CHAPTER TWO
Elysium Fortress was like a dungeon. There were no adornments, no decorations. Only candles burned ominously along its corridors.
It was as she'd feared. The guard had led her down several corridors past several war rooms, but they were clearly heading towards the more secluded, personal quarters.
With her white gown and subtle butterfly wings, she felt small and vulnerable.
They eventually came to a set of double crimson red doors. Her breath hitched. This was the King's bedchambers.
The guard stopped outside of it, bowing and stepping aside.
"The Dark King awaits you," he said.
Serenity swallowed.
With a nod, reminding herself why she was there, she pushed the door open.
When she stepped inside, she heard the door close behind her, the guard pushing it shut.
Her eyes narrowed. It was indeed the Dark King's bedchambers. But there was also a large wooden table with chairs opposite each other, a negotiation table.
King Endymion sat on one end, his eyes dark. He was dangerously handsome man, his large muscular frame imposing and dangerous. Under different circumstances, she would have found him attractive. But here...
She sat down cautiously on the other side of the table.
"So," he said, "Neo-Queen Serenity. My army can join yours and wipe out the Millenium Forces within three days. But..."
He stared at her, his eyes unreadable. But there was an unmistakable, taunting quality to his voice, something dangerous.
"What's in it for me?" he said, leaning in slightly, his large elbows on table.
She swallowed.
She knew what she had to do. She had a plan.
"Me," she said softly.
He cocked his eyebrow, surprised at her boldness.
"As you know from the legends, each Moon heiress is guarded by a magical Aegis Barrier since birth, to protect our virtue until marriage. To barter for your help, I have started the process of disabling my barrier. On day three of our battle, when we fully destroy the Millennium Forces, the shield will be down and I..." she hesitated, then whispered it, "I will gift you with my virginity."
His eyes were unreadable, but they seemed to darken.
"In return," she said, "I want you not only to destroy the Millenium Forces invading Crystal Tokyo but also to lend us our strength to attack them at their home planet."
She stared back at him, watching his features carefully.
Then Endymion smirked.
"I accept. I'll gladly lay waste to a planet for one taste of you."
She shuddered at his words. It didn't surprise her, from what she'd heard of him. Ruthless, immoral, conquering.
"Only one modification," he said, "I wish for us to begin to honor our agreement now."
She stared at him, confused.
"We cannot. The Aegis Barrier..."
He laughed.
"You can please me in my bed without breaking your barrier..." he chuckled, "Think of it as a down payment."
She paled.
This was not the plan.
She had no intention of gifting him anything. Her tacticians had told her the source of Elysium's power lay somewhere in the fortress. She gave herself three days to find it and steal it for the Moon.
This...
"I..." she said.
He eyed the large mahogany bed next to him suggestively, his eyes darkening.
"Neo-Queen Serenity," he said, his voice low with uncontrolled lust, "Are you ready to honor our deal?"
Serenity's chest rose and fell in anxious anticipation.
The King's chambers were dimly lit, save for a large window with a view of the moon - her home, her place of comfort.
She was sprawled on the large mahogany bed. Her two legs were tied up with pink ribbons to the bedposts, as were her two wrists.
And Endymion stared down predatorily over her body, over the laces that covered her nearly translucent gown. She felt naked, helpless, defenseless through the thin silk.
"I..." Serenity said, heart pounding, "I don't think..."
"You came here to barter," Endymion said with a smirk, "It's time to pay up."
She gasped, crying out when his hands shot out to pull her gown roughly apart, tearing cloth. Her breasts spilled out as she exclaimed, struggling to cover them with her arms but realizing she was bound by thick ribbons.
She hung her head, face red as her breasts were exposed to his gaze, helpless but to let him look appreciatively at her, licking his lips.
"You're beautiful."
"W... Wait..." she panicked, thrashing in the bed even while he lowered his head towards her, "Wait!"
She cried out when she felt his lips close over her nipple, her body shaking from the intimate act.
"Yes..." he growled loudly, twirling his tongue expertly around the bud, then sucked hard and persistently on her.
"Oh!" she squeaked, "Oh oh oh!"
She thrashed against her bonds. Her mind was reeling. She was trapped and helpless under the ruthless Dark King, a warrior known for his brutality in the battlefield. She cried out in anguish.
As he suckled harder and faster, she gasped and panted, feeling a strange pleasure radiate from her nipple to the rest of her body. Her bud grew harder, peaking helplessly for him while he played with her body with his skillful tongue and teeth. He moved to do the same with her other breast, chewing and biting at her while she cried out in pleasure and anguish.
"How does it feel?" he growled against her nipple.
"I don't..." she said, tossing her head back and forth, "I don't know.."
She panicked further when she felt his hand descend and bunch up the bottom of her gown, pushing the material up.
"Wha... What are you..." she said.
She thrashed against her bonds when she felt his large hand on her panties. She cried out in shock when he pulled them down abruptly, dragging them down her long legs and then tossing them to the floor.
