Thursday, January 4, 2018

Literotica: Cyber Lust

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A flush of shameful red spread over her cheeks. Cynthia gazed at the handsome man asleep in the clear box on her doorstep.

“What do you think?” Anne grinned. Her indigo eyes glittering with excitement. 

“You bought me…,” Cynthia tucked her golden hair behind her ear nervously as she circled the box. “You bought me a sex-droid.”

“You said if you were still a virgin by the time you were 31 to just get you a sex-droid and get it done,” Anne shrugged with pursed lips. 

“That was in college,” Cynthia admonished her best friend. “I was drunk from that party.”

Cynthia spent most of the night with her head in the toilet after too much rum and Anne held her hair the whole time. Cynthia looked to see that the bot wasn’t wearing any pants, his long, fat cock for all to see. Her clit throbbed at the sight. She bit her bottom lip as her imagination ran wild. 

“I was going to get you one that looked like a celebrity but that was out of my price range,” Anne said.  

“This is ridiculous,” Cynthia’s pink flush deepened as she imagined what it would be like to have that monster cock inside of her. Shame and desire mingled in her hot throat. She was a full grown woman and yet she had butterflies in her stomach like a giddy high school girl staring at a boy band crush on a poster on her wall.

Cynthia ran her fingers through her dark blond hair. She was always confident in her advertising career and a planner for everything but when it came to dating and boyfriends Cynthia could never seal the deal. Something always went wrong or it was the wrong guy. 

“No,” Cynthia choked.

“Just try it, Cyn,” Anne rolled her eyes.

“No!”

“Every time I take you to a party you don’t want to go but then when you go you end up having fun,” Anne placed her hands on her hips reprimanding her best friend as if she were her mother. 

“Losing my virginity to a sex-droid is not the same as going to a party,” Cynthia frowned.

“Fine,” Anne threw up her hands. “I’ll return him. But don’t come crying to me when you’re 40 and still a virgin.”

All this virgin shaming was giving Cynthia a headache. She needed a shower to cool down, her skin was burning up as a lusty feeling of warmth stole over her looking at the muscular, olive skinned android with the impressive cock.

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Cynthia turned on the icy water. Her pussy was on fire. Her whole body quivered. She needed a release. Stress at work was getting to her. The new Coca-Cola account for Green Slime Coke was big business for her ad firm. 

She was washing her dark blonde hair with orange blossom shampoo and conditioner when she heard a door shut. Hopefully that was Anne leaving with the sex-droid. Cynthia began to hum a tune to help drown out the thrum in her body. 

Cynthia’s hands wandered down to the juncture of her round thighs. That sex-droid really was hot though. He wasn’t too bulky. His skin was tan. He reminded her of a surfer she saw in a porno once. Cynthia’s finger slowly encircled her rosebud making it stiffen to life. Her petals became hot and slippery as she stroked herself.

She began humming to herself as her body grew tingly and hot. She hummed so loudly along with the rush of the water that she didn’t hear anyone step in. Cynthia suddenly felt a pair of big hands stroking her hips. The heat of the stranger’s body seeped into her skin as she felt a long thick staff pressing against the crack of her round cheeks.

Cynthia shrieked in surprise whirling around almost slipping that her intruder caught her. Cynthia looked up into the steely blue eyes of her uninvited guest. 

“Hi,” the sex-droid smiled a dazzling smile that made Cynthia’s inner damsel swoon. For a moment she became lost in his eyes, feeling the strength of his biceps as they held her from falling. 

“What the fuck?” Cynthia carefully stepped back, pressing her palms against his chest, finding it firm and warm to her hot shame. 

“Kevin,” he said. “The name I was programmed with is Kevin. Although you may program me with another name if you prefer.” 

“Kevin… how the hell did you get in here?”

“Your friend Anne activated me.”

“That scheming bitch,” Cynthia swore. 

His steely blue eyes caressed her with lusting, invisible fingers. Cynthia covered her breasts out of modesty. She was no size 2 but a curvaceous size 6. Thin girls at work would usually chuckle when they saw her eating a muffin. 

