Chapter 21 I want to Take a Bath

Helios relieved the guards who were stationed outside his chambers watching over the queen. He stepped into his chambers just in time to see his queen sitting up in bed stretching and rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She blinked a couple of times before looking around momentarily confused to see him coming into the room. He rushed to his queens side scooping her into his lap and wrapping his arms around her, kissing the top of her head, "good morning my queen. I'm sorry I'm late. I was out in the courtyard training the new trainees who will soon be your new protectors. I hurried back here to catch you before you awoke.

I leaned back in his arms still a little bit sleepy as the thought that I couldn't sleep for the last hour when I noticed he was gone ran through my mind. I raised my head toward him searching for his lips. When he noticed what I wanted he chuckled as he leaned down our lips locking together. He reached his arms around me and fondled my breasts causing me to inhale sharply. His hands traveled down my chest to my tummy and then down to my waist which was another one of my sensitive spots. I wriggled in his arms as his hands continued even lower to my private part. His fingers entered me as he began rubbing inside. His thumb came up to rub a small spot called my button. A jolt of electricity ran through my body my eyes widening when he circled his thumb on my button.

My hips began to buck toward his hand as he began to rub harder his kisses became stronger as his tongue swiped across my lips. A moan escaped as I reached a climax an orgasm racing through my body. At the same time my orgasm racked through me he pinched one of my nipples in his fingers causing my orgasm to grow stronger as my hips lifted toward his hands. I bit down on his lip not letting go as I exploded with pleasure from my release. Sighing weakly I fell limp in his arms my face flushing from embarrassment at what had just happened and how I liked it so much. This was my second orgasm ever.

My mind was filled with thoughts of Helios and how his hands were like magic when he touched me. I blushed when I thought about how I loved the feeling of how his hands worked their magic on me. Why did it have to end so soon I moaned.

Helios heard my thoughts a smile spreading on his face. He leaned down whispering in my ear, "There is nothing to be embarrassed about liking things like this. Females of Kosea hate doing these things. I am so happy you enjoy it" he kissed my neck and proceeded to nibble on my ear. Your face looks so beautiful when you reach your orgasm. "Your cheeks and ears are flushed a rosy red color and your eyes shine like the stars as you plead with your big beautiful green eyes for me to continue. It makes me happy to be able to please you my queen."

Helios leaned down to kiss me again when my tummy started growling. I looked up at Helios laughing nervously. He laughed aloud as he reached over and rang a little bell he had sitting on his desk beside the bed. "My queen what would you like to have for breakfast this morning?" I thought about it for a minute as pictures of eggs bacon and toast with a big glass of orange juices ran through my mind. Helios using his finger he wrote words in the air as flames of blue lit up above me spelling out the words eggs bacon toast and a big cup of orange juice was spelled out in front of me. The message soon disappeared as it reappeared down in the kitchen for Eleanor to prepare my breakfast.

"La la la la la hmm hmm hmm," Eleanor sang to herself as she began her task preparing the queens breakfast. A message appeared in blue flames that stated the queen would like two eggs two pieces of bacon two pieces of toast and one giant glass of orange juice. Eleanor smiled to herself as she thought, "the queens meals are the easiest I've ever had to prepare. She doesn't eat much and all I have to do is fry it up in a pan. She got busy singing to herself only taking mere minutes to whip up.

I was so not used to all the magic here. It blew my mind whenever I saw it. Helios waved his hand in front of us and a little star shower rained down above our heads. My eyes lit up as I reached out to try to catch one of the stars. One day I'm going to catch a star I thought. I wanted to catch one and give it to Helios as a present. Helios's magic was always so beautiful. It took my breath away every time I saw it. I laid back down on the bed looking up at the stars. In a few minutes I must have dozed off at some point because the next thing I knew I heard a knock at the door, Helios getting up to answer it.

Eleanor knocked on the door to the Kings chambers. The King answered the door with a huge grin on his face as he took the tray from her and thanked her for bringing it up. Eleanor peered inside his chambers catching a glimpse of the queen dosing off on the bed. Her nostrils flared as she caught a whiff of the queens scent of love making. She giggled like a little schoolgirl as she blushed and passed the tray to the King and turned to leave. He was one lucky man she thought with a sly smile on her face. I'm rooting for you my King.

Helios brought in the tray of food as I sat up yawning and stretching like a cat sitting in front of a fire. He sat the tray in front of me and I dug in famished after making out with Helios. I guzzled my cup of orange juice finishing my breakfast in less than five minutes. Helios pinched my cheek laughing as he said, "someone must have been hungry this morning. I slapped at his hand burrowing my face into my knees with embarrassment.

