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MASQUERADE: Mysteries of a fated love.

In the arcane duchy of Echt, where ancient secrets slumber and whispers of the unknown lingers, 17-year-old Yuki Adlerian has lived her entire life shrouded in mystery. Her past is a shady mess that she tries to uncover by all means possible. When the enigmatic Duke of Echt suddenly returns to the duchy after many years, Yuki’s simple existence is disrupted. As the Duke’s presence stirs the long-dormant secrets of the duchy. Yuki’s own truth begins to unravel. Strange occurrences and whispered stories force Yuki to doubt her very existence, meanwhile, the duke’s piercing gaze seems to hold the answers to all Yuki's doubts. As the mysteries unfold, Yuki must confront the darkness within herself and face the ultimate revelation; she is more than just a mere human girl. And the Duke’s arrival marks the beginning of a battle for the duchy’s very soul. Will Yuki embrace her true identity? Or will the shadows of her past consume her, dooming the duchy to an eternal darkness!

Aicy_Riet · Fantasy
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8 Chs

Chapter five: Unexpected affair...

As if reacting to the prepossessing sight of Kaithenn, the sequel of the drug her client had fed her stirred. Yuki's body began heating up, which made her face, neck and ears visibly red.

She feebly withdrew herself from Kaithenn's arms but ended up losing her balance and getting caught once more.

 "You do not look well." Kaithenn inspected her face. She did not look like she was in her right state of mind either.

For the nth time, Yuki found herself cursing her client in her mind. Whatever drug he had had her consume was the strongest one yet. The pill she had taken to keep her sober and curb the drug's effects was futile.

Every second that passed, Yuki found her knees weaken. As her sight and mind were oscillating between fantasy and actuality, the core of her womanhood pulsed ardently while her love juices drenched her undergarment.

Without having any experience like that before, Yuki's eyes began to tear from frustration. She leaned into Kaithenn's arms with slow, steady breaths.

"Help me," Yuki eventually forced out. Kaithenn looked down at the panting girl in his arm blankly.

After a thought, he picked the girl up into his arms and made his way out of the casino towards the parking lot where his automobile was parked.

"I am taking you to my house," Kaithenn made sure he was audible enough, as he put the girl in the seat beside the driver's. After making sure Yuki was rightly seated, he got behind his wheels.

"No…" Yuki mumbled as she saw him start the automobile.

"No?" Kaithenn glanced at her with narrowed eyes. "What should I do then?"

Yuki did not respond. She squeezed her knees together and clutched the hem of her gown. Her sobs were getting more and more discernible.

Without asking anything else of the girl, Kaithenn drove off.

When he reached the borders of Beicheden, two bulky guards saluted Kaithenn and opened the gates to him.

Yuki was too intoxicated to notice or even comprehend anything. She could see many beautiful structures, but her mind could not fully appreciate them. She shut her eyes momentarily and when she finally opened them again, she was in Kaithenn's arms once more.

"My lord, welcome home…is she?"

"Prepare a bath for me, Loid. A cold bath," Yuki heard Kaithenn say.

"Yes!" came the other interlocutor.

After several steps, stairs, creaks and bangs, Yuki found herself on the coziest bed in all of Echt, though her condition did not allow her to appreciate that enough either.

"I am taking this off." Kaithenn reached for Yuki's mask. With soft caresses, he lifted the mask, revealing the soft curves of her face.

The dim light danced across Yuki's features, highlighting the gentle rise and fall of her cheeks, the slight parting of her lips, and the delicate lines of her eyebrows.

The mask, once a shield, now lay discarded, revealing the vulnerable and intoxicated countenance of the beautiful girl. Kaithenn's gaze was drawn in Yuki's hazy eyes, under which fresh tears sat. As the world around them faded into nothing, the two stared intensely at each other.

Yuki stared back at Kaithenn innocently. He watched as her chest steadily moved up and down, an exercise that captivated his eyes to her swollen porcelain bosom each time. Kaithenn swallowed hard.

"The bath is ready, my lord," a voice came from behind the door.

"Alright. You may leave," Kaithenn ordered while still looking at Yuki who was at that point unlacing her bodice. He did not stop her. He did wish to.

