Bayard[Bedtime stories 3] (3 page)

After the sun fell I went down the stream to bathe. Callum had given me a good workout and not as many chances to rest today. That was okay though because we got two fields done and they were in as good of shape as the one we’d done the day before. By the time I walked towards the house, the moon was shining and the house was dark.

I smiled when I saw Brix on the porch and walked over to him, climbing the creaky porch steps. “Good evening, Brix.”
“You came,” he whispered with a shy smile. He was holding a steaming bowl of food and I nodded to it. “Dromio said he promised to save you some lamb and was going to leave it on the table for you. But I thought I should make sure it was warm and with one of his rolls.”
“That was very kind of you,” I said as I took the bowl from him and slid my leg over his lap to straddle him. “I feel special that you would take such consideration for me.”
“I simply kept it warm for you. Dromio’s the one who made it all.” He cleared his throat as I stabbed a piece of meat and ate it. I moaned at how good it was, tender enough to practically fall apart in my mouth. Then I stabbed one of the potatoes and ate it right up as well. The thick gravy sauce was wondrous.
“I can’t tell you the last time I had a meal this great and with such handsome company,” I purred before taking another bite. Every time I made a pleased noise I felt Brix get a little harder in his pants… Under my ass. He handed me the mug of ale and I took just a sip to wet my throat. He gave me a questioning look. “I haven’t had ale in a long time. I wouldn’t want to get drunk and pass out on you. I only had a little last night with Dromio as well.”
“You look a little tired. Maybe you need to just pass out tonight and get some good rest. You’ve been doing a lot to help us around here and I worry we might be taking advantageof that kindness.”
“You really worry about me?” I whispered, not sure if anyone had cared so much about my well-being since my parents.
“We all discussed it over dinner. It’s hard to know though for sure if you’re getting rest or not since we don’t know where you go during the day.”
“I want to tell you all,” I hedged, taking another bite of the roll to decide what I wanted to say. “I just need a little more time.”
“I wasn’t trying to push you,” he said quickly and then relaxed when I smiled. “You’ve done so much for us, Taji. Dromio was able to sell all those extra muffins and the baker was quite pleased with him. We need that income until we get this place up and running.”
“It was fun actually,” I giggled and then sipped more ale. “I haven’t baked anything since I was a boy.”
“That can’t have been that many years ago.” He eyed me over and I understood that look. My appearance was about twenty-one years old.
“Would it make you uncomfortable to know my real age? I’m much older than I look,” I warned.
“Callum told me you were magic so I guessed it’s not what you appear.”
“I’m over three hundred years old.” His eyes went wide as his jaw dropped slightly. “Still want to know me?”
“Of course,” he sputtered as I kept eating. “Age is just a number, Taji. It’s not like you
look
that age. I think you are beautiful.”
“Would you not want me if I was older looking?”
“Only if I was too,” he joked and gave me a wink. I could live with that answer. Humans had such strange ideas of what beauty and morality were to them. I finished the food in silence, taking another drink of ale before Brix set everything down next to him on the porch. “Would you like to go for a walk?”
“We could do that,” I agreed. I wasn’t sure what the plan was but if he wanted to get more comfortable with me I was fine with it. “Or I could give you relief and ease your worries right now?”
He blushed as he moved me off his lap before he stood. “I’m quite vocal and I didn’t want to announce to everyone what we were doing. Besides, I’d like to spend some time talking with you first if that’s okay. You intrigue me.”
“All right then.” I smiled at him as he took my hand. We walked down to the stream, talking about the land and their plans on how to turn the farm around.
“Eventually I’d like to put in a shop. Ansel said as soon as we have money to start buying materials he would make sure it gets done. I was known for the swords I made back in the village I used to live in.”
“I assume working with fire would make you very hot.” I cleared my throat and leered at his large, muscular frame. “You’d probably work shirtless and be sweaty. I like watching you work like that.”
He stumbled a step and I realized my mistake. “When have you seen me work, Taji?”
“I never go that far during the day,” I answered honestly but vaguely. “I see and hear lots of things.”
“Oh.” There was a quiet moment before his next question. “Why do you only come out at night then?”
“It’s complicated,” I sighed and let go of his hand. I sat on the bank of the stream, staring out at the running water. “I’ve trusted the wrong people before so it’s hard for me to know who is worthy of telling the truth to. Please be patient with me.”
