Chapter 351: Feather Light (Part One)
Soft golden firelight flickered across Ashlynn and Nyrielle’s entangled bodies as they lay on a dark fur blanket, luxruiating in the warmth of the fire and the feeling of their skin sliding over each other with a faint oily slickness after Nyrielle’s massage.
"My darling," Nyrielle whispered after several moment of quiet, comfortable touch. "You’ve left me feeling as light as a feather, but I hunger for more. Now that you’ve worked your witchcraft on me," she teased. "Will you submit to my whims?"
"Of course," Ashlynn said. "I will always submit to your will," she added, gently caressing Nyrielle’s cheek with the back of a finger. "It’s you who allows me to be so willful," she teased, turning Nyrielle’s head toward her so she could bestow a gentle, chaste kiss on her lover’s lips.
"Then indulge me in a game," Nyrielle said as she scooped Ashlynn up and carried her toward the large, four poster bed that dominated one wall in the room. "You worked hard to sharpen your senses, didn’t you, my love?" Nyrielle asked as she set Ashlynn down atop the satin bedspread. "How much do you trust your them?"
"I can hear an insect hunting more than a thousand paces away," Ashlynn boasted playfully. "And I can smell one stalk of tymme in a basketfull of rosemary. Why, do you want to test me?"
"Yes, I do," Nyrielle said playfully before she sauntered across the room to retrieve a few items from a pouch she wore with her dress. The first was a dark, midnight blue silk handkerchief and the second...
"That’s not one of your feathers, is it?" Ashlynn asked when she saw the long, slender feather in Nyrielle’s hands. The feather was so long, in fact, that it had to be curled back on itself just to fit in the small pouch.
"No, I wouldn’t dream of using one of my feathers on you like this," Nyrielle said as she returned to the bedside. "But, if it pleases you, you can pretend that it is. Now, are you ready to play a game?" Nyrielle asked with a glint of challenge in her eyes.
"For you, I’m willing to do anything," Ashlynn replied, echoing Nyrielle’s earlier promise.