Chapter 5: A Request
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As night grew older and everyone had gone to sleep,I moved into Mahdokht’s tent whilst holding an oil lamp in my hand.
As I got closer to the curtains that covered the entrance of the inner chamber,I lowered the lamp on the ground and when I straightened up,I slowly took off the robe that covered my body.
It fell in a puddle at my feet,stepped out of it and then,I moved into the chamber. The cool air brushed against my skin,making it known to me that I was naked.
She was fast asleep. I approached the floor mattress,quietly moving into it.
“You came to me all by yourself tonight...”
I was jolted by her voice and instantly,my oil lamp went off. She sat up from the mattress,moving the duvet away from her body,she then signaled at me to come closer.
I obeyed,crawling towards her and when I was near her,she cupped my face in her hands.
“Don’t tell me it is another nightmare,beloved. Is it?” She asked,her rare jade eyes were staring at me subtly.
“No mistress. I only came to see you because I have missed you.” I lied.
“Really?” She raised a perfectly trimmed brow at me.
To make it more convincing,I slipped my hand into her robe,gliding my hand down a smooth thigh to get to the vee in between and when I found it,I touched her there... gently.
She smiled,inching her face closer to mine. Our noses crossed paths and then,we kissed.
Firstly,she kissed me slowly and she moved her hips to grant me access to her underneath. My fingers played with her womanhood as she intensified the kissing and when I moved my middle finger into her,she moaned to my hearing.
I began moving my finger back and forth as she reclaimed my lips. She moved down on the bed and I was on top of her.
How I hated this act,but couldn’t do anything about it?
This was the only way to get her to grant me my wishes and anything I ask of her,she was ever willing to do it.
We broke off from the kiss and I slowly pulled out my finger from her.
“I want to ask you for a favor,mamma.” I said.
She raised her brows. “What is it?”
“I...” I averted my gaze,unsure of the outcome of this but I have got to try.
I sighed and then,I confidently returned my gaze to her.
“I wish to be allowed to visit the palace,mamma...”
She flinched.
“I overheard your discussions with the merchants. The palace needs new servants and I wish to go there to serve the king.”
She was stunned.
“What,What are you saying,Delba?” She asked.
When I was brought to her by some merchants,she asked for my name and I had refused to tell her. She named me Delba,meaning sweetheart.
“You want to go to the palace and then,you want to work as a servant there? Why??”
“Since I have long served you,I have never gone against you for whatever reason. You have been good to me,mamma. I honor and I respect you a lot but I also have desires. I have choices. I want to work and earn a living from it—“
“Then if that is the case,I will be paying you for—“
“No mamma.” I said,my voice was raised.
She was taken aback and her eyes were watching me. I moved,kneeling in front of her and my hands were clenched on my thighs.
“I want to see the world outside and meet other people. I want to know what it feels like to work with likeminded people. Mamma,I appreciate everything you have been doing for me but right now,I am pleading with you. Please,allow me to fulfill my desires of working in the palace.” I pleaded,giving her the best puppy eyes I could come up with.
She sits up from the bed,her eyes fixed on me. She looked away,staring at the candle stand on the short legged table beside the bed.
After a short while,she then returned her gaze to me and then she sighed.
“Is that what you really want?” She asked.
I nodded a yes.
She slowly ran her fingers into her hair,she then moved toward me.
“I will let you go on one condition,Delba.”
“Which is?”
She knelt in front me,cupping my chin with a hand while the other gently stroked my hair.
“Always visit me every twenty moons. If you don’t,I will come look for you at the palace. Agreed?”
“Agreed?” I smiled satisfactorily.
She lowered her head to meet my lips,her eyes were on them and her breath was fanning my face. “As much as I do not wish to let you go,I cannot keep you here forever. Do not forget me,beloved. More importantly... do not let any man touch you the way I always touch you.”
“I give you my word,mamma. It is a promise.” I said and then,we kissed.
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