Lucian

"Lilly! I'm here, don't be afraid." Lucian sat alone in the barn, holding close a shivering little puppy. He had found it a couple of days ago in the fields outside the castle, squealing terribly as it lay next to its mother's dead body. And Lucian could do nothing but take it with him, although he knew that dogs were strictly forbidden inside the castle walls. 

"Are you hungry?" he asked as he took out a small cup of milk he had stolen from the kitchen and started to feed it. He watched as its tiny tongue hungrily licked the milk. 

"Oh sweet thing. I was so late for you," Lucian frowned. "I am really sorry. You must feel so lonely and scared. You know I can't take you to my room. I am really sorry! But I promise I will not be late for you again." Lucian bent down to kiss Lilly's tiny head. 

"My Lord, are you talking to the dog?" a delicate female voice interrupted, startling him. 

"Daria!" Lucian gasped, and his heart fluttered as the beautiful red haired woman stood before him. 

"You know Lord Bernard would kill it if he found it here," Daria said and Lucian shuddered. 

"He... he won't find out!" Lucian said. "He's not here anyway..."

Daria sighed and went to sit next to Lucian, before she stretched out her arms to take Lilly. 

"If you'd like my lord, I will feed it. You might want to get back to the castle before anyone finds out," she said. 

But Lucian did not move. He only gazed at Daria for a long moment, his heart fluttering. His eyes lingered on the full breasts that stood against her small form, almost spilling out from her low cut black gown. How he longed to touch her... He felt his face glowing, and his body trembled at the thought. 

The puppy suddenly started squeaking and struggling in Daria's arms, and the next moment it started climbing Daria's breasts, its little paws pressing against them and sinking in their softness. Lucian's eyes widened as one of its hind legs slipped and sunk into her long deep cleavage line, getting trapped between her breasts. Daria chuckled softly as she pulled it out, while Lucian bit his lower lip nervously, aching to sink his own fingers right where the puppy's leg had been. He looked up at Daria's face, and he found that she was smiling at him, and he felt a sudden urge to kiss her.

He leaned in close to her face and held his breath. A burning heat spread through his body. He parted his quivering lips as he found her leaning in close as well, and his heart almost stopped as their lips touched. His first kiss. 

Overflowing warmth filled his heart. He kissed her gently, and she kissed him back leisurely... rather teasingly. He moaned. And the next moment, she suddenly broke the kiss.

"Go," she whispered, "before someone finds us." 

But it was too late. His whole being was already aflame, and he would rather receive a dagger to his heart than leave her side now. He wrapped his arms around her and his whole body burned anew as he sank into her warmth. He pushed her to the ground and lay on top of her, kissing her again. But this time his kisses grew urgent, rather hungry. 

"Enough," she whispered as she grabbed his hair, but he only continued to kiss her. "Stop!" 

A sudden hard tug at his hair made him wince and break the kiss. He looked back at her, his eyes round with surprise.

"That's a good boy," she whispered, her eyes narrowed seductively. She landed a teasing kiss right below his lips, before she slipped out of his embrace, leaving him panting with frustration.

"Please don't go yet!" he said through ragged breath as Daria stood readjusting her tight dress and covering up what she could of her large breasts. But she gave him no answer. Lucian frowned and got up to his feet. His legs were still shaking, yet he managed to run at her. "Please!" he whispered urgently into her ear as grabbed her, his trembling arms fully closing around her small body. 

"But we can't stay here, my lord. What if someone finds us?" Daria said as she turned to face him, cupping his face in her small hands. Her fingers caressed his cheeks, and he closed his eyes at her sweet touch.

"Then let's go... let's go to my room..." He barely whispered.

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Lucian lay in his bed gasping for breath while Daria straddled him, locking both his hands above his head and cruelly teasing him.

"Stop it!" he pleaded, dying to free his hands. Her large pale breasts were bouncing right before his face, and he could not lay a finger on them! Well he could, if he forced his hands out of her grasp. Yet he could not. He did not want to touch her without her permission.

"Please!" he whispered hoarsely. "Let me touch you."

"No," she whispered back before she bent over and took his lips in a deep kiss as she still restrained his hands. He moaned and trembled beneath her. That was too much to handle. He would definitely pass out. He could hear her amused giggles.

"You're so cute," she teased.

"I am not cute!" he defended, finally forcing his hands out of her grasp. "Stop treating me like a child." 

He sat up facing her, grabbing both her arms. He could notice the surprised look in her hazel eyes as he pushed her down and moved to lie on top of her, causing her to gasp as he grabbed her tangled red hair. Now he was in control. Despite being seven years his senior, she was the one moaning and writhing now beneath his taller and heavier body.

His hands groped her breasts and his mouth kissed every bit of her curves. His hardness throbbed as he rubbed it against the warm softness between her thighs. He heard her giggle, and the next moment, her fingers had closed around his member, shifting it just a little lower. Without warning he found himself suddenly sucked inside a deep and intoxicating softness. He gasped out and his whole body stiffened at the sudden tingling shocks that shot down there, making him burn even further.

"Now you know your way..." she said breathlessly, before she locked her lips with his. She wrapped her arms around him as she started moving her hips up and down. Lucian could only moan through their kisses, as his young body pulsated with burning passion. He was going to die! It did not take long. He took in a sharp breath, and the next moment his whole body shook with a burning explosion. He buried his face into Daria's breasts to muffle his cries while her arms tightened around him.

"Daria!" he cried as he sunk into a deep dark sea of dangerous pleasure. 

