Li Ming stared with wide eyes at the man who was nibbling on her lips with his teeth, biting it and making her gasp. She was definitely not prepared for it.

His eyes were closed as he continued playing with her lips.

She was not sure how to react, she just kept standing there dumbfounded, not even enjoying the soft warm lips that were sending tingles all over her body.

She finally got a hold on herself as she put her hands on Hei Long's shoulders to stop him. He was drunk, who knew if the next morning he started blaming her for taking advantage of his drunken state.

Nope! She couldn't give him such a chance to put another blame on her head and add another point against her in his list.

But before she could push him away, the Second Demon Prince grabbed both of her hands and pulled them behind her back, holding them tightly.

His mouth became fierce as his lips moved against hers intensely, making her finally let out a soft moan.

All her worries about what was going to happen the coming morning flew out of the window, as she let the demanding warm lips of her mate take control.

Her soul was emerged in the ocean of happiness and content at the closeness of her mate and the intimacy between them.

Never in her life, she had felt so much comfort and joy. The mere touch of a mate was supposed to cure all the tension and sadness. Right at that moment, Li Ming was in her own world of escasity.

Who knew for how long they kept kissing, though it was only Hei Long who was kissing, Li Ming was only standing there with her eyes closed as she enjoyed the feelings that had taken over her soul.

As their lips finally parted, Li Ming felt herself breathing heavily. But if she was expecting some kind of response from the Demon Prince after his bold move, then she was in for a surprise.

Because as she opened her eyes, she watched Hei Long's body falling against her. His face landed on the crook of her shoulder as his hands became loose.

She immediately moved her now free hands to support his body. The Prince had passed out, just great.

"Are you kidding me?" She whispered as she looked down at the face of the Prince who was resting on her shoulder.

She closed her eyes and teleported both of them to one of the guestrooms beside her bedroom.

It took her a few minutes to get him settled on the bed as she took out his outer robe and shoes, covering him with a duvet.

As she sat beside him on the bed, her hand immediately traveled to caress his face on their own accord.

She brushed his hair out of his face, making the Prince exhale as he leaned into her touch and kept sleeping like a baby.

His cute sleepy face made a smile appear on Li Ming's lips.

"I wish I can find the cure of your curse as soon as possible. It's so hard to see you being so harsh on yourself. I'm happy to know that at least you don't hate me. Hope everything will be fine soon." She softly whispered to the sleeping Prince.

After caressing his forehead and smooth long hair for a few more minutes, she bent forward to leave a soft warm kiss on his forehead.

She inched backward to look at the sleeping face of the Prince as she said in a struct tone, "I swear if you wake up tomorrow and start spouting nonsense about me kissing you forcefully or taking advantage of you or something else like that, I'll make sure you won't be able to kiss anyone for the rest of your life."

She gave his sleeping form a hard glare before standing up and leaving the room.

Hei Long opened his eyes as he looked at the closed door of his room. His eyes were completely devoid of any kind of emotions.

He didn't even look drunk anymore, rather he looked like someone who was completely sober.

His hand grabbed his right shoulder as a shaky breath left his lips. He was about to sit up when he heard the clicking sounds of Li Ming's feels returning back towards his room.

Immediately he was back to his sleeping position, his eyes closed and his breathing even. It looked like he was actually sleeping.

Li Ming opened the door and walked inside. After thinking for a few seconds, she decided to take off her heels and her cardigan, placing them on the desk beside the bed.

She was carrying a big wooden box in her hands and she sat it on the bed beside the sleeping Demon Prince.

She looked at the Prince with a guilty expression on her face as she whispered, "I'm sorry for doing this, but I have to do it this way. I hope you won't be mad at me looking at the fact that I'm doing it for your good, for our good."

With a deep breath, she walked closer to the bed and started undressing the upper robe of the Prince.

All this time, Hei Long stayed completely still, not making any kind of movement.

Finally, she slipped the robe down from his right shoulder. The only thing left was to turn him on his left side so that the back of his right shoulder would be visible to her.

She somehow managed to turn him and a heavy breath passed her lips, showing exactly how tense she was during all this.

She climbed on the bed and sat down behind Hei Long, the wooden box resting beside her on the bed.

Her hands were trembling as she started moving his robe away from his shoulder, along with his long hair.

As the robe came undone, the seen in front of her eyes made Li Ming gasp in shock as she clasped a hand over her mouth to keep herself from shrieking at the sight.

The soul mark which was supposed to overflowing with silver shine was currently covered in bright red blood which was running down his back and staining her bed cover.

Li Ming felt sick in her stomach. Her eyes blurring as tears of hurt and sadness appeared in them.

The bond which was supposed to be a source of joy and comfort was giving Hei Long so much pain and sadness.

She couldn't even imagine how he appeared so calm and collected in front of everyone when he was actually experiencing such intense pain.

Her hands itched to touch the mark, to make sure that her mate was alright, but a short groan of pain from the unconscious Prince stopped her. Reminding her that if she touched the mark it would only worsen the situation.

She took in a few deep breaths and blinked back her tears that were about to break loose. It wasn't the right time to show her weakness. Rather she needed to find the cure of his curse as soon as possible.

And she could only find a cure when she knew exactly what kind of illness she was dealing with. She first needed to find exactly which curse was it.

"I'm sorry. It's all happening because of me. I should have made sure to stay away from you to keep the curse from worsening, but I didn't do anything like that. But don't worry, I'll find out something very soon, I promise. I won't give up before that." She softly whispered to the sleeping Prince.

She opened the wooden box and took out a small candy sized glass crystal which had golden carvings over it.

There was also a small purple feather inside the box, accompanied by a very old scroll.

"I once watched my father using this spell but I've never tried it myself. I'm not sure if I would be able to perform it or not, but at least I'm gonna give it a try." She whispered as she bound the feather with the crystal and let it fly towards Hei Long's soul mark.

The blue feather belonged to a blue and red raven. It had the properties that it could not be touched by any kind of powers.

Since Li Ming's energy was harmful to Hei Long's soul mark, the feather would be the perfect asset.

As the feather hovered over the bleeding soul mark, Li Ming let her spiritual qi laced with a little bit of her magical energy, enter into the crystal ball.

She then opened the scroll and started chanting the spell that was written on it.

Unfortunately, as she neared the end of the spell she noticed that her first attempt had failed.

Not giving up yet, she repeated the procedure but once again she failed. This kept happening for the next few tries too.

Since it was a very powerful spell, Li Ming had used quite a huge amount of her powers in her failed attempts.

As she was silently reading through the spell to make sure that she didn't miss anything, her eyes landed on the bottom corner of the scroll.

She wasn't expecting to find out such a high secret!