House of Thorns and Desires
Part I
F / M โ Dubcon โ Trans x Cis โ Tabooโ Voyeurism โ Denial โ Edging โ Group โ Domination/Submission โ Age gap โ Cumflation โ Impregnation โ +11k Words
Content Warning: A/B/O themes. Transgal with a tool. Weird biology. Don't take it too seriously, because I certainly didn't, that's why the House is named Ashbane (ass pain, hah!)
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Another season, another rejected suitor. The pine trees outside the High King's tower were roaring with the gusts of winds blowing against the mountainside as the King stood by the window, his hands held behind his back, lost deep in his thoughts. High King Zaarko of House Ashbane could feel the desolation creeping into his veins again. His only daughter had renounced the possible union with the last unmarried son of the Freehold thus shaking the fragile balance holding the country together and making the continuation of High King Zaarko's reign questionable at best. Any of the six Houses might be able to usurp his throne now, a thought which made him feel even more agitated, a feeling he had felt even before the doomed day had even begun.
The Princess had always proved to be troublesome, even as a child. She had acted as if she belonged to the domni caste like her mother and father, but the High King knew better; The Princess was not a ruler and her actions were nothing but a sham. In truth, she was born castless, bearing none of the marks of a higher nor lower caste member. Yet, everyone else seemed to believe she still belonged to the domni caste and the King had decided to keep the truth a secret, but that aspect of hers made her ineligible for the throne on her own and he had to marry her to someone with enough prestige to continue their line. Zaarko had tried to emphasize to Princess Yanja the importance of her union with the prince, he had even threatened to disown her if she didn't comply, but the brat had decided to embarrass him yet again and had undermined his reputation as a ruthless leader who would get results, gnawing away little by little his dominion.
Yanja had grown up in the abbey like most begats of the rulers, only returning home once reaching adulthood, successfully hiding her heats from the others during her time there, a condition thought only to belong to the lowborn rabble. A shameful aspect for someone holding her status, yet an aspect nevertheless, at least she had been able to keep her secret safe and those able to sense her heats were forced to use dulling herbs while working in the Nevakraj fortress as it had been a custom for a long time. When the Princess had shown first signs of entering her estrous cycle, the Queen had ordered her to take the same herbs in hopes of making it all disappear, but after her death, the Princess had started to act more brash and the King was worried she would soon try to stay off them if given a chance.
Remarrying had come to the High King's mind from time to time after his wife had perished to consumption, yet he had not been able to find another suitable mate, finding one born in the same caste was tough when the Houses were all looking for themselves. Whether he liked it or not, Zaarko's whole reign lay in the princess' hands who refused to marry and there was no other way around it. A problem he had been dreading for a long time now, proof of which could be seen in the dark circles under his eyes that were covered only a little by his even darker skin.
The High King clenched his fists. He had been too lenient to his daughter and that would have to change soon. He would have to force her into marriage whether she liked it or not.
"Come over here already," a soft voice rang from the large canopy bed behind the High King's back and the alluring proposition made him postpone his plans for a little while longer. The red-headed woman lying in his bed spread her thighs to reveal a glistening treasure the King was eager to plunge himself into.
It was better not to act on impulse after all and he gladly took the offered distraction of a wanting woman's warmth.
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Another season, another disappointment. Princess Yanja leaned against the edge of the copper bathtub with her hands crossed, listening to the sounds of the howling winds coming from the outside in the candle-filled washroom. Usually, such sounds would have helped her to calm her nerves, but not tonight. Her heat was coming up and she had no one to spend it on. The last potential spouse her father had introduced her to had been a disappointment, despite for the fact she had even decided against taking the heat-suppressing herbs and letting her beginning cycle make her more desirable to him, but the prince had avoided her eyes the entire diner, believing himself to be inferior like many others before him. Yanja desperately wanted someone to claim her, but due to her upbringing and assumed caste, every single one of her possible suitors had been of a lower caste than her, making them meek and unattractive to her, she had feigned her status for so long even she believed they were beneath her.