Chapter 992: I Will Defend You

Raphael checked out Rowena with a playful glint in his golden eyes. The lady turned to him with a raised forehead earlier than she realized what he meant by his phrases. After which, instantly her cheeks flushed crimson.

Raphael opened the door with one hand whereas his different handheld Rowena’s hand and clasped their fingers collectively. She lowered her head and hid her smile.

Her coronary heart was slowly pounding when she remembered how they made out of their room within the royal palace and virtually had intercourse however a servant got here knocking on the door and ruined the temper.

Raphael was proper. Right here, he was the grasp and no servants would hassle them if he instructed them to not. And she or he… she would quickly develop into the woman of the home. This main bedroom was going to be their love nest.

This mansion was such a ravishing home too. Nearly every thing she noticed right here was the factor that she would decide herself. Raphael and she or he had been really appropriate.

“This can be a good room,” Rowena chuckled. She seemed round them and walked contained in the room, holding Raphael’s hand extra tightly. The room was large with actually excessive ceilings and all of the home windows had been ground to ceiling in peak, with thick grey curtains on all sides.

There was a ravishing lounge on the finish of the room, and on the opposite finish was an enormous picket mattress with intricate carvings and gold decorations. Every part was excellent.

“A very powerful place in a house,” Raphael chuckled. He was completely satisfied to see Rowena look completely satisfied.

When she thought he wasn’t watching, Raphael might see that she was hiding her glum feeling. This made him apprehensive if Rowena did not really feel welcomed in Cretea, or if she thought she would not be capable of modify to a life among the many immortals.

He was even a tad apprehensive that his mom was too pushy, or his father seemed overbearing that Rowena was scared to be round them. Nonetheless, each time he tried to probe if something bothered her, she by no means stated something and solely instructed him she was too overwhelmed by the expertise.

So, Raphael tried to method her gently, pretending to not see her gloominess. So long as he might make her really feel that he would at all times be there for her, and maintain her secure, maybe, slowly she would speak in confidence to him, as soon as she felt secure and content material.

His coronary heart was full of heat to the brim when he noticed her smile and stroll across the bed room. holding his hand. She preferred this place. She softly touched the bedposts, the curtain, the silky cloth, and plenty of extra.

“I do not know why I agree with you now,” Rowena stated quietly as she took a rose from a vase on the desk. “After I was youthful I used to hate my bed room, you realize. I spent nearly all of my time there, like a chook in a cage. My bed room was actually stunning… however to me, it was hell. I simply needed out.”

Raphael understood what Rowena meant. He was there along with her for thus a few years. He witnessed her being locked up, and bullied by her evil father.

He stepped nearer and pulled her into his embrace.

“Properly…” Raphael cleared his throat. “I promise you’ll by no means really feel that approach ever once more.”

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Rowena rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes. His phrases sounded so comforting. She hugged him tightly and whispered, “I do not really feel caged right here. This place made me really feel completely satisfied.”

“I’m glad to listen to that,” Raphael tightened his hug and kissed the highest of her head. “That is all I ever need you to really feel. Happiness.”

Rowena seemed up and watched his good-looking face in awe. From the second they first met, that was all she had ever felt each time he was round.

She really did not perceive what was it about her that made him really feel so protecting and devoted.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Raphael teased her. “Is it as a result of I’m very good-looking?”

Rowena rolled her eyes and chuckled.

“You already know you’re really good-looking,” she stated, then shortly added, “Nonetheless, that is not the rationale why I’m you.”

“Ahh… have to be my character,” Raphael stated once more. “Or my form coronary heart.”

“You’ve gotten a superb character and a form coronary heart, that is true,” Rowena nodded. “However that is not why I’m you.”

“Ahh… now you bought me curious.” Raphael seemed Rowena within the eye, attempting to guess what she had in thoughts.

If solely his energy got here with mind-reading, it will be so good. He might know what was on this stunning girl’s thoughts.

“Inform me oh my candy stunning spouse, what’s it that you just discovered so fascinating about me that you’re me this fashion? You make me blush…” he stated playfully.

Rowena touched his cheek and narrowed her eyes. “Hmm… sincere reply?”

“At all times.”

“Properly…” Rowena determined to talk truthfully with him. “I like my reflection in your eyes.”

She was typically questioning what was it about her that Raphael noticed to make that man fall head over heels. Tonight, out of curiosity, she seemed him within the eye and immediately noticed herself.

Surprisingly, for the primary time in her life, Rowena preferred her reflection that was staring again at her. The lady she noticed in his eyes had such gentleness that made her really feel in awe. She seemed charming, light, and chic. Seeing herself in his eyes reminded Rowena of a peaceful floor of a lake.

Was this how he noticed her?

“Ah…” Raphael smiled so broadly at her reply. “Stunning is not it? I at all times want that you would see your self by my eyes, and as we speak it got here true. I’m glad you want what you noticed.”

Rowena nodded. “I truly don’t love seeing myself within the mirror as a result of I typically thought my magnificence was a curse. Folks solely preferred my bodily look and typically it additionally put me at risk. I’ve been fortunate as a result of once I was nonetheless in Ashland, I had knights defending me, and once I was with Julian, he protected me.”

“Now, I’ll defend you,” Raphael stated solemnly. “You do not have to fret about being who you’re. You possibly can nonetheless develop into probably the most stunning girl in Cretea and all seven realms, and no person would dare hassle you, for I’m by your facet.”