When Henry entered the room, she was there waiting for him. The marriage festivities had long since died down and transitioned into a more sensual matter. Only the most important men and women of the kingdom remained to witness the consummation ceremony. As he approached her, he removed his shirt and with a wave of his hand he dismissed her ladies to exit the room. He stepped forward, taking her face in his hands and placing a firm kiss upon her lips. He had conquered her kingdom not but a week before and decided to take the princess’ hand as his prize and as a strategic move to win favor in her broken country. He spun her around so that her back was pressing against his front. Removing the fabric of her delicate nightgown from her shoulder, he pressed a few kisses there as his fingers roamed between her legs. He glanced at their audience and smirked as he spoke lowly in her ear, “Don’t worry about them, focus on what you’re feeling – nothing else matters.” His fingers skillfully stroked her core, trying to draw her attention away from the people viewing them.
Beatrice had known that this day would come sooner or later. But despite knowing that marriage out of love wasn’t in the cards for her, that she’d have to marry out of a sense of duty because he’d be the best match for her family, she’d still naively clung to the hope that she’d have the time to get to know her future husband before the whole ceremony, before being ‘pushed’ into a bed with him on their wedding night. However, there had been no time for this, the first time she’d seen him, had been earlier when he was already waiting in front of the altar for her as all the negotiations about her dowry among other things had taken place between him and her father. Nobody had bothered to consult her or even introduce her really. And why would they have considering that saying ‘no’ had never really been an option in the first place. Not that anybody would have expected to hear it from her. Having always been the dutiful, responsible daughter, they’d known she’d go along with the whole plan and she had. But still, not knowing the man in front of her didn’t help ease her nervousness in the slightest. Neither did the audience, for that matter. Her whole body stiff with nervousness, she tried not to shake too much when he started sliding the nightgown off her shoulder, reminding herself that there was nothing she needed to fear. After all, countless women had survived their wedding nights before her without any damage and it was her holy duty to please him and play along. Even if she had no real clue what was actually going happen and how to do it. She’d just have to follow his lead, a sign of what their marriage was going to look like. Her thoughts started to dissolve into a fog of a good feeling, that she couldn’t quite place, however, when he touched her in a place no man had ever seen before. She wasn’t sure if what he doing was appropriate, but to be perfectly honest, she cared less and less with every passing second he continued, it felt too good for that and only continued to feel better. Sometimes when she’d washed herself down there, she’d felt a resemblance of the tingly sensation she was feeling right now, but it had been weak compared to the feeling right now. “I’m going to try”, she whispered, instinctively leaning her head against his chest, and closed her eyes. Maybe if she couldn’t see them, she’d forget all about them and could only focus on what he was doing. “This feels really good.” The moment these words left her lips, her cheeks blushed in a bright red, embarrassed by her own boldness. She highly doubted that he’d approve of it, a true lady wasn’t supposed to say such things, it simply wasn’t appropriate, but they'd left her lips before she could hold them back.