Greetings from chapter twenty-four! I'm sure all of you who read the last chapter have figured out what it'll happen in here. Thanks to my reviewers since my last update- Silvara; Goku's Mistress; lilykat14; shinsei101; pinguinolatino; Ygfi; Infernal Flame Zero; Hououza; Gir Crazy; TheGoddessKnight; Serene-Moon-Princess.
WARNING! This chapter does contain sexual content (although not a lemon). I have read it over several times and truly believe that it does not warrant an M rating. That being said, however, if you're not into reading this kind of thing, feel free to skip it!
But enough of my rambling!
Except for one last reminder: I do not own the Legend of Zelda series, in whole or in part.
Link broke his gaze long enough to scoop me up, taking me to the bed and setting me gently on it. He leaned over me until his face was mere inches above mine, then stared deep into my eyes again. I could feel his love for me, expressed in his engaging gaze.
He once more broke the intense stare, and his eyes traveled down my body, a huge grin creasing his face.
"What are you grinning about?" I broke the silence, smiling up at him.
"Everything," he breathed. "Zel, when I look at you...you make me feel things that I never dreamed of feeling. Things that I've never felt before I fell for you, and I could never possibly feel from any other woman. Things that are emotional and..." His voice trailed off, and he swallowed hard. "And physical."
I looked down the length of his body, and saw exactly what he meant. I returned my eyes to his face, and we again got caught up in an intense staring match.
We stayed that way for what seemed like forever, until he finally climbed completely into the bed, laying on his side. I turned onto my side to face him, closing the distance between us. My common sense flew out the window, and I found myself pushing him onto his back and hovering over him, smothering him with kisses.
He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him. My lips went to his, and our tongues began to fight for control. As our kissing became more heated, I could feel him tighten his grip on me, and I melted into him.
I finally pulled away and looked down at him, my grin mirroring his. Keeping my eyes locked on his, my hands went to his tunic, excitedly tearing at it. He moved my hands away and ripped it open himself, tearing his undershirt along with it. I ripped off both pieces of clothing and cast them aside, shifting my gaze to the bare skin.
His chest and abs looked even more beautiful than they did the night he kissed my cheek, after I'd had that bad dream. I licked my lips eagerly, causing Link to blush. I averted my eyes back to his, wanting to watch him react as I began to run my hands over his amazing upper body.
"Zelda..." he groaned, throwing his head back. His cap fell off and I threw it aside, reaching up with one hand to run my fingers through his thick, golden locks.
"Are you enjoying this, my love?" I smiled.
"More than you know."
Unable to take it anymore, he rolled me onto my back.
"My turn," he whispered seductively, kneeling next to me.
He began to fiddle with the ties of my corset, loosening the knots. I waited in sweet anticipation as he took his time, the complete opposite of my hurried removal of his tunic and undershirt.
I watched as he untied the corset, until my breasts were revealed. He cast aside the corset and just hovered there, admiring me.
"Princess..." he breathed, his head descending towards me.
I writhed beneath him at the feeling of his lips on such sensitive areas of my body. He stopped after a few minutes to look into my eyes again.
"I love you, Zelda. And I want you to know that what we are to share with each other this night is very special to me. I know we're supposed to wait until marriage, but I see you laying before me, and you're so beautiful...I just can't wait any longer. Unless you want me to."
"I don't," I shook my head. "I want to surrender myself to you, Link." I could feel my eyes tearing up again, as I was forced to acknowledge one of the reasons why I was so desperate for him to have me. "I...I have to be honest, Link."
"Is this too much for you, Zelda? I mean, just say the word, and we will wait until our wedding night. Or even longer than that, if you wish."
"No, no, it's not that, Link." I looked away from him, tears rolling down my cheeks. "It's just that...I worry that this will be our only opportunity to...to make love. I know it may sound foolish, but please just hear me out, my love. You see, when we were running from that awful place earlier, I thought I saw Ganondorf's eyes, watching me. And then when you pulled me aside to kiss me...I just knew I wanted this for us."
