The weekend saved me from anymore to do with the delegation or work. I stayed in the barracks and cuddled with Fergus the entire weekend. I needed a recharge of him. It's not my fault he could barely stand or function on Monday.
The queen summoned me. Just me, alone. I had a bad feeling about this. When I entered there was an old man with black and grey, wiry hair sitting across from her on one side of the couch. I sat down as far away as I could, after curtsying to the Queen.
“How may I serve you, my Queen?” I asked.
“Deirdre, I would like you to meet Viscount Morgrim Ó Bogfidh. He has no heir and has agreed to adopt you as his daughter, and heir,” Queen Matilde said.
“I see. Thank you, my Lord. I will try not to disappoint you,” I said, not knowing how to react, or where this was going.
“My, what a delightful and charming young lady,” Morgrim said.
“Seeing where Academy begins in less than a month, you should head home to the Viscount's domain and become familiarized with it, and learn what you can about managing the estate,” Matilde said.
“I see. Yes, that is a splendid idea. I should head back to the barracks and pack up my things,” I said.
“Yes, a splendid idea. Don't dawdle now, and hurry back I have a few parting words to share with you, dear Deirdre,” Matilde said.
“Yes, my Queen,” I said.
“My Lord,” I bowed, then turned and left.
“What the Hell was that all about!” I said, as I stormed back to my barracks.
“Well, what did the Queen want?” Kiera asked.
“I've been adopted by an old Viscount and have to head 'back' to my, never before visited, estate. Where I am supposed to learn what I need to know to manage the estate at some future time,” I said.
“What the Hell?” Rosie said.
“I know, right?” I said.
I threw my shit together and went back to the queen, with a farewell,
“See ya all. Be back in a few weeks,” I said.
I returned to the Queen's study, and this time a tall dark-haired young man was sitting across from the Queen.
WTF is going on!
“Ah, Princess Deirdre, right on time. I'd like you to meet Aodhán Mac Ferdiad third son of Duchess Ealadrien, your fiancée,” Matilde said.
I almost tripped on the carpet. Aodhán, turned around and with a huge smile on his face said,
“Salutations, my bride.” Then he bowed low to me.
“Greetings and Salutations, fiancé. I hope you will excuse me, but I am about to leave for my family estate,” I said.
“That is why I have come. So that I may escort you safely home to your estate, dear Princess,” Aodhán said.
“Oh, my, how wonderful. It will give us so much time to get to know each other better,” I said.
“Yes! Isn't it wonderful, my dear intended?” he said.
“Well off you two go. Get to know each other well. The wedding is in less than two months,” Matilde said.
“Yes, my Queen,” I said through gritted teeth. That smile was way too big, I wanted to smack it off her face. She must have noticed, because she grinned even wider.
So, we exited the Palace together, and there was a carriage waiting for us. Aodhán offered me a hand to enter the carriage. How cute. I accepted. Hestia quickly followed, before he had a chance, and she sat down next to me. Enya, climbed in from the other side of the carriage and sat on the other side of me. I almost laughed. Aodhán climbed in and sat across from me. He covered his look of disappointment quickly.
“So, Queen Matilde says you have to be back to the Capital in a few weeks for Academy. What year will you be in, dear Deirdre?”
“It will be my third year. My first graduate year. I expect they will be asking me to teach a class or two as well. The Queen hasn't told me so, but, it's exactly something she'd do,” I said.
“Well, given your fame and famous exploits, that is not surprising at all. I have been following your rapid rise to stardom. When the Queen approached me on the subject of possibly marrying you, I was ecstatic! I only ever dreamed of having a chance to wed you. You are such an amazing lady, and incredibly beautiful!” Aodhán said.
“I'm not sure how you could have been following my rise to stardom. Most of what I have been doing since arriving in Shambyl is still classified as state secrets,” I said.
“Well, yes, of course. But information always leaks out. Rumors can often be very sketchy, but one can only cover up so much. Your rewards are widely known and were done in very public situations. Such honors on Academy students so young is unprecedented. You have gained more accolades than many a battle-hardened knight with twenty years of service. To be knighted at such a young age, is proof in itself of your capabilities and skills,” my fiancé said.
“Well that is certainly a reasonable conclusion. But there are other possible explanations. It is dangerous drawing too many conclusions on so little facts. There are other possible, and less noteworthy, explanations. Although, your conclusions, are very likely correct. I will not mislead you, since we are destined to wed, and you are likely to learn more about me and my life going forward. Although, probably, most of the stories you have heard only guess at the truth of the actual events,” I said.
