Chapter 28
Chapter 2 8
Elpis
I held Keyon to my shoulder, and he nuzzled closer, tilting his nose to scent the base of my neck. I felt terrible that Toast seemed to be facing issues with my beast. I didn’t really know the extent of his struggle, so I trusted Keyon to work with him. I’d do whatever I could to help, but Keyon would know best.
I had to wonder if he saw Rein as a separate female from me. Certainly, we’d gotten to the point where he’d allowed me to show him affection, which I could tell he really appreciated. Rein, though… I was beginning to worry that I was blocking her mental development because of my history. She couldn’t learn about my world if she didn’t absorb all of my memories.
I couldn’t imagine anyone having an easy time watching memory after memory of me being forced to please males. They’d used me in disgusting ways, given me illnesses that’d made me sick time and time again, and my handler had tortured me more times than I wanted to remember. Was Rein being traumatized with each approach of a memory ?
I knew she felt my discomfort when I did, but did she feel as violated? The physical flashbacks still happened, but I was always quick to latch on to Keyon’s calming skin before I started to feel too nauseated. The Moon Goddess had truly blessed me with him. If anyone could make me feel safe, it was Keyon.
I held him tighter to me and closed my eyes, feeling like I was overflowing with gratitude and love. As we lay there, I wondered if our bond spoiled the surprise of telling him I loved him. Surely, he could feel it, but I hoped it was different from hearing it.
A knock on the door made me realize that Keyon and I had fallen asleep on the bed. I opened it to find a slightly hyperactive witch with cloudy, sable hair. She smiled and gave a little wave. “Good evening, Elpis Eudokia and Keyon Kenelm! Sunlight preserve you! The coven mothers have ordered dinner for you, and it’s waiting in the western dining room. They are too busy to join you, but I can escort you there if you don’t know where it is!”
She caught her breath, bounced on her toes with a grin, and waited expectantly. I looked sleepily at Keyon, and he gestured for me to go first. “Would appreciate that. And you are...?” Keyon asked politely as we walked through the coven halls, glancing around to take in the fascinating rock walls like I was.
“Sunniva!” she answered cheerfully. “Isn’t our architecture beautiful? I still marvel at it!”
“Witches are a remarkable people,” I complimented. “I wish I had seen more of this growing up! You are most fortunate…” My eyes widened when we walked down a windowless hall that seemed to be made entirely of black rock; perhaps it was obsidian? Little blue crystals nestled in crevices glowed, and I was so enthralled that I jumped when I felt a fi nger poke my shoulder.
“Eee!” I squealed, and Adelais’s laughter came from behind me. I turned and snorted, shaking my head in playful disapproval. Leofwine smiled at me before striking up conversation with Keyon, and I fell back with Adelais. That was when I noticed her very subtle limping.
Dare I ask? I thought.
“Have a good ‘talk’ with your mate about that cub academy?” I asked her discreetly, giving her a meaningful look.
She smiled so broadly that it seemed like it’d turn permanent. “Yes, quite.”
“Rough lover?” I snorted and gestured slightly to her limp.
She laughed, showing off her sharp canines. “No, I’m afraid I’m slightly more aggressive than him. This is my own doing. I really should have dialed it back…” Her face sobered, and she looked down at her hands. “To be honest, Elpis—and I feel safe sharing this with you because… I know you used to be forced to do unspeakable things—being rough and losing myself in Leof helps me forget what I survived. Being in control is… comforting. Thank the Sun God that he’s incredibly secure in his masculinity to let me,” she whispered that last part so quietly that I almost couldn’t hear it. A smile tugged at one corner of her lip. “He finds it thrilling, actually. He says it’s a very welcome change of pace.”
I smiled, chuckling silently so my belly and shoulders just bobbed in good humor. “Take the victories and hold them tight. Leofwine was chosen just for you,” I said and stopped her, feeling an intense urge well up inside me. My forehead itched the longer I was around her, as if it was responding to her injury. Its intensity forced a frown onto my brow, and I rubbed my temples.
