1 YEAR LATER
“ARKAIN”—ELVIE MOANS, HER FINGERS DIGGING into my scalp—“you’re wrinkling my gown!”
Despite her protest, her heels push into my back, urging me to eat her cunt faster. Scraping my fangs over her clit and stretching her with two of my fingers has her clawing at the bed sheets. Her pink gown is in tatters around her waist.
“Do you want me to stop?” I ask, removing my mouth from her sweet flesh. She cries and squeezes my head with her thighs, urging me to get back to my task. Running a claw through her wetness, I chuckle against her and hear her let out a soft sigh. “I didn’t think so.”
My mate is close. So close in fact that a few more twists and…she lets out a satisfied moan as my claws tickle that secret spot inside of her. She is panting and shaking, her floral scent becoming richer, and then she is exploding on my tongue and I eagerly drink it all down.
She is sweeter than any wine.
Pulling my fingers from her tight cunt, I flip her over on all fours and slam into her. Her moan catches in her throat and she reaches up to grasp the wooden headboard until her knuckles turn white. I run my claws over the curve of her ass and slowly dip a finger through that tight ring of muscle. She hisses before reaching back to swat at me.
“Not there,” she moans. “It’s still sore from you fucking it last night.”
“Are you sure?” I ask, circling it with a claw and being rewarded by her cunt clamping around my cock. “Seems to me like your body is saying something different.”
“What is your new found obsession with my ass?” she asks, and I laugh, spanking one pale globe with my hand and watching color bloom. Burying her face in the sheets, she moans again.
“I’m obsessed with every part of you, my wife.”
“Can you hurry up and come? We’re already late.”
“They should expect that by now. Besides…” I reach down and pull her up so I’m still on my knees behind her, but her back is pressed to my front. “If you want to make me come fast you know what to say.”
I like the sensitive pointed tip of her ear and she moans, tilting her head back just enough to meet my eyes.
“I love you.”
That unleashes the beast inside of me. I pound into her over and over. Her breasts bouncing and the sound of flesh slapping together is my favorite song. No matter how many times I hear it, I want to hear it again and again. One touch of her clit with my claw and she’s done for.
Her inner muscles squeeze me so tight as I spill my seed inside of her. This is perfection and I would stay buried inside her all day, but my wife, the kind soul that she is, has other plans for us.
Pulling out of her, I help secure her dress back into place and fix the loose hairs that have escaped around her face. Then without even batting an eye, we make the journey from our room to the throne room. It is the one day a month where we hear from our subjects directly.
After Elvie decreed the bridge to be open to all who wished to use it, that inspired her to have more transparency with our people. So anyone, from human to noble, can come talk to us freely.
As we make our way through the throne room, it’s hard to remember a time where dark and light elves did not both inhabit this space. Elvie and I are far from the only dark and light elf mates. What that means for our kind, I do not know.
But that deep primal part of me cannot wait to find out. Elvie has been talking about coming off her contraceptive tea. It’s hard enough to conceive as elves anyway and if we were to be blessed with a child, it would grow up wanting for nothing.
The thought of Elvie round with my child…my cock grows hard and she raises a brow at me. I kiss her forehead and motion to the guard for us to hear the first subject.
Elvie and I are both shocked when the pink-haired Kaethe steps in front of us.
“Your Majesties,” she says and drops into a curtsy.
“Kaethe? You wish to ask us for something?”
“I do, my queen. I would ask that you and the king allow me to travel to the Brokenbone Mountains,” she says calmly. A few shocked gasps ring out behind her. They are right to be shocked. A human wanting to go into the heart of orc territory. Not even elves are brave enough to do that. She pushes on, “I’ve heard whispers of a human living amongst them. A man, taken in as a child. It could just be a rumor but I believe it could be—”
“Your brother,” Elvie finishes for her. “Kae, that’s a tremendous risk to take for something we have no reliable information on.”
