Chapter One
Queen Aurora Archer, the widow of His Grace King Silas Archer, slowly and gracefully paced before her large window overlooking her vast kingdom. She never imagined she would be widowed at only 23 years old. She also never imagined she would be The Queen, not until her late husband The King rode up on her family's modest country manor years ago. She had been a late bloomer and did not begin bleeding until her 17th name day. Because of this, her father could not marry off his younger daughters until his eldest had been married off. This caused the family a lot of grief. Little did they know that their lives were about to change forever.
The day The King arrived was a day like any other, about a week after she turned 18 and came of age. Aurora and her sisters were hard at work on their farm, tending chickens, milking cows, pulling the ripe vegetables from their patches. Aurora was working milk out of her cows udders when her father burst into the stables. Her father raised perfect little ladies but made sure they knew the value of working hard to reap their rewards.
"Stop what you are doing right this moment. Alice will take over for you. You need to run along to your mother," was all he said but his eyes told her "do this or else". Aurora nodded and did as she was bid. She quickly strode up the path to the manor, wiping her hands on her apron, heart beating a mile a minute. What was happening? She could hear the buzz of voices and motion emanating from inside her home like a giant hornets nest before she had even stepped into the yard. Whatever was happening, it was major.
"Mother?" Aurora called as she entered the home. The serving girls and valets were busy making work of the place, cleaning and moving things. She hadn't seen such commotion since the day her youngest sister, Mabel, was christened. Her mother was approaching 40 years of age so it didn't seem likely that she was with child once more, seeing as Mabel's birth 7 years passed nearly killed her mother. A thought crossed her mind as a cramp seized her abdomen, reminding her that she was now a woman and was up for sale. She paled at the thought of some fat old Lord waltzing into her home and declaring that she was to be his wife and broodmare. She took a steadying breath and moved further into the home in search of her mother.
Aurora found her mother standing in her chambers, throwing dresses and skirts around muttering to herself under her breath. "Mother? Father said you needed to see me?" she said tentatively. Her mother snapped to attention as if the sound of her daughter's voice had awoken her from some far off daydream.
"Why in God's name are all of your gowns in shreds?" she demanded, hands on her hips. Her mother was a handsome woman. Not beautiful, but lovely in her own way. Her emerald green eyes and copper hair she had handed down to her eldest daughter, along with a large bust and very shapely hips, but lucky for Aurora she took after her father in every other aspect. Her father, on the other hand, was a very attractive man. Whenever they traveled or went into town women would blush and giggle, some of the more vivacious women would flash him a toothy grin. Even the whores couldn't help themselves. And on several occasions, neither could her father.
"I'm sorry, Mother. What do I need a gown for?" she asked, trying to read her mothers face.
"Because you do," her mother replied stiffly. She sighed heavily and put the gowns back. "This is why you must wear one of mine. Yes. The green and gold, I think," her mother muttered and began to leave the room. She turned abruptly and snapped
"Take a bath. Scrub yourself from head to toe, and make sure your honeypot is as clean as it can be while it's weeping," and with that she turned on her heel and stalked out of the room.
Aurora's eyes widened and it took her a second to realize what her mother told her and just one more second to realize why. She was indeed being sold off and today was the day. But how? She hadn't been courted. She hadn't even met with a man since her 16th name day where she was told until she began to bleed she wasn't worth anything. Her throat felt small and her stomach felt as though it was falling out of her. This was it. It happens to every woman, but she had hoped that maybe she would meet someone and fall in love. But it was not to be. Someone had bought her and was on his way to make good on his promise and get his money's worth.
Aurora lowered herself into the bathing tub and her serving girl went to work on washing her waist-length hair which in and of itself was quite the chore. When that was done, and her head was scrubbed and sore, and her hair had been oiled down, servant girl out of the room, she went to work on washing the rest of her body. The place between her legs was still so unfamiliar to her whenever she washed herself she felt as though she was touching a stranger. And soon enough a stranger would be touching her there. A stranger would enter her, take her maidenhead and possibly put a baby in her belly. As she washed herself, taking extra care to clean the soft hair that covered the most intimate part of her, she thought of someone else's hands touching her there. The thought wasn't unpleasant. She thought of fingers not of her own shaking hand spreading her open, feeling their way along her slit.
Her head tilted backwards as her index finger brushed across the button at the top of her slit. "So this is pleasure," she thought, moving her finger in small circles over the button. It felt so good, she applied more pressure and a deep electric wave moved through her causing her breath to quicken. Harder she pressed and quicker she moved her finger, desperate for the pleasure she was giving herself. Beads of sweat broke out on her brow. The waves now hitting her more quickly. Something was building up inside of her and she knew that once it was released she would never be the same. Aurora lifted one of her pale legs and let it hang over the side of the tub, giving her more access to that amazing place she had just discovered, spreading her sex open. The sensations were almost too much to bear. She had to bite down on her lip to contain the noises that wanted to come spilling out of her mouth. Then, as if she had been thrown into an ice cold pool, her body shuddered and the pleasure her fingers were giving to her slit pitched higher than she could have imagined and her entire being began to shake and convulse.