The War God’s Favorite novel Chapter 17

 The Crests
Cassandra didn’t even see the Governor’s last moments. Carried by Kairen against his chest, she only heard and that was enough. Very quickly, she was whisked all the way to his bedroom and thrown on the bed.
“My Lord… I didn’t think you’d be back so quickly.”
“What the fuck were you doing in his chambers?”
She was surprised by his question. Kairen started undoing the thick armor he was wearing, the cold metal loudly falling to the floor. Cassandra was searching for words, trying to gather her thoughts while sitting there.
“I brought him his dinner…”
Kairen looked furious. Wearing only his pants now, he threw his shirt across the room and crawled on the bed until he was facing her. He grabbed Cassandra’s waist, pulling her against him, and kissed her forcefully without warning. She didn’t even have time to breathe. With his tongue on hers, she awkwardly held on to his shoulder to keep her balance. She was sitting a bit on top of him, and he grabbed her hair, keeping her close to him.
When he finally let her go, Cassandra’s lips were numb from the intense kissing. She tried to catch her breath.
“Your lips are cold,” groaned Kairen.
“The dungeon was cold…”
He clicked his tongue, annoyed, and kissed her again, even more intensely. Cassandra was completely unprepared. It was only moments ago that she was still alone in that cold prison cell. Now she was on his bed, in his chambers, illuminated and warmed up by candles and a roaring fire. She did her best to answer his kiss, still getting used to his savage intensity. The way he played with her tongue was restless. Cassandra could feel her skin warming up, the change so fast she shivered under his fingers and the sensation of his hot palms caressing her body.
Kairen’s lips weren’t stopping. He kissed her lips, her cheeks, her jawline, her neck, moving lower and lower. Cassandra struggled to undo her dress, taking off the laces and getting rid of it before he would rip it apart again. It was an embarrassing position for her to be in, straddling her master, her arms behind his back while he was caressing and kissing her breasts. She caressed his short black hair, closing her eyes as he kept kissing her breasts, sucking her little pink extremities.
“My… Lord…” She gasped.
Her cheeks were red, and she was flush from excitement, a fire burning within her. Kairen, his hands on her hips, finally raised his head up to kiss her again, a bit gentler this time, as if he had been appeased. Cassandra answered his kiss, almost guiding it as she was on top, and able to keep up. One of his hands climbed up to hold her neck’s nape, while the other went down, caressing her entrance slowly.
She shivered at the sensation of his fingers between her legs, rubbing against her sacred parts. He caressed her slit thoroughly, reaching out for her entrance in slow motions. Cassandra moaned faintly, her desire flowing as soon as his fingers penetrated her. She held onto his back, biting her lower lip as the feeling grew stronger. She could feel the bulge in his pants against her thigh, and that only made her more excited. Was she really already used to these sensations? A bit ashamed, she couldn’t help but react and move against his fingers. Kairen smiled faintly.
He undid his pants, freeing his dick, and positioned it against Cassandra’s entrance. Guiding her, he slowly pushed in, enjoying her long moan. She held onto his shoulders, breathing hard and adjusting to the sensation, the fullness….
“Move,” he suddenly whispered into her ear.
Cassandra felt the blood rushing to her cheeks and ears. He wanted her to move? On him? She could barely
endure it already… But Kairen waited, only moving slightly under her, and that was far from enough. She bit her lip again, and progressively, moved her hips on him. She could feel his cock rubbing inside her, and panted heavily from the sensation. She liked it, and she wanted more.
Forgetting her embarrassment, she kept moving, finding her rhythm, guided by his hands on her hips. Kairen matched his movements to hers, grinding his pelvis fiercely each time, Cassandra moaning with each collision.
He kissed her neck after each thrust. She was crying out so loudly from their passionate love making. Cassandra felt like this was surreal. She could feel him under her, responding to her movements, filling her up as he held her firmly yet gently. She gasped and moaned, widening her legs over him, feeling the pleasure grow and her rationality wane.
As she started to lose some energy, Kairen took over in full force, forcing his hips up, thrusting faster, leaving her no room for rest. She couldn’t control it. Cassandra felt that urge, that explosion coming, and moaned harder with each of his thrusts. He held her by the waist so she wouldn’t get away. She clenched around his thick cock. she exploded, her orgasm overtaking her in a huge wave of pleasure. She cried out, long and loud.
A couple of hours later, she was laying on her side, exhausted, her head on the Prince’s shoulder. Her lower body was completely numb after their passionate sex. Of course, just once hadn’t been enough. She blushed thinking about all the positions she had taken to satisfy her Master.
Kairen had his eyes closed, but his fingers were lazily caressing her shoulder.
“Don’t ever go to another man’s chambers again,” he suddenly said.
Cassandra looked at him, confused.
“My Lord, could it be you’re…”
But before she could end that sentence, Kairen suddenly leaned to face her, looking angry.
“You are mine. All of you. I told you, if another man touches you, I’ll kill him.”
