Free Web NovelChapter 151: Chapter 151: Plea
Kai stood still while Scarlet Matriarch pressed herself against him inside her private sanctum.
Her feverish body burned hot against his bare skin.
Chaotic celestial energy rolled off her in unstable waves, making the air feel tight and suffocating.
She kissed him again, much harder this time.
Her manicured hands clawed at his open black silk robe like she was trying to tear his chest open and crawl right inside.
"You arrogant bastard," she gasped between hungry kisses.
Her royal voice cracked with raw, unfiltered need.
"You make me beg like some common whore."
"You are the one throwing yourself at me," Kai pointed out calmly.
He gripped her waist tighter, pulling her hips flush against his thighs.
He could feel exactly how soaked she was through the thin crimson fabric of her gown.
His own body responded to the friction, but his mind stayed ice-cold and calculating.
’You are breaking right in front of me,’ Kai thought, looking down into her glowing red eyes.
’And you do not even see it.’
He pushed a controlled surge of freezing mana directly into her lower back.
That sudden, biting cold made her gasp loudly.
She arched her spine against him, chasing the euphoric sensation.
Her glowing red veins pulsed brighter for a fleeting moment before flickering erratically.
"Please," she whispered, the desperate word slipping out before she could catch it.
"Just a little more."
"I need your ice inside me."
"It makes the burning stop."
"Is that an order from my queen," Kai asked, letting his voice drop to a mocking whisper.
"Or is that a plea from a dying woman?"
"Do not mock me," she sobbed, grinding her hips shamelessly against his leg.
"I will give you whatever you want."
"Just cool me down, Kai."
Kai slid his right hand lower, tracing the curve of her hip.
He cupped her directly through the sheer gown, rubbing her slowly with a frost-covered thumb.
She moaned loudly, throwing her head back as pleasure fried her overloaded nerves.
Her hips rolled frantically against his palm.
"Your magic feels so good," she whimpered, pressing her face against his chest.
"It numbs the pain."
"I burn every single minute of the day."
"The celestial artifacts demand a price I cannot pay anymore."
"So you want me to pay it for you," Kai deduced, maintaining his steady rhythm.
"I want us to share the burden," she corrected him frantically.
"You like that," Kai teased her, keeping his pace agonizingly slow.
"Yes," she whimpered, her fingernails digging painful half-moons into his shoulders.
"More."
"Push your ice deeper."
"You are so needy today," Kai chuckled, letting his freezing mana seep through the crimson silk.
"You spent all week acting like a tyrant."
"Now look at you."
"You are trembling over a few fingers."
"Shut up and touch me," she demanded, though her voice lacked any real authority.
For several long minutes, he worked her just like that.
He kept her hovering right on the edge of a climax without letting her fall over.
Every time her breathing hitched and her muscles tightened, he slowed his movements down.
He made her suffer in the most exquisite way possible.
"Tell me you belong to me," she panted, trying to assert dominance while writhing against his hand.
"Tell me you want this bond."
"I am not going to lie to you just to make you feel better," Kai replied coldly.
"You are going to take what I give you and be grateful."
She whined softly, unable to form a coherent argument while his frozen fingers worked her core.
"Kai," she cried out, her eyes rolling back.
"I am going to..."
Then he stopped.
He pulled his hand away abruptly and took a deliberate step backward.
He left her trembling and frustrated against the polished stone wall.
"Not yet," Kai said calmly, wiping his wet fingers on his torn silk robe.
"What are you doing," she gasped, her eyes flying open in pure shock.
"You want me pure for your precious ritual," Kai reminded her with a cruel smirk.
"Remember?"
Scarlet Matriarch looked like she wanted to scream until her lungs bled.
Her chest heaved rapidly.
Her glowing eyes flashed with a terrifying mixture of lust and rage.
For a brief second, it looked like she might actually attack him with lethal magic.
Her fingers sparked with red energy, ready to lash out and strike his chest.
Instead, she forced herself to take a ragged breath.
She smoothed her ruined crimson gown with shaking hands, trying to suppress her murderous instincts.
"You play very dangerous games, city boy," she hissed, trying to regain her regal posture.
"I just follow the rules you established," Kai replied, crossing his arms over his bare chest.
"You said the celestial array needs untainted magic."
"I am just protecting your investment."
"Tomorrow night," she repeated, her voice hoarse from crying out.
"At midnight."
"The array will be ready."
"You will stand in the center with me, and I will bind our cores together."
"Your power will become mine."
"You will save me, Kai."
Kai looked at her with cold amusement, refusing to break eye contact.
"And if I decide I do not want to be saved," he asked.
"What if I let you burn?"
She stepped forward again, closing the distance in a flash.
She grabbed his jaw with surprising strength, her sharp nails biting into his skin.
Her glowing eyes bored into his, shining with manic paranoia.
