Total pages in book: 119
Estimated words: 112849 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 564(@200wpm)___ 451(@250wpm)___ 376(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112849 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 564(@200wpm)___ 451(@250wpm)___ 376(@300wpm)
I could feel my orgasm building, could feel her tensing up around me, and I knew it was time. I slipped my hand between her legs and rubbed where she was slick and slippery until she let out a long moan. Her orgasm started to build, her body tensing up and then exploding around me. I grabbed her hips and shoved myself in as deep as I could go, holding her there as I came, my body jerking with pleasure so encompassing, I felt like my head was put on backward.
I stayed there until we both finished, her body going limp beneath me, and then I withdrew, rolling over to my side and staring at her.
She was breathing hard, her chest heaving, and a satisfied smile playing on her lips, their color a deep red, bruised from my own lips. I felt a sense of calm wash over me, a sense that everything was going to be okay.
She looked at me, her eyes deepening in color as the sun shifted, the pink of her cheeks fading. Then a look of fear came across her pale brow.
“What is it?” I asked, my voice hoarse.
She rubbed her lips together, the line between her delicate brows deepening. “I have to tell you something…”
“Tell me what?” I sat up a little, propped up by my elbow.
She swallowed, her throat moving softly and I was struck by the most unbecoming notion, that I should bite her neck, that I should sink my teeth into her tender flesh, and drink her blood.
I had to swat that feeling away, it was too far gone from any of the other lewd thoughts that would pop into my head from time to time. It felt dangerous in ways I couldn’t understand, but soon would very well.
She didn’t seem to notice how I was staring at her neck. “I’m pregnant,” she said.
The words hit me like a fallen tree. I could scarcely believe it.
“Pregnant?” I repeated, feeling like the world was tilting on its axis and I was given yet another path to go on in this life. “Are you sure?”
She bit her lip and nodded. I could sense in her the conflict she was feeling, like a sixth sense was suddenly bestowed upon me. She was happy it was my baby, for it was mine, but she was scared of how I would react, and scared what to do about it after.
But the honest truth was, I was happy. I was ecstatic. I should have felt the fear she had, the impossibility of the situation, but I didn’t feel that way at all.
“I don’t know what to do…” she said, trailing off, looking away.
I sat up and reached for her, fingers under her chin, making her look at me. “You don’t know what to do? You’re going to have our baby, Mina. Isn’t that what you want?”
She nodded, a bright sparkle returning to her green eyes. “It is. But I don’t know how I can. I want you to be the father but…they can’t find out. They would kill me.”
Normally when one says their father would kill them, it’s an exaggeration. But with Mina, I knew the general would do it. I’d seen him slaughter women and children alike. His own daughter would not be spared.
“Did you tell anyone other than me?” I asked.
She shook her head but then stopped. “Only my handmaiden. I didn’t tell her but she knew.” My eyes went wide but she rushed on to assure me. “Don’t worry. I have known her since I was a baby. She would never tell. She is like a mother to me.”
I could only hope that was true. Either way, I didn’t want to stick around and find out. I grabbed her hand and put it to my mouth, kissing her palm. “We will find a way. We can escape to where they won’t find us.” I didn’t know where that could be, considering the Russians had taken most of the country, but that didn’t seem to matter at that moment.
I watched as her shoulders lightened and tension left her jaw. “Okay. We will have to leave soon before they can tell.” She reached down and rubbed her belly. Under her layers of her dress, you couldn’t tell and even when I put my hand there it felt normal to me. That was until I felt a surge of warmth and electricity come up from her belly and into my hand. I had never felt anything like that before, it was like I was feeling life itself. I could practically see lightning traveling up my arm.
“Where do you think we’ll go?” Mina said, oblivious to what happened.
“I don’t know,” I said after a moment, distracted by the feeling of pure life beneath my hand. What was happening to me?