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A few hours later the chamber had darkened greatly when Mailee awoke. There was a simple reason for it: She was now too hot. In Soveliss sleep, the Naga had coiled closer around her and she'd begun to sweat.
She tried squirming, but nothing was happening. One of the thickest layers of his coils was tucked around her waist, effectively trapping her in an iron grip. She couldn't slide out of that no matter how much she wriggled. She was starting to pant, too.
Cursing quietly, she felt nervous about waking him up. He still had his face tucked against her neck and there was another reason for her silence—one of his canines were out, bared against her throat, and she didn't dare move in such a way that he'd accidentally bite her. She knew he probably didn't mean it, but she didn't want to start anything for a pure accident because she was too hot.
Nope, that left her to figure this out on her own.
Her hands were effectively trapped, too, pressed together and near her stomach. He'd pinned her arms to her sides when he wrapped around her and that left her at his mercy. She had to either pull the coils over her head to free her arms, or try to slide through them until she emerged at the end of his tail.
It was already difficult enough when— …She froze. Just the slightest movement of her hips had caused a reflex on the middle section of his tail. The very end of it had twitched on the floor—not in the way of a hunting predator, but as a reaction to pleasure. To actually make sure that was the case she tried it again…Same reflex, same movement. The coils tightened a little and drew her back up. She fought to control her breathing, struggling not to panic as she blushed.
"It's okay…It's okay…I'm okay. Carefully… man I hope he keeps his word about not completing the mating ceremony until I accept it fully..." This time, she tried to space her legs apart, intending to widen the coils before she moved, but the action caused a massive stir in the layers; they roiled together, closing off the space and pinning her feet, before the end of the tail was in the space now and laying against her stomach. At this point her cloak was wide open only covering her breasts.
He was too close, too fast and too hot for her to react. She looked at Soveliss with one worried eye, and her hair was sticking to her forehead. She was grateful that he wasn't awake yet. She took a deep breath and slowly swirled her hips around the coils; she needed them to stay put when she pushed them, but they almost seemed to stick to her legs by now. She gritted her teeth, pushing carefully back and forth, her fingers trailing across the underside of those scales, hunting for any leverage that would give her—
"Ohhhhh…" She froze again, gasping this time. The moan was in her ear and the vibration trembled in her throat. Soveliss hadn't opened his eyes, but he was reacting in his sleep no less. "Mmmmm…Hmmmm…" She bit her lip, starting to twitch. The horror grasped her heart when she realized the movement that she unintentionally gave off was only turning him on further.
"Ohhh…" He rolled his tail, spinning her completely around at least once. Fortunately, the action took her away from his canines, but he snuggled against her even tighter when she faced him again. "Mmm...Roisin (Little Rose)…" She breathed her question,
"Are you awake?"
"Just about…" He leaned back and opened one eye, the slit pupil taking up nearly the entire iris. "You feel…so very good. You're bringing on all kinds of feelings within me. You're making it seriously hard to resist you even more." Mailee started twitching harder, her breath deepening.
"I'm sorry for that Soveliss. I didn't mean to. I was hot and—"
"Shhhhhh…" He pressed a finger to her lips and looked at them, studying how her teeth seemed so harmless compared to his. It had made him wonder about somethings. "Do you accept me fully yet, Mailee?"
"A-Accept you f-fully?" The coils were starting to rearrange themselves; the heaviest layers were around her waist and upper body but her lower torso was practically exposed. The end of his tail was slowly searching between her legs, but she didn't feel pressure there yet. "F-for what?" She knew she just needed to by time to come up with an excuse to stall for more time. She would have to admit to herself that she was afraid to love again.
"For…me," he growled lustfully. "For my pleasure. My love and loyalty. As your protector and mate." He smirked and showed off his canines. "For a Naga's cock." At that moment, he removed his tail and placed his midsection directly against the center of her thighs. She gasped at the heat and how powerful his grip was. There was something else…Something throbbing in the center of that heat.
