Cassian took a towel that Maya had in her hand, began to dry her hair and when he finished, he
lifted a handful of strands and kissed them.
“Your hair is beautiful.”
“Just my hair?”
“No, everything about you is beautiful.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
Cassian fell silent as she stood on tiptoe and stole a kiss from him. He gazed at her for a moment before leaning in and capturing her lips, which felt sweeter than honey to him.
After several kisses, they found themselves on the bed, neither remembering how they got there.
They were entwined; he ran his hands through her hair. His mouth was warm on hers and then fiery, and the softness disappeared, replaced by a fierce intensity. It felt like a wonderful descent. Maya was beneath him, her body molding into the bed as he caressed everything he had always wanted to touch: her hair, the arch of her back, her shoulders.
Maya slipped her hands under his shirt, starting to remove it as they both savored each other’s caresses. In a few minutes, their clothes disappeared completely, and their naked bodies entwined as one. Moans echoed in the room, accompanied by the obscene sounds of their bodies‘ friction
with each thrust.
After several rounds, they were both exhausted and sweaty, Maya rested on his chest while he
caressed her back.
“Looks like you missed me a lot.”
Maya said, laughing.
“You think so?”
“Yes, that’s how it seemed to me. Honestly, I loved it. Don’t tell me you’ve been practicing with someone else while I was away.”
“Of course not, you’re the only woman I’ve been with.”
Cassian responded, his cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
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Cassian tenderly caressed her back and asked, “Do you know where the keys to Hades are?”
Maya was silent for a moment, then replied, “I told you it was just a story that mentioned where one of the keys to Hades was. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
“Will you tell me the story?”
Maya got out of bed, unselfconsciously showing her nudity. She went to a travel bag, took out an old leather–bound book, returned to the bed, and told me the book from which I got the story.”
“And what does your father say? Is the story true or just a tale?”
“My father always says that all stories hold some truth.”
re she had her
My father gave
Maya opened the book and leafed through its pages. Cassian could see her bare breasts, which
stirred impure thoughts in him, so he covered her with the sheet. She asked, puzzled, “What are
you doing?”
“If you don’t cover up, I won’t be able to concentrate on what you’re saying.”
Maya smiled mischievously and asked, “Am I distracting you?”
“Of course, I’m only human; my eyes wander unintentionally.”
“So you don’t want to see me?”
“I didn’t say that!”
Maya laughed at seeing him so nervous and said, “I was just teasing you, now I’ll cover up.”
After covering herself, Maya continued searching through the pages of that book, doing so very carefully to avoid tearing them as the pages seemed very worn. Cassian glanced at the book; it was in a strange language, appearing as mere scribbles.
“What language is this book written in?”
Maya avoided the question, and upon finding the story, she began to rea
“Once upon a time, there was a king who loved his wife deeply. She was everything to him, but one day she fell ill, and her life slowly ebbed away. Seeing how her life was fading day by day, he did everything he could to save her. He searched for the best wizards and sorcerers, but none could
heal his beloved’s illness.”
“Is it a love story?”
Asked Cassian, as the story seemed similar to the ones Abril read in her spare time.
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“Just be quiet and listen until the end.”
“I’m sorry for interrupting, continue.”
“When she died, he fell into the deepest despair. He couldn’t live in a world where his beloved didn’t exist, so he sought a way to revive her. After much searching, he found a book that told how to bring the dead back to life. To achieve it, he would need one of the keys to Hades. He dedicated
several years to searching for it until he finally succeeded. He found one of the nd then went
d for his
the world of
to the gates of Hades. There, he used one of the keys and entered Hades. H
beloved’s soul, and when he finally found it, he realized he couldn’t bring her b the living. She no longer had a body to return to; her body had been consumed a long time ago. If he couldn’t bring her back, he preferred to stay in Hades with her, but that wasn’t possible either. A human couldn’t stay in the world of the dead; he was expelled and returned to the world of the living. With a broken heart, he wandered aimlessly back in the world of the living until he reached
the fairy kingdom.”
“Do fairies exist?”
“Can I finish?”
“I’m sorry, continue.”
“There he found a fairy who resembled his deceased wife. He wanted to take her with him, but the fairies were strictly forbidden from leaving their realm. However, he didn’t want to leave without her, so he made a deal with the king of the fairies: he would give him the key to Hades which he possessed if he allowed him to take her with him. The king of the fairies accepted the deal, and he handed over the key and left the land of the fairies with her.”
Maya closed the book and said to him.
“And that’s how the story ended.”
“Is the key in the realm of the fairies?”
“According to the story, yes.”
“So fairies exist?”
“I think so, although I’ve never seen one.”
“And how do we get to the realm of the fairies?”
“I was thinking of asking the elves.
They come from an ancient lineage; if anyone knows where to find them, it would be them.”
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