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„Now that you’ve got me all tied up, what are you gonna do with me?“
Veth had a look on her face like a cat that got the cream, although she was the one tied to the headboard, her hands secured by rope behind her head. She was all flushed and her eyes were sparkling up at Yeza, who was straddling her.
„Ahem, I’m not going to tell, of course.“
Yeza was flushed as well, and he was fidgeting around with the fluffy sleeves of Veth’s most revealing nightgown.
„Uh, because you are totally at my mercy.“
Veth giggled loudly in anticipation.
„And I can take my time and do whatever I- uh. Veth, honey? Did you just scratch your nose?“
„What?“
„You just scratched your nose!“ Yeza sputtered and sat back a bit.
„Did you - you slipped out of the knots!“
„Well. I did,“ said Veth bashfully and wiggled her now free hand.
„But these knots are a joke! They’ll never hold me back, I’m just too good!“
She waved her other hand, which was suddenly free as well. Yeza sighed heavily.
„Those are the knots the book recommends, they’re safe,“ he said and when Veth opened her mouth to protest he immediately continued talking. „And I’m not going to use unsafe methods on you. I’m not! This is a room of trust!“
They sat there for a moment, both not completely sure how to pick up the momentum again.
„Well, if that doesn’t work, maybe you need to get some of those mage manacles from Caleb,“ Veth suggested. „I’m pretty sure they’d be a challenge for me. Pretty sure.“
„Oh, Caleb has those? What does he- Nevermind. Do I need to ask him for those or could you just-?“
The cheeky look came back on Veth’s face.
„Oh no, you should ask him. Tell me,“ she said and pulled Yeza closer, so they could kiss a little bit.
„What would you say to him when he asks why you needed them?“
„Uhm. Uh. Well, I don’t know, honey. Would he ask why I’d need them? He can be discreet.“
„Caleb’s a smart boy. He’d want to know … would you lie to him? Or … tell him the truth?“
Veth was goading him a little bit and Yeza finally caught on.
„I’d … look him in the eye and I’d tell him that you asked me to tie him up. That we do stuff like that now!“ He said and only stumbled over his words a little bit. It did sound very convincing at the end there.
„Oh, you’d do that for me? That’s sooo embarrassing … you can’t tell him that! Please don’t!“
Veth fluttered her eyelashes at him and pouted and Yeza immediately reared back.
„Oh, honey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to! Of course I won’t tell him that, I thought-“
„No, no, don’t stop! I just said that so you would not stop saying that. I didn’t say the thing!“
Yeza looked very confused and she had to tug him back down.
„You know, Yeza,“ Veth murmured, when he settled back against her. She splayed her fingers over his sides.
„This is really doing something for me. So you’d just go and tell our friend that we’re gonna have freaky sex, hm?“
Yeza suddenly made the exact same face as when he figured out a new formula - ever the scientist. This was going much better than the ropes. He cleared his throat.
„Sure, if you want me to! I’ll tell him all about the freaky sex, freakier than what happens at the Lavish Chateau, Marion will tell him …“
„Oh? How would Marion hear about it?“ Veth continued teasing. „Is it a kind of whisper game? Everybody’s talking about us?“
„Oh, I mean, she gave me the book, so she would already know,“ Yeza said, now almost completely distracted by the way Veth was pressing her breasts up against him. He idly slipped his fingers inside the neckline of the nightgown and completely missed the way Veth was suddenly gaping at him.
„Yeza. What do you mean, she gave you the book?“
„The, you know, sexy book. I really like this fabric, you know, do you-“
„Oh gods, this is mortifying. We asked her to babysit Luc tonight,“ Veth sputtered suddenly. She had gone a deep red, in the way that meant she was deeply embarrassed, not deeply aroused. Yeza absolutely knew the difference.
„I mean, it’s just Marion, she’s my friend, she does this for a living. She won’t judge us and … oh, she won’t tell anyone else.“
„Fuck, I know. I know - I don’t mind that she knows. It’s just - I think I just learned something about myself. Hearing that somebody actually knows … that’s apparently very unsexy to me.“ Veth was still sputtering around.
„I can’t believe this. Am I … am I a prude? Me?“
She looked around, at the discarded ropes, the array of candles they had lit on their nightstand and the offending book, then back at her flustered husband.
„I never thought so, Veth. I mean, I guess … this kinky stuff is all new to us.“
Veth nodded sagely.
„Do you want to maybe just have normal sex tonight?“ she asked.
„Yes, please.“ Yeza said and he managed to only sound a little bit relieved.
„But - we still can look at the other chapters next weekend? Trial and error.“ Veth asked.
„Yes, please!“