Natural Beauty

by Meraki P. Lyhne

  “Will you come to the playground tomorrow?”

  “Only if I get the time. I have a lot of King business tomorrow.”

  Imdon huffed. “Okay. Goodnight, My King.”

  “Goodnight, Imdon.”

  “My King.” Seldin bowed to Daniel, then Seldon, and carried her son from the room.

  Daniel sat back and glanced at Seldon. He was down to dress pants and gold chain, talking to Grand Lord Ildon. Caledon was naked and dancing with a Succubus. Levidon and Marcadon sat close by, and by the looks of their raging hard-ons, they were waiting for the unempowered to leave the room. The sight filled Daniel’s dick, and the sight of Seldon’s strong hand resting on the table gave Daniel an idea. He took Seldon’s hand and put it between his legs.

  The big man turned his head with a sneaky smile, and Daniel flashed him a big one.

  “Thought you said we were pigging out on everybody else tonight,” Seldon said.

  “Yeah.” Daniel nodded, looking around. “But I’m waiting for the Untouchables to go to their second party.”

  Seldon slowly massaged Daniel’s dick, and he drew in a sigh of relief. “It’s allowed to feed before they leave, you know, you just pull away from the tables to make sure doses don’t get near them. Once they’re gone, free rein fucking, and I mean. Everywhere.”

  “My King.”

  Daniel looked up, finding Afdon with a cellphone in his hand. Dread of more bad news spread immediately. “Yes?”

  “Nol-Elakdon for you. He insisted that you’d want an update on the Baltimore case.”

  “Yes, thank you.” Daniel excused himself from Seldon’s delicious touch, took the phone, and left the table. “Ela?”

  “Good evening, young King, I hope you’re celebrating and having a good time and not worrying instead.”

  At least the Elakdon sounded somewhat chipper. “Trying for a healthy balance.”

  The old King laughed. “I figured that to be the case, so I call to ease your mind.”

  “Thank God.”

  “Yes, well, Kaydon is very badly hurt, but the Lords and Ladies are recovering fine. Busy your mind with this instead. I will bring you two presents. You don’t know that you want these.” Elakdon chuckled, and Daniel could imagine the mischief in the King’s eyes.

  “I’m looking forward to your return then.”

  “I have commandeered a few of your resources to help the situation along. Call me if you notice, if not, it doesn’t matter.”

  Daniel laughed. “Thank you, Ela.”

  “You’re very welcome, Beaudon. When I return with your people, I’ll ask a favor of you.”

  “Ask, and I’ll provide if I can.”

  “Thank you. Now go let your people enjoy you.”

  Elakdon hung up before Daniel had time to answer. Daniel handed the phone back to Afdon whose gaze kept going to Daniel’s hard-on.

  “Are you hungry, Guard Lord?”

  Afdon smiled. “I was thinking whether My King needed a distraction until the unempowered has left. I would offer to be that distraction.”

  Daniel stepped closer. “What do you have in mind?”

  Afdon looked around, his purple eyes darkening. He then took two long steps back, colliding with the rugged cave wall on the third. Daniel followed. Once he stood flush against the Guard Lord, the still sexily dressed Incubus fell to his knees and cupped Daniel’s balls.

  “Oh, that’s a good idea.” Daniel steadied himself against the wall and closed his eyes, loving the feel of the skilled mouth teasing him. Nimble fingers massaged his ball sack and perineum, and Daniel’s asshole snapped to attention whenever a finger snuck that way. But Afdon just teased him and continued with tongue and lips, and it was definitely doing something for Daniel’s level of lust and desperation.

  Finally, it became too much, and Daniel lifted his leg and grabbed the back of Afdon’s head. “Oh fuck, put a finger in, please, oh God!”

  When Afdon pressed in, Daniel shuddered from pleasure. Then Afdon burrowed down, taking Daniel deep into his throat. That was it. Daniel lost hold of everything but the wall. And standing on one leg when coming that hard was not ideal. He stumbled and hit his arm on the wall, but the pleasure kept any thoughts about it at bay.

  Daniel came to. “Wow, fuck.” Afdon stood with a proud smile on his face. “Good thing you held onto me.” The throbbing in his arm registered along with the last spasms in stomach muscles and groin, so he bent his arm and looked at it.

