Alec the Wanderer: Generations of Eredwynn #4

by Daniel B. Harris

  Chapter Eleven

  I woke to a soft kiss and opened my eyes. Amanda was watching me shyly and I couldn’t help myself. “You know, I’ve heard that kissing on the lips can cause you to become emotionally attached.”

  She smiled and blushed a bit. “I think we’re beyond worrying about that. It was you and everything you’ve done for us that caused the emotional attachment. After talking to your Aunt Isabel and Carol, Barb and I have asked to be Consorts. She accepted us and said that the rest is up to you.”

  I smiled and sighed. “You’ve been told about my lifestyle and the things I like to do? If you’re the type that has to have a stable home and a roof over your head every night, you might want to rethink this.”

  Barb laughed and sat on the foot of the bed. “We were hookers getting paid to do things I’m sure you don’t want to hear about. Traveling around the country with good people would be more stable than what we had. I love you and Amanda is falling fast. Don’t try to talk us out of this because we’ve been warned about the Stephenson reluctance to taking Consorts. Queen Isabel said that we just have to make our case and stand by it. So that’s what we’re doing.”

  I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. “Carol, why don’t you show these stubborn ladies how our showers work here. I have my trousers that I can sleep in if they want to share the bed or they can have James’ room next door.” I smiled at the sisters. “If you didn’t want to sleep somewhere that you didn’t know anyone, I could sleep in my brother’s room and you could share the bed with Carol. Did you happen to get sleepwear today?”

  They went over to the bags they’d brought from home and pulled out gowns similar to the ones that my sisters and aunts wore. Amanda quickly shoved some other items that had been pulled to the top of the bag back down and turned away quickly. I gave her a look of curiosity. “Are you hiding something from me in there, Amanda?”

  “Barb and I brought some other ‘sleepwear’ that you might see later, if all goes the way we hope.” She flushed bright red and quickly followed Carol to the water closet.

  As Carol was teaching Amanda about our plumbing, Barbara crawled on the bed and laid beside me. “I have an idea. Since the Queen said to be a full Consort, the relationship needs to be consummated, so you and I could sleep in your brother’s room tonight. You know that I’ve said I loved you since we met, and now it’s just grown. Amanda will be asking you to make love to her too, soon. I’ve never ‘made love’ to anyone and I don’t think my sis has either. Usually it’s, ‘here’s forty bucks, bounce bounce, thanks bitch bye’ and that’s not making love, in my opinion. I’m sure you wouldn’t treat us like that.”

  I pulled her to me and kissed her gently. “I’m sorry that you’ve been treated like that. I can’t change what’s happened to you, but I can promise that it won’t happen again as long as you’re with Carol and me. I’ll talk it over with Carol and see what she thinks.”

  She smiled happily and crawled off the bed, then went back with the other two girls. I had a feeling that Carol would know about our conversation before I had a chance to even bring it up.

  Carol thought from the water closet, “They had so much goop and color on their faces you might not know them. They are really pretty girls; I don’t know why they did that to themselves.”

  “It might be the custom there for the type of work they were doing. If you see them trying to put it on again, you might explain that they are prettier without it.”

  “I’ll do that. I know that Barbara has been pushing you pretty hard to make love to her. She asked me if you and she could sleep next door. I’ll tell her whatever you want me to and would be thrilled to have a full Consort!”

  I let the humor filter through my thoughts. “I won’t say I’m doing it just for you, because she is a pretty lady. My magic could use the boost that I’d get from making love, too. I’ll go on over to James’ room and you can send her over when they’re done.”

  “I love you, husband of mine. I’ll miss you tonight, but I know that Barbara will be thrilled. I’ll be right here, if you have any problems.”

  I got up, gathered my things and moved over to my brother’s room. I undressed and slipped between the sheets, wondering if I’d stay awake long enough for Barb to make it over. I suppose she rushed when she was told that she’d be joining me, because it wasn’t long before she showed up. There was a soft knock on the door and a surprisingly shy Barbara came in. She was dressed in her gown and her hair was completely dry. My little sorceress must have picked up a hair drying spell along the way.

