“He is dead” Sawyer replied. “They are dead. I don’t care where I am at or what is going on, they are dead men.”
“I was going to toss the staff away” Tabitha said. “But if you were angry enough to do what you did then that maybe would not have been a good idea. You would have killed him if I didn’t stop you.”
“Because I wanted him dead and still do” Sawyer snapped. “As soon as I get out of here they are all dead.”
“You caused enough of a ruckus that you woke several people up” Tabitha replied.
“Fuck them, Fuck their sleep, Darion is dead” Sawyer repeated. “They are dead.”
“Mr. Darion was punished far more than he should have for defending his men and breaking an ugly staff” Tabitha replied. “I know it has sentimental value but it is just a tool. A tool like your ring, when the guards said you cast magic without a staff it took me by surprise. The strength of your magic and brain must unimaginable, everyone in Perdomo uses staves since they are far easier to cast with. The fact you have a ring totally escaped me, your bone ring was with you all throughout Maduro. You never were worried about anything, if things really made you angry you would have lashed out like you did here. The Queen isn’t happy with you.”
“She will be less so when those guards are nothing but smears whenever I see them” Sawyer replied. “I don’t need a sword or any other tool, my body is a good enough weapon.”
“He is awake” Candace said coming into the room.
“What are you doing here?” Tabitha asked. “You know you are not on the Princess’s list of favorite people.”
“That is because we were going after the same man” Candace replied. “You told me the reasoning behind it and the royals have given me more than I ever could have hoped for. Samson is not worth what I stand to lose even if he is the best looking man in Perdomo. I heard Sarlon went crazy and tried to kill his mage guard, that you had to take him down and even then it wasn’t easy.”
“It wasn’t easy” Tabitha replied. “His shields were pretty powerful to get through, I think you would have found him a real tough fight. He knows some earth magic, he raised the ground outside of his door high enough that no one could get in without breaking through the door.”
“Well Sarlon what do you have to say for yourself” Candace asked.
“Fuck you” Sarlon snapped. “Get in my way and you are dead, they will die and no one will save them. This I put on the memory of my mother and father.”
“Wow” Candace said as she took a step back. “He is really angry, angrier than I ever saw him in Maduro.”
“Can you watch him?” Tabitha asked. “I need to talk to the Queen, I think if any of his mage guard remain he would kill them. Sarlon is not the type of man to toss out empty threats and I have never seen him this angry. Don’t be afraid to use your staff, if you could see what happened to the captain of his mage guard you wouldn’t take him lightly. He wasn’t just trying to kill that man, he was taking out his frustrations. I don’t think I have ever seen a man take a beating like that and survive, I have no doubt that Sarlon could have killed him quickly but didn’t, the next time I believe the attack would be quick and deadly. It is not worth the headache.”
Sawyer watched Tabitha go and pulled at his restraints which made Candace jump. Sawyer closed his eyes and tried to find his magic, he had done it once before but it took a few minutes of concentration and even then he could only get one spell off before he had to concentrate again. Sawyer found his magic and thought about what spell he should cast, even if he got out of the bed he would have to defeat Candace who had a bead on him and escape the room and find out wherever they hid Darion. It would be impossible, Sawyer thought as he could hear other voices now in the room with him.
“Is he sleep?” Sawyer heard the Queen ask.
“He is seething Your Majesty” Candace replied. “I have never seen him like this, even when he was captured.”
“Open your eyes” The Queen demanded as Sawyer opened his eyes. “It was a damn staff, now stop this foolishness.”
“They will die” Sawyer replied. “Whatever command you give me will go unfollowed, I will strike the flesh from their bones whenever we are in the same room. No punishment will stop me, even if it means my death they will all die with me.”
“Because of a whore and a staff?” the Queen said angrily. “Right now a man I have known for decades lays in great pain over your reluctance over a whore and a broken staff. You should have fucked the whore and gotten it over with, but you threw a fit over her being in your room and a damn staff.”