The heat in Yuki's body grew worse by the minute and just undoing her blouse could not suffice. When the lace of her bodice was undone, she unhurriedly stripped it off her chest. Now bare-chested, Yuki could finally breathe properly.

When Kaithenn laid eyes on Yuki's bosoms, his unfazed expression instantly darkened. His jaws clenched as he looked at Yuki's swollen and bitten nipples.

Oblivious to Kaithenn's thought and reaction, Yuki tossed innocently with silent sobs.

Kaithenn wrapped the girl in a bedsheet and carried her out of that room into another, where the bath had been made.

He placed Yuki in a bathtub filled with cold water after which he attempted to leave Yuki by herself in the bathroom. However, before he could step away from the tub, Yuki grabbed his wrists and looked up at him, "Don't leave," she murmured and used her freshly acquired composure to get to her feet.

The chill from the water had sobered her up slightly, but it did not suppress the heat that was surging in her body. She got out of the tub and closed the distance between herself and Kaithenn.

 "Don't leave," she repeated and attempted to kiss Kaithenn. He dodged effortlessly. Yuki did not give up. She attempted again and a third, but Kiathenn dodged each time.

Exasperated at her failure to get Kaithenn to yield to her, uncontrolled tears streamed down Yuki's face.

"Let us refrain from actions that may bring regret when sobriety returns," Kaithenn reasoned and gently wiped away Yuki's tears with his thumbs.

"I don't care. I- please help me," Yuki pleaded "Please," she pressed with her sky-blue eyes staring expectantly at Kaithenn.

Kaithenn sighed. He stepped away from her and took off his shoes. Then, he stripped out of his shirt and tied his hair into a lose ponytail. Afterwards, he climbed into the bathtub and sat in it while still wearing his trousers. "Come," he offered a hand to Yuki to help her get into the tub.

Though he wanted Yuki to sit with her back against him, she refused and insisted on facing him instead. Kaithenn gave in to her whims. He had her straddle him with her arms around his neck as she stared down into his face.

Without delay, Kaithenn slowly placed his hand under her dress, feeling her thigh while moving upwards towards her most private parts. He did not look away from her even for a second, and neither did she.

Yuki trembled as the man's slender fingers explored her body. Yuki moaned abruptly when Kaithenn's fingers reached and stroke her core through her undergarment.

She smacked her lips, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Kaithenn chuckled at Yuki's reaction, then, he placed his left hand on her waist to support her and sneaked his finger under the drenched fabric.

Yuki melted. Successive moans escaped her lips that her palm and sanity could not curb. Her knee weakened each time he stroked her core till they finally gave out. Since her waist was held firmly, she remained in the same position.

She let herself cling to him and succumbed to his fondling. Yuki's idle lips took Kaithenn's ear loop and sucked it.

He flinched at her behavior but did not stop her, instead as he realized her attention was divided, he slowly inserted his middle finger inside her. She twitched and clenched his finger while at the same time pulling it deeper inside herself.

After several thrusts, she got used to him and allowed him move more freely inside. Kaithenn let his ring finger join the exercise and quickened his pace.

 Yuki's voice grew hoarse before long. Her tears flowed without restraint. When she neared her peak, she brought her face close to Kaithenn's. He did not shun away from her gaze but rather looked at her even more intensely than she did. Yuki leaned forward and kissed the twin moles under his eye fervidly. She finally reached her peak and passed out along with the intense pleasure.

Kaithenn stared long at the unconscious woman on his chest. Then, he picked her with great caution and got out of the bathroom.

After setting her in a sofa in the room, Kaithenn left Yuki briefly and returned with a middle-aged woman following him.

"Replace her wet clothes with dry ones," Kaithenn instructed the woman and left immediately after.

When Kaithenn emerged from the room, he halted abruptly before the door. His drenched trousers clung to his legs and a certain roused spot. His stance was statue-still, his breathing slow and deliberate, as if he was suspended in a moment of epiphany.

He slowly brought his hand to his face, letting his slender fingers softly caress the twin moles under his eyes, where Yuki had planted her abrupt kiss earlier.

Thump, thump, thump…

Silent and unsteady sounds of a beating heart resounded in Kaithenn's ears. He let his hand slip from his face onto his visibly pulsing chest. His eyes widened slightly at the unfamiliar feeling in his body. A spontaneous smile, pained and relieved formed on his blank face.