Mage Queen: Dark Sculptor Novel 03

by D. R. Rosier

  But… none of them had gotten turned on before. It was almost like that grin was covering up her true reaction, but she was naked and plastered against my side, and it was impossible to hide that reaction from me.

  A self-aggrandizing and submissive princess who doubted her worth? Yet, she was also the most ambitious out of all of us. The mystery of my new mate deepened. All my mates were complicated, but I had the feeling she was even more so, by virtue of not finding her passion and place yet. My other mates knew who they were, where Sianna didn’t quite know herself yet, so would have more conflicting emotions.

  Damnit, sometimes I hated being a doctor, I thought too much. I just needed to be there for her, and fall for her if I could. Simple right? I couldn’t fix it, even if I wanted to, that was up to her. Of course, I already liked her more already. It was shallow reason to like her more, but the last three hours of sex had been phenomenal, and she was very cuddly and affectionate once she’d relaxed.

  I cleared my throat, more to think about later, and work through. Regina was very submissive as well, at least to me, so it wasn’t anything really new. Except, the getting turned on part. I pushed that all out of my mind. All of it stemmed to very personal questions, and she didn’t trust me enough yet.

  “Well, when Regina and I bonded with Saria, one of the things we worried about was that we’d be dead before she even appeared to be thirty, late in the second century of her life. We’d grow old and infirm, while she stayed young and beautiful.”

  She nodded, “I wondered about that, until I met you.”

  She blushed, as if she said too much, and I took it as a compliment.

  I nodded, “After we were bonded, I discovered a way to… equalize things. So, it’s up to you, you can live another eighty or another eight hundred and eighty years with the rest of us.”

  Closer to seven fifty for me, but she was just nineteen, and would make it over eight hundred easily if I changed her today.

  Her mouth dropped open, and in her shock I easily saw her mind flit through all the repercussions of such a thing. Her sea foam eyes were sharply intelligent, when she wasn’t hiding it behind a mask. Not that she was being dishonest, the sweet honey toned woman was just as real as the ambitious and sharply intelligent princess.

  She said softly, “I see why you’d want to keep that a secret. I’ll tell my mother, but only because she’ll be mad we didn’t tell her when she figures it out. And she will, if not in five years than definitely in ten. Go ahead, please? I’m part of the family now for better or worse, and… wow.”

  “Wow?”

  She shook her head, “I’m a mage now, who knows what I might accomplish or grow into over that many years.”

  I replied, “Powerful, I already considered that last night. Karana is special, and a very good and patient teacher.”

  I sent my magic into her and made the changes. It was harder for myself, designing that virus, but for others it wasn’t hard at all, I could just change it directly. Sometimes, my power scared the shit out of me.

  “It’s done. I don’t suppose you’d do me a favor.”

  She smirked, “I’ll consider it? How do you know Karana is a good teacher?”

  “To create my organic spells, I don’t need to learn the mage language, I cast with DNA and organics. But I still need to understand the same concepts and focus of mind for my magic to create those organic spells, which she’s been teaching me at least on a basic level.”

  She kissed my neck, softly and lingeringly.

  “That’s dangerous woman,” I said with a soft involuntary moan. My neck was my kryptonite.

  She giggled, and kissed it again, then whispered, “What favor?”

  “Favor?”

  She giggled again, and kissed my neck as she rubbed up against me subtly. Success! I’d made her an insatiable nympho, like my other mates, and I hadn’t even used the vibrator on her yet. It actually wasn’t that hard, sex was supposed to be pleasurable and desirable.

  “The one you were going to ask me for?”

  My mind went back over our conversation, “Oh, I forgot. Vixen. Help me convince my other mates that four is enough. It’s getting to the point I’ll need a secretary to arrange appointments so I can see you all every day.

  She snickered, and said breathily, “You’re a strange man James.”

  I nodded, “I’ve heard that before Sianna, but none of you seem to mind. I’m determined to not take any of you for granted, plus I have plans to woo you.”

  She sighed softly in pleasure, “You already have,” and bit my neck.

  She slid on top of me confidently, nothing like the first time. It wasn’t a moment later when she confidently and firmly guided my cock between her labia, and then impaled herself with a cry of pleasure.

  Oh, what the hell, lunch can wait another half hour.

  Maybe an hour, we both needed a bath.

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  It was midafternoon, and Sianna and I were on the couch in the sitting room of the guest suite.

  The elves had been skittish when we shared lunch together with all four of my mates, but didn’t freak out and attack me. We decided to leave the next day. Getting out of the city might be a little dodgy, but we all thought once we hit the road and got in the forest, they’d be okay.

  As far as Sianna and my other mates, none of them batted an eye that we’d already been bonded. I hoped they decided to bond too, they knew it was my wish already though, and I wasn’t going to push them on it at all. It was their decision now.

  I’d already taken care of the rings as well, just suppressing the self-destruct part for the smaller pieces, while I cut off seven pieces and let them grow. I’d reset their bonding mechanism as I put them in the silk bags.

  Once that was all done, we were just talking, and I was trying to get to know her better, and vice versa. We were bonded, but we still had a lot to learn about each other, and I knew the long ten-day trip home would help with that.

  She was still reserved in talking about her foibles, but she was extremely affectionate as we sat on the couch. She was snuggled into me, and she was almost constantly touching me. Not just resting her hands on me, but constantly stroking my body softly, it felt really good. She seemed to like it when I returned the favor, and I enjoyed playing with her hair and caressing her back and the back of her neck while we spoke.

  We had a long way to go before we were in love, but it seemed physical intimacy and expression wouldn’t be one of our issues.

