by Ivy Clyde
Adal stayed still for a while, giving me time to adjust to his girth. His patience surprised me. According to Elga’s lessons, men couldn’t control themselves once they were this intimate with a woman. At that moment, warmth exploded within me. Adal was taking things slow for my sake. Kissing him back, I raised my hips upward, urging him to move inside me.
As Adal began moving, the pain slowly melted away. Pleasure took up its place as I felt his hard throbbing cock inside my pulsing pussy.
He kissed my lips, chin, and breasts, continuing to thrust inside me at a steady rhythm.
“You feel so damn good, Daria,” he said with a groan.
“Go faster, Adal,” I whispered, feeling my pleasure rise with each of his thrusts.
He complied, plunging inside me harder and faster.
My body began tightening once more, winding towards the delicious peak I was seeking. My breasts moved with his thrusts while my pussy throbbed with need. Adal’s mouth was on mine. I closed my eyes as deep moans escaped me.
Adal was becoming more determined and as he sensed my mounting pleasure, he took a nipple between his teeth and closed down on it. A flash of pained delight rushed through me. Crying out with the thrill of it, I felt myself unravel under him.
I climaxed, feeling my whole body shudder under him. My body thrashed back among the sheets, tangling them up but Adal held me down with sheer power. He didn’t stop moving inside me even though my walls clamped onto his shaft.
As the pleasure from the orgasm slowly washed away, I looked up at him. His beautiful face was crumpled in an expression of pain and pleasure as he plunged inside me.
“Come for me once more, Daria,” he whispered hoarsely. His hand moved between our bodies, seeking the swollen nub of my pussy. He stroked it hard while his mouth latched onto my nipple. His cock began hitting me perfectly, each thrust threatening to drive me over the edge.
The combined effect of his thrusting cock along with the attention to my throbbing clit made my mind swim with pleasure. My body abandoned itself to him.
I anticipated my climax, and yet I wanted to delay it, hold it off for as long as I could, to simply feel his cock in my pussy, to feel my nipples pressed against his chest, to feel his fingers tormenting my clit to near ecstasy.
Forever and ever and ever…
I didn’t want this to end.
I didn’t want him to come out of me, to come off me, to come…
I was enjoying being caught on the knife-edge of pleasure-pain too much.
However, I knew I couldn’t hold back any longer. He was plunging inside me so fast now I knew he was close to his own release.
Adal’s breath heaved out of him. Every muscle straining against me was hard and taut.
I finally let my body take me to the edge. My mouth opened wide to cry out as pleasure gripped and shook me. Still, he moved deep inside me, his heat pulsing through me like a heat wave. I was coming, harder than ever before, right down to the tips of my toes as they curled hard.
My walls clenched onto his shaft, drawing deep, raw grunts of pleasure from him. Burying his head in the side of my neck, he thrust in hard, only to explode inside me with a loud groan. His seeds burst inside me, adding more heat amidst the overwhelming sensations.
His cum spilled inside me thrice. He pushed again and as my walls clamped onto him, he spurted once more, emptying himself inside me with every last drop he had.
“Daria…Daria…” He remained slumped against me, as completely spent as I was.
It was a while before he tenderly pulled out of me.
I felt his seeds drip out of me and immediately clamped my legs shut, not wanting to lose the warmth of him.
I turned towards him breathlessly as he lay down beside me. His gaze met mine and a gentle smile rose up on his lips. He drew me against him and pulled up a blanket to cover our bodies. There was no need for any words between us. We were entangled in each other’s arms, soaking up the warmth and bliss that enveloped us.
No more thoughts plagued my mind that night as I succumbed to a blissful slumber.
23
It felt like I’d just closed my eyes when someone was gently shaking me awake.
“Wake up, Daria.” I moaned, stretching out my legs. It sounded like Adal. My hands brushed over the side and came up empty. Where’d he go? Slowly, I opened my heavy lids.
