Chapter 28: Only Way to Save Her

The kiss was no longer gentle.

Selene Frost’s body had already begun to move on its own.

Her hands slid under Arthur’s coat, nails raking down his back as she pulled him closer. Her legs trembled violently around his hips, trying to pull him in while her broken one simply couldn’t. She pressed her chest hard against his, seeking friction, seeking warmth, seeking anything that would stop the burning pain twisting through her mana pathways.

"Arthur... please..." she gasped against his mouth, voice hoarse and broken.

Arthur’s hands found her waist, then slid up to cup her breasts through the torn instructor coat. The raw heat of her skin burned even hotter than his. He could feel the frost crystals still clinging to her in places, turning her into a living furnace wrapped in ice.

He took a shaky breath.

"Mimi... help me."

The black book in his coat pulsed once.

"Touch her mana pathways directly," Mimi’s voice came through, clear and urgent. "Enter them. Match her frequency. Flush the frost out."

Arthur closed his eyes for half a second, then focused.

The Eros mana began to flow from his own pathways into Selene’s. He didn’t know how it worked exactly, but the black book answered instantly. Pink-gold mist swirled around them both, thick and heavy, pouring straight into Selene’s body through every wound, every tear, every frozen circuit.

Selene’s eyes snapped open.

"No... no, wait—Arthur, stop!"

Her voice cracked. She tried to push him away, but her body betrayed her. Her hips rolled against his instinctively, seeking friction. The pain was still there, twisting like knives in her veins, but the aphrodisiac effect of the Eros mana was slowly drowning it out.

"Arthur... this isn’t... I can’t... ah—"

She bit her lip hard enough to draw blood again. Her hands clutched at his shoulders, nails digging in, but she didn’t stop him. Her body was moving on its own now, grinding against him, seeking the warmth he was trying to give her.

Arthur pulled her closer and kissed her again, deeper this time, letting the Eros mana flow more freely. He could feel it — her mana circuits were like frozen rivers. The cold had locked everything in place. But his own mana was warm, alive, and the book was feeding it straight into hers.

Pink-gold light began to flow through the wounds. Frost crystals started to melt and dissolve from the inside out.

Selene gasped sharply into his mouth.

She was shaking now. Not from pain anymore — from overwhelming relief. The constant, crushing frostbite in her mana pathways was finally being flushed out. Her body felt light. So light. For the first time in years, the deep, heavy weight of Mana Hypothermia lifted from her chest. She could breathe. She could think. She could feel.

Her hands slid down to his hips, pulling him harder against her.

"Arthur... don’t stop..."

The words came out in a broken moan. She was no longer resisting. The pleasure had replaced the pain. Every thrust of his hips against hers sent sparks through her body. Every kiss made her moan louder. The cold that had been freezing her from the inside was melting away, leaving her hot, flushed, and trembling with a need she had never been allowed to feel.

Mimi hovered inside the book, wings beating fast, eyes wide with pure delight.

"Oh... oh my gods... this is the best thing I’ve ever watched..."

The little consciousness was completely absorbed, watching every second of the scene playing out on the other side of the barrier as if it were real. Her petal skirt shifted with every excited flutter.

Selene’s head fell back against the barrier. Her silver-white hair was a mess, sticking to her sweat-damp forehead. Her breasts rose and fell rapidly against Arthur’s chest. She was still wearing her torn coat, but the rest of her body was exposed now — the way her hips rolled against his, the way her leg wrapped around his thigh, the way her fingers dug into his shoulders.

"Arthur... faster..."

Her voice had changed. The broken teacher was gone. In her place was a woman who had been starving for touch for decades, finally allowed to let go. Every thrust of his cock inside her sent a fresh wave of light through her mana pathways. The frost was being burned away. The cold that had made her numb, lonely, and cruel for years was melting.

Selene’s eyes were glassy, half-lidded, full of overwhelming pleasure and relief. She clung to him, legs shaking, moaning his name like a prayer.

"Arthur... yes... right there... don’t stop..."

The barrier around them was completely clear. They had just seen Tom and Selby move through the treasury chamber outside, completely unaware that the two of them were still inside the space, lost in the moment.

Selene’s body was moving on its own now, grinding down onto Arthur with desperate need. Her nails raked down his back. Her leg trembled around his thigh. The pain was still there in flashes, but the pleasure was drowning it completely.

Arthur held her steady, thrusting up into her with slow, deep strokes. The Eros mana flowed freely between them, flushing the last of the frostbite from her circuits. Pink-gold light swirled around their bodies like a living storm.

Selene’s voice broke into a soft, desperate whimper.

"Arthur... Arthur..."

She finally responded.

And the barrier around them trembled slightly as the first real orgasm of the night began to build.