Royal blooded, p.20
Royal Blooded, page 20
part #1 of Royal Blooded Series
“I’m close.” He said.
“In me.” She replied. “Do it in me.”
The sensation was too much as he let himself go, giving in to the pleasure. He began to shoot ropes of his cum deep in her pussy, causing her to contract and roll into another orgasm. Their moaning replaced any ability to speak as they rode each other through the pleasure, prolonging it for as long as possible. Finally Aria collapsed onto his chest, her ragged breathing matching his own. Eli felt the now-familiar tingle of mana transferring between them, and ran his fingers up and down his elven princess’ spine as they recovered.
Once their breathing had returned to normal, he tilted her head up and kissed her. “Worth the wait?”
“Every second.” She responded. “But we’re not done. I need to recover for a minute, and then we’re going again.”
A thought slowly came to Eli as his rational brain began to work again. “Hey, I didn’t ask, but…you’re on the pill, right?”
She laughed. “The elven equivalent of it, yeah. I don’t even know if we could get pregnant if we tried though, we’re different species.”
To his surprise, his cock jumped slightly as she said it. Raising one eyebrow, she grinned devilishly. “Oh, does someone like the idea of trying? I wouldn’t be opposed to lots more baby-making practice.”
He matched her grin, rolling her onto her back before showering her body with kisses. She ran her hands up and down his body as he did it, as if trying to memorize every inch of skin. “I hope you know that we’re doing this every night.” She said.
Finding her lips again, he kissed her hungrily. “Every night.”
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In the end, Aria’s body was the first to give out. Eli’s was not far behind – as much as his enhanced sex drive could keep him going, the rest of his body still had limits. Still, it was the best night of both of their lives – making love in every imaginable position until the early hours of the morning when they collapsed into each other’s arms and promptly fell asleep.
Aria was the first to wake up, still fully wrapped in Eli’s arms. Her gentle shifting woke him up and he kissed her softly. “Good morning beautiful.” He smiled.
“Good morning handsome.” She responded. “You stay right there, I’m going to get us some coffee and bring it back to bed for us.”
He grinned stupidly as she slipped out of bed, staring at her still-naked body. She blew him a kiss before heading downstairs to the kitchen. “How did I get so fucking lucky?” He asked out loud, still marvelling at how sexy she was.
A few minutes later, Eli heard a shriek from the kitchen and the crash of something against the floor. Jumping out of bed, he raced down the stairs to see Aria standing over a broken mug. She had apparently found his discarded t-shirt on the stairs and was wearing it as a dress. “Are you okay?” He asked, wrapping her up in a hug.
“Yeah, I’m fine, just… surprised.”
“What happened?” He asked.
“I was using my magic to make coffee. I was going to surprise you by having the mugs float into the room with me.” She started. “You know how your hands glow gold when you use your magic? Mine normally glow blue. But this morning…” She trailed off, before fixing her eyes on another mug.
“Snámh Objet” She cried as she traced her fingers through the air.
The mug in front of her floated towards her. Instead of the regular blue though, her hands glowed with a familiar soft, golden power. Grabbing the mug out of the air she looked back at Eli. “See?”
Eli’s brow furrowed. “What does it mean?”
She paused for a moment. “I’ve read as much as I could find about royal bloods. The legends say that when they ‘bond’ with someone, they’re able to use that person’s powers. In exchange, their partner gains access to part of the royal blood’s power. They can learn spells faster than they’d normally be able to. They can even learn from new schools of magic much easier too. I thought the legends were hyperbolic though, so I didn’t mention anything.”
Eli slowly put the pieces together. “So when they said ‘bond’, what they really meant was…”
“Sex. Yes.” She locked eyes with him. “Apparently we’re now bonded, Eli Grayson.”
“What exactly does that mean though?” He asked.
“The books aren’t exactly specific. I can imagine that after being hunted for so long, most royal bloods wouldn’t be enthusiastic about sharing all their secrets with the elves. We might need to figure out some of this for ourselves.” She leaned into his hug. “Though, I do feel closer to you now than before.”
Eli grinned. “Are you sure that wasn’t just because of the sex?”
She smacked him playfully. “Doofus. No, it’s not just the sex. I feel drawn to you, like I need to be near you.”
“Wait, you said you get some of my powers…and I get some of yours.” His eyes slowly widening.
She looked up at him in response. Letting go, she stepped back slowly. “Try it.”
Eli glanced over to the living room, seeing far too many throw cushions on the couch. Deciding that was a good, soft target which wouldn’t break anything he recalled Talaedra’s training. Closing his eyes for a moment, he broke the mana diamond in his mind, feeling the power flow through him freely. He moved his fingers in a practiced motion, saying the words.
“Graviteh Palla!”
Aria shrieked with excitement. Eli’s eyes snapped open to see a small impossibly black ball had formed over the couch. Not only were the cushions lazily floating over the artificial ball of gravity, but the couch itself had lifted several inches off the ground as well.
That’s when Eli started to feel dizzy. He sank to one knee, and the edges of his vision started to blur. Aria’s excitement turned to terror as she stepped in front of him, shaking him to break his concentration on the spell. The couch fell back to the floor with a thud as he collapsed into her arms, breathing heavily for a moment.
