by Julie Law
So she rubbed her nether lips against Alexandra’s rod, leaving little trails of wetness in its body until both were panting with need.
Alexandra remained silent though. She kept her mouth closed, trying everything she could to hold back the moans she wanted to release. Her hands moved almost of their own accord, and she grasped Mara’s waist, speeding up the blonde’s motions.
Taking that as a declaration of intent, Mara leaned down and kissed Alexandra’s throat, making the princess lose control and moan out loud. Another moan was heard when the handmaiden started moving down, kissing the top of Alexandra’s breasts.
“Please, please,” Alexandra looked at Mara with pleading eyes and the blonde wasn’t unaffected.
“What do you want?” Mara asked, her voice gentle, and her motions became slower, more contained.
“You,” Alexandra replied, her hold on the other woman’s body tightening. “I want you. I need to be inside of you.”
Mara shivered, smiling as she heard the words she had been wanting to hear for so long. “Then take me.”
It was a dare, and one the princess didn’t hesitate in accepting.
Alexandra shifted and turned them around, laying Mara on her back and sneaking between the woman’s legs. She pushed up against the blonde, and Mara shuddered, putting her arms around the princess and pulling their bodies together.
The raven haired woman let it happen, enjoying the feeling of skin against skin, and the way Mara’s hips brushed against hers.
She looked down and tried to fit against the blonde, but after a few failed attempts she was forced to give up when Mara laughed out loud.
Alexandra glared at her handmaiden, but that only made the blonde more amused.
“Let me,” Mara said, her voice turning rough as her right hand moved between their bodies and grasped Alexandra’s cock. The princess shuddered at that touch, but Mara rubbed that hard flesh against her opening and Alexandra forced herself to still.
It felt far too good, and she was afraid she would lose control and release the beast inside of her.
A moment later her control shattered when Mara pulled her inside.
Alexandra moaned as her cock entered the blonde. It was the only way she had to process the feelings the other woman brought her. Mara was too tight around her, and Alexandra could only tremble as inch after inch of her hard flesh disappeared inside the golden haired woman.
She stopped moving forward when the blonde released a pained moan, and started back, afraid she had hurt Mara, but the blonde didn’t let her escape completely, lacing her legs around Alexandra’s back.
“It’s alright,” Mara said soothingly, speaking like she knew exactly what Alexandra felt. “You’re just bigger than I planned for, but give me a few moments and I’ll be ready for you.”
Alexandra didn’t say anything and simply let herself be, afraid of doing something she shouldn’t. She just wanted Mara to feel the same pleasure the blonde invoked in her.
She shouldn’t have worried.
Mara slowly pulled her forward once again, until she reached a certain point, and then pushed her away.
Alexandra let the other woman control their motions and settled for following the rhythm. Every time she pushed, she penetrated deeper into Mara, until she worked her entire length inside the blonde. Then both of them had to stop for a few moments to process the sensations.
The blonde held tight to Alexandra’s body, moaning as she pressed her breasts against the princess’s. She closed her eyes and held still, simply enjoying the feel of Alexandra’s cock, and then moaned as the other woman started moving back.
They moved into one another, bodies shuddering with pleasure, moans escaping their mouths. Their thrusts were accompanied by the sounds of their flesh meeting one another, and it only excited them.
Alexandra lost herself in the moment. She had never felt anything as good as what she and Mara were doing, and she could barely stop herself from thrusting with abandon, wanting to reach that point where her cock exploded and pleasure flooded her mind.
It didn’t take long.
Mara moved against her, and Alexandra let it all go; all of her worries, her thoughts, and just focused on the sensations the other woman’s body brought her.
She came with a shout, and felt Mara tightening around her cock, the handmaiden starting to come as well.
Alexandra kept moving, and a gasp escaped her mouth as her cock jerked again and released its seed inside of Mara, flooding the blonde’s womb. She looked down at the other woman, letting her eyes rove over Mara’s face as she came. The blonde’s eyes were closed as she focused on the pleasure they shared with one another.
Alexandra smiled.
Mara’s legs became tighter for a moment around Alexandra’s waist, but she released her hold with a sigh and opened her eyes, smiling brightly at the princess.
“That was fun.” The handmaiden said, and the princess had to laugh with her.
Alexandra leaned down and kissed Mara’s lips. “Yes, it was.”
Their kiss started gentle and turned a little heated, but the raven haired woman stopped it before it could get more ravenous. She leaned back from Mara and laid down, spooning herself against the blonde.
“Actually,” Alexandra started after a few moments of silence. “That was pretty much incredible. I never knew lovemaking could be so fun.”
Mara raised her head from the bed. “But that wasn’t the first time you did it, was it?” She asked, confused.
“It was the first time my curse didn’t make me lose all conscious thought during the act, tough.” The princess replied with a shrug, pulling Mara’s body tighter against hers. “Before, I would always lose control before getting as far as I did with you, and then it was like if I had woken from a dream. I knew what I had done, but I felt nothing while it happened. With you it’s different.”
