There's a Lump in My Tail

One Chance

Initially she wanted to rampage through the grove and attack everything in sight including Zhe Yan.  Once she realized who her secret lover was, the anger was instant.  She had never had much patience for anything, especially deceit, but for it to have come from Zhe Yan was unforgiveable and a hundred different tortures passed through her mind as she sat naked beneath the tree staring at that bathing pool where it had all begun.

She had already worked out that her secret lover must have been there snooping on her bathing and of course, that would have increased his courage to not only entice her to him, but to also have Zhe Yan aiding him, suggested the two were not only in it together, but they'd had more than enough fun at her expense.

The tears were close to falling.  She felt so foolish for not having figured them out so quickly, though thinking about it now, it was obvious how Ye Hua had figured out her right from the start after all she was the only white nine tailed fox in existence.  Only to have gone this long without realizing, only made her angrier and no sooner was she on her feet and returning to the hut, then a a few of those earlier thoughts began to take route as a plan of sorts came together.

It would have been so easy to rampage her way through the hut and into Zhe Yans chamber where she was already counting how many feathers she could pull from his body in under a few seconds, or at least until Bai Zhen reacted.  It would also be far too easy to do to him what she had done to her lover aka Ye Hua.  In fact, beating him to feathery pulp was her first thought.

Only by the time she arrived back at the hut, her mind was far clearer.  He was certainly going to pay for his part in deceiving her, throwing her at a complete stranger, only to then literally throw her into a marriage with him straight after.  And of course she knew she could have ended it immediately instead of giving in to those warm hands, soft lips and rock hard lump that was still making her giddy thinking about it.

Only she wasn't the one who had deceived herself.  She wasn't the one who had then led herself into a marriage with him,  she wasn't the one who snuck into her chamber in the middle of the night to force her back to the tree and she wasn't the one who continued the deceit by acting all innocent and blameless when she met with his real self.  

And it was then that she realized how Ye Hua had made it into the hut unheard by Zhe Yan.  If anything, Ye Hua would never have made it to the top of the stairs without his knowledge, so it was obvious that Zhe Yan had also allowed Ye Hua free reign over her body and entirely against her will.

Or at least partially.... she corrected herself,  But still, if anyone should have known better, it was Zhe Yan, she thought angrily to herself as she made her way to her own chamber to lie back down.  Retaliating now would defeat the purpose of a plan that she was still trying to figure out and seeing as those two men, had enough fun at her expense, she was going to make sure she had hers, then closing her eyes, she drifted back to sleep with a small smile on her face.

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Three days later.

A date with Ye Hua had been arranged through her mother and this time at a small sanctuary for rare butterflies within Qing Qius vast forest which housed many other rare creatures that her father had taken a liking.  It was also their first date without an escort, because her mother deemed them both old enough to maintain order and decorum while also giving them a little space to just talk without their elders watching and listening.

"This butterfly haven is one my favourite places to visit because there are some species here you won't find anywhere else in the world." she informed him as one such giant speciment flew straight across their path and forcing Ye Hua to take evasive action.