"Come to bed, Valerie."
"No, thanks." Val was curled up in her favorite armchair in their bedroom, plucking at a lyre Zeus had shown rare kindness in bestowing her early that morning, complete with an instruction booklet on how to play a lyre.
"That wasn't a request, little one." His voice was much closer than it had been. She looked up and tensed when instead of where she'd seen him last by the fireplace, he was looming over her, a foot away from the chair.
"I said no, thank you." She gave him a tired look then resumed trailing her fingers over the lyre and looking at how the strings vibrated, pretending she was fine, that she wasn't wary or frightened or worried. She'd been through similar moments, she'd been through worse. She'd be fine, she'd be just fine. She focused harder on the strings, on how they felt under her fingers, how they sounded when she plucked them separately and combined with others to make a cord. Thankfully, Zeus simply stood there. He was likely furious, but her stomach fluttered at the small victory.
"Know your place," he snarled suddenly, grabbing her arm and yanking her to her feet, the lyre and book falling to the floor as she struggled in his grip. With his other hand, he reached for the bodice of her dress and yanked down. The fabric of her silk dress tore with a horrifying ripping noise down the front, sending plastic beads scattering across the floor. She looked up at him, trembling, arms at her sides, fingernails pressing into her palms. "I just wantedβ" His eyes narrowed and she snapped her mouth shut, swallowed, and tried again. "I-I'm sorry," she whispered, voice wavering.
"That's better." He let go of her arm, eyes softening, then he cupped her cheek, thumb rubbing along her cheekbone as he tilted her head up. "I can't stay mad at you," he murmured, "not when you've got a face like that and a body that rivals any nymph's." His hand ran through her hair, down her neck, stroked her shoulder then wrapped around her waist and pulled her to him, drawing her into a heady kiss that left her mind spinning and trying to recover while he tripped her into their marriage bed.
"Ah!" Val gasped, landing on her back, legs dangling off the edge as Zeus chuckled and stepped between her legs, eyes dark and glinting with obscene promises.
"Move to the center of the bed," he purred, smirking as she scurried to obey him. "Lie down, legs spread apart, hands at your sides."
Her stomach churning, she complied, not daring to shut her eyes.
"Spread your legs," he said as he crawled onto the bed, knelt in front of her, and put her legs over his shoulders. His hands massaged her bare stomach and hips before slowly sliding her panties down, lifting her legs one by one to get them off completely and then back down on his shoulder. Zeus gave her a lecherous look, winked then cupped her sex with a hand, sliding his middle finger along her slit, grinning when she moaned.
"Not really wet at all, but it feels good, doesn't it? That's all I want you to feel, sweetling. Why don't you listen better?"