I awoke to the sound of humming. I was slowly coming round and recognised the humming as that of a woman’s. I opened my eyes and was greeted with a straw thatched roof. I moved my head and took in my surroundings. I was clearly in some house that I knew was not my own. I sat up on the hay bed and looked down at my arm. I was topless and there was a piece of cloth wrapped around my arm as well as wrapped around my chest.
The memory came back to me of why these would be there. The memory was blurry but the visions of my dead parents flooded my head. I closed my eyes and tried to compose myself. There would be time for grief but I had to find my sister. I had to save her.
I managed to get myself to my feet and groaned loudly as I made my way passed a wooden wall and supported myself against it as I looked out into the rest of the house. It was small and by a fire pit a blonde woman stood stirring a pot and humming.
“Where am I?” I spoke out.
“Oh you’re awake, you startled me!” The woman spoke as she turned to me. She must have only been a few years older than me by her looks. Her blonde hair was tied behind her head. Her hazel eyes peered back at me. She wore a long tatty dress that hid her figure well but not her ample chest. “How are you feeling?” She softly spoke as she approached me.
“I’m fine, but how?” I was confused. How did I get here and what happened. Who even was this woman.
“Here come sit!” She offered a chair at her small table and helped me sit. She scurried back over to the pot and spooned some stew into a bowl and brought it over to me. “Here eat this!”
“What’s going on?” I needed answers.
“Eat and I’ll tell!” She gestured to the steaming bowl in front of me.
I was hesitant at first but took a spoonful. It was pleasant and nice although a little hot.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“My name is Cari.” She smiled “Do you know your name!”
I paused and had to think “Ragnar!”
“Well Ragnar, can you remember what happened?” Her face turning more serious.
Again I had to think about what actually happened “my village was attacked by men bearing white wolves. One with a wolves fur cloak killed my father and possibly was the one that killed my mother also. They have my sister and I need to save her. I tried to attack the man but only managed to wound his face.”
“That man was likely Remus, Lord Romulos’ son and leader of the ‘Great White Wolves’. This is Lord Romulos’ elite warriors and do all his dirty work for him. Your sister is most likely alive but what fate awaits her is unknown!”
“I have to save her!”
“And you will but not yet!” Her hand reached out and grabbed mine. “You can’t do this alone and you need to heal.”
“My arm.” I questioned looking down at it. A stinging pain omitting from it and my back.
“Yes and your back!” She squeezed my hand tighter. “You are healing well!”
“How long has it been?”
“Five days!”
“FIVE days? How?” I was more confused.
“I am well versed in the art of healing of others and have been tending to you!”
“But how did I get here?” The dots in my head were not matching up.
“I was traveling with some traders and we saw the smoke coming from your village. We searched for any living and only found you. They helped me back here with you and I’ve tended you ever since.”
“So, so where are we?” I said quietly.
“We are in the valley of opimae. We are north west of your village and north east of the capital.”
I quietly eat some more of the stew. All the time piecing it all together in my head. Cari’s hand slowly moved from my hand up my arm and to my shoulder. Her finger traced down along the top of the cloth that was wrapped around me.
“I must admit you are quite the fine figure of a man. Your arms are well developed and muscular. Your chest is broad like your shoulders, firm to the touch.” Her eyes following her finger. “You must have been the eye of many ladies of your village?” Her gaze slowly lifting to meet mine.
“I um, I’ve never… no” I shamelessly admitted that I had never been with a lady in that way, in any way. It was a custom in certain parts of the Kingdom for men to find a wife by my age but it was something my father never enforced. He said there would be plenty time to find a wife when I had become a man and could fend for myself.
“Oh so you’ve never experienced the touch of a woman? Interesting” she said as she slyly bit her lip and traced her fingers back down my arm. “Eat up” she smiled as she got up and went back over to the pot.
I have admired the ladies of my village and wanted to lay with them before but it was nothing more than stolen glances. It wasn’t until I went to get up from the table that I realised that my cock had become very hard. Hiding my embarrassment I sat back down and waited for it to shift. It took a lot longer than I thought and after I had exchanged some more small talk with Cari, I excused myself.
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Several more days passed and I was feeling much more myself. My arm and back had healed almost back to normal. Part of me wondered if she was a witch. These kind of wounds could take weeks to heal.
With each passing day I spent more and more time gaining strength. Unfortunately I had no sword but used a large stick to practice with. It was summer time and it was always too hot to train with a top on. I could sense Cari was watching me, I could feel her eyes on me but every time I looked her way she was gone.
About a week had passed and I was back to somewhat normal. The horrors of my parents and sister still haunted me but I was now fit enough to start my quest to find my sister.
“I need to go to my village!” I told Cari one morning.
“Why would you want that?” A confused look on her face.
“I need to burn my parents bodies and find my fathers sword! I’ve waited long enough and now I’m strong!”
“That you are, I can’t deny. It’s a dangerous trip!” Her face concerned.
My look was stubborn, I wasn’t actually asking for permission.
“Let me gather some things, can you ready Polia?” Polia was Cari’s grey horse.
Soon after we set off. I rode Polia with Cari behind me, her arms wrapped around my torso.
She guided me where to go and soon my village was on the horizon. Small plums of smoke rose in the air as crows circled around.
“So much death!” Cari murmured as we made our way to the centre.
I pulled Polia to a halt and slide off. Turning to help Cari down. I silently approached the bodies of my parents. There was a foul stench in the air. The crows and indeed wolves had gotten to most of the bodies. I praised whatever god above that my parents hadn’t been mutilated too much. My fathers sword was laying under his body. I pulled it out from under him. It was still in an ok condition but needed cleaned.
