Wicked Reign

The Power Couple Under The Sheets

"It's morning already, Cory. We should stop," Tori plead. Pushing his face from her chest, he only answered her action by tightening his arms around her upper torso.

Tori was now lying on top of him. A flimsy robe separated their bodies just because the emperor wanted to do it inside the tub. She thought she was the epitome of lewd but her husband brought the word to a whole kind of level.

Though her position was very comfortable for her, Tori's back was aching like crazy from the hours spent on wrestling against each other – not that she did not like it but her husband was simply a beast!

Corean groaned lowly but he did not push his hardened cock into her like he always did the entire night. Seeing that the sunlight was peeking through the curtains – he knew it was time for the servants to stand outside the chambers. "Fine."

Though he said it was fine, Tori was biting her lips to stop herself from cackling. Her husband acting cute was a damn turn on for her; but like she said, it was already morning and they had to talk. She meant the talk without humping and grinding along with moans.

'As we lay here, the plot is still turning.' Tori thought.

Tori decided to slide her body from him, taking the right side of the bed with a good amount of distance – an arm length away from Corean in which it caused him to grunt in annoyance that earned him a light smack on the chest for her.

"Behave, my king." Though her voice was stern, Tori was biting her lips hard to stop the corners of her lips from curling up.

But it was all in a naught, when her eyes wrinkled already. Propping her elbows on the bed, she looked at him. "So... how shall we deal with this so-called Golden King? You know that they are eyeing our empire, right? I am yet to warm my ass on the throne, I don't and I won't have any plan to give any Tom, Dick, and Harry a chance to seize it."

Her husband rose to sit on the bed, his back against the headboard of the bed. Gone was the spark of mischief in Cory's golden eyes as he looked ahead. With his arms crossed before him, his wavy brown hair framed his strong jaws and sharp cheeks.

'Ooh, that is a fine man right there.' Tori could not help her lewd mind from speaking up, not when in the presence of the emperor whom she owned and conquered. After all, he was renowned for his popularity among women even when he was the Usurper and the Kin Slayer.

Her train of thoughts was snapped back to reality when her husband spoke in a much lower voice. "I would like to see them try." The corner of his lips curled up but his eyes were exuding a dangerous glint. This was the imposing aura which Tori loved and feared.

"Then what are you waiting for? Wash up and let's start planning."

"Beat them in their own game, my queen. Our plan, my plan, your plan, whatever plan it is... as long as it is the two of us against the enemies, I am never worried."

Gone was the seductive smile on Tori's face, replaced with the reality behind the fierce and wicked façade.

A charming smile erupted from Tori's face as she sat before him, her arms crossed before her chest. "Oh-ho, I never know that we are this compatible, ymy king. Your idea is so sexy that I want to bash your head up just to see what you are thinking every minute of every day." Though Tori spat a sexual innuendo towards her husband, the latter only shook his head while the tinge of amusement swirled behind his sparkling predatory golden eyes.

Tori, who was equally amused with their new found bond, continued what she wanted to say. "It is a pity, truly, that the Kingdom of Altera chose us as enemies."

"They are doing this for a noble cause, or so they believed."

This time, Tori crawled towards her husband. "Then let them have a 'noble' death. The soil of the empire will be their burial grave."

The entire time, her rubyred eyes never left his golden ones as if she was enticing him to look at her only. Like a female predator stalking a prospective mate, her moves were slow yet with purpose. And her purpose? To straddle him under her in which she did after a fraction of minute, seeing that there was not enough distance between them in the first place.

With her sitting on his lap, Tori linked her arms around his neck – their nose barely touching each other as she whispered, her hot breath fanning over him. "Ask me anything... anything, and I will deliver it to you, my love. Anything like... that king's head or... me."

Clasping his jaws with both of her soft palms, Tori continued. "Say it, my love, my king."

His eyes were as sharp as hawk at he stared up at her. In a low voice, he answered. "First, never and I mean never, put yourself in danger. This will be a big help for me already, more than you can possibly imagine, my queen. I know you are a very capable woman and I love you more because of that – that is always what matters most to me. You understand me, right?"

From his words, Tori could not help but leaned down to meet and devour his lips like he did to hers a couple of hours ago. The touching of their lips brought zaps of lightning bolts wracking her body. She thought that her hips were on the verge of giving out, but one simple orgasm-worthy kiss made her change her mind. "You are really a certified rogue, my love."

Tugging her long golden locks, Corean tilted his gaze up to her as his smile was both proud and naughty. "This rogue is only a beast towards you, my queen, only for you."

Snorting, which was very an unlady like action for an empress, the emperor only shook his head upon realizing how many times they had strayed from their main topic because of their never-ending libido. He could compare themselves to a pair of bunnies which heads were filled with humping all day.

For Corean, the Kingdom of Altera could wait... the so-called Golden King could wait... but his royal honeymoon could not!

"My love, I am not a canary under your wings. Wherever you go, I go. Be it a battlefielf, a field of roses, or even hell itself. We are one entity. You hear me, Corean Shuia Eckrett?"

Snapping himself from reverie, he could only nod from his wife's stern question. "Victoria Rozenreff Eckrett, we are one entity. As long as the two of us stay together, we can topple empires and build dynasties. You are my equal. This empire is yours as it's mine, always remember that."

Corean's heartfelt words were cut off by Tori's sharp voice. " –I don't like some of your words. Like I said, no one can take what's mine. And this empire? No one will take it from us and from our people. The Kingdom of Altera's noble cause? I will smash it to smeatherens for all I care."

Clutching both his shoulders as she shook him with a pair of eyes that were filled with glaring warning. Tori continued. A glint of darkness flashed in her eyes as she remembered the Season 3 of the series Thorny Crown.

'I need to verify some things. After changing the story's plot and characters to some extent, I need to know if the world's plot is still the same. By then, I can make preparations and proper plans for the incoming enemies.'

'And if it indeed follows the series' plot, then what? I did not finish watching the freaking series! The author died in the first place! This is my fault... If something happened to my friends and to my husband, it is because I was so stupid! So stupid!'

Biting the insides of her cheek to stop her obsessive self from lashing out, she failed to control the translucent liquid trickling down her chin – eliciting a faint gasp from Cory.

"H-Hey! Why is my wife crying, huh?" Cory engulfed his wife with warm embrace as he pressed her crying face into his chest. Realization dawned upon him when he finally realized what was making her shed her prized waterworks. Kissing her head several times, the frantic emperor sighed before he continued his words carefully as if he was treading on thin ice. He was completely at loss against his wife. She was his weakness after all.

"Tell me what is wrong, my love, and I promise I will solve it."

"Let us grow old together, Cory. Promise me!"

He wiped off the tears on her wet cheeks using his thumb. "We will."