Valerian Empire

Chapter 77: Puppeteers of empire- Part 5

Katie had a look of surprise seeing the man's figure retreat into the crowd who waited for their carriage. She was sure he witnessed Lord Alexander kiss yet here he was courting her. Something just didn't add up and like she had said she was tired. Keeping a smile all evening and her posture straight to fit into the crowd had exhausted her.

Placing her hand on her mouth she yawned, a yawn that brought little amount of tears in her eyes.

"How often does the council hold an occasion like this?" Katie asked Sylvia.

"Four times a year on a quarter wise basis. The head council has an impression that everything is running smoothly," Sylvia spoke rubbing her hands together due to the cold weather of the night that breezed through.

"And it isn't," Katie said making the woman nod.

"That's right. More like the old man is turning a blind eye because the situation is much dirtier than it seems to be. That is why all the Lords have taken matters into their own hands," and she then changed the matter and asked, "Are you feeling better now?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"You might have not realized but the way you had been walking seemed a little strange when you came to my room in the afternoon," Sylvia laughed that led to Katie's face turn pink that went up till tip of her ear, "Such an innocent girl," she patted her back.

"…"

When they got back to the mansion at late night, Katie went ahead to her room before wishing everyone good night while Alexander and Elliot headed to the study.

Taking off the dress which she had borrowed from Sylvia, she placed it on the bed before tiptoeing to the bathroom. She was fortunate to have hot water running in her bath as the maids and other servants were privileged with only cold water.

Turning the tap open in the bath, she went to stand in front of the mirror.

She touched the mark that laid on her shoulders where the skin had discolored. The evening dress had covered it but now that she stood in only her undergarments, the mark stood out on her pale skin.

Had she really walked strangely? But then it wasn't her fault or may be it was. Accommodating Lord Alexander inside her wasn't easy. Initially she felt her lower body would be torn as she took him in. She had cried due to the burn and pain that it caused but the man had been gentle.

The thoughts about previous night reminded her of him and instinctively her legs squeezed together.

When she looked up at the mirror again, she felt her heart jump out of her throat seeing Lord Alexander stand right behind her.

"Lord Alexander," she squeaked turning around to only find him suddenly pressing her against the cold wall which made her shiver.

"Did you need anything?" she asked nervously and saw a tricksters smile play on his lips.

"I need a lot of things but I don't think you will be able to provide it. At least not right now," she saw mirth flickering in his eyes as he spoke making her blush.

"If you have nothing important could you please leave. I was going to take a bath," she said gathering her thought with a straight face.

"That I can see," he looked at the garments she was wearing, everything in white.

The chemise was a fragile cloth which was made of intersections of the threads to forming into a net like fashion. To think that she was wearing something skimpy like this inside that heap of dress.

She looked no less than a seductress right now while willfully covering herself with her hands.

He stared at her without a single word and she found him tilting his head towards her face before placing a kiss on her lips. He pulled back for a mere second before kissing her again, this time harder as his teeth nipped at her lower lip.

His hands that was on either either side of her now went to hold her waist. He slipped his tongue into her mouth, kissing her relentlessly and heard her moan even though the palm of her hand tried pushing away his chest. She shuddered in his arms when his hand went down to grab her bottom to pull her firmly against him.

Katie felt herself take deep breaths when the Lord pulled back to graze her lower lip with his thumb.

When she felt the smoke of lust disperse from her head and her sense return back, she turned to grab the towel that laid at the corner of the room but the Lord was having none of that. He caged her back in his arms.

"You taste too sweet on my lips. Like an addictive drug which I haven't been able to stop thinking about," and he leaned down to whisper on her lips, "Breath darling. We wouldn't want you dying due to lack of oxygen now, do we."

She hadn't realized that she had stopped breathing.

Katie found it unfair the way Alexander spoke. He coaxed her physically and mentally with words and his body and it was too hard to refuse.

Just when he had riled her up enough he pulled back leaving her body with sexual tension.

"I came here to tell you that your cousin Ralph will be here by day after tomorrow with Oliver," he said stepping back from her.

Katie took the towel from the other corner and wrapped it around her.

"I see," Katie could hardly stop counting the hours to see him.

With that Alexander left the bathing room. Hearing her room door click, she stepped out and then locked the door before going back to take a bath.

Once she was completely clothed, she went to close the window to see someone sitting in the garden. Looking closer she saw it was Malphus with a book in his hand.

Ready to call out his name she opened her mouth but closed it. Yelling this late at night didn't sound right and therefore she looked around the room, finding something she could throw at him. Not able to find anything right she threw her hairbrush that hit right across his face and she grimaced.

"Ouch," she whispered when Malphus looked at her.