"Of course it's not foolish, Zel," Link insisted. "But I'm still not quite sure I fully understand your motivation."
"I worry that I'm going to wake up tomorrow and find out that we have to wage a full-on war against Ganondorf. We trapped him once, but if he found a way out, then who knows what he has up his sleeve. I don't want this night to go to waste, because I fear what awaits us in the very near future."
Link laid down next to me, stroking my hair, which I'd let down while talking with him. "Listen, Zelda. I want you more than anything in this world right now, and I am just a word away from making love to you. But if you are not ready, please tell me. I could never be upset with you over something like that, for our time to share this will come again. I promise you it will."
"But you can't promise something like that," I sobbed. "No one can predict the future."
"You're right, Zelda. And that is all the more reason for us to live in the moment. You amaze me with how strong you are, my love. I don't want to see you give up so easily. We are going to get through this. I will see to it that Ganondorf is imprisoned again, and this time for good. But for now, we mustn't dwell on that. The important thing is that we are safe here in the castle, and from what we can tell, he is still at his fortress. There's really nothing more we can do about it until morning, anyway."
Link hugged me close, kissing my tears away. I took several deep breaths until I calmed down. Link suddenly got up from the bed, walking to the wall to open the secret passage to his room.
"Where are you going?"
"You'll see," he grinned slyly.
Link returned a few minutes later with a glass of water and a large burlap sack. I sipped at the water and watched him curiously as he began to remove things from the sack. He removed some candles, setting a few each on the nightstands next to the bed. He then removed what in the shadows looked to be bedding, but when he unraveled it, I discovered it was actually a nightgown.
"What's this for?" I asked, reaching out to finger the material.
"I was saving it for our honeymoon, but, well... we kind of had a change of plans," Link chuckled. "For you, my beautiful angel."
"Thank you so much, my love," I said, pulling him into a hug. "I can hardly wait to try it on... later," I added in a seductive tone, giving him a look.
Link could hardly contain himself as he tried to light the candles. Unfortunately he seemed to forget that I could light them myself. Upon snapping my fingers, the room was filled with candlelight.
I stood in front of Link and stroked his face before moving his hands to my waist.
"Undress me," I commanded him.
"Be glad to."
Link slowly pulled off my dress skirt and petticoats, letting them fall to the floor. I stepped out of them and kicked them away.
"You need to catch up," I giggled, noticing that Link hadn't even removed his boots yet. He promptly kicked them off, and I reached out and began to slide down his tights.
Fully revealed to each other, we admired one another's bare bodies for the first time before crawling into the bed. Link moved on top of me, staring into my eyes.
"Are you completely sure, my love? Just give me the word, and I will stop right now."
"I'm sure, Link. I want to share this with you, and I want to share it now."
With that, we shared the most intimate, special thing possible, becoming one for the first of many times that night.
I awoke just before dawn to my fiancé kissing my neck. "Ready for another round already?" I giggled, rolling over to face him.
"You bet. It's been a whole two hours."
I melted into him, but froze up when I heard the bedroom door open.
"I trust that you two will still be down for breakfast," I heard Impa mutter.
I thought I locked the door, I mused, as I rolled off Link and we hurried to cover ourselves with the bedding.
"I do know magic, remember?" Impa said, as if reading my mind.
"Uh, good morning, Impa," I stammered out, blushing.
"I'm sure you're curious as to why I'm here, so I'll gladly tell you. The guards stationed outside your room-whom you've apparently forgotten about- have been reporting strange noises throughout the night. One of them finally roused me this morning at a ridiculous hour to say that he'd heard screams, and Link was nowhere to be found. And, lo and behold, he's to be found in here, with you, before your wedding."
It's not what it looks like, I started to say. But I closed my mouth when I realized that it was exactly what it looked like!
Saying nothing more, Impa simply walked to the wardrobe and pulled out a dress, laying it on a chair near the bed. "I took the liberty of grabbing some extra clothing for you as well, Link," she explained, laying out an outfit for him as well. "What shall I tell the king?" she then asked me.
"Tell him that Link and I will be down to breakfast in a few minutes," I sighed.
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