The Mansion

[DarkWarrioress]

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Morning dawned bringing a thick fog.

How lovely.

Blankets were pulled over a tousled red head and grumbling could just be barely heard. Two seconds later the covers were flung back with a sigh and there was a mad dash for the bathroom, a flash of naked leg, white and then the shower water was heard. Steam rolled out of the open doorway.

She was leaning against the tiled wall. Eyes closed. Hot water beating down on her skin, making it turn warm and red.

She was staying right here. Not moving. Nuh-uh. Not even for coffee. Too bloody cold.


Moments ticked by. Soft swear words came.

There were things to do.

Feckin' A.

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[LordUsagi]

He grinned

"I have a good hand, you are in so much trouble."

He turned over a 2 of Spades

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She reciprocated that grin.

"You know, you're starting to sound like a broken record."

She flipped over an Ace of Spades.

"Ace high bets. My bra."

Her eyebrow arched as she looked at him. Jeans? Or would he offer something else in its place for the moment?

 

[LordUsagi]

He smiled

"Hardly worth my jeans yet."

Though in his mind he knew the chance to see those breasts was almost priceless.

"A kiss."

He doubted she would go for it but it was worth the tease to see her response.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She gave it a moment's thought.

"Hm. A little tame for you but we have three more cards to go."

She slipped him another card and then dealt herself one. Still holding the deck in one hand, she peeked at her newest card, then glanced his way, waiting.

 

[LordUsagi]

"I told you," he grinned as her flipped the original card she dealt him the first time.

Queen of Spades

"Going to get my flush and then you will be flushing."

He laughed

"You still have the highest card so your bet."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She rolled over the King of Spades. Might as well. She wasn't going to get a royal flush that's for sure.

"Ha! Not unless I get a higher flush."

She rolled over the King of Spades. Then saucily stuck her tongue out at him and dealt each of them another card.

Ace, King bets. She nibbled on her upper lip, thinking.

"I'll bet a nibble and I'll even let you choose the place for it."

A flick of her wrist and another log adorned the fire.

 

[LordUsagi]

"A nibble is it, well I can think of an obvious place...but that might hurt."

He grinned stood and stepped close to her.

"How about right here," he said running his hand over the taught skin just below his navel.

He was standing close enough for her to notice that the game was having a positive affect on him.

"I will see your nibble, my nibble for yours and raise you...my trousers."
He unbuckled them just enough that they did not fall.

"And to sweeten it, if I don't have the best hand after the next card is rolled, you can claim them then...but you have to remove them yourself."

He grinned

"Quite a big bet, how you going to match that?"

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She laughed. Heartily.

"Someone decided they were wearing their big boy boxers today."

"A nibble is it, well I can think of an obvious place...but that might hurt. How about right here?"

Her eyes followed the path of his hand. Her lips parted slightly, the tip of her tongue resting on the edge of her upper teeth. Her eyes floated upward to his grinning countenance. Then dropped to the cards, where one had yet to be revealed. A slight smirk played around her lips, as her eyes sought his again.

"I think someone is a bit anxious or even feeling a bit.....cocky." The last word was whispered, "I'll let you keep your pants, for the moment and see your bet by.... letting you remove the bra."

She flipped over the last card dealt from her pile.

Jack of Spades.

"Roll it, big guy."

Her eyes were twinkling with mischief and humor.

 

[LordUsagi]

He laughed

"So even if I roll the Ace of Diamonds, you still have the best hand with you king."

He stood, shaking his head and lowered his zip a little so she could just make out the top of his pubic hair.

"Wait," he stopped, "I don't have the Ace of Diamonds."

He bent down and flipped over the 2 of Diamonds

Pair of twos

He grinned at her.

"Very cocky indeed now."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

"On a pair of twos? Well, I suppose you could win with those. I've seen stranger things."

She slid him another face down card.

"Here you go, down and dirty."

She peeked at the last dealt card, set the deck on the table and sat back on her heels as one finger tapped the tabletop.

"I check."

Let's see what he does with that.

She reached for her teacup and took a sip. She was still high so the bet came to her. The check put the ball in his court. Now to see what Mr. Cocky did with his last card.

 

[LordUsagi]

He looked at his last card.

"So currently the bet is your bra, which I can remove."

He grinned, "think I will be kind and won't use my hands for that."

"My jeans, which you must remove and a kiss from me."

He finished his tea.

"As well as either of us giving a sexy little tummy nibble."

He checked his face down cards again.

"Potentially you have a straight or flush, can't have the royal one because I have the queen of spades, or even a pair that is higher than mine."

He scratched his chin.

"Well I want those panties, so need to bet something significant, maybe even high so you are forced to bet more than just them."

He looked into her eyes, still grinning.

"Me for one hour, the choice is yours how you want to use me, but for one hour I do anything you ask."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Every sense went on alert. Had she heard him right? One hour. For one hour he was hers. To do anything she wanted to. Now how was she going to match that?

