Chapter 40: Just Another Asset: Let’s Take It Inside
The sound of shuffling cloth echoed as Elder Jane brushed her violently shaking arms against her face, flicking the veil slightly down. "This... this cannot be..."
Strands of her black hair dribbled at her side as she leaned forward with a pale face. "She is the Crimson Sovereign. How?"
Elder Jane’s golden, square communication crystal slipped from her fingers and clattered loudly against the marble floor. It hopped from the VIP pavilion and stopped at the front of the stadium, where the guards stood.
She gulped hard when she shifted her glance to the manner in which Maya Sirius hung limply in the arms of a male utility servant. "How is she... why is she looking at him like that?"
Elder Jane planted her arms on her waist, then squinted at Maya Sirius’s face, which flashed with unholy, breathless heat.
A low, dark chuckle echoed from Elder Jane’s left side when Lyra, the senior Battle Mage, turned toward her. "Her folded heart has now softened."
Lyra’s chest heaved when she felt the mark Levi had left on her sending waves of arousal through her veins. But she closed her eyes and brushed her palms on the hilt of her midnight-blue longsword. "The era of elders is over, Elder Jane."
Lyra’s blue eyes flashed with cold amusement as she walked to the right side of Elder Jane. "All of you thought you were bringing in an executioner to clean up a mess."
Strands of Lyra’s silver hair swayed upward as she brushed them back with her left arm. "But you didn’t know you were bringing our master, Levi Sirius, his greatest prize."
’Did I nearly say master?’ Lyra laughed inwardly, relaxing her shoulders.
Elder Jane sighed heavily in defeat as she looked away from the Battle Mage, her eyes pinning to the fine, powdery sand flying around at the center of the arena.
The hems of Maya’s crimson silk gown rippled around Levi’s skin as he tightened his grip around her slender waist.
A sunflower scent flew out of Maya’s hair and entered Levi’s lungs as he sniffed her chest. Just as he shifted his nostrils to her waist, the sharp, explosive scent of female arousal flooded his senses. ’Damn... I’ve got to utilize this now.’
A blue panel appeared before him when he felt streams of fluid snaking down from Maya’s thick thighs, sending a chill through his bones.
[Sovereign Submission Protocol: 45% Complete.]
[Target Core Analysis: Mid-Tier Master (Unstable).]
[Her external reserves are collapsing into you.]
[Current Aether: 500... 600... 800/1000.]
’Guess this will magnify it.’ Levi brushed his left palm toward Maya’s soft, wobbling ass, then squeezed the skin.
Maya’s crimson eyes turned drowsy and glassy, and she looked down at Levi. ’I don’t know what is going on with me...’
Her waist thudded against Levi’s stomach as the chest covering of her crimson gown split slightly from the top.
Levi slammed his face into the valley between Maya Sirius’s huge, gleaming breasts and sniffed her like crazy. "I wanna be in here all day."
Wet moans escaped Maya Sirius, but she bit her lower lip and closed her mouth, muffling them.
A thin line of saliva glistened at the corner of her squeezed, glossy lips as sharp, hot gasps flashed out.
Every single part of her magical network inside her body screamed as the alien energy intensified in her veins.
Chilled air flew toward her thighs from the parting base of her crimson gown and sent frozen chills through her camel toe to her inner walls. "What... what have you done to me?"
Her pale hands slid down Levi’s face and stopped at his chest as her body began to vibrate against his. "I am the Sovereign... I am the ruler of the east... but my core..."
She gulped hard and wrapped her left arm around Levi when he lowered her, as if she wasn’t ready to let go. "I... it wants something you have."
Strands of Levi’s brown hair frayed sideways as he shook his head slightly. "Your reign as Sovereign is over, Maya."
He brushed the fingers of his right hand against Maya’s chin, and she collapsed under his touch. Levi swerved his fingers down her cheeks, her jaw, then stopped at her neck.
Maya’s mouth opened like a fish in the sea when she felt Levi’s warmth seeping through her skin.
Levi loosened his grip on her plush flesh, then gripped her hard at the back of her neck. "From today onward."
He pulled Maya’s wine-colored hair back and leaned against her left ear. "You are just another asset in my court."
A mix of pain and lukewarm air flashed on her boneless skin when Levi bit her ear slightly and kissed it. "Now..."
Levi shifted his gaze toward the seats and glanced at the faces of the crowd as if they were his enemies. "Show the stadium exactly who owns the Crimson Sovereign."
Maya’s eyes widened with a massive, strangled gasp escaping her as she blinked at Levi’s neck.
The moment Maya grinned, Levi wrapped his hands around her slender waist and hoisted her over his broad shoulder like a trophy.
Maya’s long, flowing crimson silk gown draped over Levi’s back as he turned away from the royal boxes and walked toward the lavish carriage that sat near the arena’s closed gate.
Metal grinding sounds echoed as the four giant, crimson-winged beasts gagged and snarled toward Levi.
Dust plummeted upward as they slammed their sharp, jagged feet on the ground, carving holes in the dirt.
The carriage shook rapidly, but stopped when the creatures saw their empress on Levi’s shoulder.
They kept their burning gazes on the male servant, their teeth ready to break him apart, yet they were not approved to attack.
Terrified whimpers echoed from the beasts as they dropped their massive heads, a crimson glow flaring out of Levi’s eyes.
With a heavy jerk, the carriage’s heavy door swung open. "Let’s take it inside."
Levi grinned as he stepped into the carriage and tossed Maya roughly onto the plush, black velvet seat that filled the interior of the carriage.
Maya scrambled backward across the velvet as her wine-colored hair slapped against her face in a messy style.
The sound of shattering cloth echoed as Levi placed his palms on Maya’s crimson gown and tore it with a single pull from the top.
Her breasts bounced upward like ripe melons and gleamed in Levi’s eyes like gold.
His chest heaved as he crouched down, leaving just an inch between the soft mounds and his nose. ’It’s about to go down.’
Heated air bounced on the ground as the four beasts all flapped their wings and leaped from the earth.
Mia’s eyebrows furrowed as she watched the carriage slowly lift from the center of the arena. "Where is she taking him?"
She gripped the chest of her own sleeve and frowned.