Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires

Katrina was sitting cross-legged on a big bed with white sheets, meditating in a trance. Her face was serene; she appeared to be lost in whatever spiritual world she had conjured within her own mind. The room smelled like roses as she had lit some candles before going into her trance.

It was not until several moments later that Katrina opened her eyes wide and came back from her meditation state. Taking deep breaths, the beautiful woman disappeared from the bed in a flash.

In the next moment, Katrina stood in front of the training chambers' doors that Asher and Arianna had gone inside for their sparring session. With a push, she entered it, and what welcomed her made her heart skip a beat.

There was her beloved lying naked on the ground, covered in blood with severe burn marks all over his body. If not for his chest moving slightly, one might have thought that he was dead.

But even so, seeing him like this pained her so much that tears started welling up in her eyes as she quickly ran toward where he lay unconscious after taking such brutal punishment earlier during his spar against Arianna.

Katrina had never felt anything like that before when it came to another person, but somehow, seeing him hurt brought immense sadness within her heart.

Without wasting any precious seconds, without caring about anything else around them or anyone watching nearby either... She kneeled beside Asher and placed one hand over his forehead while placing another one right above the center of his chest area near the most severe burn on his body.

After closing both eyelids shut tightly, she began channeling healing energy throughout his entire form through those hands resting upon him, healing all wounds and restoring damaged tissues back into perfect condition as fast as possible.

Soon enough, Asher's skin began regaining its original healthy color again instead of being charred black due to burns caused by Arianna's flames. All cuts, bruises, or anything else similar disappeared without leaving even a single scar behind them.

Once done with this process, she stopped using her healing technique because there was no need anymore since everything had already been taken care of.

With her work completed, Katrina opened her eyes before staring down at Asher's peaceful face while he lay asleep covered in nothing but his own dried blood.

"Alright then, you can go now." Arianna said after looking at both of them from a corner where she was standing all this time without disturbing even once during the healing process.

However, Katrina didn't move away; instead, she looked at Arianna with an impassive look and asked in return. "Do you need me to stay?"

Seeing her reaction, Arianna couldn't help but smile wryly, "Don't give me that look... You should know better than anyone else how dangerous secret realms can get sometimes. That's why I had to put him through some extreme pain so that he could learn how to handle himself when facing stronger opponents inside such places."

Katrina sighed and nodded her head before replying with a soft tone of voice filled with concern for Asher's safety more than anything else, "I understand what you mean by all this... but still..."

"Enough! Now get going before I kick you out myself," Arianna interrupted her mid-sentence without waiting for whatever Katrina wanted to say next.

With no other choice left available other than listening to her command or risk getting thrown away like trash by force, Katrina reluctantly got up from where she was kneeling beside Asher's naked body before bowing down toward Arianna as a sign of respect and obedience.

"Alright... I'll take my leave now," Katrina muttered under her breath while walking away from them both.

Once she left the room, Arianna walked closer to where Asher lay after going through all sorts of painful experiences, and after staring at his face for some time, she spoke again with an amused smile plastered across her own visage, "Do you want to get burned again before you can stand up or what?"

"Ughh... You could have just let me sleep in peace. I don't think my body could handle any more of your flames today." Asher replied after opening one eyelid halfway through while groaning in protest about being disturbed during his rest period.

Even though he tried sounding annoyed about it, there was no real anger behind those words spoken aloud by him.

"Stop wasting time and get your lazy bum up already. We still need to continue with your training." She said as if everything that had happened until now wasn't enough torture for the young man lying naked before her gaze right now.

With a reluctant grunt, Asher stood up, but not before stretching every muscle within his body, including the ones around his neck region, which made crackling sounds.

Then, after letting out another loud sigh mixed with relief due to getting rid of all pain caused by the flames, he turned toward Arianna once more before asking, "So what's next?"

"Next? Why don't you say that after covering yourself first? You look like some savage beast standing there like that." She replied while pointing down at where his private parts were hanging exposed under her stare.

"Hey! It wasn't my fault that those clothes got destroyed during our sparring match earlier on." He retorted with an annoyed expression visible across his face, as if he couldn't believe she would blame him for something like this when it clearly wasn't his own doing.

"Tsk... Do you really think I care about something trivial like that? Just put on another pair of pants from your spatial ring before continuing further." Arianna shot back without hesitation whatsoever.

Asher shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly before rummaging inside his spatial ring until he found black boxer briefs and put them on. "I am not going to wear anything else, though. There is no point if it's going to get ruined anyway."