“Stop staring,” Cynthia felt hot all over. The cold water was doing nothing to dampen her erotic feelings. 

“Why?” Kevin asked. 

“Because it’s rude to stare!” Cynthia retorted. “You weren’t programmed with manners?”

“I was programmed with many things,” Kevin spoke low, his voice husky as he took a step forward. Cynthia retreated until her back was against the wall. Water rolled off of the android’s body like rain off a duck’s back. He looked so real.

Every inch of her lit up with the burning, urgent need to possess him as he boldly tucked her wet hair behind her ear. His thumb traced her jaw line until he gently held her chin. Tilting her head up Kevin came down gracefully as Cynthia’s breath hitched. She felt the ghost of his lips brush against hers. 

“You’re so beautiful…,” Kevin whispered.

“You’re… You’re just saying that because you were programmed to,” Cynthia retorted but deep down she wanted it to be true.

It was only a few seconds but it was long enough for time to stop. A wave of heat passed over Cynthia making her tingle all over. Electric currents of lust shot straight to her clit. Hearing no further protest the sex-droid kissed her again, this time his kiss was more sure, giving her lower lip a little nibble as he drew her into his strong arms.

Cynthia melted into Kevin, her breasts heaved against him. She expected him to feel mechanical or cold but he was as warm as any human man if not warmer. It had been a long time since Cynthia had been kissed. Practically a year and a half. Last time was at a company retreat where she got drunk and had a sloppy make out session with Hank from Accounting. 

 She opened her mouth to Kevin allowing his tongue access. He flicked her tongue slightly to tempt it into play. Their tongues fought a sensual battle in the warm cave of her mouth. Cynthia could feel Kevin’s member harden against her stomach. 

Cynthia couldn’t stop herself from moaning into the android’s mouth. Kevin’s hand gripped the ample flesh of her ass. It was then Cynthia remembered she was locking lips with an android and not a real man. She pushed him away then with burning cheeks and a fiery pussy she climbed out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her voluptuous body.

“This is ridiculous,” Cynthia said trying not to look at Kevin. She knew if she did she would fall into temptation again. “I’ll return you myself.”

“If that is what you want,” Kevin said nonchalantly. “But it’s Friday and the office isn’t open again until Monday.”

“Damn it,” Cynthia cursed through gritted teeth. “Fine. You can stay the weekend.”

“I’m at your command,” Kevin smiled.

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Cynthia was in her comfy robe. It was tied tightly around her hoping it would deter Kevin but it seemed to only make him stare more intently. It accentuated her bodacious curves and the look of his electric blue eyes made Cynthia’s nipples stiffen, reaching out to him for his attention.

Kevin had his own shirt and pants that came in his packaging. Even with his clothes on he was a golden Adonis. The cotton shirt did nothing but accentuate his muscular build. Cynthia’s body grew hot with need and shame.

“Where is your control panel? How do I access it?” she asked. “I need to turn you off.”

“There’s a button at the base of my—“

“Don’t! Ugh…”

Cynthia figured the release button would be down there. Kevin took off his shirt to her embarrassment again.

“This is not me making a move, just so you know,” Cynthia tucked her hair behind her ear, rubbing her neck nervously. “I’m just… reaching for the button.”

“As you wish,” Kevin smiled. Damn his smile! It made Cynthia’s knees feel like jelly. She carefully reached inside his shorts. Seeing his impressive beastly cock and touching it were two different sensations. Feeling that mighty python in her palm made her swallow hard, her womanhood clenched. Curiosity got the better of Cynthia. She assessed the girth, the length then reached the head. It pushed eagerly into her palm. 

Damn why did it have to be so well hidden? Cynthia licked her lips in concentration consumed with trying to find it but she got a little lost in the firming of Kevin’s robotic cock. She suddenly heard Kevin groaning. She looked up to see his eyes closed, his nostrils flaring a little, his face in a state of ecstasy.

“Ummmm,” Cynthia paused then asked meekly. “I’m not… I’m not hurting you am I?”

Kevin opened his eyes, his handsome smile gleaming at Cynthia like the sun.

“No I’m programmed with millions of pleasure centers,” Kevin explained. “But if you’re trying to turn me off you’re failing unfortunately.”

