40 Call Of Duty **
TRIGGER WARNING: FL fell asleep and was woken up with sex.
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Emmelyn stared at the man sleeping beside her with rounded eyes. She didn't expect Mars would just sleep like that.
Was he that tired from training with his troops today?
Or was he sick?
Hmm ... but this bastard looked okay during dinner, Emmelyn thought. After thinking for a while, she then put her hand on Mars' forehead to check his temperature.
[Ahh .. he doesn't have a fever.]
[Alright, then he must be drained. I'll let him rest.]
Emmelyn then got up from the bed, put away her book, changed into a thin nightgown, then climbed back into bed and put out the candles. After pulling the blanket up to her chest, she closed her eyes.
Ten minutes later, Emmelyn was fast asleep.
Meanwhile, lying down next to her with his eyes closed, Mars, who had been pretending to be asleep, finally opened his eyes after feeling the sound of Emmelyn's breathing become regular.
He turned to the side and watched Emmelyn's side profile. This girl was very beautiful, and she had an attractive personality.
Somehow, all the exhaustion he felt after doing his strenuous activities all day was gone when he lay down next to this girl and see her before he slept.
Ahh .. Mars realized he had not taken the sleeping potion from Doctor Vitas for several days already, and yet he had managed to sleep well.
This had never happened before.
He suspected that it was due to Emmelyn's presence in his life.
Uhm .. during those nights, his body indeed became drained after making love to her, and he had no energy left to open his eyes. So, it might be one of the reasons why he slept so well now.
However, he actually thought that even without sex, he felt much calmer and relaxed with her around.
It was evidenced by the fact that they didn't have sex tonight, and both of them were not even naked, but Mars still felt the same comfort as he had the night before.
Emmelyn's distinctive scent on his nostrils seemed to have a calming effect he had never experienced anywhere else. Why was her scent so addictive?
Ahhh .. Mars raised his head and supported it with his right hand so he could look at Emmelyn more clearly. The light in this chamber was very dim but he could see every curve of her face very well.
Ah... she was so beautiful.
Mars thought if this beautiful face could be the last thing he saw before he closed his eyes every night, and the first thing he saw after he opened them every morning, Mars would be delighted.
Suddenly he felt a pang of headache when his mind went back to their conversation at the dinner table earlier.
Emmelyn clearly showed the attitude that she didn't care about Mars. After one week together, the girl still insisted that she did not want to marry him.
The girl only considered herself a womb owner who was renting it out to Mars to grow his children, and she would be compensated according to their agreement, that was all. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Would Emmelyn really have the heart to leave her children with Mars and just walk away once she fulfilled her end of the deal? Was there such a coldhearted woman in this world?
Mars couldn't help compare Emmelyn with his own mother. Queen Elara was a warm and very affectionate woman.
She was truly a wonderful mother. Unfortunately, most of her children died stillborn or in infancy. Mars was the only one who survived to adulthood.
The prince could not imagine if his mother was like Emmelyn and left him when he was a baby. Of course, his life would suffer terribly without his mother's love.
What will happen to our children when Emmelyn leaves? Mars thought sadly. He might be forced to inconvenience his mother to help him raise the children.
He shook his head and looked at Emmelyn with clenched jaws.
[I'll make you stay. No matter what it takes.]
[You will not leave me.]
Mars knew he couldn't lock Emmelyn up and force his will on her. Mars didn't want Emmelyn to hate him for life.
The girl had also threatened him that she would commit suicide and take the baby with her if Mars would force her.
That would be Mars' biggest nightmare because it would mean that he would lose his only chance to have children.
Dammit. Tonight, he felt so mad at Emmelyn that he didn't even have sex with her before going to sleep.
[You shouldn't put your personal feelings above your duty.]
Mars chided himself. The royal physician had said that he and Emmelyn should have sexual intercourse as often as possible to make sure the girl would get pregnant.
So, even though he was upset and angry, Mars must not forget his duty to his country. He must produce heirs to be his successors.
With that thought in mind, Mars finally got up and took off his shirt and pants. Once he was naked, the man slipped his hand under Emmelyn's nightgown and peeled it off of her.
Emmelyn, who was fast asleep, was not aware that she was being stripped naked.
The prince then took a blanket and covered him and Emmelyn, then he positioned his body on top of the girl and pressed on her.
It was his duty to procreate. He shouldn't let his personal feelings got in the way.
To make sure her body was ready to receive him, Mars kissed Emmelyn's neck and then went down to her collarbone and slowly made his way down to her breasts.
