Behind the curtain

Artorias was still recovering from the surprise of learning that Lia desired him in ways that she had only been used for before. He had given her total freedom to celibacy if she wished to leave that life behind her for good in the wake of all her trauma, but instead Lia had rekindled actual legitimate desire for him. The young alpha's heart beat faster in his chest, each strong thump pumping liquid fire through his veins. His gaze held hers all the while she spoke and caressed his cheek with the tender affections of a lover. He saw the lust smoldering in those embers set into her lovely face, a wild and urgent need encapsulated in delicate grace and youthful beauty. She spoke so emphatically and assured of her own wants that she wanted to know what he would feel like within her that it made Artorias' belly clench with that familiar need to satisfy that he felt when he was with Briar or Bowen. Did Lia have any idea the feelings he'd harbored for her for seasons now?

A little bit of a cheek grin twitched on the corners of Artorias' lips while he lost himself in her eyes, ignoring all the stellar beauty of the nighttime sky behind her in favor of those eyes—the same eyes that had bewitched him almost a year ago in that lonely cave in the north. "How would you have me, Lia?" He was teasing her a bit, playing into their wanton banter while also gauging what she'd thought of him in those lustful moments to herself. "What did you imagine while you were wondering what I would feel like?" What had Idalia fantasized about, he wondered, and would he be able to bring any of them to life? Then, once she'd answered, Artorias' grin spread a little wider, showing off a few more of his strengthened teeth while the fires in his eyes danced wildly. "I think... I'd like to hear about some of those other ways to destress, my Lia."

"Artorias Carpathius" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Argent"