“Oh…,” Cynthia flushed a deep crimson. Suddenly she felt a bubble of cum at the end of his robotic cock. Cynthia herself became a little turned on. She should have stopped herself but her body had taken over with her mind taking a back seat. Her own clit throbbed as she felt Kevin cock pulsate until they synchronized. 

Cynthia had never given a hand job before but by the look on Kevin’s face she saw she was doing okay. It was when Kevin began to groan louder that Cynthia remembered why she had her hand in his pants in the first place. 

“Okay stop!” Cynthia withdrew her hand. Kevin’s face made her heart swell. He looked so disappointed. “Why don’t you just find the damn button?” Cynthia grew red with humiliation. 

Kevin shrugged regaining his carefree manner. He reached into his shorts and somehow found the button quicker than Cynthia could. A panel opened on his chiseled chest revealing a touchscreen.

“Where was… never mind,” Cynthia shook her head then proceeded to look through the menu. She was in Settings when she felt Kevin’s breath on her forehead. He wasn’t too tall but tall enough that she could just tilt her head back and let him fall into her lips with another fire consuming kiss. Cynthia trembled with secret delight at the thought.

Then Cynthia felt Kevin’s nose brushing against her temple. Her heart quickened to a staccato rhythm. 

“Um…,” Cynthia grew soft spoken. “Could you… back up a little? You’re… crowding me a little.”

“Are you certain?” Kevin whispered huskily, so full of confidence his hands roamed to her hips. He gently pulled her pelvis against his. Cynthia could feel that he was still iron hard. Her womanhood wept with joy.

Cynthia found the OFF section after searching through fetishes and boyfriend types. She swallowed hard. Her brain became fuzzy as memory of his touch echoed through her skin burning her. 

“I can sense your body heat rising, Cynthia,” even the way Kevin said her name was like a mating call on some primal level. “I felt how you responded to my touches in the shower. I can please you in so many ways.”

Cynthia was mesmerized by his deep voice, his sensuous lips, the feeling of his manhood against her cleft. She could feel his heat through his shorts. She barely noticed when Kevin opened her robe reaching within. She heaved a shuddering sigh when she felt him tenderly touching her soft wet cleft. 

Her rosebud called out to him. Once he touched it, Cynthia felt a pulse of joy in her body. Every time he touched her Cynthia felt a wall crumble. She had to stop it. She couldn’t have sex with a droid. Did it even count if you lose your virginity to a robot?

Kevin’s fingers probed deeper. Cynthia was resting against him, moaning into his masculine body as he caressed her as no human man ever did with such tenderness. But Cynthia had to stop. With great reluctance she pushed him back.

“I’ll figure this out tomorrow,” Cynthia reasoned as she quickly wrapped her robe around her. Her breasts heaved and hard nipples chafed against her cotton robe. “Just sit out here until the morning.”

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Cynthia went to bed tossing and turning. Her body ached for relief. Lust burned in her brain as well as her body. She tried to refrain from touching herself. She decided to turn on some white noise. She selected “Birds Singing in Morning Forest.” 

She lay on her back staring at the ceiling. She couldn’t stop thinking about that kiss in the shower. Kevin’s tongue playing inside her mouth as her body pressed against him. She groaned in frustration. Hopefully Kevin didn’t hear that. 

After a while she came to the edge of sleep. The droning of the birds seemed to be working. Then Cynthia began to dream that she was in a forest like in some fairytale. She was dressed like a princess in a silk lavender dress and wild flowers in her long golden hair. 

Her princess self came across a prince hunting in the forest. He looked exactly like Kevin. Cynthia’s body ignited into a wild fire of lust. They said nothing as they kissed, a passionate kiss that seared into Cynthia’s bones, consuming them both.

Prince Kevin and Princess Cynthia lay on the soft grassy floor as the birds sang their happy tunes. Prince Kevin moved her gown up, past her knees until bunching them up at her hips. He smiled wickedly as he softly kissed her bare pussy. 

