River crouches low by the tall river reed, her body judders in slight anticipation watching the girl and boy run hand in hand as they periodically cast slight glances over their shoulders.
The boy presses her against the tree, the messy fumbling of stark youthful hands is clear as he touches her. River moves slightly in the swamp, swatting at a stray fly that buzzes noisily beside her ear.
She is far enough not to be seen, and close enough to gaze in morbid fascination at his calloused, coal stained hand that slides beneath the girl’s dress. It goes higher and higher revealing her soft pale legs, unmarred by scars and coagulated bruises like River’s.
There is something sonorous and resonant to their intimacy that grows heated and wild as he touches something hidden beneath the girl’s garments. River knows what it is and the thought wraps fingers of flames around her neck, as though he himself is touching her.
She shifts, her heart drums against her sternum as the two begin to shift away from the tree. The girl steps away from him with a sultry smile, her hand rises to the satin ribbon that holds handfuls of golden, span hair that shimmers as though granted the rights by Helios himself. It falls along the soft curve of her shoulders and the cotton dress whispers to the Earth as she is left in nothing but her white underwear.
River sucks in a shallow breath, dulling out her environment, as the cold autumn wind that brushes along the nape of her neck offers scant relief from the heat that pools in her belly.
The boy follows her as she steps over the rising grass and lowers herself onto the ground, on all fours with her derriere arched for him. His movements are less graceful as he clumsily falls to his knees and reaches forward. He pushes her legs wide enough to allow his mouth to lick at the satin crotch of her lace panties.
River gazes in mute eagerness as the girl’s marble limbs begin to tremble, her small body tenses trying to override the pleasurable sensation. She arcs downwards, grinding her nipples into the dirt as his tongue laps at her, one hand holds her slim thigh while the other begins to press rhythmically into her tight pussy.
River blinks and lowers her gaze for a moment, trying to catch her breath before peering up again as the girl begins to thrust her ass in the air, trembling with anticipation. He tears her panties with ease, her startled gasp dissolves to that of low breathy moans as he sucks and nips at her moist cunt then asshole. His thumb dips into her tight channel, gently matching the rhythm of his tongue circling her ass.
Whilst watching the intimate action, River is unaware of her rapid breaths and the inflammation of her sunburned cheeks. She licks her chapped lips at the sound of a pleasurable squeal, a sudden clench knotted in her abdomen.
Are they done? River wonders, scratching at an itching spot in her wrist. Barely. She concludes as the girl gently rolls onto her back and he crawls above, positioning himself between her thighs once he is completely stripped of his pants.
River parts the weeds before her, squinting at his manhood that hangs limp in the girl’s small hand that curls and begins to move in firm tugs as they kiss.
Suddenly, she snorts at the realization that the boy was not as large as the rumours made her and every other virgin in the village believe. He was hardly hung like a horse. Perhaps the length of her palm at most. She snickers slightly at the thought of him standing tall and proud amidst his friends talking about their sizes, making comparisons, praising each other.
He takes hold of her ankles and spreads them wide, languidly running the length of his cock between her wet slit. The girl’s head lolls back in satisfaction, her long lashes flutter shut when suddenly his hips snap forward as he shoves his cock deep into her.
She screams and bucks at the pain but his movements are lightning-quick, he flattens her onto the forest floor with his torso, his hand pressed over her mouth whilst still thrusting into her statically.
River grows still, eyebrows knitting at the centre in confusion. If sex is so pleasurable, why did she seem to be in so much pain? Her eyes flicker to the boy’s flushed face and the girl whose movements falter. Slowly he peels his hand away and kisses her tear-stained cheek.
His hips ease back and forth in a soothing tandem motion that cools the pain until finally, she draws him back to her with her ankles locking onto his lower back. He begins to move gently, stroking her clit with his fingers whilst kissing her neck and chest, latching onto one nipple in finality.
She begins to arch up towards his thrust, craving the full feeling that once hurt. His warm mouth sucks and nips at her breast, licking a path up to her throat. He whispers something in her ear and she nods, pressing her lips to his cheek.
She wraps her arms around him clinging to him to her as her pleasure grows. He starts to rock her back and forth with each thrust. River watches the rapid rise and fall of her chest, the slight clenching of her abdomen. It is the most erotic sight she had ever witnessed, and perhaps ever will. The site of his cock sinking into her pussy only to pull back, sleek with her wetness.
His movements grow, hips pistoning into her as they both race towards the edge.
River wished then that she was close enough to hear their sounds.
The girl clutches him tightly as he suddenly grows stiff, he explodes inside her, he clamps down on her pussy as it tightens around him, welcoming his release.
“Where have you been?” A voice questions from behind following the casting of a shadow over River, temporarily shading her from the glaring sun. “Rita has been searching for you since morning.”River finishes scrubbing her hands clean in the bucket filled with ice water, then cups a handful splashing it over her face in an attempt at cooling the rose that shakes in her blood, and shadows her cheeks. “I was washing the linens.” She lies smoothly, avoiding the girl’s stern stare.“Is it an emergency?” In truthfulness, River’s heart still tumbles, body juddering at the inability to rid herself of the intimacy image.The girl shifts to her side as they pick a path back towards the village, “Not really, it is in regards to tonight.”River licks her teeth thoughtfully, squinting up ahead as a group of children rush past them, wooden swords clashing playfully, “What of tonight?”
