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  Sienna said to Ari, “Serina is quite beautiful, and obviously attracted to our man here. What do you think, should we share?”

  Ari laughed wickedly and stroked me teasingly, “I think he likes that idea, it certainly couldn’t hurt, and she seems as nice as Marcus said she’d be.”

  Sienna kissed the back of my neck and said softly, “It would be foolish to pass it up, it would tie us to a mage family, and of course more importantly, she isn’t selfish or arrogant. We kind of like her. I don’t want to assume too much, but if the opportunity comes up you have our approval.”

  I could hardly believe my ears, but then it did kind of match up with what we talked about in the past. Sienna wanted to improve our standing but I knew she was telling the truth about liking Serina and thinking she’d be a good fit. I knew Sienna and Ari would have never let one of those arrogant mages near me just to gain political power.

  All it really meant is I had permission to pursue a relationship if possible, it was too early for more than anything else. I had to admit I was interested. Serina was beautiful, honorable, and didn’t seem to like the games the other mages played even though she knew the rules and the players. I had thought last time I was here that was probably why she was stuck in this tiny border town.

  Sienna whispered sultrily, “That swollen flesh must be terribly uncomfortable my love, stand up and turn around and I’ll take care of it for you.”

  I moaned a little at the tone of her voice. She made it seem like there was nothing at all she desired more than to have my hardened shaft in her mouth. She was an amazing woman, a wonderful wife, and an extremely seductive lover. Sienna drove me crazy at times.

  Ari kissed me and then helped me up with a mysterious smile on her face. I turned around and looked down. I felt Ari squeeze my ass and she pushed me forward into Sienna’s waiting mouth. Sienna looked up at me through her eyelashes, face artfully innocent, and she moaned in pleasure as she took me deep into her warm wet mouth. Her tongue drove me crazy as she massaged the underside as I slid along the wet warmth of her agile tongue until I hit the back of her vibrating throat.

  I felt Ari’s hand between my legs, caressing my balls and taint as she started to kiss her way down the crack of my ass. I didn’t last long once she reached my puckered hole as they both worked me hard and fast with their talented mouths and hands to bring me to a fast and incredibly intense completion…

  Chapter 5

  I asked, “Are you sure?”

  Ari nodded and Sienna said, “Of course, we need to pop back to the farm and put up the horses if we aren’t going back today. I’ll give Steve a silver to hold them and feed them for a day or two. Then we’ll pop back to this room. So go and enjoy dinner.”

  Ari winked and added teasingly, “Besides, how will you seduce her with two mates hanging around.”

  I shook my head and gave in. They followed my lead in almost everything; except mates, girlfriends, and dating was something I was content to leave under their control. They knew what I liked, and more they knew who they would get along with. If it was up to me I was sure it would lead to discord, so I was happy to give that responsibility over.

  Of course, I still had a choice after theirs, but I had no objection to Ari in the past and I certainly had no objection to the beautiful redheaded mayor, Serina. I just wondered if we did make a connection, would it last until the next time we could meet? Serina had responsibilities here and needed to try and influence things in a more… sane direction. At the same time we needed to get out of here, I had no doubt more mages would be showing up soon as the king started setting up a staging point here, Serina wouldn’t arrest me, but I was sure for most mages they would attack on sight.

  Still, it wouldn’t hurt to try and make the connection.

  When someone knocked on the door I kissed them both. It was so strange having a wife and promised mate sending me on what amounted to a date. They both sent me toward the door with a light push when I caressed their faces and made no move to leave. I snorted in amusement and reminded myself this was normal for this society.

  In fact, I believed it would be a coup for Sienna being a head wife as a very young woman, and having a powerful mage below her in the group dynamic. Not that it was the reason she was okay with it, just remembering another woman added to the mix wouldn’t be all about me. I was sure I’d get used to it eventually, but I was only here for weeks and the last couple of hundred years I was a vampire on Earth I just got used to those rules even if they didn’t apply to me.

  I opened the door and Tina said in a cheerful but soft voice, “Ready for dinner Marcus?”

  I nodded and moved to follow her but she asked, “Are the ladies not coming?”

  I shook my head, “They asked that I send their apologies. It’s been a long day and they will be resting early.”

  Tina’s mouth crinkled into a partial smile and her eyes danced at the transparent lie, but she just said, “This way please,” and she started down the hallway.

  I wondered what had her so amused until I walked into a dining room and got a look at Serina. She had obviously used the time to freshen up and change as well. She was wearing a low cut flowing dress that showed her cleavage to advantage, and gave small hints as to the luscious curves under the flowing fabric of her dress as well as teasing glances at the creamy white skin of her legs as the fabric moved.

  Her hair was up and beautifully coiffed and she had on emerald earrings that drew my eyes to her slender neck. At least now I knew why Tina was amused… I on the other hand was speechless for a few moments. Finally I managed to get my brain to kick in.

  “You look stunning Serina.”

  She smiled in artful shyness, “Thank you Marcus, you look good as well.”

  Tina reported the ladies couldn’t make it as we sat down to what apparently was now an intimate dinner for two. Tina brought us out some plates of food, some kind of shellfish and a steak. She also poured us some wine before leaving the room.

