Chapter 4

Keanna shivered in Neil’s arms as she saw a smile rise on his lips. He wasted no time in devouring her lips.

“Mmph!”

Neil tightened his hold on Keanna, keeping her still. Since her hands had nowhere to go except his shoulders, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

It’s hot.

She felt the heat move from her fingers to her lips, from his lips touching hers. It traveled throughout all parts of her body, burning like never before. He plunged his tongue into her mouth with no hesitation. He began kissing her more aggressively when she tried to break free.

With his arm still wrapped around her waist, Keanna felt relieved. She felt she could rest now that she’s being protected by him.

Keanna opened her eyes and looked at the harem over his shoulder.

Three years had passed by quickly. There was no place between those nobles for her, she’s the only thing worthless one there. A little girl of no value who was only a pebble in one’s path.

She had no one to protect her except for a young servant who was later driven out by women in the harem. Because of the fear they all held for their master, they pretended she didn’t exist. That was the only good thing to happen to her in the harem.

Neil slowly pulled away, brushing her hair from her face, and looked into her eyes.

“Very sweet.”

Her face immediately reddened, and she took in a deep breath when she leaned on his shoulder.

"Your Majesty..."

Still, on his shoulder, Keanna began the conversation for the first time.

"Speak."

Neil looked down at the silky black hair that tickled his neck. After tasting the honey from her lips, he was satisfied.

From her tone, he could tell there was something she wanted. He was happy that she would ask him for something. If it was her wish, he'd gladly grant it. If she wished for this entire Kingdom or the world, he would lay it all at her feet.

"I would like to leave from here, just like the other women."

She wanted out of this place, for three years it felt like a prison. He released the other women, maybe he'd have mercy on her.

"Is that so...well, if that's what you want, then I'll make it possible."

One word from him and she'd be able to leave this place. 

This was so easy.

Instead of feeling happy, she felt completely sad at his reply. Keanna blinked away the tears forming in her eyes and swallowed down the lump in her throat.

There was a shift in his tone, the sweet voice he spoke to her in was replaced with a bitter one.

Neil kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly as he moved to her ears.

"All the people you meet from the moment you leave here will die."

Once again, the bitter tone switched to a soft one. A tone used between lovers, Keanna flinched, not expecting this shift in tone.

"When you leave, I'll find everyone who you touched and who touched you and kill them. Whoever you look at and who looks at you, I will kill. If you just caress the cheek of a child because you thought he was cute, I will kill that child as well."

Keanna held her breath as she realized the severity of his words.

"I will cover the path you chose to walk in blood. So go, try to leave me Keanna."

Neil, who called her name gently, like a lover, laughed melodiously.

He leaned back and picked up a bowl of food from the table.

“Now, you haven’t finished your meal yet. Weren’t you starving for so long?”

He smiled sweetly, as though nothing had happened, and handed her the bowl.

“Won’t you eat? Maybe you’d prefer to spend the rest of the night with me?”

She didn’t know if he was joking or not, but she didn’t care. She immediately picked up the spoon and ate the contents.

Neil started playing with her hair and watched her eat. From the way she was stuffing food into her mouth, one could tell she was lost in thought. Her mind was in complete disarray.

“You were really hungry.”

Hungry? Was she really? She had forgotten that fact and kept eating until her stomach was almost full.

When she was done, she sprung to her feet.

“I’ll go back to the harem now.”

“Are you going without me?”

Was she supposed to ask him to come with her? At that moment, she realized she had no clue on how to be the King’s woman. Keanna searched his face, trying to read his expression, to figure out what he wanted, but she found no desire for her anywhere in his eyes.

“I will return on my own.”

Keanna bowed, thinking luck was on her side, as he didn’t want her tonight. As she turned to leave, she felt a chill run down her spine. What he had said earlier was still fresh in her mind.

“How brazen! A mere concubine leaving before His Majesty!”

“Let her be.”

She flinched when the attendant yelled at her but felt relieved upon hearing Neil’s words.