“Okay, baby,” he whispered as he wrapped an arm around me after sitting as well. I snuggled into the embrace and he kissed my hair. “Can I ask what happens after tonight?”
“What do you mean?” I glanced up at him and saw worry on his face. “What troubles you?”
“Does Callum meet you tomorrow again? Will we rotate spending time with you, work out a schedule or something? This is all so strange to me, Taji.”
“You don’t have to be with me,” I snapped and pulled away from him. Why did people have to complicate things?
“That’s not what I’m saying,” he pleaded as he pulled me back against him, moving me so I was on his lap. “I’m just trying to figure out what you expect. What’s easiest for you? Are there others?”
“No, there are no others than you and your brothers,” I assured him. “I like spending time with each of you. You’re all different but with such big hearts. I like that Callum and Ansel were so happy after our time together. I’ve not seen Dromio since but I hope he was happy as well.”
“He was smiling like a loon all day,” he chuckled, shaking his head. Then he bit his lip and looked unsure again before speaking. “What if any of us want more than just seeing you every fourth night?”
“I don’t know,” I answered,narrowing my eyes at him. “I guess that depends on you and your brothers.”
“I don’t understand,” he whispered, staring intently at my lips.
“I haven’t thought this all out, Brix. There’s no master plan here,” I replied, letting my frustration show in my tone. “I’d have to see how comfortable I become around all of you. Can you share me or will there be jealousy? For now, I’m offering my body to you for tonight. I can’t promise there will be a schedule or even a repeat.”
“Why wouldn’t there be a repeat?” He looked almost stricken at the idea. I got the feeling I wasn’t the only one here that had been hurt by the people who were supposed to care for us.
“Nothing in life is certain, Brix,” I said gently as I cupped his cheek. “We might not be compatible sexually. You might find you don’t like me as a person. Who knows? I’m not planning on leaving the area if that’s what you’re worried about. But I can’t guarantee that this will work. I offer you tonight. Do you want relief from your worries and to feel my body around yours?”
“Yes,” he moaned as he pulled me closer.
“Then stop talking about what might be and analyzing this to death and kiss me.” It worked because his lips were on mine. I started to divest him of his clothes, never breaking the kiss. It was my turn to be surprised when he pulled out a small bottle of oil from his pants. Glad he’d planned ahead because I’d forgotten the bottle Callum had brought before.
I cried out in pleasure as two slicked-up fingers pushed into my hole. I rode them as I stared into his eyes.
“I could get lost in your expressive eyes for a thousand nights, Taji,” he whispered before kissing me again. I held on as he stretched me and tortured my body in the best ways. Brix was different than his brothers. He needed. Oh, he was everywhere all at once he was so full of need and want. I swear the man had four hands and not just two.
When I was stretched he pulled his fingers free and rolled us so I was lying on the ground. His eyes met mine and I saw the desperation. “Please, Taji?”
I nodded at the request, having already said my body was his. It was sweet of him to ask again to make sure I hadn’t changed my mind. He plunged inside of me, giving a strangled groan of want as he did.
“Heaven. You feel like fucking heaven,” he rambled and cried out as he thrust into meharder and faster as he went. “Heaven filled with chocolate and cake. That’s what you feel like. I could eat you up as I take you.” He leaned over and kissed along my neck as if proving that last part. It would almost have been funny if he wasn’t bringing me such immense pleasure.
I was even having a hard time focusing on what he was saying. He plunged into my body over and over again, more times than I could count. I screamed his name, squirming under him as he took me with such force and need I moved along the grass. When he reached between us and stroked my dick, it was all over for me. I came so hard my back arched up with the force of it.
Brix’s climax was so forceful as well that I didn’t just feel him fill me up, I felt the bursting of it coming out of his cock. His whole body shook from it as mine did. I don’t know if it was his need I’d been feeling, wrapped up in or what, but it hadn’t been that long since I’d had sex last. It had just been last night with Dromio.
So why had I become this tight ball of need that released when I came? I wasn’t sure but my head was swimming when it was over.
“Is that worth a repeat?” He gasped, a wide grin on his face. I blinked up at him a few times before he rolled us over, sprawling me over his body.
“Yes,” I giggled as I traced his nipple with my finger and relearned how to breathe. “Give me a moment to recover and I’ll show you why your brothers passed out.”
