A low murmur echoed through the grand hall as music played softly in the night air and lords and ladies reveled in the nature of those who ruled with absolute power. Sitting upon a silver throne the high king surveyed the instruments of his power, his face stony and grim but his eyes gleaming with a desire for even more. Many lords requested an audience with the king, a chance to expand their own status while weakening their enemies, yet few of them would find what they sought instead only finding themselves to be pawns in the king's own schemes.
Through the throng of lords dressed in the latest fashions and ladies painted to appear younger than they in fact were a lone figure moved, a sable black cloak flowing from his shoulders. The man was dressed simply, a black silk shirt and black leggings tucked into doeskin calf boots dyed a midnight black, but his bearing and piercing dark eyes forced men's eyes to turn down and seem shabbily dressed in their finery. As their men's eyes turned down the ladies' eyes were drawn to this stranger, admiring the grace with which he moved, the sureness of his step and the youthful look of his face, and among those gazes many burned with lust.
The young man smiled to himself and let his eyes sweep brazenly over the ladies, their own gazes dropping unable to meet his, though a few attempted to hold their heads up they too succumbed to the urge to silently submit. Ignoring the man standing beside her the youth strode surely up to a young lady and took her hand in his, guiding her to the dancing room as her husband watched, dumbstruck. The lady found herself at first taken aback at this man's arrogance but something drew her to him and soon she found herself lost in his eyes as he led her confidently through the complex dance.
It wasn't until a cough from behind her that she realized the dance had ended and she was pressing herself tightly against the man's form, her fingers lightly caressing over the soft silk of his shirt. Turning the lady found her husband, his eyes blazing with jealousy he snatched her hand and pulled her roughly from the youth, his voice sharp, "Your nerve sir, is insulting."
The stranger turned to look at the jealous husband, his eyes cold as they locked with the fuming lord, the voice that came from between the stranger's lips froze the marrow of the lord, "What's insulting is your inability to know when a better man is present." With that the stranger stepped past the lord and offered the lady his hand, who wordlessly took it. As the still fuming lord glared at his back the stranger led the young woman from the grand hall and out into a waiting carriage.
As the carriage carried them away the young lady found herself wondering what had possessed her to leave with this young stranger but as he watched her she found herself shifting her legs demurely in an attempt to quench the fire that was beginning to burn within her. Gently, the stranger reached out and caressed her face with the tips of his fingers, the touch nearly sending her plummeting over the edge. The stranger glanced outside and knocked on the roof of the carriage; the young lady looked out and gasped as she realized that they were in front of her husband's manor. Her eyes showed their fear as they turned back to the stranger who only grinned and stepped from the carriage, helping her down.
The stranger took her arm in his and led her up into the house as if he owned it; the few servants still awake saying nothing about this young man entering with the lady of the house. With a confidence she found alluring the man led her to the bedroom she shared with her husband and pulled her into his arms, his lips quickly finding her own. With a hunger that both scared and excited her, the stranger's tongue forced between her lips while one of his hands slowly tangled in her blonde curls. The lady found herself moaning into the kiss, her tongue seeking out his and matching his passion as her body pressed wantonly against his. Breaking the kiss and stepping back from her, the stranger grinned, his voice husky and serving to stoke the fires within her veins when he spoke, "Undress for me, Jassilynne."
Not caring how this youth knew her name, Jassilynne moved to obey him, her fingers lifting to the ties of her dress and slowly undoing them. With her dress pooled at her feet in a satin puddle Jassilynne lifted her eyes to meet the hungry gaze of the strange young man and as she did she found herself growing even more excited, her husband never looked at her with such obvious lust and so she slipped the straps of her silk shift from her shoulders and let it join her dress. The cool night air caressed over her naked skin causing her nipples to tighten into small berries and the stranger lifted her effortlessly into his arms and carried her to the bed.
Laying her down lightly the youth deftly unbuttoned his shirt revealing a lightly tanned chest, muscled and sculpted, Jassilynne lifted her fingers to drag her nails feather soft down his chest and slide his shirt from his arms. A groan slipped from his lips as her fingers slid down to press against the growing bulge in his leggings. Stepping from her curious fingers the man grinned mischievously and slowly undid his belt, followed by the ties of his leggings. Stepping from his boots and letting his leggings drop to the floor the young man chuckled softly as Jassilynne gasped when she caught sight of his manhood.