I was smug for about three seconds.
“Then they shall have to be bisexual,” Arach said.
“What if they're not?!”
“Sacrifices must be made for the good of our kingdoms. I believe humans have a way of conceiving without sexual intercourse. I'm sure we can figure out a magical way to mimic the procedure.”
This is what you get for giving him a laptop, Faerie said in my mind.
There you are! It's about time you showed up to see Samara,I replied in the same way.And you know this has nothing to do with the Internet. Arach's obsessed with Dragon-Sidhe babies.
He wants to save your race. That's not a bad thing, Vervain. And Samara is beautiful, by the way. Congratulations.
Thank you. And I know it's not a bad thing. I just don't want it to unite our kingdoms and start a war.
Or force your children to marry people they don't want to.
Yes, that too.
That is the way of royalty.
Not anymore, it isn't.
Well, he's right, you know? They can have children together without marrying or uniting the kingdoms.
Only if that's what they want to do.
I have a feeling that Arach and Rowan will ensure it's what they want to do.
That's the problem, Faerie!
While I argued with the Consciousness of the Faerie Realm, Arach and the boys kept talking and their conversation finally registered with me. Or rather, Arach's words and the expression on our sons' faces did. He was explaining how two men had sex, and my sons' eyes were bulging out of their heads. They'd probably never thought of putting their penises anywhere, much less inside another person.
I smacked Arach's chest. “What are you doing?”
“Explaining different types of sexuality to them.” He frowned at me. “Were you talking with Faerie?”
“Yes, and while I was distracted, you traumatized our sons!”
“There is nothing traumatic about sex.” Then he frowned and adjusted it to, “There is nothing traumatic about sexbetween consenting adults. And they need to know about their options. You were the one who brought it up; I'm just answering their questions.”
I groaned and flopped back against the pillows.
“Really, A Thaisce, you're a love goddess and one of your magics is Lust. You should be explaining this to them, not me.”
I sat up. “You know what? I should. At least I won't horrify them with details they don't need to know yet.”
“There is nothing horrifying about gay sex.”
“I'm not saying that gay sex is horrifying.”
“Well, you shouldn't, seeing as how you enjoy—”
“Do not finish that sentence!”
“Well, what is it that you're trying to say, Vervain?”
“I wasn't targeting that type of intercourse. What I'm saying is thatalltypes of sex contain details that children aren't prepared to hear about. Details that can horrify them. I'd have been just as upset if you were telling them about oral sex.”
