Looking down to see what had awakened me, my mouth fell open at the sight. Glittering against my pale skin were countless large loose jewels; diamonds, rubies, emeralds, all of which had to be at least eight to ten carats each.
Sitting up against the pillows, I cupped them in my hands as they slid off my body onto the bed. Richard had his arm high and dropped several more into my outstretched hands, a cascade of shimmering riches.
“Richard! What is this?” I marveled; I couldn’t stop staring at the bright stones as they caught the morning light, sending tiny rainbows across my naked breasts.
Picking up one of the larger deep green emeralds, he said, “Did you know emeralds possess the mystic power of truth?”
Placing the flat edge of the stone against my lower lip, he gently caressed my mouth.
“Legend has it, if you place an emerald under your tongue, it will reveal whether what your lover says is true or false.” His voice was dark as honey.
Without having to be told, I opened my mouth. Richard placed the cold stone under my tongue. The sharp edge cut into the delicate flesh of my mouth as his finger ran across my lower lip again.
Next he selected a bright crimson ruby. Its marquis cut sending sparkles of light through its deep red depths.
“The ruby, with its blood symbolism, has the power to rule over the heart.”
As he pressed the stone just beneath my collarbone, it forced me to lean back. He selected several more matching rubies and began to lay out a necklace of loose stones on my chest.
Picking up a massive, round-cut diamond, he rolled the stone between his fingertips before holding it with the sharp point facing out. Leaning close, he traced the outline of my areole. My sensitive nipples became painfully hard.
Flipping the emerald onto the top of my tongue, I sucked on the now warm and wet stone in my mouth.
“Now, the diamond is special,” he intoned as he etched faint pink lines on the pale skin of my breasts as he circled my nipples. “Made of only one element, it represents strength and unwavering constancy. There are few things on this planet stronger than this simple stone.”
Selecting the rest of the diamonds from my open palm, he arranged them on my chest amongst the rubies. My breathing became shallow as I tried not to disturb his creation. Both his words and his touch entranced me.
“This one is my favorite.”
In his hand, he held the largest pearl I had ever seen. It was teardrop shaped and almost the length of my thumb.
Mesmerized, I followed his hand as he nestled the pearl between my breasts.
Tracing the outline of the pearl with his fingertip, he said, “The pearl symbolizes purity and innocence.”
His warm finger traced a line over my flat stomach. I could feel my abdominal muscles tighten as my breath hitched. Reaching the apex of my thighs, he lightly stroked the sparse curls before caressing the seam between my pussy lips.
My legs trembled as I willingly opened my thighs wider for him.
“Will you walk into my parlour?” said a spider to a fly;
“Come hither, hither, pretty fly, with the pearl and silver wing;
Up jumped the cunning spider, and fiercely held her fast.
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour—but she ne’er came out again!
The cautionary tale buzzed in my head as Richard captured my gaze. His blue eyes so dark with hunger and intent they glowed a deep obsidian black in the golden morning light.
Slowly, he pushed one thick finger inside of me.
I hissed, the sudden inhalation dislodging a few of the rubies and diamonds. Still sore from his brutal attentions the night before, my body let out a warning sting as he pushed in deep. Taking the emerald from my mouth, I pleaded with him. “Please, Richard. It will hurt.”
His eyes flashed. “No one told you to take that out of your mouth.”
Chastised, I placed the emerald back under my tongue. The presence of the jewel added an odd element of fear since it worried me he would make me cry out and, in my distraction, I might swallow it. Of course, Richard knew this. It was just another way he imposed his control over my thoughts and body.