Cynthia shivered, sucking in a gasp as a shock of pleasure surged through her. It was as if lightning had struck. Goose bumps erupted all over as Kevin’s tongue gave her saturated pink lips one long languid lick. Her clitoral hood fattened, her clit pulsated with need. 

The sensations felt so real. The fairytale forest then dissolved around them but the sensation remained. Cynthia writhed and groaned in bliss in the darkness of her bedroom until she found that she wasn’t dreaming. She lifted the covers to find Kevin with his face buried between her shapely thighs feasting upon her womanhood. 

“What the hell… uhhhnnnn… are you… uhhhhhh doing?” Cynthia could hardly get the words out as Kevin’s mouth caressed her aching womanhood, his tongue exploring her inner folds as if he were an explorer carving out a new territory.

“I’m programmed to read a woman’s needs,” Kevin took a brief break from pleasuring her to explain. “I could read your intense heat signatures from the other room.” Then he went back to drinking in her candied well. 

“Kevin, stop… don’t… uhhhhh,” Cynthia groaned as she gripped her pillows. Her knuckles turned white with the effort. 

“Cynthia…,” Kevin spoke softly. Damn it why did he have to say her name like that? So sexy and with those electric blue eyes? She felt like melting, giving in to whatever Kevin wanted to do to her.

“Let me please you,” Kevin seemed to plead. It was his programming, Cynthia reasoned. “I need to please you.” He climbed up her body, stalking her like a jaguar stalking its prey. Cynthia felt trapped but damn what a prison to be trapped in…

“That’s what your programming is,” Cynthia felt herself grow hot, her pussy throbbed as she felt his iron hard cock resting on her folds, rubbing against her budding clit. 

“Perhaps,” Kevin smiled. “But I’m not leaving this bed until you cum, Cynthia.”

Cynthia lay still, her legs parted as she felt Kevin slowly push his way inside of her. There wasn’t much pain as Cynthia thought there would be, only pressure. Kevin was tender, gentle. Cynthia was tight, her vaginal walls sucking him in as he slowly rocked his hips, every time going a little deeper.

Cynthia gaped as she felt the whole of Kevin inside her. Their bodies pressed together as Kevin moved inside her. She could feel the heat of his body seep through her cotton shirt, her nipples pressing against his firm chest. He groaned as he felt her suck him in harder. He picked up his pace as Cynthia became more comfortable, more confident. She dug her fingers into his muscular back, biting his shoulder to suppress her ecstatic moans.

“Cynthia…,” Kevin groaned smothering Cynthia’s cries of passion with a crushing kiss. Boldly Cynthia sucked hard on Kevin’s tongue as she felt his pulsating cock probe her g-spot, a spot she never thought really existed. She thought it was just something women said. 

Kevin went all in, picking up pace as he felt Cynthia being to accept him. He grunted in her ear as he pounded her pussy hard. Cynthia’s cries grew in intensity and frequency as her body began to spasm. A tension built in her abdomen then released in a white hot wave.

“Kevin!” Cynthia cried out as her head fell back onto the soft pillow, her body percolating with heat. Kevin was so attentive, kissing her lips, her cheek and her neck. “Oh Kevin…”

She felt him chuckle softly in her ear before he nibbled on her ear lobe. 

“Did I please you?” he asked.

Cynthia laughed in disbelief. She couldn’t believe it finally happened. Even less that it happened with a sex-droid. Maybe she’ll keep him for a while longer.

“Can…,” Cynthia went red as she felt Kevin’s cock begin to pulse again within her, her pussy refused to let go just yet. “Can we do it again?”

“I’m ready if you are, Cynthia,” Kevin beamed. Then he softly kissed her, his tongue playing in her mouth with hers as he began to move again inside her.

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THE END

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

One Hour Writing Prompt: The Huntswoman

 This was a one hour prompt based in the Norman Conquest of England. Basically I read some history and felt inspired to do a random prompt with no starting words or sentences to help. Just bare bones.


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Alice's younger brother Peter helped shovel dirt into the small grave. The late autumn wind whistled a melancholy tune. It whispered through the almost barren trees making them shed the last of their colorful leaves. 


