Alec the Wanderer: Generations of Eredwynn #4 (11 page)

The moment we arrived at the crossroads, Amanda and Barb froze and stared. Amanda looked at me with a confused expression. “Those look like castles! People here live in castles? Do you know these people and will they let us inside?”

Barbara laughed and hugged her sister. “Amanda has been fascinated by castle life and the middle ages of our world for so long she doesn’t know what to think about seeing a real one. But I wanna know, too; do you know the people that live here?”

Carol giggled and I nodded. “I know them pretty well and I think they’ll let us look around if we ask nicely. Follow us and smile; we might even get to meet the King and Queen!”

The guards bowed with their typical ‘your highness’ greeting, but the girls were so busy looking around they missed it. I was glad, too, because I knew they wouldn’t miss the herald and that would more fun. Carol led us through the courtyard and the girls each grabbed one of my hands. They were nervous and excited as Carol led us into the reception chamber.

The herald grinned broadly upon seeing us back so soon; usually I’d be gone for months, not weeks. He nodded to Carol and she stepped back to take Amanda’s other hand. She winked at me, knowing that our introduction would get a fun reaction from our new lady friends. There was a brief wait and the herald motioned us in and announced us. “Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alec, Princess Carol and company.”

We had to steady the girls and tug on them to get them to walk. They were staring at us as if we were strangers as we walked into the throne room.

Father came off of the dais and met us halfway. He embraced me then looked at the new girls. “From the looks on their faces, they didn’t know you were royalty! Welcome to Eredwynn, Ladies. Where did you run into my son and his wife?”

To her credit, Barbara spoke, but she was so quiet she could barely be heard. “We met him and Carol near the Stardust in Las Vegas, sir.”

Father grinned and then laughed. “Knowing what Carol’s mission was, they found the right place. So, they brought you with them to Eredwynn. Do you have plans?”

Amanda found her voice, even though it wasn’t much louder than Barbara’s was. “We’ve been talking about being Consorts, sir. We just don’t really know all about them yet. Carol said that she was going to locate an expert for us, to give us all the information we needed, before we decided.”

Aunt Isabel stood up and began walking over to join us. “I believe someone was talking about me! I’d probably be this province’s foremost expert on Consorts and since I’m the Queen, if I tell you wrong, we can change the rules.”

Father started laughing and waved me over. “I’m sure you knew that would happen when someone mentioned Consorts around Isabel. We should let the ladies go talk and you can tell me all about your trip!”

I nodded and sat in Aunt Isa’s chair while Father reclaimed his own. “Well, Father, the trip started strangely with a fairy ring in the sand that disappeared when we stepped out of it. We met a policeman and had to distract him and go invisible when he asked for an eye deed or something. We didn’t have many other problems, after Carol stunned the guy that was shoving Amanda around.”

“I don’t know about the fairy ring, but doubt that mushrooms could grow where you were put down. The cop, or policeman, was looking for an ‘ID’ which is short for identification. Since neither of you had one, they could have locked you up. You did right by going
invis,
but there might be ghost stories there forever now. Carol stunned the man? I guess she has a pretty good handle on her magic, then?”

I chuckled and nodded. “After we left Starford, we had a couple interesting nights. She summoned four of those wind tunnel things at once and tore up the countryside pretty good. We were away from everyone, so there were no injuries or property damage.”

“Four tornadoes at once? My stars, that must have been something to see! Did she have any trouble dispelling them?”

I shook my head. “You should have seen her, Father. She told me she was sorry for waking me with them, put out her hand and they died as if they’d never been. I know I’ll never do anything to offend my cute, little wife!”

Father chuckled then looked at the packs sitting on the floor. “Did you bring back anything from my old home that I might be interested in?”

I opened the packs and showed him the tent that we’d purchased. He smiled but wasn’t nearly as impressed as I’d been. Then I pulled out all the cash that we’d brought back and handed it to him. “Maybe you could keep this in the vault. That way, if anyone ever needs to go to that realm again, they won’t have to go through the trouble of getting local money.”

Father nodded and stuck it in his pocket. Us having that much money had seemed to impress him more than the tent had. “So Son, are you going to be hanging out here for a little while? I just noticed that your magic level is quite low.”

I nodded and finished repacking the bags. “I’d like to stay in my old room for a few days, if that’s all right. Amanda and Barbara might want their own room in the dorm, if they’re afraid I’ll bite.”

“None of your siblings that use those rooms are here, so all the top floor rooms are empty. I could
port
you and your stuff up to your room and let Carol know where you are. That way, you wouldn’t cause chaos by walking through the dorm.”

“That would be wonderful, Father. I’m quite tired; I can’t remember letting my magic get this low in ages. I’ll take advantage of their lessons with Isa and grab a nap.”

He smiled and I was in my room with all of our gear on the floor beside me. I gathered everything up and stacked it neatly out of the way. I grabbed a quick shower, put on clean trousers and climbed into my bed with a sigh. I was asleep before I’d settled into the pillows.

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.