“Your friend is dead when I see him again” Sawyer replied. “All of them are, when they die they should ask themselves if any of it was worth it. I am not scared to die and no punishment you can think of will stop me from killing all of them. My life is worth my pride and convictions, that wasn’t any staff, it was my staff. The cost of it is blood, the blood I will shed whenever I get out of here. I don’t fuck whores, now or ever. I do kill idiots though, I have killed more than my share of them to be cowed by that man. He will die.”
“You will fuck a thousand whores if I command it” the Queen said looking down on Sawyer who met her eyes. “And whatever staff you have next you will snuggle with it like it is an old friend.”
“Whenever I am freed I will kill him” Sawyer said lowering his tone. “Your only option is to keep me here under heavy guard. Once I free myself I do not mind killing whoever is supposed to be watching me to get my revenge. You go ahead and waste your breath if it makes you feel better.”
“Your Majesty” Tabitha said. “I have seen this mage very angry, even then he has chosen to ignore me rather than being disrespectful. I have not ever seen him disrespect a woman, even when he was in Maduro or leaving it, he normally chose silence. The way he is speaking to his Queen means I believe his words are true, whatever code he lives by is worth him dying for.”
“I’ll end this right now” the Queen said. “I am going to bring in every whore in this city to fuck you until you forget about whatever woman has you so enamored. You will forget that bitch and will do everything I tell you to or I will have the skin flayed from your back. No, you might use that injury for the fuel to burn your fire even hotter. I’ll see how you are after the whores get through with you, once you have fucked enough of them you can think of yourself as an adulterer and abandon this stupid code and just live your life like any normal man would.”
“You are insane if you believe I will sleep with any of them” Sawyer replied. “Bring a thousand in here if you want.”
“Get the royal healer to sew his lips shut” the Queen replied. “I wouldn’t want any of the girls to get their lady parts bitten”.
“Your Queen is mad” Sawyer replied. “She is insane if she thinks she can command me to sleep with some whore. As soon as I am let free you should watch yourself High Mage. You are the only threat to me here and if are in my way I will go through you. Before I underestimated your power and was dealing with the idiot who broke my father’s staff. Now though I will have my full attention on you. Even a broken table leg can act as an okay staff for my purposes.”
“I think you misunderstand me” the Queen replied. “I am bringing them here to fuck you, you are already tied down. There are things in the kingdom to make sure you perform, some men prefer the woman on top and you can tell me all about the sensation. Tabitha I want you and your former apprentice here for this, have you regained enough power yet?”
“I have some but I would be happier with another mage here just in case” Tabitha replied. “Maybe Candace, Sarlon already hates her for staring at him naked. Might as well spare another mage from his shit list.”
~
Sawyer was still in shock as the strings were cut away from his lips. He had no idea how many women rubbed themselves all over his face or how many times he released from those on his body. Sawyer did not view his marriage with Elena as a union anymore but was strictly against premarit
al sex. Sawyer had stopped struggling during the last few as his movements seemed to bring his tormentors closer to completion, the fact the Queen offered a gold a woman meant there was no end to the people who came for him. Sawyer’s body did not listen to his mind and the things being done to him made it hard for him to concentrate. Sawyer knew everything started before the sun came up, he had a few minutes of respite to gather himself but the women the Queen gathered were skilled at their task and didn’t mind switching positions often to make sure he stayed stiff. When the last string was cut from his lips Sawyer inhaled deeply and could smell the women on him. Even Candace was disgusted at the sight Sawyer figured since she said nothing, none of the mages did. Sawyer knew the queen came in once or twice to see how things were going but she was in the middle of a celebration and was the master of ceremonies. It had to be night time now, Sawyer thought he had been tied to the bed for a long while and although he had went to the bathroom a few times, they just cleaned him up and changed the sheets.