Little Mary, who was only 5 years old, slipped her tiny hand through her older sister Alice’s hand. Alice squeezed it gently to reassure her. Elizabeth was only 3 yet Death cared nothing for tender age. They buried Elizabeth next to their father who had died 8 months before. They used a simple wooden cross as a marker. 


Despite their grief their stomachs grumbled. They were all so hungry. Ever since the Normans conquered England 5 years ago they had made the forests theirs and anyone caught “poaching” in their woods was punished. Alice’s own father came home one day without his hands… well not without them. They were hanging about his neck like some gruesome necklace. 


   The stag brand on his wrist was cut off. Possibly father had done it himself. Alice never fully understood why her father was so secretive about it but instinct held her in check and she never told anything about it to anyone.

The priest continued his monotonous sermon as Peter, after finishing filling the small grave, leaned in and whispered to his sister, “Do you still say we should stay out of the forest? We could have saved her with some small rabbit at least.”


His tone contained a bitter edge. Peter and Alice were only a year apart and so were quite close. They would go hunting with their father and learned everything he knew. To Alice, her father was the greatest hunter. It was a blow to see him brought so low by the Normans. She felt it was his damaged pride and broken heart more than the fever that took him.


Alice looked to the forest. It seemed like an uncertain fortress now. Her wrist began to itch. She never feared the woods, it was the consequences that made her tremble and wary. She fought a lump in her throat then she looked over to her mother. Her mother was pale, paler than usual these days. She was once of rosy complexion with her golden sun hair. Alice had her father’s auburn hair and brown eyes. That’s what made it so hard for her to look at her eldest daughter. 


“Take mother home,” Alice whispered back. “She needs to rest.”


Peter stood silent, thinking about being defiant and argue but in the end he relented and did as he was told. Their mother leaned on her eldest son for support. She was more like a broken old mare allowing herself to be lead anywhere without thought of destination. Alice once more turned towards the forest whose branches were becoming barren. Still they concealed so much. 


Mary sensed her sister’s inner conflict and held onto her leg. If they had their crops it would have been easier but the Normans, trying to quench rebellion, burned down most of the villages and farms including theirs. Winter was around the corner. If Alice didn’t find food soon none of them will last the winter. 


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   Alice had the dream again. It had been years. She had not had the dream since before her father's death. She was lost in the woods. Darkness enveloped the world making it eternal night. It was a cold that cut through wool and flesh chilling right to the bone. The trees were bare with black gnarled claws that reached for her but she dodged their deadly grasp.

    Alice had never felt so alone...

   Then there was a light, a sort of star illuminating the night. It called to Alice and she followed it through the trees that seemed to part. There was a lake and on the banks was a glowing white stag with a red spot drinking from the black watery abyss. 

    It was the most beautiful creature that Alice had ever seen. She had raised her bow, pulling it back ready to fire an arrow until it's head rose up gracefully. It wore it's antlers like a noble king wearing his crown. The white stag had an unearthly nobility, an ethereal beauty that it would have been a sin to kill it.

    Alice lowered her bow in reverence. The creature caught her in his sights. It's big black eyes seemed to penetrate her very soul. Alice felt naked as it watched her. Then in no time at all it seemed to be only two feet in front of her. 

     Then Alice saw clearly a red spot on it's chest. It wasn't a natural coloring but a bleeding wound. Fear and despair gripped Alice. Her heart sunk deep within her until it dropped like a stone in her stomach. 

    The stag raised it's hoof then crushed it upon Alice's chest. She struggled to breathe. Her brand burned with all the pain and intensity as if it were being once more freshly applied. It was then that Alice woke up in a cold sweat. Her brother and sisters in the same bed all stirred at the disruption but were heavy sleepers.

   Alice rested her head in her hands. She was trembling as her auburn hair cascaded over her face, hiding it from any prying eyes. She looked at her hands then at her brand. Her throat constricted as she held back mournful sobs. If her father were here she could talk about the dream but not even Peter would have understood the warning.

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   Alice was up before the sun. The winter dawn creeped up slowly on the cold world as she pulled on her breeches and boots. With male clothes Alice truly looked boyish with her willowy figure and angled features. She looked to her wrist to see the stag brand that her father had given her when she had the dream... It itched whenever she felt a foreboding. 

