Chapter 13

Clark had locked himself in the secret room for an entire day, gossip around the palace that The Lion left court to attend his sickly mother. Lois didn't know how that rumor managed to spread but she was thankful for it.

Clark threw himself into the readings of the old Kryptonian ways, how battles were won with the mind and strategy and not bloodshed. His fathers greatest victory was defeating a country that outnumbered them by three thousand. Because of the little amount of bloodshed Kryptonian's shed they were respected throughout the world and had more allies than any other country. Krypton was the country that set the example for all other countries about what it is to have a place where although there were class distinctions the people were happy, respected, spoken for, business' flourishing, and a government that was the most advanced of its kind. Something happened to Clark as he sat and absorbed the information, it was as if everything was clicking, making perfect and complete sense. He didn't feel any hesitation or fear for the destiny that had been laid out before him, he felt stronger, and more content than ever before. It was almost as if he was no longer the son raised by Martha and Jonathan Kent; he was sitting in the hidden room the son of Jor-El and Lara of the House of El.

Lois had not seen Clark for a whole day, she had expected that to be the case but it did not stop her heart from missing his presence. Lois awoke the next day, dressed in a dark blue gown with golden embroidery and immediately made her way to the quiet library to read. If she couldn't be with Clark she could at least be close to him. Lois opened the novel which she had been using to help Mary and Catherine really refine their reading skills. Since the two had no problems with their speech the ability to read can much easier then they expected.

The previous day Lois and even caught Catherine reading a book on her bed.

Lois smiled and asked her, "What are you reading?"

Catherine jumped slightly, startled at the sound of Lois' voice. She blushed slightly holding the book up, Lois knew it well. "Romeo and Juliet my lady."

Lois smiled taking a seat on the slightly hard bed, it was nothing like the one Lois slept on. "Are you having any problems?"

"It is a challenge but I'm doing better than I ever have before your lessons." Catherine said honestly.

"I'm glad Catherine." Lois smiled sincerely. "What do you like most about the story?"

Catherine smiled bashfully before breaking eye contact with Lois. By her reaction Lois had an idea what drew Catherine into the story. "I like the forbidden romance my lady."

Lois smiled, she knew a thing or two about forbidden romance first hand. "Have you ever been in love Catherine?"

She watched the young girl shake her head. "It's not allowed my lady."

"What's not allowed?" Lois questioned.

"The Queen's ladies are not allowed to marry." Catherine said softly. "So I've decided I shall never love and save myself the heartache."

Lois frowned. "Everyone deserves the right to love, and to be loved Catherine. I'll see if I can change the King's mind about this rule."

Lois was pulled out of her day dream when she heard small tappings coming from the wall next to her. Lois smiled softly at the sound she leaned forward reaching her arm out before softly tapping on the wall. She couldn't help the rush she felt when she watched the secret door begin to open. Lois grabbed the plate of food she had brought in with her and stood up, walking towards the door.

Her heart pounded at the sight of him, he looked different, mature, confident, powerful. No words were exchanged, Lois crossed the secret threshold, Clark closed the door before turning to her. "How'd you know it was me? If it had been anyone else it could've been bad news."

Clark smiled closing the gap between them, cupping her face gently. "No one ever goes in the library except you. Trust me this is the quietest corner of the palace."

"Well then I guess that is good for us huh?" Lois questioned watching as his eyes darkened with desire. "I… I brought you some food, I figured you may be hungry."

"How long have I been here?" Clark questioned, his voice growing huskier with each word.

"A little more than a day." Lois answered wrapping her arms around him. Lois looked up in his eyes, she could get lost in those eyes. They were the most enticing shade of blue speckled with green, and when they darkened with desire, they were dangerous. Lois pulled back knowing that she was falling under his spell. "You need to eat something Clark."

Clark reluctantly walked over to the table where the food was placed taking a seat. Lois smiled as he stabbed a piece of meat with a fork and took a bite. She stood behind him and slowly placed her hands on his broad shoulders, rubbing slightly. "Have you found anything of interest in here?"

"I haven't had a bit of sleep, there is so much to take in. So much about government and politics, how the House of El ruled the country. It makes me even more angry with how Zod has ruined what was such a respectable place that people looked up to. I just don't understand why this room exists, the King must not know about it, I doubt anything would exist if Zod and his father took such extreme measures to wipe the history of the House of El out." Clark shook his head taking a sip of the wine she had brought him.