"Then I will kill that scavenger bitch you keep meeting," she hissed, her voice dripping with venom.
"I know she is hiding in the lower rings."
"I will drag her into the arena."
"I will skin her alive while you watch."
"Then I will do the same to every person who ever spoke your name in my city."
Kai’s facial expression did not change at all.
However, his eyes grew noticeably colder.
He grabbed her wrist with his left hand and forcefully pulled her hand off his face.
"Careful," Kai warned quietly.
"You keep threatening what belongs to me."
"That makes me want to break you more than I already do."
"I am the ruler of Sunfall Oasis," she snapped, rubbing her bruised wrist.
"Nobody threatens me in my own palace."
"I just did," Kai pointed out smoothly.
"And you are going to let me get away with it because you need my ice."
"You think you hold all the cards," she sneered, pacing nervously around him.
"You think your little threats mean anything to a woman who commands an army."
"Your army could not even handle me in a confined bedroom," Kai reminded her.
"I slaughtered your best men while wearing a silk robe."
"Do not push me," she warned, though her voice wavered slightly.
She shivered at his confident words, clearly aroused by the threat in his voice.
She could not handle men who bowed down to her, but a man who fought back became her ultimate addiction.
She leaned in and kissed him one last time.
She bit his lip hard enough to draw blood before pulling away.
"Rest tonight," she ordered, stepping back toward the door.
"Tomorrow you become mine."
"Body, soul, and power."
She left without another word.
Heavy brass doors slammed shut behind her, echoing loudly across the empty sanctum.
Kai stood alone in the quiet room for a long moment.
He tasted blood on his tongue.
He wiped his lip with the back of his hand and looked at the crimson smear.
’She is completely lost it,’ Kai thought, letting a feral smile touch his face.
’Her mind is gone.’
’All that is left is obsession and fear.’
He turned around and walked toward the sanctum doors, ready to return to his cage.
Elite guards waited for him in the hallway, gripping their spears with sweaty palms.
"Take me back to my room," Kai commanded them, sounding more like a king than a prisoner.
The guard captain nodded nervously, gesturing for her squad to fall into formation around him.
They marched him back to his holding cell without a single word of conversation.
The palace felt heavier tonight.
The air hung thick with corrupted energy, making it hard for normal people to breathe.
Kai barely noticed it, his freezing core repelling the toxic heat effortlessly.
"Do you think she will really share her throne with you," the guard captain asked quietly, breaking the silence as they walked.
"She will not have a choice," Kai answered without looking at her.
"You should not speak so arrogantly," the captain warned him.
"She has killed stronger men than you for showing less disrespect."
"I am not like the other men she brought here," Kai stated factually.
"You will find that out soon enough."
The captain shook her head, clearly thinking he was marching toward his own execution.
He watched the terrified expressions on the servants’ faces as he passed by them in the grand corridors.
Everyone in Sunfall Oasis knew something terrible was brewing in the royal tower.
When they reached the lower holding blocks, the guards quickly unlocked his cell.
Kai stepped inside without putting up a fight.
When the iron bars locked behind him again, Kai sat down on the stone bench and closed his eyes.
A translucent blue window materialized right in front of his face.
[System: Psychological Profiling Complete]
[Target Mental State: Fractured]
[Scarlet Matriarch’s Obsession: 100%] frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
[Warning: Target will attempt forceful core assimilation at midnight]
[Hidden Quest Updated: The Frozen Throne]
[Objective: Survive the Celestial Array and execute the Target]
Kai read the glowing text with deep satisfaction.
He dismissed the prompt with a lazy wave of his hand.
’Forceful core assimilation,’ Kai mused silently.
’She wants to rip my magic out and stitch it to her own soul.’
’She plans to use my ice as a permanent bandage for her broken pathways.’
He let out a soft chuckle that bounced around the quiet holding block.
"You are going to be very disappointed, sweetheart," Kai whispered to the empty room.
Another system prompt flashed into his vision shortly after the first one disappeared.
[Passive Skill Triggered: Absolute Zero Mastery] ƒгeewёbnovel.com
[Mana pathways expanding in preparation for high-level spell casting]
[Combat efficiency increased by thirty percent]
Kai felt a sudden chill spread through his veins as his body automatically prepared for war.
His core pulsed with a greedy, endless hunger.
The system was feeding off the escalating danger, rewarding him for pushing the scenario to its absolute limit.
He knew the celestial array would be heavily guarded by her remaining elites.
He would likely have to fight his way out of the sanctum once the Matriarch was dead.
But that did not bother him in the slightest.
He was looking forward to testing his new limits against the royal guard.
He summoned a small shard of ice into his palm, tossing it up and catching it.
He thought about Yena waiting in the shadows of the lower rings.
She was probably gathering her rebel friends right now, preparing a useless rescue mission.
’I need to make sure she stays out of the crossfire tomorrow,’ Kai planned.
