Regina Lena – To the Unforgiven - Chapter 46

His dry lips touched Rena without warning.

 

An unfamiliar touch was pressing against her lips roughly, and Rena couldn’t tell what had happened.

 

As soon as she hesitated, something lukewarm and soft swept her lips. Then a sharp pain filled the spot.

 

“Umph!”

 

Rena reflexively turned her head at the dizzying feeling.

 

Blood oozed from Rena’s lips as she shook Lynn off. The blood was caused by Lynn’s fierce bite.

 

She was suddenly kissed and bitten. But Rena was more dumbfounded at the fact that it was Lynn, not anyone else, who did it.

 

She flipped her body during the short gap and tried to look at her surroundings.

 

A dull shock came from her back, and Lynn’s face, which had been one span below, shifted to one span above.

 

Lynn knocked Rena down in an instant and not stopping there, climbed on top of her.

 

Rena quickly leaned on her back on the golden carpet and looked at Lynn in disbelief.

 

His bright red eyes were unfamiliar to her. Lynn was looking down at Rena with a fierce face she had never seen when they were alone.

 

“Lynn…”

 

The moment Rena opened her mouth, her breath got tangled once more and the words disappeared.

 

 

A contact followed, which she did not know whether to call it a kiss or a tasting.

 

She couldn’t breathe, and she didn’t know when he might bite again, so Rena pushed Lynn’s chin and shoulder hard.

 

Lynn, who had been putting pressure on her, was pushed out surprisingly easily.

 

He got up, but his eyes were still burning red.

 

His bright red gaze glided from Rena’s bloody lips to her chin, to her neck, and onto her white shoulders.

 

Rena saw something fluttered within his eyes from her blurred vision.

 

And Lynn bit Rena’s neck.

 

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It was dark before his eyes. His mind was clouded, and he couldn’t even remember his name.

 

However, Lynn was satisfied with this situation. There was something next to him. Warm, soft, lovely. Something in his arms caused satisfaction in every contact.

 

Lynn had always wanted this. This pleasure, more comfort. The luxury of hugging a lovely thing tightly, the joy of leaning on someone’s arms that he could not dare to imagine.

 

It was a forbidden thing, but at this time, he did not remember why it was forbidden.

 

But he was certain of one thing.

 

If he slept with this warmth, he would no longer suffer from nightmares.

 

— If I knew you were here…

 

Ah, that voice again.

 

— If I had known you were alive…!

 

The voice that made him want to die in the past. The nightmare of that one sentence tore his heart long again.

 

So Lynn dug deeper into the arms lying in front of him. That way he wouldn’t hear that sound, because this warmth will cover those cold memories.

 

Lynn grabbed the thing in his hand again to shake off the curse that had gripped him.

 

It felt really good.

 

Warm, soft, fragrant, sweet.

 

And delicious…

 

“… Lynn…!”

 

Body.

 

“Mr. Lynn!”

 

At the urgent voice, Lynn opened his eyes like someone stabbed by a knife.

 

As his eyes were opened, the cozy darkness was extinguished and a sense of space returned.

 

As the view before his eyes brightened, Lynn slowly realized who he was.

 

Somehow he was lying on a thick carpet, but he didn’t remember when and how he lay down.

 

So he blankly followed his memory, when the voice that woke Lynn up returned.

 

“Are you awake?”

 

Lynn struggled to focus and looked up. He could see Rena looking down at him. While staring at the face blankly, he found a wound around her mouth and came to his senses.

 

“What just happened…”

 

Lynn, who muttered in surprise, belatedly felt the taste of the lingering blood in his mouth. His heart sank at the fishy blood scent.

 

“What did I do to you…?”

 

“I’m fine.”

 

Rena answered as Lynn asked with a face as if he was on the edge of the cliff.

 

“Really, I’m fine.”

 

Then she took Lynn’s, who was still confused, hand and added while making eye contact with him.

 

“I really am fine, but…”

 

Rena blurted the words strangely with a slightly apologetic face.