“He watches you,” the girl whispers, soft lips brushing the shell of River’s ear. River blinks feigning disinterest whilst her heart slams against her sternum within.“Who?” Her voice leaves in wistful indifference. Amusedly, her friend leans against her forearm, dropping her temple on her shoulder with a hum; “Do not act so nonchalance, River, your face says otherwise.”A rose shakes in her blood and shadows her cheeks. River sucks a mouthful of the cool night air and spares a glance upwards.Past the red, orange and yellow ball of rage that roars upwards eating its way through the wooden pyramid at its base. Plumes of grey are buffeted into the night sky, carried aimlessly by the chill October wind.Ashen debris glides silently away from the smoke onto the throng of excited children and talkative adults that all sit around the great bonfire beast, their eyes transformed into orbs of light each flickering orange
Rome was not built in a day, but it surely fell in one.Siege and terror spread throughout the city. Consciousness ebbs through her thinly, she grows aware of the hardened earth beneath her cheek and flaming heat licking across her cheeks, thick heady smoke invading her lungs, charring it.River begins to cough, struggling to blink past the haze of tears clouding her vision. The dullness that fills her hearing clears and with it comes piercing incongruous cries and high pitching wails. Something - someone - is pushing on her shoulder with forceful violence, urging her to wake.Dull throbbing phantoms along her temple and she groans, tentatively touching only to pull away with dark smudged fingertips. River angles her head slowly, faltering at the feel of something weighted on her neck, the clinking of metal.A collar and chain. She notices the women and girls then, each huddled amongst each other like sheep, petrified eyes widened in horror, reflecting fl
Immediately, two guards appear by River’s side and, tugging at the shackles that bind her wrists, take her to his hut. River blinks downcast, fixating on her sandals as they walk across a low field, sounds of banter fading in the distant background.His building is separated from the rest, privacy. Much to her surprise, it is a substantial building, with a veranda on two sides and steps leading up to the main door. River is taking through a large hall and into an equally large room at the back. Despite the size, the furniture is sparse - single large bed, a divan set against one wall, a study table with a seat and two thick leather-bound books stacked neatly beside a candle.Wordlessly the men unchain her and step out of the room, shutting it behind. River stills at the centre, uncertain stare drifting from one corner to the next.Alone, she thinks.Shaking with cold and shock, she moves to sit on the bed’s foot but catches herself, realizing
River startles awake then stills as jarring pain shoots up the back of her neck. She hisses, raising a tentative hand to her now sore neck then the skull, rubbing it in gentle soothing circles. A moment passes as she adjusts to the unfamiliar room she currently lay in.The divan she had passed out on, now the current source of all her muscle aches, is stiff beneath her body. She exhales softly, face scrunching at the putrid scent of her breath and body odour. For a heartbeat, everything seems normal, and she is close to rising with chores listing themselves in her mind habitually.Mistress needed her morning herbal tea then linen washed, rosemary-scented candles lit and the curtains are drawn to allow light dissolve the musty darkness that blanketed during the night -- River halts.All thoughts in her mind scatter like dry leaves during a whirlwind, her attention drifts across the unfamiliar room that takes shape. She draws in a shallow, measured breath as reali
Hadrius.River did not know the extent of power in which his name held. The simple murmur of that word set both men and women apart from, avoiding the girl much like a plague.As though his name had been branded across her forehead, each place she walked the women scattered from her path like dry leaves.Something was terribly wrong with their reaction, River realizes, yet no one dared tell her the reason.Twice she tried approaching two girls, bent over a cauldron stirring thick chunks of stew for the men’s dinner. One girl glanced up, as though sensing an unwanted presence, then her eyes widened to saucers and she scurried away. The other simply hunched over the pot and played pretend, feigning she was not there.It unnerved River, their reactions. Something bitter and hot swirled in her belly each time she stepped out of his tent. Not that she minded for isolation had always been her preference, still…River blows out a breat
There is a silence.The evening darkens in the room. Noiselessly, and with silver feet, the shadows creep in from the corners. The colours fade wearily out of things.Hadrius is motionless, strangely staring at the naked mortal that stands before him. A girl, he had not noticed before, with the slight formation of hectic spots of red burning on her cheeks - he simply stares with vague indifference, so much so his expression would be no different whilst regarding a fly on the wall.She seems hardly eighteen years of age, with a little flower-like face, a small Greek head with messy plaited coils of dark-brown hair, feverish eyes that burn hazel wells of amethyst caution, lips that are like the petals of a rose.The woman behind Hadrius stirs, and slips like a ghost between him and the door, nimbly making her way to the bed. The girl seems disturbed by the sudden presence, dropping her head sharply whilst reaching for the towel on the bed. Her small hands b
Little clouds that, like ravelling skeins of glossy white silk, are drifting across the hollowed turquoise of the autumn sky. The scent of a thunderstorm and snow drifts by closely.As River walks through the camp, she looks at the common women, noticing a split lip here, a bruise there. One girl, young and otherwise pretty, had a star-burst scar on her forehead where a spear butt had struck. Her stare lingers on their faces long enough to feel an ice finger touch her heart.She wonders if Hadrius would be as callous and brutal as the men. She expects nothing short of such violence, yet hopes she would not surpass his limits. He held the power in their relationship and should he wake up one day and decide to whip her bloody, neither man nor woman would bat an eyelash at his actions.River licks her teeth and grits her teeth at the possibility of such a thing happening; she is a slave and mistakes are bound to happen, a spill of wine here, the crease of cloth the