Moonlight Ball

“I despise doing this with you once a month,” Sidrain said gravely.

What does that mean?

“But it’s up to you and me to make a successor. If you act like last month, I’ll kill you.”

What is he talking about?

“It’s the only thing you do that’s queenly anyway.”

What on earth is he talking about? 

Then, Sidrain picked her up and dropped her body roughly on the bed.

Iris was raised in a Magic Tower full of men and women, but she had lived a life of magic and had been protected by Elaine. This was the first time that she found herself in a situation like this. She stared at the man on top of her, feeling like she was underneath a wild animal rather than a human being; chills ran down her spine.

In a flat tone, the man said, “Well, let’s make an heir, Your Majesty.”

The man’s lips touched the back of her neck and then their teeth clashed, she felt appalled. Was he biting her? Tense beyond comprehension, Iris stiffened herself. The next thing that touched her was a warm lump of flesh and Iris miserably realized that it was a human tongue. Did he just lick her neck with his tongue? Why? She didn’t understand, why was he licking her neck? It felt dirty and nauseated her. No! She was terrified. She had never felt this way about a man. To Iris, men and women were the same to her since she barely engaged with people and always stood far away from them if she was in their presence. She had never even shaken hands, nor hugged anyone other than her teacher. Iris rarely even talked to anyone unless it was about something related to magic; this was foreign to her. I’m scared, teacher!

He’d said that it was the queen’s job, but Iris didn’t understand what he meant and she couldn’t breathe. She didn’t know what was happening and there was no one she could ask. She just had to endure this, yet all she wanted to do was push him away. She closed her eyes tightly because she was going crazy and she desperately wanted it to be over soon. How much longer was he going to lick her neck? She felt repulsed by all of this.

“Rosemary, open your eyes,” Sidrain said bluntly.

Please hurry up! Iris could barely open her eyes because of the way the man spoke to her, she squinted at him, feeling her eyelashes shaking. He had a mysterious face, so handsome yet he didn’t look entirely human, he looked frightening. Rather than admire his beauty, Iris didn’t want to look up at his face, especially in this situation, but she couldn’t help but look. The man’s voice had the power of coercion.

“You’re not breathing right now.” Sidrain pointed out to her. When he said this, Iris realized that she had stopped breathing and she sucked in a deep breath.

Sidrain was confused about Rosemary’s behavior today, from the moment he’d slapped her he’d noticed something peculiar about her demeanor. Now, Rosemary moved into a mermaid pose and looked up at him, which baffled him further, it was as if the person underneath him wasn’t Rosemary at all. People admired her beauty, but Sidrain no longer noticed; that’s how much he despised her. Having said that, today she did look pretty and seemed somewhat innocent.

“Do we have to do more?” Rosemary questioned, her whispering voice was abject.

What did we do? Sidrain wanted to ask. Licking her neck was all he’d done, but that wouldn’t make a child. Rosemary should know better since she was the number one flirt in court society. Ten fingers weren’t enough to count the number of men she had flirted with! No, let’s not fall for this act. Sidrain raised an eyebrow, “You don’t want to spread your legs for your husband, but you’re doing that for all the other men? To be fair, I’m more disgusted to do this with you than any other woman in the country.”

Why spread my legs? Do I have to spread my legs? Iris tried not to but twitched her eyelids like a sick person. Why do I have to spread my legs? Why do I have to spread my legs in front of someone else? She couldn’t understand, but this man seemed to know why. And the Queen probably had to do such things. This man didn’t want to do it either, but he seemed to do it out of an obligation, so it seemed like it was a very important thing that needed to be done.