“Yes, certainly. Talk is cheap when the stories are good, and the tales grow with each retelling. But one thing very much surprised me. When I heard that you and your companions frequented pubs in the commoner quarter, I grew quite fascinated. So I researched which ones you were known to frequent. I went out to try them out, and was shocked to find that commoner pubs had such delicious dishes, and the beer is to die for!” he said.
“Yes, I do love a good honey beer, and personally prefer the simpler, and yet elegant, dishes. Not that the noble and royal chefs cannot make amazing dishes,” I said.
So our conversation wandered on until he ran out of questions to ask me. Always looking me straight in the eyes when speaking, with rather lovesick puppy-dog-eyes. Although his glances often drifted over my body, when he thought I didn't see. He eventually settled down for the long ride, looking out the window or at the ground, or anywhere to avoid staring at me, except when it appeared no one was paying attention. We stopped to eat a few times. At these times I would ask him of his family, and his education, and his life and likes. Then we pulled into a town, whose name I do not know, for a stay at an inn for the night. We arrived at my estate late in the afternoon of the next day. My adopted father invited Aodhán to stay until it was time for me to return to Academy! He accepted like a puppy being offered his favorite treat! I fully expected him to start jumping up and down, but he was a properly educated noble. Not only was he staying, but we had rooms right across from each other. The noble veneer of propriety was much thinner than I had ever expected. Well, they would both be in for a surprise if they thought anything like that was going to happen between us. My cycle, had finally calmed down, and I was not due for heat, until around my birthday. Which meant I would have to do something about it shortly before my wedding, even if it meant forcing my cycle early. I now had four unfertilized eggs. I could conceivably have a child with Aodhán, and never have to mate with him. Such treatment of a husband was not something I could personally consider morally proper. No, it was never something I desired, but I was determined to be a proper wife to any man I had to marry, and have him be a proper husband. I would accept nothing less.
This would not be a problem with Aodhán, as he was clearly infatuated with me. It would be easy enough to treat him well, and give him a happy married life. He seemed a decent enough man, if a bit sheltered, and less knowledgeable of the world at large, but he seemed open to learning. But, still, I would need to correct some of his misinformed knowledge of me.
“Aodhán, dear, what are you doing in my room? Why are you in my bed, naked?” I asked.
“I thought we should get to know each other better,” he said.
“And so we shall. However, it will be in places other than my bed, or your bed. And it will be while fully clothed. At least for now. We may at a future time enjoy a bath naked together. For the last time though, we will not be having any sexual contact until our wedding night. I am of dragonkind, not elfkind, nor dwarfkind, nor human. Dragons mate for life. We will not be mates until we are wed. As I have told you before, I was a virgin until the day I was first wed. We were wed in a private ceremony, before the public one. The stories of my promiscuity are all tall tales with no factual basis. I do now have a husband, and he is the only one I will be mating with until such time as I have more legal husbands. If I find you in my rooms again, naked or clothed, I will deem you a criminal and hurt you, and dissolve our engagement. If you persist in trying to sexually assault me, I will hurt you, and dissolve our engagement. Do you fully understand me, now?” I asked.
“But...” he began.
“No buts. Yes or no. If I hear any other word than yes coming out of your mouth next, I will dissolve our engagement here and now,” I said.
“Yes, my dear bride. I understand,” he said dejectedly.
“Good, now get dressed and get out,” I said.
Aodhán climbed out of bed like a scolded puppy, with a very hard erection. He dressed and left.
The days passed uneventfully, and before no time at all, we had only a few more days until the start of Academy. Aodhán had been well-behaved since that last incident. However, anytime we ran into each other he'd instantly get an erection, regardless of where his attention was focused. Three days before we needed to leave for the capital, Aodhán, entered the large bath. I allowed him time to begin bathing and entered myself, in a towel. I came up behind him, and said,
“Let me wash your back.”
He turned to look at me with hopeful eyes.
“Of course my love!” he said.
“This is not an invitation for anything more. Do not get the wrong idea,” I said.
He turned back around, and said,
“Yes, of course my bride.”
“Good,” I said, and I proceeded to wash his back.
After finishing his back, I noticed he was quite hard and jerking with excitement. So, I dropped my towel and slide down his back, saying,
“This is not an invitation to do anything more, but I will help you relieve your stress.”
“Thank you, my love!” he managed to squeak out.
I grabbed him and stroked him while my naked body rubbed against his with each stroke. He was so excited he finished off rather quickly. I cleaned him off and sat down next to him and lathered myself up.
“You may wash my back, if you like, as long as you do not get carried away and try anything,” I said.