Adal’s face was close to mine. His golden curls framed his beautiful face as a smile rose on his luscious lips. “Please wake up, love.”
Yawning wide, I sat up. It was still dark outside but the grayish light of dawn filtered through the shuttered windows. “Why are you up so early?” I asked, suppressing another yawn.
He placed a gentle hand on my head. “It’s time for me to leave now.”
“What?”
I blinked hard and rubbed the sleep still clinging to my lashes. Adal was fully dressed with a hooded-cloak wrapped around his shoulders.
“I wish you could stay longer,” I said, grasping his hand and bringing it to my cheek. I would miss Adal’s warmth and kindness.
Bending down, he kissed my cheek. “I wish that too. I hate leaving you right after we made love.”
He smiled, capturing my lips between his. Before I could deepen the kiss, he pulled away. “I’ll be tempted to get back to bed with you.”
I chuckled and then, sighed. There was really no way we could do as we pleased. After the chaos I created last night, it would be dangerous for both Adal and Norvin to be identified alongside Cain.
“I have something for you,” he said, clasping my hands in his. I felt something smooth and solid pass into my grasp.
Opening my hands, I saw a small rectangular jade tablet carved with letters from the Baledonian script. The letters were surrounded by floral designs on all four sides.
“It’s beautiful,” I said, caressing the smooth, cool stone.
“This is a royal badge issued by me,” he explained. “Every servant that goes out of the palace to run errands for me must have one of these to return back to the palace. It’s a very important seal and you must be careful with it. In the wrong hands, it could bring a lot of trouble to me and the people of my house.”
“I understand.”
“Show it to the palace guards when you reach Baledonia and they will bring you to me.”
I stared at the jade tablet in my hand, already missing the man beside me.
“We’ll meet very soon.” Adal’s hand closed over mine to squeeze it gently.
Unbidden, a sob choked my throat. I blinked back the sudden tears that pricked my eyes.
“Are you crying, Daria?” Adal bent low, so he could be level with my face.
I was as surprised as him. It had been years since I felt this emotionally sad. Brushing the tears away, I smiled up at him, but the ache in my heart wouldn’t go away.
Adal kissed my lips, cheeks, eyes, and nose. “I will miss you every moment I’m apart from you.”
“Go.”
“Daria…”
“I am not used to partings,” I said, brushing away more tears. Why was it such a struggle to control my emotions around him and the others? I had never been affected this way before. “You should go, Adal. I’ll be fine.”
“Promise me?”
“I promise. Now go before the sun rises.”
With one last kiss, he walked out of the room.
Locking the door behind, I came back to bed. The sheets felt cold without his presence beside me. I stretched my arms over my head, wondering if I should get dressed. But the soreness in my pussy as well as body won. Pulling the blankets over my naked body, I fell back among the pillows.
My pussy ached with need. A part of me wished to keep Adal for another hour before he left. “Stop it!” I chided myself.
Mercifully, sleep overcame me, giving me an escape from my lustful urges.
The sound of loud knocking startled me out of sleep.
As I woke up the second time, the last rays of a
setting sun shone through the shutters of the window. With a start, I realized I’d slept through the day. It had to be the reason my body felt so good. The knocking sounded again.
“Who is it?” I called out, pulling the sheets over me and climbing off the bed.
“What’s taking you so long to answer?” It was Norvin’s voice. “I was about to break down the door.”
“Give me a minute to get dressed,” I hollered.
“I am definitely breaking down this door!”
“Norvin!”
“Open up, then!”
Frustrated, I marched forward to open the door. If there were people standing around him, they would get an eyeful of me as well.
Norvin marched inside the moment I opened the door. Closing it shut behind him, I faced him. “What’s going on? Is something up?”
From his attire, I could tell he was ready to travel. A thick bundle hung from one shoulder. Dropping it to the floor, he stared at me, his eyes going wide. For a few moments, he didn’t speak as he watched me transfixed. Pointing a finger at me, he said, “What have you been doing, woman?”
