by Jane Henry
“I love you, my sweet Carina,” he says, and at his words, I know now that the ways of the ancients have awakened in me the first feelings I have ever had.
“And I love you,” I answer. He grasps the chain at my neck, still locked from the moment he placed it on me. He pulls me to him by the necklace and twists it, kissing me hard. He leads me back to his men and lifts me onto his horse with one arm, positions me so that I am in front of him, he behind me. We ride on to the portal, and I do not look back.
Chapter Nineteen
Aldric
“Although I must confess this is one of the loveliest flowers I have ever seen, I am almost prepared to forfeit such beauty to be rid of the pesky flies,” Carina says, slapping her hand at the air to ward off the insects. She is lying belly-down in a field of violets and dandelions, gracefully picking the long-stemmed yellow dandelions in a bunch. I’ve just sent my servant back to the castle with our basket of lunch remains, and am enjoying the time alone with her.
In the past week, I have enjoyed her company immensely. Somehow, her last time on Freanoss gave her the ability to let go of the residual claim she had on her home planet. I have made it my mission to convince her that the choice she made was not one she will come to regret.
I have taken her to the marketplace, walked her through the gardens in the morning, and brought her swimming to the ocean’s edge. I delighted in her shrieks of glee as the waves carried her up, the gentle saltwater with a mild enough undertow that the Avalere people often take their children to the beach. She picked out beautiful linens I was happy to have fashioned into scarves and tunics for her. She is bedecked in jewels, and even now wears a soft pair of leather thong sandals, a real luxury on Avalere as we rarely wear footwear, but the shells of the beach cut her tender skin and I had the sandals fashioned for her. I have commanded that anything she wish cooked for her be brought to her on platters, her favorite tea be brewed at her command, her every need attended to. My servants adore my Carina and are eager to please her. She is demure, graceful, and kind.
I gesture to the flies. “It is because you are too sweet, little one,” I say, kneeling next to her and smacking at the flies with my own hands. They scatter, and we are left alone.
She frowns, but she looks playfully at me. “Do even the flies obey you, my lord?” she asks, a coy smile playing upon her lips.
I lie on my back in the grass, reaching for her, and she squeals as I draw her over me so that her body is flush against mine.
“Even the flies.”
“Do the birds of the air obey you?” she asks, as my hand reaches over the curve of her bottom and cups her warmed backside, the heat of her skin reminding me of the spanking I gave her earlier that day. She took her due recourse a week ago, for having disobeyed me and risked life and limb going to Freanoss. Though she hasn’t been punished since, she thrives under my firm hand, and I leave a frequent sting on her skin to remind her that she belongs to me. Even now, as I squeeze her warm backside, she wiggles on me with arousal. My cock stirs under her in response.
“Even the birds obey me,” I say.
Her eyes twinkle as she leans down and kisses my cheek. “And what about the beasts in the forest? Do even they obey you?”
I smile at her, running my hands through her beautiful lengths of hair.
“Even the beasts of the forest,” I say with mock sternness, enjoying her squirming above me. “Everything and everyone obeys me, Carina, or they suffer my displeasure. This you well know,” I say, with a pointed squeeze of her shapely bottom.
She flushes. “Must you always grope me so?” she asks, but I can tell she is pleased. Our lovemaking after I spanked her this morning has left me only momentarily sated, and she is every bit as eager as I am.
“Always,” I say to her, lifting and flipping her so that she is below me and I on top. “And you obey me because I love you.”
She sighs, and her face finally breaks into the wide, open grin I love. “Impossible barbarian, savage that you are,” she says, her hand running down my bare chest. “I love you.”
I stop her mouth with mine, and show her exactly how savage I can be.
The End
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