Moon Lovers: Bound by Blood and Revenge

[ Zhou Ancestral Mansion…]

Marceline returned home and was surprised that the mansion was empty. There was no sign of Kira.

"Where did he go?" Marceline mumbled.

She thought Kira was watching over the mansion while she was not around.

"Sigh. I better change my clothes." Marceline said, after looking at the mirror. She was wearing dusty clothes that she found in that abandoned house after rescuing Lyca.

Speaking of Lyca, Dylan was the one who brought her back to his apartment. Lyca's place was still in a mess because of the fight between Dylan and the vampire. So he decided to bring Lyca to his own place.

Marceline proceeded to her bathroom to take a shower. Her body was dusty, sweaty, and stained with blood. She slowly removed her clothes one by one and turned on the dial. As the water droplets poured into her, her mind wandered off somewhere.

'Stella… that woman is Dylan's sister. And she said she's a princess. Does it mean Dylan is also a prince?' Marceline leaned her back on the cold wall, letting the water soak her entire body.

The 'Stella' whom she met a while ago seemed suspicious to her. She interrupted her conversation with Dylan by suddenly showing up from out of nowhere.

If she was right, she believed that Stella had been there, just hiding in the dark before she came out. "Why do I feel like she has something to do with Lyca's incident? She is hiding something from Dylan."

"However… There is no way a werewolf princess will connive with vampires. They are mortal nemesis…" Marceline was a little bit confused now.

Marceline was still lost in her thoughts when the door of her bathroom flew open. Kira suddenly barged in with a grim expression on his face.

Marceline reflexively straightened up, gazing at Kira in amusement. 'What the hell is he trying to do here?'

"Kira, can't you wait out–" Marceline was not able to finish her words as Kira suddenly closed their gaps while engulfing her body in his arms.

"Are you hurt? Why do I smell blood around your body?" Though Kira's expression was dark, his voice was filled with worries and concerns for Marceline.

Marceline rolled her eyes. 'Can't he tell that it is not my blood?'.

"I'm fine. Where have you been? I thought you were watching over our home?" Marceline ranted on Kira as she didn't see him as soon as she arrived home. She was upset, thinking that Kira went to see his ex-lover.

"I just went out to see my friend. How about you? I thought you were only seeing Lyca. Why did you meet Dylan? I can even smell his scent all over your body. I told you to stay away from him." Kira retorted, but he was still hugging her tightly.

Marceline bit her lower lip. She rode Dylan's back while in his werewolf form, and he hugged her a while ago, that's why his scent was stuck in her body as well.

"Why? Are you jealous of him?" Marceline asked him. Her lips twitched fighting a smile.

Kira frowned upon hearing that. He released her from his embrace and looked down to see her face. "Why would I get jealous? He's into Lyca, not you." Kira denied getting jealous of Dylan.

"You promised me not to meet him," he added.

"I have no choice. Lyca is my friend. And like you said, Dylan is into her so we are still bound to meet. Besides, we met tonight because of Lyca." Marceline explained her side. Deep inside, she knew that she couldn't avoid Dylan.

"Lyca was attacked by vampires. They took her and so I went to save her. I hope you understand." Marceline brought up what happened to Lyca.

Kira felt so guilty for that. His fellow vampires were the culprits. "I'm sorry. But rest assured, this will never happen again. I already warned my friend not to touch Lyca and any people close to you. I will also get to the bottom of this and find out their motives."

Marceline just nodded her head. After that, they were engulfed by awkward silence. Marceline and Kira were both being soaked under the shower. And this time they both realized that they were so close to each other. Furthermore, Marceline was bare naked in front of him.

Subconsciously, Kira's gaze fell on her smooth and flawless skin. His eyes moved from her chest going down, moving back to her face. Their eyes met and for some unknown reason, the temperature around them suddenly increased to a certain degree.

Kira ground his teeth while clenching his fists. He was trying to hold back the flaming desire that was awakened after catching a glimpse of Marceline's nakedness.

But it was so hard to resist this temptation. He was dying to kiss her and touch her right now. He was almost losing his self-control when Marceline's words popped up in his mind.

[ "We should set our boundaries that we shouldn't cross. From now on, we should refrain from doing these things… ]

Those words were reminders to Kira that Marceline didn't want to be touched or be intimate with him anymore. This was because of Selene and his feelings.

Meanwhile, Marceline also saw the desire in Kira's eyes as he looked at her. But Kira suddenly hesitated as if something was stopping him from doing what he desired.

Then she remembered what she said to him. And now she started regretting it.

'Lyca said I should fight for him. Don't give up and make him fall for me. If I have to seduce him then I must make a move first.'

With those thoughts in mind, Marceline decided to be true to her feelings. She wanted him as well.

Not breaking their eye-to-eye contact, Marceline grabbed his hands and led them to her body while saying, "As compensation for breaking my words of not seeing Dylan tonight, go… touch me. You have my permission."

Kira was stunned for a moment, trying to digest her words. 'Did I hear it right? She's giving me permission now to touch her?'

Marceline already pressed his palms against her twin peaks, then she tiptoed to kiss him on his lips. That's his cue! Marceline already took the initiative and Kira would not let this slide. His lips began to respond to her kiss and his hands started palming her breasts, feeling their softness.