Then she knew.

"Well, I bet my panties, of course and.... three wishes that I can fulfill for you. The only stipulation is that it can't be anything I am strongly against. Deal?"

 

[LordUsagi]

All he could do was smile. His mind already exploring the possibilities.

He nodded, "Deal."

"You saw me so I better flip my second last card."

He tuned over the Queen of Clubs

"Two pair, you can fold now before I make you bet too much."

He grinned

 

[DarkWarrioress]

One card to go.

He had two pair. She looked into his eyes.

"Folding may or may not be wise at this point," her voice was soft, just above being heard over the crackling fire.

The atmosphere in her great room had been full of humor, laughter and teasing. Now... it was laced with a tension. Not a bad tension by any means.

"But that's not why we are playing, is it? To retreat. Even if I did fold, I would forfeit the things I bet anyway, so might as well see this to its end, yes? Your two pair bets."

 

[LordUsagi]

He decided to play her own game, see what she was willing to give up.

He had some ideas, some unconventional bets, so he hoped she didn't follow suit and check as well.

The winner would see the other naked and get a few sexual favours if they wished. But he was enjoying this, the teasing and banter. Each trying to out do the other with more elaborate bets. So he wondered what she would do next.

"Check."

He declared with a grin.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She had no idea what her hold card was. This might be a good time to look. The card in question was slipped under her turned over ones. Lifting just the corner, she peeked. Her mind churned over the possibilities. She let the corner drop and sat up straighter. With a deliberate slow action and wearing a smile, she offered her final bet.

"24 hours. At your discretion. Whenever you wish it, I am yours to do with as you please."

This was a gamble in more ways than one. She was confident.

 

[LordUsagi]

He looked at her, then grinned, his mind racing.

"Anything I want, no stipulations?"

She would have to wonder if his wicked grin was just teasing or because he was thinking of some very wild things.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

"If you keep asking me questions, I just might feel compelled to find some stipulations." She laughed.

Strangely enough, she wasn't worried. He was a man, yes, but he was also a gentleman. He would never ask of her more than she was willing to give nor would he force her into anything she felt clearly against. So, in this, she was teasing him.

She thought herself to be a good judge of character and sometimes, she had been wrong. She didn't think so this time, however. Even more cautious then she use to be, she wasn't jumping to conclusions. Yet, in just the short time she has known him, she'd bet her soul that he was, after all, a gentleman.

 

[LordUsagi]

He laughed.

"Such a sweet attitude in the face of defeat. Very well Mr Lady, I see your bet with the same...24 hours of me."

He looked at her, trying to read her thoughts.

"Let's see who lady luck favours...show your hand."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

"Mr. Lady?" She laughed, leaning over the table to lightly tap his cards.

"Two of a kind, remember. Ball's in your court. I bet to see your cards. So, come on, Mister Man. Time to show 'em."

25 hours of this man... oh, the things she could do.

 

[LordUsagi]

He nodded.

"Unfortunately I only have two pairs."

He turned over a 5 of hearts

"So if you don't have you flush or straight I win."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

She stood up in one fluid motion then leaned over to flip her last card......

The seven of hearts.

 

[LordUsagi]

He looked at the card, looked at her and then smiled.

"Freeze!"

He enjoyed the pose she was in...bent over the table, him looking down her cleavage.

"Don't you move...you can place your hands on the table for support while I talk."

He sat back into his chair, his anticipation obvious by the bulge in his jeans.

"Look at me...and don't you have something to say?"

He was interested to hear what she would say now that she had lost. It was all about the tease and the game they were playing. He was sure she would come up with some smart remark and he waited to hear it.

He grinned at her, a part of him wishing he had lost. He guessed she didn't care about losing as well, no matter who was the victor they would both get what the wanted in the end. The winning was only about bragging rights.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Yeeeaaaah. She should have known he wasn't going to let her off the hook that easily. Don't move? Was he kidding? She could follow orders, commands, instructions... whatever the hell one wanted to call them, when she wanted to. She was rebellious by nature. Tell her to do something and the urge to do the opposite was strong. Flip the coin and with the right person, she loved to please. There was a difference between being passive and wanting to please. Subtle. But there.

Her look wandered up his legs to his lap. His arousal was obvious. Her look lingered a few moments before moving upward, past the unzipped waistband of his jeans, across the expanse of his chest, noting his broadness. Her eyes admired and meandered across the breadth. She had a sudden urge to let her tongue and lips rove across that plane. Up higher went her look. Across a neck she wanted to press her teeth into until they met his eyes. She took in that grin, the twinkle in his eyes.

To the victor goes the spoils.

She found her voice. She lifted her hands from the tabletop as she drew herself upright. Her own lips twitched. Humor, in her eyes, rose to the fore. Her eyebrow rose slightly as she regarded him.

"Um. You're just damn lucky at cards?"

"Not to mention that Lady Luck is a bitch and a traitor to her own kind." She muttered lowly to herself as she regarded him.