent can do to mortals. It's intoxicating and makes women throw themselves at him.

"..."

"It's healed"

Denisa moves away from Zanuel but he was not ready to let her go, but slowly takes his hands off her neck but couldn't stop himself from staring at her lips if only he didn't have stopped he could have tasted them.

"thank you" Denisa gets up from the bed moving away from him, she didn't want to make the situation more complicated than it already is.

"Are you scared of me Nes?"

Denisa didn't say a word and stared at Zanuel for a moment before she spoke

"I don't know, you tell me should I be scared? you know you are beyond my imagination. You know my nickname which only my parents used to call"

Zanuel kept gazing at Denisa, carefully using the words to continue the conversation with her.

"you told me your name"

"I did?"

"yes, in the dungeon"

Denisa tried to remember, but she had no memory of telling him, "I don't think I did that" the only thing she remembers about the dungeon is his red eyes. Trying to avoid him, she walks to the window gazing at the stars.

"rest well Denisa"

Denisa looks at Zanuel's back as he walked out of the room without looking back at her.

'why are you not scared of him Nes? he's the man who was in a coffin, no doubt he is the bad demon, you already know no demon is good, you heard stories of them as you grew up from Olivia, no one would lock a good person in the coffin alive. Stop thinking unnecessary things! Just focus on how to get out of here'

Denisa is more worried about Olivia, she has to go back, and Olivia can only handle her absence for a couple of days.

Margaret knocks on her door "my lady"

Denisa looks at the door as Margaret walks to her near the window "my lady, your supper"

"thank you"

Margaret stayed a while without leaving "you have something to say to me?"

"yes, my lady"

"what is it"

"my lady, I want to ask you something"

"What?"

"why did you save Caroline earlier, if you didn't have stepped in, Lord would have avenged you"

"Margaret, am I right?"

"yes, my lady"

"I am not dead to avenge me, and letting her live, it looked like you guys wanted that but no one said that out loud"

Margaret smiles at Denisa "you are different, and you are not scared of the Lord"

"why are you people so curious if I'm scared of him" she answers her with another question.

Margaret can see she is not that ordinary after all 'maybe that's why Lord finds her amusing and doesn't want to let her go'

Denisa looks at Margaret clueless as to what she is murmuring about "can you speak a little louder"

"my lady, I will take my leave. Lord will join you for supper in a few minutes"

"Lord? why-"

Margaret left without saying another word, without answering Denisa.

"why!!!"

Denisa didn't know what was happening, she is slowly getting closer to Zanuel, an invisible string pulling her heartstrings which Aurous was never able to do all these years.

Denisa walked back and forth trying to calm herself, not knowing how to face Zanuel after the almost kiss, the door opened wide open she panicked and stood there smiling awkwardly as he walked into the room.

"you here," she says pulling her hair back, showing her healed neck.

"..."

Zanuel didn't see her and walked to the couch and settles down, looks up and Denisa was still standing awkwardly smiling at him.

"oh yeah"

Denisa is a mess, she can't hide anything, and everything is written on her face, Zanuel could literally read her face as an open book.

They both had supper in silence, no words spoken. Zanuel placed his spoon on the side of the plate and wipes his lips with the napkin and looks at Denisa who is busy staring at him and his lips.

"what happened Denisa?"

"uh. nothing"

"you are staring at me, you been staring at me."

"no, uh- no- I"

Zanuel stares back at Denisa and she couldn't eat in peace and keeps her spoon down, wipes the corners of her lips, and looks at him mustering the courage to talk.

"I want to go back"

"You can't"

"Zanuel my family is there, and if I don't show up the King will kill her"

Zanuel didn't say a word but stared at Denisa who was firm to leave, it looked more like an excuse to him, as she just wants to leave the palace so that she doesn't have to face Zanuel anymore, he heard everything she said, it was him, the reason of all the problems she was facing.

Denisa stood there thinking ways, but it is not easy to escape the palace of demons at your will.

'I will go back Zanuel! and I don't need your permission for that'