Chapter 54

Gasping awake from my dream, I look around the room and realize that I am safe and sound in my own bed. A fire roars in my fireplace, dimly lighting the room and keeping it warm and my body feels so sore and weak.

"Allisara?" I shiver at the sound of his deep voice, my head turning towards my bedroom door. There Sky stands, his emerald eyes locked onto my violet ones.

"Hi." I croak out, tears falling down my face. He rushes to my side, pulling me into his arms as soon as he sits on the edge of the bed and I begin to sob. How did I forget him?

"What's wrong? are you hurting?" He asks, rubbing my back and doing his best to soothe me.

"I'm sorry I forgot about you." I sob out, my arms snaking around his neck. He pulls away in shock, his eyes wide as his hands move to cup my face.

"You...you remember me?" He whispers, his own tears falling from his face.

"Yes!" I manage to say before his lips slam against mine, claiming them in a heated kiss. I melt into his embrace, parting my lips as his tongue dives into mine, claiming me. I moan, my body heating just from the kiss alone.

"I wish it was you I was marrying."

"Me too Allisara. Me too."

Those words echo in my mind as I kiss Sky just as passionately as he kisses me. I was in love with my best friend. The one that promised to always find me no matter where I am. The one who protected me and held me when I needed to cry. Sky was the one always there for me.

The kiss ends all to soon, leaving me gasping for breath as Sky reaches for something on my bedside table, holding a glass full of water out.

"Drink, you've been asleep for three days." He whispers, his own eyes filled with emotions. I comply, drinking all of it and asking for more. He refills the glass, telling me to take it easy on the water before calling someone on his phone, letting them know I am awake and to bring me some porridge.

"It will take a while for the porridge to get here, do you want to shower?" He asks after I finish my third glass of water.

"No, I just want to cuddle and hear what happened after I was kidnapped." I answer, taking his hand in mine. Sky smiles and kicks off his shoes before climbing in beside me. His arms wrap around me, pulling me tightly against him.

"Do you want to tell me what you remember first?" He asks instead, pressing a kiss to my forehead.

"Where do you want to start?"

"The night of the ball, you said three dances." He carefully pulls the blanket around us and I start explaining what happened with Cedirc, how he came to find a girlfriend and fall in love. Sky laughs, cutting me off and explaining that I had punch Cedric in the nose but hadn't broken it. I feel a little bad about this, realizing Cedric was trying to protect me.

"I wanted to introduce him to my cousin Annalise since she has given up on falling in love after her fiancé cheated on her." I admit, shrugging. Sky laughs again, brushing his fingers through my hair.

"Why does that not surprise me." I shrug, giving myself a mental reminder to apologize to Cedric and invite him to the Blanchard estate to meet my cousin.

"Also, there is no need in setting them up. Annalise helped Cedric with his bloodied nose and those and have already gone on their first date. Your uncle told me this yesterday." Shocked, I pull away from Sky before I burst out laughing. I know Annalise had gone to medical school out of boredom from the talk we had and to know that she had come to Cedric's rescue makes this even better. I guess I did end up introducing her to him in a way.

"Anyways, a group of men grabbed me and they injected something into me. I could hears you calling my name and I wanted to shout back. Before I could, I past out. Next thing I know I am waking up here." I lie back down against his chest as silence settles between us. Sky closes his eyes, his arms tightening around me.

"Do you really remember me?" His voice is small, as if afraid of my answer. I smile, turning my head and pressing a kiss to his collar bone. He shivers under me, his fingers clenching in my hair. The next moment I find myself underneath him, his lips on mine once more as another heated kiss ensues. My fingers find their way into his hair, pulling and tugging at it. He groans into the kiss, his body pressing closer to mine as my legs wrap around his waist. After a while we pull away trying to regain our breath.

"I remember you." I muse, my left hand moving to cup his cheek. His stubble brush against my skin and I finally can see the exhaustion in his eyes.

