AHHHHHHH *cue Excited Squeals Of A Crazy Person*

AHHHHHHH *cue excited squeals of a crazy person*

Excellent first chapter! ❤ I missed our favorite bunch of royals. But what's new?😆 Poor Adrasteia, she has no idea what awaits her.

And look at that beautiful taglist with impeccable taste! Buckle up for the ride of your life, guys!

Chapter One - The Scribe

Book: The Royal Masquerade

Featured Characters: MC (Adrasteia Rosario), Annalisa Rosario

Pairing: None (yet)

Summary: Adrasteia’s life as a scribe in the royal library is turned on end when her sister unexpectedly comes to bring her back home.

Trigger Warning: Minor verbal abuse

Word Count: 22,465 (no, I’m not joking – remember to take breaks)

Author’s Note: In my probably foolish attempt to fix how TRM ended, I have to start at the beginning. And this is the beginning (again, for those of you who read the first version of chapters 1 & 2). This is pretty much a detailed prologue. If you want to compare it to how the original story went, it is the prologue – everything before the title page. I legitimately stretched that into 21 pages.

Tag List: @chaotichuman0090, @blushingpaperwerewolf, @walkerswhiskeygirl, @kayann9, @k2624, @nikx83, @queen-arabella-of-cordonia, @peaceinmidstofchaos, @lookatmychoices, @bittermercymain, @ohhnorr​

Links: Archive of Our Own

Disclaimer: Characters, story and some dialogue are property of Pixelberry Studios. More or less.

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Oh. My. God.

Holy shit.

I might actually finish this chapter this weekend.

<passes out from shock>

Woah! okay.. Damn.

What am I doing with my life? I should go to sleep.

But Kayden... has other ideas😬

7 & 21 for Kayden and Juliet :)) (if you can! <3)

7. “i see you’ve started without me.” 21. “get on your knees.”

50 NSFW starters

heavy footfalls paused just a few steps into the room; though her eyes were closed, juliet heard the door shut forcefully and a sharp intake of breath that, combined with the familiar sound of boots on the stone floor, she’d know anywhere.

her wrist didn’t falter from where she had her fingers pressed between her legs, drawing frantic circles through her center. the amusement in kayden’s voice made her eyes blink open slowly. “i see you’ve started without me.”

like that was her fault.

dinner had been an agonizingly slow affair, made worse by the torturous presence of kayden’s hand on her leg beneath the table and his thumb drawing slow circles on the inside of her knee, over the heavy fabric of her gown.

their guests couldn’t have left the estate soon enough. from the moment the door shut behind the very last one of them -- annelisa, of course, smirking at her from over her shoulder as she wiggled her fingers in a mocking wave goodbye -- juliet had been trying to herd kayden upstairs to the bedroom.

but he had found reason after reason to delay retiring to bed. he insisted on helping the staff clean up, on double-checking the locks on the door and, finally, on doing something in the study and waving her off to meet her upstairs when he’d finished.

almost as though he’d expected to find her like this, two fingers deep between her legs, the angle nor the pressure exactly right because her body was accustomed to kayden. 

“i couldn’t wait any longer,” she answered honestly, her voice wavering. “you weren’t being fair.”

kayden’s hum echoed through the empty room as he considered her. juliet felt her bottom lip jut out and was certain she appeared perfectly pathetic, shivering on the bed. for a moment, it felt as though she barely even dared to breathe, but then kayden said, “perhaps you’re right,” and she relaxed, melting back into the bed.

he stepped closer slowly, kicking out of his shoes as he went. anticipation swirled low in her stomach and her movements faltered under the heavy weight of kayden’s gaze, which roved up and down her body with an unrestrained hunger. 

she stared up at him, entranced as he licked his lips, pausing at the side of the bed and resting a hand on the mattress -- so close to touching her but refusing, still. “i hope you weren’t planning on finishing before i got here.”

juliet shook her head rapidly, squirming on the bed. “no,” she promised, “i want you to help. i wouldn’t...”

her voice trailed off as kayden’s knee pressed into the mattress so he could lean over her. she shifted to accommodate him, welcoming his body on top of hers and moaning as soon as their lips touched, kayden’s warm mouth claiming hers in a possessive kiss, sparking a new round of shivers through her body.

his clothes scraped against her skin when he pressed his body against hers where she was bare on their bed, and juliet groaned again, more loudly this time, reaching up with her free hand to cup kayden’s jaw and keep him close, kissing him as enthusiastically as possible.

kayden’s fingers stroked her cheek when he pulled away, their foreheads tipped together so that they shared the same breaths. “what do you want me to do, lady juliet?”

“touch me,” she implored, wriggling beneath him. her efforts were proven worthwhile when, a minute later, kayden wedged his own arm between their bodies, closing his fingers around her wrist and pulling her hand away. 

his fingers replaced hers and the difference was immediate. the sound he made when kayden pressed the pad of his thumb to the spot where she was the most sensitive made her hips jerk roughly, a small, answering noise of encouragement tumbling from her lips unbidden.

“i see you’re desperate for it,” he noted, the tone of his voice even -- almost conversational. “aren’t you?”

“please, kayden,” she begged, clutching his arm tightly as though to punctuate her point, “faster, please --”

her words dissolved into another moan as he obliged, and though it felt like she’d waited so long for this the relief she had, now, was impossible to contain. messy gasps and rough exhales and whispered breaths of kayden’s name continued to fill the bedroom, until her moans of delight were too loud to be contained by only the four walls surrounding them -- surely, anyone else at the estate who was still awake knew exactly what they were up to.