“You cost me thirty two gold” the queen said as she looked down at him. “It was money well spent and many men would have loved to receive such a treatment, an hour of it anyway. I wonder what that wife of yours would think about the orgasms that were spilled all over your face and how much pussy slid all over your manhood? I can tell by that vacant stare you didn’t enjoy your time here, you hated Maduro and now you hate this. You will have a new Mage Guard that will not take you lightly or for granted and your old guard have been reassigned to their relief. You are a scary person but I am scarier, your seed spilled inside almost all of those whores, they didn’t mind sharing the result of their hard work with each other and hopefully at least one of them has a child from all of this. Disobey me again and it will not be the prettiest whores in the city but every busted up and broken down woman I can find. Age won't matter to me, not many of the poor would turn down a gold to bang a body like you have no matter the situation. Now you are going to be a good boy or you will find yourself right back here in this bed. I am going to have you untied and you will get dressed and come to the dinner portion of the celebration along with the rest of the mages.”
Sawyer saw she wasn’t playing around and turned away from her as he heard the queen snort in delight. Men rushed forward and cut his bonds as Sawyer could feel the circulation coming back into his arms. His clothes had been cut off of him by the Queen so he was naked now, when he climbed off of the bed he almost fell down since he had not used his legs in almost a day and circulation to his feet was non existent. Hands grabbed to steady him, they were attached to women dressed in red who led him out the door, supporting his weight until he regained feeling in his feet. The circulation wouldn’t come and Sawyer felt as if he was walking on pins and needles as he was led out of the door. Sawyer saw he wasn’t in the palace anymore, the room he was led to had large shelves which had a mattresses on them and a larger bed in the middle. There was a tub and Sawyer was walked over to it and lowered himself down in it. The hot water felt good as Sawyer saw some soap and began viciously scrubbing all over his body, his face, his groin and everywhere else he knew one of them touched Sawyer had no idea how long he was scrubbing but the soap was gone when he stopped, he probably rubbed himself raw as a towel was given to him. Sawyer hadn’t even noticed his Mage Guard hadn’t left the room and became self conscious as he realized they were there.
“Give him your back ladies” said a voice as Sawyer saw them all turn around. Sawyer toweled himself off and noticed a robe and a staff was laying on his bed. Sawyer grabbed the robe and slipped it on, he hadn’t worn one in a long time and noticed it had extra material in the front. It was a slit, the material overlapped which made it hard to see but Sawyer could reach inside with his left hand and draw a sword if he had one on him. Sawyer searched for his sword and didn’t see it, instead he found a pair of small clothes, some black pants which matched his black robe, some black boots and a sword belt with a blade that definitely was not his. The hilt of it was jeweled, Sawyer drew the weapon and could see it held a bright polish and someone had put a nice edge on it. It was obvious the weapon had hardly seen any combat, Sawyer put it back in its sheath and would leave it there as he slipped on the pants and the boots.
“We are your new Mage Guard” one of the women with their backs turned to him said. “There has never been a female mage guard before and the only reason we were chosen was because we all know the sword a little bit and it was assumed you wouldn’t kill a woman needlessly. I heard about the last mage guard and was even brought in to see one of them. I don’t want to die Mage Sarlon but I was given this job with no way out. If I refuse or do a poor job or that could be me tied to that bed, I know you have to be rubbed raw and hurting but trust me when I say it is even worse for a woman. I can tell you what I am supposed to do for my job but I won't lie and say that I am skilled or have the muscle to pull it off. One of my team was a whore awaiting her lashes for slicing up a man that wanted to stiff her payment then beat on her. She got the job because the Queen heard she could use a blade. Almost all of us are around your age and we are nowhere near as big. If we do something to displease you, please let us know first and we will try to fix it. Please don’t let what happened to you cloud your judgement about all women, we are only doing a job.”
“What is your job?” Sawyer asked softly.
