Chapter 100: All that extra energy.
With one sharp, crimson stare from Elias, and release of a burst of his mental strength, the onlookers looked away. The fox lord only warned once, and then he attacked.
Meanwhile, Benita’s face twisted in rage. She lunged again, but she was weak and shivering. Her claws missed, slowed by venom and blurred vision. Sienna slammed the pan into her side with a resounding clang.
The crowd roared.
Sienna leaned close, whispering slowly so only Benita could hear. "You lost before I even stepped into the arena. Not because I am stronger, but because I fight without shame. You care about appearances. I care about winning."
Benita staggering, clutching her ribs.
Sienna sprayed another burst of pepper, then swung the pan upward. knocking Benita flat onto the sand.
Silence fell. The council ladies stared in disbelief. Elias’s tails twitched, betraying amusement.
Sienna planted her foot onto Benita’s chest, pan resting casually on her shoulder. "Lesson one: never underestimate me when I have a pan in my hands. Lesson two: don’t bully me because of my age. I bite back harder than any beast man."
Benita groaned, defeated.
Sienna turned to the council, voice booming "Does anyone else wish to challenge me? Come on, its an open invitation."
The crowd erupted--some in outrage, others in reluctant admiration. Her mother-in-law, Lady Cadelaria, stood proudly, declaring, "Sienna has proven herself. She is no coward, no weakling. She is the matriarch of the fox clan."
Madam Benita lay humiliated, her pride shattered.
The council ladies recoiled, tails trembling. None dared to accept the open invitation.
But as the arena buzzed, Elder Madrine’s eyes gleamed with cunning. She whispered to the others, "This isn’t over. If brute force won’t break her, politics will."
Immediately after the fight, Sienna was taken to Elias’s office. The fox lord was waiting for her inside, crimson eyes filled with equal parts rage and pride.
High off her victory, Sienna did not care. "Did you see what I did?" She asked, coming around his desk to stand right in front of him. "I took down a fox beast woman with my cunning and strength." She giggled and screamed.
Elias was not as giggly as she was. In fact, he was breathing a bit rapidly. He rose and pushed her up against the desk, looking directly into her eyes. "Are you out of your mind?" he growled.
Sienna laughed, looking up at his towering figure. "I have been out of my mind for a while now. Haven’t you noticed?"
A storm of different emotions flicked through Elias’s rarely expressive face. This silly woman just loved to do things that stirred him in different ways. And right now, he was stirred, but for all the wrong reasons. Nothing turned a beast man on more than winning a fight, or watching his partner win a fight.
The things that were going through his mind, she would run if she knew.
"I enjoyed every second of it." Sienna declared. She groaned, "Now...my body is all tingly and I just want to do something even more daring." Blood was still rushing to her ears. She had this adrenaline rushing in her veins and she didn’t know what to do with it all.
Suddenly, a hand grasped her chin firmly. "I know something else that you will enjoy. Something that will help you deal with the extra energy." He replied, softly, darkly, dangerously.
Sienna licked her lips, breathing harshly. Whether it was from the fight, the thrill or the danger in front of her. They stared at each other, her eyes wide and dark. "Looks like I am not the only one that is out of their mind," she said, surprised by how sultry her voice sounded.
A voice in the back of her mind screamed. ’be normal.’ Instead, she gulped and licked her lips again. Why was she suddenly feeling all tingly inside. Was it because a certain fox beast man was caressing her with his tails. They were touching every part of her they could access, stroking in a way that was definitely not friendly.
"Is this better than the fight?" he asked.
She let out a tiny moan.
He chuckled. Perhaps, she now understood why beast men had arenas everywhere. There was something about fighting and sex that just seemed to resonate in all the right ways in their species. It felt like conquering!!
And that conquering was exactly what Sienna was feeling. "Turning me on, does not mean that I like you." She said. "I am just high off my win."
"I don’t need you to like me to enjoy how I make you feel." He said. Elias leaned down to brush his lips against her plump mouth, relishing the way she tensed and shivered. The image of her stepping on her opponent skirted through his mind and he bit her lips lightly. "You were magnificent. Where have you been hiding this part of you all along?"
She maoned again, as his teeth nipped her neck.
"That’s right," he said, "You don’t need to like me. You can hate me as much as you want, as long as you enjoy this." As long as you need me. His warm lips covered hers and he tasted her in a way he had never done before. Their last coupling had been done in a hurry, in a heat frenzy. This was slower but somehow, just as exciting.
"Is this what turns you on?" She asked, when he lifted his mouth from hers. "Me, hitting beast men!"
He laughed at her appalled tone. "Not always, only when you win." He whispered as his lips trailed a hot path down her neck. "Yes, Sienna, I like it when you fight dirty." His tongue touched the lobe, and began tracing each curve of her ear delicately, until she clenched her toes and gripped his arms.
His tails seemed to have found the right stroking rhythm over her breasts, over the surface of her shirt, and yet it was almost as if she had no shirt on at all. His arm tightened in her back, supporting her, while his teeth sunk into her neck softly. Not enough to mark her, but enough to make waves of pleasure and tension sweep through her.
He began trailing burning kisses along her neck, while his fingers undid the first two buttons of her shirt, leaving her shoulders exposed. A single tail found her neck, sensually stroking it and he kissed her shoulder. His warm strawberry scented breath stirred her ear, as he whispered, "Let me mark you. I promise, you will enjoy it."