"Perhaps this was a safe room for your father and mother, maybe only their closest advisors know about it and that's why all this remains here. Hoping one day that you would find it." Lois said softly placing her head on Clark's shoulder.

"Perhaps." Clark said distantly.

"Is everything okay Clark?" Lois asked.

"I've just been thinking, ever since I found out about this news I feel as though I'm a different person. Sitting in this room, taking it all in and learning everything… I don't feel like Clark Kent anymore, I feel like the son of Jor-El and Lara, and I don't know how to feel about that." Clark admitted.

Lois sighed moving to his side. "Clark listen to me. This changes nothing about the man you are. You may be the blood of Jor-El and Lara, but that takes nothing away from Jonathan and Martha Kent, they are the parents that raised you, the only ones you've known."

Clark placed his forehead on hers, "How do you always know the right thing to say?"

"Maybe you and I are souls entwined, I know what you need to hear, just as you know what I need." Lois smiled softly as Clark went back to his food. "One of my ladies is reading Romeo & Juliet for the first time. She said she likes the forbidden romance of it. I could only think of how I seem to be living in that story. I only hope we have a happier ending."

"I've never read it." Clark answered Lois, his eyes locking with hers. He smiled at her shocked expression.

"You've never read it?" Lois said completely in awe. "Clark it's only one of the best love stories in the world. A story of two star crossed lovers who fall in love. Their families are enemies but it doesn't stop them. They marry, but it is not a happy ending. Romeo finds Juliet "dead" in a crypt but she has only taken a tonic to make her appear dead. Romeo drinks poison to be with her. When Juliet awakes she sees him, takes his dagger and stabs herself."

Clark looked at Lois, now his expression was shocked. "That's a love story?"

Lois chuckled. "It is. You'd have to read it."

"I guess so." Clark conceded still not believing what Lois had told him. "Speaking of your ladies, I hope they did not mention anything of my visit a few nights ago."

"No, not at all. Catherine and Mary are loyal to a fault. They may gossip among themselves but they wouldn't say anything to anyone else in the court. One of my first days here a friend told me that they were not spies, but my seamstress' were. She also told me that you had no spies." Lois smiled at him.

"Who is this friend?" Clark questioned.

"Chloe Sullivan, her husband is the knight. Aside from you she's my only true friend at court." Lois said sadly.

"I've seen her around, she didn't seem to fear me as much as the others do." Clark chuckled.

"No she didn't seem to be frightened on that day, not like my ladies were." Lois smiled getting up and walking over to Clark before kneeling down next to him. "But she is the only who told me you were called The Lion. Oh if she could only see how un-lion like you are."

Clark leaned forward, his eyes narrowing. "Oh is that so?"

"Mmmhmm." Lois sounded, her eyes searching his. "A lion wouldn't care about hurting a ladies feelings. You've apologized to me twice since I've known you. Also a lion would never let little old me be the aggressor."

"Is that so?" Clark questioned watching as Lois' eyes were almost daring him to prove her wrong. Clark let out, what could only be described as a growl as he pulled Lois to her feet before picking her up, leading her over to a bookshelf in the far corner of the room.

Lois let out an excited yelp when she felt her back connect with the bookshelf. This was certainly a new Clark, and she liked him. Clark leaned up and captured her lips in a hungry kiss. Usually his kisses were nothing less than soft and passionate, this one was indeed filled with passion but also had a hint of dominance and aggression. Lois kissed Clark back in the same manner not missing a beat. This was frenzied and it excited her beyond belief.

Clark's mouth drifted from her lips to begin licking and biting at Lois neck. He smiled against her soft flesh feeling Lois' heart beating rapidly beneath his tongue. Lois was panting above him as he held her around her waist, she cradled his head against her as he assaulted her sensitive skin. He gently sucked at the spot beneath her ear which made Lois immediately moan, "Clark" she panted in a breathy voice.

Without warning Clark let go of his grasp on Lois causing her to fall to her feet, her legs shaky from the heightened state his kisses sent her to. Clark grinned at her dazed look and not wasting a moment he was back capturing her swollen lips. She let out a moan before she threaded her fingers through his thick hair. Clark's tongue slipped out and gently bathed Lois' lips before she parted her own to let him in. Usually the two of them played a game of cat and mouse, once second Clark would be in control, the next Lois would be. But not this time, this time Clark was in control and showed no signs of letting up, he was proving to Lois that just because he wasn't the brute and aggressive Lion with her, he could be the Lion in other ways. She was now becoming desperate for his touch, she knew Clark felt that, and was thriving on it.

