“Okay. I’ll bathe and then meet?—”
“No, I’ll call for a bath, and we can clean up together. I’ll have dinner brought up, too. Like at the inn. Just us.”
“That sounds perfect.” I gave him a kiss and tucked a blue curl behind his ear. “You go first. I’ll be there soon.”
He nodded and fluttered over to the door. When he opened it, Naomi and Doran sprang away like they were trying to pretend they hadn’t been listening. Hydris flew right over both of them and zipped out of sight.
Knowing what I knew now, I was okay with quipping, “He was inspecting the tools.”
“Oh, was he now?” Naomi said with a big grin. “Find them all in order, did he?”
“Yep. Even tested one of them.” I adjusted myself as I walked by, and Doran snorted while Naomi laughed.
They were a small portion of the population, but that they didn’t get upset and weren’t scandalized, had me feeling pretty damn good as I headed for the palace. I would still sneak since I wasn’t supposed to be above stairs, but I wouldn’t hide. There was no need for that.
I stopped by my room to grab a change of clothes before taking the back stairs two at a time up to Hydris’s room.
Chapter 10
Four staff members were leaving Hydris’s bed chamber when I arrived via his valet’s empty room. One of them looked back, saw me, and gave me a big grin. I didn’t know him, but it made me smile in return to have a little more approval. Honestly, at this point, the only reason I came up the back stairs was because of Mannix’s decree.
I peeked into the enormous bathroom and smiled more to see Hydris waiting beside the large clawfoot tub full of steaming water. He wore a silky-looking pink robe that didn’t conceal much of his naked form at all.
“Your bath is ready,” he said before nibbling his bottom lip.
“Our bath.”
“You first.”
I chuckled at him, set my change of clothes down, and started getting undressed. He took each item and folded it like that mattered, and then he held my hand while I stepped into the tub.
The moan out of me as I sat was deep and appreciative because the water was the perfect temperature for the end ofa long day. “I might have to soak for a while,” I muttered as I leaned back.
“Go ahead.”
A moment later, I felt something soft and sudsy slither down my arm. Hydris was out of his robe and bathing me. I sighed, closed my eyes, and let him.
Being bathed was the most sensuous thing anyone had ever done for me. He was gentle but thorough, tracing every muscle in my arms, across my chest, and even lifting one foot and then the other. He used soapy hands to wash my face and a damp cloth to rinse me. After he washed my hair, he held my head tipped back while he rinsed every strand.
I was hard when he had me stand up, and he was, too. He certainly took his time making sure my cock was clean before getting every other square inch of skin. I was breathing heavy, wanting to grab him up, when he had me sit back down to rinse the soap away.
“Hydris…”
He giggled. “Just sit down.”
I sat, but I wasn’t relaxed anymore. “Aw, yeah,” I practically moaned when he stepped into the tub and straddled my thighs.
“I had a plan,” he said like it was crazy of me to doubt him.
I cupped his ass and pulled him in close, our cocks snuggled together. “What’s next?”
He didn’t answer, but he did start rolling his hips to rock us against each other. We were both moaning in no time, slip-sliding cocks and bumping balls, the water splashing over the rim of the tub like the waves of a hurricane.
I ran my hands all over him, spreading soapy water in a much lamer attempt to wash him in return. Our kisses were sloppy, the two of us moaning into each other’s mouths as we clutched at warm and slippery muscles. When I felt my release building, andhis noises went high and urgent, I pulled him in tight to me, and we came almost at the same time.
Now I relaxed. With him lounging on top of me, I leaned back against the tub and sighed, warm and loose and sated. Hydris was completely limp on me, and I loved the weight and heat of him right there.
Could I really have this? The two of us, ending the day exactly like this? Every day? In that moment, I realized just how much I wanted exactly that.
