Chapter 12
"So, we need to find a trainer for you," Dave said.
"Yeah, we do," Dania said, feeling more than content, as she lay beside Dave in the humongous bed that was in their room. "At the moment, though I'm feeling so lazy I don't care about getting training for my magic. The things you did to me once I had accepted your tooth are out of this world. You sure did wear me out though."
"Was that a complaint?" Dave teased lightheartedly. "You seemed pretty eager for me to keep making love to you."
"Definitely not a complaint," Dania told him her voice, lazy and sleepy. "In fact, you are welcome to do all the things you did to me anytime you please and I will not only not complain I will participate eagerly, even if that makes me a whore."
"Why would participating when involved in sex make you a whore?" Dave asked his lips twitching.
Dave already knew the answer really, but he wanted to hear it in Dania's own words.
"Because according to the rules of society, a woman is just supposed to lay there and take whatever a man does to her without complaint or actively participating. Resisting and saying no when a man wants to have sex with his wife is grounds for divorce," Dania told Dave. "Also, if you do participate, then apparently you aren't a lady of excellent breeding, which makes you a whore if anyone was to find out. You would be talked about maliciously behind a ladies fan, brought up to cover her mouth as she sneered at you from behind it."
"Just because you enjoy having sex does not make you a whore no matter what society thinks," Dave told her firmly. "Eventually, society standards will change to where a woman can participate in the sexual act and not be considered a whore or any other name that society thinks to call you just because you don't follow along with some of their more ridiculous rules, which were created by men in any case who want to put women on top of a pedestal. You can be a trendsetter."
"Well, it's not like I ever attend any of their social functions anyway where they could let their displeasure with me known," Dania giggled good humor restored.
"I might be wealthy, but I'm not part of that social set nor would I want to be," Dave said. "We had the same kind of thing in my realm, social rules that a certain class had to follow or be considered outcasts or rebels. You had to act a certain way whenever out in public, and I always thought that the rules of society were ridiculous even then. I know that they're not exactly the same between my realm and this one, but they're certainly similar enough."
"It doesn't matter where you go there will always be those that are rich, and those that are not, and each will have their own rules. It just seems to be the ways of the universe. Wherever there are sentient beings there will be different classes," Dania said, shaking her head.
"True," Dave agreed, even as he kissed the side of Dania's neck to show that he was more than ready to make love to her again.
"Another?" Dave asked Dania with a hopeful pleading look, and Dania giggled immediately giving in.
"If you mean another round of sex, I'll be happy to oblige, but after that well, you need to give me time to recover, as I'm going to be sore as it is, since I've never indulged in sex before you, as my first time was on the train here not that long ago."
"It's just that I'm so thrilled that you accepted my tooth," Dave tried to explain. "Usually, I'm a very patient dragon, but where you're concerned, I can be rather impatient."
"You can be as amorous as you want to be so long as you give me time to recover in between lovemaking sessions. I certainly don't mind, I promise, as making love to you is my new favorite activity," Dania told him sincerely smiling brilliantly, which was like the sun rising in the east. "You are my first lover as you know and also my last."
"Well, good. I'm very pleased that I will be your only lover and that there are no men in your past that had you in that way," Dave said, as he began placing his lips along her long sensual neck again before moving lower.
Dania was soon begging him, pleading for her release and Dave tortured her teasingly for quite a while before finally allowing her to climax immediately taking his own release right along with his mate's.
"That was something else," Dania panted feeling absolutely exhausted and invigorated all at the same time as she lay covered in her own sweat and also her sexual release as well as Dave's seed. She was filthy and she didn't even care. "I think I'm going to take a little nap now before I get a bath," Dania said, even as she drifted off to sleep.
Dave watched her from his side of the bed, as his mate drifted off to sleep contentedly and wished with all his heart that she was pregnant, as he would love a child with her, his mate. Unfortunately, he well knew it wasn't likely since dragons had so much trouble conceiving, and that was even with someone besides a female of their kind. He couldn't help but hope that she was though, but if she wasn't, Dave knew it would happen eventually hopefully after his brother had been dealt with, because Miles would have no problem putting any child of his to death along with the mother.
His brother was very ambitious and also ruthless.
Finally, Dave drifted off to sleep beside his mate, curling his body protectively around hers in order to protect her even while he rested.
~~~Dave and Dania~~~
"You are adorable curled up like a cat, did anybody ever tell you that?" came the voice of David Rossi as Dania begin to wake uncurling her body from where she was laying on her side and stretching herself, even as she yawned hugely.
"Am I?" Dania asked him, blinking at Dave sleepily.
"You are," Dave confirmed smiling. "You look like a contented cat sleeping in the sun when you curl your body like that when you're not aware of doing it. Trust me, you look adorable and beautiful."
