Delivered by the Defender (Kindred Tales)

“Wait—what about the cleansing blooms?” she asked, nodding at the white, waxy blossoms as he washed her. “Aren’t you doing their job for them?”

“In a way,” Valen murmured. “They can still help us though, if you like.”

“How?” Selena asked.

“Like this.” Gently he sprinkled water over the blossoms near her arm. But he seemed to do it in a different pattern than Pashmeena had when she “activated” the blooms during Selena’s earlier bath in the large tub. At any rate, the cleansing blooms certainly behaved differently.

Rather than fastening onto her arm or shoulder to “lick her clean,” two of the largest blossoms trailed through the water on their long vines and found her nipples.

“Oh!” Selena exclaimed, as they fastened themselves onto her breasts and began a surprisingly strong suction. Their tiny red tongues must have been working too, because it felt like they were licking and sucking her tender peaks at the same time. “Ohhh,” she said again—but it was more of a moan this time. “I…I didn’t know they could, um, do that.”

“Indeed—the cleansing blooms are most accommodating,” Valen growled softly. “Let’s activate one of the lower ones as well, shall we?” And reaching along the edge of the tub, he sprinkled some water on a particularly large blossom near Selena’s knee. This one was a slightly different shade than the others, she saw—pale pink instead of white. It slid into the water on its long green stem and made its way between her legs.

“Oh!” she gasped, starting to close her thighs.

“Don’t crush it,” Valen warned her. “Here—spread your thighs a little wider, little one and let it work on you.”

“Work on me?” Selena whispered, her heart pounding.

“I think you know what I mean,” Valen growled softly. “Let the flower pleasure you while I wash you. In fact, I want you to reach between your thighs and spread your pussy lips for it.”

“Yes, Master.” Selena’s heart was beating like a drum as she reached beneath the warm water and spread her outer pussy lips for the seeking flower.

The cleansing bloom found its way unerringly to her throbbing clit and Selena sucked in a breath as it fastened over her tight little pleasure button and began to suck and lick her there.

“Oh!” she moaned, bucking her hips a little. “Oh, God!”

Valen gave her that little half-smile of his and his eyes were half-lidded with desire.

“Feels good, doesn’t it, little one? But don’t worry—it won’t actually make you come. I reserve that pleasure for myself.”

“It…it feels really good,” Selena admitted softly. She arched her back as the two blooms attached to her nipples continued to suck and lick her. The three flowers in her most sensitive areas really did feel like tiny mouths teasing her but Valen was right—they weren’t giving her quite enough stimulation to come.

“Mmm, you look so beautiful, naked in the tub, being pleasured,” he murmured, washing her other arm. “And you’re such a good girl to spread your pussy for your Master and let your sweet little clit be sucked and licked.”

“Oh, Master…” Selena breathed. As always, his dirty talk seemed to make her as hot and wet as the way he was touching her. She arched her back again and spread her thighs wider, giving the flower more room to work on her.

“Let’s get you all nice and clean,” Valen murmured, running the foamy purple sponge up and down first one leg and then the other. “Need to make sure you’re nice and relaxed for your massage.”

“My…massage?” Selena panted, looking at him uncertainly.

His face turned suddenly serious.

“Yes, a massage. You’ve been through a very stressful experience, little one. A good massage ought to help to release some tension.”

“Um…are you doing the massage or is the bed doing it?” Selena couldn’t help remembering how she had accidentally set the mattress to “deep massage” on her first night in the big round bed and how Pashmeena and Balfore had been forced to come rescue her.

“I will be,” Valen said firmly. “Why do you ask?”

“Well…I sort of accidentally turned the bed’s massage function on my first night in this room,” Selena confessed. “And it kind of went crazy. Pashmeena heard me screaming and she and Balfore had to come and turn it off.”

Valen’s stern features cracked into a grin.

“Forgive me—I’m sure it wasn’t funny, but I can just imagine that happening.”

Selena laughed.

“It wasn’t exactly comfortable. You were already gone to court and I asked Pashmeena not to tell you because I was embarrassed,” she confessed.

His eyes were suddenly serious and he cupped her cheek.

“You never have to be embarrassed to tell me anything or to open yourself to me, little one,” he murmured, looking into her eyes. “I want to know how you feel at all times—good or bad. Otherwise, how can I best pleasure you?”

Selena nibbled her bottom lip. God, when he looked her in the eyes like that with that intense blue gaze of his, she felt like she was melting.