“Not likely, woman, now come to bed damn it!” Mâvis slapped his hand on the bed next to where he was and Genevieve finally joined him.
Ben rolled over and stuffed his pillow over his ear at the sight of Genevieve straddling a suddenly very happy king. Mâvis sat up to snatch her mouth up with his as he devoured her tongue then let go grinning. “It is about time, wife!”
“This is not exactly exiting for me, Mâvis. Not with a guest in the room.” She shoved him back onto the bed to scold him. “Perhaps if he could go find his wife?”
“I could tie him up and leave him outside the door if you like.” He grabbed at her ass from under her skirt and yanked her up until he could fill his mouth with her voluptuous breast. A sound permeating the room landed somewhere between a growl and a purr as he latched onto her.
Ben pulled the pillow tighter to his head to drown out the sounds. But it did little to help as he heard Genie moan and then reply, “No, Mâvis, that is not right.”
“Then silence yourself, woman, or you will not like how I answer.” Mâvis followed the response by flipping her onto the bed. He made quick work of her climax and took his time on his own, covering her mouth with his hand to keep their sounds from waking their daughter.
A couple hours later Lúta finally made her way back into the room. Everyone else was asleep with the exception of Ben. He lifted his blanket to welcome her into it and offered her the pillow.
Ben snuggled up close to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. She closed her eyes to doze off when he reached for her breast. The feel of her warm body and the hours of listening to Mâvis and Genevieve left him raging in his own pants. He wanted so badly to find himself inside her.
She brushed his hand off, “If you so much as breathe on me I will gut you, Ben.” He swallowed hard and bit his lip as he flopped back over to face the wall and ignore his own passion.
Chapter 32
Ben woke to the sound of the women getting dressed and giggling with each other. Mâvis was already gone and Jocelyn was on the floor playing with a toy. The moment she noticed Ben awake she waddled over to offer the toy to him. “Good morning, sunshine. You’re in pleasant spirits today.” He chuckled, as he accepted the toy and used it to attack her belly. She squealed in delight and dashed to her mother before wandering back over to Ben for a second duel.
He made quick work of folding up the bedding and leaving it on the bed for the chambermaids. As he put on his shirt he made one last attempt to give Lúta a kiss before he left and she held up a one claw warning him off. Seeing he was getting nowhere with her he quietly left.
There was a light buffet style breakfast left for the guests and Ben grabbed a couple of apples and a biscuit for later before heading outside. He sat down all of a minute before Mâvis found him. “Good you are up, come we can train.” Ben rolled his eyes before taking one last bite of his apple and tossing the rest into the woods.
He followed Mâvis out to a courtyard behind the lodge to spar with the king. Mâvis found a wood axe and tossed it to him, “There you go, human, something more your size.” He smirked as Ben caught it midair.
“Thank you, sir.” He replied as he immediately started ducking and dancing off shots from Mâvis.
After a few minutes of warming up he was a bit lost in his thoughts and didn’t even realize he was fighting back so hard. Even backing Mâvis up a few times. “Very well, Abbott. You are coming along nicely.” The king circled him a few times looking for an easy move. “I like your aggression.”
Ben didn’t even reply as he watched for the telltale cues that Mâvis was ready for another attack and where it was going to come from.
“You know why you fight so well today? You did not please your wife last night. Now you have too much energy to burn off.”
Ben returned, “Well then, how is it that you fight so well today?”
Mâvis switched directions and closed the gap for a few good swings at Ben before tossing him to the ground, “I always fight well. I am a warrior.” He reached down and offered a hand to pull Ben up.
Ben paused for a second before grabbing it, because Mâvis usually hauled him off the ground. This reaction was unusual from the king. “Well she wasn’t in much of the mood for it with the extra company in the room.”
“That is no excuse. These women are insatiable. If you do not please them every night they will invite trouble. You cannot afford trouble, even in the slightest.” Mâvis poked him in the chest and then backed off ushering Ben to lead the attack.
Mâvis slung the wood axe off twice and moved to take out Ben’s feet. He jumped the shot that would normally take him to the ground and swung into Mâvis. The king grabbed the right handed hook and threw Ben to the ground by his arm. “That was good, Abbott. You are thinking on your feet.”
“Well, if you call landing on my ass good, then I suppose I am an expert by now.” Ben’s comment drew a laugh.
“We head back tonight, You can make up your time with your wife today. They do not forget when you have let them down.” Mâvis readied himself for another attack as Ben took to his feet.
“Sir, I am not sure she will let me.”
Mâvis scoffed, “What do you mean, she will not let you? Maybe you are used to human, women. You are married to a Joutone, you are expected to be a man. Or I promise you she will find someone that is.” He pointed his own axe towards Ben’s chest and swung it around as he backed up, “Come on, you are doing well. I expect you to finish strong.”
Mâvis got what he was looking for with Ben’s built up frustration boiling over. But his frustration wasn’t with Lúta, or his lack of sex with her. It was with Mâvis. With this much built up anger it was certainly easy to answer that request. The king let him get a few well-meant shots in, then plowed through Ben’s attack with one hand. Mâvis snatched him by the throat and slammed him to the ground. “Is that what you are looking for? Or do you forget I can read your eyes?” He tightened his grip as Ben struggled beneath his hand for air. “Perhaps you just forget who it is that you serve. I am sure you will not let that happen again, will you?”