“As appealing at that sounds,” he said gently as he kissed my shoulder,“I was wondering if you’d be willing to take me?” I lifted my head enough to meet his gaze and he shrugged. “I like the feeling of someone inside of me as much as I like being inside of another man.”
“I can understand that.” I layback down. There wasn’t a damn thing wrong with wanting the best of both worlds. “I’m not very good at being on top. I’ve only done a few times but I’d love to feel you wrapped around my cock.”
“I need a few more minutes,” he mumbled as he wrapped his thick arms around me. “You seem to have worn me out, Taji.”
“I know the feeling.” I kissed his chest, feeling like a nap myself. “We’re in no rush. I won’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight.”
“I know that,” he chuckled. “I saw you this morning in the kitchen and there were a lot of things I could have called you to describe the way you looked. But
pumpkin
wasn’t one of them. Though that might be a cute pet name.”
“Try it and I’ll never touch you again,” I threatened. We shared a laugh and snuggled into each other. After a quick nap, I stretched Brix out and took him. He passed out when we were done and I found myself exhausted. Maybe I had been pushing a little too hard lately. Then again, it was probably just the workout Callum had given me.
Either way, my limbs were tired and heavy feeling as I walked back to the barn. The moment I was in my stall I shifted back and fell asleep.

“Well why didn’t he say who gets to see him tonight?” Ansel bellowed from outside of the barn. I woke with a start, surprised I hadn’t awoken with dawn like normal.

“I’m telling you he wouldn’t say,” Brix answered loudly. “He said it wasn’t like he was going to draw up a schedule and that it would depend on how comfortable he became with us and if we were willing to share.”

“Obviously we can share if each of us has had him a night and it didn’t turn into jealousy,” Dromio said, sounding the only calm one.
“But I get him tonight,” Callum announced. I heard a few growls from the others as I unlatched my stall and walked quietly to the main barn door. “What? It’s my turn!”
“He’s not a toy to take turns with,” Dromio argued. “He was very upset when I asked about turns and made that clear that’s how he felt.”
“I don’t think he’s a toy either!” Callum exclaimed. I poked my head out of the opening just in time to see him throw his hands in the air. “So how else do we decide if he won’t choose?”
“I don’t know,” Dromio growled, completely exasperated. He turned to Brix then. “So he said it’s the first real meal he’s had in a long time? Do you think wherever he is during the day no one feeds him? Should I start making extras at meals for him?”
I thumped my head on the door. I’d wanted to make them happy, help out, and ease their stress. Now it seemed I was the cause of their stress. This wasn’t good.
“I don’t know,” Brix answered again.
“What
do
we know?” Ansel shouted. It became chaos as they all started yelling at once. I walked out of the barn and neighed loudly enough that I caughtall of their attention. I hadn’t planned on revealing myself like this. I hadn’t planned on doing it yet. But I couldn’t let them all be so upset over me… So I shifted.
“You know I’m not human,” I whispered when I was in man form, all of them staring at me in shock.
Callum found his voice first. “You’re our horse.”
“Yes, but I’m more than a horse,” I replied with a sigh. This was always the hard part. “I’m a bayard. A magical horse shape-shifter.”
“We fucked a horse,” Ansel whispered as his legs shook until he plopped down on the ground.
“Um,
no
you didn’t,” I corrected. “You fucked a man who just so happens to be able to change forms into a horse.
Big
difference.”
“Right, right, yes, of course,” he mumbled as he brought his knees to his chest. The others sat down as well before they fell over in shock. The silence dragged out until I couldn’t handle it anymore.
“I guess you’re done fighting over me because none of you wants me now,” I whispered and turned back toward the barn.
“We’re not saying that, Taji,” Callum said gently. “Give us a moment to process here, okay?” He held his hand out to me and I wasn’t sure what was the right move here, so I went with my gut. I walked over to him and took his hands, yelping when he yanked me into his lap. “No wonder you were such a smart horse. Do you know who we are in that form?”
“Yes, I’m completely sentient. I’m not just an animal when I’m in horse form. I know who I am, who you are, same hopes and dreams.”
“What do you dream about?” Ansel asked quietly as Callum ran his hands up and down my body. He was either trying to comfort me or himself. Maybe both?
“Of finding a home with love where I can be myself and stop being scared all the time,” I answered as I squirmed in Callum’s lap. Now he was just tickling my ribs. “To be happy.”
“Do we make you happy?” Callum’s voice had gone deep, lust filled. He fondled my groin and I gasped at the contact, so not what I was expecting with the line of questioning.