    Peter leaned against the door frame pouting. He took after their mother. When he pouted he looked just like her, blue eyes and barley hair.


    "I still don't see why I can't go with you?" he said irritated.


    "I move faster alone," Alice retorted. "You need to protect the girls while I'm gone."


    "Father would not want you to go alone."

    "Father is dead," Alice retorted. "I'll be back before midday."

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    Alice sat quietly in the brush. Her breath was visible, blowing out like a bad spirit. She tried to keep her breathing to a minimum. The sun was peeking through giving light to the barren forest until it disappeared behind heavy grey clouds. 

    The wind chilled Alice to the bone but her father's voice echoed in her head about patience. That’s when she saw it. A doe walked into the clearing in the ray of the sun as if God Himself pushed the creature into her line of sight. 

  Alice prepared her bow. Her fingers burning on the string. Her brand itched. She ignored it. Her stomach growled so loud she thought the doe would hear it. Suddenly the doe's ears pricked up. Her head rose up her entire body frozen and alert.

Alice heard the faint thundering of hooves. Her body tensed as much as the doe. In a flash the creature was gone just as barking dogs joined the chaos. Alice swore under her breath at the Normans' horrible timing. 

Her auburn braid whipped around as she crouched further into the brush. If she could she would have sunk into the mud if it wasn't frozen solid. Alice controlled her breathing, her heart still beat against her breast as panic spread through her body.

Soon enough 3 noblemen on horseback came charging into the clearing chasing after the doe. Alice watched as the well dressed noblemen cheered and shouted in their native tongue. Alice couldn't understand a word. 

Alice kept her eyes wide and alert for any chance to slip away that was until an arrow was fired from the direction of the doe, hitting a hunting dog instead. Alice's heart shrunk as her lungs constricted. Even from a distance she could recognize the arrow.

Peter always used red feathers for his arrows. The idiot. He must have followed her into the forest. He knew them as well as she did if not better. One of the servants of the noblemen had caught the errant poacher. Sure enough it was Peter. 

One of them, Alice assumed it was the lord of the manor of the forest, walked his horse up to the young man. This lord spoke their language. He was loud and coherent. Alice saw that he had black hair as black as a raven's wing and eyes like a spring sky. Something within Alice seemed to melt but fear rattled her ribcage as she watched the servant hit Peter when he refused to answer the lord.

"I said who are you?" the lord asked. "Answer me. I am your lord."

Peter looked up at him. He defiantly remained silent.

"You killed one of my hunting dogs," the lord glared. "You know the penalty for hunting in the lord's woods."

Peter spat in the ground at the lord's horse's feet. The servant hit him again so hard that Peter fell to the frozen ground spitting up blood. 

"So be it," the lord grumbled. "Take him back to the castle. We'll deal with him tomorrow morning."

Alice could do nothing but watch them drag her brother away. She felt herself break inside. A piece of her seemed to be dragged away with Peter. She knew what would happen next.

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Alice's fingers twitched nervously. She heard the thunder of hooves drawing closer. She wore her best woolen green dress. It was only supposed to be worn for one occasion... Alice shook her head free of old hurtful memories. 

"Alice...," Little Mary tightened her grip on her sister's hand. Alice could have dived into her little sister's big doe eyes. 

"It will be alright," Alice returned a squeeze as she pulled herself and her little sister out of the forest to face a much more dangerous beast than they would ever face in the woods.

 The lord of their land saw the two of them on the road and held up his hand to halt his party. It was the same lord that Alice saw taking her brother away. She hoped it wasn't too late. Hopefully Peter was in a cell awaiting some trial and not... Alice shuddered to think of the worse.

"Remove yourself from Lord Robert de Percy's path, wench!" a nobleman barked. 

Alice stood tall and brave despite her disheveled appearance. She was in quite a hurry to get an audience. She knew the best way was to stop the lord on his way to hunt. She had stolen away into the forest long enough to learn that Lord Robert loved hunting. 

"I said remove yourself!" a knight drew his sword. Mary shrieked and hid behind her older sister who stood as firm and as undaunted as an old oak. Lord Robert smiled.

