Darkness
Cold
Fever burning
Dreams
Nightmares
Pain
Despair
He was perpetually unconscious after it happened. Days turned into weeks. His inner mind remained in turmoil as his body continued to fail with fever and infection.
Deep in His mind's eye he could see her lying there, soaking wet and not breathing. He cringed involuntarily as his subconscious mind remembered how cold her body was to his touch. He could feel the roughness of the stone floor as he crawled to her, the pain of the wounded leg not yet fully realized. The desperation felt like a knife in his heart as he desperately tried to breathe air and life back into her body, all the while praying to the gods that she will live. He passed out from his own loss of blood while still fearing the worst.
His dreams turned swiftly to nightmares of losing her. His fevered brain filled with an overwhelming sense of despair and emptiness.
The doctors kept him well drugged in the time that followed. They made use of numerous sedatives and salves, trying to heal his leg. They feared that nothing would heal his aching heart, if he lived. The wounded leg became so badly infected that they feared possibility of amputation. No one wanted to be anywhere close when he awoke if that were the fate decreed by the gods.
Slave-nurses cared for him and kept constant vigil. He was surrounded by constantly watchful eyes and hands. They soothed his brow and held him as he cried out her name again and again in his darkest dreams of terror and loss.
Finally, the fever broke. He remained unconscious, but the raging turmoil caused by the infection seemed to lessen. His skin was still hot to the touch, but mercifully it was not the burning in the blood like before. Great sighs of relief filled the slave nurses and doctors who had worked so hard to bring him back whole.
He was finally resting with the heavy shades still drawn against the light when she entered and found him. His mind felt her, somehow sensed that she was with him. She gently kissed his face and forehead and although he was still unconscious, his heart swelled inside him. Even in his dream state, he knew that she had survived.
He called out to her in his dream, "Lexi, Lexi, come to me!"
Incredibly he could feel her warm body as though she were really there, crawling into the bed with Him. Dream merged with reality as he wrapping his arms around her and whispered, "Mine".
They slept together for endless hours. Lexi was fully and blissfully aware of every moment and the Master slowly became more and more aware as the next dawn arrived.
The slave nurses were surprised upon entering his rooms and finding them snuggled closely together. The younger nurse started to wake Lexi and send her back to her own bed but the older nurse stopped her and silently urged the younger woman to look at the sleeping figures. They were both deep in dreams but they were smiling in them now rather than screaming or sobbing. The nurses smiled in shared understanding and recognition of the devotion and adoration they were witnessing. Without a word, they began preparing the room, stoking the fire and carefully opening the heavy drapes.
He awoke and raised his hand to shield his eyes from the bright light streaming in. In the same moment he realizes that Lexi is sleeping soundly in the crook of his other arm. Gently he leaned over to kiss the back of her neck and said a small prayer of thanks to the gods.
The nurses were bustling about the large room, talking in low but very excited voices and urging him to try and stand. He heeded their pleas and gingerly slipped his arm from under Lexi's sleeping shoulders. His feet touched the floor and his naked form rose on unsteady legs. Several nurses were at his side in an instant, supporting his muscular frame. Together, they helped him over to a nearby chair and dressed him in a luxurious robe.
He settled heavily into the chair, looking at one of the nurses, asking one question, "How long?"
"It has been weeks, Master." She answered, "It has been many weeks." She looked at him with a glaze of tears in her eyes, "We feared you would not return to us, Master."
"How is she?" He inquired.
"She is well Master. She must have found her way in here during the night for she was not here when we left you last evening. It was the first night you have been alone in all these many weeks and she somehow managed to find her way in."
He smiled slightly, somehow knowing that would be the way of things.
"Help Me back to the bed and be gone; do not enter again until it is time to bring the midday meal"
"Yes Master, certainly." They reply and hurry to do his bidding.
He slipped beneath the covers and slid his naked body next to hers, kissing her neck and shoulders as he moved his hand up under her silken gown to caress her mound with his fingertips. She stirred and moaned at his touch, coming awake slowly to find her Master lying beside her. He breathed gently in her ear as he rolled onto His back, "Come here my Lexi. Spread your legs and cover me with your body. My own is not moving well yet with this leg, but other things seem to be just fine."
He laughed softly as she complied with his command. She lifted off her silken negligee, letting him take a long and lustful look at her body. She kept her eyes on his as she reached down to take his swollen member in her hand and guided it into her waiting warmth.
Slowly and gently they moved as one: guiding, cooing, laughing and giggling as they made love for the next several hours. They climaxed together over and over and over again. They'd collapse onto the bed, sweating and panting. And then they'd lie sleepily together in each others arms until he stirred again or she playfully sucked his cock to hardness once more.
Time passed and eventually servants brought in the mid-day meal. Lexi and he barely broke stride as Lexi had yet another orgasm just as the older nurse set down the trays of food.
The older nurse smiled to herself as she scurried out of the room. She thanked the gods for the healing powders they gave to Lexi and the Master as they recovered. She stifled a laugh, reminding herself that she was one of only a few who knows that the powders have a delightful side effect: once the body is healed, the powders heighten sexual appetite and response. No one knows exactly how long this effect lasts; this couple appeared to be testing it to the limit again and again and again.
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Lexi thought to herself and beamed. He is alive! He is awake! Her heart was still leaping; it had not stopped since the moment he awakened her with his lips on her skin. Her body was even more responsive to his touch, as though each delicate brush of his fingers on her skin was an electric shock. His firmer caresses affected her like fire, searing her utterly.