“Don’t react,” Cerdic breathed in my ear. “There have been some issues that Nora has been handling as your fill-in for the day, but this was her suggestion. We agree. Please trust us and we’ll explain later.”
I nodded, getting what was going on without them even needing to tell me. The princesses or courts were trying to get closer with my knights when they figured the nobles were off the table. They would be in charge of the outposts and have a lot of power and sway with what we were building or fixing.
“Undress, feed your princess, and then shift,” I told James. Heat filled his eyes as he nodded, carefully taking off the tux and setting it on the daybed. My fangs came out in anticipation. Cerdic lifted my nightgown off over my head and pushed his dick into me from behind, pulling me to almost sit on his lap.
“You are so fucking beautiful,” James whispered as he knelt down. I pulled him closer so he was pressed against me and kissed him for everyone watching to see. I rubbed my breasts against him as Cerdic moved us. I gasped as he hit that perfect spot inside of me and kissed down James’s jaw to his neck. I bit him hard, knowing he liked that, and drank deeply, mentally smirking when he orgasmed.
His grip on my hip tightened and he pressed his lips to my ear. “Someday, it will be me deep in you, making you come again and again. You will scream my name and let me finish inside of you like you do them.”
I shivered. Sounded fun.
I kept drinking until Cerdic gave me a warning squeeze that I was about to take too much. I was glad he had his head together because I didn’t, so thirsty and beat up that I couldn’t get a handle on much.
James didn’t seem to mind as he orgasmed the whole time, looking completely sated. He gave me another kiss and shifted, licking my face before trotting off to leave Cerdic and me to our fun.
And fun it was. He had me at a bit of an angle so my hand was touching the ground and keeping me balanced as the thrust into me, deeper and harder, again and again. Eddie came over and rubbed some of his blood on me. He might come from a powerful house, but he was a baby like me, so it didn’t do much more than James’s, but people were watching and saw we were that close.
At least I thought that was the symbolism we were going for. Moon came and offered me his neck and then I was on complete fire, Cerdic carefully keeping me quiet when I would beg or say more than I should. I did my best to keep it just to moans, but again, juggling too many balls.
They started an orgasm tornado in me and then Cerdic finished as well. That helped the fire, but the power was crackling inside of me… Which had been the point I’d realized. I’d not let it out the first time because I’d been too drained and tired. I hadn’t shown half of the show and people were probably talking about they bled on their trees as well.
I moved my hands to the ground and let out my power as I did when I fixed things, made new stuff from energy beads, or how I used to charge things up, but now most preferred I used my power in other ways. It came out like a train, ready and wanting to build the tree and maybe show off a bit. The ground shook and I knew it wasn’t just in the courtyard from how strongly it came out.
I was a bit lightheaded when it was done, but I knew it was the time to fake it, so I winked at Cerdic like it was no big and went for my nightgown. Kristof came over with a tray of food loaded from the crepes and egg buffets and cleaned me up with a towel since he could absorb blood from anything. They found one of those wedge pillows so I could sit up and eat as my hand touched the ground.
“Sleep, my love,” Kristof murmured as he took my plate while leaning in and kissing my hair. It made me realize all of the pins had been taken out so it was hanging freely. They probably took them out so I didn’t get a headache laying on them.
Sometimes they really were so sweet if they weren’t being stupid.
I nodded, snuggling onto the other bed pillow I now had instead of the wedge pillow. It was starting to get fairly hot, but we were in the shade of the tree, so it wasn’t too bad. I saw a Darius bringing over the hose the courtyard had and setting it on the other side of the tree at a trickle so it was getting more than my blood as nutrients.
It still completely freaked me out that my tree grew from my blood, but I didn’t think I was the only one who thought it weird. Which was strangely comforting.
The next time I woke, I used the bathroom and then found Thomas Gagnon waiting for me with Cerdic. I swallowed loudly. Thomas was mated and I adored her. It felt really awkward to drink from him during something so intimate. I looked away and actually met her gaze, relieved when she nodded, letting me know it was okay and this was for show.
Thomas didn’t get fully undressed, but only the top half of him. It was hard to remember he was a grandfather given he looked no more than thirty human years and was in great shape. I gave him a chaste kiss before Cerdic moved me to lie down,
