The Devil’s Son by Renard Loki

Author:Renard, Loki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

4 TEARS AND SACRIFICE

Lucan stepped outside and was preparing to mount up now, having stashed his tabard, declaring it unsellable. Sebastian considered doing the same with his clothing, but he knew time was of the essence, and that another discussion with Lucan about it would no doubt lead to pain. A tabard of the house of Force would not likely fetch a high price in a political climate in which the wearer would be summarily beheaded, so he had a point.

Sebastian followed in Lucan’s wake and watched as the knight bundled up his clothes, including his stockings and his wonderful footwear. It was bad enough watching Devos’ work handled like so much sack cloth, but further insults followed injury when Lucan turned to Sebastian and extended his palm.

“You’re going to need to take off those rings, bangles, and necklace, sire.”

Having recently agreed to this plan, Sebastian immediately changed his mind and refused.

“No,” he said. “They are mine, and you cannot have them. You may have dressed me like the sorriest creature on the planet, but my jewels…”

Lucan’s next words came in a dominant growl that flashed like lightning through Sebastian’s body.

“Seb, I don’t have time to thrash you right now, but I will later if you don’t take those off this instant.”

Sebastian felt every inch an errant young squire disobeying his knight. Hot shame and a tingle of excitement coursed through his body. He wanted his jewels, but this feeling was even more precious. He made a little mental note that it was defiance that had produced this result. Perhaps more of it might result in this rather delicious feeling which made him rather hot even in the cool morning air, and very nearly almost entirely erased the horrors of the previous evening. Sebastian’s obsession with Lucan had been growing for years now. To find himself the sole recipient of the knight’s attentions was quite something, circumstances notwithstanding.

“Rings. Now!” Lucan snapped the order and Sebastian was certain he must have immediately turned bright red, for he felt his face flush with intense heat. Nobody spoke to him that way, with such curt and aggressive orders. Plenty of people showed their lack of respect for him in various ways, but none dared bark orders at him. He was still the sole Prince of Force, after all.

With excitement coursing through his veins, Sebastian hesitated. He did not want to comply, of course. He wanted to keep his finery. He wanted to keep the very image of himself that was at imminent risk of being stripped away. Defiance was therefore not only an intriguing option, but his true impulse in the moment.

He looked at the big, dark-haired and obsidian-eyed knight standing over him. Lucan could take the things if he wanted. They both knew that. Lucan was giving him the opportunity to save some face and not simply be stripped of his things. It was a small and probably generous concession given the circumstances, and Sebastian did not want to be entirely ungrateful.

“Very well,” he said.

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