Reborn: Demon Core by D.W. Jackson Page A

vigorously but after a few seconds she
got to her feet and approached Ash with a determined look on her
face. Standing right in front of Ash she held up her hands. Without
thinking Ash picked up the young girl and she quickly settled in
his lap.
    “Are you comfortable?” Ash asked
sarcastically as he looked at the small girl curled in his lap.
Milly didn’t say anything, she just looked up at him with her large
black eyes. Ash wanted to say more, but every second she laid there
the less he could think to say.
    It didn’t take long for Milly to fall asleep.
Once she did, Shina lifted Milly from Ash’s lap. With Shina and
Milly gone, Yuki and Allice yawning quickly followed. All that was
left in now seemingly overly large room was Ash and Lillanis. Ash
fought with himself on what to say to Lillanis, but before he could
say a word Lillanis started to take off her clothing.
    Just like before, Lillanis just nuzzled up to
Ash after he crawled into the bed. It still felt odd to Ash, but in
some small way it felt good to have someone beside him. Ash didn’t
know why, but ever since he had spent the first night beside Emelia
he felt slightly lost when he slept alone in his own bed.
    At first, Ash was a little nervous the first
time he slept in the same bed with Lillanis. She was completely
unabashed when she was alone around him. Ash had now seen
Lillanis’s nude body a number of times and he found her beautiful
on many levels. She had milky white skin that almost seemed to
shine in the candlelight. Her chest was not merger nor was it
lacking, but seemed to fit her frame perfectly. If Ash was forced
to say who was more beautiful between Lillanis and Emelia there was
no part where Lillanis was lacking.
    Those thoughts in his mind made it harder
rather than easier. A part of him felt like he was being untrue to
his wife. Even if it was common in this world, it still felt odd
and wrong for him.

 
6-8
    The next morning, Ash woke to find Lillanis’s
arms wrapped tightly around him. He tried to wiggle out of her
grasp, but her arms tightened around him even more. After pulling
his head out of Lillanis’s chest, Ash noticed a twitch of a smile
on Lillanis’s face.
    “You’re awake aren’t you?” Ash asked
pointedly.
    “No,” Lillanis replied keeping her eyes shut
tightly.
    Lillanis lightly chuckled as Ash pulled away
from her. The whole time Ash dressed, she watched him with unmoving
eyes. “Why did you cling to me?” Ash asked slightly flustered at
her penetrating stare.
    “You are just so innocent that it was cute,”
Lillanis said as she stood from the bed and approached Ash. When he
turned his back, Lillanis pounced and hugged him tightly from
behind. “I already waited two nights for you to do something. You
know it hurts a woman’s pride a little when the man next to her
just falls asleep without even touching her.”
    “I’m married,” Ash said, trying to pull away
but Lillanis clung even tighter to him.
    “That excuse won’t work,” Lillanis said
wiggling around to place herself in front of Ash. “We already
settled that with your wife and she didn’t seem to mind at
all.”
    Suddenly Ash’s lips were covered by
Lillanis’s. For the first few seconds, Ash tried to pull back from
Lillanis, but his head grew light and he found himself enjoying the
kiss. When Lillanis pulled back and let go of Ash’s lips, he was
left speechless.
    After slipping on her dress, Lillanis left
with Ash still standing motionlessly in the center of the room. No
matter how he looked at it, things were moving too fast for him. A
year before, he had been nothing but an unwanted orphan that was
barely noticed by women. He had put all his efforts so that when he
came of age, he could have a fresh start but instead he had been
transported to a new world.
    Ever since he had been brought here, Ash had
met a number of people, but most of them had been women. Thinking
about it though it made sense, seeing that women vastly