Saedinenieto Pravi Silata

Ah, the day was saved. Valko muttered his thanks around the straw that Maia had situated perfectly between his teeth. Maybe having a sister around at a party wasn’t so bad after all. Maybe… Valko quirked up at eyebrow at the mention of the infamous Zyra. He immediately retracted his former thought about things being not so bad. Meeting his sister’s pirate lover was definitely not on his party to do list. He took a long drink.

“Pleasure,” he answered, “Sorry, I’d shake your hand, but…” He raised both of his drinks slightly, and tilted of his head with an expression that was more blank than contrite. Both of his hands were occupied. He took another drink.

“Irony might what we’re going for. I’m not sure. You’d have to ask my… pirate. Are you two… is this a couples costume you’ve got going on?”

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Maia shoved Valko lightly at his response to Zyra, she looked at him, raising an eyebrow, “Be nice!” she hissed. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest, she might not have been fond of admitting it, but Valko’s approval meant a lot to her. 

She couldn’t hide her smile as he asked about their costumes, and she let the grin take over her face, unable to help it. “I suppose you could say that.” She looked over at Zyra, meeting her eyes and taking the pirate’s hand in hers, squeezing it gently. “Anyway, it’s awfully difficult to say no to her when she gets an idea.” 

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Possibly the only thing worse than being dressed as a fake pirate at a party full of actual pirates was losing track of the one pirate that could have at least explained the rationale behind the eye-patch and the fake bird attached to his collar. But, on the plus side, he did have a strong fruity beverage in each hand with the potential for refills in his future. The party was one for one at this point. Until he saw his sister. He frowned.

That was the main problem with small town (island, whatever) living. He couldn’t go to a single party without potentially running into his own sister. Weird. Still, he tried to appear unaffected by this which was not so hard since he was already pretending to be unaffected by the whole fight to the death debacle. He walked over to her, and threw his arm around Maia’s shoulder while being extra careful not to spill either of his drinks. Wordlessly he brought one of the straws to his mouth, poking himself in a face a couple times as he tried to get his lips around it.

Maia looked up to see who had put their arm around her and she smiled when she saw her brother. She hadn’t seen him since not long after the fire, and she didn’t realize that she had been worried until the feeling of relief spread over her when she saw he was alright. She reached up, taking hold of the straw and holding it steady so that he could drink. She wrapped an arm around him, squeezing gently. 

She looked from her brother over to Zyra and back, a knot forming in her stomach when she realized what she had to do. “Um, Valko... this is Zyra.” She gestured to her, trying desperately to keep the worry from showing on her face. “She’s the pirate I told you about.” She looked at Zyra, “And Zyra, this is my brother Valko.”

Zyra relaxed into her embrace, it didn’t quite fix everything. Still, being with Maia seemed to help a bit. She had the habit of pulling away from people when she was going through shit. It wasn’t in her nature to allow people to take care of her. That had always been her job; instead she figured out her mess on her own. Not wanting to be a burdien to anyone. There were a few people that she could really be vulnerable around and it looked as though that Maia had slowly become one of them. “ Good, because I need you to stay safe.” she whispered, her lips lingering on the princess’ as she caressed her cheek. “ I know now,” she chuckled kissing her lips once more , “ how are you? It’s been a crazy week.”

Maia rested her forehead against Zyra’s and sighed softly. The events of the last week or so had been overwhelming to say the least, and she knew her relationship with Zyra would only be subject to more suspicion and scrutiny than ever. “I’m as good as I can be, considering everything that’s happened. But, I’m fine, really.”

“I could be convinced”

Zyra nodded smiling a bit s she kissed the woman back quickly before pulling away once more. “ I’m going to hold you to that , with the fires and now the plane. Everyone is up in arms and waiting to see who will make the first move. If you don’t have to leave the villa I wouldn’t and if you do… maybe go with Nik or someone.” she warned. Zyra had heard about a curfew going into effect and if that was the case… royals would have a lot less room to breath as they had once before.

“ So I got hotter then,” she winked at Maia. She had been teasing but the smile on her face didn’t reach her eyes. She was preoccupied with other things and instead of opening up to Maia she was closing herself off to her Alex… anyone that she cared about. Shaking her head looked at Maia again, “ - I just want to make sure you are safe. You have to stay safe.”

Maia wrapped her arms around the pirate, pulling Zyra closer to her. She held her there for a moment, hoping she was doing something, anything, to lessen the pain she saw written all over Zyra’s face. She released Zyra from her arms, cupping her cheeks with her hands, “I will stay safe,” She said softly before kissing the pirate gently one more time. “You know I can never say no to you,” she smiled gently.

Niklas loved the way she always reacted to his touches, no matter how subtle or rough they might be. Having sex like this was… Rare for the pair. So rare, in fact, that Nik was quite certain that sleeping together… So delicately. So carefully… So passionately. It was new territory, and something that normally would’ve set him off, but with Maia it simply felt right. He had slept with her a billion times before, and adding a new little element could never be bad. – At least, that’s how he saw it. His tongue slowly morphed to a point, now flicking back and forth across her centre, one of his hands sliding up her thigh and allowing two fingers to slip past her wet folds, curling up inside her as his fingers began to pump in and out of her, however, each motion was still slow, yet precise, making sure they met her g-spot.

Zyra let out a long sigh. Of course she knew that Maia didn’t have anything to do with it. The night of the fire Maia had been with her, she had found Zyra sleep walking. That didn’t mean that Maia didn’t know something… it was a long shot. Zyra didn’t think that Maia would tell her anything even if she did know who was involved. Because at the end of the day, no matter how they felt about each other- Zyra was still the enemy an Maia her captive. “ It a question that has be asked because if I don’t someone else will,” she said plainly “ and if it gets to the point where its another pirate asking question then I can’t protect you or anyone else you might care about.”

Zyra shook her head, letting her hand run through her messy curls, “ This fire has everyone on edge and there is concerns that it will not be the last one and if that is the case then we are all in trouble.” she let her face relax a bit a softer expression taking over. “ I know you would love, that’s why I had to ask. Look, if you even think you know who it might be… just stay away from them for the time being. This isn’t a game,  and I won’t be able to help anyone if they are caught having anything to do with this fire… not even you. So promise me Maia, just keep you distance if you know who it is, Please.”

Maia kissed the pirate softly, before pulling away and looking at her, a thoughtful expression on her face. “I have no idea who it might have been, but I promise I won’t do anything to put either of us at risk.” She took Zyra’s hands in hers, squeezing them reassuringly.

A half smirk spread across Maia’s face as she watched the pirate, “But... I do have to say, you are incredibly hot when you get all protective like that.” 

“I love you too, брат .”

“I’m in love with a pirate.”

“I’m absolutely terrified of being in love. I wouldn’t do anything to change my feelings for Zyra, or anything like that, but I know there’s only so long we can ignore the outside world and sooner or later... I can’t ask her to choose me over her crew and the life she loves.”