"Mahnu...Wake up."

King Richard had gathered her up into his arms, putting her into his lap and whispered in her ear. "Don't make me ravish you right now!"

Mahnu slowly opened her eyes, shocked to see that man so close to her!

"Excuse me!" She said, trying to get out of his arms.

"You are not going anywhere, until you have eaten!"

As he put a bowl into her lap, he remembered a past memory of not letting her go until she was clean.

Mahnu only sat there quietly after another few seconds, then asked, "Why do you treat me like this?"

"Because you treat me like this." The King laughed at her confused look.

He put the forkful of food into her mouth, and continued, "You don't treat me like a King. So, in a way, you treating me like any other man...You're... My retrieve."

She finished what was in her mouth, and then said, "So, if I treated you like a King, would you..."

He put another forkful into her mouth to cut her off. "I just want you to be who you are. Be natural."

King Richard sighed.

He knew that she had to eat…Eat faster, he thought. He could feel his desire for her welling up so fast that he could barely control it.

"Are you okay?" Mahnu placed a hand on his forehead.

You are putting oil onto the fire, Mahnu, the King thought. He stopped her hand with his, and said, "Eat."

"Uh...Okay." Mahnu took the fork and started to feed herself.

Feeling him move himself from below her, she really started to wonder if he was sick…

The King watched her and put his hand on her waist, unwilling to stop from doing what was right, even though he desperately wanted to ravish her right this instant!

After all, she did faint and most likely because she hadn’t eaten enough…The only option was to not do anything…At least until she had finished her meal!

They stayed silent as he moved his hand slowly up, only slightly touching the side of where her breast was beneath her clothing, as it passed onto her shoulder.

He willed himself to stop…Seriously…But, obviously, it wasn’t working very well.

He told himself that he was just getting reacquainted with her body and that it was not to lead to anything else...

It was hard though, her mouth moving, her warm body on top of his, her eyes and face…She was real!

The real Mahnu, is right in front of me. I'm not dreaming! The King thought.

He then notices that she had slowed down in eating and even had closed her eyes.

Sighing, he took his hand away and picked up the fork that she had dropped.

Feeding her the last of it, he placed the bowl elsewhere and drank some water.

He pulled her close and made her drink from his own mouth, while he could taste her.

At first, he did feel her struggle a bit, but gradually she swallowed the water.

Pulling apart slightly, her breath and his were combining in front of them and King Richard smiled at her.

He felt her hands having his cloths in them and her eyes looked like they were ready to pop out! Her cheeks were getting redder and redder as the seconds ticked by, making him feel utterly proud!

Gently, he kissed her lips, putting a hand to her face, then kissed them slightly harder.

In just mere moments, King Richard was lost to those lips and was unable to hide away all of his desire to completely relish this blushing beauty!

As the kiss deepened, he felt her relax, letting go of his clothes and finally kissing him back, even allowing him to investigate her mouth with his tongue.

‘Cassandra’ was not sure what she was doing was right or not, but this man was getting harder and harder to push away! What he was doing to her, made her seem to…Want more! It made her feel strange…Like her insides were getting warmer and fluttering around! Even her heart was frantically beating…She could feel it!

Yet, instead of pushing the man away and racing to Betty or Donald to state that she was feeling strange, she felt more inclined to stay and experience this…Afterall, she knew she wanted it, that it felt good…She can just talk to Betty and Donald later…

She pulled back after she became breathless and stared at him with wide eyes. She felt like she was going to die!

She looked away and finally said, "…For some reason, I let you get away with doing what you want with me."

The King smiled, pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and gave it to Mahnu. She looked over it, seeing that it was creased and looked like it's seen better days.

"I took it with me everywhere." He watched her read her own letter and saw how she obviously didn't understand it. He was really glad that he had not thrown it out after some many times of wanting too! He was glad that he had never ripped it, after so many times of wanting too! No, he didn’t lie…He took this crumpled piece of paper with him everywhere! Having used to looking at it a few times a day, it gradually turned to once a day but just this small parchment still felt like something precious to him…Something very dear to his heart.

"I don't understand."

"It's fine. But here." He pointed to 'Richard'.

"And here." He pointed to 'Yours Eternally, Mahnu'.

"Did I write this?"

King Richard nodded and slowly took the paper back from her, putting it back into his pocket. "Maybe, one day, I'll explain it to you...But right now..."

The King laid her down and placed himself on top of her. He kissed her, his hands on each side of her face and slowly found himself inside of her legs, instead of outside of them. He didn’t want to put too much weight on her, as she had just eaten, but how was he able to hold his feelings at bay for too much longer!

At this rate…He won’t even be able to last until they get back to Conrella before bedding this lovely woman once again!

It had been two years and nearly three months since he been with her like this…But it was still so exciting!

Just laying on top of her like this, he felt like it should be enough to hold him at bay…

Well, his thoughts, already trying hard to help hold him back, his hands were not helping at all. They slithered their way across her attire and cupped themselves around a few areas, stroked a few other areas…Making him so hot and bothered that his thoughts gradually dimmed. Just like the first time, and every other time with Mahnu, King Richard’s natural actions started to shine through…Especially when he could hear Mahnu sighing or moaning from underneath him…

They finally parted, breathing heavily.

"I love you, Mahnu."

She stared back at him. Her body knew this person. She had obviously known him to the point of giving her heart to him. Putting a hand to his face, ‘Cassandra’ wondered if this was alright. But why was it that she felt like she didn't deserve him? She felt like her past held something really terrible, and feeling it now, more then anything else, she couldn’t help but feel like this!

