“Just lost in my memories.”
Kel cocked his head at me. “Good memories?”
“The best.” I kissed the tip of his nose. “Now, show me the rest of our apartment.”
“All right.” He led me out and down the corridor. “We each have our own sitting rooms. That's what they call them, but they're really just rooms for us to do whatever the fuck we want in. I thought it was important that we both have personal spaces that are all ours. I think it will make sharing the other rooms better. This one is yours. The tables are just to hold your things for now. We can go shopping for new furniture so you can pick them out yourself.”
I glanced into the room, saw my dad's old woodworking tools set out like priceless objects on one of the tables, and went past. I didn't want to go into more memories yet. It would intrude on the memory I was currently making.
“Thanks, Kel. You left more space for me than the others. I love that. I love you.”
Keltyr's smile went tender. “I love you too. I would have included you in selecting this place, but when the others and I discussed it, we decided that we'd surprise you. And I thought, well, you could always buy your own place if you didn't like the ones we got.”
“Buy my own place?” I whispered. “I hadn't thought of that.”
“You should have something that's all yours. Not just a few rooms.” He waved at the room.
“Yeah. Maybe after the war is over, I'll think about it.”
“It's a lot of effort. That's why we thought it better to surprise you. This way, you don't have to go through the headache of looking and purchasing. You get to go straight to enjoying.”
“I hadn't thought of that either.”
“You wanna see the master bedroom?” He waggled his brows at me.
“Maybe we better leave that for last,” I said. “Or we might not get past it.”
“True.” He took my hand. “All right. It's down there along with the master bathroom. There's also a second kitchen up here and some other empty rooms that I didn't know what to do with. Not all that interesting. Why don't we go up to the roof?”
“Sure.” I smiled, thinking of my adventure with Rath on his roof. It was funny how similar the homes were while being so totally different.
We went back to the lift and took it up one more floor. It let us out onto the roof, back in one corner where the lift had a box to house it. When the doors opened, it felt as if we had been transported to another city. Overhanging branches bordered the opening. We ducked under one only to step beneath a canopy of leaves studded with lilac flowers that were shut for the night. Still, their scent came to me along with that of other blooms and green things.
Although the ground was stone, there were enough pots and planters strewn about to make me forget that I wasn't walking on grass. A path wound around the tiered chaos, taking us through a tunnel of green, then out under the sky. The whole of the garden revealed itself then—a pattern of colorsharmonized by scent and lit by little lights on stakes and lanterns that hung from branches. Sleepy flowers were already starting to open and seeing them made me realize that not all the light came from the lanterns. The sun was rising.
Again, I was reminded of Rath's rooftop. There had been a wealth of green there as well, but not like this. This was much larger, more elaborate, and in the center of it all was a pool. Not that I saw the pool. Kel had to point it out to me and even then, I only saw the grassy hill that housed it. It made me curious. So, I hurried past pots overflowing with lacy-leafed bushes and awakening roses, up a gentle incline, to the hilltop the pool inhabited.
Bordered by natural stones and grass, the pool looked as if it had been plucked out of a forest and plunked down atop the building. It was maybe twenty feet across, its edges undulating to look natural, and the sides sloped down to what I was guessing was a depth of ten feet.
The mound of earth not only hid the pool's outer walls but also provided a vantage point so that I could see over the plants without having to go to the garden's edge. But to do that, I had to peer between the trees that grew out of the hill. They, along with an assortment of plants, provided a natural privacy screen.
Which was great because I was about to get naked.
As the sky turned from lavender to pink, I kicked off my boots and undid my belt.
Keltyr chuckled as he came up beside me. “So, we're not making it to the bedroom at all, are we?”
“Not for a while,” I said and pulled off my tunic.
Kel started to undress too, and I got distracted by that. I loved that each of my lovers had a different body type, giving me a buffet to sample from every day. Not that I would ever get tired of touching Keltyr's hard stomach or bulging biceps. He had a great cock too, but I have to admit that I loved his tail the best. His horns came in a close second. They made a great handhold. But that tail was a masterpiece of the Goddess.
I managed to finish undressing, then dipped my toe in the pool, expecting it to be cold. It wasn't. “Oh, damn! The water's warm.”
“Heated,” Kel said as he climbed in. “Just like the floors.”
“This is fantastic!”
“You can jump in if you want,” he said. “Just aim for the center where it’s deepest. And curl up when you jump. Don't dive. Your butt may hit the bottom, but you'll be fine.”
