Grateful for Our Bond\u00a0<\/p>\n
$25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grateful for Our Bond\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya climbed onto the railing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think you\u2019re doing? You could fall, get down immediately.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t fall.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya jumped to the balcony where Cassian was. He caught her and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re totally nuts! You could have died.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew you would catch me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re completely crazy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I am a little.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian continued to hold Maya, feeling the warmth of her body, her soft breathing, and the sweet\u00a0<\/p>\n
floral scent she exuded. He became nervous, he let go of her, and stepped back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re very reckless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI get that a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya leaned on the railing and started looking at the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis place is beautiful, but it feels like a cage, a very beautiful one, but a cage nonetheless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you say that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been here for a short time, but that\u2019s how it seems to me. I\u2019m a free spirit; I travel when I feel like it and never stay too long in one place. Imagining living in a place like this for the rest of my life\u00a0<\/p>\n
made me think that, and I feel sorry for Abril, because that\u2019s her life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian stood by her side and replied while looking at the garden,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis place isn\u2019t as awful as you make it out to be. I\u2019ve lived here all my life and never felt that way. In fact, I wish I didn\u2019t have to leave. My happiest memories are in this place, in these gardens where I played with my siblings and walked with my parents.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya remembered that several of Cassian\u2019s relatives had been killed in an ambush by King\u00a0<\/p>\n
Venobich, and that only two princes of the royal family remained because they were on the battlefield at the time. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him, Cassian blushed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust giving you a hug, isn\u2019t it obvious?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Grateful for Our Bond\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, but why are you hugging me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it seemed like you needed it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t hug a guy out of the blue; he might get the wrong idea.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya gave him a sweet smile and replied,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd how would you misinterpret it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI could\u2026 I\u2019m a man, if I have you so close, with your body pressed against mine, it\u2019s natural for my body to react to you. You\u2019re a very beautiful woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWow, I think that\u2019s the first nice thing you\u2019ve said to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya stretched out her hand and caressed his cheek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFeel free to misinterpret it; actually, I\u2019d love it if you did. I like you a lot and I\u2019d like to make good\u00a0<\/p>\n
memories with you before I leave.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike what kind?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya stood on tiptoe to reach him and stole a kiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike these.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaya\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could protest further, Maya kissed him again, silencing him\u2026eir breaths began to\u00a0<\/p>\n
quicken, and without realizing it, Cassian had wrapped his arms around her and was returning the\u00a0<\/p>\n
kisses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a mistake, we should stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The kisses had become deeper. Although Cassian\u2019s words said they should stop, his actions said\u00a0<\/p>\n
otherwise. He seemed to burn in the same way she did. She dragged him to the room, kissing him nonstop, and when they reached the edge of the bed, she pushed him, making him lie down. She lifted her nightgown and climbed on top of him, Cassian\u2019s hands rested on her legs, both joined\u00a0<\/p>\n
their mouths in a passionate kiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their breaths were labored, the fire of passion burned within them both. Maya began to unbutton his shirt, her hands ran over his well\u2013defined muscles. Cassian turned her over, making her lie\u00a0<\/p>\n
beneath him and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya started to remove his pants and replied while kissing his neck,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u0e01.\u00a0<\/p>\n
TIN\u00a0<\/p>\n
15\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
<Grateful for Our Bond\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to whom is it not right? Because it doesn\u2019t seem that way to me. Or do you not like\u00a0<\/p>\n
me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not, you\u2019re beautiful, but\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya kissed him without giving him time to make more excuses and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen everything is fine, let\u2019s continue, don\u2019t even think about leaving me halfway.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian felt like he couldn\u2019t stop, or maybe he just didn\u2019t want to. His mind was clouded, and in the end, he let himself be guided by his instincts. It was his first time, and he felt like he touched the sky and returned to earth. He never imagined that being with a woman could be so wonderful and\u00a0<\/p>\n
pleasurable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
***\u00a0<\/p>\n
After spending intimate moments together, Abril ended up falling asleep in Alessandro\u2019s arms. He gently caressed her back, feeling the gentle rise and fall of her breathing. He had deeply resented the marriage, having been forced to wed the daughter of the man who had destroyed his family and massacred his people, but at that moment he thanked God for their union, for having become her husband, her man. He kissed her forehead and whispered softly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you, my beautiful Abril.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He held her close, and they slept like that through the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In her dream, her mother appeared somewhat strange and uneasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, is something wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophia hesitated, unsure whether to share her troubles with her daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMother, you can tell me what\u2019s bothering you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo old friends came to the palace today. I know that one of them has been searching for me for a long time, that he has bound himself to the human world and won\u2019t leave until he finds me, but I\u2019m already dead. He won\u2019t be able to find me no matter how much he searches, no matter how hard he tries, he won\u2019t be able to reach me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of dying without Alessandro knowing, of him desperately searching for her, made\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril\u2019s heart ache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, if there\u2019s anything I can do to help you, I would love to do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you really mean it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
C\u00a0<\/p>\n
N\u00a0<\/p>\n
111\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Grateful for Our Bond\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophia took her daughter\u2019s hands and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAbril, would you let me use your body for a moment to meet my friend and tell him to stop searching for me, as my life is over.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril nodded and said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, mother, I\u2019ll help you with whatever you need.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophia gave her a strong hug.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, my dear, you can\u2019t imagine how important this is to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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