Clark pulled away from Lois leaving her breathless, her chest was heaving, her breasts obscenely pushing against her corset. Clark bit his lip before dropping to his knees in front of her. Lois wasn't sure exactly what Clark was up to until he reached for the fabric at the bottom of her blue gown, he began lifting it slowly, making Lois feel like her heart was going to explode.

"I like you in blue Lois." Clark said breathily as he placed a light kiss to her ankle, making his way up her leg. "And I love that I can feel your muscles tremble under my lips."

Lois moaned out throwing her head back against the bookshelf as Clark kissed and licked his way up her leg. She inhaled sharply as he reached her upper thigh before he pulled back and began kissing the other leg from the ankle. Lois thought she would die of madness, his soft touches to her legs were driving her insane with desire. Lois tried not to look down, for fear that the sight of what Clark was doing to her would be too much. Unfortunately Lois wasn't thinking properly and allowed her head to roll, her eyes landing on Clark who was holding up the blue fabric of her gown up against her corset, his thumbs slowly rubbing the tops of her breasts.

Clark looked up at her with a spark in his eye, he reached Lois' upper thigh, Clark pulled back which only caused Lois' to whine out before he parted his lips before attaching them to the inner part of her thigh sucking harshly on the sensitive flesh there. Lois' hands traveled downward covering Clark's on her corset. Clark took the opportunity to remove his hands from her allowing Lois to hold the fabric of her gown up. Clark's hands teasingly trailed down her body before coming in contact with her soaked center. As if the feeling of him sucking her thigh wasn't enough the feeling of his skilled hands rubbing against her, like he did not too long ago in the lake of the Kent estate, was absolutely divine.

Lois instinctively rocked her hips against his hand before she saw Clark pull away from her thigh with a grin on his face. He had left his mark on Lois, on her upper thigh laid a dark purple mark from the assault of his lips. Not done just yet Clark removed his hand from Lois' womanhood, and before she could even whine out in disapproval he replaced his hand with his mouth, his tongue swiping from her opening to her hardened clit.

"Ah!" Lois shouted out at the foreign feeling. Lois had never even known this was possible, but not only was it possible it was happening to her. Clark gently continued to lick Lois before his lips latched around her clit, sucking softly. Lois pulled on his hair in response. "Clark!"

Clark kept the movements up, continuing to suck and lick her in all the right places before Lois cried out, gripping his hair harder than she ever had before. Clark happily lapped up all the juices that flowed from her enjoying the taste of sweet and savory which was so Lois. He removed his mouth from her before looking up at her face, a contented smile playing on her lips. Clark stood to his feet before hooking his finger under her chin causing Lois to open her eyes, which were now too darkened with desire. Clark leaned in his lips close to her own before he whispered, "Mine" And captured her lips gently. When Clark pulled away Lois' eyes fluttered open. "So, am I still un-lion like?"

Lois pulled her bottom lip between her teeth, wrapping her arms around Clark's neck. "Oh no, I'm afraid I've woken the sleeping lion."

Clark and Lois both let out a chuckle before Clark cupped her cheek. "You should go. I'll leave the room soon after, stretch my legs a bit."

"But Clark…"

"Go." Clark winked at her before he opened the door for her. And Lois exited the room.

"I owe you one." She smiled before turning to sit back in the library and desperately attempt to be able to focus on her book after what just happened in the secret room.

Lois watched as Clark exited the room and without saying a word he walked out of the library and entered the hallway. She went back to her book before she heard a feminine voice from out in the hallway, one she had never heard before. "Kal-El? Is it really you?"

Lois raised from her seat and peeked her heard around the door frame. She saw Chloe standing with another woman, who looked to be slightly older, dressed in a black cloak even though it was the dead of summer. She had flowing straight long blond hair and ice blue eyes.

"I'm Kara…" she paused. "Zor-El."

Clark and Lois' eyes both widened in shock.

So what did you all think? Another bomb gets dropped haha! Also the love scene was a bit different than I've ever written before, more aggressive I guess you could say, so I'd love to know what you all thought of that.

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