236 Take Them Off

Right outside the infirmary, Jareth met Sabrina waiting for him.

"I see you've been treated, hmm. Let's show you to your house." Not saying a word more, she turned around and headed towards a different path.

Before when she had led them away, she took them to the various bathrooms first. It also had a changing room close by and they met a clean set of clothes waiting for them.

Following her lead, Jareth was lead down the path to one of the houses towards the fence of the village. There were like six houses lined up in that particular path and each looked like a small house with just two rooms.

Soon they came to a halt in front of the third house. Sabrina turned and smiled sweetly at Jareth and presented the house to him.

"This is where you would be staying. Why don't you go in and have a rest," Sabrina said with her smile broadening and reaching her eyes as she stared at him.

"Where is Astrid? Is she already…?"

Before Jareth could finish his asking his question, Sabrina interjected.

"No, she would be with you in a while. Hold your horses son, you would have your lady in your arms in no time. Let's just say she is being primped up."

Jareth didn't know her smile could broaden more than that as this time she gave him one that had a secret message in it.

"Thank you." With that, he walked past her and made his way into the house.

Jareth pushed the door open and was immediately visited by a not too big room with a door to his left leading to another smaller room with some cooking utensils in it.

In the room was a bed six by six feet bed that almost took up more than half of the space in the room. It was big enough to contain two of them and even three that is if Snow decided to join them.

Hold up… One bed! *Grins*

'Wait a minute, only one bed. No wonder…' Jareth's mind drifted off to a moment ago. Now he understood the reason behind her smile and her statement. 'You would have your lady in your arms in no time…'

Subconsciously he facepalmed himself and he did it hard, causing him t end up wincing at the stinging pain.

Who was he to blame anyone? What was he expecting? Wasn't he the one who couldn't get enough of her lips? Now the whole village thinks he was going to…

Bang!

The door pushed open with force, bringing in a large gush of wind with it. Jareth snapped his head to the door, thinking Astrid was coming but regretted it the minute he looked back.

Quickly he slammed his eyes shut to prevent dust and dirt from entering his eyes. After about a minute, everything died down and he went to close the door.

By the time he was done, Jareth was a mess. He was so tired and in so much pain. The concoction that was given to him to help with the pain was outrightly rejected by him.

Rather, Jareth offered that it be given to Clive when he woke up. In truth, he was in more pain than he could think of, but he showed no form of emotion back at the infirmary.

Now… he couldn't hide it any longer and closed his eyes as a faint agonizing cry pierced out his throat the moment he placed his thumb and forefinger on his broken rib cage and pushed it into place.

His vision became blurry and his legs wobbled. Quickly, he made his way to the bed and gently sat down, supporting his weight with his hand.

"Urgh!"

Minutes later, a knock came on the door and it pushed open with a creaking sound, revealing Astrid and the little white tiger phoenix beast.

Jareth lifted his head and his eyes locked with a pair of black ones. His lips curved up slightly into a side smile and Astrid returned it, taking a step into the room.

The windows in the room were already opened, thus illuminating the room better. Astrid took two more steps and shut the door behind her. It was now that Jareth got the opportunity to take in her full appearance.

She was wearing a thick strapped satin blue short gown that stopped just on her knees and hugged her upper body, accentuating her curves. Her dress complimented her petite figure so well that Jareth couldn't help but lick his lips.

The length was enough to reveal her pair of smooth flawless legs and the neck cut of the dress. Was equally enough to reveal a part of her two twin peaks. It exuded her beauty... seductive and at the same time elegant, just like the charming princess that she was.

Her golden hair was well combed and brushed to remove all the dirt and tangles in them from lack of combing for days, leaving it in a wavy heap to fall behind her at the end of her waist.

His gaze trailed down her body and back to her face as he took in the beautiful goddess standing before him.

If he had thought her beautiful before, now she looked so much like a queen in her simple outfit. Her pair of black eyes stared back into his and without a word from either of them, Astrid closed the gap between them, stopping just in front of his legs where he sat at the edge of the bed.

She wasn't the only one who turned beautiful from being properly clean, Jareth himself did a decent job.

He was wearing a loose-fitting shirt that gave passage for enough air to caresses his bare skin and a pair of leather trousers.

From his simple attire coupled with his hair which was unwoven and combed through, he looked particularly stunning.

"Take them off."