“Adelais, let me please try something. Your injury is very distracting—not that I blame you!” I said and turned her to face me. I grabbed the sides of her head and touched my horn to her forehead. I tried very hard to be careful, but I still slightly pierced her skin. Fiddlesticks! My horn was sharp, but at least I didn’t seem to hurt her more than a pinprick, thank the goddess.
“Sorry!” I cringed and let my instincts guide my actions .
Only a second passed before she breathed a sigh of relief, and her posture relaxed. “Elpis, what have you done? I feel all better!” Fortunately, the prick on her forehead from my horn also left without a trace.
“She healed you,” Keyon said softly but proudly, standing tall with his arms crossed over a puffed-out chest as he smiled lovingly at me. I could feel his pride directly, and I basked in it. It spread through all my limbs, warming me from my heart to my skin. “She healed me too when I was sick with King’s Poison… though that was through a different form of physical interaction. Perhaps it is faster with her horn.”
“Ah… yes… I think… maybe that is technically correct…?” I slapped my hands to my cheeks as my face reddened. Goodness, that was a bit more than I’d wanted to share, but I simultaneously loved that he wanted to brag about me! I laughed nervously and gestured for us all to keep going. I noticed that Sunniva had disappeared, but Leofwine and Adelais seemed to know where to go.
I linked arms with Adelais until we arrived at the dining table. “Don’t think you’re using me, Adelais,” I said to her when I let her arm go. “I feel a desperate need to be useful… so please come back whenever you feel unwell. Please.” She wiped away a tear and hugged me, whispering ‘thank you’ before we sat to eat.
When I saw a large salad placed before me with several strips of chicken on the side, I nearly fell out of my chair in excitement. I gaped at sliced carrots, apples, cucumbers, and other little greens I didn’t recognize. For the first time, I felt like I was feeding both the unicorn and the human in me.
Keyon must have felt my extreme delight because he leaned over to deliver a soft and sweet kiss to my cheek. “Enjoy, moonflower,” he said with a smile that curled my toes in their slippers. I certainly would!
Perhaps I was making too many moans while I enjoyed my meal because Keyon nudged me. Knock those noises off before I haul you over my shoulder and fuck you ’til next week, he warned me. I stared at him, aghast, because now I was truly aroused.
Do you realize what you’ve just done? I accused, pressing my thighs together and adjusting my napkin on my lap to try to hide my scent. My sex was threatening to announce my arousal to the entire table.
He didn’t answer; he just took a bite of his roast, and a smirk tugged at the corner of his lip while he chewed. I glanced over to Leofwine and Adelais, who were exchanging bites of food affectionately. I narrowed my eyes at Keyon and tried to find a way to get revenge. We were almost done eating by the time I formulated my strategy.
I scooted my chair and plate closer to him and offered him a bite of my chicken, which I oversalted on purpose. My unicorn enjoyed the extra salt, but I doubted my mate would like it. I batted my eyes at him innocently while he accepted the bite, though not without giving me a suspicious look. He could sense my mischievousness but not my plan! When he went to take a drink of water to wash down the salty meat, I slipped my hand into his pants and groped his warm cock. He spat the water out in surprise and fumbled for his napkin.
I moved my hand to pat his back, sending my fork flying away from the table. I massaged his cock several times to get it nice and excited before I slipped my hand out and said, “Oh fiddlesticks! Could you grab my fork? You startled me! Are you ok, by the way?”
Ha! Now everyone will see his erection! I thought victoriously. Justice for females everywhere! Making us aroused in public places...
Instead of fetching my fork, he grabbed me by the waist and said, “Good night, Leof. Sleep well, Adelais. I’m off to punish my mischievous female.” He threw me over his shoulder and marched confidently out of the room, not caring about anyone seeing the massive erection that was putting up a good fight against the front of his pants. Laughter erupted behind us when we left the dining room.
You’re in trouble, moonflower, Keyon said, and I could almost hear his grin in my head.
You started it! I accused. I thought it was a rather clever plan…
For a civilian, yes. I’ll give you that, he replied and opened the door to our room. He tossed me gently onto the bed and was naked in seconds. I scrambled up the sheets, feeling the prey in me get nervous and the mate in me get excited. His gaze was quite predatory, and I laughed apprehensively as he crawled onto the bed toward me.
