Hellbound With You (WN)

Alicia just stared at him as he said those words. She had never worried nor was she afraid of her own safety because she was already dead. Now she was only ’alive ’ and living on borrowed time – thanks to her draining on Ezekiel ’s powers. But this man… he had protected her to the point as though even a single scratch would kill her. The fight this morning was so intense and yet she had not suffered from even a small cut from all the broken glasses. That just went to show how well protected she was.

And now he was making such a promise that was effectively melting her heart into a puddle. In fact, many others had sworn those same words to her. Thus, she should have been used to it already, but with Ezekiel, it just somehow felt different. And the intensity was just off the charts!

She wanted to tell him that he should be worrying more about himself. He was incredibly weak right now compared to his usual self. If there was another fight that will break out, he might get hurt again from protecting her.

It was still hard for her to see him this weak. She was always used to seeing him as someone invincible and with an unlimited amount of powers. It was not just her, in fact, but everyone else too. No one has ever seen him this weak for hundreds of years until now.

Suddenly, Alicia ’s hands strayed down to his face and… she pinched his cheeks.

The action was so unwarranted and unexpected that his brows furrowed at what she was doing and Alicia pressed her lips together at the serious and questioning gaze he was throwing at her. She bit down on the insides of her cheeks, making sure that she would not laugh at the face that he was making at her.

She did not remove her hand and just kept pinching his cheeks lightly as she kneaded it a little as well.

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”What are you doing? ” he asked.

”Pinching you. ” came her reply, as though shocked that he would still ask the obvious.