Havoc of Betrayal

CHAPTER 13 - Memories

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CHAPTER 13

Mathias went straight to the baths once he was done. Entering without calling for servants, washing himself as best he could before he went to his chambers. He stopped at the door when he saw Axel there. Like each time Mathias had been with Eloise. He should've known his knight; his lover wasn't going to retire for the night before seeing him.

With a soft exhale, he shut the door behind him, tossing his jacket over a chair before starting to take off his shirt as he asked, "What are you doing here?"

Axel didn't answer, instead stood up, going to Mathias before his hands reached under his shirt, touching his skin, then he asked, "Where did she touch you?"

"Ax-..."

"Where?" Axel insisted, his hand skimming over Mathias's shoulders, "Here?"

"Stop-..."

"Here?" Axel asked, his hand running down Mathias's chest, "Tell me."

Mathias grabbed Axel's wrists, looking him in the eyes as he said, "Stop. She didn't touch me-..."

"Don't lie." Axel demanded.

"She didn't." Mathias repeated, "I had her face away from me. Like the last time and the time before. She didn't touch me, Axel."

Axel's hands slipped down Mathias's body to his hips before he leaned close, hovering over Mathias before he tilted his head down so their lips were close before he whispered, "If you are lying-..."

"I'm not." Mathias glared, stiffening when Axel's hand gripped him between the legs, a frown then caressing Axel's face.

"Your still hard. Have you not-..."

"I have. It is just the aphrodisiac Detrick gave me. It's intense." Mathias said, "Let go, the effect will fade on its own."

"Mathias, I will not leave you with the memory of her skin against yours." Axel glared.

Mathias closed his eyes, leaning forward till his forehead touched Axel's chest, breathing, "Why do you insist on making this harder than it is. As if the guilt isn't already eating at me."

"I do not care." Axel said. Axel then closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before he asked, "Do you want me to leave?" Mathias's hands involuntarily wrapped around Axel's arms, holding him in place as he shook his head. Axel sighed, pressing his lips to the top of Mathias's head before he said, "Then let me help you take care of that little problem."

"Knowing what happened tonight, you still want to?" Mathias asked, not daring look at Axel still.

Axel reached for Mathias's jaw, lifting his face so their eyes met before he said, "Because I know, I want to."

"It never felt good, Ax." Mathias told him, "Not as good as being with you. Never as being with you, love. I had to imagine it was you to feel anything. To be able to get the job done. Even with the aphrodisiac."

Axel leaned down, his eyes closed as he tilted his head before his lips molded against Mathias's in a deep kiss, then he whispered, "Get on the bed."

"Ax..." Mathias breathed as Axel stepped away from him, starting to undo his shirt. Mathias gulped, pushing his shirt off his shoulders before he started undoing his trousers, letting them fall to the ground. He then went to Axel, his fingers tracing the knight's abs, admiring his built as his lips brushed against Axel's for a kiss, but he was pushed away, only to land on the bed.

"You heard me." Axel said.

"I don't know if I like this side of you." Mathias muttered. Axel glared, advancing before climbing over Mathias, straddling his legs before pushing him down again, lips against his, nose brushing Mathias's before kissing him deeply, passionately. Robbing Mathias of his breath before Axel's fingers tangled in the king's hair. "I think I could learn to like it..."