They sank to the floor while he caught his breath. She rubbed his back, shaking her head. “That’s what happens when your mana runs dry but you keep pushing. Don’t do it again. Most new spellcasters have it happen at least once. Maybe next time start with a simpler spell, okay? And try to cut it off before you get to that point.”
“How do I know when my mana is running dry?” He asked.
“You know how to feel your mana already. Close your eyes and try to recrystallize it.”
He nodded, closing his eyes and envisioning the mana diamond in his mind. To his surprise, he couldn’t feel any of the energy left in his body. He opened his eyes again, and nodded to her. “I get it. I need to pay attention to my mana supply when I’m casting.” He said.
She kissed him on the forehead, breaking into a smile. “Still, you did it! You cast your very first spell on purpose. I’m so proud of you!”
He kissed her back, his shirt riding up on her and exposing her bare ass. His hands started to squeeze as he pulled her to her feet, then lifted her and sat her on the counter, continuing to kiss as he got hard.
“Someone’s excited.” She said, grinning as she broke the kiss. “This is exactly why we need a harem. You’re going to wear me out at this rate.”
Eli frowned. “I want to be exclusive with you though. I don’t share.”
She kissed him. “Oh, don’t worry. I already told you I’m never going to be with another man – especially after how good last night was. You won’t have to share me with anyone…unless you’d like for me to bring in another woman for us to play with. I asked them to hold off until I had my chance with you first, but now that I have…I’m going to let them be more forward with their advances.”
Shaking his head, he tried to reply before she silenced him with a kiss. “I am yours, Eli. We’re bonded now, and while we don’t know entirely what that means, I’ve decided it means something special to me. Just keep an open mind for the future, that’s all I ask.”
Furrowing his brow, he nodded. The grin returned to her face as she pulled his t-shirt off, exposing her breasts again. “Now, since you’re feeling better I’ve always wanted to fuck on this kitchen counter. Why don’t we pick up where we left off last night, then make some breakfast together?”
He matched her grin, all other thoughts except for her exiting his brain. Today was going to be a good day.
Chapter 18
After yet another round on the kitchen counter, Aria decided that Eli should stay naked while they made breakfast together. Eli had no complaints with the arrangement, fighting the urge to stare at Aria as she pulled his black t-shirt on again and wore it as a dress. His stomach began to grumble though, and he was crouched in front of the open fridge looking for food when he heard the sound of the front door opening, followed by footsteps. He tried to position himself behind the counter for modesty as Lilly and Freya both entered the room.
For a moment, the two girls stood there transfixed, their eyes travelling up and down his body. Lilly even leaned forward, catching a glimpse of his growing manhood. Her eyes went wide as she looked back at Freya, then at Aria. She said something in Elvish that started with the word “How”, but Eli didn’t catch the rest of the sentence.
Aria grinned and responded in English. “Fuck. It was amazing.”
The three girls burst into giggles. Eli held up his hand, speaking over them. “Uh, hi. Standing right here, still naked. Someone mind grabbing me some pants?”
Still giggling, Lilly reached into the backpack she was carrying and tossed him a set of new clothes. “Thought you might need these.” She said in Elvish, licking her lips as she watched him put them on.
“Thanks.” He replied, blushing. Then, he turned to Aria. “Want me to make breakfast for all four of us?”
“And he cooks me breakfast?” She said, teasingly. “I think I might be in love.”
Laughing while he rolled his eyes, he opened the fridge and busied himself making four French omelettes while the girls chatted in a mixture of Elvish and English. From the parts of the conversation he could follow, she was recounting everything that had happened the previous night in great detail. They gasped as she described how both of their magic had changed afterwards. By the time the four of them sat around the table to eat together, both Lilly and Freya were eyeing him with smirks on their faces.
Aria took one bite of the omelet and began to grin before shovelling more into her mouth. “This is so good!” She said, through mouthfuls of food.
Seeing her enjoyment, Freya and Lilly began to eat too and soon they had similar smiles of enjoyment. Eli shook his head. “I worked as a line cook in high school at a breakfast joint. I’m sure it’s not up to your usual royal standards, but…” He shrugged.
“Stop it. It’s amazing.” Aria said, having almost finished her whole omelet already.
“It’s easy when you’ve got such a nice kitchen.” Eli said, pointing to the stove behind him. “That alone must have cost a pretty penny, that’s restaurant-grade equipment right there.”
Aria shrugged. “Money hasn’t really been a problem for my family for a long time.”
“What do you mean?” Eli asked.
“You know I’m a VP at my family’s company, right?” She responded, arching one eyebrow. “Officially, on Earth we’re worth about $500 million. If we included all our holdings across other realms, it’d be…considerably more.”
Eli dropped his fork as she said the number. “What?”
“I usually don’t share that early on, but you’ve been chasing me for long enough that I know you’re not in it for the money.”
Eli shook his head. “I mean, you know I’m not, and it doesn’t change anything between us. I knew you did okay financially because this is a beautiful home. But how did your family become so wealthy?”
