NERTHUS
The man who steered me down here pushes me rather briskly, getting me to stumble into the dark room.
Panic bubbles up my chest as they close the heavy door behind me, and I push down the urge to scream as darkness envelops me.
Feeling another presence in the room, I take a deep breath, waiting for my eyes to adjust to the dark.
A narrow window must be placed rather high up the wall on my left side, as a feeble stream of moonlight gets into the room, enlightening my surroundings lightly.
I still can’t make out most of it and I hate it.
A few months ago, I would have been flirty with the man waiting before me, but I’m in no mood to please him.
My buyer is sitting in a chair, his knees apart and his arms leisurely on the armrests.
I literally jump as he speaks for the first time.
He has a strange accent which I cannot grasp and his voice has something soothing and yet very disturbing.
There is something wrong with it.
“What are you doing? Are you waiting for some kind of invitation? I thought they told me you were experienced in this.”
I gulp, suddenly feeling fifteen again when I pleaded for sexual integrity for the first and last time.
“I’m sorry, there has been a huge misunderstanding. They were informed rather badly.”
“Strip, Amber!” He instructs me with a metallic voice, reminding me of the fake one of Michelangelo.
My heart skips a beat and I take a step back.
“Listen, I’ll compensate you for everything, but I can’t…” I try to argue, but he interrupts me right away.
“Don’t make me ask you again,” he growls, his voice getting disturbingly high-pitched
I start undressing myself with shaky hands and can see his frame standing up to stalk towards me.
As the last piece of clothing falls to the floor before me, I can sense his presence in front of me.
I can smell his cologne and something doesn’t match, it seems kind of strange, like a mixture of many.
Oh, God, maybe there are more in the room.
Suddenly, I don’t care what will be of me, going through with it just imagining Arawn’s face just doesn’t seem to be an option anymore.
If my cousin wants to kill me, he gladly can.
“Please, I can’t. I…” I take a step back, distancing myself from him. “I made a mistake please, I already belong to someone else. He will be quite angry when he finds out about this. I didn’t participate in this by my own free will.”
His screechy laugh has goosebumps rising on my skin.
You have to be kidding me.
Fear overcomes me fully, having me shaking like a leaf.
“You told my consigliere that you belong to a man already.”
Consigliere?! Oh, no! Not one of them again.
“Please. I’m going to pay you back everything.”
“With what money?” His comment hits me completely unprepared and I look up to his shadowed frame.
But before I can even react, he closes the little distance between us, pushing me against the cold door.
A scream leaves my lips without me even being able to stop it. “Who is this man you belong to?”
I thrash against his grip, and swallow a sob. “Please, he is already looking for me.”
“I can’t imagine any idiot that the world would consider powerful looking for a whore,” he snickers, making me shudder. He lifts his hand and I turn my head to avoid his touch. “But seeing you… I guess you can make a man lose his fucking head.”
He finally gets hold of my chin, and before I can properly register the electricity that his fingertips get to spread onto my skin, his lips are on mine.
As I struggle against his strong frame at first, my brain suddenly starts working again, registering what’s going on rationally.
I recognize the lips attacking me.
His lips.
The bastard.
I would like to keep fighting and insult him with my best vocabulary but I’m just too relieved to act out on my pride right now.
Relaxing against his body, I wrap my arms around his strong neck and reciprocate his kiss, granting him access to even deepen it.
Feeling his fingers move up my side, gripping me with his big hands, I sigh happily.
The scent is very off though.
He breaks the kiss, still not distancing himself from me.
“Who do you belong to, Nerthus?”
I take a deep breath, my lips still trembling. “You are such an asshole.”
“Answer the question, Nerthus.”
“I belong to you. Only you!” I whisper, tears streaming down my face.
The chuckle I hear now is finally pleasant again.
“What’s the meaning of all this?” I ask, my voice nearly failing me.
He starts showering me with small kisses from my shoulder up my neck and I moan, moving my head back to grant him all the access he needs.
“Your punishment. For not having told me.”
“I’m so sorry!” He just hums, and I feel his breath fanning my skin.
“You will explain yourself later. Now you will be a good girl and spread those delectable legs for me.”
“Can we please turn on the lights?”
“No!”
