In the morning, Ondolemar woke up, he felt that the pain in his wounds were noticeably subsiding. He turned to see Crystal still asleep. The suffused sunlight hit her as she laid there, making her ginger-blond hair seem like it was glowing. His face turned a vivid shade of red as he ended up getting a view of one of Crystal's breasts under the sheer nightgown. He was tempted to touch it, but placed his hand on her side, gliding his hand up and down. He leaned further, ignoring the pain, and gently kissed her soft pink lips.

Crystal's eyes flew open at the contact of Ondolemar's lips to hers and the feel of his small beard against her chin. Her eyes looked down to find Ondolemar's hand on her hip. Ondolemar did not realise Crystal had awoken until he pulled from the kiss. He saw that her eyes were wide with shock. Blush creeped onto the young woman's face. Vivid emerald and brilliant sapphire locked in each other's gaze, neither one breaking from the other for a while.

"I-I'm sorry..." Ondolemar stammered.

"Did you just..." Crystal started. She continued, "... kiss me?"

She then saw that her breast was exposed under the sheer nightgown by the robe. She quickly covered it, her face now a crimson colour.

"I must confess something to you..." Ondolemar said. He continued, "When we first met, I had somewhat of an attraction to you... My Altmer pride kept me from admitting it... But there's no point in hiding it anymore..."

Crystal was taken by surprise by his confession. She then felt Ondolemar stroke her face.

"You have the beauty of Dibella..." Ondolemar started. He continued, "... and the heart of Mara... I... I love you..."

The pupils of Crystal's eyes widened as she heard all of this. This mer was changing before her. He had become more... vulnerable. It was then she definitely knew Ondolemar was different from most Thalmor men.

She hesitantly kissed him again, finding solace in his lips. She felt him slowly crawl onto her as he deepened their kiss by stroking her soft tongue with his own. While he did so, he cupped her cheek and stroked her cheekbone with his thumb. She then felt him tug at the sash closing her robe, signaling a request for permission to remove it. She loosened the knot as a signal of permission. Ondolemar then opened the robe and rubbed her sides.

Ondolemar felt his sleep pants getting tighter and pressed himself against Crystal's hips, eliciting a gasp from the woman under him. Ondolemar gasped himself because of the pressure on his manhood, which was throbbing with arousal. He was also feeling pain from his wounds, but it was still minor compared to the pleasure he was feeling. He continued grinding his hips against her, pleasuring both himself and Crystal.

"O-Ondo-lem-mar...!" Crystal was gasping as she clutched onto him.

Crystal was becoming wet with pleasure as Ondolemar continued his thrusting, up until his sleep pants became damp with his seed. He sighed as he felt himself release and kissed Crystal's neck.

"I want you..." Ondolemar murmured.

"Then take me..." Crystal murmured back in his ear.

Ondolemar then had his hand up her nightgown and gently removed her panties. Crystal blushed as she felt herself exposed. She then felt a couple fingers on her exposed womanhood, tickling it, eliciting a gasp from her. Crystal started moaning with pleasure as Ondolemar started inserting his fingers inside, stimulating her womanhood. The pleasure sent Crystal thrashing and gasping loudly.

As soon as Ondolmar felt that Crystal was ready, he removed his sleep pants and penetrated her, breaking her maidenhead.

"Ahh!" Crystal yelped as she felt the rupture.

"Did I hurt you...?" Ondolemar asked, feeling a great deal of concern for her. He then said, "This is your first time, isn't it...?"

Crystal nodded, trying to speak.

"I shall try to be gentle..." Ondolemar murmured.

Ondolemar thrusted slowly inside of Crystal, wincing at her tightness. He thrusted as gently as he could, grunting as he did.

Crystal gasped with each thrust as the pain slowly gave way to pleasure. She then pulled Ondolemar down towards her to kiss him, stroking his tongue with her own. Ondolemar moaned with pleasure as he contemplated on going faster.

Crystal gasped as Ondolemar started thrusting faster, her moans becoming louder and higher in pitch as she clenched the bedsheets in her fists before digging her fingernails into the Altmer's back, eliciting a gasp of pain from him. Ondolemar continued until both had hit their climax, their primal desires sated as they clung onto each other, panting. Ondolemar's head rested in the crook of Crystal's neck, inhaling the woman's scent. His vivid emerald eyes made contact with Crystal's brilliant sapphire blue eyes. He then got up and pulled out of her before getting out of bed and putting on a robe.

"Care to join me for a bath?" Ondolemar offered.

Crystal blushed at the offer. But she nodded in reply. She tied her robe and followed him into a bathing room with a tub large enough for two people.

One of the servants had nice hot water poured into it with with flower petals to infuse their fragrant oils. There were some bars of soap and a couple towels ready.

When Ondolemar removed his robes, Crystal helped take off the bandages, his wounds no longer bleeding but still red. She blushed at his lean musculature and the size of his manhood. She shyly removed her robes and gown, the servant carrying them off.

"She'll bring some clean robes for us to put on before we leave the bathroom." Ondolemar said to Crystal as he stepped in.

Crystal shyly stepped into the tub, feeling Ondolemar's gaze on her form. The water went almost to the bottom of her neck as it made her hair fan out. Ondolemar gestured her to sit in his lap. She gasped as she felt his arousal, and saw that Ondolemar was straining to keep control over himself.

"Lean back and close your eyes..." Ondolemar said, the strain audible in his voice.

Crystal hesitantly did so. She felt warm water cascading into her hair. She then felt fingers massaging her scalp.

"Your hair is really thick and curly..." Ondolemar remarked. He then said, "Might take a while before I can get all of it..."

After a while, she felt a comb carefully go through it while it still had soap in it.

"Makes it easier to rinse your hair..." Ondolemar said to her, his breath becoming shallow.

Crystal then felt several cascades of really warm water flow through her hair until Ondolemar no longer felt soap in it. He then combed it again and tied it up for her. After that, he took a bar of soap and a rag and washed Crystal's body with it, trying to resist the temptation he felt to squeeze her supple breasts or tickle her womanhood.

Ondolemar then switched places with Crystal, allowing her to wash him. Crystal was very gentle with his wounds, gently swabbing them. She then washed the rest of them, accidentally eliciting a gasp from Ondolemar as she washed around his hips and manhood.

"Are you okay?" Crystal asked.

"Yes..." Ondolemar said, straining to control himself.

After they were done bathing, Crystal stepped out of the tub and dried her hair with a towel that was provided for her. Crystal then dried the rest of her body off and put on a robe before combing her hair again. Ondolemar did the same, save for his hair for he had none. Then they stepped out of the bathing room and back into the bedroom where there was a clean set of clothes for them and clean bandaging linens and ointment.

Crystal slathered the ointment gently onto Ondolemar's wounds and bandaged them up before planting a gentle kiss on them. She then put on a soft leather corset and a sleek blue silk dress. Ondolemar braided her hair before getting dressed himself. He was wearing a slightly long mandarin-collar shirt that was black with gold trim. He also wore black silk pants and a pair of black slippers. He looked at Crystal, finding her to be an image of beauty. He then went downstairs to answer the door. It was Elenwen.