The Fair Lady's Predicament 19/?
anonymous
September 19 2012, 04:50:49 UTC
"May I have this dance?" Shepard said softly.
"Always." Liara replied breathlessly and they swayed together in the sand to an inaudible tune. She closed her eyes and pictured this as her wedding night dancing her first dance with Shepard while everyone else watched them. There would be hundreds of other nobility staring at her but for some reason Liara didn't care. It was just her and her human in the room. The song would end and other couples would populate the dance floor but Liara and Shepard would continue to dance to the same tune. Shepard would look into her eyes and say "fiancée" and Liara would love it. Then she would take her by the hand to their room and Shepard would ravish her like she always dreamed.
She ran her hands up Shepard's neck and into her hair pulling her head down to meet hers. The kiss was passionate, sensuous, overwhelmingly satisfying, and made Liara's toes curl. Shepard walked them further into the water until it was at above her thighs and dragged her hands up and down Liara's back through her dress.
"Shepard I ... want you."
"You have me Miss Liara."
"Say my name."
"Miss Liara."
"No. Without the Miss." She looked Shepard in the eyes and when her name was uttered from those lips it made fireworks erupt in her belly. "I don't want to marry the Prince." She said between kisses.
"I've noticed."
"If only you took me away from this country. It would be so easy for one ship to get lost in this ocean." Liara blushed as she thought of another way to get out of this arranged marriage. "If we went back to Thessia ... a bond made under the Goddess is eternal ... or you could ... take me. Here ... now ... tonight. The Prince would not be able to marry a woman who is not a virgin ..."
Shepard moved down to her neck sucking on the tender flesh there. "If you're sure ..."
"I have never been more sure of anything in my life."
Shepard's hands found the clasps to Liara's dress and began undoing them while Liara tugged on her guard's wet shirt. Her hands came into contact with something metallic in a thin leather holster strapped around Shepard's body.
"Knives." Shepard murmured. "Good for hurting someone or eating steak."
She undid the last clasp and pulled Liara's arms out of the dress. Shepard's pendant hung around her bare neck and glittered in the sunlight. Her garment bobbed in the water around her waist. She had never done this before and she suddenly felt nervous. People had seen her naked before, her mother and maids, but never a lover. When she pulled Shepard's shirt over her head she made sure to fling it in the direction of the sand but she was confident she didn't make it. Liara felt the human's gaze on her body and nervously kept her eyes cast down. She could see the knife straps clearly now. One ran diagonal and another horizontal along her waist. Then her mind exploded when the human's lips closed over a nipple, hot breath on sensitive skin, sucking, flicking, and gently biting. She grinded their pelvises together to ease a growing ache.
"Shepard!" She shrieked. The human's hands were all over her body igniting nerve endings wherever they went. Her whole body felt like an inferno. Shepard's hands trailed up to the base of the asari's skull caressing the soft skin and indentations there making Liara's body writhe uncontrollably from the pleasure. Goddess! She wanted more.
Shepard slowly walked the asari back to dry land discarding their wet clothes once they became too cumbersome. Liara was like nothing Shepard could describe. It was a combination of love, lust, and pure need. She needed to relieve this sexual tension. It was making her restless and Kelly had noticed it. The last time she had taken a lover was almost two years before the war but ever since she saw Liara there had been no one else. How could there be anyone else, no one else compared.
She never thought she would be holding, kissing, buying gifts for the asari she had first seen from afar. It was like a dream.
The Fair Lady's Predicament 20/?
anonymous
September 19 2012, 04:52:08 UTC
The human wanted to. She would have made love to her that day and every day after. She would devote everything she ever was to please her. She would worship her forever ... but in that moment ... seeing her naked body in the sand ... ready and willing ... it crushed her resolve.
