There would be a lot to do over the coming weeks as Acorus took his position as king and they attended council meetings, discovering who their allies were and who did not approve of them. The star fleet needed repairing and a ship would return Kalen to his galaxy, taking gifts and invitations to the Sceriati king.
Thanks to Belain all had continued to run smoothly on Scerior and the other planets in their galaxy, but they would need to ensure that the Xenorrii were gone for good, especially in the Sceriati’s galaxy as they were too gentle a race to have such an evil force living among them.
Jo retired to bed that night in a strange mood. Pleased to see her children and Kylie but apprehensive about how her life would become in the confines of the palace. Always on duty and having to remember her dignity, the freedom she’d had on Earth had spoilt her for life among the older Sceriae. Thank god there were so many human females on the council now; the girls she had helped bring from Earth were now important citizens, impressive considering the life many had had on Earth and life was slowly changing on Scerior. Human males were now in the star fleet and inevitably they would meet and pair up with human and half breed females, if they were allowed to.
`That` thought Jo `was a battle for the future!`
Acorus had noticed her deep thoughtfulness and knowing her well understood it. Getting ready for bed he set about lightening her mood and laughed with her about things that had been said that evening. Sweeping her into his arms he took her to bed and coaxed her into talking about her concerns.
“Whatever comes our way, whatever problems we have to deal with, I’ll be by your side, on your side, loving you and caring for you until we are old”. He declared covering her in kisses and using his mouth, hands and body to drive her wild.
When he finally took her and her body spasmed into yet another orgasm she screamed and clung to him, knowing that he would always keep her safe, shouldering her problems as well as his own.
“Ahh, Acorus I love you so much” she wept as her body rippled and milked his until he too came with an almighty roar.
“Sh, I love you more than life itself. Thank the stars that I found you all those years ago, you make me complete” he whispered, cradling her in his arms as they fell into a deep sleep.
Chapter 24
The next day confirmed Jo’s concerns as she was swept into the life of consort to the Sceriae king. The older Sceriae males still thought of human females as brood cows, and dismissed their brains as lesser than theirs. However the human females and younger Sceriae males were making their revolutionary ideas felt on the council, and Jo was grateful for their support.
Slowly she and Acorus would ease the older males out of positions of power. In the past the council had been made up solely of female Sceriae, with a couple of Escorii elders and Acorus occasionally consulted as Lord General of the army, but with the deaths of all the female Sceriae some of the older males had succeeded to those positions. Some way of easing them out while not alienating them had to be found, and Jo consulted with Alexis, an old friend and council member, and Kylie, now head of the nursery where all Sceriae young were raised. Most of the males born to the last Sceriae females were now in their late teens so the nursery was purely full of half breed females. Once they bred with the males both male and female babies would be allowed to be born, ensuring the status quo.
The day passed so quickly that it was early evening and time to get ready for the banquet before Jo and Acorus caught up with each other.
“What a day, I’d forgotten how much there is to see to in our galaxy”. Acorus muttered flinging himself onto a sofa and helping himself to some wine that Jo had already opened.
“Mmm, we have so many dignities arriving for this evening the Escorii are run ragged. All races are sending ambassadors, and the Cholmanay leader, Terran leader and your old friend the chief councillor of the Pinaarans, Geme, have come in person. Evidently Geme has brought chests of precious gems”. Jo said savouring the wine, one of the few bottles left from before the Xenorrii’s attack on Earth.
Acorus helped himself to some more “This is exceptionally good, I hope wine production on Earth picks up fast as we have nothing like it here. Is the banquet on course? We aren’t giving our guests this wine are we?”
“No, they will have native Sceriae beverages, and yes the chef’s say all is under control, the banqueting hall looks superb and we even have a human orchestra, playing classical music. What we would do without the Escorii’s organisational skills I don’t know. All we have to do is get dressed and turn up”.
“Iccorus and Dacrus have arrived and are changing at Pensus’ house. He has been such a help today, him and Belain have done a sterling job here. There are no outstanding problems for me to have to deal with, I could feel quite superfluous”. Acorus grinned.
“Never superfluous to me”.
“Ah, that’s what I like to hear. A long hot shower will perk us up and maybe...”. His eyes twinkled as he set down his glass and mover towards her.
“You have a one track mind” Jo sighed as he swept her into his arms and covered her mouth with his.
As his clever mouth and hands moved over her body Jo gave herself over to the total pleasure he always gave her, luxuriating in the fact that he still found her totally beautiful and desirable, always eager to give her as much pleasure as he took himself.
Although he was insatiable, making love with him had never become a chore, each time was special, always playful and left her feeling completely satiated, totally feminine and special.
Tonight he was gentle and loving, knowing she would be exhausted by the end of the banquet he didn’t ask too much of her and was happy to join her in one orgasm, instead of the three or four, at least, he usually wrung out of her.
Cuddled in his arms Jo sighed gently and let the frustrations of the day drift away as her body pulsed and rippled around him.
