Chapter 54 -- Returning Home
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We arrived at the College two days later. It was a day's ride to Windhelm, where we booked one room and continued the fun from our night together in Whiterun. It never got weird between Serana and Valerica in the sense they were intimate, but I did get to enjoy a proper mother-daughter threesome, Serana happily sitting on my face as Valerica enjoyed riding my cock again. She knew it wasn't going to last long, that I had an arrangement with those waiting for me at the College. Asking what her age was when she was turned into a vampire, I admitted she wasn't even the oldest woman I'd slept with anyway.
"Who was the oldest?" she asked during our ride between Windhelm and the College.
"A woman by the name of Delphine. She had a couple of years on you, at least."
"So age isn't a problem?"
"Well, I won't sleep with anyone too young. There are rules, after all. And I won't go too old, as there has to be an attraction. But when you're a young man, older women are seen as better lovers simply because they have experience. I used to visit a particular tavern back in Cyrodiil that catered to my needs. I was friendly with one of the girls there, she was a regular, but the Madame who ran the place was an older woman, and when I asked her about enjoying time with a mature woman, I'd been regular enough that she took me by the hand and enjoyed me herself." I paused and definitely smiled at some memories. "With age comes experience."
"How many women have you slept with?"
I glanced at Serana, who looked at me and grinned. "Ragnar, two things. One, I'm not going to be jealous as I share you already. Two, I'm certainly not going to judge as I'm aware of your history."
I looked at Valerica. "I'll be honest; I don't have an exact number in my head. Since arriving in Skyrim, I can at least list all the names. Ingun, Haelga, Jenassa, Karliah, Astrid, Muiri, Aela, Lydia, Delphine, Mirabelle, Faralda, Brelyna, Sybille then you two."
"But you only married Muiri?"
"Yes. I was with Haelga for a long time but she didn't want to marry. We've been on again, off again for a long time. Can't remember the last time I saw her, to be honest. Now I'm with Aela, Lydia, Mirabella and your daughter. I don't plan on any more but sometimes things change."
"And you are okay with this, Serana?"
"I know he loves me, Mother. You've seen how he looks at me. I've seen how he looks at Mirabelle, Aela and Lydia. Trust me, this man is in love. He just happens to be in love with more than one person. Who is to say you can't love more than one person?"
Valerica was silent before stating, "I had no idea my daughter was so open-minded. Consider me impressed."
"I've had his company for quite a while now, Mother. I know Mirabelle will definitely be missing him. I think she'll be stealing him away for a couple of nights at least."
She was proven right as we rode our horses into the courtyard of the College. By the time I'd dismounted, Mirabelle had raced out of the building and almost slammed into me, arms and legs wrapped around me, definitely needing a tight hug and a very long kiss. It was only when Serana started to giggle that Mirabella extricated herself from me, and she proved nothing could get past her. First, there was a gasp before she whispered, "Ragnar, she's... got colour..."
Serana stepped forward, took Mirabelle's hand and put it to her throat. Mirabelle gasped again before she hugged her without hesitation. Serana was surprised for a moment before returning the embrace. "Thank Ragnar. He kept me alive. He's done nothing but help me since waking up."
Mirabelle held her by the shoulders. "Have you slept with him?" Serana couldn't help but blush as she nodded. "Good. How was it?"
"The best thing ever," Serana whispered. Then she cleared her throat. "Mirabelle, allow me to introduce my mother, Valerica. She was like me too, but chose to be cured."
"Delighted to meet you."
"We've heard a lot about you from Ragnar," Valerica stated, sending a glance my way.
Mirabelle chuckled. "Sleep with you too?"
To see her jaw drop was rather amusing. I definitely chuckled as Mirabelle simply stepped back beside me as I wrapped an arm around her. "Yes, I enjoyed his company too. I can't deny it," Valerica finally said, the smile that formed surprisingly shy.
"Well, I don't blame him. Mother and daughter are beautiful women, after all. Come, we should head inside. Aela and Lydia are upstairs, Ragnar. They thought I should head down here to meet you first."
Heading inside and up to her quarters, Aela and Lydia hugged me, then inundated Serana and her mother with questions about being cured. They figured out rather quickly that I'd slept with both of them, not that it caused any sort of issue, Serana readily accepted as another of 'my girls'. Valerica admitted she didn't really know what she would do with her life now. When Mirabelle suggested working for the College, Valerica admitted her avenues of investigation regarding magic would likely be frowned upon. Mirabelle figured out what she meant rather quickly so let the matter drop. "Well, you can always practice any magic you want besides that," she added.
"Thank you. I may just avoid practicing magic for a while and focus on alchemy. Do some good for the world."
Having arrived rather late in the day, the six of us enjoyed dinner before Aela and Lydia suggested they would leave Mirabelle and I alone, Serana and Valerica taking the hint and leaving with them. I glanced at Mirabelle, surprised she started to blush. I pushed my chair back and she immediately sat on my lap, enjoying another soft kiss from her. "I've missed you," she whispered.
"I missed you. I always think about you when not here."
"Even when you're with Serana?"
"Of course. When I'm intimate with Serana, I only think about her. But I've seen things that made me wish you were there with me too."
That made her smile before she kissed me again. "So we're safe from vampires now?"
"We are. And for the moment, my plate is empty. Dragons are no longer an issue. Vampires are no longer an issue. I handed the location of the Dark Brotherhood in, so assassins will no longer be an issue. To be honest, I don't really know what I'm going to do now. I can't live in Whiterun, the house is too small for all of us, though I guess I could do Companion work if we found somewhere close by to live."
"You're thinking, Ragnar?"
"Are you sure you don't mind leaving here to come with me?"
"I'd leave tomorrow if you wanted. I can practice magic wherever we live."
"Let me give it some thought."