Once upon a love story

Ayla's POV

The warm cloth moved around my neck and sent me a tingling feeling when it touched my marks. They were the marks that Calyx gave on me during our loving days.

The cloth moved around that area again and I didn't know when I screamed. “Ouuu.” The crazy feeling of sensation burned through my tongue and tears scattered in my eyes.

I didn't understand why I was feeling pains mixed with pleasure there. I have never felt anything there when bathing so why now, or was it something about the ritual?

I continued to feel those things until the cloth stopped moving around and went back to the bowl. I felt an instant relief and let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

The maids bowed and stepped aside, picking up the bowls before finally leaving and I was just left with Moira and the burning taste under my tongue.

“What kind of ritual was that?” I asked, staring at her weakly.

She ruffled out a smile, her wrinkled face forming a plump flesh underneath her eyes as she crouched to my