Mara looked away at that, oddly touched by the words. Her cheeks colored.
The blonde was perfectly aware she was falling in love with the other woman, but she doubted Alexandra would reply – could reply – to that love; not with her position and status, no matter how much the woman might want to.
If Alexandra had feelings for her, it would be best if they simply ignored them.
Nonetheless, there was something Mara wanted to know, and this new proximity would allow her to finally question the princess. “Speaking about your curse,” She started hesitantly, and only continued when Alexandra looked at her with calm eyes. “How did it happen? Why did a sorceress did this to you?”
Alexandra sighed and looked at the ceiling her mind lost in remembrance.
Mara remained silent, giving the other woman her space, knowing just how painful it could be to speak about the past.
“It all started when a beautiful woman came to court.” Alexandra’s voice was placid, but Mara could hear the wistfulness behind it. Obviously, the princess had cared a great deal about whoever she was talking about.
“Most didn’t know that this woman was a sorceress.” The princess continued, and she turned to look at Mara, smiling. “Her name was Henrietta and we became great friends. I discovered what she was, but I kept her secret. It amused me, I think, to know something my parents didn’t, and she didn’t scare me.”
“Was she the one who cursed you?” Mara asked gently, and Alexandra replied by poking her in the nose.
“You wanted to hear my tale, so let me tell it, will you?” She asked with a smile.
Mara nodded.
“I thought of her as a sister,” Alexandra said with a whisper. “There was nothing we didn’t do together. We were the beauties of the court, the women most spoken about. I was a princess and my father had yet to choose me a suitor, but Henrietta denied all of those that sought her hand, enraging more than a few nobles. I thought she did it because she was hoping to find better prospects, but then, a few years after we met, I discovered why it was so.”
Alexandra paused, lost in thought. “
It was a day of spring, I remember that. We spent the day in a field nearby simply watching the blooming flowers, talking the whole afternoon. Then, when we started back, she reached for me and kissed me.”
Mara perked up. “What did you do?”
“Nothing,” Alexandra replied. “I just froze and let her move her lips against mine, and then we returned and I put it behind my back, thinking she had simply decided to experiment or something.”
“But it was more than that, wasn’t it?”
“It was,” The princess confirmed with a nod. “Henrietta kissed me again the next day, and the day after, only stopping when I forced her to. I remember how she looked at me then, confused and hurt, and I had to tell her the truth; that I didn’t care for her like that.”
Alexandra shivered. “I still have nightmares about the glare she gave me, but then her look softened and she turned around and left. I hoped she would stop after that, and she did for a while, but eventually she tried to seduce me again. It all started with little touches. She would let her hands linger upon mine more than needed, and she would brush her fingers against my curves while we spoke to one other.”
The princess had a faraway look in her face, and Mara found herself comforting the other woman, running her hand up the woman’s leg.
Alexandra gasped at that touch, and turned to kiss Mara for a few moments before continuing her tale. “When I asked her to stop again, she raged at me, calling me a coward for not replying to her love and letting what others think stop me.”
“Did you?” Mara asked, her voice faint. That question was one part of her wanted answered very much; a little piece of her that hoped there could be something between both of them.
“No,” The princess replied, shaking her head at the same time. “I cared for her, but I didn’t love her, not like that. I didn’t feel passion for her, but she wouldn’t believe me. So she did something else.”
Alexandra’s voice trailed off, and Mara didn’t even have to wonder.
“She cursed you?”
The princess nodded. “She said that she would force me to show my true nature, and make me defile the women of the kingdom whether I wanted to or not.” She turned her head to look at Mara’s face. “The effects of the curse you have already seen.”
Mara bit her lower lip. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s not your fault.” Alexandra replied and then paused. When no more words were forthcoming, she caressed Mara’s shoulder, and then her cheek, until the other woman faced her. “And what about you?”
“What do you mean?” Mara answered Alexandra’s question with another query, even as some nervousness settled in her stomach.
“I know you’re no common peasant, Mara.” Alexandra said gently. “You’re too well spoken for one, you know how to read, how to behave. What happened to make you turn to banditry?”
Mara looked away but after a few moments she sighed and turned back. She found out that she wanted to tell Alexandra her story, and talk about what she suffered in the past. The princess had put her thrust in her, and she wanted to do the same.
“My father was a duke.” Mara started, her voice faint, but gaining strength as time went on. “Not of your kingdom, but of a faraway one. I’m not going to say my life was perfect, but it was a pretty good one.”
“What happened?” Alexandra asked, already imagining what might have occurred.
“Our neighbors were greedy and attacked, trying to conquer us.” Mara replied, her mind busy remembering facts that happened a long time ago. “We were winning at first, but then betrayal brought our king down, and defeat swiftly followed. My father’s castle was one of the last to fall.”
A tear escaped from the blonde’s eyes, and Alexandra hugged her. Part of her wanted to make Mara stop, and spare the girl the pain of remembrance, but she knew Mara needed to get it off her chest.