Who stole your heart? It's the asari isn't it ... Shepard was a soldier who had sworn an allegiance. She had been given a direct order. People like her always fall for those they cannot have. There were a thousand stories out there, all the same. She thinks I'm fascinating but she's going to marry the Prince ... It was not her place to dabble in the lives of nobles nor was it Liara's to befriend commoners. Liara was a pureblooded noble of the highest standard. Shepard was but a human who hired out her skills for coin, not even a noble of any standing. She would never have her. It was just not meant to be.
You can't Shepard ...
You can't.
Shepard was brought back to reality. The human stopped everything. Her face was filled with regret. "I ... no ... I can't. I'm sorry. We can't ... we shouldn't ... I can't do this."
"What? No!" Liara was pleading with her now. "I don't want to marry the Prince! I would rather die!" She wanted to feel Shepard's hands on her body and those lips on her skin. "Please!"
Shepard shook her head and grabbed Liara's dress, wringing it out before slipping it over her. She fastened the first few clasps, walking back to the carriage making sure to pick up her soaked shirt along the way. Dismal tears streamed down the asari's face. Liara thought Shepard had felt the same way. She thought she knew how humans acted by now but she was never in her life so confused. "Then promise me you won't let me marry the Prince." When Shepard didn't say anything she started yelling. "Promise me Shepard!"
"I don't know." The human said dejectedly. "That's an awfully big promise to make."
"Promise me!"
It took a long time for Shepard to say the words and when she did Liara almost couldn't hear it over the waves. "I won't let you marry the Prince ... I promise." She wrung her own clothes out the best she could prior to getting into the carriage. When Shepard moved to sit across from the asari Liara grabbed Shepard's arm and forced her to sit next to her.
She turned her head and spoke into her guard's damp shirt. "I love you."
The Fair Lady's Predicament 21/?
anonymous
September 19 2012, 04:53:58 UTC
After changing into a new set of dry clothes and taking a small nap, she spent the rest of the day knitting in her room. She had kissed Shepard good night but the soldier's smile was still missing. There was a knock on her door.
"Enter."
Liselle appeared bearing a full tray of food. "Lady Benezia wishes to speak with you in private tonight. She has cancelled your scheduled dinner with Prince Harper so that she may have ample time for the discussion."
"What does she wish to speak to me about?" Liara was glad she didn't have to see the Prince but in her experience a "private discussion" with her mother was never a good thing.
"I do not know My Lady. I was not given any details on the matter. However I got the impression it was of utmost importance as I was instructed to bring you dinner and alert the Lady as soon as you have finished."
It was always something important with Benezia. She ate quickly and braced herself for whatever it was her mother wanted to talk about. True to her word Liselle went to fetch Benezia once Liara had cleaned her plate.
Benezia entered the room and walked over to the bed slowly.
"How have you been Liara?" Her mother asked as she sat on the bed beside her daughter.
"Well enough."
"I have been in great thought for the past week and have come to the conclusion that you do not harbor any romantic feelings for the young Prince. Do you confirm or deny this claim?"
Liara had to school her face into neutrality. She held her breath nervously and chose not to answer. She did not know where her mother was going with this but she was determined not to lose the game they were playing.
"Your silence betrays you, Liara." Benezia looked her in the eyes and stroked her cheek softly. "I want what makes you happy. I was blind before. I put Thessia's needs above my own daughter's and I was wrong. Had you married Prince Harper you would have been devastated. I ask you to forgive me."
Liara was overjoyed. Did Benezia really mean what she said or was she making her to be a fool, Liara did not know. She had to maneuver her way through this conversation carefully and manipulate her mother into calling off the marriage. A surge of hope went through her. She could do this! "Of course mother. You are forgiven."
Benezia pulled her daughter into a hug. "I love you my Little Wing. You must remember that always."
The Fair Lady's Predicament 22/?
anonymous
September 19 2012, 04:55:22 UTC
Liara felt her body relaxing into Benezia's embrace. It had been such a long time since they had taken comfort like this. "Are we to return to Thessia?"
"If that is what you desire."
"I would like that." Now was her chance. "However I seem to have taken a liking to one of the humans here."
