“Yes, my Queen,” recited four youngmen.
Once the men had raced up the stairs, Klyn touched myelbow.
“Octavia?”
“What?”
“Are you alright? You look as though you are not feelingwell.”
“The carriage ride was stifling. Five hot men really kicked up the temperature. I sat between Sean and River, and they about meltedme.”
“Perhaps you should consider forgoing your planned activities this evening and rest. You can wake rested tomorrow and break in your newlad.”
“Nonsense. This is the tradition,” I smiled at Klyn and started walking up the steps. “I shall see you in the morning for breakfast,” I called over my shoulder athim.
“Enjoy your evening,” Klyn called afterme.
I had every intention of doing that. While I was in the bath, I heard the gentlemen enter my room. I could not prevent myself from smiling. I slipped on my robe and went into my room. Five gloriously naked men knelt at the foot of my bed. They were each in various states of arousal, which excitedme.
I picked up my leather crop and gave each gentleman a few swats. Since River knelt at one end, I was able to see his reaction. After I struck River’s ass six times, he chuckled. I can say that no young man has ever reacted the way River had reacted toit.
“What do you find funny,River?”
He glanced down the row of gentlemen and then turned his head to the side slightly so that he could look over his shoulder atme.
“I am going to need it a hell of a lot harder than that, my Queen,” Riverannounced.
Really?
I slapped his ass so hard with the crop that the sound caused Sean to jump. As I walked around River, I firmly placed the leather tip from the crop under his chin. I sat on the bed with my legs bent at the knees and parted so he could get a glimpse of my pussy. I smiled condescendingly at him as I rubbed the leather from side to side against his day or two worth of facial hair growth. River’s eyes had not faltered, nor had the smirk on hisface.
“How hard can you withstand, River?” Iasked.
“As hard as you can,” hesmarted.
I sat quietly for a few moments and continued to rub the crop under his chin. Was it a terrible thing that this young man’s smart mouth made mewet?
“What is your plan here, River?” Iinquired.
None of the other gentlemen had ever had a smart mouth with me. Ethan comes the closest, though, when he gets caught up in the moment. I will admit that I had considered letting him take the lead once or twice, hoping that he could make me beg for it. But Ethan was still so young. I thought that River, on the other hand, undoubtedly could make me beg forit.
“It is the greatest plan of all,” hegleamed.
“And what exactly is that?” Iasked.
“To steal your heart…myQueen.”
I licked my lower lip and continued to glare at him. I hoped to God he could back up this mouth ofhis.
“Well, River, you are going to have to try a lot harder than that,” I said with a smile and tossed his words back at him. “An awful lot harder, because you see, I do not have a heart. So your plan will absolutelyfail.”
His smile broadened from a grin to a full-blown smile with his teethshowing.
“My Queen, with all due respect to you and the other gentlemen, you have not encountered a man likeme.”
I pulled the crop away from his chin, letting it slide down his muscular chest, past his abdomen, over his semi-hard cock, resting it just under his balls. From side to side, I moved the crop again, testing him for discomfort. All of the other gentlemen tense up when I go for their balls. But not River. I raised an eyebrow at River and tapped the underside of his balls with my crop. His eyes closed briefly, and when they reopened, I could see the heat inthem.
He was testing me, and now it was time for me to test him. I removed the crop and turned it around so that the handle was within his reach. He had not moved or reached forit.