“I would love that!” Aodhán said, as he jumped up, almost slipping on the wet tiles. He proceeded to wash my back, and when done he boldly reached around to wash my front. I allowed him to wash my breasts. Men are so fixated on them. When he began reaching lower I grabbed his hand, and stopped him, saying,
“I have already washed down there. Go soak in the bath, and I will join you as soon as I rinse off.”
“Yes, dear,” he said.
I rinsed and joined him in the bath for a while. We chatted about our day, and plans for the coming day.
“Well, I am off to my room now,” I said.
“Me too! My room, that is,” he said jumping up with another erection.
Sigh
“My intended, please take a seat again,” I said.
He obeyed. I knelt down in front of him and began stroking his new erection. He was staring at my body, but mostly at my furry patch. I stood up and straddled him. This gave him a good view of me.
“Don't move. Don't talk,” I said.
I sat down in his lap and rubbed my heat against his rod a few times and then finished stroking him, shooting his load at my stomach. I got up and washed off. Wrapped my towel around me, and left, saying,
“A little reward for your good behavior.”
The last two days passed quickly for me. However, it seemed to be the opposite for my groom-to-be. My little reward, may have actually had the reverse effect, and I may have actually increased his sexual desire. The long carriage ride home would be interesting to say the least. Then it was time to return.
“Father, thank you for teaching me about our estate and managing our estate. We will be back for the Yule. May the Goddess bless you in my absence,” I said.
“May the Goddess protect you, daughter. I look forward to seeing you again for your wedding day, and again at Yule,” Morgrim said.
“Yes, it is so exciting. Soon we will be wed!” I said.
“Our wedding day can't come soon enough!” Aodhán said.
We climbed into the carriage and were off. I should have just teleported back. We could even have gone to the White City, as the estate had one border with the realm. But, no, we took the carriage. The whole long two day ride in a carriage with a guy newly awoken to sexual pleasure. How was I to know he was still an inexperienced virgin. We managed to keep the conversation going for several hours, talking about nothing at all. When we pulled in for the evening to stay the night at an Inn, Aodhán, was in a very fidgety mess.
“Let us take a bath together again tonight. I can see you are very stressed from the trip,” I said.
“Are you sure, my love?” he asked.
“It's the least I can do. It seems I have inadvertently woken a dragon in you,” I said.
“Thank you my bride! I look forward to it,” he said.
In the morning Aodhán was doing much better, but that only lasted for a few hours. The road was rather rough in this area, and it seemed to make Aodhán's condition even worse. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and I got out of my seat and grabbed his pants to loosen and lower his pants. He grabbed them and practically yelled,
“What are you doing1?”
“I'm going to relieve your tension. What else,” I said.
“But we aren't alone?” Aodhán said.
“I'm almost never alone. They have already seen us do this, didn't you notice?” I said.
“They were watching us?” he asked.
“Of course,” Hestia said.
“But...” Aodhán started.
“Let me satisfy him, my Queen,” Enya said.
“What!?” Aodhán and I said.
“Let me do it,” Enya said again, while very obviously also twitching in sexual frustration.
“Are you going into heat?” I asked.
“I'm getting there, my Queen. He's rather tasty,” Enya said.
“You'll get pregnant!” I said.
“Not if we remove the egg first, but I don't mind either way,” Enya said.
“Do you want his child?” I asked.
“I do,” Enya said.
I threw up my hands.
“She wants to take you as her mate. Are you willing to take her as one of your mates? It's a lifetime commitment for us dragonkin. Do you even realize what she is suggesting?” I said.
“I want to be your husband. I would not mind having her as a mistress if you ask me to. She is a fine woman,” Aodhán said.
“Not a mistress, another wife. As far as all dragonkin will see it you will be husband and wife. Sex is marriage to dragons. You are either all in, or nothing. Whether you take her as your mate right now will not change your marriage to me. I will be your first wife, regardless of who you mate first,” I said.
“I, um. Wow! Yes, I will take her as another wife. I will take the responsibility, and give her the husband she wants and give her children. I understand fully what it means to marry a dragon. I am willing to take two and do my best to make you both happy,” Aodhán said.
Enya practically ripped her clothes off, and was taking Aodhán's off at lightning speed.
I stepped back and returned to my seat. Hestia and I sat there and watched Enya take Aodhán's virginity, and Aodhán impregnate Enya. In a carriage flying down a very bumpy road. The carriage must have been doing half the work. It was the most surreal event I'd ever witnessed.
“Rawwwwwwwrrrrrr!” Enya screamed at the end.