***

Lucian walked wide eyed through the packed city streets beyond the castle walls, Sunrise cawing atop his shoulder. It was midday already, and the marketplace had grown to a full bustle of noise and color and smoke. 

The merchants' shouts assaulted his ears from every direction as they called upon customers to come and try their new exotic spices, or taste their most delicious meat pies. His eyes watered at the heavy smoke that assailed him from everywhere; food stalls, incense merchants, blacksmiths. Yet he realized that his eyes did not hurt only because of the smoke, but also because of the outburst of vivid colorful satins and velvet that hung around in the fabric stalls. He couldn't help but squint his eyes and cover his mouth as he walked ahead, making his way through the bustling crowds and the laden stalls.

Lucian stopped as he spotted his favorite candy stall, and his eyes lit in excitement, gaping at the endless assortment of colorful sugar balls, glazed rainbow swirls, and squishy wing shaped jelly.

"Oh Lucie!" the shopkeeper greeted warmly as Lucian started filling his hands and pockets with more than he could fit.

"Come on, you know I don't have change for such a large amount," the plump woman said as Lucian handed her a full piece of gold. "If you have silver or - "

"That's alright," Lucian smiled cheerfully. "You can keep the change."

"Oh, such a sweet boy. Always so generous!" The woman quickly hid the gold in her bosom. 

Just as Lucian was about to leave, he felt something tugging at the bottom of his wings. He turned around quickly. As he expected, he found a little disheveled child right by his feet, looking up at him with round sparkling eyes, one little hand clutching his feathers while the other little hand stretched up towards him in an open palm.

"I want candies!" the wingless child demanded.

"I want a wooden horse!" another child appeared behind the first.

"Lucie!" A couple of other children approached as well, and Lucian chuckled as he suddenly found himself circled by a large group of hopping little creatures. Well, he was quite used to that. Whenever he appeared in the marketplace, the wingless little children would come hopping out from everywhere, singing out his name, and asking him for toys and candies.

Without a second thought, Lucian knelt down before the little ones and took out all the candy he had just bought. And in an instant, little hands eagerly snatched away every piece of the colorful sweets, leaving Lucian with nothing. He couldn't help but laugh as he watched them, hopping around him and squealing in excitement as if they had just landed upon a rare treasure.

Passerby adult humans smiled and greeted Lucian, throwing him prayers and blessings for his kind heart. But a couple of winged women frowned down at him in disapproval as they walked by, and Lucian couldn't help but feel a bit ashamed before their condemning stares. Indeed, his humility and friendly behavior with the humans were completely unbefitting of a winged one. But he couldn't help it. The precious smiles on those little round faces were the only thing that could warm his heart and ease his troubled mind.

If he hadn't come to the marketplace and played with those innocent children now, he would have been stuck in the castle, suffering impure thoughts about Daria and what he planned to do with her the next time she came to his room. He blushed at the mere thought of her, and he closed his eyes in an attempt to keep her image out of his mind. Not now! He didn't know what she had done to him. But what he knew was that he was hopelessly in love with her. And it was deadly forbidden...

"Young Lord." Lucian looked up as he heard the timid voice of a woman calling him, drawing him away from his troubling thoughts. 

Lucian welcoming the distraction, left the children who were still busy with their candies, and hurried to see what the woman wanted. Being very thin and dressed in rags, he could tell that she was one of those who lived on the streets and had no means of support. She was trembling and her face was pale. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She seemed quite hesitant, and she looked around her fearfully. Lucian understanding her concerns, took her to a nearby deserted alley.

"What is it? Please speak. I will help you," Lucian encouraged her as they stood out of sight. The poor woman was indeed very pitiful that he longed to take her to the castle and ask the servants to take care of her.

"You are most kind, young Lord. Unlike those men from your castle."

"What men?"

"Those men who come to ask for the taxes. They have come to me many times. But I do not know what to pay. These rags are all I own." She pointed bitterly at her clothes. "Last time they came, they threatened me that if I do not pay, they will take me to Lord Bernard, and he would have my head! Please young Lord, do not let Lord Bernard have my head."

Lucian stared at the woman for a long moment, feeling at loss. What could he possibly do? If Bernard wanted to take someone's head, no one would be able to stop him.

"Will you appeal for me, young Lord?" the woman asked hopefully.

"I... I will help you," Lucian said as he looked around him for a moment, making sure they were not being followed. He reached into his pocket and took out three pieces of gold. It was all he had now. He looked around him once more to make sure that no one saw them, and he quickly squeezed the gold pieces into the woman's hand, closing her fingers around them tightly. Her wide eyes gaped back at him.

"You can pay these, when those men come back to ask for the taxes," Lucian whispered. "But please, do not let anyone know that I gave you this gold. Lord Bernard will hurt both you and me if word reached him."

"Young... Lord..." The woman's eyes were soaked with tears. "You are most generous! I will forever be in your debt."

Lucian smiled at her. "Please don't cry. Now go buy some food and new clothes, and save the rest for the tax collectors."

It was not the first time Lucian had given gold to humans. Whenever he went to the city, he would encounter at least one or two impoverished humans who would ask him to relax the taxes, or lend them some gold, or pay the healers to cure their sick children. And every time, Lucan had to be very careful not to be seen as he helped those people, either by other humans or Bernard's spying guardsmen. Because if he got caught offering gold to someone, then all the desperate humans in the streets would gather and ask to be offered the same, and he would get in big trouble. And if Bernard found out... Lucian shuddered at the thought.

He didn't even dare imagine what Bernard would do if he found out that Lucian was giving out gold to the humans in the city...

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