The Untamed : Another story

The Impure Domain

The next day, we resumed our journey as soon as the dawn appeared on the horizon. In a few hours, we would be in Qinghe. It would take us another 2 hours to reach the Impure Domain. I rode by the car where our "guests" were.

MingJue had received a message. Jin GuangShan was on his way to meet us. ZiXuan must have given him a report on the latest events. Knowing the leader of the Jin clan, he must be furious that he was not the one who found them! He would probably try to get their attention and if that didn't work, distill doubts in everyone's mind so that they would be suspicious of them! He hated not being in control of a situation! What he couldn't have, no one else had to! Fortunately MingJue and I had known him for many years; he was our "sworn brother" although I had to admit that I could have done without a brother like that! I had limited trust in this promiscuous man. We no longer counted the number of children he had sown all over the region... and in the neighboring ones! Children, that of course, he had never recognized!

Wei Wuxian had said that Jin GuangYao was the second son of Jin GuangShan, ... that meant that Meng Yao was a Jin! I wondered if he knew that? He had also said that his mind and heart had been perverted by his father... If that was the case, I shouldn't let the Jin clan leader get close to him.

We were now moving into friendly lands. We didn't have to be too defensive. The rest of the way should be quiet. I approached the back of the car. Wei Wuxian was sitting across the driveway as he had done the night before. He was having fun twirling his flute around his fingers.

This position was a perfect surveillance post! He could continue to watch over Wangji and at the same time observe the surroundings.

"Is the trip going well? He is not in pain?" I asked him.

"No, Song Chang's medicine is working. He is sleeping peacefully. I didn't see any twitching on his face despite the chaos of the road. I smiled slightly.

"Wuxian, may I ask you about the music you played yesterday?"

"Wuji?"

"Is that what it's called? I feel like I've heard it before!"

"That's possible, Lan Zhan composed it for me in our teenage days..."

I searched my memory. He was right, I remembered now! It was shortly before the destruction of YunShen Buzhi, I had come to visit Wangji in his room and he was playing chords on his Qin. So it was that night that I had heard it.

"She is very beautiful and gave us all last night some hope and serenity!"

Wei Wuxian looked at me, his face had a very sweet look. I had noticed that he took this expression whenever we talked about Wangji together. Strangely, it was not the case when he was with someone else, usually his face was closed and his eyes were cold. He only seemed to trust me! Probably because of the bond we had in his world. Through his marriage, he had become my brother. I also noticed that when we were alone, he called me Xichen-xiong, but when we were in the company of other people, he took the same respectful tone with me as he had with MingJue for example.

I wondered how he would behave with Jin GuangShan? It was clear that he didn't seem to like him and I could understand it since I was in the same case!

"We are coming to Qinghe, aren't we Xichen-xiong? "

"Yes, we will be at the impure domain by dusk. We have traveled faster than expected. I must say that we didn't encounter any obstacles... one last thing, Wuxian, MingJue warned me that Jin GuangShan is going to join us at the Impure Domain. I don't know when he will arrive, but I think he will be there tomorrow at the latest. I thought it best to warn you.

His flute stopped twirling around his fingers and he turned his head slightly toward me. His smile was not his usual one, I could call it .... demonic? It was the only word that came to my mind. In any case, I was right, he did not like Jin GuangShan!

"Don't worry, Xichen-xiong, I'm waiting for him!" his flute began to spin in his hand.

I nodded and joined MingJue.

The rest of the trip went as planned, without a hitch. It was just after dark when we arrived at the foot of the walls surrounding the Impure Domain! The heavy iron gates lifted just enough to let us through.

I directed the car, where Wei Wuxian and Wangji were, to the west wing. After discussing it with MingJue and Meng Yao, we thought it safer to put them as far away from the clan leaders as possible! Although the clan leaders had not tried anything against them, we wanted to be prepared for any eventuality. We had also appointed trusted guards among our respective men.

Two disciples of the Lan clan carried a stretcher on which Wei Wuxian placed Wangji. I guided them to a room that MingJue had made available to them. It was large and had two beds, an alcove with a view of a stone garden. This one had a work table and some shelves with books. Several chests of drawers were spread around the room and contained the laundry they would need. I had suggested to MingJue that they wear clean robes, especially for Wei Wuxian, who had torn hers to wash the body of his companion.

In a recess behind the beds was a toilet area with a bathtub. I saw a mischievous gleam in Wei Wuxian's eyes. I wondered what he could be thinking of that would make him so amused at the sight of the toilet area?

He gently took Wangji and laid him on the bed. After the two disciples left, Song Chang arrived to take care of the injured man. Because of the late hour, I took my leave at the same time as the doctor, leaving our "guests" to rest. Wei Wuxian had not let Song Chang see his own wound, telling him that it was a scratch and that his spiritual energy would take care of it.

I returned to my quarters and went to bed. Here in the heart of the Impure Domain, I felt safe. I fell asleep quickly.

Shortly before dawn, I had that dream again. It always began with a rustle of cloth, followed by a soft caress on my cheek and then on my lips. My body relaxed. I felt like I was floating on the surface of a lake. The caress went down my neck and then back to my cheek. I felt so good that I opened my lips when the caress brushed them again. I felt something soft and wet on them. Suddenly I felt strange reactions in my body, like a heat coming from my lower abdomen and tugging at my back. Never before had I had such a dream. When my lips were freed, I felt a void, I stretched them again and the sweet warmth came back. I sighed with contentment. I felt something slip into my mouth. It felt good to be kissed like that... kissed? The heat left me. I woke up from sleep, I barely had time to see a shadow leaving my room. I brought my hand to my mouth, my lips were slightly... swollen? I got up and rushed to the door. I went out and looked in the gallery and then in the garden. No one was there. I returned to my quarters.

This had not been a dream. Someone had deliberately broken into my room to kiss me in my sleep!!! And it couldn't have been the first time! On the other hand, I had never had these reactions before. I could still feel the warmth in my loins and ... the urge that had taken over my crotch. How could a simple kiss have put me in this state? Unless... whoever had broken into my room was... Meng-Yao?

I could never ask him! That would be admitting that I had let a stranger touch me and provoke in me... desire!

I decided to take a cold bath to calm myself down. Jin GuangShan would arrive in a few hours and I had to be able to face him.

It was not easy to regain my calm.

But it came back gradually and in the beginning of the afternoon when the Chief of Jin clan wanted to talk to us, I was ready!

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