Elemental Shadowed by Helen Scott

28

Dresden

Listening to Griff and Tessa fuck while I packed was not exactly my idea of a good time. Now, maybe if I was involved it would be different, but it didn't seem likely for something like that to happen when she was Griff's damned mate.

I wanted to yell at my cock to stop paying so much attention to what was going on in the other room if we couldn't do anything about it, but it just throbbed in my pants. My frustration was mounting, not just with Tessa and my inability to seem to connect with her any more, but with the secrets I was hiding as well.

The scroll I received claimed to be from my aunt, but that was impossible.

The thing that none of my friends seemed to remember was that my aunt died a long time ago, right after I was sent off to train to be a candidate to go to the origin realm. It was the only other scroll I'd ever received, so it was easy to remember.

Someone had sent me this new scroll knowing that it would pique my curiosity and would bring me home. It wasn't that I thought the words on the paper were lies, I thought most of them were true. The only lie I could discern was that the letter came from my aunt.

So if it wasn't from my aunt, then who the hell had sent it and why? It wasn't like my family was important. One of the main reasons I'd been sent to training was because my parents couldn't afford to feed me once I got the appetite of a teenage boy.

Whoever it was wanted one of the travelers, one of the origin realm warriors to come home, and I was guessing it was me because they knew I was on the team that had retrieved the key. If they knew that then they probably thought I'd bring the key with me, which was exactly what I was doing.

I didn't like being played, and I didn't like feeling like I was walking into a trap, but I also couldn't turn away from what was happening in my own realm. If we did then we'd be going to El Dorado until they chose a new king and who knew how long that could take?

The only other place we could go was Kai's realm, Agartha, but he seemed to be handling them with kid gloves, so I wasn't sure going there was the best idea either. Going to Hyperborea at least meant that we stood a chance at saving some lives. If I had to parade Tessa around a bit that wasn't too bad, was it?

We could show her off, hopefully she'd be able to do whatever she needed to for my realm and we could move on with the kingdom settled once more and no more innocent lives being lost. I just wish I had a better idea of what was going on, and that I wasn't basing so much of my conclusion off assumptions.

The shout of Tessa's orgasm was enough to have me debating about getting myself off before we left. Clearly she and Griff were enjoying themselves, and I knew from the thoughts that were swirling around Finn's head that he wanted to join them again. Apparently the two of them being with Tessa at the same time was his new favorite thing to think about.

North Winds save me.

In that moment I did something I'd never done before, I used my powers to see into Griff's mind, to see what he saw. It was voyeuristic, I knew that, and I knew I shouldn't do it without their permission, but the noises coming from that room made it next to impossible to concentrate on anything else.

His thoughts were centered on Tessa and giving her pleasure as he fucked her. I could see her writhing against him, her swollen lips, pert pink nipples, the lithe line of her abdomen as she curled toward him as he pumped her up and down on his cock. Her breasts bounced with each thrust and when he looked at his cock disappearing into her I knew that I wouldn't be able to leave this room without relieving some of this need I had.

In swift, sure motions I freed my cock from my pants and stroked it in time with his thrusts, imagining it was me fucking her, me making her come on my cock, me filling her over and over again as she whispered my name. My orgasm overwhelmed me in just a few moments, showing me just how pent up I was, and how much I wanted Tessa.

We were all so screwed.

All of us wanted her, but could we all have her? I doubted it.

After I cleaned myself up I grabbed my bag and went out into the main room. I saw Finn sitting on one of the couches looking completely at ease with himself, while Kai was prowling the room like a caged animal.

"We're supposed to be leaving for my realm. Can you go intervene before they go for round two?" I asked Finn, trying to sound as annoyed as possible.

He nodded and walked in without a knock or anything. A noise of surprise came from Tessa and Finn's voice sounded loud enough for us all to hear, like he was bragging about something we all already knew. "What? We had a threesome the other night. I figure this is fine, especially if you're going to date all of us."

For some idiotic reason Kai thought he should go into the room as well, I have no idea why. All he did was walk in and turn and walk back out, his face as red as a balloon.

There was a quiet exchange between the three lovers before Finn announced, "Anyway, I just came in to tell you that the rest of us are ready to go if you two are done screwing each other's brains out? Come on, we've got a realm to go and save."

Tessa hissed something and a moment later Griff appeared stark naked as he walked from their little fuck room to the room he'd been sharing with Finn. He was all swagger and confidence.

He grinned devilishly at us and for the first time in a long time I actually wanted to punch him. I blanked my face so he couldn't see the effect he was having on me as he strolled into his room.

"Careful, brother, you're turning green," Kai said quietly with a snort to himself.

"Yeah? I guess we match then, don't we?" I snarled.

When Tessa emerged from her room, duffle bag in hand, she had that glow about her that she got after sex and I had to push my emotions away. I couldn't dwell on the fact that I'm the one that screwed myself out of a chance with her.

Kai just pouted and went to sit off by himself while we waited for Griff and Finn to get the rest of their shit together.

"So where are we going to land?" Tessa asked as she flopped into the arm chair.

"It should be at the castle in the queen's receiving room, but since the state of affairs is what it is, that could be wrong. I can't imagine it's got that bad though."

"Will we meet your aunt?" she asked, as though she knew exactly what I was worried about.

"Unlikely. My family is poor and live far away from the castle, which is where we'll be." Not to mention she's dead, I added mentally.

I feel sick lying to my brothers and Tessa but I can't take the chance that if they knew the truth they wouldn't want to go. This needed to happen. Not just for me but my people. I couldn't let them die at the hands of a mad queen.