The Arcane Rebellion- The Arcane Series #1

Chapter 36

Layla

I was alone in my room, staring at the letter sir Neville slipped me, a bit afraid to open it.

I gathered my courage, took a deep breath and opened the note.

'Meet me behind the blacksmith's shop next to the weeping willow at three in the morning. Don't be late.', the note read, signed off by sir Neville himself. It left me wondering what he wanted and what I had to do with it.

There was a knock on my door so I quickly hid the letter in the drawer of my desk, turning my chair around to face the door just as Xavi walked in, slowly closing the door behind him.

"Hey.", he said softly, coming over to me and placing a soft kiss on my lips.

"Hey. Is everything okay?", I asked him as he sat down on my bed.

He nodded and chuckled. "I should be asking you that. You haven't left your room in hours.", he noticed, looking at me with a caring and slightly concerned expression. I felt bad that I was going to lie to him and I knew I shouldn't do that, but the lie left my lips before I could think about it twice.

"Yeah, I just, uh- I didn't really feel well after everything.", I said, surprised it was not a complete lie. I got up, going over to him and sitting down beside him.

"I wanted to talk to you about that. What happened in there? One moment you were completely calm and the next you just tensed and lunged at the guy. I'm not saying he didn't cross a line, I'm just confused as to what happened.", he explained and I sighed, taking his hand in my and placing a soft kiss on it before speaking.

"I don't know, I just- I tried controlling myself, I really did, but I just couldn't.", I lied, hoping he wouldn't figure it out. The truth was, I lunged at him because he told me to. I was too curious, for the better or the worse, about the note he needed to give me.

Xavi looked at me with a hint of suspicion, but in an attempt to comfort me, he put a hand on my thigh, rubbing it with his thumb. I looked up at him and put my hand on his cheek, pulling him into a kiss.

I brought my hands up around his neck, pulling him even closer to me. He put his other hand, the one that was not on my thigh, on my waist, pulling me into him.

I got up only for a moment so I could change my position, sitting down on his lap and straddling him. Xavi put his hands on my hips, moving them so I was grinding against him, softly panting in my ear.

The sound sent a shiver down my spine and my skin tingled with anticipation.

He removed my hand from his neck, intertwining our fingers and bringing my hand down, placing it on his hard crotch, a shaky breath leaving his mouth as I cupped his hardening bulge.

"Please, little raven.", he whimpered, repeating his pleads like a chant and I gently pushed him down onto my bed, getting off of him just so I can take off my clothes. He watched me the whole time and I could feel his gaze going over my body. He took off his shirt and put it down at the end of the bed, leaving his trousers on.

I turned around to face him, slowly walking toward him before getting down on my knees before him and putting my hands on his knees. For a moment, his eyes widened in shock, before he took a deep breath to recollect himself.

He put a finger under my chin, making me look at him as his thumb played with my lips, parting them lightly.

I trailed my hands up his thighs, slowly and teasingly unbuttoning his trousers and pulling them down to his ankles. He shivered, his eyes full of lust and anticipation.