#9 kidnapped

Without even thinking twice, I raised my head a bit and kissed him, just a small peck on the lips but that did not satisfy Matt, of course, that would never satisfy him, his hormones had to be a hundred times more active than a random wolf.
He placed his lips on mine once again and my arms went to his neck, pulling him closer to me. This kiss felt undeniably better than the last one although that one was very special; it was our first shared kiss.
He kept one of his hands on her waist while the other one stayed as a support mechanism for his weight. She could tell his hands were itching to roam my body but his self-control was very strong, not like she would complain if he did but still, she didn't want to feel too needy.
Suddenly, she felt him nibbling on my lower lips asking to deepen the kiss. Teasing him, she kept her mouth shut with a small smirk placed on her lips. He growled and bit harshly on her lower lips making me groan and open her mouth slightly for him to slip his tongue through.

Their lips didn't have to battle for dominance, he had already won. I couldn't even tell when I became so submissive, so calm and level-headed. He pulled away once it got hard for them to breathe but he did not stop there,
he dove into my neck, right on the spot where he was to mark me as his, and started nibbling, sucking, and biting gently on her skin. He did this for quite a while, just randomly leaving love bites on my neck as she moaned into his touch.
Lilly's overbearing and sour attitude had been put behind her as she woke up from her sleep, she had never had such good sleep all her life. They had kissed almost throughout the night and he showered her with hickeys once they were both out of breath.
As she slept in his strong, powerful arms, she couldn't help but think about the events of the night before. She also discovered she was the only one in their sharing bed.

Her thoughts raced; had he vanished yet again? It was the same thing that happened the last time; she awoke and he was nowhere to be found. He left without a note but this time, he didn't, the note sat on the dresser with a single rose.
She picked up the rose first like the helpless romantic she was becoming and brought it up to her nose to smell with a smile on her face.
She dropped the rose on the bed and took the note, his familiar cursive handwriting wrote, 'Went for a stroll, see you at breakfast. P.S. Don't cover your neck.’
She was confused as to why he told her not to cover her neck. In realization, she gasped and ran to the bathroom to check the mirror, assessing her neck decorated in different sizes of purplish-colored bruises.
There was a knock on the door startling her, "Are you in there, my lady?", the maid asked from the other side of the door. A blush crept on Lilly's face, was the maid going to see her with a hickey-covered neck, not only the maid but all the castle staff.

"Yes, I'm here", Lilly said, rubbing her neck, "I'll be out in a minute, just want to take a shower", "Should I pick out your clothes?", the maid asked knowing the answer to the question,
"No", Lilly said quickly, "I'll do it myself", "Okay, my lady", the maid left the room. Once Lilly heard the click of the door closing, she stripped down to nothing and took a shower, scrubbing on the tender skin of her neck with a loafer like the hickeys will suddenly disappear.
Of course, the love bites did not leave, scrubbing them only made them look like nasty bruises! Groaning to herself as she left the bathroom, She decided to apply cold water to her neck which reduces the hickeys. Lilly left the room after taking a deep breath,
walking into the dining room, she came face to face with the culprit of the imprints on her neck. Seating at the end of the table, with a buffet in front of him. Sensing her arrival, he looked up with a handsome smile on his face and stood up to welcome her like a proper gentleman.

"Morning beautiful", he gave her a chaste kiss on her lip while she blushed furiously, a habit she had just started getting used to, a very bad habit in her view. "Morning", she smiled at him as he pulled out a seat for her, "Thank you", she sat down and he followed suit.
He was about to continue his work when he noticed the once beautiful hickeys were partly cleared. "Did you try to wipe the hickeys off?", he asked her in a condescending tone.
She could not tell if he was angry or disappointed by her actions. "I'm sorry", she replied meekly, "I thought you won’t want me to be seen with a hickey on my neck.
After breakfast, Matt stood up from his seat "Are you busy today?", he asked Lilly, "I'm not sure, I don't think so.
Why?", she questioned curiously, "I was hoping we could go out, horse riding around the castle", he told her. Horse riding? I am good at riding horses, I hope you are ready to get beaten,
sure "I'll love to he decided that he would not do anything today but spend quality time with Lilly, he had gone enough days without Lilly and he could not take it anymore, he needed to spend time with his chosen.

He pushed her plate back and took the fork out of her hands, he had noticed her playing with the food and knew she could not finish it, but, Lilly being the thoughtful person that she was, did not want to waste the food, "I need to finish that", she protested,
"Don't worry beautiful, I'll feed it to the poor", he assured her and she nodded, also getting up from her seat. "I have to change my clothes", she explained as she thought wearing a dress to ride a horse was absurd,
"You'll look beautiful in anything", he told her as he took her small hand into his rather big ones. A wide smile played upon her lips as she blushed shamelessly at the flattery,
"It's not because of that. I just don't think it's wise to wear a dress to ride a horse", "Why?", he acted like he genuinely did not know why she wanted to change her clothing just to put her on the spot and rile her up,
"If you want my underwear on full display, fine by me", she said knowing what he was doing, she wasn't a fool, she knew he knew exactly why she didn't want to wear a dress on a horse.

Firstly, it was so damn uncomfortable, and secondly, flashing her private parts was inevitable with a dress. I'll go change now", she takes her hand out of his and walks out of the room, leaving him dumbfounded.
She changed into a pair of bum shorts, a tank top, and a flannel shirt along with knee-high boots. She grabbed my leather satchel and left the room quickly, "My lady", a masculine voice called as she walked through the deserted corridors of the castle.
It was already noon and this was the time for the staff to take a couple of hours of rest, as ordered by Lilly herself. "Yes, Jack?", "My lady, the king has ordered me to escort you to the stables", he announced with a bow, "Very well Jack, lead the way",

He gave her another bow before he started walking towards the main doors and she followed suit. He started to head into the woods and she started getting worried since two other men from nowhere started following them.
“Jack, why are we headed towards the forest? I thought the stable was within the castle,” Jack replied; “the king demanded that you meet him outside.” Lilly became anxious as the men moved closer to them,
“Jack, what is happening, who are those men, why are they following us.” Jack replied; “My lady don’t bother yourself they are an escort provided by the king himself, my lady a carriage is here to pick you up to the place prepared by the king.”
As she was about to enter Jack the butler choked her with a handkerchief that had sleeping medicines.