“Do you like it?”
She turned to her Prince, baffled.
“You’re giving me a garden?”
Kairen nodded.
“Since you don’t care for gold, dresses, or jewelry.”
So, he had thought about something that would make her happy and gifted her a whole herbal garden? Cassandra was amazed. She had never thought that Kairen would be able to put up such a thing! And in such a short amount of time! She became teary just thinking about it.
She turned around and walked back to him, throwing herself into his arms.
“I love it…I love you. Thank you!”
Kairen hugged her back and kissed her cheek. He felt like it had been a long time since he had openly displayed a genuine smile like this. Cassandra chuckled and turned her head in search of his lips to kiss him; a long, sweet and grateful kiss. He was relieved to see her happier, after her sour day and how she had been sick earlier.
Cassandra kept her lips going, enjoying the proximity between them, but Kairen pulled away with an annoyed groan.
“What is it?” she asked, a bit surprised.
He sighed.
“If we keep going, I’ll want to have sex with you. Here and now.”
Cassandra blushed, the red spreading to her ears, so she looked down. Oh, indeed...it was better if they stopped now. She might have been teasing him a bit too much without knowing. She laughed at the Prince’s hungry expression and stepped back innocently, turning around to explore her new herbal garden.
She truly loved this place. It was green and cold enough to have her forget the Palace’s climate that she couldn’t seem to get accustomed to. Everywhere she looked she found new and familiar herbs, dozens of them. Almost every medicinal herb or plant known in this Empire was gathered here for her to play with. She hadn’t noticed it right away, but at the very end of that garden was actually a wide desk with parchments about medicine, ink and blank paper for her personal use. Whoever had prepared it had also put dozens of pots, pitchers, mortars, pestles, scales and weights, jars, and show globes. Cassandra could spend hours studying everything here!
While she was still observing everything in awe, Kairen came up from behind, gently hugging her with his hands on her tummy, and kissed her temple.
“So you like it,” he simply said.
“I love it, really. Were you trying to cheer me up?”
She hadn’t been happy since they came to the Palace, and they both knew that. For the usually aloof man to actually go out of his way and prepare all this for her, it melted her heart.
Cassandra smiled and grabbed his face to kiss him more passionately, making him groan.
“Cassandra, if you keep going…”
“How far are we from your bedroom?”
His brain snapped at her words.
Everything that happened next was too fast for her to focus. She was brought back to his bedroom not even a minute later and laid gently on the bed, her dress quickly lifted above her waist, making her breathe loudly in response.
The Prince didn’t lose any time. Cassandra cried out when he slid in, biting her lips and shivering. A hot chill spread through her skin, as he began thrusting, fast and hard. She didn’t want to hold back and moaned as loudly as she needed, her heart thumping. Holding on to him, she let him set the pace. Cassandra held on to his neck and closed her eyes, focusing on the sensations. His movements were so wild, he only focused on kissing her skin when it came close to his lips and kept moving, restlessly. The young concubine was running out of breath, crying out louder, struggling to keep up with him.
Kairen couldn’t hold back for long however, his rut reaching its edge after a few more minutes, releasing himself, moaning. Cassandra curved her body into him, releasing a long sigh of pleasure.
The young concubine was exhausted after that very short but intense lovemaking session. She kept her eyes shut for a bit longer, as her breathing and heartbeat slowly calmed down. Kairen tenderly sprinkled light kisses all over her smooth skin, allowing her time to recover. They were still embracing one another, and Cassandra didn’t want to let go of him, not yet.
“Rest here for a bit.”
“I don’t want to…it’s still early,” she protested.
“You’re tired.”
