Pet's Pleasure (33 page)

Bekion smiled at how she delivered her command. He flipped the lock and tested the knob to make sure the door was truly latched. “What would you command of me next, my Starling?”

“Take me to bed.”

He lifted her and carried her to the bed. Once he laid her against the cushions, he asked, “And now?”

“Make love to me.”

“With pleasure.”

He removed her panties. The sight of her intimate flesh glistening with the moisture of her passion for him tempted him forward. He spread her legs wide. When he touched his mouth to her lower lips in a deep kiss, Starling pressed her hips upward as she cried out her pleasure.

Bekion savored every bit of her, paying close attention to her hard nub. It twitched against his tongue, begging to be sucked. He obliged.

Starling sat up quickly and hugged his head with her whole body as she climaxed.

The sounds of her satisfaction made his arousal throb and jump. He needed to be inside her. His patience had ended. Pulling free of her arms, Bekion surged forward. He drove his hard flesh home in one stroke.

That single action almost undid him. He held back his release, barely. He didn’t want the encounter to end. Not yet. Not for a long while.

After getting his breathing under control, he gathered Starling close. She giggled as Bekion rolled so she sat astride him. He would have more control over himself if he wasn’t in control of this encounter.

He said, “I want to see your beautiful body moving for me and me alone, Starling.”

She raised her hands up to the back of her head and shimmied her body, stirring her hips around and around.

Bekion rested his hands on her thighs as he bucked beneath her. Their combined movements were beautiful torture. He still held back his release. This might be the only intimacy they shared until they returned to Panagiota. He wanted it to last.

Nothing else mattered except Starling.

The door clicked and then opened.

Bekion said with a grunt, “Go away, Rois.”

“I had thought to continue our earlier conversation now rather than wait for dinner, King Bekion.”

He froze at the sound of Minari’s voice. His gaze flew to her, not believing she was there.

She was.

Behind her, Rois wore an apologetic expression as he shook his head. When he put his hand on Minari’s shoulder, probably to usher her away, she shrugged him off. Rois took a breath to speak but his words couldn’t be heard because Minari entered the room and slammed the door shut, all without taking her gaze from the sight before her.

Minari stared at Bekion and Starling. They stared back at her.

Starling fell off Bekion, clutching the blanket to her chest. She mumbled, “Oh no, oh no.”

Bekion touched her back, thinking to soothe her. She half screamed and pulled away. He sighed. This was a problem he’d known would be confronted sooner rather than later. He sat up on the bed and faced Minari. “What will you do with this information?”

Minari’s gaze lowered.

Bekion didn’t have to look down to know what held her attention. The low light of the room glistened off the moisture coating Bekion’s hard arousal. Minari’s gaze moved to Starling, the source of the moisture.

“Don’t look at her,” Bekion snapped. He moved sideways on the bed, hiding Starling. “This is between us, Minari. What will you do with this information?”

“That depends,” Minari said in a hesitant voice.

“On?”

“I want this marriage, Bekion.”

“Still?” He blinked a few times in confusion.

Minari snorted at his question. “I don’t care if you’re a pet-lover. Many who own humans are. At least your human is from Earth and looks somewhat like a young
jattikan
. She is not as repulsive as those bred in the empire’s veterinary clinics. Your dalliance with her could be seen more as pedophilia rather than bestiality.”

Bekion surged to his feet and advanced on Minari. She dodged to the side when he reached for her but not fast enough. He grabbed her arm in a hard grip and said, “You will watch your words when speaking of the woman I love, Minari.”

“So, you love her then?”

“Yes.”

Minari eased her arm out of Bekion’s grip. “I will let you have your lover, Bekion, so long as you let me have mine.”

That surprised him. “You have a lover?”

“I do.”

“You are willing to cast him aside to have a crown?”

“I cannot marry my lover because
she
is my head maid. My relationship with her is seen almost in the same light as your relationship with Starling. If not for the supreme emperor’s law against same-sex pairings, I would have taken her as my wife.” She smiled up at Bekion. “I’m sure the same would be true for you if the supreme emperor had granted the Earth humans citizenship.”

“You’re right.” He glanced back at Starling. She had a look of relief on her face. That made up his mind. He turned back to Minari. “We are expected to have heirs of each other.”

“I am prepared to do that. The child would take hold quicker if I enjoyed the coupling. I had feared asking you to allow the addition of my maid to our marriage bed. I don’t have that fear any longer.”

