“I do, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I enjoy it. But that appendage is not the same as your cock. I'll stick my finger in your ass if you want, but nothing more.”
Everyone was silent for a second, watching Keltyr's eyes widen. Then Ratharin started hooting in laughter. Our stares turned toward him.
He laughed harder, then pointed at Kel. “Look at him! He's horrified. Do you get it now, Keltyr? That's why you don't go around shoving your tail into a man's ass without asking.”
“You enjoyed it!”
“Not the point!”
“What did I just say about public!” I shouted.
Rath and Kel looked at me. I waved a hand toward the dining hall. Several lords were staring at us through the archway.
From one of the tables, Lord Jath called out, “An appendage still counts!”
“It counts, but it's not the same!” Vexen shouted back. “All you tops know what I mean. You don't mind a finger, but you don't want a cock up your ass. Am I right?”
“He's not wrong!” someone said.
“Yeah, maybe,” Jath admitted. “But that's still foreplay.”
“And foreplay is not sex,” Vex said. “Which is my point. You put your cock in someone and it's sex.”
“The quality of conversation has really gone downhill since the children moved out,” General Ranor muttered as he left the dining hall.
“Sorry, General,” I said.
“It's all right, Ember,” Ranor said. “I was finished with my meal anyway. And this is how it was before the children came to live with us. I . . .” He rubbed the golden scales at his temples. “I just miss them.”
“Maybe you should think about taking a mate,” Taroc said. “You could have children of your own.”
“I am a soldier.”
“Soldiers have children,” I said.
“They do. But that's not how I'd want to raise my children. I'd want to be there for them every day.”
“The war will end, General. I know you want to keep being a soldier, but it won't be as dangerous as it is now. You could make a new life for yourself. One outside the citadel.”
Ranor glanced over his shoulder into the hall, and I had the feeling he was looking at the table where the children used to sit. When he looked back at me, his expression was wistful. “Maybe.” He grinned. “There you go, handing out hope again.” He smacked my shoulder and walked past. “Get out of that armor and get some food, Wraith Lords!”
“Yes, sir!” we all said.
“Good lads,” Ranor said. Then he paused and added, “Keltyr, I will never look at a Dhon's tail the same way again.”
“Sorry, General,” Kel said.
We faded upstairs to our suite. As soon as we arrived, we burst out laughing.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
After we all bonded, Vexen moved in with Rath, Xae, and me. So, we all showered together before we went downstairs to eat. We were too hungry for a long bout of sex, but something about battle got the blood flowing and it was impossible to get naked around my lovers after returning from a mission and not do anything sexual. So, I gave them blowjobs as the three of them washed up, standing in a semi-circle around me with me kneeling. I alternated between using my hands and my mouth on them, stroking two while bobbing over the third, then switching.
After they came, I got my reward—the three of them bathed me, massaging my muscles and then my cock. As I got closer to completion, Xae growled, grabbed me around the waist, and hauled me up against the wall, bringing my cock to mouth-level on him so he could finish me off. The growling continued through his sucking, sending me over faster than I wanted.
But when you have multiple lovers, sometimes sacrifices must be made.
We met the rest of our pack downstairs in the dining hall and ate at our usual table. A few other lords were seated there too, including Lord Finn, who I had once considered taking as a lover. Things didn't work out, but we were still friends.
