Miriam closed the door as she was instructed to.
"Now turn around." Tyrus commanded from across the room.
She did so, turning slowly. He was sitting upright in bed. His bandaged arm and chest were revealed now, the blanket having slipped to his waist.
"Yes, My lord?" She whispered. Her heart was racing. The Prince was handsome, even now, even with the bruising on his body and the disheveled hair. He didn't smile. His eyes were frozen pools that sent shivers down her spine.
"...I am cold, Miriam. Come, warm me." He held out his hand towards her and patted the bed.
Miriam nervously ran her hands down the front of her dress and moved to the bed where indicated taking a seat where he pat. It was within arms reach. Oh Gods, she could feel the heat coming off of his skin. This close, she could see every inch of his hard worked muscles, and she could smell the faintness of metal and leather and forest on his body.
"I could fetch you more blankets, my lord." Miriam offered.
The prince watched her face. One hand rose to gently run through her brown curls. He had a warrior's hands, rough and calloused, but the way he moved through her hair was so soft, so kind...
She smiled at him. He rested his hand on the back of her neck.
"...That is not the kind of warmth I crave, Miriam." His voice rumbled down his arm and into her spine and she shivered. Each word was like a secret caress on the inside of her. She trembled there, perched on the edge of the bed.
Tyrus' other hand came up and pulled the tie off of her one sleeve. When she did not protest, he undid the other one. ANd then he moved both of his hands to her waist, sliding them down to her hips, where his strength pulled her closer. So close their chests were almost touching. She could taste the sweetness of his breath, and see the golden flecks in his cold eyes.
"...Your majesty -" Miriam began, apprehension building inside.
Tyrus put a finger on her lips. "Shh. It is only the two of us here, Miriam. Please. Use my name." And the coldness in his eyes broke for just an instant.
"...Tyrus." Miriam breathed.
Tyrus moved upon her, and their lips met with fiery grace. His hands snaked behind her and began to deftly undo the clasps of her bodice. She turned to face him, her own hands, tremblingly reaching out to move over the muscles of his chest and stomach, then curled around his strong shoulders to hold him to her.
Tyrus moved his lips from hers to her chin and then to her neck. Miriam felt each one like an electric shock as his tongue flited out to trace circles by her collarbone, and in a moment, she felt the release of her bodice becoming undone, and his mouth was moving lower and lower.
He was so strong. Tyrus used one hand to hold her as the other pulled himself towards her and then above her. Her hands clasped his waist and felt the cords of muscles there that made an arrow path to his sex. Her eyes, gazing in ecstasy at the ceiling, started to rove over the roiling strength of his body, and as he pulled himself up to pull away the fabric of her blouse, she saw him, erect and throbbing at the juncture of his legs.
"Tyrus." She gasped.
He caught her eye just as he pulled. Her breasts came free of the linen blouse, and she shuddered at the chill that caressed them in the blouse's absence.
"Miriam." Tyrus purred. His hands closed on either side of her face to kiss her deeply, his tongue moving between her lips and caressing hers, pushing himself closer to her until her nipples ever so torturously brushed his chest. She moaned in his mouth, and he returned the sound, like a desperate animal growling in his chest.
He released her, and his hands started to rove lower, cupping her bosom gently, thumbs tracing circles around and around her nipples until they were as hard as his own erection. She arched her back, as if that would make him stop tormenting her.
But he was smiling now.
"Tyrus, please..." Miriam moaned. He had barely touched her, but his warmth, just his proximity was like velvet rubbing on her skin. She felt herself opening for him, dripping and warm, and wildly she craved his presence there, between her aching thighs.