 

So Lynn became more anxious and suddenly frowned.

 

It hurt. As for where the pain was, his whole body ached. The pain wasn’t that bad, but it was everywhere.

 

As Lynn faltered due to the unexpected pain, Rena confessed in a small voice.

 

“I don’t think Mr. Lynn is going to be fine.”

 

Along with Rena’s honest confession, pain that he had not been aware of poured out.

 

As the pain struck, Lynn was secretly astonished. And Rena, who was watching, muttered sadly.

 

“You are in pain… aren’t you?”

 

“What the heck… Ugh!”

 

Lynn got up and soon bent his back on the ground because of the sharp pain near his ribs.

 

And when Lynn was unconsciously fumbling around his side, he was once again embarrassed by the touch of his hand. Because what his hands touched was bare skin, not clothes that were supposed to be there.

 

“Why…”

 

Lynn tried to figure out the situation.

 

He had lost his mind for a while, and when he woke up, his whole body ached. In addition, his top was all off.

 

Looking down at his bare chest, Lynn hurriedly bowed his head further, and only patted his chest in relief after confirming that his pants were worn intact.

 

Lynn soon noticed while looking for where his top went, that Rena was no longer in tunic.

 

Lynn’s shirt was unexpectedly worn by Rena.

 

“Why are you wearing my clothes…?”

 

“Do you not remember anything?”

 

As Lynn nodded in hesitation, Rena nodded towards the corner of the ground, where a piece of cloth was lying.

 

Thin, white, torn. It was Rena’s tunic.

 

Knowing what it was, Lynn paled.

 

“That, I…?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Lynn became contemplative, and Rena hurried to speak for him.

 

“Your eyes turned red.”

 

Shortly after a golden insignia fell from the sky and the space turned upside down, Lynn suffered as if possessed by something.

 

So, when Rena approached to help, he suddenly turned and attacked Rena.

 

At that time, Rena felt that Lynn was trying to eat herself. She had thought that he was kissing her, but he suddenly bit her, dug into her clothes, and hit his teeth in the softest part.

 

Rena was a bit perplexed by the unexpected behavior. She was so helpless with her lying underneath him, and the moment Lynn tore up the tunic, she came to her senses.

 

Feeling a sense of crisis, Rena did her best to wake Lynn up.

 

And beat him so mercilessly that when he came to his senses again, it was enough to make him think he was hit by a steel bar.

 

“There was no other way. I only thought that I should wake you up or knock you down if I can’t…”

 

Rena confessed in a calm voice that she had assaulted him, and Lynn didn’t get offended or complain about her.

 

Instead, he took a long breath.

 

“What a relief…”

 

What’s so relieving about being a rag?

 

Lynn hadn’t realized it yet, but his appearance was quite a spectacle.

 

His lips were all chapped, he was bleeding and bruising on one cheek. Not only that, but his body was full of traces of being hit and kicked. The reason why he flinched and grabbed his side earlier was because of a crack in his ribs.

 

It must have hurt him beyond words, but Lynn muttered again as he stroked her chest.

 

“What a relief.”

 

“Are you seriously thinking it’s a relief…”

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

Leaving Rena’s murmur behind, Lynn whispered in a choked voice.

 

“I’m very sorry.”

 

Lynn said as he looked at Rena’s blood-stained lips.

 

“I did something… horrible.”

 

Rena was at a loss for words at the sound of his guilt-filled voice. Lynn, who had misunderstood the meaning of her silence, said with his head down.

 

“If you are angry, you can hit me.”

 

You’d die if you got hit more.

 

Rena thought so, but she didn’t say it out loud. Lynn spoke so seriously that she couldn’t joke around.

 

And Rena, who tried to laugh it off, felt rather complicated by Lynn’s apology.

 

Rena didn’t like this outrageous violence. It was embarrassing, shameful, and painful. However, it was true that the beating had relieved some of the pent up emotions.

 

But she thought it was unavoidable, so she tried to move on roughly, but Lynn apologized so seriously that Rena couldn’t laugh it off anymore.