He tousled my hair asking, "what is on your agenda today my queen? Is there anything in particular you would like to do?" I thought about it for a minute thinking about how I haven't bathed since I got here three days ago, before I replied to him, "I want to take a bath." His face fell a little bit when I said this. Thinking I had said the wrong thing, I waved my hands, "it's ok I can wait until your busy later to take a bath. We can do something else.

"It's not that. I just won't be able to join you for a bath." Helios pouted.

"Why not it's just a bath isn't it?" I asked.

"A male is not allowed to enter a females bath house unless she grants him permission by letting him gain the rank of lover to the queen. It only works for regular males. A king may never enter a females bath house under any circumstances less he wants to die a most painful death."

I shuttered thinking, "what kind of magical place is this? Does Kosea only like regular males and harems? Does it hate the King so much? It was just a bath after all. What was there to see? He was my mate. Shouldn't bathing together be allowed? I didn't push the issue further. I didn't want to find out what would happen to Helios if he tried. I didn't wish for him to die. I loved him way too much.

"You can still have your bath. I'll call for one of your protectors to go with you to guard the bath house. Males will try to peek inside of no one is guarding you. We can't have that, only I may look at you. With that he kissed my forehead as he rand another bell. A few minutes later there was another knock on the door only this time it was Silas who had appeared. "Silas my queen wishes to bathe. I can not attend with her so I need you to guard her while she enjoys her bath."

I was hesitant as Silas stepped into the room. I didn't want him to be the one to take me to the bath house. He was a male. I wanted Helios to take me. I looked up at Helios pleading with my eyes. Helios bent down kissing my head and said, "I am sorry my queen I can not go with you. I have chosen Silas because I need someone who is strong to be able to guard you. He will be just outside fending off any unwanted attention from other males. I will be right here when you return I promise." I pouted as Silas approached me.

Silas had shock and then joy flit across his face as he learned he was about to be sent on his first mission. Only this mission wasn't just any mission, it was guarding the queen while she bathed!!! It was every males dream come true. Every male took a dare to see if they could sneak a peek at a female while she was bathing only to get a severe shock of their life as they are electrocuted for trying. It was almost like a rite of passage if you succeeded, but no one ever has. Silas bowed as he said, "Yes Sire. Right away Sire." Silas scooped me up into his arms careful to not hurt the queen remembering his cake training, and carried her off to the High Queens bath house with a pip in his step.

Holding the queen in his arms was a dream come true. She was lighter than a feather. She didn't weigh anything in his arms. The cake he practiced with didn't do any justice to how fragile she was. I would compare her to a rose petal. One wrong move and it would rip. Her heartbeat was drumming in her chest as she tried her hardest to not lean into him. She was clearly still afraid of him, her eyes darting around refusing to look at him.

As he walked ever so slowly toward the bath house I couldn't help but notice Silas starring at me. I cringed trying to find somewhere to look other than in his eyes. Why did Silas have to look so much like Helios? His hair and his eyes were so similar, if I didn't know any better I would say they could almost pass for brothers. All the males in Kosea were so handsome. I racked my brain trying to find something to say anything just to get him to stop starring at me like he wanted to mate with me right here and right now.

I remembered Helios saying he was training the new trainees all night and I latched onto this topic. "So I heard you guys were training all night. How did that go?

"Training was brutal. But it was worth it. I get to learn how to take care of you and I grow stronger everyday so that I can protect," he said as he tightened his arms around me. "I get to guard you as you take your bath so other males won't see you naked."

Yep didn't see that one coming. I rolled my eyes sarcastically. All the males wanted to do here was mate and protect the females. If only guys wanted to do that on earth. Every woman would be swooning from all the attention.

"Wait you said naked. I'm already naked, why would I need to be guarded from that? I'm not even wearing any clothes now. Why would Helios be worried about me?

"You don't know? When a female bathes we are told her mate marks disappear. We don't know why it happens but when you are wet they disappear and you really are naked," he looked down at me in disbelief. How could she not know the most basic things like when it came to bathing? What has the King been teaching her?

That's interesting. I'm going to have to test it out when I get to the bath house. "So do you have a mate of your own?" I asked still trying to make small talk.

How can a female ask me that? Doesn't she know that there are only 342 females in our world and only the elite males like Kings and Lords can even get a remote chance of mating with them? He shook his head saying, "no I don't. There are only 342 females in our world and everyone of them have mates already. I don't stand a chance at ever finding a mate.