"Was I mistaken? Do you love the Prince?"
"No no ... You were right mother. I hold no feelings for Jack. However I ... have feelings for someone else."
Benezia looked puzzled and a little shocked. "I did not know, Liara. After you told me the rumors weren't true I did not wish to pry any further ... who is this human?"
Liara felt nervous again. This was not the same as discussing available suitors her mother brought home or whom she had met at a fancy ball. This was someone she really cared about. Someone she actually wanted her mother to like because of who they were and not their social standing. "She is a member of the army here. Her name is Shepard." When Benezia didn't say anything she added, "I love her."
"You are not human Liara. Were you to bond yourself to this Shepard in a temple of Athame ... a commitment made in the Goddess's name cannot be broken. Are you absolutely sure you want this?"
"With all that I am."
"Very well. I will talk to the King in the morning to discuss our departure back to Thessia. We will have to work out another treaty and call off the marriage."
Liara was happy beyond relief. She had been dreaming of this moment where her mother would burst through the door, tell her daughter she was wrong, and tell the Prince he would have to marry someone else. Benezia had played right into her hands and now she could have a life with the person she really loved. Tomorrow morning she would tell Shepard the good news. With the marriage annulled Shepard would not feel like she had betrayed her duty and she would be free to make her own choice. "Thank you mother. You do not know how much this means to me."
"Remember I love you Liara. Now get some rest." She laid her daughter back against the pillows and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Good night Little Wing."
"Good night mother." Liara drifted off to sleep with a smile.
The next morning Liara woke happy and free but could not find Shepard. The guard was not waiting for her outside her door as she had been doing lately. Liara searched up and down the corridor and flagged down countless human servants but came up with nothing. She wanted to tell Shepard the news: that she was not going to marry the Prince after all and she didn't have to worry anymore. She thought about going to the library or the market but didn't want to miss Shepard in case she showed up at her door. So she waited in her room and spent the day knitting feverishly.
Re: The Fair Lady's Predicament 22/?
anonymous
September 19 2012, 05:36:13 UTC
I didn't expect to see so many updates! What a ride, I was so hopeful that Liara and Shepard wouldn't be interrupted on the beach. I can see how Shepard would be torn by her duty and the class difference between them.
I am also worried that Kai Leng might have been privvy to the conversation between Benezia and Liara and I am now worried for Shepard.
I hope that Price Jack is a good sport about Liara's change of heart but somehow I doubt this.
Re: The Fair Lady's Predicament 22/?
anonymous
September 23 2012, 22:51:56 UTC
Damn. I don't usually like AU stuff or post here for that matter, but this is so awesome I had to comment, and I find myself eagerly awaiting more of this story.
"Always." Liara replied breathlessly and they swayed together in the sand to an inaudible tune. She closed her eyes and pictured this as her wedding night dancing her first dance with Shepard while everyone else watched them. There would be hundreds of other nobility staring at her but for some reason Liara didn't care. It was just her and her human in the room. The song would end and other couples would populate the dance floor but Liara and Shepard would continue to dance to the same tune. Shepard would look into her eyes and say "fiancée" and Liara would love it. Then she would take her by the hand to their room and Shepard would ravish her like she always dreamed.
She ran her hands up Shepard's neck and into her hair pulling her head down to meet hers. The kiss was passionate, sensuous, overwhelmingly satisfying, and made Liara's toes curl. Shepard walked them further into the water until it was at above her thighs and dragged her hands up and down Liara's back through her dress.
"Shepard I ... want you."
"You have me Miss Liara."
"Say my name."
"Miss Liara."
"No. Without the Miss." She looked Shepard in the eyes and when her name was uttered from those lips it made fireworks erupt in her belly. "I don't want to marry the Prince." She said between kisses.
"I've noticed."
"If only you took me away from this country. It would be so easy for one ship to get lost in this ocean." Liara blushed as she thought of another way to get out of this arranged marriage. "If we went back to Thessia ... a bond made under the Goddess is eternal ... or you could ... take me. Here ... now ... tonight. The Prince would not be able to marry a woman who is not a virgin ..."