Bekion nodded. “She may join us, so long as you don’t mind Starling’s presence as well.”

“Done.”

This turn of events made him smile. The longer he thought about it, the more amusing he found it. He said for the benefit of the ladies in the room, “I think I should feel sorry for my subjects. They will have two deviants for rulers.”

“If we are discreet then they will never know,” Minari said. “To that end, I suggest locking your door against override codes. Your servants are oft times too helpful, it would seem. Sir Rois was convinced you and Starling were napping.”

Bekion made an annoyed noise. So that explained why Rois opened the door without knocking. If it had been any other day, Bekion and Starling
would
have been napping, fully clothed and perfectly innocent.

Minari chuckled. “I can suggest an override negater that works no matter what. It has saved my reputation more times than I can count.”

“To be sure. Until this moment, I believed you to be a sheltered and innocent girl who didn’t know what sex was, let alone deviant sex.”

“I’ve had years of practice keeping my secret safe.”

“Then we will do well together.”

“Yes, we will.” She glanced at Starling one more time. “I will leave you two alone to finish what you started. I know how annoying it can be to stop in the middle. Our conversation can wait. If you miss dinner, I’ll understand and make some plausible excuse.” She held out a palm-sized orb to him. “I require its return at breakfast. However, you have need of it now. I shall procure another as a wedding gift for you.”

He looked at the blue sphere and wondered if it would keep out Vieve. He doubted it.

“Until tomorrow, my future husband.”

“Thank you, Minari,” he said in a serious tone.

“We get along and I happen to like Starling.” She nodded and left the room.

Bekion watched the door close then held out his hand. The tiny blue sphere attached to the keypad and glowed red. He liked the idea of having an overriding override sphere. Too many people had barged in on him and Starling for his tastes.

He looked at Starling. She smiled and held her hand out to him.

Bekion used it to tug her gently so she walked across the bed toward him. When she was close enough, he circled his arms around her hips and hugged her tight. “Are you angry with me?”

She smoothed her fingers through his hair. “For what?”

“For inviting you into a foursome without asking first.”

Starling laughed. “Bekion, I’m only going to be there for you and you alone. It won’t be a true foursome. I’m sure Minari’s maid won’t want you touching her.”

“I’m sure Minari won’t want me touching her maid either. I know I want no other’s hands on you.” He bent his head and kissed her nipples one at a time. He trailed kisses up to her neck. Against her skin, he said, “I need you to be there, Starling. No other woman makes me react as you do. I wouldn’t be able to perform my husbandly duties without you.”

“Practice makes perfect, you know.”

Bekion curved his hands down and gripped Starling’s behind. “And I do need lots of practice. The type of practice that should take all night and most of the morning.”

“We have to be at breakfast.”

“Yes. But that is four hours away.”

“That sounds like a good start,” Starling purred in response. She kissed Bekion’s lips.

He lingered on the kiss for only a moment before he pulled away. He searched Starling’s eyes. He saw love and longing reflected there.

“I’m sorry I cannot marry you, Starling. I would if I could.”

“I know you would.” She hugged his neck and whispered, “I love you, Bekion. I don’t need marriage. All I need is you. All I want is you.”

She released him and stepped back on the bed. Bekion watched her. Starling sat down and opened her legs wide then held out her hand.

Bekion reached out and laced his fingers through hers. He curved his other arm around her waist and held her in place as he returned his arousal to her velvet heat.

Starling sighed against his chest, rocking against the bed. The motions drew him out of her and then buried him deep once more.

He said, “You will never have to want for me again, Starling. I am here for your happiness, not you for mine. Your pleasure is my only concern.”

“Bekion.”

“Yes, my love,” he whispered, looking down at her.

She cupped his cheek and said with a seductive smile, “Save your pretty words for the court. I have better uses for your mouth. Now, come here.”

“My lady commands and I obey.”

Zenobia Renquist lives in her imagination. She is an Air Force brat turned Air Force wife, which means she’s accustomed to travel and does it whenever possible (so long as she doesn’t have to fly). Her favorite pastime is torturing her characters on their way to happily-ever-after for the enjoyment of her readers.

On the few occasions her muse flees the scene of the crime, Zenobia likes to read (comics, manga and romance), go to the movies, play a few levels of whichever puzzle game has hijacked her interest or experiment with a new chain maille weave.

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