"342!!! How many males are there in your world?" I asked in shock. Thats like my entire middle school.

"There are probably close to one million males. My only chance of mating with a female is to try to get into a queens harem. Even then my chances are still zero percent." Silas thought.

My head was spinning at the thought of why there were so few females yet so many more males. No wonder males only talk about mating and protecting females. I whistled shaking my head at Silas. It's a wonder he keeps staring at me. I'm probably the closest he's ever been to a female besides his sister. I was feeling even more uncomfortable knowing i could be jumped any moment by males hiding in the trees. Now I see why I needed guarding at the bath house.

We finally arrived at the bathhouse. Silas carried me through the winding tunnel kind of like how the bathrooms are set up at Walmart a couple walls before you get to the stalls. He took me as far as he could go into the bathhouse before setting me down. "I will be just on the other side of this wall. Here are a couple of towels to dry off a robe to wear until your marks reappear and some soap the King picked out for you," Silas said as he pulled them out of a bag on his shoulder I hadn't noticed before.

I took the fluffy white towels and the soap and walked into the bathhouse. "Wow!" I was taken aback at what I saw. There was a giant olympic sized bathtub with fountains shaped like shooting stars and comets water spilling out into tiny little water falls. Golden mirrors lined the walls around the entire room. There was a tiny shower head and a stool in the corner of the room. Setting the towels down I walked up to one of the mirrors. I haven't really seen myself since the mating ceremony. I walked up touching my reflection.

Is this really me? I don't even recognize myself. There was a slender and fragile looking girl staring back at me covered in beautiful markings. Her eyes shown like emeralds with gold. Her breasts the size of oranges. Her skin was smooth and white as the moon. Her cheeks were rosey and her eyes lit up with joy she has never seen before. Her golden curls fell down her back in waves. This can't be me. I used to look plain and average back on earth. Why do I look like a moon goddess here?

I turned around my steps echoing through the bath house. I cupped my hands to my mouth and shouted, "ECHO echo echo echo," my echo echoing back at me. The reverberation in here was amazing. It was almost like a recording studio with great acoustics and sound affects. Looking around and seeing no one, I began to sing the first song that popped into my head, I will go the distance by Samantha Barks. I was huge Disney fan. But with this song I preferred a female version not really a big fan of the original version. My song echoed through the bath house. When I finished the song a tear slipped down my face. This was the most beautiful bath house I have ever seen.

Silas sat down just on the other side of the wall. He turned his ear toward the opening listening for the queen. He heard her walking around inside and shouted echo her voice echoing through the bath house. He smiled as he was wondering what was running through her mind. The next minute his heart stopped as his queen began to sing!!! There were only a total of three people in all of Kosea who could sing. His people were the worst at singing. But when he heard his queen sing she had the voice of an angel. Her song was sad almost like she was longing for something she refuses to tell anyone. His heart ached as he listened not wanting her to stop singing as tears streamed down his face.

Everyone in Kosea stopped what they were doing. They looked up as they heard singing. The voice was so angelic that tears were streaming down everyone's faces. Helios looked up when he realized it was his queen who was singing. Her song was connecting to everyone in Kosea!! What was happening? Did his queen have magic or was the city itself reacting to her song connecting the people? His heart leaped in his chest, he didn't know his queen could sing. Her voice was beautiful. He longed to join her for her bath. It took everything in his power to not dive from the castle window and fly into the bath house with her.

My song ended the last echos of the song running through the bath house. I just found my new favorite place in Kosea I thought. I walked over to the shower head and grabbed the soap, MILKYWAY was written on the bottle. I squirted a couple pumps into my hand and sniffed it. It was like a cross between Lilac flowers, plumeria flowers and milk. It was a beautiful scent. I wonder if this is what the Milky Way smelled like. I lathered up my hair and body and stepped up to the shower head wanting to wash off before sitting in the huge tub.

I hope it wasn't deep. I can't swim. I fiddled with the handle but no water came out. I wonder if it was broken. I'll have to let Helios know it wasn't working. I guess I'll just have to rinse off in the tub. I walked over to the tub there was a railing on this side so I assumed these must be the stairs. I grabbed the railing and stepped into the water. The next instant I was submerged sinking, water began to fill my lungs and my nose. I reached out gasping for air. There were no stairs there. I walked into the water and fell in. My head came back up for a split second, I yelled at the top of my lungs, "help I can't swim!!!" I began to sink under the water, I can't breath. I'm going to die. No male can enter to save me.