  She came to the bed and gave me a bashful smile. “So am I just supposed to climb in and jump you or what? I can’t believe I’m feeling so nervous!”

  I smiled comfortingly. “Why don’t I dim the lights while you climb in the bed? Then we can lay here and talk until you feel comfortable. We don’t have to do anything more than talk, unless you want to.”

  She nodded and slid under the covers. I dimmed the light with a wave and was rewarded with an adoring grin. “You know, Barbara, knowing what you used to do for a living, I’m surprised that you’re acting so timid!”

  “Well, this is first time that I’ve laid next to a man that I had any real feelings for. When we first met Grady, he was nice and talked us into coming home with him. We stayed a few nights and nothing happened, then he had us smoke some stuff. We thought it was just weed, at first, but learned it was smack, or heroin. We got hooked quick and then he started screwing us. I was a virgin, but Amanda had fooled around a bit before. Next thing we knew, he had us on the streets turning tricks.”

  I shook my head sadly. “I’m sorry that happened to you. You seem to be a very kind and caring young lady. You’re very pretty, too, even prettier now that you’ve cleaned that paint and stuff off of your face.”

  She laughed softly. “That proves that I’m in a different world! Where we came from, almost all the women wear make-up. I’ll quit wearing it if you don’t like it though. It’s supposed to make a girl prettier.”

  I nodded with a grin. “We saw a lot of people wearing that stuff and some really got crazy with it. I think it covers your natural beauty, and you have plenty of that without any fake help.”

  She slid over next to me and kissed me gently and whispered, “This is all real, isn’t it? I’m not going to wake up in the morning and find you and Carol were a dream? I don’t think I could take it.”

  I pulled her to me and kissed her passionately. “Did that feel like a dream?”

  She caught her breath and shook her head. “No, that felt like I really want you badly. I’m shaking inside and don’t know why, but I want you to make love to me, Alec.

  I pulled her against me and kissed her again, then moved to her neck, kissing down her smooth body. I slid her gown over her head with a little help and gave her perky breasts some attention. Her breathing was becoming ragged and I could tell the sensations she was feeling were new to her. I continued downward and her breath came in gasps as I dropped past her belly button. I shifted my body over her leg and draped her legs over my shoulders. I looked up at her and she was watching me and panting. I lowered my head and moved my tongue around in a circle. She instantly went into orgasmic spasms.

  She yelped, “Oh, my god! A girl can’t cum that quick!”

  I hung on and kept up the stimulation. Over and over her body twitched and quivered under me. After what felt like a short time to me, she pulled my head away.

  “That’s enough of that! Come up here; I want to feel you inside me.”

  I freed myself from her legs and kissed my way back up to her. She reached down to position me and giggled nervously. “I’d wondered if you were hiding something scary. That’s getting pretty close to what I’d call scary, but it will be fine. I want you, now.”

  I slowly slid into her and wouldn’t have ever guessed that she’d been a working girl. The fit was comfortably tight and very nice. As soon as I’d buried myself completely, she wrapped her arms around me
as though she was trying to crush me and contractions on my organ let me know she was ‘cuming’ again. I began thrusting and she raised up into my thrusts. As I felt myself getting close, I waited for her so we would go at the same time, but it was too hot and exciting for me to hold back. I erupted and as my heat exploded inside her, she yelped then sustained a moan as her body jerked and quivered. I rolled to the side and held her as our sanity returned.

  We lay quietly for a few minutes and then she gave me a frightened look. “You didn’t wear no rubber and I’m not on the pill or nothin’! What’s gonna happen if I get knocked up? I know you’d take care of me, but if the cops find out, they’ll lock you up! I’m still jailbait for another four months!”

  I laughed. “Relax and try again. No one is going lock me up, but I didn’t understand most of what you said. What’s a ‘rubber’, a ‘pill’ and ‘knocked up’?”

