by Lucian Bane
They complied with an eagerness that told him this was the exact kind of thing these couples needed a whole lot more of. And he officially knew what their homework would be.
When they were all tied up, Lucian moved all the chairs to the side of the room and the kitchen table giving them full use of about thirty-five feet. “Okay, you’re going to race from here to there,” he pointed from the kitchen wall to the living room. “And then back again.”
The all lined up along the wall, once again, the sound of negotiating following in a loud murmur of you lead I follow and then no, you lead and I follow. Very good. Very good indeed.
“Okay are we ready?” Lucian asked. “Remember, work together. Anybody who yanks the leg off of their spouse in order to win is disqualified. On your mark. Get set. Go!”
Lucian stood by Tara and they held hands laughing at Susan and Steve. “Come on guys,” Lucian yelled. “Together.”
“Come on Susan!” Tara cheered. “They’re doing it,” she squealed.
“Holy shit, they are,” Lucian muttered with a grin. They were on their way back with a killer synced stride. When they made it, Susan began screaming and jumping up and down, forgetting she was tied to Steve and both of them went crashing to the floor.
Steve held her in his arms with Susan on top, like a little man body slammed by a mint-green human marshmallow. Susan howled in laughter and then planted a nice big sloppy kiss on poor Steve’s mouth to the tune of cheering catcalls for the winners.
Lucian’s laughter shot out when Steve flipped Susan and said something to her. Judging by her wide eyes, he’d not done that before. “Get her Steve!” Lucian yelled, laughing and kissing Tara.
They got the desks back in order with their energized students in them. Lucian asked, “Do any of you have any idea why we played those games? Whoever can guess that right gets a fifty dollar bonus.”
Hands shot up and Lucian began calling on them one after another until he exhausted all their wrong answers.
“Okay, I’m going to tell you because it’s getting late. The reason I teamed you guys up and had you doing things as a couple is to discover which of you is running the ship. Which of you is in control? And how well the two of you negotiate that control.
“Are you ready for the verdict?” They eagerly gave their consent and Lucian said, “Ninety percent of you are leaders. Ten percent of you are begrudging followers. Can anybody tell me what’s wrong with having two leaders in a team? Darrel?” he called when he raised his hand.
“You can’t have two people driving.”
“Correct,” Lucian said. “But you can have two people going on a journey that negotiate the trip. Like you were doing in the games, you started out negotiating who would do what. Considering strengths and weaknesses, you worked out the best possible outcome. That’s what marriages should do.
“So. I have good news. This semester of Who Did You Marry is ending early. I’m sending you home with homework that you will be required to continue to do throughout the entire course of these classes. They will involve more of what we did here tonight. Yes, you will be required to have fun with each other, imagine that. All of it will be geared to team work. Imagine that too. You’ll be learning how to work together while having fun.
When you come back next week, you’ll get the course outline for the next semester called Re-Negotiation. That’s where we begin to talk about what you want and need in your marriage and coming up with plans to meet that for each other. You all still with me on this?”
They muttered their yes’s, and he grinned.
“Are we at least a little excited?”
This time their answers were a little louder.
Lucian shook his head. “I don’t know, you all sound a little wishy washy about this. This is marriage we’re talking about, this is your kingdom we’re talking about building, your empire we’re resurrecting. Are? You? Excited?” He held his arms out emphatic.
“We’re excited!” Steve yelled.
“Yes, we’re excited!” Susan yelled then turned to Steve and high-fived him.
“That’s what I need to see,” Lucian hollered back. “Some spirit! Some fight! Some dominance!”
“We’re excited,” they all began to say, one after another, louder and louder until they were all yelling it.
Lucian found Tara smiling at him and he hurried over and pulled her into his embrace. “They’re excited,” he said in her ear.
“Of course they are,” she whispered back. “Because you’ve given them something to be excited about.” She planted a kiss on his lips and everybody chanted kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss. Lucian’s cheeks warmed with love and sheer happiness as he spun his wife around.
He couldn’t wait for the next semester now. They’d start teaching the couples about actually loving. Physically, emotionally, mentally. Those classes would certainly be interesting. Especially when they started giving them ideas about sexual dominance and show them how much fun that could actually be for both. Lucian couldn’t stop grinning and he realized once again that Preacher had been right.
He was called to do this. He felt that now. He’d never been more on fire about anything than he did while standing in front of the class and helping these couples. What a shock. What. A fucking, never would’ve dreamed it shock.
Those things in his life that had first seemed like a pain in the ass were actually something pretty fucking amazing. He knew there would still be bumps and hills and maybe treacherous mountains to navigate but fuck he was ready. The White Knight Dom was rearing and ready. And his beautiful princess and baby were with him. His queen, his bride, and their very own creation and blood. Holy shit, he still couldn’t believe it. He had a family. He had his very own family.
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To Be Continued
Look for the next book in the White Knight Dom Academy series at the end of March, 2015.
Want to Read Lucian and Tara’s beginning? The following are links to the books in order:
Dom Wars Box Set Round 1, 2, 3
Dom Wars Box Set Round 4, 5, 6
Dom Wars Continuation:
White Knight Dom Academy The Beginning (Book 1)
If you are a fan of Paranormal and Fantasy, check out my other works:
The Ruin Box Set 1,2,3
Ruin The Turning (4)
My latest fantasy romance
Arks of Octava
