Blood Betrayal

Chapter Three

Daxus woke just before nightfall. Sunset never failed to cause an eager uncomfortable tightness at the corners of his skin. That feeling was worse than any alarm clock. There was no escaping or shutting off the jittery restless feeling it caused.

Fucking Faeries.

No, he couldn't think about that yet. There was no point in bringing the Fae up yet. His Queen was in no position to think about any issues while unfed. Neither was he. Pushing the impending meeting from his mind he became aware that he was alone in bed. Setting his back against the headboard he searched the bedchamber. He found her standing in the dim light of the smouldering embers.

Naked, standing as still as death by the hearth. Even at the worst of times, he could see why others saw her as stunning. Unmoving she assumed the perfect beauty of a statue carved from the finest marble. The representation of woman lovingly teased from the heart of a stone by hammer and chisel. Most would think she was beautiful but his vision was clouded by experience. His pretty little analogue in all her feigned naivety and false innocence was anything but beautiful.

Pulling himself from the soft inviting bed he dressed before opening the chamber doors. Two plump greying women filed in with two humans at their heels. The taller of the two women went about lighting the room. The second attended to the Queen wrapping her in a robe and brushing out her hair.

With the three of them busy he turned his attention to the humans. The male's dark hair and silly grin were familiar. The female with long brown hair and bold eye contact was not. Daxus watched the boy go directly to the bed and climb in as if he owned it. As one of the Queen's favourites, he had been there ten times that month alone. The woman kept her gaze boldly locked on his. Standing in front of him her hand moved to touch his chest affirming that she was indeed bold.

"Where do you wish me, my King?" her voice was thick with understandable anticipation. She knew what he had to offer. His feeding would be pleasurable and once done she could sink into a hot bath with scented oils. She could have her choice of foods more delicious than any in the villages. She would get soft robes of her picking. Even shining jewels if she wished.

It wouldn't end that night either. Once picked by the King himself the others would want her. He would not pick her again anytime soon if at all. Unlike the Queen, he used new humans every time he fed. If he had ever used the same one twice he was unaware. They were all far too similar. Male or female it didn't matter, they all blurred together.

"The bed and take off your robe."

She smiled at his command dropping her robe as she walked to the bed where her fellow human lay cocooned in sheets. The room was chilled. He watched her skin prickle with goosebumps as she hunkered down into the heated softness of his bed.

"Sit up girl."

She did as he said. Abruptly his hands were on her thighs turning her toward him pulling her to the edge of the bed making her gasp and reach for his arms to steady herself. He could feel her fear due to his quickness and smell the perfume of her arousal due to his nearness. The way both combined with the pong of her natural human scent made his stomach clench.

His eyes were beginning to darken. He watched her breasts move while she removed a hand from his arm to brush a lock of brown hair from her neck. The woman's pretty green eyes held his in a steady gaze as he grasped her hand in his making her drop her hair. She was daring, he liked that. The green of her eyes was also very appealing. He had always liked green.

He glanced at the boy behind her who was watching them curiously. The boy grew too sure of his position. That night his sureness was annoyingly obvious. He was watching with heavy-lidded eyes. Arousal wafting off him in unrestrained clouds. The way it was showing very visible on his naked body under the sheets made it hard to enjoy the woman in his hands. Out of all her pets, the dark-haired boy had been with them the longest. He was growing too old for her taste and too annoying for Daxus's.