  “I’m sorry. I’m just scared something will happen to you and forget that you don’t know slang. A rubber and the pill are for birth control and knocked up means pregnant. I’m fifteen and if the cops find out about us, they’ll lock you up. We just have to be careful at least until I’m consent age.”

  I smiled. “This is another one of those culture things. The age of consent in Eredwynn is twelve, not sixteen. If you are worried about getting pregnant, I do have a spell I can use that will prevent that. And since my father makes the laws of the land, I don’t think he’d throw me in jail.”

  She hugged and kissed me happily. “I really am in another world and I’m very much in love with you, Alec. Now I’m wiped out and am going to sleep; promise me you’ll be here in the morning.”

  I kissed her again and told her soothingly, “I’ll always be here for you, Barbara. Welcome to the family.”

  I woke the next morning feeling much better and admitted that the lore was true. Sex can raise magic faster than just time alone. I watched Barbara sleep and decided that having a Consort would be a good idea. Carol could teach them to cook and I’d enjoyed playing last night, very much. I leaned over her and softly kissed her cheek.

  She woke with a start, saw me and smiled. “Good morning. Do we have travel plans today?”

  I smiled and shook my head. “Naw, I think we’re going to stay here for a few days. I almost drained my magic while we were on that trip and need to relax and recharge. I thought we could grab a shower and wash off some of the sweat we collected last night. Then we could eat and you could watch the wizard school girls do magic for a while.”

  She grinned. “The magic thing sounds cool. Do you want to jump in the shower first, or do you want me to?”

  “There’s plenty of room and I’ll share the water, if you want to join me.”

  “That sounds like a better plan. Let’s go!”

  We took a nice long shower that didn’t only consist of getting clean. My magic took another boost and Barbara fell even more deeply in love with me, if that were possible. She’d only brought what she’d worn over and her gown was by the bed near my trousers. We wrapped up in towels and went to get our garments.

  We were startled by a voice by the door. “I would have sworn that I heard your wife was a redhead; this young lady’s hair is brown. Would the wanderer be wandering already?”

  I laughed and shook my head. “Hello, Lia! You forgot that rooms have doors for a reason again, huh? This is Barbara, our Consort. Carol is with our other Consort in my room.”

  “Where did you find girls that would live the lifestyle that you have? I was surprised enough when you found one to marry; now you have two Consorts?”

  “Barbara and her sister Amanda are from Father’s realm. The situation they had there was much worse than what Carol offered them, so they came back with us. They’ve only been here since yesterday, so I’m going to show them around Wizard’s Castle today. I thought they might want to watch the range and stuff like that.”

  “It seems like Father has already sent a couple maids bearing breakfast this way. Let’s go over to your room and you can introduce me to the rest of your family. I can check out their wardrobe, since you wouldn’t think about stuff like that, and fill in any gaps for them. It’s very nice to meet you, Barbara.”

  A confused Barbara stepped forward and offered her hand. “It’s nice to meet more of Alec’s family. I heard your name, but who are you exactly?”

  Lia laughed and explained, “I’m the sister who has taken on the impossible job of keeping my brothers in line. I also try to make sure that any young ladies they bring into the family aren’t completely overwhelmed by their craziness. The one you’re with might be the craziest of all. No home of his own, no comfortable fireplace or even a real bed, most of the time. He’d prefer to sleep on the ground! I have no idea why a girl would want to be with this one!”

  Barbara smiled and replied softly, “There are worse things in life than sleeping on the ground. One of those things is called ‘heroin’ and your brother took us away from that. He’s teaching my sister and me what real love is and showing us that life can be good, even for someone with our past.”

  Lia pulled Barbara to her and hugged her. “I can tell you’ve had a rough life up to now. Welcome to the family and if the ‘Wanderer’ gives you any trouble, you just let me know. Girls gotta stick together! But the food is coming upstairs to this floor; let’s go feed your family, big brother.”

  We walked out just in time to open the door to my room for the maids. Carol and Amanda were up and dressed, waiting for us to join them. The maids set our breakfast on the table, curtsied and left.