“They executed my father and raped my mother before killing her.” Mara continued and her voice was dead, blank. “I was to be married off to one of our conquerors, a breeding mare to keep our people from rebelling, but I ran away with my sister before they could make me do it and here I am.”
Alexandra didn’t question Mara about what happened after that and until the blonde was imprisoned – she could easily imagine what might have occurred in the meanwhile.
Mara would have been a young girl, caring for a sister in a land she didn’t know, and where there was no one to help her. Someone that desperate would be willing to do anything to survive, and Alexandra didn’t want to make Mara remember her sins.
So she leaned forward and kissed the other woman, caressing her face.
Mara smiled back, though some sadness remained in her eyes, and the princess wondered what she could do to make it disappear.
A moment later her question was answered.
The blonde reached up and kissed her, far more heatedly than the princess had done, and Alexandra felt her cock starting to harden once again.
It didn’t take long for them to lose themselves in the deepest of lovemaking, and Alexandra only hoped with her love she could ease some of the emotions Mara was feeling.
Chapter 4
During the next months, Mara and Alexandra’s relationship became even deeper, more involved.
Both women knew they liked the other more than was recommended, but they couldn’t stop.
Time moved on, and when Mara noticed six months had already passed. On the same day, she realized her body was undergoing a change that might bring her to ruin.
During the mornings she would feel nauseous, at noon she would crave the strangest of foods. Her breasts felt heavier and rounder, and her libido was such that even Alexandra was a little intimidated.
Mara didn’t need to speak to the castle’s maids to understand what was happening, although she ended up asking their opinion anyways.
She was pregnant and had no idea what to do. Should she tell Alexandra, or should she hide it from the woman she loved and tell the seneschal?
She was afraid. There was no way to know what Alexandra’s reaction would be.
Would the princess be happy about it, or would she be terrified?
The fact that Guillermo had taken no precautions against a pregnancy made Mara believe the princess was unable to conceive, but what if that wasn’t true? What if the seneschal simply made the pregnant women disappear? Alexandra might not even know that happened.
But what if she knew? Could Mara risk it?
The blonde was certain Guillermo would make her lose her child if she went to him. He couldn’t risk a bastard having a claim on the throne, or the scandal it would provoke if it was known.
Or maybe he would be happy. It meant that even if Alexandra wasn’t cured of her curse, the royal line would continue.
Mara shook her head. There was no way to divine the future, and trying to control how other people reacted would only make her go insane.
In the end, what mattered was what she wanted to do, and she just wasn’t certain of what that was. She thought really well about it for a couple of days before deciding what to do.
Mara already loved her child. She spent the days imagining what hers or his features would be like, what name she might give him or her.
She wanted to be a mother.
Knowing what she desired didn’t make things easier though. She needed to break the news to Alexandra, but she always hesitated at the last moment.
The princess knew something was going on – she could see how Mara’s behavior changed. The handmaiden spent her days with her mind lost in thought, but she let the blonde be.
Alexandra supposed Mara missed her home and didn’t let it bother her.
Eventually though, Mara ran out of time and if she didn’t tell Alexandra, her belly would when it started to show.
“There’s something I need to tell you.” Mara said, trying not to move too much. Alexandra had decided to take on painting, and now the princess was using the handmaiden as a model.
Mara really didn’t think Alexandra would ever be great at it, but she didn’t mind posing for her lover.
“What is it?” The princess asked, not taking her eyes from the canvas. Her hand moved quickly, laying a stroke of paint.
Mara fidgeted before rising to her feet. “I’m sorry, but I can’t concentrate while posing for you.”
Alexandra raised her brow, but stopped painting and paid attention to her lover. Mara was more nervous than usual, and something told Alexandra it was because the blonde was going to speak about whatever it was that was making her more moody lately.
Mara breathed deeply, closing her eyes and trying to remain calm. It didn’t work. She opened her eyes and found Alexandra near her, worry in the princess’s eyes. She smiled without even thinking about it.
“It’s nothing bad, at least I hope it isn’t …” Mara started before her voice trailed off, her worry making her hesitant once again. Eventually she shook her head, and met Alexandra’s eyes. “I don’t know how it’s possible; actually I do, it’s just that…”
She trailed off again.
The raven haired princess moved forward and caressed her.
Mara blinked before looking into Alexandra’s eyes. “I’m pregnant.”
The princess froze, and barely managed to hear past the sudden loud beat of her heart. “Come again?”
Mara stammered. “I, I’m, hum, pregnant.”
Alexandra didn’t say anything for a while, standing so still that Mara shivered in worry.
The blonde reached out with one hand to caress the princess’s face, but the woman caught it before she could touch her, and Mara grimaced in pain at the brunette’s grip.
“Alexandra?” She asked, hesitantly, when she saw the other woman’s eyes.
The princess didn’t reply. She couldn’t. Her mind was too busy revising the blonde’s words, hearing them echo inside her head.
Alexandra breathed deeply and then regretted it. It seemed to bring her beast forward and suddenly she was struggling to hold back her inner desires.
