"What?" Ellen was surprised by his answer.

The prince nodded his head. "I would have to kiss you every day on your lips to keep you alive," the prince stated.

Princess Ellen blinks her laches. 'Is the prince serious or this is some kind of joke?' She asked herself. She shook her head, the princes would surely not have time to joke around with her she reasoned

"Do you have a problem?" The prince asked. He acted ignorantly even if he knew she was in a dilemma.

"Every day? Does it mean I would die the day you do not kiss me?" Princess Ellen asked. She felt shy having such a conversation with the prince but she had no choice.

"Yes," Prince Sebastian nodded his head. 'The crown prince of Avalo is shameless taking advantage of the princess,' he mocked himself mentally.

"But she is still my wife," he argues with himself. If princess Ellen's head was not bowed because she felt too shy to look at him, she would have noticed the sinister smile that was playing on the prince's lips.

"But your highness is there no other way?" Princess Ellen asked her head still bowed. She was too afraid or shy to look at the prince.

Prince Sebastian's lips curved into a smirk. "What is the problem wife," he teased. Ellen could not lookup. She felt her cheeks going pink when she imagined the prince's lips against her. "Wife?" Why was he calling me that now?" She asked herself.

"Well, if you are not interested I can take back my offer. I hate the idea as well. I hate the thought of sharing a part of me with another," he said. "Lair," he teased himself mentally.

"To be fair I do hate the idea of kissing or sharing any part of me with someone else," he defended himself mentally.

"Sure you do, but you know it different when it comes to her," a voice chimed in.

"True?" The prince nodded his head. When Sebastian was young he did not have friends because of the rumors. So when he was not on the war front he had a debate with himself and pretend that he had his friends playing and joking with him.

"Stop it you are a man now," Sebastian scold himself.

"I am sorry your highness," Princess Ellen bowed. It was not like she had another choice. Prince Sebastian ignored her. "Would you accept my help or should I get my men to prepare for your burial?" Prince Sebastian asked indifferently.

"I will accept your highness's help," Princess Ellen replied. She could not explain why her heartbeat increase when the prince got off the bed and walked towards her.

She had the urge to step back out of fear and shyness but she managed to keep her feet rooted. She did not want to make any mistake that will irritate the prince and make him refuse to help her.

"He is my husband and there is nothing wrong with him kissing me" princess Ellen encourages herself.

Prince Sebastian watched the change of emotions in her eyes as he walked closer to her. He just wanted to tease her but he could not take back his words. He was the famous curse prince of Avalo how could he seat around making jokes. Moreover, he really wanted to kiss her lips since the day of the royal ball.

Prince Sebastian used his right hand to lift Ellen's face. He could feel her anxiety. "Are you scared or shy?" He wanted to ask but he decided to keep his question to himself.

Now that he was standing toe to toe with her he noticed the dark circles around her eyes. Not that he could not have noticed but he was carried away with the conversation.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Prince Sebastian asks feeling guilty for stressing her out.

Princess Ellen's breath was cut in her thoat. His closeness was making simple things such as speaking and using her head difficult.

Umm, she cleared her thoat trying to compose herself. "Six hours," she replied. She could feel her cheek burning red because of his hand around her neck. "What is all this?" She scolded herself. She hates to admit the fact that she wanted the kiss as soon as possible.

Not because her life depended on it but because she was curious about what his lips will feel like on hers. "Pervert," she cursed herself.

Prince Sebastian looked into her eyes, even if he badly wanted to claim her lips he did not want to do anything that will make his sunshine feel resentment towards him. His action focused the princess to look straight into his blue eyes.

"Why do his eyes remain me of the sky, warm and comforting? I should be scared right?" Ellen reason. The prince on the other hand felt lost in her gaze. No one apart from his mother had dared to look at him straight in the eyes for years now. This made him feel happy but what warmed his heart the most was that he could not find any resentment in her gaze.

Lowering his head, he gave the princess a peck on the lips. His hand gently caressing her cheeks. Ellen closed her eyes afraid that the prince will notice the lust in them.

She could not understand her body, she wanted a deeper kiss or to at least hug him close but she could not do any of that and irritate the prince.

"You look tired, you should get some sleep," Prince Sebastian said as he frees his hands from her neck. He wanted to hold her closer but he feared that would scare her away.

Ellen nodded her head since she could not find her voice.

"Go lay down," the prince said pointing to his bed. Ellen followed his hand. 'He wants me to share his bed?' Ellen asked herself.

"Your highness, Jeffery had a tent prepared for me. Now that you are away you should take a cup of the medicine prepared for you so I could head back to my tent," Ellen walked over to the table in the tent and pour out the medicine for him.

"Here," she handed over the cup to him. Prince Sebastian collected the cup but did not attempt to drink from it.

"You made this?" He asked.

"Yes, your highness, I did with the help of some of the men," Ellen replied.

Prince Sebastian frowns his brows, "how much stress did Jeffery put my sunshine through?" He asked himself. Ellen noticing the look on his face and misunderstood him.

So she reached for the cup and took a sip of its contents. Her movement was fast and smooth. When the prince realized the meaning of her action he lifts the cup and empties its content.

"Thank you," he said returning the cup. Ellen breathe a sigh of relief and dropped the cup.

"Go to sleep," he said pointing at his bed. Ellen opened her mouth to remained him that a tent was prepared for her but he beat her to it.

"This is the best tent in the camp. You might catch a cold if you sleep in another and I can not allow that," the prince lied. There were many nice tents available, he trusted that Jeffery will get something nice for her but he wanted her to share his bed.

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