  “Oh, no,” Afdon said. “I’ll fix that.” Afdon ran off, and Daniel waited because blood trickled down his arm. He cupped his hand at his elbow to catch it.

  “What happened?”

  Daniel looked up and smiled at Caledon. “Flailed my arms a bit too vigorously during orgasm. These walls are not orgasm safe.”

  “Oh, cub.” Caledon chuckled and kissed his forehead. “Come sit.”

  “Afdon’s getting a first aid kit or something.”

  “Inform him we have to delay for a moment,” Caledon said to a Guard Lady in Cubi.

  “Delay what?” Daniel asked.

  Caledon put his finger to his lips. “Keeping secrets from people who know the language is tough enough. Wait and see.”

  “A surprise?”

  “Yes, but not from me. Someone arranged something for you, and I’ll tell you this much. Get someone you want to fuck or have fuck your brains out during or after.”

  “Really?”

  “I hope the orgasm that injured you didn’t make you full.” But Caledon didn’t look like he believed it a possibility.

  “Someone to fuck.” Daniel tapped his chin in thought.

  Afdon returned and began cleaning the scratch, while Daniel tried to think about sexy Cubi. It was a bit difficult when the antiseptic wash stung like hell. Another problem arose. Without knowing what the surprise was all about, he didn’t know what or who he’d be in the mood for. Or what gender for that matter.

  “Caledon, I don’t know until I know what the surprise is.”

  “Why not? Just pick one. Everybody in here wants to fuck you.”

  Daniel grinned. “Cool, problem solved then. My hunger and lust are tightly connected with who I’m with. It can change like that.” Daniel snapped his fingers.

  Caledon nodded in thought. “I’ll stay with you then just because I know what the surprise is.”

  “There you go, My Prince.” Afdon stood back with the first aid kit and looked at his handiwork.

  “Thank you.” Daniel looked at his now gauzed arm. Cool accessory. Not.

  Daniel made it back to his seat, finding that the tables were being moved around, and a fairly large t-shaped plateau was being assembled in front of his table. It looked like a catwalk.

  Daniel climbed up to find his seat next to Seldon.

  “I’ll be leaving my seat soon so you can have your Fountain close for another dosing,” Seldon said.

  “Okay.” Daniel smiled and pulled Seldon in for a kiss full of love. He didn’t let up until he heard Marcadon grouse something about feeding hormones stinking up the place. Seldon chuckled, too, winked at Daniel, and left the table. “Was it that bad?” Daniel finally asked, looking at Marcadon.

  Marcadon grinned cheekily while his eyes were soft and full of happiness. “No, but the way you two were kissing, it could have been.”

  Daniel grinned. He was almost taken aback by the softness. No feeding hormones from Seldon after a kiss like that? That meant they’d made love in public. How could he get that feeling of being sneaky from a kiss? It made him giggle and cover his face.

  “Oh, so now the coin dropped,” Levidon said, grinning. “It’s sickeningly sweet, isn’t it?” Levidon looked mock affronted by the public display of emotions.

  “Yeah, they’re like newlyweds,” Marcadon continued.

  “Aw, come on!” Daniel exclaimed, laughing.

  “Newlyweds? Who’s newlywed?”

  Daniel smiled at the sound of Caledon’s voice and leaned back to get a h
ug. “They’re just teasing me.”

  Caledon raised an eyebrow. “A King being teased?”

  “Mm-hmm, and by my own guard, too.” Daniel pointed at Levidon. The Guard Lord snickered and leaned over to suck on Marcadon’s neck.

  Caledon climbed onto the podium to sit to Daniel’s left. He pulled Daniel to lie against him and kissed from the hairline in the back of Daniel’s neck and down to his shoulder. A hand slithered south and grabbed Daniel’s cock.

  “You should find someone to feed from,” Daniel said. “Not that I don’t love the way you’re kissing my neck right now.”

  “I’m here for you during your surprise. After that, I’ve gathered a small harem of red-eyes that I’ll be dosing thoroughly tonight along with an old friend.”