"Sheath your sword, Sir Christopher," Robert's blue eyes smiled as well. Alice felt herself blush. She prayed to whatever god was listening to help her. 

"Forgive my knight," Lord Robert had a French accent for sure but it wasn't prominent, he must have come here as a child and grew up among the English. "He is not good with women."

"Forgive me, Lord de Percy," Alice did her best curtsy but she might as well have been a new born fawn stumbling to learn to walk. "But I am on an urgent mission."

"Then tell us, my lady," Lord Percy spoke nobly. "It is a knight's duty to help a woman in distress."

Many men in the party snickered when Robert said "my lady", Alice was as far from a "lady" as possible. Her face was a bit smudged despite her best to clean it and there were some tears in her dress. She wasn't used to being in a dress so she had stumbled a few times on the way here.

Alice took a deep breath then pulled out her little sister in hoping to gain more sympathy.

"My lord," Alice looked de Percy straight in his spring blue eyes. "My name is Alice Groves and my brother Peter is your prisoner."

"Your brother?"

"She could mean the boy you caught this morning, my lord," said Sir Christopher. 

"Ah the poacher," Robert nodded grimly. "There is not much you can do for him I am afraid. He will be punished according to the law."

"What crime is so terrible that my brother deserves such harsh punishment?"

"He poached in my forest."

"He was trying to feed his family," Alice pleaded trying to keep her own pride in check. 

"Poaching in a lord's forest is forbidden by law," Sir Christopher argued sitting straight on his horse, towering over them. Mary was frightened as well as in awe. She had never seen a horse as big and fine as Lord Robert's. It might have been some mythical beast from those old tales of pagans.

"It wasn't always your forest," Alice couldn't help but bite out. She realized her mistake when she saw Lord Robert frown. 

"Shall I cut out this spiteful bitch's tongue out, my lord?" Sir Christopher drew his dagger causing Mary to whimper. Alice held onto her sister tightly as well as reached carefully for her hidden blade, ready if anyone should try to separate them.

Robert held up his hand for the knight to halt and sat on his horse staring at Alice. She felt herself blush again as a shiver ran through her. She told herself it was the cold but even as she hugged her cloak to her body the lord's stare stayed with her.

Robert looked into Alice's big brown eyes. She wasn't a classic beauty but there was something about her that he couldn't shake. A hidden wildness, a mystery deep and dark that cried out to him. Then his eyes alighted on the quivering toddler.

"Is this your daughter?" he asked.

"My sister, Mary," Alice explained. "My other sister and mother are at our farm. They would have made the journey with us but my mother is heavy with child and my sister is ill."

The lord's entourage held their breath as he dismounted his horse. Alice braced herself for whatever would come next. He approached until he and Alice were a foot apart. Alice's heart fluttered. 

"I am sorry to hear about your family," Robert spoke softly. That morning Alice had heard him speak with such authority she didn't expect to see such sympathy or kindness in his beautiful eyes. 

"You are the conquerors," Alice said. "We accept that but that means we are your people now. And leaders take care of their people."

"You are quite wise for some uneducated farm girl," Robert nodded. They stared at each other for a while. Alice could have sworn she could hear his heart beat as well.

"My huntsman is ill as well," he said. "Perhaps your brother can work off his crime."

"My lord! Surely not!" Another knight cried.  

"Sir James," Robert called. "Go back to the castle and fetch young Peter Groves."

"Yes, my lord," Sir James was perhaps the only one who didn't argue with Lord Robert. He rode off quickly to do as his lord bid.

"You shall accompany us," Lord Robert said. It wasn't an offer. Alice swallowed hard but kept her face undaunted. "Your brother could use the encouragement. If he fails then he will have more than his hands cut off."

Sure enough the high lord was back, the kind understanding man retreating back behind the fine furs and leather. Alice's brand which lay hidden behind a leather bracelet itched. It took all of her strength not to scratch it as the pit in her stomach grew heavy like a stone.

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Literotica Post: Nap Time Interlude

   I sent this to Literotica. I have other projects in the works that I hope to have done soon. Right now I'm working on some old stuff ...