Ben tried swallowing against his grip but it was useless. Mâvis released him and hauled him to his feet by his arm. Ben doubled over trying to suck in air and coughing profusely. The king casually slung his axe over his shoulder and turned to go in, “Finish your drills, human. You have till dinner, then you may take your wife to the springs. She will like them, I have been there a few times.”
Ben sat on a log trying to recover for a few minutes. Then Reagan showed up, “The king said you are to do drills.” A few hours later he finally finished the work out and picked up his shirt to go in.
He washed up and packed a basket of food and tea while Reagan tracked down Lúta. She showed up reluctantly and he just shot her a warm smile as he opened the door for her. “I have a surprise for you.”
There were a few guards waiting for him already outside the lodge and he addressed them “Hopefully you boys know where this is because I don’t.” Reagan grunted and lead the way. Ben took note of the number of guards accompanying him. “Do I really need this much guard? Normally it’s just Thomas that follows me around.”
Reagan pointed in the direction they were going, “This is too far out of the village to travel alone. You could easily be enjoying yourself only to end up as dinner for the wolves.”
“You’re right about that I suppose.” They walked on for about half an hour before the woods gave way to a lovely oasis of warm blue-green water and a trail of water that fed into a shallow cave. Reagan lit a couple of torches inside the cave and a few more around the spring. As he did so Ben watched Lúta’s face light up as well. “Well? How did I do?”
“This is beautiful, Ben.” She turned to him and pressed her lips together before wrapping her arms around his neck for a hug. Then she sprinted off towards the water. The guards disappeared into the brush to give them some privacy and Lúta Stopped by the water to pull her hair up.
She giggled misc
hievously as she started pulling up on her blouse and then snatching it to her chest until Ben could close in on her. His chest already bare as he pulled the blouse out of her hands and dropped it to the ground. He reached for the back of her neck and pulled her to him until her warm breasts were on his cool skin and he could invade her lips with his tongue.
He reached for the tie in the back of her skirt and let it drop to the ground. She dashed into the water at first but slowed the moment her feet hit it. “Oh Ben it is so warm.” She turned to splash some water at him as he dropped his pants and took off flopping into the water and splashed her back.
A few seconds of assaulting each other turned into a heated embrace. His expression lost all humor as he watched her breasts move with each breath. Then he found her dark eyes just adoring his masculine figure against the glow of the torches.
He moved in for another kiss and she turned off her look instantly and shoved him off. “No, Ben, I cannot do this.” Her pain was still evident on her face as she avoided eye contact now.
“You’re kidding me right? What do you mean you can’t do this? Do you even know what I had to go through to make this happen?” He shoved through the claw she put up to warn him off and went right for her mouth again. Now the earthy taste of the water mixed in with the tea and honey on her breath. The lavender in her hair sent him over the edge. He forced her up against a boulder pinning her with his chest as he devoured her lips and then moved to her breasts.
He watched her head go back as he sucked in her nipple and his cock throbbed at the feel of her claws raking across his back. He grunted at the pain and pleasure of them as he drew her legs around his waist. “God, I love you, Lúta.” Her long lashes nearly hiding her passionate gaze as she peered at him from under them. She answered with a sensual kiss of her own, now pulling her claws up through his curly hair.
The juice from her slit was so slippery. The mineral water did little to hide how she was really feeling. He took her breast in his mouth again and drew it in hard as he felt himself glide into her. She was such a sensational and tight fit and in the water he had so much control over how she moved. He went slow, taking his time to enjoy each and every stroke never relinquishing control of her breast in his mouth.
Her limbs were already quivering from the sensations before his thumb even made its way to her clit. He stopped his well-timed thrusts and worked on her button until her breathing was no longer steady. She tried to brush his mouth off her breast and he latched on harder as he threw her hand off him. While doing so he could feel her tighten on his cock and he resumed his thrusts as he played her like an instrument.
Her breast was nearly numb and throbbing in his mouth as she felt him let go of her clit and increase his thrusts. She was lost in all the sensations she was feeling at once and the moment he finally let go of her breast she released so hard he had to stop thrusting. Her thighs drawing together so tightly he nearly lost his footing.
As soon as her chest stopped heaving he turned her around and bent her over the bank. He found his way back in quickly and pulled on her hair as he bent over her to whisper in her ear. “Now you know what I feel for you. I need you, Lúta. We are married aren’t we? You’re going to make the most beautiful babies.”
“What?” She whimpered at his comment.
“Cubs, Lúta. You asked if I want cubs. I want as many as you will give me.”
She squirmed in response and he pulled her arms back until she couldn’t move anymore. Finishing with a few determined thrusts he came so hard he nearly collapsed on her. They both lay over the bank for a few moments exhausted. Then she turned around as he drew her into the water with him. He searched her face to see if he may have been a little too rough. Instead what he saw was tenderness beyond words.
