It was late the next day when Cwen journeyed to the house of her brother-in-law. She rode alone on horseback, as the light was fading, snow falling softly upon her and upon the enormous trees, almost black in the twilight. Alone in this silent landscape, darkness beginning to surround her, she felt afraid. A brave woman, well used to this harsh landscape and the cry of the wild beast that inhabited it, she was not afraid of anything around her β she was afraid of what lay ahead.
She wept in anger and frustration β acknowledging her fears and hating herself for them. In thirty years she had never bowed to another man nor woman β yet here she was, being controlled by her husband and fearing the whore who had stolen his heart.
She had tried every way she knew to win her husband's favour back, but he was resolute and had stubbornly refused her. He barely spoke to her, he turned from her body and when she had woken him that morning with her mouth around his sleeping cock he had thrust her away violently. Sex, her only bargaining tool, had become worthless, so it was with a heavy heart and frustrated body she saw her only option was to return Emma to their home.
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When Stefan's house loomed out of the darkness before her she dismounted, shook the snow from her cloak, and stepped up to the door. She heard them before she reached it. In the gloom and silence of the snowy night she could hear the animal sounds of sex β guttural, grunting sounds made in his throat mingled in the air with breathy mewling cries and in spite of herself Cwen felt the immediate trickle of moisture between her legs.
She entered the house unheard and unseen, following the sounds. She was drawn towards the bed chamber and stepped softly to the doorway, and in spite of her preparation she could barely believe the sight before her.
Emma was knelt on all fours on the low bed, head thrown back in ecstasy, eyes tight shut. Stefan knelt behind her, his pelvis thrusting back and forth, banging against her soft, rounded rump, his naked body taut β every muscle building its own clawing tension as the thrusting pace quickened. He held Emma's hair, his hands woven deep within the soft brown curls, holding her head back as she pushed against him, desperate to feel him deeper within her.
Cwen could barely stand to see it β to see the beautiful, ripe softness of the woman's body, the hard lines and delicious tension in Stefan's face. She moved her hand against the front of her gown and pressed hard through the folds of fabric to feel her own desire; her pussy ached to join them, juices now running freely as a mark of her desperation. The small movement rustled her cloak and Stefan looked up to see her for the first time.
If he was shocked it didn't register and he did not break his stride, still pistoning back and forth, each thrust shaking her body, rocking her fine, rounded breasts and increasing the urgency of her cries.