  I had high hopes, but she was an incredibly complicated woman. I assumed she’d just be a mystery to me like my other mates once she figured out who she was, but for now she was more like an enigma.

  “Are you staying until we leave?”

  She tilted her head in concern, I’d have to watch that. She expected rejection for some reason I didn’t understand, and she’d probably interpret things wrong because of that if I wasn’t explicit enough.

  “Do you want me too?”

  I shook my head, “I want you here, at my side, where you belong. I was just wondering if you needed to pack, or speak to your mother first.”

  She smirked, “Princess, remember? Servants will take care of that. It will probably take four pack horses to carry it all, but they’ll be packed and ready, waiting for us when we leave in the morning. My mother ordered twenty horses in all, so there are four extra.”

  I snickered, “And your mother?”

  She shrugged, “Maybe for a few minutes, I’ll deliver those rings later. We already talked and said our goodbyes this morning though.”

  I sensed a sensitive subject, one she wasn’t ready to talk about, so I changed it.

  “Will you miss your sisters?”

  Sianna smiled and it made her eyes sparkle, “Yes. We had something of a sleep over last night, so I’ve said my goodbyes to them as well.”

  I nodded, that explained several things. She knew how to love, but she didn’t learn it from her stern and distant mo
ther. She wanted it, but was afraid to trust.

  I still thought too damned much, she wasn’t a puzzle to fix, she was a vibrant and breathtakingly beautiful woman, who was my mate. Everyone had baggage, and we’d figure it out together. I honestly didn’t think it would be hard to fall for her, I was moving in that direction already, but it would be difficult to woo her to fall for me.

  The future was bright with possibilities. I was far from safe on this world, but at the same time I was the safest I’d ever been since my arrival. No monarchs wanted me dead, there would soon be many flesh sculptors, and even if there were those who threatened me I was no longer helpless. I also had four fierce mates who I would defend as they defended me.

  I would defend them fiercely, I didn’t have doubts about that anymore, I just knew that Saria and Karana was better at that sort of thing.

  We sat in a comfortable silence for a moment, in no rush to find the next topic of conversation, when the door swung open.

  We both turned our heads in surprise, once again we’d lost track of time while chatting.

  Regina, Saria, and Karana came in with light smiles on their faces as they looked at the two of us and walked over to the couch.

  Karana said in a sultry soft voice, “Come with us Sianna, we need to talk.”

  Sianna glanced at me, and I nodded in encouragement as Karana and Saria swept her away.

  Regina stopped me from getting up with a kiss, and her hand on my chest.

  “Girl time. We wouldn’t want you to know just how important you are to us after all, we’ll call you when we need your cock... I mean when we need you, my love.”

  I laughed, and Regina winked.

  I also may have stared at her sexy ass as she walked away from me.

  They obviously had a plan, and I was sure it was a good one. My mates might have made me head of the house, but they also had a lot of independence and worked out a lot of things between them without my input. Often, they’d decide who got private time with me at what time and all that. Not always, but often. As it should be.

  I wasn’t sure what their plan was, but I was fairly sure they were going to bring her in on all the stuff they kept behind the scenes from me. Which was a good thing, right? I loved them beyond distraction, three of them anyway, and I was starting to care deeply for the fourth, though Sianna at best could be called a friend, despite our bond and new sex life.

  Point was, I knew her well enough from our long talks the last three days to form a fairly solid emotional connection already. It was fragile, and needed to be fed, but I could do that.

  Plus, maybe what Sianna needed was her sister wives to learn trust, maybe it would be them who she confided in, and from whom she learned to open her heart to love me. Or at least, all of us, and just not my own efforts. I wasn’t so prideful that I needed her to bear her soul to me first, as long as we got there in the end.

  As I sat there waiting, I started to get nervous as time dragged past an hour, they must have had a whole lot to talk about. Just how much were they keeping from me anyway?

  I laughed at myself. They loved me, had bared their souls to me, and were faithful, that’s all that mattered.

  Then I felt a wave of magic, one that told me they were bonding with her. I’ll admit, I was nervous as I waited to hear the results. I knew my wives well, and had seen Sianna’s soul. I didn’t think any of them would reject their new sister wife, but sometimes emotions don’t align with logic, so I worried.

  It was almost five minutes later, when I heard all four of them call out in perfect synchronization.

  “James, we need you!”

  Then I heard all four of them break down in giggles.

  They were being silly and playful, but that didn’t stop my body from reacting to four beautiful women calling out to me.

  Okay, I decided that was a good sign, and I got up from the couch and walked toward the bedroom the five of us would share tonight.

  It was a damn good thing my ring could heal me, or my dick would be worthless and sore right now, much less up to the task of pleasing all four of them. I really hoped they closed the gates, juggling four intimate relationships was… pushing it already. There were only so many hours in the day.

  I wasn’t sure what the future would bring, what dangers and blessings, but I knew I’d be sharing the journey with four incredible women, and the journey is what it’s all about. We’d be going home the next morning, and starting a new life in a better kingdom. Not safe, but much safer, and I took joy in that knowledge, and my mates.

  I was also sure, with my mates’ help, Sianna and I would work out just fine, probably would without their help, but that wasn’t the point. The point was I didn’t have to do it myself, I’d never have to do anything by myself again, and they were the center of my life. We would do it all together.

  I pushed open the door, and joined my mates inside…

  Afterword:

  I hope you enjoyed the story. This was the third book in the dark sculptor series. The series is four books long, one more to go to tie things up.

  If you can, please take the time to leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.

  About the Author: If you have any comments or suggestions you can send me an email at magicwrtr@gmail.com. I started out posting short stories online and at readers’ requests started to publish them. If you like my work, or even if you don’t, please consider leaving a review of this book.

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