Chapter 29
Earlier that day, as Hanja and Samon visited Nikah's mother outside the town, Kailyn lay beside the son of Vilgen's Mayor in an inn bedchamber facing the market square. She had already taken her pleasure from him twice that morning and now, as she propped herself up on an elbow beside him and lightly tickled his jewels with dancing fingers, she wondered if he could be coaxed for a third time.
Kailyn had come across this boy - Tenk was his name - when she first arrived on the Road of Lakes a few days before. Determined to track down Princess Kasmine and her marauders, she knew that a local guide would be needed; someone familiar with the lands around those parts. In Vilgen's Hall of Wodh, she found the Mayor - or 'Brugher' as they called their chief elder - and demanded that he provide her with a suitable man. When the poor official stammered and hesitated, Kailyn simply pointed at the boy standing behind him and said curtly, "He will do. I shall take him."
Tenk proved able enough as guide to Kailyn's legion, even seeming to relish the adventure. But if he knew anything about Kasmine's whereabouts, he was not about to share it with an army of the Emperor. Probably he knew nothing, but he took Kailyn and her warriors where they desired to go, and showed them the countryside thereabouts.
He was a fine looking boy of, to Kailyn's estimate, about nineteen or twenty summers. Typical of the young males in that region, he was tall and broad shouldered, long locks falling to his shoulders, intelligent eyes and a friendly, accommodating demeanour. Kailyn had decided, before the end of the first day, that she must have him in her bed. But how to achieve this end? It was not as simple as one might think. She was not opposed to coercion in principle, and of course she could have had her men whip him and bring him to her room, cowed, broken, compliant. But as her aunt had often told her, 'A boy that is kept in abject terror of his mistress will never make a satisfactory bedfellow'. Kailyn wondered what Beshara would advise, wishing that she were there now. Beshara always knew how to best manage boys; how to get the most from them, whether by carrot or stick.
In the end, it proved an easy thing to accomplish. She found a pretext for taking him to her room - a small package that needed to be carried - and once there, she simply required him to remove his clothing and present himself to her on the bed. And this he did. Tenk must surely have been wary of Kailyn, but strength of desire overcame any reservations he might have had and he went about the tasks she gave him between her thighs with gusto. He was a lusty young man after all, as is normal for males of his age, and she was an extraordinarily beautiful woman.
In particular, Kailyn was delighted by the boy's sex; its girth as well as length, and the weight of it in her hand even when flaccid as she cupped his jewels. She had never seen the like of it before on a real boy; even Javi could not match it. It put her in mind of the large beautifully crafted ivory phalluses that a wealthy lady could purchase at certain discreet market stalls in Ephirum. The first time she took him inside her, squatting over him and demanding he be still, she savoured each inch as she lowered herself slowly onto him. Only when she was fully down did she open her eyes wide and gasp, "Good boy!", not knowing what else to say, but feeling that the occasion should somehow be remarked upon. And then their movement began, both of them, and climax for her came very soon after.
And so it was that after a few short days of guiding the Eagle Legion through the countryside by light, and serving in its general's bed by dark, Tenk lay beside Kailyn that morning as she tested his arousal.
"Hmmm," she sighed in disappointment, "Perhaps I should give you a while longer. You know, Tenk, back in my homeland I owned two boys and it was rare that I could outlast them. One perhaps but not both."
"I'm sorry, My Lady. If you keep touching me like that I am sure it will not be long."
"I wish there were more like you in these lands, Tenk."
"There are, My Lady. Or were. Some went to Casbur to fight. Some were taken already by the slavers who were here with your Emperor's army. Many were gone long before that, given away by our old King; sold to lady owners in the City of The Goddess. Queen Zantina put a stop to that, but now...."
His voice trailed off.
"Why were you never taken, Tenk?"
"My father always knew when the Cargian slavers were coming. A benefit of being Brugher I suppose. He would hide me."
"Well, I am glad he did not hide you from me."
There was silence for a while as they enjoyed the sensation of their bodies against each other. Without being bidden, Tenk began kissing and lapping at Kailyn's breasts, feeling her nipples stiffen as the tip of his tongue brushed them."
"My Lady, there are rumours that The Emperor has been defeated at the City of The Goddess. That he retreats south, to his ships."
"Yes, I have heard this also," she sighed.
"Will you soon leave us?"
"Perhaps. Does that make you sad?"
"Yes, My Lady. But would you not take me with you?"
She was about to laugh at him, to remind him that he was just a pretty boy with which to pass some pleasurable hours. A plaything. A provider of comfort. Little other than a pleasure slave....little other than a pleasure slave. Now, there was a thought!
"Did you not tell me that your father is to send you away to a university in the south, Tenk? Do you not dream of a great education? You told me this just a day ago!"
"Well, yes, My Lady. But who knows now if the universities even exist, what with the war and everything. And the opportunity to travel! To see exotic foreign lands! And, besides, are there not great schools in the lands of Ephirum?"
She considered this for a moment before replying, "Indeed, Tenk! Why, my own Aunt is patron of an establishment in the hills above her vineyards. It is known as Ahirik. I am sure a place can be found for you there!"
