169 A Ravenous Beast
“We’ll be traveling in my wolf form from here on out,” Darius explained as he stopped their horse. “It’ll be faster this way, especially since there’s a shortcut through this wilderness.”
Xenia nodded as she casually got off the horse. They had been riding for a while when they finally reached the next town over the Capital City of Cordon, entering the wilderness shortly after.
“Miran Ocean seemed so near from what you can see from the castle,” Xenia commented. “Cordon Castle really has a great view, being located on a mountain hilltop and all that…”
“If I may say, our castle is quite dull compared to Ebodia’s own, don’t you think?” Darius rebutted with a chuckle. He had noticed how she was currently staring at Cordon Castle from afar. They could still see it despite their current distance away from the capital.
“Hmm… But Cordon Castle is quite bigger than ours,” she voiced out. It might lack in decorations, what with stonewalls being the only thing one could wherever they looked, but it at least had the inner courtyard and the outside gardens; places which the Queen Mother was personally tending to.
“You have great views of the nature around us…” Xenia justified with a smile. “So don’t say it’s dull.”
Darius chuckled and insisted, “Still, Ebodia is by far the best out of all the castles I’ve been at. I mean, the decorations and overall design of it the best, not to mention how solid its defenses are.”
Xenia smiled. What Darius said was true. Her mother and father did a great job in improving the castle during the time they spent living in it.
Having prepared himself, Darius grabbed the empty sack at the horse’s back before releasing it. He then casually faced her to remove his clothes in preparation to shift into his wolf form.
Unlike before, however, Xenia found the courage not to look away from it. Swimming in her own audacity, she watched Darius strip his clothes before her.
She unknowingly gulped as she watched him carefully, feelings of warmth and general weirdness washing over her… It was as if her throat had suddenly dried up, her breathing becoming staggered the more she stared at his naked form.
Having done stripping, Darius then handed her his clothes, which she carefully folded and put inside the empty sack for storage.
“You’re making me feel conscious,” Darius commented with a slight and bashful grin, noticing how she was ogling him.
It was dark, but the moonlight was more than enough for Xenia to have a proper view of Darius’s gloriously built body. It was like the moon itself was purposely giving his body just enough light for her to see how majestic he stood before her while being naked.
“Stop blushing now, my King. Go and transform into your majestic wolf form so that we can finally move on,” Xenia said with a teasing grin, purposely changing the topic as soon as her eyes darted towards the lower half of his body.
She could clearly see his pride down between his thighs, waving at her as if asking for her to touch it. It was more than obvious. If she didn’t remind him how they had to keep moving, who knows what this Werewolf King would do next?
“Very well.”
So far, Darius heeded her words as he quickly shifted into his wolf form. Xenia then secured the straps of the sack behind her, wearing it on her body before finally climbing onto Darius’s back.
“Let’s go, my adorable and fluffy King,” she teasingly said before comfortably hugging his neck and grabbing his fur.
With what sounded like a scoff, Darius didn’t waste any time as he ran into the wilderness.
Zooming past nature, the journey was indeed faster while she was in Darius’s wolf form.
After making some good progress, he soon halted and bent down, telling her that it was time to get off him. Xenia did so, and she watched as Darius shifted back into his human form. For some reason, her eyes were transfixed. She just couldn’t understand why she was so fascinated with watching him shift between forms.
“Stop looking at me like that, Xen,” Darius complained as he once more stood on his own two legs.
“You have no idea how much control I’m currently exerting to not ravish you right this instant. Oh, heavens… I’ve been in agony ever since we were riding in that damnable fu*cking horse,” he whispered, his voice shaking as if he was in pain.
“I see…”
From where Xenia was standing, it was obvious that he wasn’t lying, what with him so hard right now. Then again, he was always hard like that. She didn’t know what came over her, but she suddenly had the urge to tease this Werewolf king even further.
She naughtily smiled at him and teased, “I feel bad since you caught me ogling at your naked soldiers before. You told me that you’ll parade your body for me to drool over that time, so now I’m doing exactly that… in advance.” She giggled, “Consider this as me receiving your punishment ahead of time in case I watch another training session of your naked sol-“
“No! You won’t be seeing any naked soldier…” Darius almost yelled, cutting her off as if in rage. “Not a single one… They won’t be training outside from now on, specifically, because I instructed Bartos to administer those kinds of training outside the castle grounds.”
Xenia held her smirk as she saw the way Darius’s expression moved with each word. Somehow, the way those perfect and prominent eyebrows of his drew near together made him look all the more sexy and sensual under the moonlight.
Xenia tried her best to control the laughter that was threatening to burst out from her. All of a sudden, she felt bad for Freya and Jayra. Those two didn’t have any sort of entertainment with them with Darius being with her. Well, that and the training being moved away because of her. For sure, Jayra would complain to her nonstop if she ever found out about how she just killed their best spot for rest and relaxation.
Still, it felt so refreshing to be able to tease Darius like this. She was unable to tease him like this back then, and it was like a breath of fresh air to see how she could do this to the infamous and ruthless Werewolf King.
With her thoughts alone, Xenia couldn’t help but curl up her lips. There was more fun to be had here.
“You’re doing this on purpose, huh… Teasing me like this about those naked soldiers, knowing that I’ll feel annoyed and irritated just from recalling the mere thought of you seeing other naked men,” Darius murmured as he enclosed the gap between them.
Xenia finally smiled at him, making Darius curse as he grumbled, “Oh, my Queen… You’re playing with fire right now. And there’s no way I’ll let you go without you putting out the fire you intentionally ignited.”
Xenia stepped back as Darius moved forward. Her feet carried her backward, she didn’t stop until she felt her back hit the trunk of a nearby tree. Looking at the looming visage in front of her, she could no longer help it and giggled.
“Ahahahaha…!” It was a hearty laugh, one that vibrated the surroundings. Ah… It had been a while since she laughed so loudly like that.
“I’m sorry. It’s just that you look so adorable sulking like that,” Xenia admitted between giggles. “I mean, why would I look at other naked men when I already have you to drool at? You know, I suddenly feel bad for Freya and Jayra… You shouldn’t change the soldiers’ routine and place of training just because of that incident. You see-“
Xenia was cut off from her words when Darius suddenly kissed her like a ravenous beast hungry for food.
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AN: I posted a random photo I found as a reference for Cordon Castle in the comment section. It was not the exact idea I have in mind but it was something close that you can consider it as a reference for Cordon Castle.
EN: Don’t know what that picture is, but I’m assuming it’s just the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.
AN: No, should be a lot bigger than that hahaha…