I gaped back at him, not understanding his strange behavior. “What are you talking about?”
He strode forward to stand close to me. “I can smell him all over you. What have you been doing with Adal?”
A hot blush spread through my neck and into my cheeks. “That’s between me and him,” I muttered, not meeting his accusing gaze.
“Daria. Look at me.” He turned my face towards him. “Did you both really…did you actually…”
“We did.” There was no need to hide it from him. He already knew the way I felt about Adal and Cain.
He let go off me and took a step back. “I don’t believe this.” He ran his fingers through his wild midnight-blue hair. “He’s never been with a woman before.”
“I know.”
“You know?”
“Adal told me. But, it didn’t matter. I am happy with the way things happened between us.” I fought another blush but my cheeks heated up at the memory of him on top of me as he thrust inside me.
“How many men have you been with before?”
“Counting Adal? One.”
He looked astonished for a moment, but within seconds, a smug expression set in. “How do you know whether it was any good? You have never even been with a man before.”
“It was very good,” I insisted.
“Why don’t you test it out with me?” He walked close to me. “Let me have you too, Daria.”
I hesitated. While I was just as attracted to Norvin, I doubted his intentions. “Are you sure you wish to share me with Adal? Or do you intend to use my body and forget about it?” A cold wave hit me in the chest. Would Norvin be as cruel as the men I’d been warned against?
He looked like I’d just struck him. Shaking his head, he turned away from me. “You don’t trust me, Daria.”
“I want to, though.”
Exhaling a long breath, he turned around to face me. “I came to tell you I’m leaving within the hour.”
“Can you tell me where you’re going?”
“Cain told me to lay low in Partaig. He’s arranged a safe house for me.”
I nodded. “I will find you.”
Norvin walked close to me. Leaning down, he drew me into his arms and leaned down to press his lips to mine. Surprised, it took a moment for me to respond. I opened my mouth to his probing tongue, tasting his intoxicating minty taste.
Suddenly pulling away, he stared at me. His purple-hued eyes were burning with intensity, setting the place between my thighs to throb hard with need.
“I can smell your arousal, Daria,” he said in a low voice. His gaze dropped down to my lips and then to my heaving breasts, straining against the bed sheet still wrapped around me. He raised the back of his hand to caress my cheek. To my flaming skin, his touch felt cool. “I will wait for you to trust me with your heart, Daria. It’s not just your body I want. I need all of you.” Pecking my lips once more, he strode out of the room.
Closing the door after him, I sat down on the edge of the bed. Now that he’d left, I was regretting not letting him have his way with me. My body felt hot and my pussy throbbed like a second heart.
I need to cool this fever before I throw myself at Cain like a wanton, I decided, quickly putting on some clothes. Remnants of my night with Adal were a dried mess on my thighs. I definitely needed a proper wash.
Going into the back courtyard, I looked around. The crowd of people I saw last night had disappeared. A few women remained but they were busily carrying buckets of water or walking past hurriedly. They were too busy to even glance at me.
The sun dipped below the horizon as I moved further away from the house. Closing my eyes, I summoned for Tuto. As our minds connected, I caught flashes of a maize field down below. It was only minutes before I saw his ghostly white form fly overhead.
The kitchens were supposed to be located behind the row of houses, so I assumed a well had to be someplace nearby. Going around a bend, I came to the wide open doors of the kitchen. Slipping through the long shadows, I peered inside.
A couple of women were inside. Huge pots boiled around them as they talked loudly.
“Who do you think she was?” the taller of the two said.
“I heard she was His Highness’s woman. Sam swears the prince called her his maid,” replied her companion. They both looked to be middle-aged.
“Either way, she belongs to him.”
“Don’t sound so happy, Gendra. Both the prince and his woman went up against Princess Helena. Do you think Emperor Ivan will let it slide?”