“Until you all started fighting about me,” I answered as I looked upat him. “I just wanted to make you smile, to know you could be wanted, and feel someone who wanted you. You were all so sad, and down. It hurt to see. I didn’t mean to
cause
distress.”
“Hey, we can talk later,” Brix said quietly as he moved closer. I stared up at him with wide eyes, not sure what he was about to do when Callum was touching me like this. “You were worried that we wouldn’t want you now that we know.” He cupped my cheek and leaned forward, brushing his lips over mine. “Nothing is further from the truth.”
“Really?” I whispered as my eyes burned with tears. They all nodded and I couldn’t hold back.I started bawling. “You can’t tell anyone what I am. People will kill you for me. Please don’t lock me in a room now that you know. I rather die than have that happen again. I need sunlight and to be able to shift when I want to.”
“Oh, Taji,” Callum whimpered as he held me tightly.
“And
please
don’t sell my ass to your friends as some sort of
magical lay
. I can’t give them powers through sex. They’ll just get mad and beat me. If you don’t want me I’ll stay in horse form and we can pretend this never happened,just please don’t abuse me. I can’t take any more. The decade with Ester was lonely and tiresome and maybe the best of my life because everyone left me alone.”
“What’s happening?” Ansel asked as I felt his hands rubbing my back.
“I think he’s having a muchneeded breakdown after what he’s suffered,” Dromio said gently. “Okay, time for the tall men to go to work while us short men have some quiet time in the kitchen eating frosting and fattening treats.”
“You’re not short,” I sniffled as he lifted me off of Callum’s lap and held me in his arms. “You’re tall enough to carry me.”
“Everyone’s tall compared to you, short stuff,” he teased and then kissed my tearsoaked cheeks. “But compared to all the big brutes of brothers I have, I am short.”
“I think you’re perfect and handsome, and a very tender lover,” I admitted with a blush.
“Be careful of what you say or we won’t have a relaxing morning.” I wasn’t sure what he meant until he waggled his eyebrows at me. “You’re too tempting as is and if you start talking about loving on you I’m going to end up burying my cock in your sweet ass.”
“That would be a welcomed distraction,” I mumbled as I buried my face against his neck, embarrassed I broke down like that. “If you’d still want me that is.”
“Enough of that,” he chastised as he swatted my butt. I moaned and squirmed in his arms. “Well that’s something we need to file away for later.”
“Huh? What?” I’d been so lost in the sensations of his hand on my ass I wasn’t following what he was saying.
“Do you like to be spanked, Taji?” Dromio asked in a husky tone as we entered the kitchen and he sat me down on the table, moving between my legs.
“I think so. That was the first time someone’s struck me when they weren’t trying to be mean.” I ducked my head as my cheeks heated up so fast I almost felt faint. “I liked it.”
Dromio cleared his throat as he lifted my chin so I met his eyes. “We can talk about that another time but right now, I’m comforting you. I know this was hard for you to admit to all of us and you should be rewarded for trusting us. What would you like?”
“Sex in a soft bed would be nice.” His eyes went wide and his chest heaved with lust. “Isn’t that what you meant?”
“No, I meant if you’d like some cake and coffee or muffins. You are the biggest temptation I’ve ever met.”
“Is that a bad thing?”
“No, baby,” he chuckled. “But we’re not making this about sex right now. What would fill your belly and make you smile?” I opened my mouth and he clapped his hand over it. “Don’t say cum. Please don’t say cum because I won’t behave then.” I nodded and he removed his hand. I was preening at how little control he had. Maybe I really was tempting?
But I decided to behavesince he was being so nice. “One of those delicious cinnamon rolls would be wonderful. I haven’t had coffee in many years so maybe just a small cup.”
“Done.” He leaned in and gave me a quick kiss before moving away.
“Dromio, what happens now?” I asked quietly as he bustled about the kitchen getting what I’d asked for.
“What do you mean, Taji?”
“What happens now that you all know about me? Do I go back to sleeping in the barn in horse form? I liked helping Callum plow the fields and whatnot. But I do hate the barn at night. I haven’t slept in a bed in over a century. And will any of you want me still? Do I have to choose or make up a schedule? I didn’t mean to upset everyone—” I’d been so busy rambling and freaking out that I hadn’t even seen Ansel step into the kitchen until he was kissing me.
