His lady was laying it on thick, and Mayerling loved her for it. A tingle ran down his side as she exposed herself more to him with the drop of the corset; the preparation of service. Something about it thrilled him even more: Bella; and the fact that he and Rhedyn might have the opportunity to serve together in such a pleasurable feat with an attractive, engaging guest. His lips curled into a smirking smile without him even knowing he was so privately pleased with the situation, and more outwardly with his lover directly.<br/><br/><em>I’m not afraid of much at all…</em>Bella had said. This also pleased Mayerling. The Manor was not a house of fear, even on masquerade night, but a place of sociality and pleasure; a place where people could fantasize without the weight of the world on their shoulders. There was even less weight on Mayerling’s shoulders when he shifted the robe off his shoulders and handed it to his lover without so much as a blink of an eye to hide his nakedness to either of the women.<br/><br/>Mayerling led the way into the first shower. The water certainly did have nice warmth to it. His skin came alive as the small, powerful streams of water his shoulders, then his face as he turned into the stream and closed his eyes. With eyes shut he could hear what he thought were the tentative steps of Bella’s bare feet entering the shower room with him. The thought of her brought his mind back to his lover, and his love of the feminine form came to the forefront of his imagination. He wet his hair and swept it back, and used his hands, running them over his form, to ensure that every bit of skin had felt the water, and thus every nerve ending had come alive. For propriety’s sake, he kept his eyes shut or his face turned away from Bella until she invited him to look with conversation or something even more overt, despite the fact that it made him feel more than a little rude. “The water is perfect,” he spoke to the open space of the chamber blindly. “Work it over your skin,” he suggested, “you’ll feel it come alive in your hands. The steam will start to fill your lungs, causing deeper breaths. You’ll feel vibrant and beautiful.” With the last words Rhedyn again leapt to his mind, and made him smirk in pleasure, and made his stomach tighten in desire. The image made him forget he was naked with a woman in the room, and that was exactly what he wanted.