"I remember my best friend who always cuddled with me as a child. Who saved me from bandits and wild dogs. Who let me cry as you and the Knight carried me to the apple farm. The person I did everything with." My eyes fill with tears again and I slowly pull him towards me for another kiss, this one slow and sweet. Something wet falls onto my cheek and as I pull away I open my eyes to fid Sky crying.

"I am so sorry I couldn't protect you Allisara." He chokes out, His head falling onto the crook of my neck. I hold him as he cries, telling him he did everything he could at eleven years old. That without him taking me to the apple farm, I would have died wit Rainnah and my parents. Through his sobs I learn that he had been looking for me for the last fourteen years. How he did everything from searching Zalaris to running my DNA through the system while climbing the ranks of the Guards so that he had easier access to resources. He knew I ended up in Lady Pricilla's Prison for Troubled Women before I even told him but didn't say anything because I hadn't regained my memory of him. He was on his way to find me when Demitrias walked into the lab and took the glory of finding me himself.

"You have no idea how happy I was the first time I saw you when you opened the door and kicked that bastard out of your room. How shocked I was when you cussed him out. That was definitely a surprise." I laugh, thinking back to how I woke up in this very bed weeks ago. How Sky held a sword to Demitrias' neck.

"You wanted to kill him, didn't you?" I ask. Sky just shrugs, his face buried once again in my shoulder and I smile. For a moment we lay in bed in silence, the truth between us out in the open. I have my memories back and my best friend as my boyfriend. Nothing could get better than this.

"I love you Allisara" He whispers into my neck, placing a kiss against it. I shiver, deciding that I wanted more, wanted him. I spent fourteen years without him. Fourteen years without my Sky. I didn't want to spend another moment longer.

"I love you too Sky." I whisper back, getting a breathtaking kiss from him once again. A knock on the door has us pulling apart and Sky groans.

"Looks like lunch is here." He sighs out, sounding defeated. I laugh as he climbs off of me and pads towards the door, letting in our intruder that interrupted our moment. A cart is pushed through and as I sit up I catch sight of Ellisia.

"Sia!" I call out, using the nickname I used to use as a child. She stops. Her head whipping towards me as a look of shock and love crosses her face.

"You...you." She stutters as tears fall from her eyes.

"I remember everything." I admit just as Ellisia runs to my side and pulls me into a hug. I smile, Feeling her motherly love towards me and grin. She was always there for me as a child, always on my side when my parents were lied to by Lillith. Her, Sir Carlos and Rainnah were the ones who truly raised me.

"How did I get stuck pushing the cart!" Sky calls out as he joins us, the cart full of food in front of him.

"Oh hush up Sky, I am hugging my Princess. Do you know how hard it was to not say anything to her all these weeks." Ellisia chides him, making me laugh.

"More than you at this point Ell." Shy grumbles, scooping a portion of porridge into a bowl. Ellisia takes it from him before handing it to me, telling me to be careful as its hot. I humor her, blowing on a spoonful before taking a bite. Apple and cinnamon dance on my tongue and I close my eyes. I always loved this taste. The bowl is gone in no time and I ask for another serving as Ellisia explains that she was the one to keep my mother's jewelry in my room. That no one else was allowed inside it after Rainnah's death and Juden allowed it, stating that everything will belong to his grand daughter when Demitrias gives him grandchildren. I scoff at that as I finish my second bowl, handing it to Sky now that I am full.

I start asking about what happened in the Palace while I was gone and she tells me it's a long story to be told later. Right now we have more important things to deal with. Sky is the one to talk this time, explaining that the ones who kidnapped me were Guards that still worked in the Palace, one being Derik whom I met before the ball. I wished I had been shocked, but I wasn't. Juden had men all over the Kingdom. Of course he would have men in my Palace still. Sky then goes on to explain how the Doctor that saved me had helped with interrogating Derik. He had managed to create a truth serum with the money Juden gave him to fund his research and Derik "squealed like a pig" according to Sky. Arian and Kolten led a crusade, cleaning out more than half my Guards, including a few female Recruits.

"So our home is safe now?" I ask, clutching his hand.

"Our home is safe now." He reassures me.

