Ravensblood Forest [M] lonely, lonely, lonely eyes

A part of her, the part not yet tainted by the Gorgons before her, wanted him to say yes. She wanted him to have enjoyed it just as much as she wanted him to not have—she contradicted herself left and right, not knowing what she felt or wanted. And when she was finally given an answer, she couldn’t ignore the sinking feeling in her stomach or keep a flash of disappointment from flickering through her gaze—which was immediately replaced by a shocked yelp and then anger as he nipped her; it wasn’t the same as before, she didn’t like the feeling of his teeth against her flesh this time. It even had her retreating a few steps, though she did not leave.

She couldn’t.

Despite her disappointment and rage, she couldn’t abandon her place, her legs wouldn’t let her. In fact, it almost seemed as if her body sought to be near him again, which was a thought that she immediately tossed out the window, focusing on the current wave of hatred directed towards him and not what had happened. And when he spoke, said hatred grew, fueled by her hurt feelings and ego.

“You’re a real dick, you know that?” spat the serpent, distress evident in her tone. “You’re not—you weren’t supposed to say no.” Only, he was, wasn’t he? That had been the answered she’d hoped for after asking him, that was the answer that was supposed to make her forget everything and carry on with her life. Except, none of that happened. His cold no had brought her no sense of relief or release, only hurt feelings. And try as she might, she couldn’t avoid that pain, the shelter of her youth having never turned her heart to ice; she wasn’t Sen nor any other Gorgon woman, she was still just a child.