His metallic eyes narrowed as he approached, staring intensely into mine. Yes, I felt very much like cornered prey! “Toast may not be so, but I am a very confident male, Elpis,” he growled.
Something occurred to me as he said that, and I paused. I placed a hand on him to stop his actions, and he froze instantly. He sat back and tilted his head, sensing my change in mood. I felt bad for distressing Toast with my beast, and I felt the urge to do something special for Keyon. I hadn’t shown him all my skills yet, and I had a feeling he’d really like something in particular.
“Close your eyes, Keyon. I’ll be back,” I said gently and scooted off the bed. I took my bag to the bathroom and rummaged inside for several items. I’d noticed that the lady in the clothing store had snuck free lingerie into my purchase and pulled that out along with the lubricant. I readied myself as quickly as possible and stepped out of the bathroom.
I watched my mate as he sat with his eyes closed. He raised a brow, sensing I was near, and he waited patiently for his next order. I smiled sadly, realizing that I didn’t want to tell him I loved him until our beasts were more comfortable with each other. It was really important to me—and possibly to Keyon as well—that Toast and Rein felt like they were part of the moment. They were us and we were them.
Until then, I’d show him in a different way. A fun way.
Until I felt like it was the right moment to say it, I could show Keyon my love through one different way, and that was through my attentiveness. I paid attention to his likes and dislikes… though he didn’t seem to have any dislikes when it came to me. At least I hadn’t heard any complaints thus far .
Looking back at when the shopkeepers spoiled me with extra gifts and donations, I realized how special those little gestures were. It made me feel cared about, and I wanted to share that feeling with my mate. I wanted to make it even more special by customizing my gift to his tastes.
I knew it would bring up bad, uncomfortable memories, but if Toast could practice around his trauma, so could I! Part of me had to wonder if what I’d planned was considered too vulgar for a free female to do, especially when done to show gratitude. I suppose I’d get feedback later… It’s just... when I’d been a slave, no one ever thought about me without wanting something in return. Receiving gifts was a new thrill, and I genuinely wanted to give one.
“Keyon, lean against the edge of the bed,” I ordered gently and watched my mate scoot to the foot of the bed. He sat against it with his legs relaxed and slightly extended. His cock wasn’t as excited as it was before, and I could feel his worry for me. He was as sweet as he was handsome, and it made me want to please him more than ever.
I grabbed a thick pillow, spread his legs with the back of my hands, and placed the pillow down so I could kneel at the right height. I gently grabbed his cock, and he started, slightly surprised.
“You can open your eyes now,” I said softly and looked up at him through my eyelashes while I lazily stroked his length with my pre-lubricated hands, starting slow. His eyes shot open, and they dilated when they fixed on mine. His gaze lowered, and his lip curled in a silent snarl, releasing a lick of blue fire. I sincerely hoped he could control that, or this bedroom would be ashes by the time we were done.
“I didn’t realize I was playing with fire,” I said in a seductive voice, reaching up to trace the bottom of his lip with the back of a finger. Most of the mansion’s clients hadn’t requested dirty talking from me, desiring me to either shut up or make pleasing sounds. This was an opportunity to see if I could match Keyon’s skill.
“You definitely are,” he growled in a deep, low voice that rumbled attractively in his sculpted chest. “Fuck, f— Elpis. You look like a sex goddess.” I nearly burst from the compliment, and his eyes raked once more over my silver lace babydoll. I’d kept one strap purposefully longer, and I made it slide down one shoulder with a shrug. The fabric was scantily hanging onto the swell of my breast, barely covering the nipple. His claws extended and dug into the bedsheets. I could see the veins in his hands pulse, but they didn’t pulse as hard as his cock.
