The True Song
"Atem… it's getting dark." Iato said, she had spent the entire day with him in Thebes.
"I know… it is dark isn't it?" He asked her mysteriously. He lifted her up in his arms.
"Where are you taking me?" She laughed as he carried her towards the palace.
"To the palace… why?" He asked her in her ear before nipping the tender lobe. They had been kissing all day long. She had never felt like that with anyone, not even her first love. He carried her down the hallway towards his room then set her down a ways away because she told him to. He wrapped his arms around her waist as they made their way to his bedroom.
"Atem… I hope you're not thinking what I think you're thinking." Iato said to him and smiled over her shoulder as they made their way towards his bed.
"I don't know… what am I thinking about doing?" He asked her as they sat down on his bed.
"Whatever it is it better include me." She smiled mischievously. He smiled and kissed her neck, tenderly biting the soft skin then sucking to dull the pain. They crawled under the covers together and she stared into his eyes for the longest time.
"Atem… do you love me?" She asked him and he didn't answer. It almost was like someone had just stabbed a knife into the direct middle of his heart and twisted. "That's okay you don't have to answer that." She said softly. He shook his head.
"I care deeply for you Iato… I really do… I don't know what it is that I feel. I'm sorry if I'm causing you pain." He said to her and she smiled.
"You aren't causing me pain… you could never do that Atem… you could never do that." She said as he put his hand under her chin. Bringing her lips to his he could already taste her, he locked his lips over hers, subduing them in a powerful kiss. She laced her fingers through his silky soft hair. As their kisses became increasingly intense the pair sat up on the bed she unclasped his collar and threw it onto the floor. He untied her top and easily slipped that and her skirt off but the wrap was what he was going to have trouble with. She smiled seeing his confusion. She quickly unwrapped herself and threw them on the floor. After they had both succeeded in removing each other's clothes they rose up each becoming more enthralled with the other's body.
He kissed her neck tenderly, making a path down her body. He clasped his lips over hers again and ran his tongue over her lips. His hands slowly caressed her naked body, making her press closer to him. She bit his bottom lip tenderly as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He ran his tongue across her lips again making her open her mouth slightly to allow him to snake his velvety soft tongue into her mouth. He never wanted to stop he never got enough of her, they had barely stopped for air since the start.
Iato ran her hands over his back trying to take in as much as possible. He was on a high that not even the strongest drug could send him on, he felt as if he was flying, higher than cloud 9. He looked into her eyes as he lowered her back onto the bed. She panted slightly against his lips as she felt his weight on hers. He kissed her jawbone, biting the tender flesh then continuing down through the valley between her breasts. She wrapped her legs around his waist, grinding herself up against him making him want to groan.
He gave her one last look as if to say, 'are you ready?' She nodded then without warning he drove himself into her. Her hands gripped the sheets, she didn't know if she could take him all in. The pain she had initially felt was now melting away, turning into pure pleasure. She tightened her grip on his waist. He was keeping a steady pace so as not to discomfort her and brought his lips to hers, subduing them in an overpowering kiss.
His hips were grinding into hers heightening the pleasure until it was almost unbearable for them both. Her hands found his back, roaming the smooth skin there. A cry of utter ecstasy escaped her lips as he sped up escalating their rapture to the point that when she opened her mouth, instead of words the most beautiful song tore from her lips, the true song that was within their hearts had been set free. Their voices flew to high heaven, echoing over every Areos'. Their cries of satisfaction were instead the most beautiful song anyone even the Areos had heard, it was different from the one they had heard years ago or the one that they had heard months ago. It was much more free... it had the feelings that they felt for each other in their true form… peace. It was true, as the song traveled an odd peace settled over the land as the people listened. It was soft and peaceful, a song that calmed those who heard it. Fighting couples stopped fighting, children stopped crying, even Trey stopped what he was doing and heard the sound, he stopped completely as he saw where it was coming from. Naira walked in, her wings wide spread and glittering.
"Isn't it a beautiful song? Only they can sing it and it's the most beautiful sound to ever reach your ears." She sighed.
Their voices drifted back to themselves as they lay, completely satisfied on his bed in the wee hours of the morning. He lay on top of her, his chin resting just below her collar bone. She smiled softly and brushed his bangs out of his face. He kissed her lips tenderly and she pulled his bottom lip into her mouth.
"Atem… that song… I never knew it actually existed." Iato sighed, putting her hand on the side of his face. He kissed her palm.
"What was it?" He asked her, kissing her lips again.
"Well if you'd stop I would tell you." She laughed as he kissed her lips again.
"I'm listening." He said and kissed the spot where her collar bone met the top of her rib cage.
"Alright, there's this story that we always tell the little nestlings yes we call them nestlings instead of children… but we always gather the girls up and tell them this story. We tell them that if and when ever they find their true love they sing the song. Human girls talk about if they've lost their virginity yet but Areos girls talk about if they've heard the song because they say that when you hear the Song of the Lotus it means that she's found her true love. But I've never sung the song before… I never even knew it existed until tonight. No one ever sings it because we don't know how to unlock it. It's a song of truly being at peace with the world… and right now I don't think the world and I could be more at peace." She said and he smiled.
"Does that make me special?" He asked, his gravelly, deep baritone echoing around the room. He kissed her lips again, never wanting to stop. He could have kept going but Iato put her hand on his shoulder.
"Yes, but not special enough to wear me out completely because remember Pharaoh I have to go help on the temple." She said. Iato would have never imagined being with him until now but now she didn't have to dream, she was there with him. She sighed as he kissed her neck again making her laugh.
"Pharaoh… I might have to travel back across the mountains, I have something to do in Areastos. I have things to do there. I'll be back in a few months." She said softly, looking off into the distance.
"Why can't you fly?" He asked.
"I could but it's not safe to fly without a partner." She looked at him. Not even thinking that he could come.
"I could go." He said. "You're not the only one with wings." He winked at her and her eyes opened as huge black raven wings burst from his back.
"I… didn't know. I didn't even think…" She shook her head. He smiled at her.
"I need to see this Areastos any ways." He said and she bit her bottom lip.
"Atem, the only problem is that the exiled ones aren't allowed in Areastos." She said and pushed him off, rolling over on top of him, her back arched and her wings straight up and folded in half.
"Please, if I'm with you they can't do anything can they?" He asked, his wings up around him and her creating two huge black veils and as Trey watched through his bed room window he looked straight up through the Pharaoh's balcony and watched them as she kissed his lips then sat up. He sat up with her. She was sitting in his lap, facing him, one knee on either side of him and she put her hands under his jaw, her fingers wrapping around his neck, pulling his lips to hers. He wrapped his arms around her and turned them over in a flurry of black and white feathers.
"N-no." She laughed as he kissed her neck, traveling down her body again. He looked at her curiously as she wrapped her legs around his waist, grinding herself up against him.
"Thought you said you had some place to be tomorrow and you were worn out." Atem mocked.
"Ever heard of the phrase… once more for good measure?" She smirked. He kissed her lips, wrapping his arms around her. He kissed her lips tenderly and once again drove into her; she bucked her hips into him. He tipped his head back slightly as each time she bucked her hips he ground into her, their hips almost to the point that they blended together. She could feel his heat, it was over powering, the force he was applying every time she bucked her hips into his. That was it, he had hit the spot, she was completely at his mercy. Their bodies pressed together so tightly than you wouldn't know where one began and the other ended. She opened her mouth to cry out but instead their song rang across the country and this time it actually went all the way to Areastos. The entire race stopped again as they heard their leaders' cry.