Rebirth: The unfavored Princess is the Tyrant King's favorite-Chapter 72: R 18+ -- I surrender!

Trigger Warning: This Chapter is rated +18 with mature content and sex scenes. Please skip it if you are uncomfortable.

"What are you going to do to me?" Luciana asked in a trembling voice.

"We shall find out soon, won’t we? Love," he said, and her heart skipped at the new endearment.

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"Do you like what you see?" he whispered. Luciana stared at the steamy, large bathtub in front of her and gulped. It didn’t help that Nicholas was standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her from behind.

It also didn’t help her thumping heart that he had dipped his face in the crook of her neck and was grazing his nose on her sensitive spot with his wet lips pressed on her shoulder.

Luciana knew she couldn’t get out of this and had resigned herself to fate, but it seemed accepting that he was going to be intimate with her and being calm were two different things altogether.

In front of her was a new bathtub that had been prepared for them. After Nicholas had literally dragged her out of her medicinal bath, he had sent her to the dining hall and spoon-fed her like a baby.

After that, the devil had taken her on a visit to see Tiger have its dinner. He had said it was a little exercise to aid digestion after all the food she had eaten.

Upon their arrival, a little sheep was thrown into Tiger’s den. The poor animal saw the fierce tiger and instantly knew it was in danger.

Even though Tiger wanted to pounce on the little sheep, due to Nicholas commanding it to wait, Tiger obeyed, and the naive little sheep began to get comfortable around the beast when it had not attacked.

"The moon looks full tonight, don’t you think?" Nicholas had asked her, causing her to look up at the sky.

"Yes, it looks full," she said.

"It’s beautiful," he said, his gaze fixed on her while she was looking up at the sky.

They had begun to talk about the stars, shooting stars, and making a wish.

"What is your wish, Luciana? Tell me, and I promise I’ll do anything for you," he said.

"Anything?" she asked back.

"Yes, anything; apart from telling me to give you more time before we consummate," he said, knowing she might use his own words against him.

Luciana’s bright eyes that were staring up at him in the moonlight dimmed after hearing his response, and she lowered her gaze.

"I don’t have any wish I want from you... apart from what you just said," Luciana mumbled, but it was loud enough for him to hear.

Nicholas’s gaze darkened, and he took a step away from her, his fingers clenched to form a fist with his knuckles turning white from the amount of strength he was using.

"Look at them; they are coexisting peacefully," he said, causing Luciana to look at Tiger and the little sheep. They were indeed coexisting peacefully. The sheep was even trying to snuggle close to the predator.

"Tiger, eat!" Nicholas commanded Tiger, and the beast that had been lying down lazily a moment ago as if it was just a normal huge cat pounced on the little sheep. Its teeth sank into the helpless sheep’s neck, breaking it with such a force that in the next second, the lamb was hanging limply from the beast’s mouth—dead.

It went on to devour the poor animal hungrily, growling and groaning in between as Luciana watched in horror.

"You see, Luciana, under the right circumstances, a tiger and a little defenseless sheep can peacefully exist under the same roof even though it would want to devour it and eat it clean."

"But as their hunger begins to grow and they keep restricting themselves, it would take only a simple tick... one tiny little call before they snap and finally pounce on that thing that they had wanted to pounce on all this while. And when that happens, nothing can stop them," he said.

Luciana didn’t have to be told he was referring to her, and her thoughts were proven when he dragged her towards the direction of his bedchambers.

Luciana had been in a daze ever since she saw what happened in Tiger’s den. With Nicholas’ warning ringing in her ears and as they approached his bedchambers with such a menacing aura emanating from him, she couldn’t help but shiver.

For the first time after her rebirth, she was truly afraid of Nicholas. He carried her into his bed chamber and pushed her against the wall. Luciana’s back hurt from the rough shove, but she didn’t even get a chance to complain when he pressed his lips onto hers and began to kiss her hungrily and domineeringly.

It was a rough kiss, almost bruising her lips and making her feel pain.

Alarm bells rang in her head as he raised both of her hands above her head and pinned them on the wall with one of his hands holding them in place, and his other hand went behind her waist, pressing her body close to his.

