The brown sand shimmered softly beneath the moonlight, each grain catching the silver glow like scattered stardust. Tall trees bordered both sides of the path, their branches swaying gently as though whispering secrets to the night.
Clusters of flowers,lilies with their delicate white petals, bold hibiscus, proud sunflowers with golden heads, and periwinkles in soft purples, pinks, and blues spilled across the ground. Their colors blended with the moonlight, painting the clearing in a serene, sacred beauty.
Despite the quiet stillness, despite the gentle fragrance of flowers and the soothing breeze, something about the place felt deeper…as though the earth held memories. Celina's lips parted in shock as her eyes swept across the scene, drinking in the haunting mixture of beauty and silence.
It seemed like a dream.
Who would imagine that after all the death-wrenching risks they escaped,through a dense forest filled with wild bushes, sharp thorns, old rocks, tree stumps, and pitfallsEmphasis On The 'infamous All-Mighty Cliff's End' now seems surreal. Behind those haunting and dangerous place, such a pure and serene place existed?
It was insane.
Her mind could barely take it in.
It startled the hell out of her senses.
How was this even possible?
This didn't go unoticed by Leon,he took notice of it first,when he heard her gasp, immediately entering this beautiful place...this place he knew intimately. This was his haven for him, a place filled with fresh memories he held closely.
Her shock was obvious. Behind all the haunting dangers they had passed through, there was a place more enchanting than anything she had imagined, bathed in a mesmerizing glow.
It was the route,he had missed previously. Sighing deeply, he resisted the urge to clench his fists. It didn't matter anymore.
The most important thing was,no matter what risks they faced, they were safe now.
Really safe.
Nestled in the heart of the flowering grove was a small, breathtaking pool,pperfectly shaped from smooth, dark-brown stones that glowed warmly under the moonlight. Unlike ordinary stones, these had a natural sheen, as if polished by time or touched by something divine.
At the center rose a slender silver rod, tall and elegant, with two circular rings,one at the top and one in the middle. Water pooled silently inside each ring before spilling gently into the pool below, sending ripples that shimmered like liquid glass.
Delicate petals drifted across the surface,white lilies, soft hibiscus fragments, faintly glowing wildflowers,painting the water with gentle strokes of color. The whole place felt sacred… enchanting… unreal,Like a hidden sanctuary meant only for the destined to find it.
Around the pool, smooth mixed-color tiles formed a perfect sitting edge, framing the dark-brown stones beneath the water.Leaves and soft petals drifted to the surface, decorating the pool like nature's blessing.
Leon walked slowly to the pool, their reflection shimmered on the water. Celina didn't notice; she was still lost in awe of the stunning surroundings.
"You're beautiful whenever you part your lips," he said, raising his eyebrows in a teasing compliment, his lips twitching into a small smile that revealed a perfect set of white teeth.
Celina parted her lips again, covering her mouth with her left palm to hide her gasp. She had just noticed the pool of water, In the middle of the flowery grove.
It was unbelievably beautiful.
The dark-brown stones were rare and striking,
it captured her breath.
Their reflection shone on the water: her arms clinging to his neck to hold herself in place,her legs wrapped over his back as he carried her tightly. Wasn't she heavy for him? That question filled her mind to ask 'her handsome stranger' though she didn't know how to put it into words.
Cos she was really chubby,her curves adding to the weight,even heavy for her dad to carry. A memory slipped through her mind when her old but strong daddy wanted to carry her,when she injured her foot in the garden,he tried successfully but no use so they lay on the ground laughing at his unsucessful antics,her pain already forgotten.
He was always her superhero and at the end she couldn't protect her own father. Celina blinked back tears, holding herself from continuing her trail of thoughts of her father.
Her hoodie obscured most of her face, leaving only part of her nose and mouth visible.
"I know you're surprised." Leon paused, smiling how she kept sighing softly,ever since she got here.He could imagine the cute, subtle expressions she must have made on her face...So obvious and irresistibly sexy. Even without seeing her full face, hidden
behind her hoodie. He let himself savour the moment.
Well,there would be time for that later.
Then in his low, intoxicating voice, he continued, "It's actually crazy!Like…"
His voice bewitching her, he was about to continue but 'His Preety Damsel' choose that time to lick her soft pink lips, alluring him again. Leon felt his heart rate twitching in response.
He cleared his throat, completing his line of conversation. "leaving a scary place only to find a safe haven in the midst of it."
He watched her reflection on the water, It showed her parted lips, as though she wanted to question him but didn't know how. Maybe she thought he wouldn't answer.
"I jus… want to know… I mean… uh…"
Her hesitation sent goosebumps down his spine. Even her slight stammer affected him! Why was everything about her so damn arousing?
Celina blushed deeply. She was already stammering before she could ask him the question, wondering how he knew of this place? whether this was the road he was so angry he missed? and what exactly this place was?