“Are you feeling better, my love?”
“Yes, are you?”
“I always feel better when I’m buried inside you. If I could stay like this forever I’d be content!”
Jo laughed “You mean to say you wouldn’t miss sparring with your men or being Lord General Acorus?”
“Well”. he grinned.
“Come on let’s shower and get ready. It would not do to keep our guests waiting”. Jo said trying to push him off her.
“Now you’ve had your wicked way with me you’re ready to discard me like an old kaftan,” he complained, gently freeing himself from the tight folds of her sex.
“Yes” Jo grinned “I bags the shower first, it’ll take me longer to get ready. I’ll have to call for Tchu to come and put my hair up”.
Rolling onto his back he freed her and watched appreciatively as she scrambled naked off the large sofa. She was still the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, with the body of a young woman even after four children.
She quickly showered and washed her hair then pulling on a loose robe she went into the bedroom and pressed a bell to summon Tchu. Unsurprisingly within seconds there was a tap on the door and when she called “come in”, Tchu walked in followed by another Escori carrying a gorgeous ceremonial gown. Gold and silver, shot through with sapphires and diamonds it was held up by a collar around the neck and fell in folds down to the floor.
“Ah, yes, that’s the one” Jo said “It’s spectacular but comfortable. I’ll wear my hair up and my diamond coronet and earrings”.
Once again there was a tap on the door and Acorus’ batman entered carrying a very ornate dress uniform. As he carried it into the bedroom Jo smiled “Oh my, he’s going to hate that!”
Tchu pulled out a chair “Come let me see to your hair, we’ll leave the general well alone”.
“Good idea, let him swear at Khala, not me”. Jo muttered.
Once Acorus was dressed and Khala had
left, he strode into the sitting room, “My stars,” he growled “I feel like a clown!”
Jo smiled, he looked resplendent, every inch a king. The uniform fitted him like a glove, showing off his broad shoulders, narrow waist, slim hips and muscular thighs. The royal blue cloth covered in gold braid, set off his dark hair and cerulean blue eyes. Every maiden’s hero, Greek god and knight in shining armour.
“You look splendid” she said “just don’t bend over too hard!” Then she giggled and fled into the bedroom followed by her Escori, while Acorus cautiously perched on her abandoned chair, his skin tight trousers fighting a losing battle with his large sex.
Jo applied her makeup and slipped into her dress; it too fitted to perfection and with diamonds in her hair and ears she too looked regal. Slipping on her shoes she went to join Acorus.
“Will I do!”
Acorus looked up, then quickly stood up, easing his tight trousers.
“Do! You look spectacular”. Moving towards her he picked up her hands and raising them to his lips kissed her fingers one by one. “My love, my consort mate and queen,” he murmured.
Jo’s heart surged into her throat and she swallowed hard “Thank you my king. Well I suppose we’d better go”.
“Yes, our entourage awaits and evidently all our guests have arrived and are waiting in the banqueting hall”.
Jo put her trembling hand in his “Stupid to feel nervous but I don’t feel worthy!”
“You are more than worthy. Look regal and aloof, as Andea used to do in public, that keeps them in their place!” Acorus grinned.
Leaving the privacy of their quarters they moved through the hallway to the main reception area and were joined by the council and Acorus’ two sons. Guards lined the way dressed in their dress uniforms and Belain and Pensus fell in behind them. Jo remembered a time when all these Sceriae males would have terrified her, now they were friends and family. Julie and Kylie had joined her as ladies in waiting and they caught each other’s eyes, smiling at their private memories.
Kylie whispered “Who would have thought it all those years ago, remember when we danced and sang to cheer ourselves up, and jumped about singing `Always look on the bright side of life?` Acorus’ guards thought we were rioting!”
Jo giggled “His face was a picture when he opened the door ready for a fight”.
Acorus raised his eyebrows at them and they grinned and controlled their giggles.
At the entrance to the banqueting hall they paused and as the babble of voices subsided inside, a Sceriae dignitary declared “All stand for Acorus, King of the Sceriae and his consort Lady Joanna”.
Acorus frowned “That will have to change, you are my queen and will be named as such”.
Then they stepped into the hall and all around people bowed and smiled at them as they proceeded to their places, at a table slightly above all the others. Acorus waved away an Escori and pulled out Jo’s chair himself to show everyone how important she was to him.
Smiling she said “Thank you my lord, my we are going to be on show!”
“Don’t worry, once they start eating and talking among themselves, they’ll forget all about us”. Acorus said hopefully.
Geme the leader of the Pinaarans was on Jo’s right and he smiled at her and said “Lady Joanna, I declare you become more beautiful with each passing year”.
Jo enquired about his mate and family; two of his sons were with him sitting at a lower table, but the Pinaaran females did not appear in public, so Kylie was sitting on his right with Belain and Julie next to her. The Terran’s leaders consort was next to Acorus with her mate on her left then an Escori councillor with Iccorus sitting next to her.