She looked like she was about to give in, and he could feel her want to give in, so he did what his instincts commanded him and engulfed her mouth in a kiss. Her surprised protest morphed into a slightly aroused groan. On her own instinct, she felt the urge to cup his cheeks in her hands, but they were still pinned under his coils.
They must've remained locked together like that for several seconds before he reluctantly pulled away, noticing that she was panting for loss of breath. She was getting hotter from the inside; her folds were growing wet for no apparent reason, but her scent was driving the man crazy.
Before they could continue, they felt themselves being pulled apart and thrown into the freezing cold waters. They both rose to the surface, gasping for breath. They both took a moment to look at each other and then head for the shore that was nearby and they both dragged them self back up onto the island, but Mailee was the only one shivering from the freezing waters.
Mailee looked over to Soveliss next to her as she moved her hair from her eyes. Soveliss was pushing up onto his arms, wet locks covering his eyes, but not the disappointing frown that was on his face.
"Really, Mira? She was finally give into the mating call." He grumbled, moving his hair out of the way. Not too far away, Mira was giving him a disapproving look, a look that a mother would give to their child if caught stealing.
"Not in my chambers you will not." Mira rolled her shoulders and then looked over to Mailee with a serious tone. "We have other important things to do right now. My child, I will not lie to you, once you accept the joining of the last Guardian's Core there is a chance that you will not bond with it. If this is the case it will rip your soul into pieces. However, if it does join with your own core than you will gain much more." Mira took a moment to let the information set in with the young woman.
"And if i don't accept? And I just leave here?" Mailee countered Mira and she ignored Soveliss staring at her.
"Then this 'festival' will continue with that witch. She will eventually find the core and many more will die. This realm will be lose forever once that happens." A dangerous gleam showed up into Mira's eyes and she was determined to end this useless blood shed here in her home.
Her mouth dropped almost ready to protest that it wasn't her fight, but they way More's expression didn't match her eyes. She could see the Treant felt almost defeated and also hated to ask a complete stranger to fight for her home and love ones.
"The universe is ruthless and unforgiving place. I came to realize that long ago. I wear invisible chains so that my love ones may live a life without knowing how it feels to have steel wrapped around their wrists and hanging from their bones. Not because of some perverse love for my family or throne." Mailee's eyes were hard and narrowed as she looked down at her scared wrists. "I also had learned that it's just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit my heart is shattered from losing something that wasn't meant to be even mine. And it terrifies me that can't have the power to do anything."
"But you can be, my dear." Mira spoke gently to her, "This power core can give you just that. The power to be free of others and save many more too." The two just watched at Mailee just sat there staring still. That's when they took noticed of her bare back...Soveliss felt his heart stop and Mira felt So much pity for the young woman.
His breath caught, harsh enough that she looked over at him with down cased eyes. He opened his mouth, but shut it and swallowed, that lethal rage trying to control it. On her back bore new and old scars from a whip.
"You were a slave to your own family...to your own father?" She gave them a slow nod.
"People can do worse things than kill you. However, for the first time in a long time, I have some kind of a path to follow. No certain course set out yet. But when I'm here in this palace I feel like I could run away from everything and everyone. To be free to choose and to feel." Mailee's eyes gained some life in them as they drifted up to his, and he saw hope and longing in them. It was time for Soveliss to speak as if he didn't want to break her but time was running out and he knew she needed a boost at this point to take back what was hers.
"With this core you will no longer be a slave to anyone. You will fill the universe with your light. You will light up the darkness, So brightly that all who are lost or wounded or broken will find their way to it, a beacon for those who still dwelled in that abyss. It will not take a monster to destroy a monster--but light, light to drive out darkness. Be their light," Soveliss spoke smoothly as he dragged a hand through her hair. "Be my light." Her answer to him was her taking his hand and interlacing their fingers together with a small smile.
"Mira, what do I have to do?" Mailee knew this was it. This was the path that she was destined...no fated to take to get her life back. She watched as Mira gave her a small proud motherly smile.