Page 53 of Theoden
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
A FOOL’S LESSON
I felt a strong hand around my throat, the grip so powerful it jarred me out of my deep sleep. I opened my eyes to see Ara standing over me. I knew better than to reach for his hand or try to pry him off me. Instead, I kept my own hands at my sides as I lay in the bed.
“You used your powers against my children?” Ara growled, his eyes glowing red as his fangs were glistening with spit. I had never seen him this angry, not even when I had first defied him.
I knew I couldn’t tell him the same lie I had told Karim. I didn’t care if what I did to them was pleasurable or not. I had only wanted to bring them to heel and I had. Ara would know the truth, as a matter of fact, he already did.
“Father,” I whimpered as his grip tightened around my neck so painfully, it seemed as though he wanted to rip my head from my very shoulders!
“You are never to use your abilities to harm your brothers,” Ara growled.
“I—I did not… harm… them,” I manage to say through struggled gasps.
“Oh indeed, you only gave them powerful climaxes. Dragons are known to do that right before they kill their enemies.”
“I… I only… wanted… to… teach them… a … lesson,” I said through gritted teeth.
Ara snorted, then released his grip on my throat. “A lesson?”
I sat up a bit, propping myself on my elbow as I rubbed my sore throat. “It was in jest, Father.”
“What you did was a direct insult to me and a defiant act. I had given them orders to fuck you to sleep, not the other way around. Are you proud of yourself, Théoden?” Ara asked me. His eyes had returned to their normal, beautiful gray and his fangs had receded as well.
I looked around the room to see that my brothers were no longer there. It was just Ara and me. I returned my gaze back to him. “I knew it would not hurt them, Father. It would give them pleasure and I would be able to test my powers to see if I could bring powerful vampires to my will. I can.”
“I am impressed with your abilities, my son. But I am disappointed in your behavior. And, if you ever think to use any of them on me, as much as I love you, I will kill you. For betraying me is something I could never forgive. You will not use them on your brothers unless they ask for it, do you understand?”
Hearing him say that he would kill me struck fear to my very core. I had thought I’d never hear such a threat leave his lips in regards to me, but there it was.
“I understand, Father.”
“It is good that you do,” he said.
I was actually taken aback by the fact that he wasn’t punishing me.
“Now, for your punishment.”
Shit! I spoke too soon.
“For defying a direct order, you will suffer the silver rod. Your brothers will each take a turn. This will take place tonight, as the sun is upon us now,” Ara said, then he stripped naked and climbed in the bed beside me, taking me into his arms.
I didn’t know what he meant by the silver rod, but it if was silver, I knew it was going to be painful. I wasn’t looking forward to sunset.
***
Upon rising, I was not allowed to feed in any form, not blood, not sex. My brothers arrived one after the other, and when they did, I was taken downstairs to one of the dungeons and chained to the wall face first. The chains themselves didn’t burn, but I couldn’t break them as they were made from silver and had leather coverings.
With my arms and legs bound, there was nothing I could do, no way to escape what was coming. A part of me wanted to say that I was sorry. That I did not mean it, but then the other part of me was defiant and proud of my victory over them, regardless of how small.
“Do you know why you are here?” Ara asked me from behind.
“Because I defied your orders, Father, and attacked my brothers,” I said. Might as well be honest. Feigning otherwise would only extend my punishment.
“Correct. Let this be the last time I have to punish you, Théoden,” Ara said. He stepped up behind me and just his very proximity gave me comfort and piqued my desire. “I do this because I love you.” After whispering that last part in my ear, he walked away and I heard him say, “Begin.”
Karim was first, I could both sense his aura and smell him. “This will be fun… for us. You disappoint me, brother. You deserve this, you fool!” he growled in my ear right before I felt the stinging blunt end of a device against my ass cheeks.
