The Lady in the White Tower
By
UCSBdad
Disclaimer: I own neither towers nor castles. Rating: K Time: In an AU future, or perhaps an AU past.
He drew his sword and in spite of Lotus's warning to grab Kate first and foremost, he slashed at the outlaw nearest to him, severing one arm. He grabbed the screaming man and threw him into the center of the vines. The vines at once began attacking him. Castle grabbed Kate and pulled her away, getting two or three stings on his face where his armor and helmet didn't protect him.
The other three outlaws were easily taken care of by Lotus, who threw one dead outlaw and two barely living ones into the poison vines.
"Her pulse is weak. Is there medicine for her?"
"Yes, back at the camp. Her ladies can cure her, but we must hurry." Lotus knelt. "Get on my back with her and hold her. I'll be going as fast as I can."
Indeed, she did and they were back at the camp in no time. However, only one of Lady Kate's redheaded ladies was in the camp. The others were busy elsewhere and no where near. Castle ran to Lady Kate's wagon with the one redhead and Lotus right behind. As he put Kate down on her bed.
Lotus stuck her head in the wagon. "I'd appreciate in, Baron, if you didn't mention my part in this, nor the fact that I can talk."
"I'll do that." Castle said absentmindedly. He had other things on his mind.
The redhead went through a cabinet and brought out a large bottle of some kind of salve. "We need to undress Lady Kate. She's been stung all over her body."
"Undress her?" Castle was quite unused to undressing unconscious ladies.
"Yes, you ninny!" The redhead snapped. "Do you want her to die? We need to get the salve on her wounds at once. At once, do you understand?"
Castle and the girl undressed Lady Kate in record time.
"I'll start at the feet, you start at the head." The redhead said, putting the bottle of salve between them on the bedframe.
Castle dipped his finger in the salve and began rubbing it on the wounds on her face and neck. He tried lifting her head to get the wounds on her back, but the redhead stopped him.
"We'll turn her over when we're done with the front."
He worked down her arms and hands and then was faced with treating her perky breasts. They were quite firm and perky he noted. Not as large as some he'd seen, but nicely shaped, nonetheless. He reached for one very slowly.
"What are you waiting for?" The redhead barked. "Do you think she'd rather die that let you touch her breasts? Stupid man! She has a lot of wounds on her breasts, put salve on your hands and rub them. Certainly, you must have touched a woman's boobs before."
Castle did as he was told and found her boobs were nice and firm. He also noticed that her nipples came erect as he rubbed the salve into her wounds.
Having done her front, they turned her over and worked on her back. Although he never touched her lower than her waist, Castle couldn't help noticing that she had a perfect ass.
Finally, they were done, and as they finished, the remainder of the redheads came rushing in, all wanting to help. Even though there was little to do, the other redheads busied themselves, cleaning Lady Kate's bloody dress, dressing her in a nightgown and making soup for when she awoke.
The redhead who had helped him, stood before Castle with her eyes downcast.
"Baron Castle, I was quite rude to you just now and that in unforgivable in a servant. I will accept any punishment you inflict upon me."
"Alexis, I think…"
"I'm Alyssa, Baron Castle."
"Yes. Alyssa, then. I don't think your actions were rude, just necessary under the circumstances. No punishment is needed. In fact, I apologize for not helping you with Lady Kate more quickly."
"Thank you, Baron Castle. But there is one more thing."
"Yes?"
"I need to put some salve on your face. You were stung at least three times."
Alyssa got the bottle of salve and gently rubbed salve on his face.
"You should clean your armor as well, Baron. The poison is still on it and when you touch any part of your armor with poison on it, you'll be poisoned."
Castle went off to clean his armor and think about the beautiful Lady Kate.
Word that something had happened to Lady Kate spread through the camp like wildfire. So many were asking Castle what happened that he gathered as many men and women that were present in camp and spoke to them.
"I was out walking and heard a commotion. I found four outlaws pushing Lady Kate into some sort of vine. The vine had thorns and she was bleeding from where she was hit. I disposed of the four and brought her back to camp. Luckily, Alyssa was present and knew that Lady Kate had been attacked by some sort of poison vine. She had medicine there and saved Lady Kate."
Castle didn't like lying to his own people, but this preserved Lotus' secret and kept him from having to admit that he had manhandled Lady Kate.
"I know those vines." Growled Long Jehan. "We need to go destroy them now before they kill again. Lead us to them, Baron Castle."
Castle took a party of twenty men, armed with torches, and led them to the vines. He was happy to see that the dead outlaws were nearly covered by the vines so that no one could tell they had been killed with fang and claw and not with a sword.
They not only burned the vines, but one of the redheads brought a bucket of some kind of poison that would keep the roots of the vine from sprouting anew.
"Thank you, Alana. That was quick thinking on your part." Castle said.
The girl curtsied. "Thank you, Baron Castle, but I'm Alice."
"Of course, you are." He muttered.