Shepard moved down to her neck sucking on the tender flesh there. "If you're sure ..."
"I have never been more sure of anything in my life."
Shepard's hands found the clasps to Liara's dress and began undoing them while Liara tugged on her guard's wet shirt. Her hands came into contact with something metallic in a thin leather holster strapped around Shepard's body.
"Knives." Shepard murmured. "Good for hurting someone or eating steak."
She undid the last clasp and pulled Liara's arms out of the dress. Shepard's pendant hung around her bare neck and glittered in the sunlight. Her garment bobbed in the water around her waist. She had never done this before and she suddenly felt nervous. People had seen her naked before, her mother and maids, but never a lover. When she pulled Shepard's shirt over her head she made sure to fling it in the direction of the sand but she was confident she didn't make it. Liara felt the human's gaze on her body and nervously kept her eyes cast down. She could see the knife straps clearly now. One ran diagonal and another horizontal along her waist. Then her mind exploded when the human's lips closed over a nipple, hot breath on sensitive skin, sucking, flicking, and gently biting. She grinded their pelvises together to ease a growing ache.
"Shepard!" She shrieked. The human's hands were all over her body igniting nerve endings wherever they went. Her whole body felt like an inferno. Shepard's hands trailed up to the base of the asari's skull caressing the soft skin and indentations there making Liara's body writhe uncontrollably from the pleasure. Goddess! She wanted more.
Shepard slowly walked the asari back to dry land discarding their wet clothes once they became too cumbersome. Liara was like nothing Shepard could describe. It was a combination of love, lust, and pure need. She needed to relieve this sexual tension. It was making her restless and Kelly had noticed it. The last time she had taken a lover was almost two years before the war but ever since she saw Liara there had been no one else. How could there be anyone else, no one else compared.
She never thought she would be holding, kissing, buying gifts for the asari she had first seen from afar. It was like a dream.
"Shepard ... please ... make love to me."
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Who stole your heart? It's the asari isn't it ... Shepard was a soldier who had sworn an allegiance. She had been given a direct order. People like her always fall for those they cannot have. There were a thousand stories out there, all the same. She thinks I'm fascinating but she's going to marry the Prince ... It was not her place to dabble in the lives of nobles nor was it Liara's to befriend commoners. Liara was a pureblooded noble of the highest standard. Shepard was but a human who hired out her skills for coin, not even a noble of any standing. She would never have her. It was just not meant to be.
You can't Shepard ...
You can't.
Shepard was brought back to reality. The human stopped everything. Her face was filled with regret. "I ... no ... I can't. I'm sorry. We can't ... we shouldn't ... I can't do this."
"What? No!" Liara was pleading with her now. "I don't want to marry the Prince! I would rather die!" She wanted to feel Shepard's hands on her body and those lips on her skin. "Please!"
Shepard shook her head and grabbed Liara's dress, wringing it out before slipping it over her. She fastened the first few clasps, walking back to the carriage making sure to pick up her soaked shirt along the way. Dismal tears streamed down the asari's face. Liara thought Shepard had felt the same way. She thought she knew how humans acted by now but she was never in her life so confused. "Then promise me you won't let me marry the Prince." When Shepard didn't say anything she started yelling. "Promise me Shepard!"
"I don't know." The human said dejectedly. "That's an awfully big promise to make."
"Promise me!"
It took a long time for Shepard to say the words and when she did Liara almost couldn't hear it over the waves. "I won't let you marry the Prince ... I promise." She wrung her own clothes out the best she could prior to getting into the carriage. When Shepard moved to sit across from the asari Liara grabbed Shepard's arm and forced her to sit next to her.
She turned her head and spoke into her guard's damp shirt. "I love you."
"I know." They rode back in silence.
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"Enter."