“Would you like to sleep in a bed right now?” He growled as he nipped along my chin and neck. “We all realized if you were working as our horse and doing everything else that you have, along with spending time with us, you’ve not slept much.”
“I have to help Callum with the fields,” I moaned as he pushed me back against the table and moved his hands between mylegs. “Will we have more foreplay if you have more time with me now?”
“What do you mean, sweet Taji?” he asked as he lifted his head and stared into my eyes. His hand cupped my sac and toyed with my desire.
“Since I only came out at night it was always very quick to the sex,” I answered, my face heating up again. Maybe this would just be how I lived now… Always blushing. “I saw a couple many years ago and they spent hours just teasing and making each other come without even penetrating each other. I’ve always wanted to try that.”
“It would be our pleasure to tease you and make you come,” Callum said to my right. I turned my head to see him and Brix standing there staring at me with enough lust to make me shiver.
“He needs to eat first, Ansel. Brix said he practically inhaled that lamb stew last night,” Dromio stated as he elbowed his brothers aside.
“That was because it was so good,” I replied as I sat up. I had a sip of the strong coffee that made me cough a bit. Wow! That could put some hair on my smooth chest. “Callum is always really nice to me as a horse and makes sure I got more than enough food. I just liked your stew and baking much better.”
“Well now that we know the truth you can eat with us like a member of the family.” Callum smiled as they all sat down and watched me eat from my perch on the table.
“But if we’re family then we can’t…” I trailed off with a frown.
“We’re not related, Taji. You’d be like our lover part of the family. Then we could have all the sex you could handle,” Ansel clarified for me. I nodded and practically stuffed the sweet roll in my face.
I took a deep breath and asked the question that was the scariest for me. “With all of you? I like being with all of you but I don’t want to hurt anyone.” I ducked my head again and drank some more coffee. “I like all of you.”
“I don’t think any of us have any objections to that, Taji,” Brix said as he reached out and rubbed my knee for comfort. “Let’s just take things one day at a time and see how things go, okay? I know you weren’t ready to tell us what you are so let’s just go slow and let things take their natural course.”
I nodded and smiled as Dromio handed me another cinnamon roll. I ate it right up and finished the coffee. “Wow, that’s some good shit. I feel like I could run miles and miles and miles after drinking that.”
“Umm, you don’t have coffee often, do you, sweetie?” Ansel asked hesitantly as he glanced at his brothers.
“No, not in a few decades. I thought it was going to put hair on my chest.” I glanced down at my body and ran my hands over my smooth chest. “Nope. Still hairless. But that’s okay right? You guys like that I’m hairless there.” I didn’t wait for them to answer, my brain and body going faster than I could remember. And here I’d been tired earlier. “Can we get to the foreplay now? Or no, plow the field. I have to shift and plow the field.”
“Okay, keep him away from coffee from now on,” Callum chuckled as he held his arms open to me. In a flash I was straddling his lap as I tried to rip off his shirt. I was humping my hips against him as I moaned at the contact. “I change my mind. Feed him coffee all the time.”
“He’s like a little sexcrazed kitten,” Ansel added as he moved behind me. He knelt down and spread my ass cheeks before leaning forward and licking my hole.
“Holy fucking shit!” I screamed and glanced over my shoulder at him. “Please do that again. I’ll do anything to feel that again. I’ll bake muffins all night long or build another stone path.”
“I’m doing this to please you because of how good you’ve
already
been to us, Taji. Just enjoy it and then say thank you.” He went back to licking me and I started moving all over the place. Callum grabbed my hips and held me still as he kissed me. Then I felt a hand on my cock while lips kissed my shoulder. My body went into overload when someone started pinching my nipples and sucking up marks on my neck.
I lifted my head enough to stop kissing Callum so I could tell what was going on. “All of you? You’re all touching me at once?”
“Is that not okay?” Dromio asked before moving his head and biting one of my nipples. “You said you didn’t want to feel ganged up on but we thought that had changed since you told us the truth.”
“Okay, we can try it,” I moaned, not wanting to admit that all of them would still freak me out. “No holding me down, tying me up, or restraining me when there’s more than one.”
“Whatever you want, sweet Taji,” Callum agreed immediately.
“Whatever I want?” I gasped as Ansel’s finger went inside of me along with his tongue. Oh, Callum shouldn’t have agreed to that when I had centuries of wicked ideas built up in my mind.