But,her guilt-filled heart could not allow her to form the questions and speak them properly. After everything, he has done for her. To the extent, he had carried her on his back, out of danger, bruises on his body and even exhausted, and now here she was wanting to stress him with a toll of questions.
Which he might answer or not?
Then his next words,he uttered in his gravely sexy voice, cut through her thoughts,made her freeze in his hold.
"I want to assess you..". His voice was low, deliberate, each word dripped with possession. "to see if you're hurt." It wasn't just concern; it was a quiet domination, a dark claim spoken like fact, as if she belonged to him completely, her well-being was his right to know, her body already his to protect.
Celina blinked not once but twice!!
His voice was low and deep and commanding. The words felt like possession.
"Wh… why?" she stammered, tingles racing down her spine, the way he said it leaving her breathless.
Anything word that comes out of his mouth,sounded sensual.
What the actual fuckkk?
Why did her body react so strongly to him like this? He wasn't even touching her.
Just carrying her. Yet, 'The sexy man and His words makes her breathless in seconds'.
He turned carefully, both of their backs facing the water, crouching down the pool. Holding onto his back was her dainty fingers tightened on his shoulders, sending a thud through his chest. He had to stifle a groan, threatening to spill out of his mouth.
Then,she gasped again.
He knew exactly what she was thinking, damm sure!! while he set her down, simultaneously sensing he's about to act on his words of 'assessing her'.
A soft, cheeky smile played on his lips, painting images on his head on her reactions, how her lips would part in a gasp and lick her lips in nervousness. It amused him greatly as he tried to hide his smile.
When he finally settled her on the tile surface of the pool, that's when he released his hold on her.
The surface of the pool was fixed with different colors of mixed tiles but the rest of the pool down to the ground was built entirely from the beautiful dark-brown stones. Celina's eyes darted everywhere. Observing. The place was truly beautiful, serene… breathtaking.
Butterflies drifted from flower to flower.
The pool were almost filled with leaves and different shaded of petals and full flowers of different colors rested gently over the water.
Thoughts pricked her mind, concerning this place ever since her eyes set on this 'fairy-tale place', in her own words of describing this beauty. So many questions about this fairy-tale place.
She was distracted by her thoughts when she felt 'Her Handsome Stranger 'veined hand on her knee.
Her eyes searched his in that moment,his eyes reddened like before, just that it's something more than anger. She read one word in his eyes.
Desire!!!!
Was she overthinking things?!
Absolutely not!!.
It was written all over his eyes,as they locked gazes.
Leon in awe of 'his preety damsel' laying on top of the tile,like a goddess. 'A Real Goddess!! '.
Her dark silky hair spread out around her, even with the hoodie.While, some strands entering her eyes through the hoodie, other strands slipping beneath her hoodie and brushing her exposed features that wasn't enclosed by the hoodie.It lured him in.
He desperately wanted to see the rest of her face. 'I just have to take things slowly'.He muttered, calming his emotions.There would be alot of time, for that later.
Slowly, he brushed her hair away from her chubby face, revealing her nose and her pink, pouty lips,wet from nervous licking.
A fierce urge hit him,to kiss her deeply,sinking his tounge in her mouth,Not once! Not twice!! and definitely But thrice!! repeatedly!! until she melted in his arms. The thought alone made him groan low in his throat.
His breathing grew uneven thinking of thrusting into her mouth deeply and repeatedly again and again and the pictures it created in his mind, had him groaning in a haze,deep and low.
Finding it hard to control his breathing, He didn't want to scare her with how little control he had left. Just because he couldn't 'fucking' control himself. 'Theos!! She's driving me crazyyy". Leon muttered under his breath.
He had two options:
Either stand between her thighs and damm!! devour her lips with his, kissing her hot sexy pink lips, while she held onto him, the sensual moans that would fill his ears as she clung and tugged his ruffled hair..
His thoughts about her, tempted him into madness. He sorely felt like claiming her under his touch.
He desperately wanted to see her face fully not enclosed with her hoodie.
To kiss every part of her face,to know the color of her eyes. Blue. Brown or Dark brown. Or even Emerald. Whatever color it is, it's fine by him.
He wanted to trail slow kisses on her eyebrows, put his fingers on her hair,rub them softly, hold her hair silky hair not tightly, just to steady her as he dips his tounge in her mouth deeply,to match his force until her womanly taste exploded on his tounge again and again, intoxicating him.
Until her lips are swollen and he couldn't suck or entwine his tounge in hers again and all her taste exploded on his tounge, that's when he would finally release her.
Or remind himself why..Then his mind flashed to the main reason,he settled her on the tile surface in the first place.
Bloodstains.!!Damn it.!!
He hadn't notice her boots were gone,more or less the dried blood in her socks. His eyes narrowed, red lips tightening in anger.
"If you felt pain…" He enquired, voice very low and paused his sentence mid-way. His voice still low as he leaned closer. Her senses heightened, intoxicated with his scent at the same time she felt his anger.