On her way back, a handful of maids led her to her room.

A large spacious room fit for the king’s most favored woman. She felt out of place.

A maid was about to turn on the light, but Keanna stopped her before she could.

“Leave it.”

“We will be waiting outside, so if you need anything just ring the bell or call out.”

Since Keanna was off to bed, she didn’t need attending, so the maids bowed and left.

For some odd reason, she felt as though she was being served more than any woman in a harem should be served.

As she looked around the room, she came to realize it was the same room she had woken up in. The state of the room showed it was cared for constantly as it was adorned with overly luxurious items, which were quite rare in a harem.

Keanna found a corner in the room and curled on the spot. She didn’t feel well. While she was in deep thought over Neil’s words, she unconsciously kept putting food into her mouth. Her body can’t possibly digest all the food it now contained all at once.

“How foolish.”

“Who’s foolish?”

She rose her head in a flash.

“Your Majesty!”

“Neil. Didn’t we already go over this, you are to call me by name.”

“How could I, a lowly concubine?”

“Why are you sitting on the floor when there’s a bed?”

“…it’s just that…”

Just that it became a habit she developed. It felt lonely to wake up alone on a large bed, with no warmth from anyone.

Curling in the corner made her feel protected, and more than that, it was relieving feeling her own warmth which felt like another’s.

“So you won’t tell me?”

He leaned closer to her with a smirk.

“Are you going to make me spend this long night alone?”

Keanna’s eyes widened in shock, then closed her eyes as she stood and made her way to the bed.

He was the King, there’s nothing stopping him from getting what he wants and right now he wants Keanna.

She sat on the bed and began removing her clothes with no hesitation. Keanna laid on the bed and closed her eyes, wishing what was to come would end quickly.

Upon seeing this, Neil clenched his fists and became livid.

“The late King,”

“Did the late King teach you that?”

Neil saw a sorrowful woman who closes her eyes as if she’s being punished and wishes for time to pass.

He walked towards the bed while removing his robe and climbs over Keanna. He had tried to control himself until she came to him willingly, but upon seeing her naked in front of him, all his patience ran out.

“I tried to control myself. So don’t blame me.”

With his fingertips, he lightly caressed her legs, allowing his fingers to travel up and settle on her back. He started placing light kisses on her shoulder and began moving down to her breasts, leaving marks on her skin.

“Such fair skin must have my mark.”

He gently grasped her bountiful breast, which could barely fit in his palm, and took her nipple in his mouth, licking slowly and biting gently.

Keanna twisted her body and grabbed his shoulder with her free hand. Neil caught it and licked her bandaged palm.

“Don’t put pressure on your hands, the wound might reopen.”

She only did it because she was hoping the pain would help in not losing her mind to the strange sensation he awakened.

He continued his assault on her breasts, sucking, licking, and Keanna’s breathing became more labored.

She felt a tingling sensation throughout her body, and her head felt as though it would burst.

Neil stopped and looked at Keanna. She was beautiful as she laid bare beneath him with flushed cheeks. Not being able to hold it in anymore, he removed the rest of his clothes and jewelry and went back to kissing her body.

“Keanna.”

He called with a slightly raspy voice, and again Keanna felt the same tingling sensation in her lower abdomen, causing her t let out a moan of excitement.

He kissed his way down her body, lifting her thighs, and kissed her inner thigh before burying his lips on her wet mount, which has never accepted a man.

“Your Majesty!”

She rose quickly and tried to close her legs, but Neil held her down.

“It’s okay.”

Neil buried his face deep between her thighs before parting his lips and carefully licking her as though it were the most precious thing in the world.

The places his tongue touched got wetter with her love juices. The overwhelming feeling of his tongue had her quivering even more so when she felt his tongue inside her.

“Hmm, your, your majesty, please, that place…”

Keanna felt as though her insides were inside out. No one told her this type of touch existed. Before entering the previous King’s bedroom, she was told not to touch his body and just lie still. As that’s how they said, it was how sex works even among the servants.

