--Chapter 4-- finally
I sat alone in my new room staring at all of the expensive pelts an furs that lined the floor and the silks covering the bed and walls. The Fire Lord enjoyed my performance so much that I was giving the role of his lead royal dancer. From now on I was to work on my own, make up my own dancing routines and then when I was required to by the fire Lord I would perform them in front of private parties.
In consequence of being a royal dancer this also meant that the Fire Lord could give my body away for the night to pleasure a soldier who didn't something worth gratification. Just as I expected tonight was my first gig. I was to join the fire Lord in his private study for dinner. I didn't need to dance or have anything prepared except for his request that I wear whatever is in that velvet bag on the bed.
I sighed. Why couldn't Prince Zuko have stood up for me and made his wants more prominent so I could spend dinner with him. Yes I am mad at him for his disrespectful comments, but I had rather spend the night with him than the fire lord, and believe me when I get the chance I will slap those vulgar thoughts right out of the prince's head.
I walked over to the bed and picked up the bag and dumped its contents onto the bed. Gold silk flew out of the bag, one piece of gold silk. I held it up to my body then shrugged my shoulders and took off my clothes and got into the bath. I scrubbed my body then soaked it in tiger lily oils. I got out then cleaned all of the old glitter nail polish off of my nails and then gave them a simple golden trim. I tossed my hair up into curlers and added some gel to be sure it held once I took the curlers out. Then I put on some eyeliner and nude lip-gloss.
Pleased with my general appearance I grabbed the gold silk from the bed and slid it over my body. It was a dress that flew out at the waist and ended just above the knees. The top consisted of a low V neck and two straps came up and tied behind the neck. One the dress was on I grabbed a pair of golden slippers and pulled all of the curlers out of my hair.
My chocolate hair flew down the back of the dress in waves. Just before I left the room I sprayed myself with a simple tiger lily perfume. After I left the room I walked down the familiar hallways to the fire Lords office.
Soon I came to two large wooden doors; I raised my hand and knocked gently. Just after my first rap I heard his voice, "come in." I slowly opened the doors then shut them behind me just as quietly and walked up to the fire Lord's desk. He was surrounded by stacks of papers and deeds to various parts of the city. For once the great Fire Lord Ozia looked peaceful, surrounded by work.
With little to nothing being accomplished he sat back and closed his eyes as steam flew out of the sides of his mouth. His hands gently massaged his temples. Without realizing it I had moved behind the fire Lord and put my hands on his shoulders and started to work some of the knots out of his muscles. He leaned forward ever so slightly and his whole body relaxed and my hands moved further down. Minutes passed before I felt that every last knot was worked out and his muscles where fully relaxed.
I dropped my hands and began to move to the front of the desk till his hand came out and grabbed my upper arm and pulled me toward him. I fell sideways on to his lap. I looked up to see two solid cold gold eyes glaring back at me. For a split second I saw them soften in color as he muttered, "Thank you." My mouth dropped open.
His land came up and cupped my check forcing my mouth shut. His face came closer to mine and stopped an inch from my lips. I could feel his hot breath flowing down my neck on to my chest. I opened my mouth slightly and my voice shook, "My lord? I –, "before I finished his lips crashed own on mine.
This kiss was deep and full of raw passion and lust. At first I squirmed then his lips slowly began to retreat and I already missed the pressure that held my lips slightly apart. He leaned fully back and my head leaned forward as if asking for another kiss.
I opened my eyes only to see the Fire Lord smirking down at me. "Well now at this rate we just might miss out on dinner and skip to dessert." I pulled myself out of his lap and bowed before sitting in a chair on the other side of the table. My face was bright red, and my breathing was quick.
Just then the door opened and servants filled in and cleared off the desk and placed two teacups and a pot of hot tea on the table next to a tray of small pastries. Once the servants all left I got up and poured the Fire Lord a cup of tea then myself one I waited to see if he was going to add sugar and I watched him add two small spoon fills, the same amount that I always put into my tea. He pasted me the sugar and I did just as he had done seconds before. We sat across from each other sipping tea and eating the small pastries for another hour or so before he stood up.
"Thank you for accompanying me Katara, tomorrow night you will have the gardens free to practice your dancing, lights will be put up and guards will stand by to watch out for you." With those last few words the Fire Lord Exited the room and not soon after I followed and headed to my own room.
When I got back to my room I stripped the dress off and put on a simple night gown and crawled into the king sized bed. I rolled over a few times then burrowed under the silky blankets and fell into a deep slumber. My dreams flashed from Prince Zuko to Ozia, and no matter what all I could see was me betraying my own blood.