Escrito por: Unrivaled
Close to dawn Teela woke up to find Adam looking at her. He didn’t say a thing; he just smiled at her and played with a strand of her hair.
«Thank you,» said Teela, «for having it happen this way. You were right, I would have regretted it if… why are you smiling like that?»
«Can you repeat that second part?» he asked, with a theatrical expression of self-importance.
«Yes… you were right, Adam, you were right.»
This spark of humor broke the solemnity of the moment.
«It’s nearly morning…» she said.
«Of course… I should be leaving,» said Adam, snapping out of the dreamlike atmosphere that had surrounded them all night.
Adam didn’t go straight to his chambers. Instead, he went to the training room to quickly change clothes and then to the Upper Gardens, to the same balcony where he had found Teela the night of the Harvest Ball. He watched the sunrise, distracted by memories of their lovemaking. The anticipation had been completely justified.
He had been with other women before. He didn’t think of himself as a seducer, but he wasn’t a hermit either. Anyway, the experience with Teela was unrivaled, truly intense and meaningful.
He had to refrain himself from recalling the gestures, the sounds, the sensations, if he was to be seen in public again. He was all smiles and giggles for the rest of the day.
Teela didn’t dare leave her home that day. She was convinced that if someone saw her they would immediately know what had happened. When she looked in the mirror, her eyes looked brighter, her skin was glowing, and her lips were plump. She looked… well… happy, and she wasn’t precisely known for her merry nature.
She could almost feel his presence when she closed her eyes and felt his scent lingering in the pillow.
Back in the academy days at Wisdom City, before her meteoric career started, Teela had many suitors, from which she chose the most reserved fellow from the Sorcery Faculty. Poor Mallek didn’t know what hit him. They had their fun for a brief summer; she had satisfied her curiosity about sex and relationships, and that was the end of it, for Teela, that is.
To this day, Mallek kept sending her letters from time to time, never asking directly, but always hinting how they should get together again. She felt a little guilty, knowing that she wasn’t ever as involved. Then she remembered that she had really tried to be the ideal girlfriend, holding hands, watching the sunset, reading poetry and so on and so on… she had honestly thought that if she could be in a relationship with someone, that would be Mallek. But that affair was inconsequential to her; now she could tell the difference.
Because this time, she felt intense pleasure like she hadn’t experienced before, and at the same time, she felt so defenseless it was scary.