Right after that sentence, he leaned over to kiss her, pinning her to the mattress. She couldn’t help but answer his kiss, like a conditioned response. Cassandra was starting to like his forceful ways. She felt warm in his embrace, and safe…
She fell asleep shortly after as Kairen held her tightly against his chest. Cassandra almost didn’t need the blanket, as the Prince’s body was hot enough naturally.
When she woke the next morning, Kairen was already up. Grabbing the fur cloak to cover her bare chest, Cassandra slowly sat up, feeling some back pain. The Prince was putting on his pants, and noticed she was awake.
“You can sleep more.”
“I’m fine… Are you going back to the Military Camp?”
“Yes. You’re coming too.”
Cassandra took a few seconds to process what he had just said.
“With you? My Lord, I can’t go to a military camp!”
“Why not?”
“It’s not a place for… women…”
She had wanted to say concubines at first, but that term was still too new for her to use it for herself. Indeed, it was truly unheard of for a woman to visit a military camp! It was a place for men only, soldiers. Women were never allowed to be warriors or to be inside military camps.
“If I leave you here, who knows which man’s chambers I’ll find you in next…”
“My Lord! I wouldn’t…”
“I don’t care. You’re coming with me.”
His sentence was clearly an order, and Cassandra didn’t dare argue any further. She couldn’t believe he was so jealous and distrusting after that stupid incident. A bit unhappy, Cassandra grabbed her dress and put it back on. While doing so, she suddenly remembered Nebora’s words about asking for some clothes.
“My Lord… Madam Patrina mentioned I would need more clothes if I stay here. There’s only this one dress.”
For a moment, Kairen hadn’t seemed to have listened to her, as he was putting his boots back on. However, the Prince got up and walked to the other side of the room, opening one of the big chests.
“Just take whatever you need.”
Cassandra left the bed and walked over to the chest thinking she may find an extra dress or two, but to her surprise, the chest wasn’t filled with clothes but with… gold bars! She was speechless as she looked down at dozens of perfect gold bars, lined up in several rows. She had never seen so much money in her entire life! One gold coin alone could buy several meals for a family – exactly how much money was there? Just a single gold bar could buy hundreds of dresses!
“My Lord, this is far too much!”
“Then just take one and buy what you need.”
She looked at him, truly shocked. Did he really think she would need more than one in the first place? Cassandra didn’t even know what to say. She knew the Imperial Family was richer than most, but this was truly too unbelievable. She tried not to think about the two other chests in the room, and just quickly grabbed one of the bars. Even its weight was impressive. Would she even be able to use that in a normal shop? She probably could ask Patrina later.
She quickly closed the chest, wondering why he had such a thing in his room, when someone knocked at the door.
“Your breakfast, Your Highness.”
Marian walked in, carrying a large tray of food. A bit embarrassed to have the young girl serve her, Cassandra walked over to help her. Her friend faintly smiled as Cassandra handed her the gold bar. Marian had exactly the same expression as her, eyes wide open and fixed on the shining bar before her. She glanced at the Prince, worried, but Kairen was putting his shirt back on, not even looking in their direction.
“Marian, can you give this to Patrina and tell her it’s for buying new clothes for everyone?”
“F…For everyone? But…”
“Just ask her to handle it until I come back, all right?”
“Y…Yes…”
Marian held the gold bar with the tip of her fingers, as if she was afraid it would explode in her hands. Then, she ran off. Cassandra wasn’t only doing this because it was too much money just for her. She didn’t feel right being the only one to receive new clothes when she had noticed the other servants had some that were a bit too used, or in the case of Bina and Prunie, too short. She trusted Patrina would know how to allocate the money fairly.
Cassandra turned to Kairen, hoping he wouldn’t be mad at her for sharing the gold bar, but the Prince didn’t seem to care at all about the conversation. He had just finished dressing as he went to sit on one of the armchairs in front of the food.
“Aren’t you hungry?” he asked as she stood there.
“Ah, yes…”
She walked over and took the seat next to his so she could start eating. After a few minutes of silence between them, she suddenly remembered something she had been meaning to ask for a while.
“My Lord, how come you came back so soon? Nebora said you usually stay longer at the Military Camp.”
Kairen frowned a bit.
“It was boring. And Krai was annoying, too.”
“He came back before you did…”
“That stupid dragon flew back here on his own. He was too bored at the camp and kept looking for you.
Cassandra couldn’t help but smile at that, thinking about how Krai had missed her. She bit her lip, hesitating slightly before asking.
“Did you miss me as well?”
Kairen suddenly stopped eating, and turned to her. His black eyes on her were making her blush. Oh, how he was scrutinizing her! Cassandra, too embarrassed to endure his gaze any longer, looked down. That’s when Kairen grabbed her wrist and brought her onto his knees, so abruptly she didn’t have time to resist. Her face was suddenly very close to his, and she blushed even more, unable to avoid his stare.
“Why do you think I’m taking you with me this time?” he suddenly whispered. (14)
Grabbing her hair, he brought her closer and Cassandra, overwhelmed, put her arms around his neck, slowly kissing his lips.