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Book 4
Siha: Rise of Rakhana
Part II
Feeling her sit on the bed next to him, Tetonbaum finds her proximity a comfort.
He turns to Kasumi and leans over to kiss her temple, "…Do you wish for me to lay down beneath you, or be above, my wife," he whispers, removing the straps of her gown.
She kisses his lips after these ghost over her shoulder, "…Beneath, Teton…I want to look into your eyes." His magnificent chest—bare and brilliantly colored with reds and blues, warm as a fireplace—thrums with the nearness of their joining, and he moves to the middle of the bed, back in their home, gazing at her as she sits on the mattress edge and holds her straps in her fingers, her face down, an expression deeply considering something on her mind…
It has been an eventful night, to say the least…It troubles her what with the Drugi revealing themselves to her husband, the bracelet removed so they may flee, and Tetonbaum's attack against family…
It troubles her much, for it seems so out of place, and unlike her husband…
But much has changed inside if not physically.
"…What is it."
He sits up, phallus hard and ready for their coupling, and gently slides his back of his fingers down her arm for her to look at him.
Tetonbaum sees her turn, lowering her dress, her eyes avoiding his, "…Teton, I don't understand why you attacked all of them…What was…" She faces him as he sits with his knees flared, his blue elbows on these, hands raising to the sides of his wavy crests, "…Why would you do such a thing…What is going on? Why aren't you telling me anything? It's unlike you…"
He lifts his head to reconnect his gaze with hers.
Kasumi sees what she has seen since their coming to Kahje. His unhappiness…
He was, and is always beautiful to her—but the altruistic optimism, the laughter in his eyes is muted, nearly moot these days.
He is disconnected from all he knows…He did it for her, and she for him.
"I don't want to be a prisoner any more than you, Teton…but since coming here, we've had each other…Now, after tonight, I feel like I don't know you."
"I am unable to tell, Kasumi, what I saw…I looked into the Eye of S'syalahe…"
"That also bothers me," her fine eyebrows knit as his arms collect her nakedness to himself, "…you said you'd never look into that shard," her eyes go to the dresser over which hang part of a belt to which he has tied the shard pouch, "…You used it and now you're enemies with Casnar, Braith, and Ylyssus…Why? What did you see?…Teton," she grasps his face with her hands, "…What did you see—that has made you so different?"
He allows her hands to support the weight of his jaw…His fingers smooth the fine curves of her back, in between each vertebrae. "I saw a pathway…One I made the choice to go down…I have seen," he hesitates, "…I have seen what shouldn't be, Kasumi, and I have a choice…I choose you, over my family..."
"Teton," she lifts his head, angling her lips closer, wincing from the pressure and sighing with him as he pushes, "…your family is everything…You said I was a part of it…You can't turn your back on Casnar or the others…without turning your back on…me…"
He stills and looks down in her hands…
Tetonbaum lowers himself to her side, still joined.
"I am afraid, Kasumi…I am terrified…"
Kasumi stares at his eyes next to hers and shakes her head, "…You fear nothing, Teton…" Her words echo in his memories…Memories he does not want to mix with this time with her.
"…Kahje's changed you, Teton…You're not who you once were…The mate I fell in love with…" He trembles and closes his eyes…She speaks the truth, I will not be surprised…
"I am only trying…to protect you, Kasumi," the sapphires open.
"And what of yourself?" She looks in those eyes that have protected her, loved her, made love to her, "…What do I do if you're the one that needs the protection…from himself?"
"Make love with me, sweet wife of mine," he whispers, rising to be above her again, "…That is what you may do..."
She lays back as his hand falls between her breasts and rests, his palm feeling her heartbeat…Kasumi arches, her chest and belly making a rainbow as he moves again.
Her heat accepts him, her eyes closing with the intensity of his union with her.
Red and blue hands slide down her skin to tighten on her soft waist. ( I do not deserve one as thee…My love, my heart's desire, my dearest, dearest Kasumi… )