When Nathaniel opened his eyes again, he was shocked to find Katherine's face right in front of him. She grinned like a cheshire cat. "You look so cute when you're asleep!"
Nathaniel's brows twitched, and only his sleepiness stopped him from protesting. Instead, he inspected her face, then her hands that rested on his shoulders. His voice was rough with sleep and half an octave deeper when he asked: "You didn't do something reckless, did you?"
The grin turned into a pout instantly. "You really think I would try to touch you without permission again? It was a hash lesson for me, you know?"
Reassured, he smiled and gently laid his hand on her head. "I am sorry. You wouldn't do that intentionally."
"Exactly!", she exclaimed and nodded heavily. Then she used her favorable position to snuggle against his chest again, his hand still resting on her hair. Nathaniel's mouth curled up. Instantly, he decided that he loved this position very much, because he could cradle her in his arms and protect her. Compared to him, she looked as tiny as a child, but had the softness of a woman.
This softness suddenly gave him a hard time, as her butt in this new position squeezed against a place that had gotten hard while they were asleep and now turned even more active. Silently, he prayed that she wouldn't feel it. He didn't want a repetition of the night before, didn't want to destroy this comfortableness with sexual desire yet.
"This reminds me so much of the first time we hugged", he heard Katherine mumble. "This cave was really creepy, you know? I wanted to sneak out again, but I couldn't even see the hand in front of my eyes, much less the exit. I could only see you. But then you turned even scarier as the cave when you got angry."
"You shouldn't have followed me there", Nathaniel replied, and smiled with regret. "Though I acknowledge that I also shouldn't have attacked you. That was a bit too much for a curious cat like you."
At the term, he felt her shudder in his arms, then she dug her face even deeper into his chest and muttered: "Please don't call me that. It's what he always called me. Kitty, his little cat. It gives me the creeps."
Furrowing his brows, Nathaniel hugged her even tighter and rubbed her back soothingly. Yet, he had to confirm something before he could let the topic drop. "He... your cousin?"
She nodded, and he fell silent. He never really knew the connection between the two, only that she hated him. The extent of fear he felt from her now, however, infuriated him. What a terrible man it must be to frighten his brave little wife so much.
When he didn't ask further, Katherine dared to poke her head out of his arms after a while. "I always wondered... I never heard much about your past. What was your childhood like? Did your aunt raise you?"
The pain was so sudden and unexpected that his features twisted. Katherine, who saw the change, hastily added: "But you don't need to answer me if you don't want to. I was just curious."
"No." Nathaniel rubbed his face with one hand as if he wanted to rub off the ugly expression. "It's okay. I just didn't expect it since I never talked about it before."
It even surprised him that he could allow the topic now, so he paused for a second, before he continued: "She didn't really raise me, but she was closer to me than my own mother. I was raised by servants mostly, like the majority of noble children. Still, it was hard for me when she died. I just turned five and didn't have friends or anyone else close to me."
When he saw her face fill with pity, he furrowed his brows. "Stop that. I'm not that child anymore and I never really searched for friends anyway. It was just a bit lonely, but I learned to survive on my own afterwards. And I still had Sam."
Reminded of the old man, Katherine's face brightened a bit. "So, he was with you since you were little? I had my suspicious, but I wasn't completely sure. He must be like a father to you then."
"In a way", Nathaniel agreed, and leaned his head back against the headrest. "Though he never saw himself as something else than a good servant or at most a friend, I suppose. When I was little, I once called him 'Dad', and he scolded me. Said it would lower my standing. As if words would matter when he acts just like a father to me. But I respected his wish and never called him that again. I suppose, he just didn't want to disrespect my real father. It doesn't really matter to me."
Thoughtfully, Katherine nodded. Her finger was on her lips again, tapping them lightly and unknowingly attracting Nathaniel's gaze. Just what was it with this tapping, he thought, that it never failed to arouse him? Maybe it was because it was an innocent type of seduction that she didn't even notice.
The pressure on his groin slowly got uncomfortable and he was tempted to grap her finger and stop the torture. He just couldn't tell for sure what he would do with her lips then. Pink and moist as they were, they were asking to be kissed.
Exhaling slowly, he closed his eyes. Now, that he was neither exhausted nor angry anymore, it got harder to resist her natural allure again. All the more so, when the shimmering ring on her hand reminded him that she was his to take. It was still the same engagement ring as before since they had yet to give each other marriage rings. However, he could not say which ring could ever match her better than this one. He loved to see its vibrant violet on her finger every day, glittering in accord with her eyes. It was another reason that her tapping on her lips was irresistible for him.
When he smelled her fragrance with every breath he took, he finally couldn't take it anymore. As he opened his eyes again, they were aflame, and his voice nearly an octave deeper. "Katherine..."
A pleasant shiver ran down her spine when she heard the same velvety voice that called her in bed yesterday. Her eyes wide, she turned her head and saw her husband gazing at her beneath lowered eyelids. Instantly, her body turned hot and excited. The change was so fast that she could only gulp insecurely and lower her eyes again.
There was a short, tense silence, then Nathaniel whispered: "You need to leave my lap if you don't want yesterday to repeat itself."
The warning surely didn't cause the reaction he wanted, because Katherine felt even more light-headed than before. However, she also remembered what had happened after the pleasure had subsided. Just when Nathaniel was tempted to throw her off of his lap, she slowly glided down from it. Yet, she didn't move much when she suddenly felt the big bulge beneath her even through the thick dress she wore and heard Nathaniel groan.
Her face flushed in a deep red, but something like pride let her heart sped up. She didn't know how, but just her presence in his arms had obviously aroused Nathaniel tremendously. She never thought that something like this could turn a man on until he was close to snapping. If she didn't remember their last encounter way too clearly, she would have wanted to tease him a bit and look how long his self-control could last. Yet, the trust between them had only been shaken recently, so she reluctantly stood up and wavered a bit on her own wobbly legs.
Those two are just too horny to stay still x'D