“That’s right, deeper. Even deeper.”
He was rougher than River. With his hand wrapped in Ellen’s hair, he forcefully swung her head back and forth, thrusting into her open mouth again and again. However, the thick taste that filled her mouth wasn’t unpleasant. It even seemed to intensify the sensations spreading across her whole body.
“That’s right, just like that… A little faster, a little more….”
Suddenly, he pulled himself out of her mouth. While gasping for breath, Ellen looked up at him, tears in her eyes. The Duke of Madison, Ryder Pelbrook’s eyes flashed.
“Get up.”
He tugged on the chain hanging between her breasts, sending a tingling sensation running down from her chest to her crotch. While taking deep breaths, Ellen shakily got up.
“Just like before, bend over the sofa.”
Once Ellen had grabbed onto the sofa and raised her hips, his hands caressed the round flesh of her ass.
“When River puts this in you, do you enjoy it?”
As Ryder stroked the end of the pearl necklace with his hand, she felt a tingling sensation in the pit of her stomach.
“Y-yes…”
“What about when he takes it out?”
“Yes? A-Aah!”
Ryder pulled out the string of pearls in a much rougher and faster way than River ever had. Ellen arched her back and let out a sharp scream as the pearls fell to the floor, leaving her pink rosebud stretched wide open.
“Did River put his inside here?”
“N-no. He said that the Duke would enjoy it, so….”
It was only for a moment, but she felt him hesitate behind her. Then she felt his stiff shaft press against her now loosened sphincter.
“This might hurt a little.”
At this low, now slightly softer tone, Ellen hesitated for a moment, tightening her grip on the sofa, before asking,
“If… if I had just approached you, without all these things Lord River prepared for me, would you still have embraced me?”
Placing one hand on her lower back, Ryder pressed down slightly. The tip of his manhood rubbed its hot, sticky arousal into her backdoor.
He stayed silent for quite a while, continuing to rub the head of his cock against the entrance to her core. Once her body had fully relaxed once more, he pushed forward slightly. As Ellen held her breath, sensing her sphincter stretching open to fit him, he pressed her back down a little further, which in turn lifted her hips, and thrust even deeper into her.
“I probably wouldn’t have.”
Ryder’s voice sounded rough and bestial. Ellen closed her eyes. His words seemed to shred the hope hidden in the corner of her heart into pieces.
“If you’re asking if there was any interest on my part, then yes, there was. However, I have nothing of value to offer you. I have nothing left to offer anyone. As such, you would be much better off with River.”
As Ryder slowly sunk in deeper, his large body engulfed Ellen’s own. Ellen’s back was pulled up into his broad chest, and his breath brushed against the nape of her neck. Ellen gasped for breath as she felt her body be filled with his warmth, just like when she and River had first embraced.
“River will be much better for you. However… damn it, in the end, I’m still just a man. When a beautiful woman like you stands in front of me and presents her alluring ass, I can’t help myself.”
Ellen turned to look over her shoulder.
“You- you think that I’m beautiful?”
Ryder paused his movements for a moment to stare at her. His hand grasped her chin, and soon his face had drawn closer.
“When I first saw you in Her Majesty’s boudoir, I had something that I wanted to say to you.”
His hands brushed Ellen’s hair to one side.
“Don’t cover it. Everyone in the palace knows how this scar was created. None of it was your fault. There is no reason to feel ashamed.”
Ellen blinked her eyes rapidly. It almost felt like she was choking on something.
“But isn’t it ugly?”
“What did River have to say about it?”
Ellen’s lips fluttered open as Ryder pressed against her body even harder, and in a breathless tone, she replied,
“He told me that if I repeated that sort of thing, he would spank me.”
“Well, that’s at least one thing he got right.”
His hand slapped her ass with a loud crack. As a tingling shock spread across her hips, she gasped, her hips jerking, and his cock sunk even deeper into her.
“Lord Duke…”
“Ryder. While I have you, you should at least call me by name.”
After releasing a shaky breath, Ellen awkwardly called out, “Ryder….”
His breathing became even rougher. At the same time, his movements gradually accelerated, and she could feel his chest brushing against her back with each stroke.
“Good, now try and say it once more.”
“Ryder, Ryder!”
His movements slowly grew more assertive. After pulling halfway out of her, he forcefully thrust back into her, pulling out and then thrusting back in. The sound of flesh colliding against flesh could be heard as their bodies rocked back and forth, and with each thrust, her breasts and her loins were jolted with pleasure.
“Hah, hah, n-no it’s too much! Iyaah!”
“What’s my name?”
“Ryder, Ryder!”
When Ryder pulled on the chain hanging between her breasts with his other hand, a piercing explosion burst open inside her head. He was filling her body with his heat and stimulating the most sensitive parts of her body, all at once.
Ellen arched her back and cried out one last time, “Ryder!”
