Chapter eighteen
“Keep your stance strong. You will thrust better that way.” Darce was drilling the moves into me today, criticising every maneuver that wasn’t perfect. “You know these moves, Alora. Fucking focus!”
“I’m trying!” Sweat was trickling down my face. Enyo looked up from the long grass, checking up on me.
“You’re not trying hard enough! Disarm me.
Now!” Lunging at him, I tried to capture the hilt of his sword as I spun in a circular motion.
Darce moved before I could make contact, kicking my back and making me fall to the ground.
“What the fuck was that?” Throwing his sword to the ground, he glared at me.
“We’re done for the day. That was pathetic!
Have you paid any attention to what I’ve shown you these last few years?
You should have these combos drilled into your brain by now!
I’ve been training you for over three hundred years, Alora! ”
“I’m finding them difficult to master when I put them together. It’s not something I can practise alone!”
“Oh, you’re blaming me? It’s my fault your stance is fucking awful? It’s my fault that you are mixing your sequences up? It’s my fault that you can’t even advance without tripping over your own fucking feet? Is that what you are trying to say?” Shit! Darce was moody today.
“No, I...I...” I had no answer as he scowled at me.
In truth, I had been distracted the last few months.
Xavier’s advances this last year had been affecting me more and more.
It was becoming obvious that my sexual awakening was flourishing, and I had mistakenly allowed him to see a small amount of my power when I tried to push him off me.
“Alora, if your mind isn’t in this, I can’t help you. I can teach you, but if you’re not willing to learn, there is no point.”
“I’m having an issue with a Dylin male back home,” I blurted out, dropping my sword on the ground.
“What sort of issue?” Darce changed the tone of his voice, making it softer as he reached out for me.
“He wants to bond with me, and the palace is putting a lot of pressure on me to do it.” Telling Darce those words released so much tension from my body. “I’m not sure how much longer I can fight him off.”
“Has he laid a finger on you?” It was hard not to notice the swirls of darkness that ebbed from his hands as he spoke.
“He’s forced a kiss on my lips a few times.”
“Motherfucker! Give me a name? I will see that he never lays a finger on you again! This was why I wanted to run away with you, Alora! These are the issues I feared!”
“No. You don’t need to save me. I have to save myself. This warrior...he’s powerful, Darce. You wouldn’t win a fight with him.”
“I beg to differ.”
“Can we be serious for a moment, please?”
“I’m always serious where you are concerned.” I gave him a disbelieving gaze. “Okay, serious and horny. Better?” He smirked, pulling me into his arms when I grinned back. “What do you want me to teach you?”
“How to bring a male to his knees?”
“Well, if you’re talking about me,” Darce reached for my hair clip, making my long, silver hair cascade down my back, “all you have to do is release your beautiful hair and I’ll drop to the ground in worship. You are too beautiful for your own good.” My heart fluttered at his words.
“And what about other males?”
“You hit them hard...here.” He grabbed his crotch over his pants. “A knee hard in this area will work a treat. Nothing hurts like getting kneed in the bollocks. He’ll drop to the floor no matter how powerful he is.”
“Interesting,” I quipped, looking down at Darce’s pelvic area.
“Don’t get any ideas, Starshine. You can’t use that move in combat with me.”
“I wasn’t thinking that. I was realising that I haven’t had my mouth on you for a while.” His eyes became ablaze with desire. “Maybe I should thank you for that interesting fact.”
“You know you can do whatever you want with me,” he breathed, stroking my face while I moved my hands to undo the belt on his pants.
“You’ll have to tell me if I’m doing it right.” As I undid his belt, Darce lifted my face to meet his gaze before kissing my lips passionately.
“Your mouth feels good on me no matter what you do.” His pants fell to the ground, and I took his already semi-hard length in. “I fucking love how you don’t shy away from my cock anymore.”
“It took me a while to understand why it made my mouth water,” I purred, running my fingers over the tip of his member.
“I enjoy bringing you pleasure.” Darce hissed as I stroked him, enjoying the feeling of him hardening in my hand.
“Take your tunic off.” After doing as I asked, Darce was gloriously naked in front of me.
Tracing the contours of his body with my fingers, I pressed my lips against his chest and then licked and kissed my way slowly down. When I sank onto my knees, Darce’s hands fell onto my hair. I had reached his belly button now, licking over the muscular indents that led to his pelvis.