  Amanda giggled. “So this is how the other half live, huh? I know that being with you two, we won’t be treated to this kind of service all the time, but seeing it once was cool!”

  Lia looked at me expectantly, so I made introductions. “Lia, this is my wife Carol and our other Consort, Amanda. Our Consorts were having some trouble with a man; Carol stunned him and they came home with us.”

  Lia produced her friendliest smile. “Nice to meet you, Carol. You’re as pretty as I’d heard. I’d like to welcome all three of you to the family and let you know that I’m always available, in case you need to gripe about my brother. After you eat, you can show me your wardrobe and then we can go to the tailor’s. I’m sure that Alec can afford to dress his ladies nicely. After that, he said something about showing you the range. I’ll find him and let him take you over.”

  My girls turned to me to see if her plans would work with my plans. “Lia is a sweet young lady, even if she tries to hide it. I think you’ll have a good time with her. Don’t let her spend ALL my money, but get anything you want. Most of it will have to be left here when we hit the road again, but it will be nice for you to have clothes to come home to. Carol and Barbara don’t really need any clothes at all when we’re home, in my opinion. But I was told once that there is more to life than making love. I’m still not sure I believe that.”

  I got the blushes I was shooting for and a nod from Carol. She’d gotten my message that Barbara was now completely family. My magic was up half-way already and I’d never seen it recover that fast without Raven around. We finished eating quickly, Barbara dressed and Lia took charge. They trooped out of the room on their mission, leaving me alone once again.

  I got ready for my day and walked to the roof. I flew down and made my way over to the range where a number of students and Aunt Alba had already gathered. Alba saw me coming and blinked over to me.

  “I heard you were back, and brought Consorts, too! That really surprised me but since they’re here, you should have them tested. Davie says that your wife is a sorceress? What have you learned about that?”

  I laughed. “I don’t know what to answer! Well, we learned that Carol is a sorceress and can make wind vortexes that Father calls ‘tornadoes’. She can also do some impressive things with lightning and lightning-powered things from Father’s realm. Our Consorts are from that realm as well and still think it’s cool when we dim the lamps with magic. You’
re welcome to ask them if they want to be tested. They are supposed to come watch the girls work on the range because I thought the spells would entertain them. If you could have your girls put on a little show, novice to expert, I think that would be nice.”

  Alba smiled and nodded. “We’d be happy to. I’ll go talk to them and you can locate your family.”

  I nodded, shielded and took to the air. I flew back over the castle wall and landed in the middle of the courtyard as the girls were coming out of the tailor’s. The sisters froze when they saw me, then Barbara yelled, “Holy crap, dude! You were flying!”

  Carol, Lia and I all started laughing and I replied, “That isn’t such an uncommon thing around here for the wizards and the single sorceress of Eredwynn. Flying is actually the preferred mode of transportation for most of them. I’m just one of the strange ones that prefers to walk from place to place.”

  Amanda looked at me shyly and hesitantly asked, “Is there a way that you can make us fly? That’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”

  I nodded. “After a fashion, you could fly. We can wrap you in a levitation bubble and carry you airborne with us. Aunt Alba is waiting for us at the range and we could fly you out there.”

  Lia shook her head with a grin. “I’ll pass on going to the range with you. If I go out there, Alba will put me to work teaching novices how to cast magic arrows and that gets boring quickly. I might catch up with you ladies later, and remember to pick up your stuff before the tailor closes at sunset.”

  The girls hugged Lia goodbye and I wrapped the sisters in levitation. As they got light, they became giddy. Their giggling was contagious and Carol and I had to compose ourselves before we could shield up and fly ourselves. I tethered Amanda to me while Carol brought Barbara along. We lifted them slowly up and over the wall. We set them down, still giggling, behind the line of girls at the firing range. As soon as I released Amanda, she grabbed me, hugged me, and spoke in a whisper, “I’m sure that we’re dreaming now. That kind of thing doesn’t happen in real life!”