“It’s been whispered about for years, Kaethe.” My voice must be too sharp as my wife cuts me a disapproving look. I press on, in what I hope is a gentler tone. “We’ve never had any indication that is the case. Besides, you more than anyone know the rules. Humans are forbidden from entering the orc lands. And by the same token, orcs are forbidden from stealing humans as per the treaty we signed at the end of the war. If there is a human there, it is highly doubtful he is there by choice.”
“I understand the risks, Your Majesties. But I have lived for years wondering if it is him. Wondering if he’s just been waiting there all this time for me to find him.” She straightens her spine and lifts her delicate chin. “With peace between our two kingdoms, I could go there as your royal…envoy. To make sure everything is being adhered to. If nothing else, it would allow me to continue my work on creating an antidote for the orc’s teeth poison.”
“And what will you do if you find him, Kae? If your brother has been held there all this time?”
Kaethe pauses and then levels me with a stare that would frighten most males.
“Under the treaty signed that ended the Orc Wars, humans found on orc lands that can be proven to be there against their will can claim asylum in Myrkorvin.” Gods spare me, I choke on a laugh and shake my head. I knew that clause would come back to bite me. That’s what I get for trying to impress my nobles as a new king.
Elvie glances over at me with her brows raised.
“Kaethe,” I say, making one last effort to put her off of this mission, “the orc mountains are dangerous. It is going to be winter soon, the elements out there are unforgiving.” I pause. “Not to mention that the orcs will most likely view you as a meal.”
Elvie elbows me and shakes her head. What? It’s the truth.
“I know the risks, Your Majesties. But this is really important to me. I wouldn’t ask for this if it wasn’t.”
I look over at Elvie who has a pleading look on face, she mouths the word please and I groan. Who am I to deny my queen?
“Fine. You are permitted to go. But a warning to you, if things go awry out there, I cannot promise to send anyone to rescue you. You will be very much on your own.”
“Thank you, your majesties. I understand the risks.”
“We will miss you fiercely, my friend,” Elvie says with a warm smile, gliding down the steps of the dais to embrace the human. They hug for a moment, Elvie’s chin resting atop Kathe’s magenta head. The two disentangle, both with unshed tears in their eyes as Kaethe bows and retreats out of the hall. I reach over to grasp Elvie’s hand and bring it to my lips.
“If you asked me for the sun I would find a way to give it to you. I can deny you nothing, my love.”
“I’m glad you said that because there is something I’ve been wanting for a while now,” she says, biting her lip.
“And what’s that?”
“A baby,” She says softly, a small smile playing on her lips. I stop breathing for a moment even as joy bursts through me. That’s how every day with Elvie has been. Pure joy, love, and happiness. And now she’s ready to start us on a new adventure.
One that I am more than happy to start right now.
“You’re sure?” I ask.
“Quite sure,” she says and I pull her to her feet before tossing her over my shoulders.
“My people, I regret to inform you that the queen requires me to attend to an urgent matter. We will be postponing these hearings until tomorrow.” I pause considering that. “Actually until next week. I thank you for your understanding.”
Grumbling and confused shouts follow us from the throne room but the sweet sound of Elvie’s laugh drowns them all out. Opening the door to our room I lay her down on the bed, her glowing face smiling up at me.
“Really? You just had me less than an hour ago?” She smiles up at me and I know my answering smile is just as radiant. How could it not me? The gods gave me the most perfect female as my wife, my queen, my love…and soon to be the mother to my children.
“And I need to have you again. And again after that. So many times that you won’t remember the last time you moved and my seed did not leak from you.” I strip out of my ridiculous court attire and watch Elvie rake appreciative eyes down my body. My female needs me again. She’ll need me forever, just like I will need her. Unending, just like our love.
“I love you,” I say, ripping the front of her gown until her breasts spill out.
“I love you too,” she says, shimmying the garment off. “Now get me pregnant.”
I fall between her soft, spread thighs and get to work doing just that.
