B E N E F A C T I O N

L U S T F U L

My mouth opens as I stare up at him. His sun-kissed eyes glowing as his nostrils flare.

"Has anyone taken you?" The sound of his voice sends a shiver through my whole body. This time my hips arch upward, and I purr like a little kitten. I don't give a shit if I'm naked anymore, I just crave his touch.

"Please," I whimper. "Touch me."

"You will answer my question Constance."

"No."

"No what?" The King says as the bed dips under his weight. He gets onto it in front of me on his knees, looking down at my aching body like it's a feast.

"I've never been taken." I breathe out.

A gasp flows from me as the King moves at a speed that has me losing my breath. In what felt like a second, he is in my face, our nose almost brushing, breath mingle. I watch his beautiful eyes as they scan my entire face. His lips are pressed in a thin line, his eyes in slits as he glares at me. No doubt looking for the lie.

After a few beats of silence, he speaks.

"I am going to touch you on your legs. This will stop the passion for a few minutes. Do you understand?" The King says as he looks into my eyes. I find myself lost in them. Craving to see them come alive for me. Licking my lips, I let out a shaky breath as I close my eyes.

"Yes, I understand." Once the words leave my lips, I feel cool fingers touch my ankle and gasp. The same feeling that washed over me while I was in the examination room of the cells hits me. I'm not a fool, so I immediately know that he was who touched me earlier today.

"I don't know how or why, but you, Constance Everlasting, have bound yourself to me." The King says as he sits back on his knees. His hands rest on my upper thighs, making me dizzy with lust, and making it extremely hard to concentrate. "With that being said, I will not be renouncing your attraction to me nor want for me. I couldn't even if I wanted to, because what you feel, I feel also." He says as he runs a hand through his beautiful and thick hair.

"After your exchange with Marlie today, I realized something. I realize that you deserve a chance, just as she was given two years ago. When I was told of you a while back, I believed that what they told me was a lie. Today in the cells, you proved me wrong. You're proving me wrong now." His words cause me to swallow thickly as we look into each other's eyes.

Honestly, I felt as though he'd treat me like a common whore. Make me hide in the shadows and us me when he saw fit, so his words shock me.

"I will give you a chance to earn that empty throne that sits beside me. Marlie has been given the chance before and failed. If you were to gain my trust, my commitment and eventually my love, all while proving to me, you can rule by my side, then the throne will be yours and I and Marlie will be no more. But please know, that this will not come easy. You will be tried in ways you cannot imagine. It is up to you to win."

I sit silently, biting my bottom lip, so I don't speak out of turn. The King notices my struggle and smirks.

"You are learning much quicker than Marlie already Constance. You may speak freely."

"The people here will never accept me." I say with a heavy sigh. "They do not feel as if I belong here. They are for Marlie, not I. How am I supposed to-"

"Enough!" He roars making me jump. "You are not here to gain the approval of the peasants! You are seeking my approval, my desire, my love, and your throne." The King says as he points to me. "Can you do that Constance?! Can you show me that you are worth it!? Show me that you can give me everything that I have been lacking for the last three-hundred years!?"