When midnight hits, Kade and Truly carefully thread their hands out of the bindings. She carefully holds the knotted tri-cord in her hand. "If ye don't mind, I'd like t'is locked away." I don't want anyone breakin' t'is bond and gettin' me killed as a result.

Running a hand through his hair, Kade's attention shifts to her from the storm outside. "Can I just put it in my chest, or does it have to be stored a certain way?"

"Do ye have a box or a bag of sorts t'at ye could put it in." It doesn't matter as much if the knots come undone, only if the cord's broken, but she'd rather not tempt Triteia.

"I got a few possibilities, but I need to do something real quick." Opening the door, Kade releases a low whistle, and the sound of tags jingling fills the air a moment later. Once Petals enters the room, Kade closes the door behind her. "I need to have her lock this room down, but I'll have to introduce you first. I have things from the ancestral vault in my chest."

Truly raises a brow that he would bring so many valuables like that to school, but she simply nods.

"You might not like this but..." Going to his hamper, he pulls out a worn shirt and snags her dress off his chair. Rolling them up together, he lifts the side of the black comforter with a Kraken's tentacles clutching keys, revealing the raised under section where his chest and Petal's bed are only to toss them both in the bed.

Kade returns to her and kneels, beckoning her to do the same before calling Petals over and commanding her to smell her in Russian. "She won't hurt you unless you're threatening me with a cutlass or gun." He softly breathes against her hair. "But we're going to need to mix our scents for a while. She needs to know your pack."

"Aye, I know." When Petals satisfies her sniffer, Truly lovingly scratches behind her ear. "I have a Doberman at home. Navi wasn't allowed here."

Rising to his feet, Kade offers her a hand up. "Sit on the bed just in case. She'll be commanded to stand guard at the door. He turns and moves to the door, throwing a bolt lock on it the other rooms don't have, and turns briefly to ensure she's up before he commands Petals to lock the room down in Russian.

Truly sets up on a dark grey pouf to climb up on Kade's raised bed. Her feet dangle over the edge of the Kraken comforter while she keeps the cord nestled in her lap.

Ensuring Petals doesn't intend to go after her, Kade returns to the bed and dips beneath it, the sound of dials spinning again fills the air, and after a few minutes, his hand reaches up and places first one, then two, different size velvet pouches beside her. "Don't touch those." He decrees from under the bed as Petals stands at attention, recognizing the pouches. Removing the rectangular box, Kade stands, placing his body in front of hers so that Petals sees him and not her. He takes the first black pouch and lifts his eyes to her. "They're slightly different sizes but I have these and the box the pearl strands are in."

"Te box might keep it the safest. I'd rather it not untie."

Kade's expression turns serious, knowing something about her curse has her scared. "What's the pearl Triteia will take?"

Truly adverts her gaze to the cord. "I'm te pearl."

He raises a brow as he takes the pearl box and opens it, revealing a long multi-strand necklace. "This cord of ours could wreak havoc on the lands and seas, if you believe the myths." Kade hands her the box as he holds the long multi-strand pearl necklace in his other hand. These would look good on her, especially naked. "Will you let me drape these on you?"

She glances at the strands while setting their handfasting cord in the box he just emptied and nods. She reaches over and lays the box on the desk right next to his bed.

For the briefest moment, Kade hesitates, knowing these pearls, like the rest of his family's treasures, have never touched a woman of Atlantis' neck. Stepping forward, he drapes the strands across her chest and neck before securing them behind her neck. His eyes instinctively drop, admiring the way the pearls accentuate her chest.

Truly's gaze follows his, and she turns red as she grows uneasy, knowing she isn't very large. God, he's probably regrettin' being shackled with t'is. Te girls I've seen him with were all bustier t'an me.

Kade lightly clears his throat as his fingers reach out to graze the outer necklace and, in turn, her chest. "They look good on you."

With a shuddered breath, Truly shyly adverts her gaze. "T'ank ye."

By thunder, that's oddly hot. Kade bites his lip as his eyes naturally draw to her sultry lips. Putting his hands on the bed, he leans in.

Truly looks up just as Kade captures her lips. Not wanting to scare her, he keeps it soft and more like the pace she'd returned his earlier kiss with. The last thing he needs is for her to think he did this all just to sail his ship into her harbor. That might only lead to her thinking he'll be gone by morning. It doesn't stop him from sliding his hand up behind her head and entangling his fingers in her hair, though.

Truly's hand cups his jawline, returning his kiss. The moment she touches him, the lights flicker in his room before they completely cut out, making Truly jump.

"Relax," Kade smiles against her lips. "The winds just knocked something into the lines. It happens all the time. The generator will kick in just as soon as someone sends a pledge out."

"I'm not usually t'is jumpy," she admits. "T'is is just a lot to take in."

"It's not exactly how I thought my day would end," he lightly laughs against her lips. "Well," his lips briefly brush hers in a chaste kiss. "Besides bunking you."