Ryder gently bit the nape of her neck. With this final stimulation pushing her over the edge, Ellen collapsed onto the sofa, and Rider also fell on top of her after releasing his hot climax inside of her.
It felt like her whole body was drenched in his heat, sweat, and the fruit of his climax. But strangely, she felt at ease even though the Duke had said that he had held no intention of ever embracing her. Because despite all of that, being held in his arms comforted her in a way that was different from when she was with River.
As Ryder pulled himself out of her, he could feel his seed dripping down from between his legs. Ellen’s body was likewise left damp and sticky as their mingled fluids trickled down her thighs. Ryder turned her body over and laid her down on top of the couch before raking his eyes over her blushing body.
“This will hurt.”
He carefully fiddled with the latches that held the rings tight around her nipples, releasing them. She bent over and gasped as the blood rushed back into those parts of her body with a chilling sensation.
“If you hadn’t noticed yet, River has a tendency to enjoy inflicting pain.”
Ryder lowered his head and gently sucked on a nipple. As Ellen gasped deeply, the lingering sensation of pain slowly began to subside.
After soothing her other nipple using the same method, he finally lowered his hand and placed it between her legs. However, instead of releasing the last, most sensitive part of her body, his hand slowly began to caress her hot, wet loins. A slightly surprised expression crossed his face.
“Is this because of me?”
Ellen’s face couldn’t blush any redder if it tried. Biting her lip in embarrassment, she slowly nodded her head. Ryder stared down at her. His eyes darkened like a storm-crossed sky.
“If you’ve got this wet because of me, then I have no choice but to clean you up myself.”
“Yes? Oh no, Lord Duke – I mean, Ryder – you don’t need to do that. No, please do- Ahah!”
He pulled her hips over to the edge of the sofa, grabbed her knees, and spread her legs wide open. Then starting with her drenched thighs, he began to deliver one lick after another. At first, Ellen tried to push him away, but at some point, she got caught up by the flood of sensations, and all thought was washed away.
***
At the sound of the door opening, Ryder turned his head. River was leaning against the side of the half-open doorway with his arms crossed.
Ellen was curled up beneath the blanket, sleeping like a child. Ryder got out of bed and followed River back into the drawing-room, careful not to wake her.
“It looks like you two enjoyed yourselves?”
At River’s casual inquiry, Ryder turned to face his brother with a frown.
“What were you thinking? Lady Ellen is different from all those other noble ladies wandering around inside the palace. Why did you order her to do this sort of thing?”
“Ellen needs someone who will take care of her. Before she came here, she’s never had someone willing to protect her. Let alone the Earl of South Horn, all the others in her life treated her with the same disregard. Only her Majesty was willing to find out what kind of person Ellen truly was, and having finally found someone who recognized her value; Ellen has offered her loyalty in return. Don’t you feel like protecting her from this damned palace and its infestation of nobles?”
Ryder continued to frown at his brother.
“She has you, doesn’t she.”
“I am just a knight without a title. Do you really think that that can compare with a duke’s protection?”
“Even without dragging me into your relationship, if it’s the woman that you chose, I would do whatever I could to protect her.”
“But it still wouldn’t compare to if you held real feelings for her.”
Ryder rubbed his face as if exhausted by this line of conversation and took a seat on a sofa. As if it had been purposefully left as evidence of the passionate night that had been shared on top of it, the opposite couch was in complete disarray, but River sat on it without a care.
“Brother, I know that you’re interested in Ellen.”
Ryder scowled at his brother, the furrow between his brow so deep that it looked like it might never disappear.
“Of course you do; I’m the one who told you her story. However, without any regard for that, you swooped in and seduced Lady Ellen.”
River shrugged his shoulders.
“It wasn’t something that I had planned to do. I had initially intended to calmly court her and escort her over once we were both able to meet her together, but once she took off her clothes in front of me… Since you’ve seen it as well, you should understand, brother. After having that lovely body offered to me, what else could I do?”
“Last night was just because of a dry spell,” Ryder muttered.
River shrugged once again.
“You need someone beside you to keep you watered. If left to your own devices, you couldn’t even be trusted to keep yourself fed properly. Although it seems that Her Majesty is looking out for your needs, she’s a busy person and can’t be everywhere.”
After rubbing his face once more, Ryder looked his brother in the eyes.
“I will not object to your relationship with Lady Ellen. However, I… I won’t be of any help to the two of you.”
“What nonsense.”
Ryder slammed his fist down on the table.
“Your relationship doesn’t need two men in it anyway! How did you think that it was going to work? Did you really think we’d be able to get married like their majesties? Or else do you believe that I should marry Lady Ellen, just because I carry the ducal title, while you simply stand aside?”
“It doesn’t matter how it works. The important thing is that hopefully, I won’t be the only one devoted to keeping Ellen safe. Also, it would be nice if, through our relationship with Ellen, the two of us could become a little more… honest with each other.”
“Have I done anything wrong by you? If so, just tell me. Because I will correct my mistakes.”