 

“I was surprised, but not angry.”

 

So Rena also erased her smile and whispered to Lynn, who couldn’t raise his head.

 

“I know you didn’t do that on purpose. Besides, I’m not hurt at all, so you don’t have to feel bad. It’s alright.”

 

When she said everything was alright, Lynn slowly looked up. He looked at Rena with a face mixed with doubts and worries, and Rena smiled helplessly at the expression of waiting for punishment. Then she said mischievously on purpose.

 

“So this is why we need a safety device.”

 

It was a light joke, but Lynn was really shocked. So Rena’s smile deepened and said.

 

“You’ve become more shameless than that, Mr. Lynn.”

 

When Rena said he was shameless, Lynn looked at Rena with tears in his eyes, and admitted with a distressed voice.

 

“I know…”

 

“That’s why I can’t return your clothes.”

 

“Please don’t return it…”

 

Lynn replied with a squeezed voice. Although his feelings were very complicated, he seemed to have calmed down at least a little, seeing the way he talked.

 

So Rena finally smiled comfortably and then asked what she had been curious about.

 

“What happened? Do you remember anything?”

 

“I don’t know.”

 

To Rena’s question, Lynn became serious and answered. But he was no longer blaming himself. Rather, he tried to calm himself down to understand the situation.

 

“It suddenly got dark and I couldn’t get my head around. It’s like…”

 

Lynn slowly pondered.

 

It got dark, and his body was excited. Blood boiled like when women approached and seduced. He desperately tried to press the urge, but it was useless.

 

There was no stimulation or contact, but the excitement soared, making his eyes dim. In the meantime, Rena, who was next to him, was terribly conscious and scared.

 

It seemed like something big was going to happen, so he shouted that she shouldn’t come, but Rena didn’t quite understand what he was doing.

 

So she came over and stretched out her hand.

 

Immediately after, Lynn’s memory was cut off. He remembered vaguely, very vaguely, pulled Rena towards him, but he wasn’t sure if that was real or a fantasy.

 

“It’s the first time I’ve ever been like this without any warning.”

 

Lynn said in a heavy voice.

 

It was really the first time. Whether it was a characteristic of this curse or because of Lynn’s personality, his ferocity was revealed only when the other party entrusted themself to him alone.

 

That’s why he thought it was cruel, but now it popped out without any signs.

 

While Lynn became anxious again, Rena nodded with a contemplative face. The look on her face seemed as if she had found something.

 

So Lynn asked, just in case.

 

“Do you know where this is?”

 

“This is the realm of the King with Many Hearts.”

 

He asked the question half-heartedly, but Rena’s answer was unexpectedly clear.

 

The King with many Hearts was a king who ruled the dead in the form of snakes and dragons, once infested in the East.

 

Rena added as she looked around the lush tropical garden and the golden canopy.

 

“He brought us into his realm.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Because of me. He wants to have me.”

 

“You?”

 

Lynn’s eyes widened due to a series of  revelations. What did she mean by ‘wants to have her’?

 

Lynn was puzzled and suddenly recalled the voice that rang earlier.

 

— I found you. My bride.

 

He was sure he heard something like that. The voice was full of greed, and could not be considered as human.

 

But he couldn’t believe that was what Rena said.

 

He couldn’t express it, but Lynn felt his heart pounding and he felt bad.

 

The same goes for Rena. Lynn’s anger, which he could not bear to pour out, naturally turned to the original culprit of this situation.

 

“I have a bad relationship with the king, so I was going to visit him soon…”

 

Rena smiled coldly and turned her eyes through the lush bushes.

 

“Thankfully, you showed up first.”

 

When Rena’s gaze touched it, the colorful flowers in full bloom in the garden danced.

 

The flowers did not move on their own. It was the snakes hiding under the flower bed that shook those large leaves.

 

Intertwined snakes were wriggling under the shadow.

 

They were staring at Rena with bright red eyes resembling something.

 

 

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Red eyes are rabbit eyes:)