Hellbound With You (WN)

The young Alex looked petrified. He couldn ’t believe it but as his gaze flew back to the obsidian hills, any hint of doubt was eradicated. This location and the infamous feature of the black, crystal-like mountain range was proof enough and this was it. There was no mistaking it because this was the only place in the world like it.

Dark Dragon Hills.

This part of the world, and most especially the Dark Dragon Hills, was known to everyone in this kingdom and even to people living in the faraway lands. This was the one place no one dared to approach because everybody feared the dragon that resided here.

Everybody except for this girl before him.

He looked at the girl again and he couldn ’t say a word. His thoughts were a mess. He just couldn ’t believe that this seemingly weak and harmless human girl was actually the one living with the dragon! It seemed he was very wrong when he thought of her as a harmless little rabbit. His mouth opened and closed as if he was about to say something but nothing came out.

”By the way, I ’m Abigail. What ’s your name? ” she asked him, flashing that innocent and alluring smile of hers.

The young man clenched the hilt of his sword hanging by his right hip, averting his gaze from her. He looked around again and he had a faraway look in his eyes as they fell on the thick forest where he had encountered the girl.

”If you have nowhere to go, you can stay here for now, ” she offered as she moved and stood before him, facing him.

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”You want a stranger like me to stay here with you? ” his eyes narrowed.

”If I am able to help you in that way, why not? It won ’t be the first time I have let my friends stay with me for a while. There have been quite a few before you, you know, ” she said, matter of factly.