“Trading through portals.” She said through the last bites of her omelet. “High elves were the first to travel to other worlds, so we used to make money by charging people to open portals for them. The Hightower family was the first of the large elven families to start actually buying and selling things with the local populations while we were there. We quickly realized that certain cultures valued some items more than others. As an example, dwarves and dragons love gold. Wild elves have no use for gold, but they value metal tools because they don’t typically have any forges. So we’d buy tools from the dwarves, trade them to the wild elves in exchange for gold, then sell the gold back to the dwarves to buy more tools – after taking a cut for ourselves, of course.”
“That’s brilliant!” Eli said.
“Thanks!” She said, smiling. “I can take you to the office downtown sometime if you like. About thirty years ago we started a more ‘legitimate’ operation on Earth. It’s actually staffed mostly by humans that trade stocks rather than physical goods. Whenever we visit the office it has to be in disguise of course, but they just see us as another boutique investment bank – they have no idea how we made our money in the first place, and as long as their paycheques come on time they don’t care.”
“Doesn’t the government care though? I’m sure they’d want to look into the mysterious origins of a successful company.”
Aria grinned. “We pay our taxes, and make some well-timed election donations to the right people. There’s even a few magic users we have in the right government positions that keep everyone off our trail.”
Freya interjected into the conversation in Elvish. Aria laughed in response. “Fine, enough work talk for now. Let’s get packed up and head back to Irandell. If we wait too long, my father will probably send out a search party.”
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“I’m just saying, if we keep having nights like the last one I’m going to need a little help with you.” Aria said as they put their bags down on the floor. “And I saw the way you were eyeing them, I know you like the idea.”
Eli and Aria had returned to Irandell with Freya and Lilly earlier that morning. Once they were back in the castle, Freya and Lilly left to take care of other duties. As soon as they were out of earshot Aria had began trying to convince Eli that he should invite them into their bed as well.
“I can control myself before it starts to hurt you.” Eli replied. “You are the one I want.”
“You’re sweet.” She said, kissing him softly. “But sooner or later, you’re going to need to get over this whole ‘one woman’ hangup. We both like the idea of a harem, and it’s not like I haven’t played with both Freya and Lilly before you showed up.”
The image of the three of them writhing in the bed in front of him sprang to Eli’s mind and he groaned softly. “You never told me that.”
She grinned mischievously. “Now I see how to make you say yes. You want all of us at the same time. We can make that happen.”
Shaking the arousal from his head, he locked eyes with her. “No. Well, yes, you’re right. If I’m being honest I do like the idea of the two of us and the two of them. But that’s not what this is about.”
“Is this the whole perceived hypocrisy thing again, about you not wanting to share me? I told you already you don’t have to share me with other men. It’s a one-way thing.”
“No.” He responded.
Taking a deep breath, he realized why he was still resisting. He could get his head around the idea of being with more than one person in theory, but there was still another barrier. “I took the time to get to know you before we had sex. As much as sexual fantasies are amazing, they’re so much more meaningful when it’s with someone you truly care about. There’s just too much of a language barrier still, and I’d need to know them a lot better.”
“How about Zee then? Or Naz? Both of them offered, and they’re both fluent in English.” She asked.
“Same deal. I don’t know either of them well enough.” He replied.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Eli opened it to see Freya. She entered the room before handing several papers she was holding to Aria. “Messages for you!” She said, smiling.
Eli looked at the stack of papers quizzically. Aria saw him and shook her head, frustrated. “I wish we could get everyone to agree just to text. Some of the old representatives are so anti-human that they refuse to use cell phones – they think they’re ‘too human’ – so they send messages the old fashioned way, with pen and paper. Honestly it’s so frustrating.”
Eli was surprised when Freya handed him two paper messages as well. The first had a simple message written neatly in cursive, English font. “Let me know when you’re ready for your next sparring match. I’ve been practicing. – Zee”.
The second message was written in clean blocky letters, but also in English. “Your cheering section wants to meet the new champion of the Verinthas. – Naz”
Both of them had thoughtfully left their phone numbers at the bottom. “Speak of the devil.” He said under his breath.
Aria leaned over, seeing their phone numbers before beginning to giggle. “See? That’s what I mean. They obviously want you.”
Before he could respond, Faelor entered the room. “I saw the door was open, so I thought you might be back.” Then, looking at Aria. “How was your date?”
“It was wonderful!” She said. Then, looking over to Eli she smiled. “He was a true gentleman all night.”
“Good.” Faelor said, either not catching the innuendo or choosing to ignore it.
Eli fought back a laugh as he smiled. Deciding that he didn’t want her giving out any more details to her father, he changed the subject. “How goes the investigation?”
Faelor frowned. “Poorly.” He replied. “My investigators can’t seem to figure out who owns that account. We’ve got all our resources working on it, but this is something that would need a high level source in law enforcement somewhere and we just don’t have someone who has the right access.”
Eli nodded along. He was about to offer some words of support to placate the king before he noticed Aria start to grin, almost bouncing. Looking at her, he raised one eyebrow. “What’s gotten into you?”