“HAA!”

She squealed as she felt a finger enter her, and Neil wasn’t letting up on her clitoris. Keanna couldn’t help squirming and moaning, especially since Neil added another finger. His pace increased, and at this point, she was screaming.

“Such a pleasant sound. Even my fingers entering your core gave a pleasant sound.”

Keanna covered her mouth to stop herself from moaning. She couldn’t believe this, it was so unlike her.

Neil wasn’t pleased she was trying to hold her back and grabbed her wrists, putting them above her head, and went back to fingering her.

“Don’t hold back, let me hear those lovely moans.”

When the late King did this to her, all she felt was pain, but as Neil did the same, she felt pleasure instead.

“Would you like me to stop? Go on, tell me what you want me to do.”

He brought his lips to hers and asked.

“Should I add another finger? Mmm. Say it with your mouth.”

Keanna laid there, shivering and moaning uncontrollably.

“Your Majesty…please…hm…”

“Should I make the feeling disappear?”

Instead of answering, she bit her lip and turned her head while pushing at his shoulders.

“Tsk, so stubborn.”

Slowly, he removed his fingers from inside her and brought them in front of her eyes.

“Are you sure you want the pleasure to stop?”

She opened her mouth to speak, and he took advantage of her open mouth and put his fingers inside.

“Tell me, are you enjoying yourself, or am I the only one feeling this pleasure?”

“Please, Your Majesty..please stop.”

“Why should I? It’s not to say I’m torturing you.”

Keanna unconsciously started sucking his fingers and thought that being tortured would be better than this. The heat that engulfed her body was a type of torture she couldn’t explain.

“You should be more honest than that. If you wanted my fingers, you need just ask.”

Neil removed his fingers from her mouth and licked it.

“Then…then will the feeling disappear?”

She saw a smile on his lips and at that moment she realized how much he desired her, which was desperate.

"Absolutely not, but I can assure you that you’ll feel better."

“Please, put it in.”

If this heat won’t ever vanish, she’d rather do as he says.

He sat up and had her straddle his legs. Keanna slowly wound her arms around his neck, eyes fixated on his muscular chest. Neil circled his arms around her waist and slowly lowered her onto his hardened member.

“Ahm!”

“Shh, slowly…relax your nerves.”

Again the heat continued to spread and she couldn’t hold out any more and surrendered to the feeling.

“Ugh, it hurts…”

He wanted to make the penetration easier for her, but what he was feeling was beyond what he’d imagined. Her insides were tighter and hotter than expected.

“Ahhh!”

Keanna hugged his neck tighter and bit into his shoulder.

“Relax your bottom, it’ll only be harder if you tense yourself.”

“But it hurts…hmm, it hurts.”

Neil moved his waist to go deeper, and Keanna sobbed and hugged him more.

He was sure she spent the night with the late King. So there was no reason for her to be in pain. With her shy personality, he’d never thought…but it turned out like this as if it were her first time.

He thought when she took off her clothes and climbed into the bed it was a habit from serving the late King.

Neil looked down and saw blood flowing between her thighs into his lap. It was her first time. He gritted his teeth and thrusted all the way inside her.

“Damn it.”

He laid Keanna on her back and began thrusting into her relentlessly. With each thrust, she moaned in pleasure.

Unconsciously, she wrapped her legs around his waist. The pleasure she was feeling was intoxicating. His tongue came in urgently, opening her lips and devouring her mouth. Neil’s movements became more frantic, her thighs were tingling, and she was out of breath.

He’d never had a woman all to himself, all the women he’d slept with before were very experienced in intercourse. From head to toe, Keanna was all his.

“haa…ugh…ahh…”

She raked her nails on his back, and when she arched her back in pure ecstasy, Neil also reached his climax.

With his member still buried deep inside her, he came and embraced her. Because he was still inside her after he came, she couldn’t move, so she just leaned into his embrace and passed out.