  Daniel turned his head to look at his lover, and he had that sadistic grin on his face. The first time Daniel had seen it was after he’d teased Caledon on the way home from the library, telling him he needed to learn some self-control. As a lesson to not tease a House Lord, Daniel had been left under a double dose on Caledon’s desk to learn some self-control of his own.

  “What are you thinking about, smiling like that?” Caledon asked softly, stroking Daniel’s cheek.

  “The library with you.”

  A plethora of emotions raced across Caledon’s expression. He then leaned in for a kiss, and Daniel gasped and arched. He loved it when Caledon kissed him like that. Caledon could make the world stand still for a tender moment, and the surroundings would fade away in the softness of every touch.

  Caledon pulled back, smiling, then coughed a dose, and Daniel’s reflexes made him shut his mouth and eyes. He felt the warm liquid hit his face.

  “Oh, no! Napkins, napkins! Keep your mouth closed, Cub.”

  Around them, people roared with laughter, and Daniel tried not to follow suit because then he’d definitely get dose in his mouth.

  The music was cut, leaving a sudden silence.

  “Good evening Incubi and Succubi!” a well-known voice shouted, and people roared and clapped their hands.

  “Not yet! Sorry!” Caledon shouted.

  “What the…”

  More laughter.

  “Well, that’s humiliating,” Caledon muttered, and Daniel could just imagine the blushing Lord, mopping up Daniel’s face. “More napkins!” Daniel felt Caledon wipe around his mouth. “Okay, I think I saved my mess. Here’s to hoping.”

  Daniel opened his eyes and licked his lips. No surge of uncontrollable hunger. Caledon was blushing, and he looked adorable.

  “Now my makeup is all smeared, isn’t it?”

  “No, I managed not to.”

  Daniel sat up, and everybody was looking at them. Caledon literally face-palmed himself, and Daniel got his shared laughter.

  “That way.” Caledon pointed to the stage where Heimli stood naked, grinning at them.

  “Back on schedule, my Lord?” Heimli asked.

  “Yes! Go on!” Caledon grabbed his glass and downed the wine. He looked so flustered, and Daniel found his lover adorable. Oh, man, he’d just made love in public. Again.

  “Today, we celebrate the rise of our King, Nol-Beaudon,” Heimli said, pausing to let the Cubi present cheer. “I was asked to stand here today and tell you that because I was the team leader of the Minglers who collected him!”

  Gasps and hushed conversation, but it wasn’t news to anyone at Daniel’s table.

  “We had no idea he was a Halfling at the time, and you might be able to imagine my horror when I found out that I’d drugged and kidnapped our future King.” Heimli looked a bit awkward, stroking his big beard, and the downplayed or rather overplayed seriousness changed the situation to one people laughed at. Heimli glanced at Daniel who smiled at him. If the speech was to let his people know exactly what had happened, Daniel would help make it easier on the big Incubus because it was the Cubi way, nothing more, nothing less.

  “Once the Grand Council learned of Nol-Beaudon, he was heavily dosed, daily, and he quickly rose to be able to empower. And this is the awesome part.” Heimli looked around, nodding enthusiastically.

  Even Daniel felt excited about what the man was going to say because he had the charisma to move a room.

  “He brings the awesome gift of wooing. We look at the human, and the human comes to us for a kiss. And we may dose without the problems sometimes attached. That’s just one of the gifts Nol-Beaudon brings his people, and it’s not my place to educate you on the rest tonight, but I’m telling you about this one for a reason. You see, our King decided that this gift was most useful to Minglers, so he asked the team who collected him to his apartment and empowered us all. Having been brought up in the human world, I feared him when learning my role in him coming here, but our King showed us that day, that he will be a fair King who possesses a deep-seated understanding of the Cubi way. He’d been caught, drugged, sent here on a train. And even after all that, our King could look at my team not like a victim of what we’d done to him would, but as the leader who’s in charge of sending us into the human world to do a necessary job for his people’s survival.

  “With everything that’s happening in the human world with military attacking us at the moment, know this, My King. With your rise to the throne, I no longer feel fear when I’m out there fulfilling your orders. I feel hope and confidence.”

  Daniel couldn’t help but smile, but it fell a bit when he looked around at all the faces he could see from behind the catwalk—some even stood to be able to see him. Every Cubus looking at him looked hopeful, determined, proud, devoted, and feelings crashed inside Daniel. Upon examining them, he recognized them from the moment he’d stood on the throne and felt his people. It was humbling, and the determination to do his people proud coursed through him.