His mouth close to her ears ran tingles in her spine,her lips tightened to stiffle her moan at the same time trying to control her built-up emotions welling inside of her.
Then,whispering softly, a dark whisper, in her ears, "Why didn't you tell me"?. Stressing each syllable in the last question that left his lips,was stark cold.
Leon turned his mouth, feeling his breath on her ears. Specifically,her earlobes, and licked on it. Celina mouth flew open in shock. What he did was so unexpected. The contact shot through her like fire, direct, intimate, unbelievably sensual. It made her blood grow hotter. The physical contact of his lips,on her earlobe was unbelievably sensual, since her hoodie was still covering most of her face, including her ears. It felt like a direct contact to her ears. He just dipped his head and kissed them bare without any blockage which was quite crazy because she was fully covered.
Is this what it it means to be touched by one person that has effect on just you. Someone meant for you? What she read in novels is coming into reality. It's fucking happening to HER!!!
Leon waited,watching her emotions very visible on her face,her emotions was like an open book,easy to read her feelings, a deep blush stained her cheeks turning cherry red.
An amused smile played on his lips, everything about her made him happy,from the little cute things she does or the way she protects him, brought smiles to his face making his heart leap in happiness.
Leon suddenly wondered 'Where had his anger even gone to?'
"I'm… sorry… I didn't really feel the pain," she whispered, cheeks burning even more as he stared at her intensely, biting her lips in between words.
Her handsome stranger started, his fingers traced soft circles on her palms. Stating his observations cheekily, "So you can finally talk to me without stammering," he teased, staring at her crimson red cheeks that stained a deeper shade at his words.
His fingers continued trailing softly on her palms like a brush across skin, making her dizzy.
Stuttering "Like… I…" she tried, unable to form a sentence,as they locked gazes. His silver eyes blinked slowly, eyebrow cocking like a gangster, fully aware of the effect he had on her, by making her breathless but freigning innocence.
Even with his messy hair, torn shirt, and tense jawline, he looked impossibly hot, an alluring aura, beckoning an invitation to her "Come Closer, baby" sign.
Then he slid downwards, going lower, kneeling suddenly on the ground.
Celina eyes blinked thrice, quickly grasping his hands, taking his palms in hers,holding them gently but shakily.
"What..wha..what are you doing". Her lips parted, nearly using her teeth to bite her lips,in panic.
He had noticed this habit,she always bit her lips when nervous.
"Shhhh". he hushed softly, looking at her covered figure, with utmost care apparent in his eyes, switching their hands as his fingers caressed hers slowly. "Let me take care of you". His eyes blinked,filled with a promise and the way he held her hands.
"But… you're kneeling, I…" stuttering again,She couldn't finish the sentence. Her emotions were too much.
She continued "I don't want that..lov..". being uncomfortable with his position of kneeling and unable to get hold of her nervousness.
Celina couldn't complete her statement, including the 'love' word,before her handsome stranger placed a finger on her wet pink lips,silencing her.
She swallowed the rest of her words in her mouth. 'Damm!! She almost called him love..wtf'. Thank goodness the word hadn't fully left her mouth,it would have added to her nervousness.
She would have died of embarrassment, making her blush too. which she feels he really liked seeing on her face. Though…something told her maybe he would have loved hearing it, and absolutely teased her about it.
From the way he has been treating her. 'Maybe' was an understatement. 'Damm!! He would really love hearing it from my mouth and obviously tease me about it".
Her thoughts snapped back,mind zapped back to reality,when she realized his fingertip was still on her pink lips. Their eyes locked, she saw his adam apple working, swallowing a gulp,his lips twitched. He licked his wet red lips, suddenly,his lips carving into a breathtaking smile, revealing perfect set of teeth rendering her awestruck by his beauty.
He was an undeniable sexy man.
A rare kind but very beautiful indeed! Never in her life,has Celina seen someone as appealing and beautiful as he is. A dark knight that made her blood boil and heated whether he's touching her or not. The only person capable of sending shivers down her spine effortlessly, only person that could make her heart race.
His body. His soul. Was utterly beautiful. As she loosed herself in the deep eye contact they shared,he rolled one socks down, sinfully slowly, the sensual mood thickening and utterly appealing, drawing sparks in the air.
The sensation of his fingertips trailing from her ankle, down to her foot shook her to the core. Heating their searing gazes on each other. Her nerves blown up higher, unable to calm her nerves which shot up higher. Unable to hold back the noises of her hard breathing, filling his ears. That's was the last shot of her control to crumble down fully, then, her lips parted, in a soft,high-tipped moan,sounded so sensual and involuntary. Her body trembled and his body twitched in response.
Before you know it,her lips closed around his fingertip in her mouth,her sweet tounge licking once...twice. When her eyes met his smoldering, burning gaze,then she knew she had triggered something inside him again.
It affected both of them,their intense gazes leaving them spellbound.
The world shrank around them, just the two of them, like it revolved just about them, everything felt like pure bliss.