Truly snorts. "Aye. I can't say t'is is how I t'ought me day would end t'is mornin'."

"It definitely was in the works by the time I ran into you." Kade's free hand slides forward and around her ass. "Good thing for you I'm better at maneuvers, or you might be hand fasted to that skallywag."

A smile grows on Truly's face before tilting her head back and bursting into laughter. "I'm afraid it ain't legal to marry me cousin. Nor do I want to, or would his wife approve."

Kade pulls away, knowing it's a moot point, but it doesn't stop him from messing with her, anyway. "Now you're just running a rig on me." Pouncing forward, Kade leaps onto his bed, knocking her backward as his fingers tickle her side.

"Noh." She squeals out through laughter. "Blaine is me cousin. I swear!"

"Uh huh," Kade's lip curls up as he hovers over her, one of his knees between her own. As they both realize how they're positioned, their mirth dissipates.

Truly's head lifts off the bed and captures his lips with hers as her hand wraps around the back of his neck.

Drawn in, Kade returns her kiss with a hungrier version of his own as his body presses down into hers. One hand slides up to tangle in her wavy hair, while the other slides down her silken dress and dips beneath the curve of her ass. Using it as leverage, he lifts her into him as he presses down against her.

Truly takes in a sharp breath. She's never been in a situation like this before, and her body's quivering with excitement.

Wanting to taste more of her, Kade's mouth pulls away from her lips and travels to her neck. His fingers in her hair tug lightly, pulling her head to the side and giving him better access to her neck. A smile briefly crosses his lips as she shutters. She really is a virgin sea. I've stumbled upon the rarest gem in Atlantis, and this one I don't have to share. Eager to test the waters, he nips her neck and sucks on her as his fingers knead her ass.

She gasps and arches her back, pressing her chest into him.

"God, I love your little noises. I can't wait to see what you do when I slide into port."

Truly's neck and cheeks turn a deep shade of crimson. Her hands slide to the buttons on his shirt and start undoing them as she builds her confidence up. "Why wait?" Her words are soft and timid, but she wants this. She wants him. Her fingers start nimbly unbuttoning his shirt.

Shrugging off his shirt, Kade tosses it aside. "Someone's eager to be bedded," he chuckles against her neck as his fingers slide out from beneath her and move to the silks of her dress. Giving them a tug, he realizes swiftly there's an issue. "Yer on your dress, I can't raise it."

"I didn't exactly have t'is in mind when I bought it." Truly tries lifting her bum off the bed and, in turn, knocks one of his gem bags off the bed. The precious pieces ping on the wood floor.

Snapping his attention to the sound, Kade's eyes fall upon a large ruby necklace known as the Mogok Ruby, now dumped on the floor beside the pouch. I forgot to secure my treasure. A groan escapes his lips as his head falls back down onto her shoulder, making Truly snicker. I can't believe I forgot to secure the Mogok. It's Drake's biggest heist.

"Ye better secure yer loot, sailor. Or yer goin' to have a bigger mess." Truly nudges him, knowing there's another bag on the bed, and at this rate, it will all be on the ground.

"I've been trying to secure this treasure for hours," Kade mutters into her neck as his fingers slide down to capture her ankle. "But the damn thing has a mind of its own and likes to mess with the rest of me treasure." He tickles the bottom of her foot.

"Stop!" Truly kicks and giggles, knocking down the last bag.

Hearing the sound of metal hitting the floor, Kade turns to watch a delicate armband from India slide out. "Now ye done it." He grudgingly pushes up and hops off the bed. "What you spilt you wear." He bends down and picks up the bracelet and the necklace Mogok's set in, dangling them at her before he places them on the desk and snatches the box with their three cord so he can secure it and the rest.

"Ye did, not I. I was lyin' here mindin' me own business." Truly slips off the bed after Kade dips under the bed and puts his things away, having left the damn chest open too. Once it's done, he stands and releases Petals from guarding the door. Her chains jingle as she passes them both and heads under the bed.

"Bollox." A grin crosses his lips as he snags both pieces off the desk. "Someone's just afraid she'll be outshined." Taking her wrist, he slides the armband up and angles the delicate gold work that surrounds a ruby outwards. Next, he lifts the large ruby and drops its chain around her neck. Ready to get rid of the damn dress, even though she looks breathtaking in it. His fingers drop from the chain to its clasp and deftly release it.

With nothing but the clasp keeping it in place, the silk dress flows over her body and puddles at her feet. Truly's cheeks pinken and nervously gnaws on her bottom lip as she goes to tuck her arms over her chest, but Kade catches her wrist and pulls it away.

Entranced by her naked figure adorned only by his jewels, Kade licks his lips as his pupils dilate. His blood and gaze heat as his attention roams over her smooth skin. "The rarest jewel in all Atlantis," he breathes out, his voice suddenly an octave deeper. "Get back up where you belong, Truly, so I can see the rest of you."

