@sobachas said: they’re gonna catch us— it’s sexual sunday y’all. accepting!
❝ shhhh. ❞ ella moves a hand over his mouth, body pressed close against his as she does her best to stifle any noise he made until she was entirely sure that the guards had passed by. the only ones who could get into the exam room were the other corporalki, and perhaps a more clever materialnik. it did not change for the fact that the king’s guard could easily find another wandering the little palace and force them to open the secret door to find them. if ella was truly going to have her moment alone with him, uninterrupted and private, this was the only place that she could think of.
nikolai was insistent, talkative, far too much for his own good. if it came down to it, she could have easily lowered the rate of his pulse and relaxed him long enough to stop his grumbling. but it seemed that their closeness, the realization of ella’s true intentions, was enough to keep him silent long enough for the steps to echo further down the hall. a more mischievous smile finds her lips as she removes the hand covering his mouth and immediately replaces it with a sealed kiss. hands press over the velvet material of his waistcoat, pressing him firmly against the wall behind him with a satisfied hum.
❝ we don’t have too long before they come to do inventory. ❞ already breathless, ella begins to undo the buttons of her kefta, sliding it off her shoulders and to the ground, leaving her in a simple white slip. ❝ now, are you going to get rid of these clothes, or would you rather i did? ❞







