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ALEXANDRIA

MY ROYAL APARTMENT IN THE CASTLE - SEPTEMBER 23, 2185

Torin and I were shown by palace guards down a long corridor with Dude walking along behind us and all the guards and servants of the castle smiling at the sight of him. We were let into a luxurious apartment that was fit for a royal princess with a series of rooms for sitting and eating. Then Torin and I were shown into a large well-appointed bedroom with a bathroom beyond for washing up.

A maid bowed. “Welcome home, Your Highness.” She showed us drawers with clothes and a closet. She offered to turn on the shower for us, but I sent her away. I needed privacy right now, so she curtseyed and said, “I believe the clothes will fit you, Your Highness. I will be in the outer room if you need me.”

“Can you find a litter box and some food for Dude?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

She left us alone.

Torin and I went into the bathroom. The stark light and the gold accents on everything and the very big mirror made my stomach lurch. I looked horrible, like a filthy barmaid, or a Halloween witch, not someone befitting of the title, Your Highness.

I met Torin’s eyes in the mirror.

He chuckled. “Och, we left medieval times and brought most of it with us, we are a fright.”

I turned the water on in the shower and felt it for the right temperature. I dropped all my clothes to the floor and stepped in. “Oh my God, this is amazing.”

Torin struggled getting his shirt all the way off.

I frowned. “I’m sorry I didn’t help, I was just too excited by the shower,”

“I ken, I would hae done the same thing.”

I climbed out from the shower, dripping all over the floor and helped pull his shirt off. “No you wouldn’t have.”

He grinned. “Aye, I am verra selfless, ye on the other hand are a princess, ye are full of self. I am just yer poor Torin trapped in his shirt.”

“You sir, knew I was a princess when you married me. This is your life now.”

“Tis true, tis why I never ever complain.” Then I led him into the shower while he put his big paws on my hips, his gaze already looking very enticed by my nakedness.

I poured shampoo in my hand and rubbed it through my hair while he rubbed all over me. Then I put shampoo in his hair, lathering it up, being all business about the shower, while he was absolutely going wild touching me everywhere. There was a half minute while I thought: do we have the time?

But then his mouth was on my skin and against my ear and his hand on my breast, sliding down my skin made me forget time and everything but him.

In a large luxurious walk-in shower with two heads, all going, with gold-plated faucets, and steaming water raining down, and lathered soap all over us he lifted me by a thigh and said, “Wrap yer legs…”

I did and he took me hard against the cold tile wall, a jarring effect — heat and cold — that was exhilarating and made me lose my mind in the passion and power of him as he thrust against me. My back pressed against the tile. My mouth was against his shoulder, water showering around us. My fingers dug into his skin. His body’s full strength against my chest, as my pleasure rose. It was incredibly intense, a moan that built with my heartbeat and rose up through my throat, out into the steam as I clung on around his back — oooh, oh oh oh aaahhhhhhhhhh, I climaxed in a rush as he hit his with a final thrust and then a long… low… exhale of breath against my ear. Waves of pleasure rolled through me and we were still for a moment, breathing against each other’s skin.

“I hae tae put ye down.” He lowered my feet to the ground.

I held on to the wall and joked, “Och, my knees are weak.”

He grinned. “I did my best.”

I put more sweet smelling soap in my hand and began rubbing my skin. “I had no idea you were about to do that.”

“We are newly married but I am already learnin’ that sometimes I will need tae just get ye started, ye are easier tae convince with a kiss than a word.”

I laughed. “I am simple that way.”

He said, “Or verra complicated, the negotiation with the Princess could take time. We ought tae just let me at ye with m’high pike.”

I smiled, rubbing my hands around on his chest with slippery soap. “The Princess is easily swayed by your very high pike. All hail the High Pike.”