"Did I...Do something bad...Before I lost my memory?" She asked quietly. Honestly, she already was sad, thinking that she will get a response that will make the way she’s feeling make sense.

The King smiled, "Yes! You left me with a note and disappeared!"

Mahnu let her hand fall, not surprised, and looked away, "That probably explains it then."

"Explains what?" King Richard looked at her confused.

He could tell that she was slipping away. "Talk to me!" He said, starting to panic.

"I probably don't deserve you." She said with a small voice. He may not be familiar, but feeling this sad felt familiar…She felt that she should at least trust this familiar feeling…Shouldn’t she?

He moved her head, so that he could look into her eyes. "My dear Mahnu, of all the people in Kralaide!"

He couldn't continue, he rolled to his back, pulling her along with him. He had already decided he wasn't going to spend another day without her. He held her tight as he sat up against the wall and kissed her, wishing for her to forget what she was thinking. He knew she would, because he’d seen it before…Always so engrossed with what they were doing that she would say ‘Wow’ and look like it was the first time every time.

He continued to kiss her neck and suck on her ear lobe, pushing her into him and feeling her slightly move to feeling his desire against her.

Gently, he rubbed her hard nipples over her clothing and went back to kissing her neck, lower and lower…

Her sighs satisfied him greatly and he pushed her into his desire once again.

For so long, he hadn't touched anyone. He hadn't wanted anyone...Except Mahnu. He had not even touched himself, as he would always just keep himself busy so that he wouldn’t think of any kind of intimacy.

With just this, where they were still clothed, he could already feel himself just about ready to explode!

Two years…Mahnu, I’ve been celibate for two years…

"Mahnu." He Breathed out heavily, while he started to remove her clothes.

Marcus led everybody outside of the small house and stated that the King needed some space for the moment.

Betty and Donald were speechless…They all were, except for Marcus. He had watched the King more since Mahnu's disappearance and His Majesty had changed drastically. His Majesty’s new, cold personality may have helped him finally find who was behind the assassination attempts, but His Majesty never, for a moment, had seemed happy.

On the rare occasion, the King would smile when he saw his children. Having seen that, Marcus made sure that His Majesty saw his children more often and it did help the King not be so lonely and depressed all the time…But…The Crowned Prince and Princess weren’t the person he apparently needed, and so the Crowned Prince and Princess could only help to a certain degree.

When His Majesty’s duties had been accomplished for the day, the King had shut himself away, demanding to be alone. Many times, he got drunk, many times he got that depressed…So depressed that it had showed the next day. Marcus knew what Mahnu gave up for everybody and will forever be grateful to her because of it. But...She leaving the King so...Broken, had made Marcus mad at her.

How has His Majesty forgiven her so easily? Marcus sighed. The King had finally smiled, he had finally laughed.

Do I forgive her now too? Marcus asked himself. Being the leader of the Loyal Royal Knights, I have to protect his Majesty and that also means protecting his weakness. And that weakness was Mahnu.

I will do my job, he thought, I will protect them both...With my life.

If King Richard knew what Marcus had done, in giving them space, it would be very much appreciated, but he didn’t even notice the extra silence from within the humble, small house.

Upon Mahnu noticing that she had become naked, she panicked, but it wasn’t long before King Richard soothed her into moaning once again.

This body...

Marking her body all over again, he couldn’t help but feel more pride go directly into his groin. The problem was, he knew that as soon as he undressed himself, he wouldn’t be able to contain himself!

So, for a while, he focused upon making his dearest Mahnu want him just as much as he wanted her.

With every little thing she did, he gained a bit more courage to continue further. When she put her hands through his hair, he suckled gently upon her exposed nipple. When she pushed herself into him, he placed a finger to her wetness, very gently touching what made her moan even louder.

After she arched back, King Richard kissed down her stomach and was nearly prepared to go further, when she came back up and placed her lips greedily upon his own.

Before he could concentrate upon kissing her back though, she eagerly started to undress him, and he was helpless!

Maybe he wasn’t just doing this for her, to make sure that she would be completely ready for him…Maybe he was also preparing himself!

But it was of no use now! Within just a few seconds of his clothes being pushed to the side, he immediately placed her on top of him.

Hearing her cry out and stiffen up, King Richard stopped and kissed her neck, waiting for her to accept him.

Hearing her groan, he placed his thumb over one of her nipples and demanded her lips once again.

As the kiss was finally something she responded to, King Richard pushed himself deeper inside her and moved one of his hands down to her hips, impatiently…He wanted more…So much more…

Upon moving her, he felt her move her lips away and then she lightly bit onto his shoulder and let out another groan, but she didn’t stop him from doing what he was doing.

Slowly, he was able to completely move her up and down his whole, hardened shaft and King Richard couldn’t hardly contain himself.

Feeling her lips upon his neck, King Richard lost his self-control and went faster, pushing her onto him harder and harder.

Letting out her name and a strange cry, he released himself inside of her and held her tight…

It really was not fair!

King Richard was still trembling when the woman on top of him moved on her own and made him tremble even more!

Holding her tighter, he felt her sit straight, going up and down…

Pushing himself, King Richard took a few deep breaths and took in the enticing, desirable woman that was riding on top of him…

She really was magnificent!

Trying hard to forget about his trembling and ticklish feeling, he let her continue and touched her…Touched her stomach, her breasts, her bottom, her back…

Just a few more minutes later of hard work and sweat starting to drip down, both Mahnu and King Richard reached their climax…

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