A first time

Traveling to the Isle of the tender spirits wasn't an interesting episode in my life, as a matter of fact, it was the worst. I almost lost my husband and I almost died myself.

"What happened? Is she okay?" Queen Charlotte asked when we arrived.

"I don't know." Liam replied coldly.

"You don't know what happened or if she's okay?" Queen Charlotte asked again.

"I... I don't know if she's okay." Liam responded. "And I don't know what happened to her. We were ambushed." He said.

"Her body is burning, we need to place a cold towel on her head. I'll prepare a portion to get rid of her fever." Zed said and left respectfully.

"Ambushed? By who. No one could ever ambush Liam Eldrago. It's unheard of." Queen Charlotte panicked.

Liam sighed. "Who's Esmeralda?" Liam asked.

"What?" Queen Charlotte said and her face immediately became guilty.

"Who... Is... Esmeralda...?" Liam asked again.

"Did she do this?" Queen Charlotte asked.

Liam nodded gently. "You have her to thank for our safety."

"I don't understand..."

"You'll never understand." Liam shut her up.

"Well, I'm not going to talk to you about Esmeralda... And I do not have to thank her, I asked you to go with our men but you didn't. Where is Elan?"

"If I had gone with our men, every one of them would've been cut down... Just like Elan."

"Oh. But at least they'll be worth the death. Liam, I'll kill a thousand men just to see you sit on that throne." Queen Charlotte said.

"Is it worth it? I... I couldn't even save my wife. We were taken away as slaves and I couldn't do a thing. My powers, my strength, they suddenly left me. I felt weak, weak like some piece of rag lying around. Is that who you want to put on that throne? I don't think so Charlotte."

Queen Charlotte looked at Liam with compassion. "You felt like that because you're finally becoming the man I want you to become." She said.

"Get lost." Kim said.

Charlotte sighed. "What about her memories?" She asked but Liam ignored her and walked away.

Soon Zed walked in with the portion. "Did you upset your son?" He asked.

"He's always mad at me." Charlotte replied.

"When will you stop?" Zed asked.

"What?"

"If you continue like this you'll burn him out."

"You mean to burn out his devil hypostasis?" Charlotte smiled.

"And you think it's possible without killing him?"

"Love will make him a useless devil, and he'll seize to exist as one."

"Charlotte, if Liam seizes to exist as a devil, he cannot live even as a human. Devil himself will not allow that, not even for his son." Zed said.

"That's a lie. He will live his normal life as a human being with Nardin by his side as his Queen." Charlotte retorted.

Zed shook his head in disagreement. "Maybe you never understood your deal with the devil Your Majesty. It's written in the history of demons, check the book." Zed said.

Queen Charlotte hurried off to the library to find the book while Zed administered my treatment to me.

Queen Charlotte walked into the library and located the book on the left side of the room, on the shelf at the edge of the wall, second from the bottom. She opened the book and read through it, searching for topics concerning devils begotten by humans, and finally, she found it.

Devils can indeed fall in love but to their detriment. When a devil falls in love, he becomes weak and useless. Such a devil shall seize to exist as a devil and be exiled to the valley of no return. There shall he live forever.

Queen Charlotte blanched on reading those words. "No." She muttered. Liam's words resounded in her ears like a drumbeat.

"I... I couldn't even save my wife. We were taken away as slaves and I couldn't do a thing. My powers, my strength, they suddenly left me. I felt weak, weak like some piece of rag lying around. Is that who you want to put on that throne? I don't think so Charlotte."

"He feels weak already?" Charlotte couldn't believe what she had done to her son. "Could there be a way to fix this?" She mumbled.

After Zed administered my treatment, I recovered and Liam was by my side all through the night. Queen Charlotte and Zed already left to their chambers and so I was left alone with my husband.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"For what?" Liam asked.

"For everything. I've done nothing but cause you trouble." I said.

"It wasn't your fault wife. You were under a spell." He said.

On hearing him say it, I remembered Maya and felt terrible. Liam noticed my broken look and spoke.

"You know that wasn't Maya back there, right?" He said.

I smiled weakly "so who was it?"

"She acted under the influence of..." Liam paused not knowing what to say.

"Influence of what? Nothing." I said.

Liam was silent for a moment before he spoke. "What happened? How did you get your memories back?"

"I don't know. I only remember seeing a ring of light and then I passed out. I wake up all of a sudden and find myself here in Akalon, with you." I said.

Liam smiled.

"Liam... I... I'm sorry for..." I started but Liam put a finger over my lips.

"Ssshh. You didn't do anything." He whispered.

We both locked our eyes together and suddenly our lips were coming close to each others. I swallowed nervously and Liam withdrew.

"I'm sorry, I..."

"No." I interrupted him. "I want this moment with you." I said to him and he nodded like a child.

Liam slowly kissed me on the lips and I kissed him back. He extended the kisses to my neck and my shoulders. His breath on my skin sent shivers down my spine. He slowly lay me down on the bed and pressed his weight against my body as his hand made its way inside my nightwear and unhooked my bra. I took off his shirt in return and so he too took off my nightwear and I was completely naked. He kissed me passionately while his hand squeezed my breasts gently. I moaned softly in pleasure. Slowly, his lips found my breast and he grabbed my nipples using it. A soft moan mixed with laughter escaped my lips.

Liam seemed completely different from his previous self. He seemed relaxed. Soon his fingers started to pleasure me and send shivers to my body. He slightly kissed me on the nose.

"Mmh"

I impatiently waited for him to make his way inside of me and as if he noticed my impatience, he made his way inside of me and gently started to thrust but after the second thrust, pulled out and withdrew from me.

"Do you not like my body?" I asked him hurtfully.

"Silly, you know I do." He responded.

"So why did you stop?" I asked him.

"It's... It's your first time." He said with his face expressing delight.

Shyness could be observed on my face and I quickly covered it with the duvet.

"You're innocent." Liam said again, this time with a smile displayed on his lips.

I had nothing to say. I only covered my face but Liam took it off and kissed me on the neck. I shuddered and locked eyes with him.

"Are you ready for this?" He asked in a whisper. His voice was so seductive.

"Yes, Liam." I responded.

That night, Liam and I consummated our marriage and it was the best feeling ever. He made my legs shiver as his breath warmed my skin.

After a long thrusting and fumbling, Liam lay on his back beside me and I put my head on his chest, to drift off peacefully.