"I think we have done enough talking. You need to rest." Ellisia states, standing from beside me. Sky agrees, helping Ellisia to clear the dishes before she leaves, telling Sky to take care of me.

"I don't want to rest." I admit as Sky closes the bedroom door.

"Then what do you want to do?" I blush as he takes my hand, unsure if I am brave enough to voice what I want to say. Taking a deep breath, I look into his eyes and smile. I want to be with him. Even made him a duke so it would be easier to marry him.

"I want to take a bath. Take one with me." His smile fades for a moment, his eyes searching my face as if to see I am joking. He must have concluded that I am not as he bends down and scoops me into his arm, carrying me into the bathroom. I squeak in surprise as he does this, my arms wrapping around him so that he doesn't drop me. He makes a stop at the bathroom vanity, setting me down on the counter before he turns to the bathtub and runs a bubble bath. He comes back as the water runs, his lips crashing onto mine for a moment.

"Allisara." He groans my name, his hands helping me to undress from the nightgown I wear. Millia and Clarice must have changed me.

"Are you sure you want me with you?" He asks as our clothes fall to the ground.

"Yes." Our eyes meet and for a second I see a slight hesitation in them before I am scooped into his arms and carried into the bathtub. Sky turns the water off after we slide in, the warm water relaxing my sore body. I snuggle close to him, resting my head over the spot above his heart and listen to the steady heart beat. But it seems Sky has other plans. He places a wet finger under my chin, gently lifting it and bringing his lips to mine. The kiss is slow at first, our lips moving against each others, but then his hands position me so that I am straddling his lap, my hands on his shoulders steadying me while his find their way to my waist.

I moan when I feel something hard rub against me, Sky letting out a groan into the kiss that my lips muffle and I blush as I realize just what it was. Sky pulls away first, his eyes dark with lust as he stares at me, his gaze captivating me.

"We can stop any time you want." He whispers, dipping his head to nip at the sensitive skin of my neck.

"I don't want to stop at all." I admit, smirking as I slowly move my hips and watch as Sky hiss in a breath. His hands move to cup my ass, his lips claiming mine more forcefully this time as his tongue pushes through. Our kiss grows heated and desire for the man I love builds inside me.

"We should get you cleaned first." He mumbles as he pulls away again. I try to protest but am met with a pointed look, one that suggests I don't argue. My obedience earns me a quick peck on the lips as one hand leaves my body and Sky reaches to the shelf behind him and grabs a bottle of vanilla scented shower gel. The other hand leaves my body as he squirts a lightly tinted glob of it onto his hand, the bottle being returned to the shelf before he rubs the scented gen between his palms.

"Close your eyes, Allisara." His voice is low and husky as he gives me an order, one I comply with. Suddenly his hands are on my body, my breasts to be exact, and he massages the gel against my skin. I moan, the feeling of him squeezing and grabbing at me intensified with my eyes close and I nearly gasp when his finger pinch a hard nipple.

His hands move from there, going along my side and stomach even though the water covers me. Sky is thorough as he washes me, the squirting sound of the gel being added to his hand when he pulls away until I am sure almost every inch of skin as been explored by his touch. His hard appendage twitches when I moan, colliding with my heated skin and making me wonder what he would feel like inside me. Part of me is scared to find out but the other part wants to know right away. His fingers never move to touch me there but they do make a habit of grabbing my ass and my breast. Finally his hands find their way to my golden locks and Sky takes his time cleaning my hair, using first soap and then conditioner just by the feel of it against my scalp.

"I am just going to rinse you off, then you can clean me." His lips are pressed to my ear lob and I shiver at the sound of his voice. He is holding himself back and I really wished he would take me here and now. True to his words, the small shower attachment to the clawfoot tub is flicked on and the warm spray hits my scalp. He cleans away the soap and shampoo, his free hand helping along side the attachment. It doesn't take long and soon the shower spray stops.