Truly climbs back on the bed and lies back as she watches him undo his belt and remove his jeans. Her breath catches in her throat, seeing his muscular form in only his black boxers. The way he tents them leaves nothing to her imagination either. She's in for a wild night.

Catching her gaze, Kade's lip curls as he drops those, too, giving her a full view of what she's been secretly eyeing. He prowls towards her and climbs up, his muscles rippling, momentarily entrancing her until his fingers graze the side of her red satin and with black lace panties.

A shudder runs through Truly as her hand grips his comforter.

Seeing her reaction, Kade's lip curls, enjoying her little quivers and gasps. His fingers slide beneath the edges, and he slowly works them down, stilling for a moment as his eyes land on an unexpected mermaid tattoo just on her pelvic bone that says Luv her but leave her wild. With pleasure.

"What?" Truly's gaze drops, self-conscious about being completely nude in front of him. "Somethin' wrong?"

"No," Kade leans down and places a kiss upon her tattoo. "Just admiring the view and don't worry." He gives her a wink. "I plan to leave you wild."

Truly shivers as a small moan escapes her lips.

Placing another one against her as his eyes watch her reaction, Kade threads her panties off the rest of the way and tosses them aside before he slides up her body.

A gasp escapes her lips when he reaches eye level and presses firmly against her but doesn't penetrate.

The knowledge he's the first brings out Kade's territorial nature, and he captures one of her hands and bringing it above her head as he laces their fingers together. "I'm going to bed you now, Tru. Keep those pretty eyes of yours right here. I want to see them." His attention on her expression, Kade shifts up, pushing her legs wider as he slides slowly into her virgin harbor.

Truly sharply gasps as her eyes widen. Her free hand grips his arm as the thunder rolls around them.

The air around them sizzles as he continues pressing forward, her body encasing him tight enough to make his eyes roll partially back as his fingers tighten against hers. When he finally bottoms out, a flash of blinding light blares across the sky, and a deafening roar shakes the house as the air electrifies. Feeling as if the lightning has struck him, Kade's body jerks forward, his muscles rippling before then tense.

Truly's body clenches and jerks up into him as she hisses from both the pleasure and the pain.

Enthralled by her expression, Kade captures her lips in a hungry kiss as he moves within her. Their movement is slow at first, but eventually, the pearls draped across her bounce.

Truly's free hand drifts to his midriff, where his muscles coil and flex with each thrust, sending her into a hypnotic trance. She gasps and moans against his lips as her fingers tighten around his.

It's better than she could have ever imagined. Her legs hug his hips as they tremble. "Kade," she gasps out. Her mind is so muddled. She can't form a sentence after that.

His head lifts, his eyes taking the beauty of her body beneath him. "Let it take you away, Tru." Show me what it looks like when you shatter.

Truly tries to hang on longer, but pleasure soon overtakes her. Her eyes roll back as she bites down on the nape of his neck while she falls completely to pieces under him.

The image of her falling into utter ecstasy burns itself into him even as she tightens like a vice grip around him. Fuck, she's gonna send me tumbling with her. When a familiar tingling sensation builds at his base, Kade's pace falters. Slamming a few more times into her. His rapture crashes violently over him, a hundred times better than it's ever been before. His muscles quiver from his release as a deep seductive growl rips from his lips, and his eyes close.

Truly's mind is completely mush, but it doesn't stop her from watching Kade hit his release. Watching him is the sexiest thing she's ever seen. She lightly runs her free hand up and down his side as she catches her breath.

Spent, Kade collapses onto her, letting her feel his full weight as he breathes heavily against her hair.

Truly bites her lip, unsure of what she should do now, not that she has a lot of options pinned beneath him. "Kade?" She softly whispers.

"Hmm?" He deeply hums against her neck, content to just stay where he is for once.

"Do you want me to leave?" She asks just as another clap of thunder shakes the house.

"This ship's harbored," Kade's voice rumbles against her neck, sending shivers through her. "You aren't going anywhere."

"Can we at least get under the blankets? I don't want to freeze what little arse I have off."

"You ain't gonna freeze anything off like this. Especially that ass." Kade's lip lightly curls even as he reluctantly lifts himself a bit and helps her jerk the covers down enough she can kick them the rest of the way. Now only partially over her, he reaches down and grabs the edge of his comforter, and pulls it up. "There, treasure." He mutters softly against her hair, his words more breathy than before as his naked body relaxes, pinning her in place between the wall and himself.

It isn't long before Truly realizes he's asleep by his deep, steady breaths. Truly tilts her head back slightly to look at him. The moment is so surreal she wonders if it isn't all just a dream, not that any of her dreams about Kade have been to this scale, but there's a fear of falling asleep and finding herself back in her room with Nutless by her head instead of him. Truly plants a light kiss on his forehead and wraps her arms around him. 

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