As Jo looked around she realised how difficult the seating arrangements must have been but as usual the Escorii had arranged everything to perfection. The tables were gleaming with gold, crystal and low flower arrangements and when the food arrived there were ooh’s and ah’s of appreciation.
Jo could see Kalen, the Sceriatii ambassador sitting on the second table with Alexis and her mate, another human councillor and her Sceriae mate, all talking happily together and she was pleased to see that the collar had been removed from around his neck and he’d been supplied with smart ceremonial dress. However two Escorii guards, along with two Sceriae were stationed behind him; a being from another galaxy could not be, as yet, trusted completely.
As the food and wine flowed conversations became more animated and the stiffness, seen at the beginning of the evening dissipated. The human orchestra provided gentle background music and even the stiffest Sceriae males relaxed. At the end of the banquet people started to table hop and Jo found herself meeting old friends, that she hadn’t seen in years.
Kylie, Alexis and Julie joined her in a quiet corner and they watched the gathering in delight.
“Who would have believed, all those years ago, that we would bring about such a transformation to so rigid a people”. Alexis said.
“When I think how terrified we all were and how some of us suffered, I marvel at the change”. Kylie added.
Julie grinned “And all because the Sceriae males discovered the pleasures of sex!”
“Mmm, when you put it like that it is amazing” Jo laughed.
“Well you know, they always said a man’s brain was in his nether regions, that is if they had one!” Julie smirked.
Jo grimaced “We owed it to all the girls who suffered fear and pain to make things right”.
“Well I think we’ve done that in spades”. Julie said forcefully.
Acorus, Belain and Alexis’ mate joined them, Belain resting his arm on Julie’s shoulder and Acorus putting his arms around both Kylie’s and Jo’s waist.
Alexis’ mate said “we have the most beautiful females on the planet, truly we are blessed”.
Jo felt sad for Kylie, after all she had been Acorus’ first female and had thirteen children by him. It had only been Jo’s determination not to be just one of many that had made Acorus think differently about her and finally fall in love with her, that had caused him to let Kylie go, after she could have no more children. With all her heart Jo wished that she could find someone special to love her as she deserved.
As the evening progressed Jo and Acorus were separated and moved from group to group, answering questions and promising answers to problems. One of Acorus’ human senior officers had been invited to the banquet, and later in the evening Jo spotted him laughing with Kylie in a corner. She watched them for a while and could see that Kylie found him attractive and he obviously found her good company. Jo crossed her fingers that maybe they would find happiness together, even for a while.
Finally the evening wound down and Acorus sought Jo out, taking her hand he said “We must leave or no one else can, so I will just say thank you and then we’ll go”.
He motioned to an aide who called the room to order, Acorus thanked all his guests, praised Belain for the way he had cared for the galaxy while Acorus was away and congratulating Allorus for becoming Absolute master of Earth; he then named his second son Iccorus as heir to the Sceriae throne.
There were gasps from some, nod and smiles from others, frowns from the old males and then they managed to escape the throng. As they walked back to their quarters Jo said “Well that put the cat among the pigeons!”
“What?”
“You surprised them with the news about Allorus and Iccorus”.
“Mmm, I thought I’d throw it in informally, let them all talk it to death before the first council meeting,” he grinned.
“You have become very sneaky”.
“Must have something to do with mixing with humans for so long!” He held the door to their apartment open and as she passed through he turned to their entourage and dismissed them “We can manage by ourselves, thank you for all your work”.
/> As he closed the door he caught Jo around her waist the steel band of his arm holding her captive. His other hand was busy at the fastenings of her dress at the nape of her neck, and he murmured “I need you naked now. All evening my shaft has ached with the need to be inside you”.
Jo sighed quietly, she was weary and knew from the way he held her that this would be no quick love making. She could feel his need to dominate her, king of all he surveyed he needed to know that she was completely his, even after all these years.
The back of her dress fell away, revealing her creamy soft shoulders and he buried his mouth in the nape of her neck. Kissing and licking as his hand slid around her breasts caressing and tweaking her nipples. Heat pooled between her legs and she couldn’t resist opening herself to him. Even when she had been terrified of him and what might become of her he had been able to arouse her body. Now she trusted, loved and respected him, one touch was all he needed to set her on fire.
One quick tug and her dress pooled around her ankles; as was usual she was naked underneath and his hands roamed over her body at will. “Stay there so I can look at you” he ordered as he unfastened the buttons on his dress uniform. Then his chest was gloriously bare and he pulled her against him, his iron hard muscles bruising her breasts.
“Let me take my hair pins out”. Jo took off the diamond tiara and earrings that was all she wore.
Taking his ease on the bed Acorus watched her, his deep blue eyes glinting with sparks of desire as she loosened her hair and ran her fingers through it.
“Come here” he growled and when she approached the bed he pulled her down beside him and kissed her, his clever hands igniting flames all over her body.
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