Startling the horses and the driver. We very nearly ended in a ditch on the side of the road.
“That was amazing!” Aodhán said when he recovered.
“Yes, my lover, it was,” Enya replied in nearly a whisper.
I said nothing. It was a weird feeling. I think I might have felt a little jealous at that moment, and kind of angry at Enya. I was happy for Enya, too. The whole thing was also somewhat exciting. I was really horny now, but not in heat. I considered teleporting out and ravaging Fergus. Hestia had a strange look on her face. An hour later, Enya laid an egg on the floor of the coach with some of her cloth and clothes made into a makeshift nest.
“Congratulation Aodhán, you are now a father,” I said.
“Wow! Oh, my Goddess! I'm a Father!” Aodhán said, as it all sunk in.
“Yes, sex with dragons and some other species is very different than with humans. There is no waiting in suspense for weeks on end. Although dragons may take the record for shortest time to drop, and longest time to hatch. She may not be done laying eggs. It may be weeks before she is done, now that you have deposited your seed inside her, but dragons usually only lay one egg per mating. However, it is possible to not drop or fertilize right away. A dragon can keep her mate's seed alive for maybe three weeks. If dragons were like chickens you could wind up with twenty-one children. But that won't happen,” I said.
“Probably,” added Hestia.
“What!?” Aodhán said, and he was done for. He didn't pass out, per se, but while his body was here, his mind had gone off somewhere else to process it all. We three just laughed. It was the typical human reaction, from what we had all been told, in lessons we'd had from elder dragonkin. Lessons I had very much needed when I first went into heat. Aodhán's horniness had been conquered, and we returned to the barracks. Enya took up residence in the nesting area that was to serve the five of us dragonkin. It was made to Hestia's specifications, and was a standard size for dragonkin.
The palace must have gotten wind of us returning with a dragon egg, and I was summoned to the Palace.
“What has happened!? You have returned with a dragon egg!” Matilde snapped as soon as I stepped into the room.
“Aodhán has taken Enya as a wife and mate. They are with child now. We are on track for our wedding for next month. I accept and approve of Aodhán as my mate and husband. I will give him children eventually. There is still too much going on right now, and I'm still not quite there yet on being a mother,” I said.
Well that shut her up. Matilde was frozen in place. Celestine was still picking her jaw up from the floor where it crashed spectacularly at my words.
“WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?” Celestine screamed when she recovered.
“How the Hell did this happen? When!? Where!?”
“Well, maybe I should start at the beginning, since this is probably almost entirely my fault, if there is any fault at issue here. But I don't see any issue. Enya has a good mate. I have a future husband, now proven to be fertile, who should never feel neglected. It's a win for all. But I digress. It all started because Aodhán thought he was going to sex the hell out of me during those three weeks And Father didn't help by putting him in the room across the hall.
It took me several days to disabuse Aodhán of that idea. Then he was well-behaved. A few days before we were to leave I rewarded him with a consolation prize, for good behavior, since he was walking around in a constantly aroused state. I hoped to quell his drive, but only seemed to have caused his sexual desire to skyrocket. On the trip back, I gave him the same reward overnight, hoping it would tide him over for the remainder of the trip. But that didn't work, and Enya went into heat. She offered to help him and revealed she was actually in love with Aodhán. After carefully explaining the implications, Aodhán was fully onboard taking a second wife. So they did it right there in the carriage on the last leg of the trip, in front of witnesses Hestia and me. I may have gotten a little jealous, and aroused at the same time. So I am looking forward to some alone time soon with my actual current husband. Oh, and the mating seems to have calmed Aodhán's sexual frustration completely. So the baby dragon is Enya's,” I said.
“What are we supposed to say about that?” Matilde said.
“What is there to say. According to dragon and dragonkin law they legally married, with witnesses. It's done. Since Dargon has treaties with the dragonkin, they are also legally married, by human standards. We can schedule a noble wedding if you want to at some point. Both of Enya's parents are nobles after all,” I said.
“Enya's a legitimate noble?” Celes asked.
“Of course. All my guards are. Did you not know? I am a royal, so all my guards must be of noble birth. It is ancient law. Tell me you have at least studied some ancient dragon law,” I said.
“Well, yes, but I have forgotten some things, I guess. Then there really is nothing to say, except the egg is Enya's legitimate noble child between her and her mate/husband. That's all fine then. Finally, something that won't be yet another scandal. You are dismissed, Little Princess. Go deal with your raging hormones,” Matilde said.
“Thank you, my Queen,” I said, and left.
I found Fergus and satiated my needs as per the Queen's order.