Once he found her nipples, he kissed and sucked them alternately while his left hand touched Emmelyn's core and played with her clit.
Slowly, he felt his fingers getting wet with her love juice. Once he thought her body was ready, Mars positioned his penis to enter her secret entrance... and pushed all the way in.
Emmelyn suddenly opened her eyes when she felt a big, rock hard, warm object entered her.
It took Emmelyn a few seconds to realize what was going on. Her round eyes immediately found the prince's handsome face above her, panting, while his body pressed on hers and ...
Ahhh ... she could not help but let out a long moan because, right at that moment, Mars pulled his penis out and pushed it back in again.
In no time, the man had been pumping regularly in and out of Emmelyn's core. Naturally, Emmelyn's body reacted to his movements. She felt so... so full!
"Ahh .. y-you .. what ... what are you doing? Ahhhhhh ..." Emmelyn spontaneously wrapped her legs around Mars's waist and grabbed the man's arms.
She thought she was dreaming. Didn't he came here to have sex with her but he slept right away? She felt embarrassed that she waited for him to do their "duty" only to be ignored.
Hmmph!
Emmelyn's body quickly got used to his rhythm and moved in tune with his as the man thrust his hardness in and out of her core.
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CLARIFICATION:
Okay, I didn't know that I have to elaborate here that there is NO R-A-P-E in my books. Two people so far had called that the scene in this chapter where Mars initiated sex when Emmelyn was asleep as r-a-p-e.
I thought it was obvious that IT WASN'T, but apparently not to a few people.
So, please allow me to explain here what actually happened.
Mars came to Emmelyn's bedroom to do his duty to procreate with her. It's part of their agreement.
She knew it, he knew it.
She was looking forward to it, and (in the next chapter) was even disappointed that he didn't do it passionately as he always did.
Emmelyn was upset that he 'gave her the silent treatment' and she slept before they could have s e x. Mars, too, was upset because she was harsh to him earlier, and he was dead tired after training so hard with his soldiers to vent his frustration.
He woke up in the middle of the night and remembered he had to do his duty to procreate. He was not in the mood for sex since he was still upset.
However, he still did his job.
She woke up during sex (and you can read in the succeeding chapter) she had a good time.
I NEVER have overbearing/scummy/rapey male leads in my novels and I feel weird that people even have to write warnings in their books that they don't contain r-a-p-e.
WEBNOVEL DOESN'T ALLOW R.A.P.E SCENES in the books published on this platform. NOT ALLOWED. There, you have it.
If you saw such scenes published in Webnovel, they were mostly in translation books (Chinese novels from Qidian, Webnovel's mother company). I will not comment on them.
Webnovel staff was clear to contracted original authors that there should be NO explicit sex scenes in the first 10 chapters and there should be no r.a.p.e, no in-cest, no sex with minors, etc. All are pretty much COMMON SENSE, right?
So, I thought it was a given and there is no need for me to make such a warning just to let people know I don't write r-a-p-e.
Now, I cannot force you to see this scene from my perspective if you have made up your mind that something is what it wasn't.
I respect that people with different backgrounds and exposure will see things differently. It's okay. I cannot please everyone.
If you found that certain scenes are triggering for you, I advise you to find other books to read. I hope you will find books that will make you happy when you read them. Life is too short to be upset about a story.
To be honest, I was torn between writing this long-a$$ explanation or just change the plot to please everyone and not have anything to argue about in this scene.
If I wrote that Mars woke her up and then they had sex, voila, problem solved! Right???
However, I cannot do that. I still believe this is not r a p e. Em consented to it before, she slept in his bed every night for the purpose of procreation, and she still didn't change her mind after.
If I changed the plot and make him kiss her to wake her up and ask for sex, I will undermine Mars' feelings. He was feeling hurt and rejected that he didn't even want to talk to her, touch her, or have sex with her.
The only reason he penetrated her was to make her pregnant, to conceive his heir, which he considered a duty.
Having him kiss her and wake her up to ask for sex will cheapen his character or feelings just to avoid confrontation with readers who choose to see this scene as r a p e.
He did what he thought was best, penetrate her to get an heir, and kissed her all over to prepare her body to receive him. He didn't just forcefully enter her and gave her pain.
Of course, in the future, he will know better and you can see how much he changed in many aspects.
PS: Please don't forget that the story is set FAR IN THE PAST. Don't impose modern standards for their world. Women had always been oppressed in so many nations and cultures. Even in the west, women only get the right to vote in the 20th century after Suffragette.