"Your turn to clean me." His lips are next to my ear, his voice a throaty whisper. I shiver, feeling myself grind against him involuntarily making him groan. Opening my eyes, I see Sky staring at me patiently, a smirk on his lips. In his hand is a bottle of shower gel, one that I have seen in his bathroom before. My lips match his own smirk as I take the bottle from him. I am careful when I pour the gel into my left hand, finding a spot to rest the bottle on the tub before rubbing my palms together. Sky closes his eyes as I massage the shower gel into his skin, starting with his neck and shoulders and slowly moving lower. I hesitate when I reach that area, my face heating up as I think about how I will clean him. I haven't given myself away to anyone and I can tell just by how hard he has grown that Sky is big.

Taking a deep breath, I slowly move my left hand from his thigh to his shaft, my fingers unable to curl fully around him. Sky takes a shuddering breath, his hand moving from my waist to my wrist.

"You don't have to do anything if you don't want to." He groans out as my fingers move slightly.

"Who says I don't want to?" I ask coyly, feeling some sense of bravery. His eyes open in shock, his mouth slightly open as he stares at me. Keeping my eyes locked on his, I slowly move my hand up and down, the water moving with each movement of my arm. He groans again, his head leaning bac against the tub. I smile as I feel a sense of control over Sky, his grip on my wrist loosening. He twitches in my hand when I reach the base and then once more as soon as my fingers brush against his tip. My free hand reaches for the shower head and as my hand works on his shaft, I use the shower to clean off and soap left on his exposed skin.

"Allisara." He moans my name, his hand moving to my wrist once more and stopping me from moving.

"If you keep this up, I won't be able to hold back any longer." His gaze locks onto mine once more as I set the shower attachment back on its hook.

"Then don't hold back." Once again I leave Sky speechless but it doesn't last for long. His lips are on mine as his hands move to cup my ass. I squeal into the kiss when he rises from the bath tub, the cold air nipping at my skin. Sky sloshes the water as he climbs out with me in his arms, the sound of water dripping onto the floor making me pull away and laugh.

"Clarice is going to kill you for making a mess." I mumble out, placing light kisses along his jawline.

"She will be happier when she finds out we were making a little royal." He counters, making me laugh again. Sky is right though. If everyone finds out that we created a little royal, then any mess we make will be forgiven. Sky returns to kissing me, his tongue sliding along the seam of my lips demanding entry, entry that I playfully deny. A sharp slap to my ass causes me to jump in his grasp, my lips opening with a gasps and his tongue slide in claiming me.

Soon my body is placed on my bed and Sky is hovering over me, the kiss ending abruptly as he pulls away, his swollen lips forming into a grin.

"Last chance to back down Allisara." He warns, his right hand trailing from my side down to my thigh.

"I already told you." I chuckle out, my hand clenching his wrist and moving his hand from my thigh to just above the one place that demands his attention.

"Don't hold back." Sky's smirk grows with my provocation and his fingers move, caressing my lower lips. I gasp, my hips bucking from the sensation as my legs spread wider and his finger slips inside me.

"Sk-Skylard!" I moan his name as he moves his finger gently inside me, hooking slightly.

"Tell me what you want Allisara." He whispers, his lips pressing along my neck down to my collar bone.

"I want you!" I cry out, my hands snaking around his shoulder and into his damp hair. His finger leaves me and I let out a sound of protest but soon I realize why. He nudges my legs apart and with his free hand, guides them to wrap around his waist.

"This might hurt Allisara, but only for a moment." He mumbles against my skin, rubbing the tip of himself into me.

"Will...will it feel good in the end?" I whimper out, tugging at Sky's hair and pulling his head back. A see a playful smile on his face as his lust filled eyes twinkle in the dim light of the room.

"I hope so. I've been saving myself for you." With that, he pushes inside me, stretching me. I whimper, the pain something I expected, but not like this. Tears fill my eyes but Sky is quick to wipe them away as he waits fully inside me for me to be ready.

"It's okay." I gasp out as I feel him twitch. He says nothing but claims my lips in a kiss before moving, the ebbing pain turning into pleasure. Pleasure that lasts through the night.