Her hand hit the table with a hard slap that made the dishes jump. “They should! We don’t flaunt our sex! Yes, we’re horny! Yes, we enjoy it! And yes, we fuck a lot. But this… flagrant display of disregard for a basic tenet of our magic is inexcusable.”
There were tears in my eyes. Again.
Lunella leaned back. “Since you’re someone I would consider a friend, we should be talking about the mystery couple in the yard. Smirks on our faces, knowing just how far our partners drilled our pussies last night. Shit eating grins because we know it will happen again. I should not be sitting here, telling you Elex is not the right partner for you. That should, at this point, be completely and utterly obvious.”
My jaw worked, but no sound came out.
Lunella rolled her eyes and tossed her napkin on the table. “You hadn’t even considered that.”
“No.” The word hurt.
“Then you need to consider it.”
Pushing back from the table, she grabbed her plate. “If you’ll excuse me, I feel that my appetite would be better served elsewhere.”
I watched as my only real friend in the temple walked away from the table.
What had Elex done to us?
Now, I feared I was going to be ejected from the temple, have my robes stripped, and exiled to another province.
My heart squeezed in my chest.
I was so frightened.
I picked up a piece of cheese from the plate and studied it. I had no appetite. I hadn’t for days at this point. Not since that breakfast.
I couldn’t get kicked out.
I had nothing else. I didn’t even have my little apartment anymore. My position at the school had been filled by another, younger teacher, a new acolyte.
There was nothing else but here for me now.
Vitas sat across from me, looking grim but determined.
“I’m sorry, Master Vitas, but I’m not good company right now.”
Nodding, he folded his hands. “I’m not really here for company, Kimber. I’m here to talk to you.”
“More talking.”
Shrugging, he settled forward. “Then, you don’t have to talk. Please listen.
“You are the Breaker of the Spine. There’s no doubt about that. And as the Breaker, you need power. Power we magic wielders gain from sex, sexual contact, and climax. We normally pair off because it is far easier to learn to please one person than it is to keep asking a random partner if they are coming the entire time you’re buried in each other. That said, we do make exceptions. Kind of often, really. We’re horny. And we need the power. And in that light, I spoke with my partner, and she and I would like to invite you to join us. Just one night, just to insure you have the power you need to keep S’Kir safe.”
My jaw was on the floor.
I had just been invited to have sex with two other people.
And I was sorely tempted to say yes.
“Master Vitas.” The voice boomed from behind me.
Master Dorian had arrived, and I was about a minute from breaking into full-on sobs again.
“Master Dorian,” he answered and stood.
“Will you excuse us a moment, please?”
