Eliana's quick blink of eyes denoted the words had been sunk inside her brain successfully. Platinum gold tea was indeed enriched with the components of revitalization! Fortunately, she was brisk to cook an excuse, "I drank it midway, then had to undergo the rest of the tiresome journey. You must have heard that I never stepped out of Wingland before, and it's actually my first time. Therefore, it kind of shook my health. Obviously, the effects from the tea wouldn't last so long."
Lies. She had been edified from a very young age in her both homes, that lies and treachery needed to be treated with absolute abhorrence. But, fate threw her in a crossroad, where lying became her first and foremost protective shield.
The expression of disbelief that Hades wore on his face at Eliana's response, spoke louder than words. It was so palpable that she could touch it in between his thick eyebrows, the hardened furrow. Her facade was about to slip away, just then his gesture baffled her.
"Come," Hades gesticulated to her for moving closer to him. One second turned into two, then three and four, it subsisted a little upward a minute. Eliana didn't move an inch. She was in the stormy sea, keeping a guard on her temper. She had been pushing down her compulsion to fight him, but, it kept on rising upward persistently.
"You haven't changed a bit, as stubborn as ever." Hades said, an abrupt statement that sucked all the colors out of Eliana's face, flipping her already edgy heart upside down. As stubborn as ever? Did the statement contain any double entendre or was he simply implying the result he got after conducting a research on Eliana Winxx?
A beauteous glass bottle appeared in Hades's hand. Eliana didn't know how he moved, and found her jaw pulled down by his rough thumb, as he poured three slugs of potion into her mouth. Her enlarged eyes blinked thrice, as the liquid rolled down her throat and fell into stomach. It threw her off track for a split second. She recognized it as an energy potion, from pulling its smell into her lungs.
"It will cast away all your tiredness." Hades's hoarse voice sounded, as his thumb caressed Eliana's lower lip sensually. Her eyelashes were coerced to flutter under the weight of his dark gaze. She only realized that the bottle in his hand had passed from sight, when he clamped his brawny hand around her waist. He angled his face beside her ear, positioning his exhales on her lobe, and said, "Has it not, Wife?"
Eliana jumped in her stand, just as the affectionate name made its home inside her ears. She imbibed the endearment, and her brain responded by releasing a buzzing noise. It was like a hot potato that she didn't want to catch. She squirmed, instinctively trying to break free; Hades didn't put any kibosh on her feeble struggle, still she found herself immovable within his arms.
"Mmn…" The unrestrained groan ripping off Hades's parted lips put Eliana's ear on fire, freezing her body. She felt her ears letting off steam! "W-what are you doing?" She doubled her effort in trying to squirm out of his firm hold, wriggling her body from side to side.
"Feeling your body, my wife, mnn..." Another deep groan came scraping against Hades's throat, and sliced Eliana's sanity. A few seconds of silence that stretched on soon after alternately froze and put a cap of awareness on her head.
Her body was in direct contact with him, and all the struggles she had been leading acted as 'rubbing' on him and it was eliciting reactions out of him! Belated realization almost blackened Eliana's vision. As though it wasn't enough, a hard thing rose to poke her on the abdomen!
"H-Hades," Eliana felt her energy drain rapidly by the monstrous sensation that created chaos within her body earlier that day. Hades's high-bridged nose nuzzled hard on her neck, constantly changing positions for better smell of her flesh. His lips lightly left a tingling trail along the way. "Mm..." This time the infamous sound of pleasure departed from Eliana's lips. Her breathing hitched, and heartbeat gathered its speed. Just then, his rough hand descended on her buttock and squeezed it hard.
"Ah!" A startled gasp vacated Eliana's lungs, as Hades commenced grinding his manhood against her stomach. It stirred something in the pit of her abdomen. A humongous wave of new-found nervousness exploded her heart. Damn! Why was her body reacting like a starved animal running after a piece of meat?! She didn't like any bit of this! This new born weakness filled her with annoyance.
"Hades, I said stop!" Eliana hardened her voice, and employed an edge in it. Hades's hand froze on her back, his warm hands went cold while resting on her back. She felt it explicitly, albeit, their skin were separated by a very thin layer of clothing. Her emotions ran the gamut from nervousness, gratification, fury and finally empty…
"Why?" Hades inquired in a voice thick with suppressed fury and a hint of heartache. His hold on her didn't slacken, as though obstinacy possessed him.
Eliana fell into a swirling vortex of emotions. Hades's manly odor permeated her dilated nostrils, waking the desire she was trying hard to put to sleep. Her reluctant look shifted to a confused one, as she fought inwardly in order to come to a conclusion. "It doesn't have to happen between us tonight itself, does it? Since you are this horny, and you have other concubines, why not just seek one of them out? I'm sure, they won't mind serving you tonight." She wasn't really a believer of what she said, she just did.
Thinly veiled disgust in her tonation crinkled the smooth tract of land between Hades's eyebrows. "I don't know what type of rumors you let your ears be the host of, but I don't have any concubines right now." The disbelief floating over Eliana's face ended up being the herald of more clarification. "Previously, I did have two, and both are no more. Currently, you are my only spouse, and I expect you to perform your duty to the fullest." His voice was crystal clear, holding no debris.
Eliana processed the information, holding Hades's gaze. It contrasted what sister-in-laws fed her on him, but he didn't seem to be lying. And, she had no illusions about that.
"See, if you are hatching any sinful plot in your head, and fabricating lies in the hopes of pushing your husband away, let me issue a warning. Refrain yourself from such activities." Apparently, Hades wanted to maintain his steadfast adherence on the course of action, that was supposed to unfurl that night. "I don't have a lick of intention to add my name in monasticism. Besides, we have to perform the marital duty for my mother and the saint from the universal confederation will make a demand to see my mark on you first thing in the morning."
Eliana's eyes enlarged, realization seeping into them. Damn! Hades's words contained truth! Since it was a royal marriage between two different nations, it involved Universal Confederation. And, the saint would declare it valid only upon witnessing Hades's mark on her neck! In other words, they were really obliged to do the deed that tonight itself!