  Marcadon, sitting across from Daniel, was the first he noticed losing a dose, but he heard the others. An orgasm rushed through Heimli on stage, and he grabbed his dick while a thin colorless liquid spurted from his mouth, and he looked shocked at the fact. Why wouldn’t he? Heimli’s eyes would change within ten years, then, if the normal schedule of dosing was upheld. Spending a night with an old King had pushed Heimli’s timeline.

  From what Daniel had understood, his people’s reaction was caused by his strength and determination as their ruler, and thus the reaction was one he was proud of being able to cause. After that, he’d prove himself worthy of his people’s trust and affection. He wondered if the word about the Changeling who’d raped Seldon had come out. If that was part of what Heimli said about Daniel being a fair King.

  “Well, now I made a mess,” Heimli finally said while another Cubus came over with a bucket and a mop. They cleaned up what little Heimli had spilled, and the two whispered to each other while Heimli rubbed at the stage like he wanted the spot as good as new. Daniel wondered about that. Daniel then recognized the Cubus with the bucket—it was one of his Guard Ladies.

  “Cale? The stage, is that part of the surprise?” Daniel was so curious he needed something to busy his mind.

  Caledon smiled. “Not telling you.”

  Heimli stood again. “Where was I? Oh, yes, our King is a Cubus who, even though he’s only been with us a short time, has taken all our ways to heart. That includes claiming an Untouchable human.”

  Daniel perked up and looked around. Aaron and Freydon should be off to the other party. He’d seen them leave together.

  Then a spotlight directed everyone’s gaze to one of the many doors down the side of the cavern. Six Guard Lords and Ladies in their sexy outfits surrounded a…it looked like a big tent. They began moving, and Daniel recognized the tent as a white cape. It flourished around the person’s legs, showing off black trousers. Was that Aaron since Heimli had talked about him?

  Daniel looked up on stage, but Heimli was gone, and the stage was empty. More Guard Lords and Ladies surrounded the stage, and for some reason, Daniel’s mind recognized the fact that every one of them fed on women.

  The cape-clad pers
on made it to the far end of the stage and was lifted onto it, and Daniel saw the person’s feet. Stilettoes. Aaron wore stilettoes sometimes, and Daniel had seen him sway around in them one night they’d just hung out the two of them.

  Aaron swung the cape over his head and sashayed his way toward the middle of the runway, uhs and ahs and ohs sounding from around them. He stopped and tossed the cape to aside.

  “Good evening, everybody!” Aaron said into a mic.

  He was all showman at that moment, and Daniel’s stomach fluttered in excitement, and he joined in when the spectators shouted “Good evening,” back at Aaron.

  “I’m Daniel’s Untouchable. Sorry, I’m Nol-Beaudon’s Untouchable, but I still call him Daniel sometimes because I’ve known him since he was this big.” Aaron measured out the height of a seven-year-old with his hand. “Oh, shit, I forgot about my stilettoes.” Aaron lowered his hand four inches. “This big.”

  Daniel laughed and took Caledon’s hand. The Lord smiled and squeezed him back.

  “He was adorable even as a child,” Aaron continued, and voices from somewhere in the cave sounded. “What?” Aaron bent slightly in his knees thus sticking out his ass—and damn what an ass—and cupped his ear. “Tell you stories, you say?”

  The crowd went crazy, clapping their hands. Daniel’s mind decided to line up all the stupid shit they’d done together, and he was horrified at the prospect of any of that making the light of day.

  “No, I couldn’t do that. I might tell the big guy up there.” Aaron wagged his brows at Marcadon. “You deserve some leverage from what I’ve seen around the house.”

  Buhs sounded because Aaron wouldn’t share while Marcadon, Levidon, and the ones who understood the role of a Fountain laughed.

  “Okay, I’ll tell you one thing. I’ll tell you what he dreamed about as a child. Without the words to describe it and without a world to put the feeling into context, Daniel, and me too, let’s not kid ourselves, we dreamed of fame and fortune. We wanted to become actors or singers or something. Didn’t really matter, we just wanted eyes on us.