Luciana knew she had to do something; she couldn’t go through what happened in the past all over again. Without thinking, she bit hard on his lips to draw blood, making Nicholas break the kiss.

But when he looked back at her with his eyes that looked like bottomless pits and smiled with his bloodstained teeth, a shiver ran down her spine. He looked like the devil.

So when he leaned in and was about to continue with his onslaught, she decided to accept her fate. Besides, whether this was the will of the deities or Nicholas, either way, as he said, there was no escape.

"Nick, wait, please, I accept! I surrender!" She exclaimed.

"Good girl," he said, grinning.

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Nicholas’s hands expertly found the ribbon tying her upper coat together and pulled on it, making it come loose. He gently began to undress her. He first peeled away her short coat and pulled on the waistband of her skirt, and it fell in heaps, pooling around her feet.

He then began to get her out of her undergarments, and in the next second or two, she was as naked as a newborn baby. Her heart thumped as she shyly placed one foot above the other and tried to hug her breast to cover herself. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

She didn’t know when a naked Nicholas came to stand before her and stepped into the water.

"Come here, love," he said gently, stretching his hands towards her. She obeyed, and with a little tug, he wrapped his hands around her waist and effortlessly lifted her into the water.

Her eyes grew wide with their skin-to-skin contact as her gaze kept switching between his face and the water.

"Can I touch you, Luciana?" He asked, and a hint of surprise flashed briefly past her eyes at his words.

’When did he ever need her permission?’

"You are my wife, Luciana; I want us to surrender ourselves to each other. Is there something about this you don’t understand?" He breathed, even though his words carried deep emotions. It came out gently like a breeze.

"I’m scared," she said, trying to also surrender to him. She was tired of holding back.

"Scared of what love, I will be gentle," he whispered. His words sounded like an oath.

"Moreover, I’m just going to wash you clean. I’m just going to wash the herbal scent off you," he said, and Luciana allowed herself to be lowered into the water.

The temperature of the water was just right, and the fragrance of the essential oils and flower petals was so calming and soothing.

Luciana felt her stiff body relax as the warm water caressed her skin. She looked up at Nicholas and immediately lowered her gaze, seeing the intensity in her eyes. She instinctively closed her eyes when she felt him touch her skin with something soft and held her breath when she felt it moving on her skin. It felt ticklish.

"What are you doing?" she asked, her breath hitching.

Nicholas raised the towel he was holding in his hands.

"I want to help you clean up. How does the water feel? Is it comfortable enough?" He asked with a concerned look on his face.

"It’s comfortable; I like it," she admitted, deciding to cut him some slack. Since it was going to happen anyway, she should at least make the memory a beautiful one. She didn’t want a repeat of what happened in her past life due to her resistance.

He began to rub the sponge on her body in slow and careful strokes, making Luciana let out a contented "mhmm."

Nick’s movements were so soothing and relaxing that Luciana didn’t realize he was doing something else; he had an agenda.

Nicholas rubbed the sponge on her breasts slowly and sensually in circular motions; the feeling was like that of him massaging and kneading her breasts and slightly pinching her nipples in between and making her aroused; she began to feel a dull ache between her legs.

Luciana realized belatedly what he had been up to all along when he started rubbing in between her inner thighs in circular motions and grazing his fingers on her clitoral area from time to time.

In the beginning, she had not drawn his attention to his actions and had kept quiet due to the burning heat rising within her, thinking it was an innocent mistake.

But as his hands kept rubbing her inner thighs with just the right amount of strength and dangerously getting closer to her cunt, she felt a familiar sensation coursing through her body and tried to clamp her legs shut to prevent his assault, but it was a late and weak attempt.

He easily spread her legs open and slowly slipped his finger into her already throbbing pussy.

"Don’t... Nick, I... don’t... stop." She protested weakly.

"Shhhhh... I just want to make you feel good. I won’t do anything else. You are so wet..."

Nicholas’ finger was inside her pussy, making her feel dizzy and lightheaded with need. He was twirling, gliding in and out of her damp folds, stroking her inner walls, and stretching them in preparation for his length.

He was working his fingers on the right spot, making her legs vibrate from the intensity as she let out gasps and moans of pleasure.

"Now tell me, Luciana, does this feel wrong?" he asked.