Chapter 48 (Cora)🌶️

The next two days went by in a blur, while Tarak had me plan for my servants from King Emerson to go back to Befriel, I had barely seen him. He spent most of his time in his office or out inspecting the preparations. He had come back to our chambers late the last couple of nights, opting to sleep on the couch so as not to disturb me and leaving early in the morning before I awoke. The last few days I had felt lonely without his conversations or company and I had realized I missed him when he wasn’t around.

It was an odd sensation for me, while I missed my mother and the staff back at the annex it wasn’t the same way I missed him. My mind seemed to always be filled with thoughts of him, and my first reaction to anything that happened was I wanted to tell him about it.

The night before our departure to the Counts estate I curled myself up on the chaise lounge in our chambers so I could read one of my mothers books. The air was hot leftover from the oppressing summer sun and I left the balcony door open to let the cool night air in. Lydy had dressed me in one of the thinnest night gowns I had, so I could keep cool.

“Nareh, even just lounging like that I could have mistaken you for a goddess, come to tempt me.” Just the sound of his voice, low and soft sent a shiver down my spine.

hadn’t heard Ara come in. He was leaning against the closed door just watching me. Uncurling myself from the chaise and setting my book to the side I sat up so he could come sit next to me.

As he sat the chair gave into his weight and I was tilted into this frame. His hand found my cheek as he gazed at me soaking in my image.

“I’ve missed you.” the words escaped my lips.

He leaned into me touching our foreheads together, his thumb rubbing slow circles on my cheek. He sighed as if relaxing into me.

“I’ve missed you too, My Nareh.” his voice seemed to vibrate from his chest into my spine sending shivers up and down it.

My head tilted and I found his lips with mine as my body moved on its own. My brain had gone quiet and all I could think of was how good it felt to be in his arms. As our lips entangled with each other I could hear the growl come from the back of his throat as if he was losing his self control.

It only egged me on, I took all the longing I had for this man and poured it into kissing him so he could feel just how much I missed him. His lips willingly received it all keeping pace with me. His lips silently told me he had also missed me as much as I missed him.

My hands grabbed onto his tunic as I tried to balance myself. His hands came down on my hips as he grabbed at me. His hands came around hips gripping onto me. He repositioned us so I was straddling his lap. He had me facing him while I sat on his lap with my legs on either side of him.

Pushing away slightly, I wasn’t so sure about this. I had never done anything like this before and I had never been in this position. My blush crept up my neck and into my cheeks as I could feel something poking into my thigh through my night gown.

“Nareh, if I don’t have you in a position where you are in control I don’t think I will be able to control myself. I don’t want to hurt you, or push you too far.” his voice sounded so deep

I just stared at him, as I got used to being like this with him. As I sat back so I could balance myself on his thighs.I stared at him as my eyes lingered on his scar, I couldn’t help it as my hand came up to his face tracing the scar that went from his temple to his chin. One day I hoped he would tell me how he had gotten such a scar.

Tracing my fingertip from his chin to his lips I outlined them, reminding myself how much I loved the feeling of them. I wondered how they would feel in other places besides my lips. I crooked my finger under his chin as I moved his face to the side so I could see the thick vein that corded up his neck. Leaning in I placed a kiss right over the top of the vein loving how I could feel his heartbeat quicken as I did that.

My lips trailed from the base of his shoulder up to the crook of his ear and chin. His stubble tickled me as I planted small kisses on his jawline up to his lips again. Ara’s hands snaked around me gripping me from behind holding on to me as if I was the only thing keeping him from drifting away.

“Nareh.” His words seemed strained as he held himself back.

I could feel how stiff he was. He poked into my thigh as I leaned forward to kiss him. My hands were so tempted to trace the outline of his member through his pants. Instead I let my hands explore down his shoulders and down his tunic feeling his hard chest through it. I let my hands drop to his forearms playing with the scars up and down his arms. Loving how he groaned as I teased him.

I loved how much I could affect him. The more he showed how much he loved what I was doing I started to crave his reactions. The small guttural groans that escaped his lips when my hips softly leaned into his and the small goosebumps that trailed behind my fingertips made me feel powerful.