  I said, “Thank you for inviting me, it looks wonderful.”

  At first it was a little awkward but we got over that quickly. Serina was an open and kind person. It was obviously not an act. All I had to do was look at how happy her maid was, and how comfortable she felt in Serina’s presence. Anyone that treated the servants that well just couldn’t be faking it for my benefit.

  We mainly talked about what was going on, and parallels I could draw from Earth’s history as examples of what not to do and why. She was fascinated by it all and seemed genuinely interested. The time flew by as we talked and I wondered how forward I should be. There was obvious interest on both sides but a smooth operator I was not. I was fairly straight forward in personality. She kind of took it out of my hands though.

  Serina asked, “Would you accompany me on a walk, we have the most beautiful gardens out back.”

  I smiled, “It would be my pleasure.”

  I stood and offered her my arm, she took it and we strolled toward the back of the mansion and outside a door that led right into the garden. It was fairly large with latticework fences, vines and other flowers growing around.

  Serina asked tentatively, “Your… ladies won’t mind me stealing you away for a time?”

  I shook my head, “Not at all, if they did I’m sure they would have made it to dinner.”

  She laughed lightly and I turned to face her.

  I gazed into her eyes for a moment, and then dipped my head toward her slowly. There was no mistaking my intentions but she had time to balk. Instead she moved her head forward and our lips met in the middle. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her gently against me as we adjusted our first ever kiss, looking for that rhythm that is different between every two people.

  When I found it I deepened the kiss and cupped the back of her neck with one hand.

  She melted into me and ran her hands up my chest and down the side, exploring my upper body. She moaned softly into my mouth.

  I whispered in her ear
, “The gardens are beautiful, but I’d love to see your rooms…”

  She kissed my neck and nodded against my shoulder. Taking my arm she led me through the halls up to her suite of rooms on the top floor. The sexual tension between us was unbelievable and I couldn’t have said what the rooms looked like, I couldn’t take my eyes off of her and I was hyper aware of her every move.

  I moved in for a kiss and caressed the curves of her body slowly. I started to kiss her neck and work her dress open while she unbuttoned my shirt and breathed heavily in my ear. When I’d loosened the ties I pushed the fabric off her shoulders and holding the ends slowly lowered it down her body, dragging my fingertips lightly along her slowly exposed skin as her dress pooled around her feet.

  She claimed my mouth for a moment and then pulled my shirt off, then went for my trousers.

  She said breathlessly with lustful need, “Goddess Marcus, what are you doing to me, I need you.”

  I picked her up and kicked the pants off my feet as I carried her toward the bed and laid her down. I lifted her leg and started kissing my way up the soft silky skin of her ankle while I teasingly caressed her inner thighs with my fingertips. I brushed her core lightly with my knuckles drawing a gasp as my mouth reached above her knees.

  I teased her mercilessly as I kissed around her glistening and swelling labia.

  “Please Marcus, don’t make me set you on fire.”

  I chuckled deeply and ran my tongue lightly between her swollen lips, collecting beads of her nectar on the tip of my tongue. It was my turn to moan at her taste as I dug my tongue in deeper, licking up her pleasure and flicking her clit with my tongue as I went by. I really loved the taste of a beautiful woman and Serina was no exception.

  I worked a finger into her slick tight passage as I continued to lick around her clit and her sensitive labia. I worked her slowly, holding her down with my other hand as she whimpered in pleasure and tried to grind against my face. Her scent drove me crazy as I brought her to rapturous bliss on the tip of my tongue. As she came and flooded my mouth and face with her delicious nectar I started licking around her labia again, bringing her down slowly.

  She breathed heavily and caressed my head I slowly kissed my way up her body, lavishing her generous c cups with attention as I pleasured her with my fingertips down below. As I kissed my way up her neck I felt her wrap her legs around me, pulling me toward her. She was so very tight, but her passage was slick, warm, and welcoming. The wet friction on my rock hard pleasure was intensely blissful.

  I kissed her demandingly as I started to saw in and out of her. I wasn’t fully deep yet, just stroking a little deeper each time as she got accustomed to wrapping me in her tight bliss.

  She moaned and whispered, “Deeper. Harder,” as she started to flex her hips and meet each of my thrusts, it didn’t take much longer before our skin met, followed by the sharp sounds of our flesh meeting forcefully as I took her to another powerful release.

  I reached back and grabbed her legs, pulling them in front of me, resting her ankles on my shoulders.

  She gasped, “Oh Goddess!” as I started to go even faster and deeper with the better angle, her green eyes locked on me as her body locked up around my manhood and bathed my length in more of her precious honey.

  I was staring into her eyes, but I could see her c cups violently bouncing. I could feel my balls start to tighten and the pleasure build up in me. I reached down between her legs and started to flick her clit, wanting badly to make the beautiful amazing woman underneath me cum again as I did. I couldn’t hold on much longer, luckily she was easily rolled into her third orgasm seconds before I slammed into her twice more and unloaded my essence deep inside her body.

