Chapter 161: Long Due (1)
Kane’s hand slid slowly up Seraphine’s armored side, the leather and steel still warm from the day’s exertions.
She stood tall before him in the dimly lit study, her long white hair cascading like fresh snow over her shoulders.
The warrior woman watched him with amused eyes, her lips curved in challenge.
He brushed his fingers along the edge of her breastplate, then higher, until they found the skin of her neck beneath the fall of that hair.
"You’re bold tonight," she murmured, tilting her head to give him better access.
Her voice was low, steady, carrying the confidence of someone who had faced down armies.
Kane smiled against her throat, pressing a slow, open-mouthed kiss just below her ear.
"Bold? I simply know what I want."
His breath warmed her skin as he trailed another kiss lower, then another, savoring the faint salt of her after a long day. His free hand settled at her waist, pulling her closer until their bodies aligned.
He could feel the strength in her frame, the way her muscles tensed and relaxed under his touch. She’s no fragile prize, he thought.
A warrior equal to any I’ve claimed on the battlefield.
This will be a conquest worth remembering.

Seraphine exhaled softly as his lips found the sensitive spot at the curve of her neck. She reached up, threading her fingers through his dark, tousled hair.
"Careful, warlord. Your guards are posted just outside. I could make you forget yourself... and them."
He chuckled, the sound rumbling deep in his chest. He nipped gently at her neck, then soothed it with another kiss.
"Let them hear. Let the whole keep know their lord has found a match."
His hand stroked down her back, tracing the line of her spine through the armor.
"You talk as though you’ve already won, Seraphine. I wonder if your stamina matches that sharp tongue of yours."
She laughed breathlessly, arching into his touch.
"I’ve outlasted worse than you on the field. But this..."
She pulled back just enough to meet his gaze, her pale hair framing her face like a halo in the lantern light.
"This feels different. Better. I enjoy how steady your hands are, even when your pulse races against my skin."
Kane’s thoughts drifted as he kissed her again, deeper this time, exploring the elegant column of her neck with lips and tongue.
Gods, she tastes like victory.
After all that teasing...
Strong, unyielding, yet yielding in the right ways. He guided her backward until her hips met the edge of his heavy table in another room, still scattered with maps.
His fingers worked at the buckles of her armor with surprising patience, loosening plates one by one.
Each piece removed revealed more of her: toned shoulders, the swell of her breasts, the smooth plane of her stomach.
Seraphine helped him, shrugging out of the last of her upper armor with a graceful roll of her shoulders. Her hands moved to his broad chest, tracing the scars that marked him as a survivor.
"I like this," she whispered between kisses, her lips brushing his jaw.
"Feeling a man who has earned every mark. You don’t flinch. You don’t hesitate. It makes me want to test you properly."
"And I want to feel you let go," Kane replied, his voice rough with desire.
He lifted her onto the table’s edge, stepping between her thighs.

His mouth returned to her neck, sucking lightly while his hands explored her bare skin. She was warm, responsive, her breath hitching when he found a particularly sensitive spot beneath her collarbone.
"You’re beautiful like this, flushed, strong, mine for the taking. But only because you choose it."
Their banter flowed easily as hands roamed. Seraphine’s fingers traced the ridges of his abdomen, dipping lower.
"Your body is built like a weapon, Kane. I enjoy how it moves, controlled power. Show me more of it."
He obliged, shedding his own tunic and letting her hands map him.
They kissed properly then, slow and deep, building heat between them.
Words wove through the touches: soft praises, teasing observations.
"I could lose myself in you."
She answered by pulling him closer, whispering how his strength made her feel alive, desired without being diminished.
Eventually, the tension grew too sharp for words alone.
Kane lifted her effortlessly, her legs wrapping around his waist as he carried her toward the balcony doors.
He kicked them open, the night air rushing over their heated skin. The city of Menual sprawled below, lights flickering like distant stars.
"I want you to see it," he whispered, pressing her against the stone railing.
"The empire we’ll shape together."
His hands supported her thighs, gripping firmly but not bruisingly. Seraphine locked her ankles behind his back, her long white hair spilling over the edge as she pulled him in for a kiss.
Their eyes locked as he entered her, slow and deep. A shared gasp escaped them.
"Yes," she breathed, nails digging into his shoulders.
"Like that. I enjoy feeling you fill me... the way you watch me, like I’m the only thing in your world right now."
Kane groaned softly, setting a steady rhythm.
Her tightness, the way she clenches around me, perfection. My stats may give me endurance, but it’s her fire that drives me.
"You feel incredible," he told her between thrusts, voice husky.
"Strong, warm, taking every inch like you were made for this."

They moved together, the angle letting him sink deep.
After several long, delicious minutes, Kane slowed, lifting her off the railing with ease.
He carried her back through the balcony doors, but instead of returning straight to the study, he paused in the wide, torch-lit corridor just inside.
The stone hallway stretched before them, empty and echoing faintly with their breaths.
Ancient tapestries lined the walls, and the distant murmur of the night watch reminded them both of the risk.
Seraphine’s feet touched the cool floor. Before he could speak, she pressed him back against the stone wall, her bare breasts brushing his chest.
Her hand trailed down his sweat-slicked abdomen, fingers wrapping around his thick, throbbing cock, still slick from her.
She stroked him slowly from base to tip, squeezing with perfect pressure as her lips found his in a deep, hungry kiss.
"Mmm," she hummed against his mouth, tongue teasing his.
"I love how hard you stay for me. So heavy in my hand... ."
Her strokes were deliberate, twisting lightly at the head on every upstroke, her thumb gliding over the sensitive underside.
Kane’s hips bucked into her grip as he kissed her back fiercely, one hand tangling in her long white hair.


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