Chapter 37
Chapter
Thirty-Seven
Elias bit back a sigh. He wanted to leave. After all, it was his wedding night!
He did not want to sit around making polite small talk. He wanted to be alone with his husband, with his sexy, muscular husband.
However, more well-wishers kept coming by. And Elias and Gerard just kept sitting and doing their duty. They thanked and smiled and behaved like the princes and representatives of their kingdoms that they were.
Elias bounced his knee beneath the table, trying to control the restlessness coiling inside him. He dropped his hand beneath the table, reaching for Gerard. He gripped Gerard’s knee and squeezed.
Gerard shot Elias a glance before quickly turning back to Queen Azalea. “Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Elias slid his hand further up Gerard’s leg. He smiled brightly. “Yes. Thank you, Your Majesty.” He inclined his head.
Gerard cleared his throat as Elias rubbed his fingers back and forth on his upper thigh, before Elias glided them higher. Gerard shifted in his chair.
“And may I say how exquisite you look tonight in that turquoise gown,” Elias added.
“Thank you, Prince Elias.” The queen smiled and then walked away.
Elias nudged the growing bulge in Gerard’s trousers with his fingers.
“What are you doing?” Gerard hissed.
“It’s our wedding night.” Elias pouted. “And I want to touch my husband.” He exhaled.
“And everyone keeps coming to talk to us. I have to smile and nod and say thank you over and over. They’re getting in my way of doing what I want to be doing.
” He leaned towards Gerard. “And I want to be doing you.”
Gerard swallowed. Elias moved his hand over the bulge and squeezed. Gerard inhaled.
Then the grand monk approached. He steepled his fingers together, looking between them. “I wish to thank you both for the example you are setting for all.”
Elias massaged Gerard’s bulge, feeling it grow stiffer in his hand. “Of course, Grand Monk. We, too, see the importance of obtaining peace.”
“Ah. Yes. We do,” Gerard said, sounding rather tense.
The grand monk glanced out over the hall. “It pleases me, to see so many who’ve been at war with one another coming together to find a new path, a better path.” He smiled. “It is truly wonderful!”
Gerard’s cock continued to harden in Elias’s hand. Elias undid a button. Then another. He dipped his fingers into the opening, ducking beneath fabric and seeking the hard length.
“I see such a bright future ahead for all the kingdoms.” The grand monk turned to face them. “And so many here, including you both, will play a part in it.”
“We are honoured.” Elias’s fingers encircled Gerard’s erect cock.
The grand monk looked between them, beaming. “Yes. You will play your part wonderfully. I can tell.”
Elias squeezed Gerard’s prick. A soft grunt escaped him.
The grand monk turned and walked away.
“Elias!” Gerard turned to face him.
Elias grinned. “I think we should go. Now.” He glanced around. “No one else seems to be approaching.” He released his grip on his husband’s cock and rose.
Gerard glared at him. “We cannot! Everyone is still looking at us, and if I rise, all will be aware that someone made my dick hard.” He reached under the table. He glanced around as he did up his buttons. Elias could tell he was trying to be subtle.
Elias laughed. He leaned his hip against the table. “I think people will understand. I am very beautiful, and so it is reasonable that you are affected in such a way by the sight of me.”
Gerard huffed and shook his head. “Just give me a second!”
Elias tilted his head back. He gazed up at the blue sky with small whisps of clouds painted on the high ceiling. “Would it help if I described what I want to do to you when I get you alone? Or more specifically, what I want you to do to me?”
“No! It would not fucking help!” Gerard snapped. He placed his hands, palms down, on the table.
Elias laughed. “Are you sure? I’d think you’d want to hear about how I want you to fuck me, all night, in every position possible.” He licked his lips.
“I want to feel your hard dick deep inside my body. I want to feel your cock plunging into my body, over and over. I want you to fuck me so hard that I won’t be able to walk for days.” He rested a hand on the back of Gerard’s chair. His fingers teased the nape of Gerard’s neck.
Gerard squeezed his eyes shut. “Everyone is watching us!”
“I don’t mind. I’d let them watch.” Elias leaned closer. “You could bend me over this table.” He swept a hand over the wood. “You could fuck me in front of everyone. Claim me as yours. My desperate cries and moans would ring out as I begged you to shove your cock harder and deeper into me.”
Gerard bit out a moan. “You’re making it worse!”
Elias knew he was not speeding up their departure and subsequent fucking, but still he couldn’t stop himself from teasing Gerard. It was too much fun!
Then Elias saw people approach from the corner of his eye. He turned towards them.
“Oh, look, your siblings and Onyx are approaching! Perhaps we can tell them about your predicament. Maybe they can come up with solutions.”
“No!”
As the group approached, they congratulated the couple. Gerard remained seated. Senta cast him a look.
“I hope your marriage is as successful as ours.” Luther glanced at Onyx before returning his gaze to Elias. “May it be filled with sparkles,” he said, referencing what Elias had said at their wedding.
Elias laughed. Then he lifted his hands, and light darted across his fingers and shot upwards.
The others applauded. Finally, Gerard rose, seeming to have gotten his errant erection under control.
“Well, you might not be a strong sorcerer, Elias.” Senta clapped Elias on the shoulder. “But at least your magic is pretty. Like you.”
Everyone laughed. Elias glanced at Gerard, who was smiling.
Elias’s throat tightened even as he joined in with the laughter. Elias was capable of so much more than just pretty sparkles. He could bring down any of these dragons. He could inspire fear and terror. He was a lightning archmage, one of the best.
If only I could show what I could do.
Because he wanted Gerard to know. He wanted Gerard to respect him and his powers. He wanted Gerard to know that his husband was not a weak, useless sorcerer. He wanted Gerard to see that they were well matched. Equals. He wanted Gerard to be proud to marry him.
But since he had taken a vow and could never reveal the truth, he just laughed along with everyone else as his stomach slunk deeper into his body.
“And I hear that his magic is fun in the bedroom too.” Luther waggled his eyebrows.
Gerard shot Elias a glance.
Elias took Gerard’s hand. “And on that note, it is our wedding night and we have other duties to fulfil to ensure the marriage contract is sealed.”
Then Elias tugged Gerard towards the door, waving as people applauded.