“I wore this just for you,” I said while arching my back, pretending to stretch. “I know you prefer me naked, but perhaps it’s my turn to tease you for having such a filthy mouth.” A gravelly, rumbling groan escaped his throat, and he clenched his teeth to keep his fire in check. I observed his inability to reply and said, “Oh, how interesting… Your filthy mouth appears to have surrendered…”
Now I had to feed his erection. I slid my fist down his cock, released once I got to his base, and imitated the action with my other hand. I slid one after another down his length to make it seem like an endless stroke, and he hissed, baring his teeth to expose his elongated fangs.
“Do you like that, my male? My absolute dominant?” I asked provocatively. “Do you like your female at your feet, worshipping your thick, heavy cock?” I stopped my motions and waited for his reply. I smirked internally as he nodded, swallowed hard, and released his breath to free another long groan.
I placed my hands on his to keep them from wandering and stood so I could speak into his ear like he did so often to me. “Perhaps my dominant deserves something even better for taking such good care of his female…” I whispered and dragged my tongue up his earlobe.
He growled, and his hands shot out to grab my wrists. He turned his wild copper eyes to mine and asked, “Better? Does that mean I get to moun—fuck you now? You’re going to turn me feral, Elpis! Careful!” His eyes gleamed, and his entire chiseled body tautened with excitement. I didn’t know when it happened, but his wings were out in all their glory .
Oh goddess, he was reacting very differently than me! I thought he’d melt. This was not melting! Perhaps I should rush to give him my gift now. Any additional teasing, and he might not let me stay down there.
“Release me, my male,” I said, baring my very unimpressive teeth to show my displeasure, “and I will show you.” Something in his jaw ticked, and his grasp loosened.
I pulled back, pulled on the string that held my babydoll closed, and exposed my breasts to him. Before he could grab me—and I could see the muscles in his abdomen, chest, and arms contract to do exactly that—I pressed my breasts together and dropped to my knees, smoothly sliding his long erection through my cleavage.
“Ahhh…!” He gasped and leaned forward a little in his shock, bucking slightly in reflex. Keyon’s expressions went from disbelief to elation, then to fiery lust. His hands flexed restlessly, and the thick cords in his neck strained. I slid my pre-lubricated breasts up and down his cock and gazed innocently up at him. “I learned this a long time ago, but… I have to wonder if it’s too vulgar. Shall I stop?” I asked with wide eyes, knowing his answer already. I bobbed slowly along his length while I waited, encouraging out some pre-cum.
“No. No. No. Fuck no times forever!” he snarled adamantly, his gaze fixated on the creamed valley where his cock appeared and disappeared between my cleavage. His cheeks ruddied, and his expression was nearly one of disbelief. “Shit, Elpis! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” he growled loudly, shivering and staring with bared teeth. Small blue flames trickled out, and his chest heaved. Though he wasn’t exerting himself, a sheen of sweat broke out on his chest, causing droplets to trickle down the valleys between his clustered muscles.
“It’s no wonder you’re so confident, my male,” I said, squeezing his shaft as tightly as possible with my soft flesh. “You’ve the largest member I’ve ever seen. It’s a wonder it even fits inside me,” I praised, lowering myself enough to brush the tip of his cock against my lower lip. Perhaps I was pushing my luck with my teasing, but I couldn’t resist; I was enjoying it too much. “It’s fortunate I’ve enough breast to handle it…”
“You. Certainly. Do,” he replied in a raspy, deep voice, sounding more feral by the second. Even though I wasn’t being sexually pleasured by the act, I enjoyed the texture and heat of his skin on mine. I was deeply pleased by the response I was getting out of him, and I knew I’d picked the right act. I was also getting extremely aroused, and based on his flaring nostrils, I suspected the time I had was limited. I might as well pull out all my skills.
I stared demurely up at him while biting my lower lip, occasionally licking it suggestively between small moans. I also made encouraging little noises and switched up the pressure and speed, never taking my eyes from his face. I wanted him to see me looking in admiration at him whenever he was able to rip his gaze from my breasts and his overly engorged bobbing and sinking head.