"I'm going to taste all of you," he growled.
"Ohhhh..." she moaned as he kissed down her body from her breast down to her belly and then to her inner thighs. She tensed when she felt his large warm hands on her buttocks, lifting her up.
When she felt his hot breath in between her legs, she tossed her head side to side again, "Oh wait! Wait!"
She screamed when he lifted her hips up to crush her vagina into his mouth.
Her eyes bulged as his fixed his mouth over her clit, sucking savagaly.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" she cried, "Stop!"
Tears streamd down her face as pleasure and pain exploded from inside of her, spreading throughout her body.
"Don't be embarrassed," he reassured her, lapping ferociously on her folds, "You taste wonderful."
When he thrust his tongue deep inside her, she felt a pink glow fill her body, the Aegis Barrier preventing further entry. She panted in relief, but screamed out louder when he sucked even harder on her clit, rolling his flesh between his teeth to punish her.
She was completely helpless, bound to this large bed for the Dark King to ravage.
"Come for me," he commanded.
Her head still tossing and turning, she ignored him.
"Come for me," he repeated, growling against her clit.
Fearfully, she felt something bubble up from inside her. Something was climbing within her, something dark and terrifying built from inside of her. As he forced more and more pleasure between her legs, she felt less and less in control.
"I can't," she panted, sobbing, shaking her head side to side, "I can't, I can't!"
"I'll do it with you!" he growled against her flesh.
She noticed his growls turning erratic, losing control. And she looked down to see his trousers were down. He was pleasuring himself to release, his large hand gripping his member, stroking himself powerfully while he devoured her with his lips.
He brought her attention back to herself when he sucked and bit punishingly on her spasming flesh, as his licking and biting grew rougher, harder, faster.
Then it hit her.
She let out a strangled cry as she came, as her mind filled with white. She felt like she was floating. All she could feel was the explosions between her legs, as she felt every bit of honey inside her body unlock, as she flowed joyously, her juices spilling into his thirsty mouth.
Her screamed filled the room, her body filling with pink. Faintly, she heard him grunt, his own low pants against her vagina as he growled erratically, as his hands jerked, his eyes rolling to the back of his head as he shot his load powerfully on to the floor next to the bed.
He ate her out throughout their orgasms, licking up every bit of juice from her body while she sobbed uncontrollably, too tired to fight him anymore while he cleaned her fully with his tongue until she was dry.
She panted, her mind finally returning to her body as she her wet body heaved. The ribbons trapping her arms and legs dissolved into nothing.
She sobbed, the experience too much for her.
"Get some rest," he said, as he rose from the foot of the bed, a smirk on his lips wet from her juices, "We haven't even started yet."
She was too fatigued to process his words, her glazed eyes looking down at her body wet, faint bruises where he'd held and gripped her. She didn't know how much more her body could take, or how much he'd demand of her. Even two days seemed impossible.
Exhausted, she let herself drift off to sleep.
Serenity woke up in the middle of the night. She'd cleaned herself quickly after awakening, feeling dirty after her experience with Endymion. She was disgusted by how easily he could control her body.
But she was glad she had time to investigate Elysium's power source. She couldn't rely on them to deliver Crystal Tokyo from the Millennium Forces. It was too risky. What if Endymion demanded more for the alliance?
She had to try to take his power for herself.
She sat at the library for hours, studying the ancient texts on the Earth's origin. She made note of the patterns - of how Elysium came to be, how the powers were passed down from generation to generation of warriors, how it was harnessed and stored.
Elysium was not always as powerful as it was now. Something happened between 304 AC and 307 AC that gave it immense advantages over other sovereigns. But what?
Hours into the texts, something caught her eye in an ancient text. There was frequent mention of the same thing, but only here was it so explicit. An engine. Some sort of a magical engine that had been driving Elysium's war success. Was it real or legend? Could that the be source of Endymion's powers?
She shut the tome quickly when she heard heavy, steady footsteps. Panicked, she shoved the book underneath others.
Turning the corner around a book stack, she saw him there. She gasped, the fear of being caught quickly giving way to a different type of fear.
His eyes were nearly black with lust. He wore a simple black sweater and dark-colored slacks, not in full armor as he usually was. Even underneath the simple clothing she could see his muscles, a body hardened from years of fierce battle.
She knew what he wanted from her.
Her mouth went dry as she stared helplessly out at him.
He already looked impatient.
"I've been looking all over for you," he said, staring up and down her gowned body like she was prey.
"I..." she hesitated, "I was..."
He ignored her, yanking her up by the arm to stand while she winced.
"We had a deal," he said, his face close to hers, his eyes intense and dangerous, "Back to our bed. Now."
Reluctantly, knowing she had no choice but to give him what he wanted until she could find his weakness, she let him lead her back to his chambers.
May the goddesses have mercy on her today.