“It was that witch’s fault!” cried the woman. “She murdered my daughter. I wish the prince would drag her through the streets until her hair came off her scalp. If she still lived, I’d have liked her to be beaten to death like a rabid bitch.”
“Now, now, Gendra…” She hugged her friend. “Calm down for now. You and I can do nothing. Even the prince can do nothing against the might of the emperor. The fact that he even allowed the truth to come to light is something we need to be grateful for.”
The woman called Gendra broke down in tears while her distraught friend struggled to calm her. I moved on, skirting the sides of the kitchen building to look for the well. After the wonderful few hours with Adal, I’d almost allowed my mind to forget about the terrible crimes done by Helena.
She remained safe while the people of Carran would have to pick up the broken pieces of their lives and try to survive. Daughters, sons, mothers, and fathers…Helena killed them all without a care. Anger and hatred burned inside me. My determination to kill the emperor was steadily becoming a personal one. It was because of him little girls were being bled to death. He’d made the ruling princes helpless to protect their own kingdoms. He was the reason for the death of law and order.
As I crept away from the kitchen, a large well came in sight. The area was quiet and I could just pretend to be a maid in the governor’s house if anyone asked me questions. Reaching it, I dropped a bucket in the dark waters down below. Filling it up, I drew it back up and poured the water in a large wooden pail that was resting beside the well.
When the pail was full, I began washing up. The water wasn’t cold yet, helping me bathe without any problem. The area remained deserted but I let Tuto keep a watch just in case.
Both Adal and Norvin were gone. It would soon be time for Cain and me to leave as well.
24
I stopped at an unmarked site on the road to Partaig. It was dangerous for common folk to stop in a deserted place lest they get robbed, but I had no choice. According to Cain, the emperor’s spies were gathering in these parts. It was risky to get noticed and taken back for a second execution.
Wild beasts prowled the woods on either side of the roads but it was easier to take a chance with them than an army of mercenaries controlled by one of the Emperor's spies. Lighting a small fire in a clearing, I decided to spend the night th
ere. Once I reached Partaig, I could go to the safe house Cain arranged for me.
I was plagued all night by mosquitoes. While the fire kept the wolves away, it had no effect on the tiny bloodsuckers. To distract myself, I kept thinking of Daria’s naked body wrapped in a thin sheet. All I had to do was tug it out of her clutching fingers and she would be unraveled before me. My cock hardened at the thought. I was sure to give myself blue balls just thinking about her. There was no guarantee I would meet Daria in a long, long time.
Using my cloak for a sheet and a bundle of clothes for a makeshift pillow, I lay down close to the fire. The clear night sky gave me a beautiful view of the stars overhead. My mind went to Adal who loved studying them since he was a boy. Memories of us sitting by a river bank in Redfall, gazing up at the stars, flashed through my mind. A part of me was surprised I wasn’t consumed with jealousy and rage for what he’d done before leaving.
He was the first man to touch Daria, to be inside her. Adal always spoke of being with the one woman he fell in love with. While Cain and I slept with the ladies of our court on occasions, Adal kept himself pure for a woman he hadn’t even met. It baffled me during my younger days but I was beginning to understand him.
No matter how torturous it is, I couldn’t think of another woman other than Daria. Thoughts of her filled my heart and mind. If she’d agreed to run away with me back in Linmoor, I would have easily given up on vengeance and spent a peaceful life with her.
I wasn’t even angry with Daria for choosing to be intimate with Adal. While it was one thing to jealous of Adal’s luck, I couldn’t curse either of them for their choices. I still loved Adal as a brother. And I was still madly in love with Daria.
Nothing had changed.
Cain had it right this whole time. We were all dragons, beasts in our most primal form. It was in our nature not to care about the rules set up by humans. Among us, we could have multiple partners. There was no room for jealousy or seniority among our families. All our mates were treated equal, unlike the humans, who sought to divide women into wives and concubines, leading to differential treatment.
