Disclaimer: All characters are above 18 years of age, all characters are consenting adults, and this story contains very poorly written sex since this is my first time writing about it. Read at your own risk.
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Light filtered through the silk curtains of the Carhaxos estate. All was quiet, save for the busy work of the servants performing their daily chores. Persephone stirred, the fabled Peacock Knight being a heavy sleeper and not one for mornings. The warmth of the sun's gift gracefully kissed her bronze skin and dark chocolate hair.
Need to get up.
Was all she could muster in her sleep-drugged mind, and almost mechanically did she rise from her soft bed. The soft silks tenderly falling off of her hardened body as she made her way to the washbasin, the warmth of the water betraying the recent entrance of the servants.
The bath will have been drawn by now.
She sleepily made her way across the room to her bath, the many mirrors along the way reflecting the groggy, naked, and beautiful knight in all of her glory.
She pushed open the door and was making her way to the bath when a startled scream awoke Persephone. The trained, albeit defenseless, knight leapt to action. Toned muscles and hardened instinct taking over as her body coursed with adrenaline, she turned towards the threat and saw... a servant girl.
There was a sigh from Persephone, and she approached the scared servant. An elf, one of the woodland varieties it would seem by her chocolate skin and eyes.
"P-pardon me miss!" The girl covered her eyes, "I didn't expect you awake so soon!"
Confusion, Persephone paused for a moment before decency grabbed hold of her and she grabbed a cloth to cover up. "No, forgive me. I did not expect anyone still in here", her dazzling golden gaze turned to the girl. "You can look now".
There was a wiggle to the elf's ears and her hands lowered from her face. Persephone noticed that the girl was blushing. To be expected, she had just had the fortune to see one of the most beautiful women in the entire kingdom bare.
"What's your name? I don't recall ever seeing you before", the knight asked as she lowered herself into the bath, doing away with the cloth once submerged. An attempt to make the encounter less awkward.
"M-Mariva, Lady Carhaxos". She stuttered out, still not quite looking towards Persephone. "Today is my f-first day in your service, your brother sent me".
With that Persephone frowned, her rambunctious twin brother Gugalanna had sent this girl? No wonder she was so nervous, this was likely a prank from her brother.
"You can look at me you know; I will not be offended". She spoke softly, offering a warm smile in the hopes that it would soothe the girl. "Pray, tell me why my brother sent you?"
It worked, Mariva's head turned with a faint gasp as she looked at Persephone, the blushing elf growing darker. "H-he did not tell you?"
"Tell me what?" A brow lifted, Persephone was curious. She also could not help but offer a faint grin at the elf's blushing. "I received no news from him. In fact, that last we spoke was a month ago after his chariot race".
Mariva nodded "Yes Lady Carhaxos, he said he had mentioned finding you a partner".
"A partner?" The words gave Persephone pause. Those were not the ones her brother had so... eloquently shared with her. He had instead, as usual, opted to be more vulgar and base with his phrasing. Telling his twin that she needed a 'good fucking' some time. The remembrance prompted an exhausted sigh from the weary knight.
"Y-yes". Mariva nodded. "He said that you were looking for someone and that he thought I would be perfect?" The elf laced her fingers together, clearly anxious at the thought.
A cruel joke.
Persephone thought herself, distaste stinging her tongue. She was likely from the Bronze or Tin districts of the city; she could not refuse an order such as this from a family such as the Carhaxos. She looked at the girl in sympathy, she would decline in a way that did not offend. And she would ensure that her brother was never served by Mariva again.
"And what do you think?" The words barely escaped Persephone's lips before she panicked. Why did she say that?