Amberle sighed softly as she slowly lowered herself into the steaming hot bath. After so long on the road, often while their lives were in peril, it was bliss. She missed her home terribly, and for a moment, the soothing waters let her forget where she was. It wasn’t the same as the hot springs of Arborlon, or her own private waterfall and lagoon she used to shower and bathe, but after the last few weeks, it felt positively decadent.

Sliding slightly lower, the water just covered her breasts, the heat of the water soaking into her weary muscles. Her elven blood gave her better stamina and strength than even the fittest human, so she felt a little pity for her more human companions.

Despite Eretria’s apparent recent change of heart and efforts to prove herself a trustworthy ally, Amberle still felt caution was needed. The rover girl had already betrayed them once, putting their lives in danger as a result. For all their superiority, the immortality that her kind possesses led to long memories and the ability to hold a grudge for centuries.

The humidity created by the small eddies of steam from the hot baths reminded her of the forest. The underground bathhouse was lit only by liberally placed candles that lit the room with overlapping pools of warm amber light. Relaxing with her eyes closed, she tried to clear her mind of troubling thoughts.

Before she became a chosen and then subsequently fled her people, she often enjoyed long soaks in the royal halls bathhouse. The soft touches of her handmaiden that helped her wash often progressed to her bedchamber.

She and Catania had grown up together as, despite their differences in status, Amberle always treated her as a friend, equal and sometimes lover. The young handmaiden served the elven princess most of her life and was one of the few people Amberle fully trusted. It was while growing up with Catania that she discovered the pleasure they could bring themselves and each other.

With the memories of her pretty former friend filling her mind, Amberle felt her pussy begin to warm and moisten from something other than the water. She felt her heart flutter slightly in her chest, and her legs parted slightly as her hand slid up her thigh.

The soft sound of approaching footsteps caused her to close her legs and pull her hand away. Opening her eyes, she saw Eretria striding past wrapped in a towel. Standing at the opposite edge of the square-shaped bath, she dropped her towel showing no signs of self-consciousness. She slowly stepped down into the pool before sitting on the underwater ledge just a few feet across from Amberle.

The hot water rose to just below the level of Eretria’s nipples as she was slightly taller, and larger in the chest than the slender elf. Leaning back against the stone edges of the bath, she slid a little deeper.

Despite her distrust and some amount of dislike, Amberle couldn’t deny some purely physical attraction to the rover girl. The tight leathers the rover girl preferred to wear showed off her curves, and Amberle has on occasion found her eyes drifting to her during their travels together. She would never admit it, however, but she could see how she had seduced Wil into bed. Had things been different, she might have tried to bring Eretria to her own bed.

Unlike the slender and lithesome build of Amerble that was typical of her race, Eretria possesses a more robust appearing build. Her body was toned and muscular while still being distinctly female. The harshness of rover life has kept her stripped of fat and left her fit.

Her skin was a shade of light tan from years in the sun while the shaded glades of the forest and leafy halls kept Amberle’s skin pale. Eretria’s breasts were larger than Amberle’s which, despite their smaller size, would still fill her hands and suited her slim build. Amberle was slightly surprised to notice the delicate folds of Eretria’s pussy were entirely devoid of hair.

Unlike humans, elves were naturally bold below the head. Eretria’s lack of pubic hair made Amberle wonder when she had found time to shave. In her current state, Amberle couldn’t help but feel her arousal increasing.

“A royal bath must be something. Rose petals in the water, servant girls massaging your back,” the rover girl said.

The servant girls of the royal baths she grew up in massaged more than just her back. With eternal life, sex and casual relationships were less taboo than many of the mortal races. After all, eternity was a long time to spend in a singular committed relationship.

“Another princess joke. What’s my line again? I didn’t know rovers bathed at all. Something like that?”

That water level dropped below her nipples as she sat straighter in the water. She smiled slightly as she caught Eretria’s eyes dropping to linger on her chest. She was showing the rover girl that her brazenness in regards to her nudity hadn’t fazed her.

“Well at least we don’t lie to ourselves. We see something we want and we go after it” Eretria replied, adjusting her posture to match Amberle’s, leaning forward slightly.