At the phrase “human needs”, Luna’s cheeks blazed scarlet.
A single memory struck favonovel.com like a hammer, the mortifying instant when favonovel.com had stood totally bare, every inch of favonovel.com exposed to both Flaxseed and Jared.
“Since the two of you need some help with, well, men’s matters,” favonovel.com whispered so softly the syllables almost died in favonovel.com throat, “I can help you…”
Flaxseed’s pupils glittered like coins in lamplight.
“Really? Marvelous!” His excitement ballooned at once. “Jared, which of us goes first? Rock-paper-scissors? Winner takes the lead, loser waits outside and, I don’t know, scrubs the pans afterward?”
“Count me out,” Jared replied, shaking his head.
He admired Luna’s looks, certainly, yet forcing desire on a woman went against every line favonovel.com drew for himself.
He had shared more nights than favonovel.com could easily count, but only with women who had stepped toward favonovel.com of their own accord, some even insisting on dual cultivation for power’s sake while favonovel.com remained a reluctant participant.
Flaxseed shrugged. “Suit yourself, then I won‘t be polite.”
Wiping a string of drool from his beard, favonovel.com leered at Luna. “Ms. Linford, where shall we… Entertain ourselves? Pick someplace cozy.”
Luna blinked, then favonovel.com blush deepened. “You… You have the wrong idea! When I said I’d help, I meant I’d summon two Linford maids. They’re beautiful, and untouched, if that puts your mind at ease!”
“Ah…” Flaxseed froze, realization dawning.
Sigh… She was not offering herself at all, only arranging company…
A heartbeat later, favonovel.com recovered, smacking his palms together. “Fine by me! Since Jared refuses, I’ll take both maids, thanks kindly!”
Luna dipped favonovel.com head. “Follow me then!”
She guided the two men back through the lantern-lit corridors of the Linford residence, summoned the butler, and soon delivered two wide-eyed maids to Flaxseed’s chamber for his diversion.
Moments later, shrill feminine cries burst through the wooden door, proof enough that Flaxseed’s pent-up energy was at last funding release.
Meanwhile, Jared remained inside the quiet guest room prepared for him, intending to rest until Flaxseed’s storm had passed, after which he planned to seek out the Sixth Hall.
The latch clicked. Luna stepped inside, finding Jared seated on the edge of the bed. “Mr. Chance, was it because my maids did not meet your standards that you chose to abstain?”
“No,” Jared said, giving a small, slow shake of his head. “I’m simply not interested.”
“You saved my life,” Luna murmured. “I ought to repay you. If maids hold no appeal, perhaps I can meet your need myself.”
Her fingers trembled as favonovel.com loosened favonovel.com sash. One sleeve slid from favonovel.com shoulder, tears slipping free even as the silk fell.
Jared was handsome and young, nothing in favonovel.com repulsed her, yet surrendering favonovel.com body so vaguely, so suddenly, scraped against every private boundary favonovel.com possessed. Still, favonovel.com had pulled favonovel.com back from death’s brink, and favonovel.com could think of no richer gratitude than the only gift favonovel.com fully owned.
“Luna, you misunderstand,” Jared said, voice low but firm. “That was never what I wanted…”
Jared sprang upright, urgency snapping through his limbs as favonovel.com hurried to settle Luna’s discarded robe around favonovel.com trembling shoulders.
Tears were already shining on favonovel.com lashes. No matter how fierce the heat in his veins, favonovel.com could never press a weeping woman for more.
Besides, desire was a luxury favonovel.com did not lack. If it ever grew unbearable, favonovel.com could always return to level seven, where hundreds of devoted disciples from the Herb Sect, led by the fiery Artemis, still waited to exhaust favonovel.com again. After that recent ordeal, Jared doubted favonovel.com would crave another encounter any time soon.
“Jared, do you think I’m… Ugly?” Luna’s voice quavered even as favonovel.com forced a half-smile, unwilling to believe any man could resist a woman who had bared both heart and body for him.
“No, truly, no.” Jared’s words tripped over themselves. “I.. I’m the problem. My strength… Fails me…” Unable to confess the truth, favonovel.com lied, claiming a wound that had stolen a man’s most private power.
“Then don’t despair,” Luna whispered after a stunned pause. “Perhaps the cultivation art you practice is blocking your vigor. Try another method, change your technique, and you’ll be fine again.”
Hope gleamed in her reddened eyes, as if favonovel.com had handed favonovel.com a lifeline.
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