“Sweet fucking fairies!” Hugo exclaimed. “I'm so sorry, Riley. An Understanding is nearly impossible to break free of.”
“Nearly?” I froze.
“What?” Hugo froze too.
“You said it wasnearlyimpossible,” I repeated. “That means that it isn't impossible.”
“Well...”
“Hugo!” I leaned forward on the table toward him. “Please! If there's a way out of this, you must tell me.”
“There isn't,” he whispered.
“Hugo!”
“You'd have to kill the King!” He hissed and then covered his mouth with both of his hands.
“Oh,” I sat back.
“Yeah,” he said morosely as his hands fell away from his face. “And that in itself is nearly impossible.”
“Not to mention the fact that I'm not a killer,” I huffed.
“There's one other way,” he said softly.
“What?”
“You and King Drostan need to both agree that the Understanding is completed,” Hugo said. “If both of you state that you are satisfied, the magic will be as well.”
“That will never happen.” I sighed.
“I know. I'm sorry, Riley, but I think you've chosen the best option; just make Drostan as happy as possible.”
“Yeah; you're right,” I whispered.
“Hey, it's not that bad.” Hugo gave me a friendly pat. “You get some pleasure from it, and he treats you well now, right?”
“I guess.”
“Just keep using those lady bits to your best advantage,” he said. “If you need to talk, I'll be back.”
And Hugo, my only friend in the Unseelie Court, disappeared.
“Hey!” I whined. But there was a reason for his sudden exit.
“Right there, Jenny,” Drostan said as he came into the room with two women. “And Vivienne, you go on the other side.”
The women smiled wickedly at me as they took off their clothes and bent over the library table I was sitting at; patiently waiting for their king to fuck them. They were both small-chested—like most sidhe women—but they had rounded asses, which I knew Drostan favored. I had come to know his tastes well; he liked his women as curvy as possible.
“Riley, you come and lie between them,” Drostan commanded. “I want you face up.”
I started to obey him, but he stopped me.
“No; take off your clothes first.”
I slipped out of my clothes and climbed up on the table before lying back.
“Spread your arms out to the ladies, Riley,” Drostan said as he positioned himself behind Vivienne. “And ladies, if you wouldn't mind sucking my concubine's breasts, I would be very happy indeed.”
