What's next?

What are you planning, your Majesty?

CHAPTER 16

Attracted by the regular whirring and beeping, Sue, annoyed, entered Reed's lab. She hadn't entered this room since she told Reed that she was pregnant with Namor.

After Leonard had finally fallen asleep and Namor and Sue had **** love, quietly but all the more passionately, she didn't want Reed's cursed machines to wake her son again. She quickly slipped into her costume and hurried to the lab.

She quickly slipped into her costume and hurried to the lab. She was surprised by the chaos and disorder in the area, but the large screen, glowing red, captured her entire attention. Neon white letters glowed against the red surface, and even though she was finally able to read the text, she couldn't and didn't want to believe what she was reading.

No, that couldn't be right. It simply couldn't be true.

NAMOR ATLANTIS' GREATEST ENEMY. WAR CRIMINAL, TERRORIST. VERY DANGEROUS.

"Now you know," she heard someone say behind her, and she turned around in shock.

Namor stood in the doorway, arms crossed, leaning against the doorframe.

"Wh... what... does that mean?" Sue asked.

Tears filled her eyes, and she pointed at the screen.

"Nothing," he said disparagingly.

"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" she screamed.

Namor put his index finger to his lips.

"Not so loud, darling. You'll wake the baby."

"Oh God..." she sobbed, pressing her hands over her mouth.

Darling.

Baby.

She'd had his cock deep in her mouth just moments ago.

The magnitude of the horror was barely comprehensible. Her whole body began to tremble with fear.

"That..."

Namor nodded at the screen.

"...means nothing. I am the rightful king of Atlantis, but my half-brothers and cousins see it differently. Hence the years-long struggle for the throne."

"You're not even the king of Atlantis?"

Sue's voice was no more than a whisper.

"By bloodline, yes. I never was, even though I fought for it constantly. I led a revolt against Attuma... and was defeated."

He grimaced in disgust.

"He then put me in this cage and then wanted to have me banished to a distant prison camp."

Sue looked at the damaged sarcophagus. She had to swallow several times before she could speak again.

"The ship was actually a prison transport. You escaped, fought the guards, and in your struggle, drove the ship upwards. There were never any captured people or refugees."

"I love you for that. As clever as you are beautiful."

He opened his arms and started to walk toward her, but Sue raised her hand.

"Don't come near me!"

"Smart, beautiful, and naive."

His words hurt more than a laser hit from Blaaster.

"Why... why did you do that?"

His eyes narrowed, and he grinned with malicious amusement.

"Remember our encounter? You asked me what I said back then. Remember?"

Sue just nodded.

"I said, such beauty on the surface. You'll be mine, woman. Whether you like it or not."

Sue felt like throwing up.

"And you wanted me," Namor said, taking another step toward her.

"No."

"Don't lie to me!" he snapped.

Sue fought not to cry in front of him.

"You wanted me, just as I wanted you. You just lacked the courage to let yourself go. So I... helped you along a little."

Her eyes widened, and only now did she understand.

"The flowers in the temple."

"They increase physical pleasure. We take them before we celebrate our festivals."

Sue's eyes raced around. She wanted to make herself invisible, form an image, crush him with a giant invisible fist, but she couldn't do any of those things. She felt even more powerless against him than she had with Galactus.

"I freed you because you wanted it... and everything that happened afterward happened because you wanted it. You were no longer intoxicated when you woke up the next morning. If you had said no, it would have been a one-time thing, and I would have had a nice fuck with a white, married woman... but no..."

Another step in her direction. His black eyes glowed like smoldering coals, reflecting the red light from the screen.

"...you wanted it. You wanted to be mine, and I wanted to possess you."

Sue shook her head, her lips trembling even though she secretly knew it was true. She had desired this black giant since the first time she saw him.

Blossoms of lust or not. It would have all happened anyway. Namor had simply seized his opportunity and accelerated the process to his own advantage.

"And I own you. You are my wife, you are my love ****, and the mother of my son. That can never be undone. But the question is, what do you want to do with the information?"

Sue wiped a tear from her face.

"What?"

"The information in the computer. The machine hasn't backed up yet. Do you want to tell the team? What will they say and do when they return from the Negative Zone? Just after you gave birth to my son?"

Sue saw little Leonard lying in his crib. God, he was her son. She had to protect him, even if he was conceived under these terrible circumstances.

"What do you think?"

"It's up to you, Susan. Do you still want me in your life, or do you want to return to your old life with the Fantastic Four? I'll allow you that choice."

His words were simultaneously so burning and cold, and Sue felt just as lost and scared as she had when she stepped out of the crashed rocket. She now had the chance to catch a terrible criminal, repair the Fantastic Four's damaged reputation, and get her old life back.

"It..."

Sue wiped another tear from her face.

"...it's too late to go back," she sobbed.

"No, it's not. What do you want, Susan Storm Richards?" Sue closed her eyes, took several deep breaths, and replayed her life up to the point where she had first met Namor. She remained silent for several minutes before opening her eyes again and walking over to the PC. Without saying anything, with trembling fingers, she deleted all the files on the computer.

The message about Namor disappeared as if it had never existed, and the screen went black. Sue saw her reflection in him and saw Namor standing behind her and hugging her. She didn't know how to feel now. Relieved? Guilty? Betrayed? She didn't understand herself at that moment; she only knew that she couldn't and didn't want to be without this man in her life anymore.

"I knew it," he grinned.