“No?” I push him slightly, getting him to move away from me, I can sense his grin even if I don’t see it.
“No. Now get on the bed, Amber,” his sneering my fake name, doesn’t interest me a little bit as his command gets me to shiver in pleasure.
“Araw-”
“Now!” He snarls and I move out of his embrace and walk through the cold room.
In the faint light the moon provides, I can make out a big bed on the other side of the room and I step up to it cautiously before laying on it.
Arawn follows me close but remains standing at the side of the bed.
“How did you know I was going to participate in the auction?”
“Enough with the questions. Be a good girl and open your legs for me.”
My heart does a backflip and I lay down, opening my legs wide to him.
Feeling the bed dip, I look up to see him get on the bed, and in a few seconds he is already hovering over me, kissing me again.
“Stay down, Nerthus. Relax. Everything is alright, now let me make you feel good.”
Taking a deep breath, I nod.
“Good girl.” He starts kissing my jawline and down my neck to my shoulders. He moves between my breasts, his tongue grazing my skin pleasantly. I moan lowly as I enjoy the friction of his lips exploring my body.
The fact that he seems to know it by heart, finding all the right spots in the dark, has me feeling all giddy for him.
As he travels down my navel, reaching my core throbbing in anticipation, he grazes the sides of my folds with his tongue gently.
He kisses the inside of my thighs, my heart squeezing at his pleasurable teasing.
“I bought you.” His deep voice vibrates through me, my body shuddering pleasantly at it.
“Yes,” I whisper, closing my eyes.
I feel him hover over my wet pussy, before he licks my skin again. “Am I allowed to now?”
Having him waiting for a little bit is just me teasing him. Even if I’m still quite sure that he will get tired of me soon enough, I can’t think of any other man, I would want to have this piece of me. “Yes.”
As soon as my whisper has left my lips, his tongue moves through my wet folds, making me moan loudly at the intense feeling.
He attacks my swollen clit eagerly and opens me up further to him with his fingers.
I feel my sanity slip away as I reach a new high, my hands clawing onto the bedsheets as his tongue flicks over my nub. I’m just about to tell him how good it feels as he sucks my clit between his lips, making my back arch off the mattress with a loud scream of pleasure.
God, I should have allowed him to have his way from day one.
Feeling him pleasuring me with his tongue is the best feeling I ever had and I enjoy it more than I probably should.
As he senses my orgasm nearing, he suddenly moves one of his hands down, pushing a finger into me.
I practically explode immediately as he pushes me over the edge with his pleasurable treatment, covering his face even more in my juices.
He chuckles as he stays between my legs, licking me gently while getting me to climb down of my high slowly.
“Oh, my God, Arawn,” I push out breathlessly.
He gets back up, trailing his way up my body with featherlight kisses.
As I’m lying with my head to the side, breathing heavily, he nibbles at my neck and I feel his smile on my skin.
Heaven.
“Oh, my…” I whisper, repeating myself before my voice fails me.
“And here I thought that you didn’t like it,” he mocks me, biting into my skin softly.
I shake my head, my head still feeling light. “You are my first. I didn’t even know what I had been missing out on.”
“Your first, really?” I can hear his excitement in his voice, making my heart flip.
Extremely happy at the darkness enveloping us, as I must be blushing horribly, I clear my throat. “Yeah…. Don’t laugh, okay?”
“I’d never.”
“I wanted to at least have something for a, you know, serious intimate relationship that no man could get from me otherwise.” I chuckle feeling stupid. “Well, buy from me the classic way, I’d say.”
He hums as he buries himself into the crook of my neck. “Awesome. Thank you for gifting it to me.”
I push out another laugh. “Oh, you are so welcome.”
Biting into my skin softly, he chuckles again. “Do you think I could do it again in the near future, without going through another auction?”
“Sure, I’d love to. But please let me see you the next time.”
“Whatever makes you happy, babe.”
My heart risks exploding at the sound of him saying that.
He shifts and starts kissing me again, my body relaxes beneath him, buzzing in anticipation.
As he positions himself at my entrance, I have to admit that it is amazingly hot, doing everything in the dark. He penetrates me slowly before picking up his pace, pounding into me harder.
My screams of pleasure mix with his groans and disappear into the darkness.
God, this is heaven for real.