“Will you help me?” I softly asked Cari, my voice close to breaking.
“Of course, I’ll gather some wood!”
Cari set off to gather some timber as I did the same. We built a small pile next to my parents and Cari helped me as we lifted my father and then my mother onto the pile. It wasn’t a pleasant ordeal by any imagination. Cari pulled a small piece of steel from her pocket and struck it against the flint and lit some small tinder before placing under the wood.
We stood back as we watched the small flame grow larger and consumed the bodies of my parents.
“Ut haec ultima requiem invenire et in pace, animam meam vadit; Amen” Cari spoke her head bowed.
I had no idea what she just said but knew it to be a prayer of some sort “Amen” I simply said.
We stood in relative silence as we watched the fire die down to small embers.
“I’m ready” I said as I turned away and walked back over to Polia.
Again I rode Polia with Cari behind me. The journey back to her home was quiet but not awkward. We got back to her house just as night was beginning to set in. She offered me food but I wasn’t hungry. I just went and lay down on the bed that had become mine since my arrival. Cari had a sort of separate room at the opposite end of her house.
I spent maybe around a hour cleaning my fathers sword and getting it back to a much better condition. I had never noticed it before on the base of the blade was an engraving “Leones Legione.” I wondered if it had something to do with what Remus had said about my father being in some Lions Legion.
I placed my fathers sword next to me and undressed. I lay on my back and closed my eyes, hoping sleep would consume me.
I had no idea how much time had passed when I sensed something or someone close to me. I opened my eyes and in the little light provided by the full moon and fire from the next room, I was met with Cari’s hazel eyes.
“Cari what…” I was interrupted by Cari’s slender finger pressed against my lips as she climbed on top of me, straddled across my crotch.
“Ssshhh don’t speak!” She softly whispered as she leaned down towards me. Her finger was now replaced by her mouth. Her lips tenderly pressed against mine. I inhaled her sweet scent through my nose, it smelt like flowers, it was intoxicating. Her lips pressed harder against me before they parted. A nimble tongue ran across the line of my mouth, probing for a way in. I inhaled her scent deeply and parted my mouth. Her tongue snaked it’s way into my willing mouth and found my tongue. It coaxed me to tangle in a dance of passion and I was all to happy to oblige.
I had never kissed a girl before never mind kiss one like this. It was sending thrills through my whole body. It felt like all the worries in the world were being drawn away. Our tongues twirled around each other. Our lips still locked together, tenderly kissing.
I became all to aware that my cock was now rock hard and pressed against her crotch. A soft moan escaped Cari’s lips as she rubbed against me. My thin pants the only thing separating our bodies. Her night dress hung loosely on her slender figure and flowed down across her thighs.
Our kiss became more heated as Cari rubbed herself harder against me. Our kiss was full of passion and pleasurable moans. I have never experienced anything like this before and it felt incredible.
Cari leaned back up and in the small of the light I could see her take her dress off. Her nice round mounds were now on display. Her tiny pink nipples sticking out little hard nubs. Her hands found mine as she pulled them up her body and placed them on her chest. They were firm in my hands and she used my hands to squeeze them. Louder groans escaped Cari’s mouth. Her hands left mine as she ran them through her hair and arched her back. My hands squeezing harder as she moaned. I pinched her nipples between my fingers as Cari bit her lip in pure ecstasy.
She shot forward and our lips embraced again in a hot kiss. My hands still firmly squeezing her round mounds between us. Cari kissed me deeper as her crotch rubbed faster against me. She rubbed so fast that her body started to shudder. I stopped squeezing her breasts and held her by her hips.
“Are you ok?” I naively asked as she arched her back away from me.
Her fingers found my lips again this time as two or three of them pressed against my lips. Her body shuddered several more times before she sat up.
“You have much to learn!” She giggled. Cari now lifted herself off of me and wiggled down as she removed my pants. Once they were off she moved back to where she was. My cock now felt the warm wetness of her body. It felt slick against my member.
Cari reached a hand down and took hold of my cock as she raised her hips.
My head exploded as my cock entered her womanhood. It wrapped tightly around my shaft as her body slide down it’s length. Low gasps escaped from Cari’s mouth as her crotch rested against mine. My cock now fully inside her. It felt tight around me but at the same time amazing.
Cari sat there wordlessly for a few moments before she began to raise her hips up and down. If I felt good before I was wrong. The sensation of her inner muscles almost milking my cock was pure bliss. Without even really thinking my hands found her hips again and I began to meet her movements with my own. I would thrust up into her as she would slide back down me. Her moans became louder as groans of my own escaped my mouth.
The sounds of our bodies clashing together and our mutual moans filled the night air. It wasn’t long before I felt a tingling sensation coming from deep inside me. It grew quicker and suddenly a rush of pleasure overwhelmed me. I naturally thrust up into Cari as my cock twitched and the felling of something bursting from inside me filled Cari’s sex.
I groaned loudly as I pumped into her. After several moments I lay back, drained as Cari once again moaned loudly as her body twitched and shuddered on top of me. Her breathing was laboured and slow. She pulled herself up and lay next to me.
I lay still, trying to catch my own breathe as I could feel my cock slowly shrink back down to a somewhat normal state. I could feel Cari’s body shift next to me as she pressed her body against mine, her arm draped across my chest. A warming feeling filled me as I closed my eyes with a large smile on my face and let sleep take control.