Chapter 8

Benjamin locked the doors to the house and barred the doors. He left instructions for the servants for the next day and dismissed them for the night. He made sure that they went to their quarters and he barred the door leading to the servant's wing, effectively separating the main house from the servant's wing. He did not wish to be spied on this night, as he knew the servants often did.

He quickly washed up in his bedroom with the water left for him by the servants and lightly scented his arms with oils of lavender and cinnamon. He put on a clean pair of breeches and a shirt and checked his appearance in the mirror.

As he gazed at his reflection in the mirror, his mind wandered to the shy young girl in the bedroom at the end of the hall. He had planned for this conquest and Anne seemed to be a willing, although naïve, participant in the seduction. A chill shook him and he wondered if he was making a mistake. Young girls often expected more out of a night with a lover than the man was willing to give. If Ahgur ever found out, Benjamin was sure that he would try to cast a spell on him. Benjamin was skeptical of the sorcerers supposed powers but he wasn't really sure if such powers really existed.

He sighed and turned to go to the maiden's bedroom. A smile danced at his lips as he opened his bedroom door and checked the hallway. The hallway was deserted and he heard the sound of Nora bathing in her room, probably waiting for his knock on her door. He stepped into the hallway and quietly closed the bedroom door behind him. His bare feet made no sound as he made his way to Anne's room. Before knocking on her door, he checked again to make sure that no one had seen him approaching her room.

Anne heard the light tapping on her door and called for him to enter. He went to the fire and placed two small logs on the fire and stood and watched as the logs caught fire. He turned and walked to the bed and leaned over Anne and kissed her softly on the lips. Her arms came up and went around his neck. A lump came into her throat; tonight he would make her a woman. She returned his kiss with as much passion as his own passion. When they broke their kiss to find air to breath, he noticed that her arms and shoulders were bare. He grabbed the covers and swiftly threw them to the foot of the bed. Anne covered her breasts for just a moment and then slowly allowed him to see her luscious beauty.

"Please Sire, come to me and make me your woman. I have longed for your touch and I shall die if you do not come to me."

Benjamin shed his shirt and breeches and stood next to the bed admiring the beauty before him. Anne looked at him and gasped when she saw his manhood starting to grow to full erection. A moment of fear grabbed at her breast. She had no idea that men could be so large. How would she be able to accept him into her body? She knew there would be pain the first time, but she was afraid that he would rip her apart.

He slipped into bed beside her and pulled the covers around them. She was trembling as he pulled her to him and took her in his arms. As he gently kissed her and caressed every part of her body, she began to calm down and to return his kisses with the same gentleness that he showered on her. He lowered his lips to her breast and took her nipple in his lips and gently sucked it into his mouth. Anne leaned forward to allow him to have full access to her breast. He gently raked her nipple with his teeth and she cried out. He moved to the other breast and repeated the action on her nipple. She grabbed his head and pulled him to her and kissed him with as much passion as he had ever experienced with a woman.

"Please, take me now," she gasped. "Make me your woman."

He rose and moved over her and positioned himself at her entrance. He slowly started to enter her, allowing her to get used to his size. She was amazed that she was able to accept him without pain.

She put her hands up to his chest and held him away, "Please, go gently with me. This is my first time and I wish to be a suitable bed partner for you. I am afraid that I might not please you."

He leaned to her and kissed her gently while still lowering himself into her. He felt her maidenhead barring him from entering her fully. He paused for a few seconds and then pushed into her, making her a woman. She tensed when she felt the pain and tears came to her eyes. He paused for a while to allow her to become accustomed to his size and then Benjamin started to move slowly into her and to slowly pull out until he was almost fully out of her. His thrusts grew more intense but gentle at the same time. The pain of Anne's broken maidenhead was slowly subsiding and a more pleasurable sensation was gripping her. She started to rise up to meet his thrusts and put her arms around him and tried to pull him to her. He held his passion back to allow her to reach her peak. He felt her start to move to meet his thrusts with more intensity and she let out a long low moan as she experienced feelings she never had before. A gigantic wave of pleasure swept over her body and she tensed and clutched him to her as she felt him empty himself into her.

He held her tightly and kissed her. He continued to caress her. She held him and marveled at the beauty of their lovemaking. She knew that he had been as gentle with her as possible and that she had experienced the best first time any maiden ever had.

Benjamin rolled off of her and lay next to her, holding her hand. They were quiet for a while, just enjoying being next to each other.

"Did I do it right, did I please you?" she timidly asked while hiding her face from him.

Benjamin pulled her to him and held her gently. He kissed her eyelids and assured her that she had done everything perfectly.

He noticed the blood on the bed and told her to follow him to his room for the rest of the night. He pulled the bedclothes off of the bed and threw them on the fire. That would keep the servant's tongues quiet in the morning. He put a cloak over her shoulders and led her down the hall to his room.

They stopped several times to kiss and caress each other and did not notice Nora peering through the partially opened door to her bedroom at the pair with hate boiling over in her eyes.

Benjamin put his hands under the cloak and caressed the body of the young girl. She rose to him and pulled his head to her and kissed him deeply. He picked her up and carried her into the room and laid her on the bed.

"Benjamin, I am your woman now. Take me as you will."

Benjamin tensed, this girl was reading things into a night of passion that he did not. He went and closed the door and crawled into bed and pulled her body to him. She clung to him and wondered if his seed would create an heir for him inside of her. They would have many fine children, conceived with the greatest love on earth. Her naïve mind knew that he loved her as she did him. He had just proved that to her.

Ahgur's wife stood with her door open just a crack, seething with anger. Anne had been a thorn in her side since they had met. She had hated the young girl from the beginning.

"The little wench, she'll not have my man," Nora spit out with a vengeance that would have melted a soldier's armor. "He's mine and she'll rue the day she bedded him."

Nora closed the door and crawled back to bed. Her hands went to her breasts and started to caress her entire body, longing for the touch that Anne was stealing from her. She lay there until dawn trying to figure how she would get rid of Anne and have Benjamin to herself. As the sun was just starting to show a pale light to the night's darkness, she fell asleep. She tossed and turned and dreamed of the many ways she would get rid of Anne.

His caresses started to ignite the girl's passions again and she started to moan deep in her throat. He took each of her nipples into his lips and let his teeth rake over them. She cried out as he gave her the gentle pain and she held his head to her breast. He pulled her on top of him and she lay on him not quite knowing what to do. He guided himself into her and she instinctively rose over him and started the dance that lovers do.

She became the aggressor and she took him as if she was the master and he was the slave. She was oblivious to his needs and she felt as if her whole body was on fire and was about to fly to the stars.

Suddenly Benjamin felt his loins tense and he started to drive into her and held her to him as he emptied himself into her.

Anne rolled off of him and lay on her side looking into his face. She loved this man; she would be his always.

Benjamin turned to her and pulled her to him and put his arm over her. They were quiet and exhausted. Anne started to doze off and she pulled his hand to her breast and held it there.

"We will have many beautiful children," she murmured just before she fell asleep.

A strange look came to his face. He would have to talk to her in the morning. He didn't think that she would react like this. She was a beautiful girl but he did not love her. He did not love any woman yet. There were too many beautiful women in the kingdom to settle down just now.

Chapter 9