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Setting the scene:
the events of this chapter take place at Dunharrow. Aragorn, who รowyn has unsuccessfully tried to seduce, and the rest of his Rangers will depart for the Paths of the Dead in the morning.]
For รowyn, the next few moments passed in a sort of delirium. The brothers pulled free of their respective orifices, momentarily leaving her alone on the table. Her mewling protestations at the loss went unanswered. Fingers dripping with semen were brought to her lips โ she realized she no longer cared from where it was sourced โ and she greedily sucked them clean until they appeared no more.
As if refreshed by needed sustenance her fog cleared, and she slowly became aware of her vulnerable position and the unexpected arrival of a new observer. Yet she didn't feel strong enough to move, nor was she certain she even wanted to. Full of uncertainty, wondering if she retained the ability to face yet another change in circumstance, she turned her head and opened her eyes.
Halbarad!
Chief of all the Rangers but one, he was a mighty tower of a man; nearly as weathered as Aragorn, bearing some of the same mysterious depths of wisdom and insight, yet lacking the undefinable aura of otherworldliness that clung to his superior. And there was another difference: Aragorn's eyes, as keen as they were, opened upon seemingly infinite wells of compassion, while Halbarad studied her with a hard, unreadable expression. รowyn instinctually thought to cover herself, but realized it was pointless.
He's not only seen everything, he's seen well
beyond
everything.
Tempted to writhe sinuously for his benefit, inviting him to join the others in ravaging her body, she instead paused to wonder.
I don't know how this will go. Will he take me in turn? Will he bring news of my dissolution to Aragorn? Will he upbraid the men who've brought me such pleasure, or will he commend them?
She didn't know. And so she waited, returning his gaze as steadily as she could manage, though she felt more foolish and exposed with every passing minute. His patience seemed proportionately endless.
His stare trailed along her naked form, assessing her like a stoic tactician, and though he showed no emotion as his eyes roved her body she felt exposed far beyond the mere fact of her nudity. When his eyes finally returned to meet hers she felt he was asking her a question, even though he made no sound. But whatever his query she didn't understand it, and so she remained silent, consumed by uncertainty. Finally, he spoke.
"On the morrow we shall face the greatest test of our lives, and we should need all the stamina we can muster for this task. And so I ask you, Lady รowyn: for what reason do you delay the necessary rest of my charges?"
Her lips quivered, but no words followed. For no answer could expand upon that which he'd already seen.
Gravely, he nodded, the faintest of frowns turning down the corners of his mouth. "If you've no answer, then I must take thought for the squandered wellbeing of my men. I cannot let this disruption pass without consequence." His voice was deep, commanding, and entirely impossible to ignore. She found herself mesmerized, even though she feared what he was about to say.
Brethil broke his peace. "Halbarad, we...."
Silencing him with a sharp glance, Halbarad returned his attention to รowyn. "Rarely do I need to resort to the base cruelties of discipline, for my fellow Rangers rarely stray from their appointed paths. Yet if it needs be applied, care must be taken to ensure that its focus is as precise as possible. The cause of our current difficulty is obvious, and I believe a suitable corrective will help ensure that proper lessons regarding
im
proper behavior are carried forward into the future." Still dazed by the overwhelming pleasure she'd thus far endured, she was puzzling over his words when he cleared his throat and spoke to the room.
"Prepare her."
Before she could respond, a host of warm, wet cloths passed over her sweat-slicked skin. Soothing oils followed, with special focus around and inside her raw sex and anus.
This isn't so bad.
Helped to her feet, she was offered draughts of cool water and the revitalizing warmth of a rustic red wine. And then, still acting as one, they bent her unresisting body over the table. Arlepheg took hold of her hands, gently but firmly imprisoning them between his own strong palms, while others pressed into her back, holding her down. A fleeting urge to struggle passed through her mind, but she rejected it out of hand, hoping that new and exciting horizons of eroticism were on their way.
If I can just get through what I suspect is coming....
"Spread her legs."
Every nerve afire and alive, her blood raced as she complied before they even touched her, opening herself at his demand and exposing herself in full. Not for a moment did she consider resisting, nor even consider that she might wish to.
It no longer matters if I want this or not. I have no choice. I must obey. Nay, I
want
to obey.
Two thick, calloused fingers pressed into her volcanic depths, and she whimpered at the sudden intrusion, for the two fingers alone were nearly the size of Brethil's prodigious phallus. Though she remained as wet as ever, she was instantly aware what digits of such size portended, and even more lubrication poured forth in response to her impalement.
But then they were withdrawn, and the silence that followed was unnerving. She wiggled her buttocks, begging for any form of contact or penetration, eager to be taken by Halbarad...or anyone...and resume her reckless pursuit of sexual abandon.
She heard a swish. Another. A third. And then, with a mighty whip-crack, the sharp report of leather against flesh and a high-pitched shriek of pain and protest. It wasn't until heat began spreading across her buttocks that she realized she'd been both the target of the strike and the source of the cry.