He didn’t last long after that. “I warned you, female!” he announced savagely. He snarled, yanked me onto the bed, and laid me on my back. His hands grabbed mine and slapped them to the sides of my breasts, telling me without words what he needed me to do. I obliged by squashing them together and watched him climb over me, straddling to kneel right over my ribs. He placed his hands down by my head and jerked his hips forward to squeeze his cock between my breasts again. Now that he was in control, he began driving wildly through the middle, growling nonstop as he did so.
“You’ve gotten in my head, female,” he hissed. “If you tease me with my fantasy, I will lose control every time.” He sat back and placed his calloused hands on the peaks of my breasts, gripping them along with my hands as he pumped his hips. He leaned his head back and released a deep, rumbling groan that made my abdomen clench. More blue fire decorate the corners of his parted lips, but he managed to keep it under control. His wings would even flap haphazardly on occasion, as though he was trying to burn off extra energy .
“Uh!” he exclaimed, much louder and more vocal in his pleasure than he’d ever been, as he repeatedly forced his erection through the tight slit I’d made. “So fucking soft! So fucking tight! Oh my gods!” He massaged the front of my breasts with his fingers, rubbing around my nipples and occasionally pressing into them while he jerked his hips back and forth. “Uh! Sun’s fucking fire, you’re exquisite!”
I bucked and writhed with pleasure, squeezing my thighs tight to try to quell the ache that was growing within me. Between his rhythmic, masculine grunting, the heat between my breasts, and his massaging fingers, I was starting to wish his cock was elsewhere.
An agonized and strangled bellow pushed its way past his clenched teeth, and he crouched back down over me to pound into my cleavage feverishly. One of his hands fisted my hair, clutching possessively at my head as he rode me. My entire body lurched into the bed with every thrust. I tried to hold back a thrilled cry, but a rush of arousal finally tore it from me. I could sense his ecstasy grow and roll through him over our bond; he was lost to his feral mind and buried deeply in carnal pleasure. The stronger his emotions became, the harder it was to tell where he ended and I began.
He leaned down to muffle a loud roar into the blanket. Then he slammed his fists violently into the mattress before climbing down my body, shaking with need. He spread my legs and lurched his hips forward in one slick move to bury his hot length in me. I gasped at how fast I was forced to take in his enormous size and scrabbled at his back to stabilize and balance myself. His head nudged urgently at my cervix before he started moving again.
“I need you, female,” he growled and propped himself on his elbows so he could grip my head and kiss me wildly. His mouth claimed mine aggressively as his hips rolled. “The only place I will spend my seed,” he said into my lips, grunting while he pumped his cock into me, “is between my female’s legs to feed her womb.”
He reached down between us and massaged around my opening. The sparks and warmth of his mate touch were incredible. If I thought he was good with his hands before my beast woke, he was practically a god now.
“Come while I fuck you, female,” he ordered into my ear, and I felt tiny flecks of flames caress my ear. I opened my mouth in a soundless cry. Somehow the tables had turned! I was speechless, and he was talking!
“Come so I can fill you with my offspring,” he snarled, pumping his length in ardently. I groaned and shut my eyes, savoring how his heated cock traveled along the stretch of my channel. I was nearly undone by how his girth forced my tight walls to repeatedly make way for his grand appearance. I was also growing to love how his tight sack slapped against me, as though it had the final say in all matters.
He leaned down to put pressure on my mark with his fangs, which made my sex clench and forced a wail out of my throat. He groaned in response and dug his teeth in harder, making me writhe beneath him. I maintained enough sanity in my thrashing to turn my head so I wouldn’t hurt him with my horn.
He growled and slowly punctured my skin with his fangs, making me scream in pleasure. My legs flailed, my body arched wildly, and my core went into a full blooming climax. My sex throbbed and gripped my mate’s straining, sliding cock like a vise. His motions slowed as my muscles held onto him, and he roared into my shoulder, muffled by my flesh.
His body spasmed furiously as he came inside me, hissing and groaning past his teeth in rapture. Through my own blind waves of ecstasy, I gripped his hips with my hands and jerked him as close to me as possible while he spilled his seed. His head pressed up against my cervix, and I imagined his seed squeezing right on through to my womb. I urged them on in my mind, hoping someday to have proof that I could carry hatchlings for my mate.