  We both came down slowly. When I could move I unpinned her legs and lay down next to her on the bed. I pulled her into a deep lingering kiss and she rolled her body into mine and wrapped a leg around me, trying to pull our bodies closer together. She broke the kiss and caressed my face and I saw the questions in her eyes, and the doubt.

  We hadn’t exactly talked about it, for all she knew this was just a one night stand that my mates had approved, or even that I had just told them was going to happen… Serina didn’t exactly know how I treated them after all. I gave them that power because it made sense, not because it was how it was supposed to be done.

  “I hope that this was just a beginning,” I said softly

  She smiled sadly and kissed me, “The beginning of what? You’re leaving tomorrow, and I must stay and get the truth out to those who will care. I need to run my city and do the best to protect my people from what is coming.”

  I nodded, “All that is true, yet I can’t deny I feel something for you. Attraction and friendship at the least, with the potential for more, I don’t know, what are you looking for? I won’t be gone forever, but I’d like to come back and explore whatever is between us when I can.”

  She asked curiously, “And what of your human wife, and Elven mate?”

  I explained how things worked, she looked a little amused.

  She asked, “So you only sleep with a woman who is approved by them?”

  I shrugged, “It wouldn’t be worth the hassle otherwise, if I can keep everyone happy and avoid jealousy it’s worth doing. Plus I don’t really sleep with just anyone I can get to say yes you know, you’re on a short list,” I said teasingly, like she should be honored.

  I cracked a smile, “Really though, this isn’t something I do lightly. In fact I married the first woman I’ve had sex with and plan to mate with the second, so fair warning.”

  She kissed me and then shook her head, “I should have grabbed you up that first day we met. The way you live does intrigue me, but you realize adding a mayor to that would cause complications. You’re a better man than any other mage I’d ever met, and my goddess I’d never been tongued so well. All I can tell you is I am interested in knowing more now, but who knows what the future will bring. No promises, but if you don’t ever come back I’ll hunt you down and burn you to ashes.”

  I shook my head sadly, my tone a falsely mournful, “Mom warned me about you redheads, I should have listened.”

  She slapped my chest playfully, but a little too hard making me laugh, and then she kissed the same spot and grinned up at me as she pushed me onto my back.

  “Your wife is going to have to wait a bit longer I think with you going away. I’m not done with you yet Marcus.”

  She straddled me and trapped my quickly responding member to my body with her very warm and wet silken heat. It was like being engulfed in pure pleasure as her labia surrounded part of my girth and she teasingly ground her core along the bottom of length until her wet heat surrounded my sensitive tip. Her breasts swayed with her body and I reached up to knead them softly while thumbing her tightened nipples.

  There was a hungry desire burning in her green eyes as she swiveled her hips taking my tip into her body.

  She slowly pushed back against my chest with her hands, digging in her nails as she slowly and blissfully impaled herself. I pulled on her nipples lightly and she gasped as she ground down on me. She sat up straight and arched her back as she lifted her arms behind her head. She undid her hair and shook out her scarlet curls. She smiled down at me then started to rise and fall onto my length with speed and reckless abandon. She was so beautiful and wild and more passionate than I’d guessed.

  My body automatically started to match her rhythm, thrusting up inside of her as she came down, our flesh meeting with blissful violence in the center. I held her up by her waist when her body locked up shortly after a whimpered gasp of pleasure. She trembled above me as she once again bathed my manhood in her juice.

  While she came down I pushed her off and sideways and got on my knees behind her. I pulled her compliant body by her waist up to her knees and drove in from behind. I grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled back, causing her back to arch and her ass to raise, increasing the depth of my strokes and brushing her good spots on the
way.

  It was my second round, and with my physical stamina I brought her to ecstasy three or more times before I felt my legs start to numb. I buried myself into her deeply and filled her for the second time that night. When I collapsed next to her she cuddled into me, resting her head on my chest.

  I wasn’t all that good at reading woman, but something had become clear to me. All the excuses she had given in a resigned voice… were just that. It was the joking reference to chasing me down that had been the truth. She wanted me to come back sometime in the future; she wanted to see where this would go.

  She was just skittish about it, something must have happened in her past. Almost had to have at her age, she was somewhere around thirty I would guess, and unmarried. It might explain why she hated the politics so much and was happy out here in the hind end of the kingdom. I hated the idea of her in pain, but it was probably why she wasn’t like the rest of them, it had made her grow up.

  I smiled and kissed the top of her head and caressed her back until she fell asleep in my arms. I shortly followed, spending the night in her bed…

  Chapter 6

  The next morning after Ari’s sword dance, I took a short bath and packed up. We all met downstairs for a big breakfast figuring we’d be on the road a few days. When I got down there it was to find Serina, Ari, and Sienna with their heads together talking in low whispers.

  “Morning,” I said in a mock whisper.

  They all looked up at me and smiled innocently and said it back. I knew I was in trouble; they looked like they were plotting. I sat down and piled food on my plate and started to eat. When they didn’t return to their conversation I was sure of it, but I wasn’t too worried about it either.

  I asked, “Serina, will you message us if things go wrong here?” I grimaced, “I don’t even know how that spell is supposed to work. Does the receiver need to do anything special?”

  Serina asked with a smile, “Going to come rescue me?”