Chapter 32: Ruthless Love

I rushed out of the barrier without care. It turned out that the people inside could pass through safely. Krell followed me. He grabbed my hand and was even a little fierce. "Krell, let me go!" My wrist hurt from his grip. "No." Krell grabbed me a little harder, and I lost my balance. Gravity forced me to fall towards him. Just as I closed my eyes to accept Krell's help, a pair of bony hands took mine and yanked me aside. "Mia, are you okay?" Kasim asked, lowering his head to wipe away the blood Krell had just left on my lips. "Let go of Mia!" Krell yelled at Kasim. "No, if I let her go, you'll humiliate her again. She doesn't want to be with you!" Kasim said as he took off his coat and draped it over my shoulders. I felt so warm... I just spent so much time with Krell, but he didn't even notice that I was shivering with cold. Kasim was like an angel! Suddenly I heard a horrible sound and looked back. I saw Kasim was beaten to the ground. The shirt on his arm was torn, and there was a four-inch-long wound on his arm. His skin was split open, he was bleeding. That wound was scary and formed a stark contrast to Kasim's smooth, fair skin. I stepped forward to argue with Krell, but Kasim held me back. "Mia, don't blame him. It was me who insisted on grabbing you and not letting go. But… Oh, Mia, it hurts..." Kasim's eyes were exceptionally bright and clear at this moment as if they were filled with water. I looked at Kasim's wound. At this moment, the wound hurt me so much as if it were on my heart. I had to take Kasim to my tent to heal. "Can you take the shirt off yourself?" I asked Kasim. Kasim raised his uninjured hand and undid the buttons one by one, and his abs and V-lines were barely visible under his open shirt. The skin under Kasim's shirt was very fair. In fact, it was a little fairer than mine. I looked at his abs and actually became distracted. "Mia?" "Mia?" It wasn't until Kasim called me that I regained my senses. "Yes? What's wrong?" "I can't take it off," Kasim replied. He could only move one hand, and taking off his shirt was indeed a little difficult for him. "Ah, sorry." I felt sorry for my lack of concentration. I quickly took off his shirt. For fear of touching his wound, I could only slow down and touch his skin several times. Kasim let out a long sigh of relief when his shirt was finally taken off. "Did I hurt you by touching you?" I asked. His expression of relief made me wonder if I hadn't moved gently enough. Kasim smiled. He reached out and tucked my hair behind my ear. "I just feel that your fingertips are very warm, and I almost can't control myself." Oh my! What was he talking about? I gathered a ball of white light in my hand and caressed his wound, concentrating on healing him. "Mia." Kasim seemed to know that I was shy, so he didn't continue the topic. "How did you and Krell meet?" I did not expect him to ask this question, and I thought I could barely remember... I told Kasim all about how I knew Krell and the others. It wasn't until I finished that I realized that they had suddenly appeared in my life after my 21st birthday. "Have you ever suspected their intentions?" Kasim suddenly asked. "What?" I was dumbfounded for a moment. I had thought about it before, but as time passed, I got along with them like a family. They seemed to have been contributing to me and had never told me the reason. "You are so beautiful. Aren't you afraid that they have some ulterior motives? Just like Krell, he didn't even ask for your permission when he kissed you just now," Kasim said. He actually sounded a little angry. What was Kasim implying? Were they just interested in my body? I was indeed quite lousy. Other than my body, I had nothing better than others. "Mia, don't take it to heart. I'm just reminding you. After all, you're so pretty..." Kasim brought his lips to my ear. He pursed my hair, and It tickled. Then he gently moved and kissed the back of my neck. *** *Locas* Damn it! Why did Mia want to keep Kasim here? Who knew what he was planning? And I had to guard the camp with him today! I glanced impatiently at this recently arrived love rival. "Locas. Well, that's your name, right? We haven't talked much yet." Kasim took the initiative to talk to me. "Thanks. I don't want to." I turned Kasim down. "Have you always spoken so coldly?" Kasim asked me. "No wonder Mia hasn't agreed to you after so long." Shit! Damn it! What was he talking about? "It's none of your business what happens between Mia and me!" I scolded him loudly. Then I turned around and took a sip of water, not wanting to talk to him any longer. "Are you angry? Girls don't like men with bad tempers," Kasim said again. I thought, 'He's too annoying! So many women are crazy for me! How dare a brat like him judge me like this?' My upbringing told me that I should not argue with a man so much younger than me, but I still couldn't stand it because he mentioned Mia. "How much better can you be? You only saved Mia once. Mia is just taking pity on you. She's such a kind girl and will even save a small animal if it is injured." He had only known Mia for a few days and would never have known Mia as well as I did. "But Mia promised me that she would give herself to me." I thought, 'What did Kasim say? Mia wanted to be with him? How arrogant!' "You despicable liar. You lied to Mia. How could Mia like someone like you?" I contradict him. "You suspect me?" Kasim was a little angry. It seemed that I had successfully angered him. "Yes, I suspect you!" I said triumphantly. "How could you subdue such a big monster when you're so skinny? That monster must be your partner!" I stared at Kasim with fixed eyes and couldn't wait to see his angry expression. However, he did not show any expression. He grabbed my hand that was holding the cup and splashed the water on himself. What was he doing? "Locas, I just want to talk to you. Why are you so hostile to me?" Kasim said innocently. I didn't do it! What the hell was he doing? "Locas, I thought you were a gentleman. I didn't expect you to be so petty!" I turned to look at the person who was speaking. It was Mia! She must have thought I'd splashed water on Kasim! "Mia, let me explain..." "What's there to explain? I saw it with my own eyes!" I wanted to make things clear to Mia, but she interrupted me. "Kasim, let's go. Stay away from him!" Mia held Kasim's hand and was about to leave. How infuriating! I looked at them holding hands and just felt furious. 'Mia is mine!' I shouted inwardly. That was all I could think. Then I grabbed Mia's hand and separated her from Kasim. I slung Mia over my shoulder and took her into the tent. Yes, there was still an annoying guy outside. I waved my hand, and a golden barrier formed outside the tent. This barrier was unique to our pack. Even Krell could not break it. I placed Mia in the tent. Her shirt was a little messy from the struggle, and half of it had already been lifted up. Her waist was fair and slender. I really wanted to leave red marks on it, and it would definitely be very beautiful. "Locas, let go of me! You despicable man!" Mia shook her head and rejected me with all her might. Damn it! She could kiss Krell like that and be so gentle to Kasim, but why couldn't she be kind to me? I wanted to conquer Mia. I wanted to see her enjoying herself underneath me. I wanted to hear her beg for mercy and plead for love with me. I wanted to enter her body ruthlessly.