Liselle appeared bearing a full tray of food. "Lady Benezia wishes to speak with you in private tonight. She has cancelled your scheduled dinner with Prince Harper so that she may have ample time for the discussion."
"What does she wish to speak to me about?" Liara was glad she didn't have to see the Prince but in her experience a "private discussion" with her mother was never a good thing.
"I do not know My Lady. I was not given any details on the matter. However I got the impression it was of utmost importance as I was instructed to bring you dinner and alert the Lady as soon as you have finished."
It was always something important with Benezia. She ate quickly and braced herself for whatever it was her mother wanted to talk about. True to her word Liselle went to fetch Benezia once Liara had cleaned her plate.
Benezia entered the room and walked over to the bed slowly.
"How have you been Liara?" Her mother asked as she sat on the bed beside her daughter.
"Well enough."
"I have been in great thought for the past week and have come to the conclusion that you do not harbor any romantic feelings for the young Prince. Do you confirm or deny this claim?"
Liara had to school her face into neutrality. She held her breath nervously and chose not to answer. She did not know where her mother was going with this but she was determined not to lose the game they were playing.
"Your silence betrays you, Liara." Benezia looked her in the eyes and stroked her cheek softly. "I want what makes you happy. I was blind before. I put Thessia's needs above my own daughter's and I was wrong. Had you married Prince Harper you would have been devastated. I ask you to forgive me."
Liara was overjoyed. Did Benezia really mean what she said or was she making her to be a fool, Liara did not know. She had to maneuver her way through this conversation carefully and manipulate her mother into calling off the marriage. A surge of hope went through her. She could do this! "Of course mother. You are forgiven."
Benezia pulled her daughter into a hug. "I love you my Little Wing. You must remember that always."
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"If that is what you desire."
"I would like that." Now was her chance. "However I seem to have taken a liking to one of the humans here."
"Was I mistaken? Do you love the Prince?"
"No no ... You were right mother. I hold no feelings for Jack. However I ... have feelings for someone else."
Benezia looked puzzled and a little shocked. "I did not know, Liara. After you told me the rumors weren't true I did not wish to pry any further ... who is this human?"
Liara felt nervous again. This was not the same as discussing available suitors her mother brought home or whom she had met at a fancy ball. This was someone she really cared about. Someone she actually wanted her mother to like because of who they were and not their social standing. "She is a member of the army here. Her name is Shepard." When Benezia didn't say anything she added, "I love her."
"You are not human Liara. Were you to bond yourself to this Shepard in a temple of Athame ... a commitment made in the Goddess's name cannot be broken. Are you absolutely sure you want this?"
"With all that I am."
"Very well. I will talk to the King in the morning to discuss our departure back to Thessia. We will have to work out another treaty and call off the marriage."
Liara was happy beyond relief. She had been dreaming of this moment where her mother would burst through the door, tell her daughter she was wrong, and tell the Prince he would have to marry someone else. Benezia had played right into her hands and now she could have a life with the person she really loved. Tomorrow morning she would tell Shepard the good news. With the marriage annulled Shepard would not feel like she had betrayed her duty and she would be free to make her own choice. "Thank you mother. You do not know how much this means to me."
"Remember I love you Liara. Now get some rest." She laid her daughter back against the pillows and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Good night Little Wing."
"Good night mother." Liara drifted off to sleep with a smile.
The next morning Liara woke happy and free but could not find Shepard. The guard was not waiting for her outside her door as she had been doing lately. Liara searched up and down the corridor and flagged down countless human servants but came up with nothing. She wanted to tell Shepard the news: that she was not going to marry the Prince after all and she didn't have to worry anymore. She thought about going to the library or the market but didn't want to miss Shepard in case she showed up at her door. So she waited in her room and spent the day knitting feverishly.
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I am also worried that Kai Leng might have been privvy to the conversation between Benezia and Liara and I am now worried for Shepard.
I hope that Price Jack is a good sport about Liara's change of heart but somehow I doubt this.
Can't wait to read more!
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