The Empire and the Wolf King (Kaitlyn and the Highlander #21)

38. Chapter 38 - Lady Mairead

CHAPTER 38 - LADY MAIREAD

THE KINGDOM OF RIAGHALBANE - 2391

I woke up late, foggy-headed from having had too much tae drink. I rubbed my temple. “Och nae.”

A man’s voice beside me said, “I feel the same, I think a truck rolled over me.”

I raised my head. The famous actor Wilfred Weaver was in bed with me.

He said, “But that was a wonderful booty call, Mairead, what took you so long? It cannot possibly be that you did not miss me.”

“What on earth is a ‘booty call’?”

“An invite to your bed.”

I looked under the covers. It all came rushing back, after I had spoken tae Archibald and sent him on his way, yesterday, I had invited Wilfred Weaver tae dine.

We had partaken of a great deal of fruity mixed drinks in a bid tae bring my spirits up. And it had worked. I dinna often invite my lovers tae stay the night in the castle, but here we were.

He rolled over and said, “You were lovely last night.”

“Thank ye, Wilfred, ye were lovely too.”

He was young, verra handsome and he had his blond hair tousled from the exertion of pleasure. “You promised me last night that you would call me Wilfrey.” He snuggled in with his chin on my breast. “That is what my friends call me.”

“That seems verra overly intimate.”

“We are very overly intimate, Mairead.”

“I suppose we are... ‘Wilfrey’ then. I will try tae get used tae it.”

He said, “Now that we are to be married…”

“What…?”

He laughed. “Just kidding.”

I batted his shoulder playfully. “Imagine if that had happened.”

“If King Magnus returned and I said, ‘Hello, Maggy, I am your new step-father, Wilfrey, your mother said yes when we were drunk one night.’”

“Ye likely wouldna survive it, though twould be amusing tae see his face.”

He winced. “And please do not tell the king I called him Maggy.” He looked at me more seriously. “You did tell me about time travel, Mairead.”

“Oh... did I?”

“After we talked about the loss of your son, Sean, you told me in great detail .”

“Well, I suppose if Magnus can tell everyone in the world that he’s a great time-traveling king, surely I can allow an actor in on my secret that I am the greatest time-traveling queen mother who has ever lived.” I ran my hand through his hair, then asked, “I canna remember did I tell ye everything about it?”

He shrugged.

I said, “I supposed I felt better telling someone.”

“I think you felt better for many reasons, not the least of which was having Wilfrey Weaver in your bed.”

I laughed. “True, but it might have been the Cosmopolitans?—”

“Is it true?”

I said, “Aye.”

He said, “By the light of the day, I do not believe you. It is more fiction than my latest movie and the entire premise of that was a world inhabited by dragons made of metal.”

I ran my hand through his hair again. “How can I prove it tae ye, Wilfred — I mean, Wilfrey , where would ye like tae go?”

“Anywhere?”

“Anytime and any place.”

“In that case, I would like to go to Old Hollywood…to walk along the boulevards under the palm trees. I think I would feel at home there.”

I said, “Done, once this current crisis is ended, I will take ye tae Old Hollywood, in exchange ye will accompany me tae New York tae attend a party. My friends will think ye verra handsome.”

He smiled his dazzling smile and said, “Done.”

I dislodged him from my breast and stood and wrapped a luxurious silk robe around me. “We will be serving breakfast in the?—”

“Mairead, are you inviting me to stay for breakfast? Here in the castle?”

“I am inviting you to stay, aye, but then I will be in meetings…”

He put his arm behind his head cockily. “But I could stay? I do dislike the idea of going home, rattling around in my big house, my next movie does not begin filming until…” He let his voice trail off.

“Ye will rattle around here as well.”

He shrugged. “I could work out in your gym? There is a gym in this castle?”

“Aye, there is a gym.”

“Then after your long meetings I could meet you here — you could put your feet on my lap, Mairead, because you will be tired from ruling your son’s kingdom, and you could bed your lover, Wilfrey, again in that way you do.”

“Oh my,” I said, fanning myself, “that does sound lovely, and aye, ye can stay for the day, I could use the company. But daena be distracting, ye must wear a suit and tie for dinner, nae workout clothes. I winna stand for ‘casualness’, tis demeaning tae all of us.”

“I must wear a suit and tie? Done. And ‘no distraction’? Is this distracting?” He climbed from the bed, completely naked and shook his hips tae make his cock perform distractingly.

“I daena mind a wee bit of distraction, just daena be distracting in the wrong way.”

He raised his brow and teased, “Is this the wrong way?”

“Tis verra distracting in the wrong way. I must focus on the work of the kingdom.”

He drew the back of my hand up and kissed the knuckles. “I can be a good distraction, I will stay to keep you company so you won’t dwell on the loss of your son.”

“Aye, twould mean a lot tae me, Wilfrey, ye are a fine distraction. I rather like having ye around.”

He strode across the room tae the bathroom, his arse a fine sight tae my forlorn eyes.