“Did you mean that, Ben? What you said about cubs?” The look in her eyes haunted him straight to the core. He nodded and she answered with delicate kiss. Then another. She pulled back and bit at her own lip, “What about Mâvis? I cannot live with the fate of our family at his mercy.”
“I promise I will figure it out, Lúta, I just have to be patient. I know that without you it wouldn’t be worth figuring out for me. I’m lost in this world without you. If you left me or found another mate...” He swallowed back his thoughts and she covered his mouth with a claw.
“No, Ben, that would never happen. Joutone warriors are barbaric, I was raised by a ruthless father and you met my brothers. You see what a monster Mâvis is. Is that how I want my son to be? Is that the life I want for my daughter?” She bit back her tears. “Do you remember the day you came back from working for my brothers with dinner in hand? It may have not been more than a week after you arrived here. You said something to me I will never forget. Do you remember what it was?”
He shook his head, “I’m sorry, so much has happened since then.”
She licked her lips, “You said that I mattered. Then you showed me that I mattered. You taught me to read, you helped with my chores. I am by your side when you heal people. Ben, I never mattered before you came. I want my cubs to grow knowing that kind of love. You said that you came here for a purpose, and that you lived for a reason.” Her lips trembled as she spoke, “I know it may be selfish because of your powers, but I thought ever since the day we found you in the woods that you were here for me.”
His heart broke seeing her cry and he kissed her to steady her lips, letting go to lean his forehead on hers, “You’re right, Lúta. I am here for you, it was always for you. I’m nothing without you.”
His breathing picked up steam as he felt her shudder in his arms. She moved to back away from him as she protested, “He will be looking for you soon.”
“Fuck him.” Ben pulled her back and kissed her harder.
She backed off and giggled, “What?”
“You heard me.” He laughed.
“I do not know what you said.”
“It’s derogatory, here I will show you what it means.” He pulled her onto his dick again as he nibbled at her neck, “This is fucking.”
She burst out laughing, “He would kill you for that.”
“I’d be surprised if he knows what it means. But I could not think of a better way to die than wrapped up in your legs.” He laid her half way onto the beach and made love to her for another hour before the guards stomped in and put out the torches.
Ben covered Lúta with his shirt, “Will you give us a moment to get decent?” The guards grumble and proceeded to the trail to allow them to dress. When they finished they walked back to the lodge hand in hand and leaning on each other with the guards trailing them.
Reagan passed the slow couple as the came within sight of the building and sucked his teeth in protest to the pace, “Time to move, human, I want to make the boats before sunrise.”
Ben rolled his eyes and stopped in front of the door for one last kiss with his wife before he had to get back to work. Lúta went right for the bed chamber to find Genie and Ben went straight for the great room looking for Mâvis.
He was sitting with King William enjoying some tea. Mâvis poured a mug for Ben, “How were the springs?”
“Certainly welcome after the workout I had today. Thank you, and you as well, sir.” Ben gestured his mug towards the other king, “The wine last night was delightful, I have to give thanks for that too. It was an excellent vintage.”
King William beamed with pride, “It was the least I could do. Your services are deserving of so much more, Doctor Abbott.”
“Would it be rude of me to ask where one comes across something as unique as wine?” Ben sat and took a sip of the tea.
William winced for a second, “You have met the spirit trader, have you not? I thought he rescued you in the woods.”
“I suspected it was him, but wasn’t quite sure.” Ben turned to Mâvis, “Do you plan to trade with him at all in the future?”
The comment drew a growl from Mâvis but it was William that answered, “Mâvis is a bit more superstitious than
I am. Plus the trader will not leave those wolves behind for anything so there is no way he would take to a boat.”
Mâvis peered into his cup a moment before looking back at Ben, “If the trader ever made landfall on my island I would hunt him and kill him.”
“Yet you’ve lived on this island with him all this time.” Ben raised a brow to Mâvis.
“You saw how many wolves he travels with. Did you not? I said I was a warrior, not a fool.” Mâvis brought his mug down a bit hard, “Is there something you need from the trader?”
“No, I’m just curious about him.”
Mâvis replied, “You lived with him all that time, you would know more than we do.”
“His secrets are well guarded. The only thing I learned about him is to not ask too many questions and to avoid any company he invites up for dinner.” Ben chuckled.
William’s interest was now peaked, “What do you mean by that?”
“While I was healing in his home he would bring by guests, and a couple times the guests came up for dinner...The last one I was sold to.”
“I would have paid so much more than Ormr, I wonder why he never told me you were there.” William was scratching his chin in thought.
Ben paused for a second to think on it, “You know, I think he thought he was doing me a favor. Some favor, selling a fellow human being. But in his eyes he thought he was helping me.” He took one last tug on his drink, “I suppose it worked out for the best anyway. I serve a great king now and I have my wife back.”
He turned to leave when King William stopped him, “You mean to say you enjoy your slave position? I saw your training routine out there earlier today. You would honestly have me believe you enjoy that regimen?”
Ben replied, “I hope to serve him in a better capacity someday. But we all have to start somewhere don’t we?”
William looked back at Mâvis and then again at Ben, “So you are saying that if you were a free man today with no consequence for your choice that you would serve under Mâvis? You do realize he hates humans, do you not?”
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