…..Removing it? No , not yet, but making it glide a bit more so that he could gain full access to her luscious, definitely irresistible breasts….YES.

Teasingly slow, he began tracing their perfectly designed shape with the tip of his fingers, without neglecting in any way her lips though, paying special attention to the lower one which he loved biting from time to time as some sort of undeniable proof of the uncontrollable passion that her mere presence could awake in him.

Unconsciously, the beautiful Warrior Princess moaned under the effect of his last kiss, arching her back slightly, closing in the distance still left between them so that now she could feel the cold silver studs of his leather vest pointing against her chest, and the God just smiled in return , knowing exactly what she wanted him to do.

Consequently, in no time, his tongue was expertly flicking and swirling over her nipples, making her lose herself even more under the long lasting spell of his tender ministrations…..

By all Olympus, he loved seeing her like that, free from any constraints or barriers raised between them….Fates knew that he wanted nothing more on the planet than for her to always be so open and relaxed when it came to their relationship….

Taking a good look at her flushed face he could tell how much she was enjoying what he was doing to her, and when their gaze connected he was almost surprised to read the vulnerability floating on the surface of those splendid beryl moons of hers…..She was obviously fighting with herself , making even the impossible not to give in completely, to still hold back a piece of her soul that would have remained intact and unharmed if something went wrong between them…..She was scared to death and he was able to see that faster than she had wanted him to.

Nonetheless, leaving that little detail aside, he refused to go any faster, to stupidly pretend that what was happening there had no importance for him what so ever, that she was just some common slut that he was screwing for fun from time to time,and so, following his own hard to resist instincts instead, he delicately headed downwards, spreading some more wet, wanting kisses on each and every inch of her smooth, glowing skin.

Soon, her irregular, shallow breath turned more and more labored with each passing minute, and as that almost palpable heat started radiating from her now tense form, he knew that was going to be a night to remember…

What he couldn't possibly see though was the veiled uncertainty playing on his Princess features… She had managed to dissimulate that well enough for him to skip it, and despite his previous analysis, while her body was melting under his silky palms, what was still frozen inside her mind was savagely screaming for her to stop, her busy brain being highly aware of just how much she was about to unmistakably lose if she allowed him to gain that amount of power over her…..And to top it all she hadn't even noticed when exactly had he made that nightgown finally vanish….

She had to stop that madness somehow, things were just fine the way they were before: hot explosive sex in which the idea of emotion of any kind was just a vague concept that neither of them had actually considered before…Thus, the instant his tongue left the depths of her naval, starting to go even lower, and as he began to imperceptibly part her thighs, she somehow managed to stop her fingers from digging even deeper into his shoulders, withdrawing her hands from his still fully clothed body as if it burnt.

"Ares…what are you doing?" she inquired hastily pulling a lung full of air as if she had been lacking oxygen all that time.

To her much dismay though, it seemed like the God couldn't care less about clarifying the fuzziness of the situation for her- whatever that was- but for a moment there, the second he began brushing her clit with his thumb, sending a wave of electricity coursing up and down her body, it almost didn't matter anymore…..not for a couple of seconds at least…..

"Ares…." she repeated, and this time he could recognize that tone…..

"What does it look like I'm doing?" he questioned back without looking at her, focusing all his attention on licking the sweet juices that had already started dripping from her wet pussy.

For once, the Warrior Princess was stuck. She didn't know what to say. She could tell by herself that the question was as silly as a box of bollocks anyway…..

Still, Ares decided to humor her, a wide grin stretching on his face.

"I'd say I'm making love to you…."

Hearing his answer, Xena was not far from chocking, and she certainly would have done it if the breath wouldn't have caught in her throat the instant the tad over zealous War God inserted two fingers inside her , making even the last of her intentions vanish along with that insignificant ounce of resistance she had left…..and there was that delicious inner friction…..slow at first, so slow, making her eyes close instantly and her muscles tense even harder in anticipation…and then faster and faster…and soon the fingers were replaced by his tongue and his lips, licking everywhere, sucking her clit, driving her insane, making her lose control, panting louder and louder…..

And then he suddenly stopped….Why did he stop for?

The raven beauty did get her answer when he fully covered her with his body though, making her gasp at the sensation, and after a long violent kiss that only made her even more desperate to feel him inside her, he murmured seductively against her lips, a hint of amusement in his voice:

"Let me get you out of here or soon you'll be waking up the entire army…"

It took less than her frustrated growl and a whisper of agreement for him to materialize them somewhere else, and, as never before the overly curious Xena didn't even bother looking around to see where he had taken her.

Had she done it, she would have noticed the extremely unusually romantic decorated room, with stunning bouquets of black roses and blue candles placed right about everywhere and the blue flower petals scattered on the black silken sheets on which they had landed….

She was way too taken aback by the Gods' sudden nakedness, her gaze glued on the flawless shape of his statuesque torso…..For Gaia's sake, it was almost ridiculous…. she had seen him naked at least a few hundred times before, and still, with every new encounter they had, he somehow looked more and more handsome….She couldn't help silently wonder if that was even possible…..

In a rather vain attempt to rush things and to get it over with already, thus freeing that unbearable tension from her body , aware of the fact that Ares was planning to prolong their "love making" for like forever, she decided to change roles, adamant about calling the shots for the rest of the night.

The second she rolled on top of him though, her heart pounding like crazy as she instantly felt his rock hard erection against her blazing center, he grabbed a handful of her hair, pulling her but millimeters from his face, and, their eyes locked on each other he whispered, on such a low, broken tone that for a moment there, Xena felt as if a sharp blade had ran her through.

" Can I ask you something…..?"

Except for a huge question mark painted all over her face he received no other answer, so he just continued:

"Go slow …no rush…as if you were with a man who would mean the world to you…."

The Warrior Princess simply stared at him, utter amazement in her eyes…..she couldn't believe her ears…..she could barely find her voice to mutter a reply:

"Are you asking me to play pretend that I love you?"

"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm asking…." he answered, while softly brushing her lips with his own. "Let's pretend for a night that you're crazy in love with me, and that you're the only woman I've ever cared for in my life…..that you're only mine and that I don't have to share you with anyone else, that I only breathe for you….Make love to me, Sweetie…make love to me….."