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Salacious sex followed by my favorite breakfast and coffee? All in all, this was the best morning I could possibly have envisioned, and went a long way to renew my outlook on my final term of the academic semester.
They asked about my plans for the rest of the school year, and if I had any plans afterward. I didn’t want to mention Coventry, as it was such a gigantic leap. So I let it go for now.
“So I am assuming that since you are doing all of this that means you are not staying for too much longer,” I said.
Rothgar’s leathers were already on and even as I ate, somehow Jalen went from wearing his loose pants and top to his full gear including a utility belt that slung across his hips. There were also leather harnesses that wrapped around his shoulders and though they were empty I could see where he would have been able to stash various weapons including a sword or rod of some sort that could be hidden within a spine sheath.
“Yes unfortunately our hunt cannot be delayed any longer. Plus we have an errand that an elder at Elfhame wants us to look into.”
Elfhame? It was on the tip of my tongue to mention that I went there too and to ask which elder and possibly, which assignment. After all, the faculty loved him or at the very least loved his family's name. Maybe he knew about Coventry or maybe this assignment had something to do with that anyway.
Though curiosity ignited within me, it didn’t feel right asking about that sort of stuff now. It still felt very real, and I wanted to keep this fantasy bubble just a while longer. I would be back in the academic fray soon enough and for once in my life I was just going to let myself enjoy the present and not worry about what might happen in the future.
And so I let myself be charmed by the three orcs, as we swapped stories about neutral subjects like class work and professors and allowed Declan to feed me from his hand. When I had my fill, which was embarrassingly a lot, I realized that Declan hadn't eaten more than a few bites.
“You are supposed to leave soon and you barely ate anything,” I told him.
A devilish claim sparkle in his eye. “That is because I wished to keep your taste on my tongue.” He had me on the table where my plate had been. Somehow the remnants of our breakfast disappeared, and I was sprawled on top of it.
He tugged on the belt that held my robe closed. It parted easily, revealing my naked body to him. He descended on me like a man starved.
No wonder he had wanted to keep this robe on me.
Sometime later when I was finally dressed and thoroughly satisfied in every way possible, they took their leave of me. They went to the terrace entrance so they didn't have to go through the tavern. Evidently something that they were tracing or that errand that they needed to accomplish first had them going in this direction.
“You don’t need to make any promises.”
Declan gripped my chin tilting my head up so he could stare deep into my eyes. In that gaze, echoes of heart beats thrummed over my skin.
What magic was this? My flesh wanted so much to stay connected to him. This couldn’t be. This was a one-night stand, nothing more.
Right?
Anything I might have said was taken away as he kissed me. He swept away my rationalizations with a sweep of his magical tongue. “You are ours now, little witch. Remember that. We will return from our hunt and finish this conversation. Be our good witchling and say that you understand.”
The words he wanted left my mouth before I could guard them. The power he wielded.
“The room is yours until the end of the month when we return. You will use it so I know you are protected and fed.”
I had a feeling that Declan would never leave unless he had the last word, and so I kept my thoughts to myself. Next week would be soon enough to establish my boundaries and tell him where to stick his overbearing head.
Chapter Six
ORC NET INTERFERENCE
Capricorn Jade
When they left, I finally turned my phone on and saw messages from Bo.
She had been having a delightfully one-sided conversation and in it she proclaimed that the only reason why she didn't launch a search party for me was because Tia and her pixie net work have been keeping her updated on all the latest gossip including the various sounds that were unholy and demonic and thoroughly frightening that had been coming out of the suite.
My face flames with heat not necessarily because of the sex but because people had heard her.
Since I was going to stay here I might as well get ready and help Tia out downstairs. It would be fun knowing that I could work a shift that was purely optional. Besides, Bo would most likely be here soon, and she would want to know everything.
Afternoon rush was nice and steady. Not too crazy where I felt like I would want to kill some entitled customers. And not too slow where I felt like I was wasting my time. At least Tia paid her staff a fair wage, unlike my previous gig as a bartender on the other side of the tracks. The servers made a pittance and had to tolerate the attention of the bottom of the barrel for tips.
Bo had come in some time during the rush and sat in her usual corner of the Tavern. She was there for people-watching and tea-spilling, specifically my tea from last night. I would drop a cliff hanging teaser between rounds and at one point, she helped me bus tables just so she could hear the orcish play-by-play. I tried to be discreet and leave off the details, but Bo wasn’t the chief huntress of her generation for nothing. She knew when I was trying to hide details and took a near-sadistic pleasure in skewering me trying to get them.