“I am supposed to keep everyone away from you” the woman replied. “I am not supposed to leave you alone, even if you…well we are never supposed to leave you alone. We are supposed to try to take you down if you are a danger to the Queen or this kingdom. Anything suspicious we are supposed to report to the Queen. Also if the Queen or high mage gives you an order we are supposed to make sure you follow it. If we even do a halfway decent job then more women will be looked at for guard positions. We are making a gold a month, that is more money than most of us have ever seen.”
“I will not make things hard for you” Sawyer said. “I am ready to go to whatever this thing is.”
The women turned around and looked at Sawyer, they saw he didn’t have his staff or his sword and looked relieved as they opened the door. The woman who was talking was about Sawyer’s age but looked like she had her nose broken at least twice. She had brown hair and one of her eyelids were droopy like she had taken a great beating before. She called for the others to follow and Sawyer could see she was missing a few teeth as they walked back into the hallway then out of the door. They were in a small building in the southern part of the palace grounds, royal guards were there who looked nervous as they were in full armor and carried thick shields and blunt weapons. A couple of them looked to have crossbows which they aimed at him as he started walking. Once they noticed he did not have a staff they relaxed somewhat.
“Is he armed?” came a deep voice.
“No” the woman with the broken nose said as they began walking towards the palace.
When Sawyer walked inside he was led to a cavernous room that had a lot of drinking and loud voices inside. There was three large tables that spanned the room and was most likely made up of many smaller tables that were covered with cloth. He scanned the room and could see the Queen eyed him briefly before continuing her talk with an older gray haired man. Penelope was there sitting next to Samson who looked to be in his cups, Phoebe was sitting next to a woman Sawyer had never seen before, probably another noble. Sawyer saw where the rest of the mages were at, the rest of them were piled at the end of one of the tables and saw a seat was open. Sawyer walked over and sat down, the High Mage, Candace and Claudia said nothing, when Sawyer sat down he noticed whatever conversation they had ceased. A small hand grabbed his ear, Sawyer turned around just as a baby’s toothless mouth opened up and bit him on the nose.
“I am so sorry” a woman said as she held another child. “They are a handful.”
“It is alright” Sawyer said as he grabbed the baby. “How old is she?”
“Two months” the woman replied with a smile. “Her name is Esther
, after the Queen.”
“A pretty name if I ever heard one” Sawyer said as he heard Reginald who was sitting across from him gasp.
“Thank you” the woman replied. “Thanks to her I can give them the life they deserve, who would have thought I would be the lucky one to carry a mage child, not only one but two? I am not very pretty and if the other girls were not busy I doubted I would have been chosen.”
“Sometimes good things happen to good people” Sawyer replied. “Do you mind if I play with her for a while? I have a lot of things on my mind and she is calming me.”
“Go ahead” the woman smiled. “Her father wants little to do with her. I hope I have help whenever I move to this Maduro place. The Queen said she thinks it will be a good place to raise my girls and Mage Candace offered to give them magic instruction.”
Sawyer smiled and played with the chubby baby who tried to bite him but mostly succeeded in getting her slobber everywhere. When the food was brought out the baby tried to eat that as well, Sawyer stripped a chicken bone and gave her that to chew down on as he ignored his food despite his stomach’s protest. The food was eventually taken away and the tables were cleared and musicians started to play a tune. The chairs were sat by the wall and Sawyer sat at one. The woman came to take her babies, they were starting to get fussy and she said it was kind of late for them. Sawyer sat there in silence until a man around his age approached him.
“So you are the new mage” the man said looking down at Sawyer in his chair. The speaker was average height and wore a fine blue outfit that looked to be made of crushed velvet and silk. His hair was long and tied into a pony’s tail and he wore a jeweled hilted sword.
“And you are?” Sawyer asked.
“The Baron of Galle” the man replied. “The youngest landed noble here since my mother and father died from the wasting sickness. I couldn’t help but notice you are over here alone while the rest of your flock are up dancing. I hear you are a four affinity mage, I don’t know exactly what that means but the Queen said it like it was a big deal.”
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