It took two days for Lady Kate to recover, but on the evening of the second day, one of the redheads came to Castle.
"Lady Katherine would like you to come to dinner in her wagon this evening. Around sundown?"
"Are you sure Lady Kate is up to it? She was very ill."
The girl laughed. "Lady Katherine is a very strong woman, Baron. She's certainly up to having dinner with you."
"I that case, I accept. And thank you….Alina?"
The girl smiled. "I'm Alexis." And she was off.
When he arrived at the wagon, only Lady Kate was inside. However, the food was prepared and looked and smelled delicious. Lady Kate stood by the table, dressed in her usual white gown.
"Please be seated, Baron Castle. Would you like some wine with the meal? It's mostly beef, so I have some red wine ready."
"That will be fine." He said, sitting. "Are you sure you're all right, Lady Kate?"
"I'm fine." She said, leaning over him to pour the wine. He distinctly smelled the aroma of cherries.
She sat and both began to eat.
"I understand that I owe you my life."
"You owe it to me and to Lotus. She came and found me and brought me to you. And she took care of three of the four outlaws who were attacking you."
"But if Lotus alone had tried to save me, we'd both be dead."
"As I said, it took the two of us."
"Are you at all curious that Lotus can talk?"
"Yes, but she asked me to not mention it, so I haven't said a word, even to her."
"If all goes well, we'll meet more of her people. Then I think they'll tell you about themselves."
"I look forward to hearing it."
She smiled. "And I understand that you helped to apply the salve to my body."
Castle blushed. "Lady Katherine, if I have offended you in any way, I sincerely apologize. It was never my intent…"
She laughed. "If never had a man apologize for enjoying my body before. I think in the future, you should call me Kate. May I call you Richard?"
"I'm usually called Rick."
"Then, thank you, Rick."
"You're welcome, Kate." Castle thought for a moment. "If I may ask, how did you get attacked? I've seen you fight, you know."
She blushed. "A victim of my own good heart, I'm afraid. They said they were poor and hungry and could I give them a bit of food. I was taking them back to our camp when they threw me in the bush before I could do anything. You know the rest."
The dinner was excellent from the soup at the start to the desert at the end. There also seemed to be a different wine for every course. Somehow, Kate managed to bring each course to the table by simply leaning down and bringing it to the table. Castle wondered how she did it, but after a bit more wine, stopped caring about that.
The following may be a bit more than K. If you'd rather not read it, I'll tell you when it's safe.
At the end of the meal, Kate rose and walked around the table to him. Castle's eyes widened as he saw that her white gown had somehow become totally transparent. He tried to think of something to say, and failed.
She lifted one leg up and straddled his lap.
"Really, Rick. It's nothing you haven't seen before. And enjoyed. I do hope you enjoyed stroking my boobs. "She leaned in and whispered in his ear. "I'd be devastated if you didn't."
"They're perfect and I've never wanted to touch a woman's boobs more than I want yours."
Kate laughed. "Then, please, go ahead."
Castle looked down. Somehow the top of Kate's gown had fallen away, exposing her bare boobs. She leaned into him and he took her left boob into his mouth and gently stroked the other one. He found that her nipples were already engorged. He thought that, oddly enough, they tasted of cherries.
After a minute he moved his mouth to the other nipple and after stroking her now slippery left boob, moved his hand down her body. He found that her gown had somehow completely fallen away.
"You have no hair down there." He said.
"It's common among my people to remove all hair below the head."
"Who are your people?"
She laughed. "Do you really care?"
He said nothing but continued to suck on her boob. In addition to being hairless, she was also very wet, while he was very hard.
"Um, you'll need to move so I can…."
"Allow me. She said, moving slightly. Then he felt his pants sliding down to about his knees and his erection sprang free.
"Oh! I am glad I opened that. It's very, very nice." She said, sliding her hand over his cock. Then, she lifted herself up and impaled herself on him.
She was wet and smooth and very tight. Since it seemed to be what she wanted, he let her do the work, moving up and down on him erotically.
"It's been so long." She moaned.
"Me too." He replied, although it hadn't been that long since he'd been with a woman, but he had never been with a woman like her. Ever.
Neither one was able to last very long. Just as he exploded inside of her, Castle felt Kate's arms and thighs squeeze him tightly and she let out a long, loud moan.
He held her for long minutes as they both got their breath back.
It's safe to read now.
Finally, Kate spoke." I knew that you were a brave man, and an excellent commander, but you're more than that."
"In what way?"
"Alyssa said she was rude to you when you two were putting the salve on my body. Later you apologized to her for not acting more promptly. I've never known an Imperial nobleman who would allow a servant to berate them without punishing the servant severely."
"I suppose I should confess that I'm not the average Imperial noble."
"No? Then tell me how you became an Imperial noble who is not average." Kate moved onto his lap and rested her head on his shoulder. He noticed that somehow her gown was once again solid white and covered her.
TBC