“Although you know,” he said as he
picked Xena’s hand up and kissed the inside of her wrist,
“the way you expressed your love for me earlier,” he
placed another kiss on her forearm, slowly making his way up as he
talked and Xena grinned at him. “Is always a great way,
anytime anywhere,” he said and Xena chuckled, Ulysses’
current kiss on her shoulder. “I am yours my love,” he
said then leaned in and kissed her softly. “When you want me
you can have me,” he whispered and Xena grinned as she
brushed her lips against his while she ran her fingers through his
hair. “Mmmm…I like the sound of that,” she said
and they both chuckled.

 

 

“I might take you up on that offer in
Cleopatra’s throne room,” Xena said and Ulysses pulled
back and looked at Xena. “I knew you had a wild side
but…” Ulysses said and Xena laughed at him. “The
throne room Xena?” He asked and she looked at him with a look
of lust and desire in her eyes that he would soon come to love.
“What? You not up to the challenge?” Xena asked in a
sultry tone as she ran her finger down Ulysses’ chest and he
grinned at her, “oh I’m always up for the challenge but
what about you?” He asked knowing that this was breeching
into the subject of the part of himself that he kept from Xena,
that he had kept hidden for a while.

 

 

“I aim to please,” she said then sat up
some and looked down at Ulysses. “I know there’s a part
of yourself you keep hidden from me and I also know you think
you’re protecting me from it by not letting me see that side
of you, by not letting me experience it. But Ulysses, I am your
wife, your partner and friend and I want you to share that part of
yourself with me. I can handle it Ulysses, believe that, all the
sexual desires that you have, that you crave, I am here and
willing,” Xena said and Ulysses looked at her and nodded.
“I know and for a long time I thought that I would have to
hide that part of myself forever but I know you accept me for who I
am and I know deep down you can handle this part of
me.”

 

 

He said and Xena grinned, “I’m glad
that that’s finally sunk in,” she said and Ulysses
smiled at her. “How about something to eat?” He asked
as he sat up in the bed, “yeah, I have worked up an
appetite,” she said and Ulysses chuckled as he shook his head
at her while getting out of the bed. He walked naked over to the
table, grabbed the tray and walked back over to the bed. He sat the
tray down first before he got in and he and Xena began eating their
dinner, having skipped lunch due to the expedition they were on.
Gemini jumped on the bed and Ulysses threw her a piece of meat and
Xena smiled at him because she could remember a time when he really
didn’t want to be bothered with the wolf. Time passed and
they finished their dinner, laid around and talked for a while
before they went to sleep.