His hands continued to move under her gown even as Aria shifted to get down from his lap, where he had placed her. Before her legs could reach the floor, she felt him wrap his arms around her, pulling her back.
Before, they had been face to face, but now her back was turned towards him. A tingle went down her spine as she felt his bare skin and hardened member against her.
His breath fanned against her ears as she felt his hands slide upwards towards her chest in a way that had her heart racing furiously.
"Wa..." she gasped, but the words were barely out when she felt him slide himself slowly into her center, which was already dripping simply from the awareness that it was him.
Her mouth fell open as she groaned in pleasure, feeling him continue to trail kisses down her neck in a way that made her breath come in gasps.
The kisses only got more intense, even more than his thrusts, which were not as hard as she knew they usually were. Enough to make her frown and wonder why he wasn’t fucking her as hard as he would normally do.
His touch was gentle, which she became even more aware of the longer the session went on. It became obvious that he was not only taking things easy with her, but he also ensured that she enjoyed herself more than he did.
"Faster!" she snapped before she could help it. If they were going to have sex, then it was better if they had it as passionately as possible so it could be over. But Zyren might as well have been deaf.
His thrusts continued to be as steady as before, making it obvious that he had no intention of actually going faster.
Until Aria had no choice but to speak again, leaning back and trying to move faster, only to hear him speak in a half-growl from behind her.
"Steady! We have all the time in the world!" he said, his hands caressing her stomach in a way that annoyed Aria, but she couldn’t complain too much as she went ahead to turn to face him.
She was not surprised to see a smug look on his face as he fixed his red eyes on her, watching with delight as she lowered herself onto him and began to move at a steady, much faster pace that made the pleasure she had felt double.
Aware that because of the bond, sleeping with him was truly the most pleasurable thing she had ever done in her life.
She moved faster than usual, and soon her legs shook as the pleasure exploded in her head. Her lashes fluttered and she clung to him.
Zyren was yet to finish, but he didn’t even seem to care as he continued to caress her stomach and then her breasts, eyes fixed on her as he whispered.
"We have all the time in the world!" he said, even as Aria was still trying to deal with the aftermath of her orgasm.
She was just catching her breath, intent on getting off his lap, when she felt him pull her closer. Aria instantly moved to jerk away from him with all her strength, expecting him to use even more force to hold her there, only to be surprised when he didn’t.
His actions worried her even more than anything he had done recently as she stared at him, scrambling to her feet. Her heart raced and pounded in her chest as she backed away, staring at the sly smile on his face without saying more than she needed to.
"I’m leaving!" she told him, adjusting her dress and the buttons on her chest that had been loosened, trying hard not to look down at the still throbbing member between his legs, which she could see was yet to go down.
She combed her hands through her red hair as she turned to leave and head out of the food hall, aware that they had just had sex. She was still expecting Zyren to chase after her and drag her back like he usually did, only to hear movement and watch him appear beside her the next moment, fully dressed.
There was no displeasure on his face that showed his annoyance at not being able to finish, and he spoke to her as if nothing had happened that was different from the norm.
"You should get ready!" he told her, walking with her and going ahead to open the doors of the hall for her, gesturing for her to walk through.
"The journey is long and might be a bit tiring for you!" he told her. But Aria simply glared at him. "I’m stronger than any human right now, including some vampires! I’m sure I can take care of myself!" she responded in a huff, walking through the door and heading away without waiting for him to catch up or offering to walk beside him.
She was not surprised to get back to her room and see Rymora waiting outside with a lost expression on her face a second before she noticed that Aria had arrived.
"Lady Aria!" she greeted, but Aria merely rolled her eyes as she strode into the room, beckoning her in with hopes that Zyren would not step in to finish what they had started.
"I need you to summon my sister! Send a guard or a legion of guards if you have to! I don’t care!" she ordered. Rymora nodded and bowed, aware of the seriousness in her tone, and turned to leave that very instant.
Aria glared at the bed as she remained standing in the room, her heart still racing from the memory of how Zyren might have started the session, but she herself had finished it without being aware of what she was doing.
It was a realization that even if her mind screamed that she would never forgive and accept him, her body was already starting to.
’Desperate situations call for desperate measures!’ she decided, aware that if she did not try to kill Zyren as soon as possible, she would lose and he would win, as he always did.
...the thought of him not paying for his sins against her family was something she refused to accept.
’I’m going to try and kill him again!’ she decided, aware that this time she would get help.