“like that?” kayden asked, when he absolutely already knew the answer to his question based on the way her body was responding, something he brought out of her effortlessly, often with little more than a few gentle caresses, “is that what you like, juliet?”

“yes,” she groaned, “yes, yes, yes, kayden, please.”

“go on,” he encouraged, voice still soft in comparison to her wicked trembling, his free hand gently holding her cheek, pushing her hair out of her eyes, “show me how much you like it, juliet. let me see.”

her whole body went taut as if commanded, and whether or not this was an extension of kayden’s magic or just something uniquely him and how much she adored him, she’d never know. fireworks exploded behind her eyelids, her vision swimming with stars as the pleasure swelled and burst, wracking her body with shivers as her hips twisted under his hand. 

it never took much, when kayden was the one touching her. her body always responded to his ministrations as if beyond her own control, the confidence of his movements triggering a reaction within her she was helpless to stop.

when she finally felt calm enough to open her eyes again, she was met with the sight of kayden hastily stripping out of his clothes, as quickly as possible while she struggled to sit up. “let me,” she pleaded, her voice scratchy from the sound she’d made.

he stilled, and she crawled forward to help him out of his tunic, tossing the fabric to the floor. as always, the sight of his bare chest made her breath catch, and she paused in the middle of undressing him to lean in close and capture his mouth in another soft kiss, arching her back to press their bare bodies together.

“kayden,” she murmured, in between each press of their lips, “i want... to please you.”

he pulled back just enough that she could see how dark his eyes were. the slight upward curve of his wet mouth meant he felt she didn’t quite know what she was in for. his hand pet sweetly at the hair at the back of her head, and then the pressure increased as his grip tightened slightly. “get on your knees.”

her body folded obligingly on the bed, shifting back to make room for him. kayden stretched out languidly, though his hand waved before she could find purchase and she felt her arms fly behind her back, binding together under some invisible force and widening her eyes in surprise.

juliet scrambled to stay balanced on her knees, struggling a little just to test the limits of his magic. predictably, it held, and the force that pressed back in to hold her arms still made another delicious spark of heat slip down her spine.

one of kayden’s hands worked the fastenings at the front of his pants while the other settled in her hair, pulling her closer. her eyes fixated on the sure movements of his fingers as she let herself be moved, and as soon as the front of his pants was open she leaned in, mouthing along his fingers where he was still pulling his cock out for her.

kayden’s low laugh felt as though it was exhaled directly into her ear, even as he sat stretched out above her. “eager, juliet?”

but she was. this had been on her mind through a dinner that felt so long it was unbearable, through a day of preparation leading up to it.

since the last time they’d had the chance to do this, even, something that felt an agonizing number of days away even though it was only just the night before.

she nodded her head enthusiastically, closing her lips around his length before he could decide she needed permission. kayden made a sound that felt like it was forced from his lips, and she leaned over him to get closer, tilting into the guide of his fingers tangled in her hair to keep steady, slowly inching her way down.

usually she had her hands to help her along, but she’d never been one to shy away from a challenge -- especially not one set by kayden.

her eyes fluttered shut as her cheeks hollowed, and juliet lost herself in the sweet melody of kayden groaning above her as she slowly swallowed around him, slipping down more and more until there was no where left to go and the groan he gave made her face feel hot. 

“juliet,” kayden sighed from above her, his grip on her hair tightening deliciously before relaxing, his thumb dragging over the skin on her forehead to soothe it. “just like that, darling.”

her head bobbed slowly, at first, dipping up and down and building up a rhythm, her lips working him over with a practiced ease. though this had been far from her favorite thing to do with other partners, there was something about kayden that made her relish the act of using her mouth on him. he always got more wild when she couldn’t speak, was always more free with his praise and his touches and his control diminished to something that was almost gone completely, prompting her to savor every moment she spent folded onto her knees between his legs.

“that’s it,” kayden praised, as he used the hand in her hair to gently tilt her head back so his hips could slowly press forward, taking control of their movements to chase his own pleasure, “you’re so good for me, juliet. so perfect.”

she did her best to relax as he pushed forward, squeezing her eyes shut until she felt the bindings on her wrist tighten and blinked them open, her eyes finding kayden’s in time with his hand brushing over her cheek again so he could run his thumb along her jaw.

kayden held her gaze as his hips thrust forward once, twice and then stilled, emptying inside of her with a low moan of her name. 

he continued to brush his fingers through her hair softly while she caught her breath, the magic holding her wrists back slowly receding until she could move again and shuffle closer to kayden with a sigh. juliet climbed into his lap as soon as she was able to, and kayden’s strong arms wrapped around her perfectly, holding her close.

“worth the wait?” he questioned softly, after kissing her so thoroughly her progress on getting her breathing regulated was set back to the start. 

the smile on his face was soft, the expression in his eyes adoring. there was no amount of time she wouldn’t wait to be alone with him, no evening spent together that could ever be enough to satisfy her.

even if he always insisted on making things difficult for her, on wearing her patience so thin it snapped near-immediately. 

they both knew how much she liked to be tested. and kayden delivered every time, without her even having to ask for it. he understood her perfectly -- and that marked him as the first. no one else had ever seen so much of her before.

“of course,” she murmured, gently brushing the tip of her nose against his just to see kayden’s eyes crinkle at the corners, “you always are.”

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