“Fuck, you’re a vision,” he groaned, looking down at me with hooded eyes.
Face-to-face with his length, I gripped the shaft before engulfing as much as I could into my mouth.
“Holy fuck! Yes! Just like that.” As I started to work him, the saliva in my mouth began to increase.
I moved my head up and down as I sucked gently against him.
“Gods, Alora! It shouldn’t feel this good!
” When Darce pulled on my hair, I groaned against his length, sucking harder.
Once he was coated with my saliva, I moved lower, cupping and licking his balls. His hiss made me realise how much he was enjoying it.
Moving back to his member, I licked over his tip before gazing up at him. His eyes were as dark as night. Not a speck of gold or silver could be seen. Moisture pooled to my core because his gaze was primal, so filled with lust.
“If you keep licking and sucking me like that, I’m going to explode in your mouth. You remember how that went last time.” I had been caught off guard that time. Now that I knew what I could do to him, I welcomed the hot, salty substance that came with his orgasm.
“I want it.” Grabbing his ass, I pulled him deeper into mouth, sucking and licking with all I had.
When I increased the speed of my mouth and hands, I could feel him begin to twitch.
He pulled my hair roughly as he reached his climax.
Waiting for the hot liquid, I squeezed his balls with my hands before suddenly feeling my mouth fill with his warm, salty seed.
The taste wasn’t that pleasing, but watching Darce come undone above me was worth it.
“You are a wicked creature!” Darce smirked, helping me up from my knees once he’d recovered himself. “I may have corrupted you too much.”
“Your face when you climax...” I swallowed, trying to catch my breath. His eyes were still full of darkness, and I noticed the circular and lined tattoos on the inside of his arm were clearer. “Does that have something to do with your power?” I questioned, motioning to the inside of his arm.
“Yes. It’s hard to control my power when I’m distracted.”
“How powerful are you?”
“Strong enough for a Noxlin that is over three thousand years old,” he winked. “We should do more sword training, but I think I owe you an orgasm if you’re willing?” When was I ever not willing?
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“I SHOULDN’T HAVE TOLD you,” I sighed, glaring at Noor while we were out exercising Loki and Enyo. “I have been training with this male for over three hundred years. Nothing I do with him is taken lightly.”
“I’ve been racking my brain, wondering who it could be, but no one comes to mind. I would feel easier if I knew who he was.” I threw a large branch into the bottom of the waterfall so Loki and Enyo could dive in and chase it.
“This is the exact reason I kept it from you for so long. He’s breaking the law by training me. He wants his identity to be kept a secret. I have to honour his wishes.”
“He’s doing more than training you. You’re falling for him, Alora. I can see it in your eyes!”
“It’s a bit of fun, nothing more! I know what I’m doing, Noor!”
“Have you craved any other males since your sexual awakening?”
“Why would that matter?” She shook her head, making a cool breeze push the branch further away as Loki was about to grab it. Loki and Enyo loved this game.
“Alora, you still have so much to learn. If this male is all you can think about and desire, you are falling for him. Do you have any idea of the dangers you are putting yourselves in?”
“I’m using him for training. That’s it.”
“Do you really think you can fend Xavier off with a bit of sword training? He has his sights set on only you. Without your full powers, you have no choice but to be bound to him and controlled. He may even make you forget this other male if he ever finds out.”
“My powers are slowly manifesting. You know this.”
“That’s not enough power to stop him. You’re lucky he has no idea that you have some power.”
“Xavier saw my hands glow last month,” I admitted, dropping my gaze to watch Loki and Enyo fight over the branch that was still in the water.
“What? Why didn’t you say anything? Is that why he’s been more physical with you?”
“I’m not sure how much longer I can fight him off. He knows my sexual awakening is blooming, too.”
“Why hasn’t he told your father? Surely Xavier would want to bond with you as soon as possible.”
“That’s what has me concerned. What if my father already knows and they are biding their time?”
“For your powers to manifest so Xavier can claim that, too,” Noor finished my thought. It was my biggest fear: that I’d be taken in the middle of the night and bound once my powers revealed themselves.
“It’s clear that if anything ever happened to my father, he would want Xavier to rule rather than me. A queen supports her king. She doesn’t rule.”
“That’s the way Dallethas has always ruled, Alora. Male Dylin are stronger. They are built to lead.”