moist.
She couldn’t help being pleased when his eyes raked boldly over her—even as he headed toward the door to depart. He flashed another impish grin. “Have a fun evening, virgin girl.”
She gasped at the reminder—and as the door shut behind him, she wished she’d hidden her reaction better. Here in town by herself, outside the fortress, she’d already forgotten her braid and what it signified to those who saw her. At home, she was accustomed to it—and no one there gave it a second thought. In the village, though, where most girls shed their virginity long before reaching royal bride’s age, she supposed the braid was like a sign suspended from her neck. Royal Virgin. Total Innocent. Never Been Fucked.
Laela lay tied to the bed then for what seemed like hours. Her mind raced the whole time, never slowing. She remembered the two women in the other room, kissing and undressing one another while the men watched, and she wondered what might be
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happening now. With each sound of laughter or collective lusty sigh through the door, she couldn’t resist wondering just what exactly she was missing, and what part Garon might play in it. For with Baelor’s departure, her mind had turned again to her fantasy lover, the man she’d promised her body to.
Odd, now that she’d met him, he seemed more an enigma than ever.
And the longer she lay there—worrying about her father’s anger, or that his men could return, worrying about what her life would become now—the more she wanted Garon to come for her. Not only did she desperately want the distraction from her worrisome thoughts—she also wanted to learn the mysteries of sex from a man, once and for all. The sights and sensations of the evening had built in her an entirely new sort of desire—something brazen and hungry that couldn’t be pushed down. Were her hands not tied, she would have touched herself to ease the hot ache. Blasted strips of leather.
Finally, when her cunt felt near implosion and she’d nearly given up on his ever coming through the door—it opened. In the outer room, soft laughter and the clink of goblets could still be heard, but she had the sense of a smaller, quieter crowd now that the night had grown later. She lay, her arms stretched to either side, watching as he entered the shadowy chamber.
Baelor had left large candles burning, and Garon’s blue eyes sparkled in the light when he delivered a wicked smile. “Waiting up for me, princess? How sweet.”
She pursed her lips at his roguish manner. “It’s a bit difficult to sleep while trussed like a pig.”
He chuckled. “Come now, you’re hardly tied up that well. But if you’d like me to try, I can get more leather.”
She simply blinked. “Why would I…?”
He let out another of his knowing little laughs. “Some women like to be bound very tight, princess.”
She flinched slightly, just then understanding that he must be talking about something sexual. “Oh. Well…I don’t believe I’m one of them. In fact, my arms hurt.”
“If you ask me , you look damnably tempting that way.” He walked slowly around the bed, giving her a long once-over. Her body hummed under his scrutiny, her breasts feeling even more sensitive and needy beneath his gaze and her pussy tingling madly, even if some unexamined instinct led her to draw her legs together beneath her silken gown. She liked his eyes on her, yet at the same time, they made her feel all too vulnerable. “Indeed, a man could be tempted to shove up those fancy skirts and sink his cock into your royal cunt, princess.”
Heat climbed her cheeks as the truth assaulted her—he had full control here. She’d known that before, of course, but only now did the true measure of her helplessness strike her. He could do whatever he wished and there was nothing she could do to stop him.
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But if she suffered any fear, it was tempered with