Chapter 47 Amice mae
"my star, look at me" his deep voice had softened, the underlining husky tone still there. He traced Audrey's collar bone while drinking in how captivating she was. He was hooked and had no escape from her, she had managed to wrap him around her little finger and she didn't even know it yet.
Even now as she laid underneath him she was still oblivious to the number of times he had thought about this moment or dreamt of having her in his arms. He was so fascinated by her it seemed impossible to have thought of a time where he didn't get to see her even during the past few weeks she had been avoiding him he had still managed to look at her to his hearts content.
Whether she'd be in the garden reading alone or uncovering one of his many secret book staches he had hidden around this quarters for her to find. The gleam in her eyes when she'd unwrap the velvet materials and pick out each book, her plum pink lips would pull up into a smile and her dark eyes would shine ever so brightly. To him she was flawless, one thing he knew for certain was the day he would see the littlest bit of flaw in her he would say his eyes were the flawed ones.
What he felt at the moment could not be explained in words. The same feeling engulfed his senses the moment it had registered in his foggy brain that he had kissed Audrey and it wasn't in his lust induced imagination, she reciprocated it.
The very second she had taken off and out of the room he had immediately dashed out of his chambers after her when Ryker stopped him and tried his best to calm his rapid senses down. He was aroused and Ryker could smell it, he knew letting Darius go in this state may be too overwhelming for Audrey so the Alpha King's beta had to talk to a disheveled Phoenix who obviously from the gold flakes polling in Darius's pupils had taken over.
It was their first intimate act and the thought alone still made Darius harden. How soft and welcoming her sweet lips were, how she timidly moved them against his and how submissive she was to his dominant take over. It was all perfect, she was perfect and now she lay beneath him, red and embarrassed.
So beautiful
It was her first erotic experience and he could tell. The thought that he was going to be her first in everything only fueled his need to reassure her and make her feel safe and cared for. So he knew at the moment she did not understand what had happened, "Princess"
In a single movement Darius had flipped them, landing Audrey on his lap, her legs dropping at each of his sides, straddling him. Her hands had landed on his shoulders as her shriek tore through the silence. Wide frantic dark eyes gazed up at him, but what he could see left his heart swelling. He didn't see fear in her eyes he could see shock, warmth, comfort and a promise of something greater.
Maybe he was reading into it too much but as silly as it may have been he held onto it, capturing the image in his mind for eternity.
"Darius" her cheeks had tinted once more, but this time she was embarrassed at how large he was even when seated. So large he still towered over her as she sat in his lap. Strong posessive hands gripped her hips firmly to him, his fingers leaving tingles.
"Yes baby" he replied, his eyes still wondering her face. He could tell from the way she was biting down on her bottom lip she wanted to say something, maybe try to address what happened as best she could. Her light brows pinched and her lips stewed she looked absolutely adorable.
His eyes immediately darted to the action and the urge to capture her lips were strong but he wanted her to speak and he knew if he did he would never want to let go. "Use your words baby" he encouraged, his deep baritone making the term of endearment sound a lot more pleasurable than Audrey would want to admit.
It made her breathing heavy, "T-that.. I don't n-know" the words were stuck, not willing to come out and it made everything worse when Darius had shifted his attention to a lock of her hair, his long fingers played with the tip, twirling it around his fingers.
"Go on, I'm listening" he encouraged.
Audrey felt her insides knot at his tone and how his eyes flickered up to meet hers. She could barely breathe well how could she form a coherent sentence?, "N-nothing I j-just remember um remembered Astrid is waiting f-for me" her cheeks had tinted a deep red once again, the colour coating her ears and the tip of her nose.
Darius knew she was making excuses so she could leave and that was the one thing he would never let her do. Leave, ever. She made a move to get off his lap but Darius wasn't having it so he held onto her waist, pulling her body flushed against his and trapping her in the process. His face was only a breath away and by her ragged breaths he could tell she felt it too. The tension, the want, the desire. It was as thick as caramel and gosh did he love caramel.
"I won't have you feeling embarrassed love. It was our first intimate moment, I don't want you getting anxious or avoiding me like you did after we kissed. I should have come to talk to you but I wanted to give you time and space" he spoke, tracing the curves of Audrey's face, his eyes never releasing hers.
So he had noticed. She let out a shaky breath, "i-I'm sorry" she quietly apologized, her face falling to his buttons where her fingers currently fiddled at in a failed attempt to hide the indifference in her eyes and the anxiousness in her tone.