"Only you would think that, as I know exactly what I look like when I first wake up and I am hardly beautiful or adorable," Dania told him, even as she tried to smooth her hair down, knowing she likely had a bad case of bedhead since she usually did when she first woke up. She really needed to remember to braid her hair before she went to sleep as that would prevent her hair from looking like it did when she woke up. It was just that she didn't often have the energy to braid her hair before she went to sleep at least not while she had been working at the grill, but she really needed to get into the habit as it would stop her hair from frizzing when it was hot or getting tangled.
"If you really think that, you're not seeing yourself clearly. I think you're gorgeous and adorable and my opinion in this case is the only one that matters. Beauty after all is all in the eye of the beholder and I think you're very beautiful, even when you first wake up with wild, tangled hair and all, despite what you believe," Dave snorted in amusement.
Dania said nothing simply rose realizing that she really had to use the toilet and headed in that direction without a word, even though she moved more slowly than normal because she was so sore from indulging in so much sex.
Dave listened with his keen hearing, as she used the facilities and when she didn't come out, he figured she was probably trying to get rid of the tangles in her hair from having slept like she had.
"You know, I think we're very lucky that this hotel you got us a room that actually has indoor bathrooms, without either one of us having to use a chamber pot overnight as those things are kind of disgusting," Dania said winkling her nose as she mentioned, how disgusting chamber pots were after she finally emerged from the bathroom with her hair, straightened out and brushed neatly. Dania's hair was long and dark brown and Dave loved to run his fingers through it. It was so long that it went nearly to her waist, which was why it tangled so badly when Dania lay down to sleep.
"That's one reason I always try to get into a five star place as they usually have such things," Dave told her. "You probably won't get indoor plumbing at other hotels, though eventually every public place will have indoor plumbing, but that's decades away at least."
"That will be nice," Dania said. "I suppose I'll have plenty of time to see that happen considering I just accepted your tooth."
"Oh, you will you'll see cities get more and more advanced, as the centuries pass, as new technology is invented and indoor plumbing is just the least of it. I predict that when that day comes, every building will have indoor plumbing houses and public buildings and things like outhouses and chamber pots will be a thing of the past," Dave said.
"That would indeed be very nice, since I just finished telling you that I've always thought using a chamber pot overnight is disgusting," Dania said. "Let's hope your predictions come true, sooner rather than later."
"They will. You'll see," Dave told her smiling at her tenderly.
"I suppose I will," Dania allowed. "Now that I'm awake though and have used the facilities, I need a bath."
"I'll be happy to join you if you want me to," Dave offered. "I can help you wash your hair and your back since I know how hard it is for a woman to wash long hair like you have.
"Yeah, it is a chore," Dania agreed. "I doubt most men would offer to help a woman wash herself."
"Haven't you figured it out by now that I'm not like most men?" Dave asked with an eyebrow raised inquiringly, a little smile on his lips. "Besides, for all, you know, if a husband truly loves his wife then he offers to help her in the bath, and if he doesn't, that's his loss. Personally, I will greatly enjoy washing your entire body, your hair included, and if we happen to have sex during the process, so what? What happens in the privacy of our home or at least our rented room in this case is no one's business.
"The way that society expects you to behave even in privacy is just ridiculous," Dave said. "At the very least, most men treat their women as servants instead of their wives with equal rights and privileges. I think you'll find I won't act like most men do in private at least."
"I think that's a good thing, personally," Dania told him then added suddenly feeling bold, as she knew, Dave wouldn't think less of her just because she spoke her mind unlike most men. "You're welcome to help me wash my hair and my back or any other part of my body anytime you want to."
"Which will be often," Dave told her with a sexy grin.
"I won't mind and in fact, I'll probably appreciate the help, especially if I ever get pregnant," Dania said.
"That's for the future, but believe me, I'll help you out as much as I can doing you're pregnancy when that happens," Dave told her, as he grinned again, imagining his mate's belly rounded with his child. That would indeed be a blessing, though he didn't expect Dania to get pregnant anytime soon, which was truly a shame.
"Of course, by then, we'll probably be in my realm and I'll have royal duties I must perform, but I will help you as much as I can regardless," Dave said.
"To tell you the truth, it's probably better if you don't get pregnant until Miles is dealt with, because my brother will have no trouble killing off our son or daughter along with the mother. He won't care that our child will technically be his niece or nephew, so it's just as well that our species has so much trouble conceiving. Hopefully, by the time a child comes along, my brother will have been dealt with permanently.
"Well, we'll see how it goes," Dania decided. "Your brother is a nasty piece of work that he'd be willing to kill off our child just because he or she would technically be next in line for the throne tells me everything I need to know about how evil he is. Of course, really, I already knew that considering he overthrew the legal ruling body and has tried to assassinate you on multiple occasions, but to kill off a defenseless child, just because they would be your heir is evil."
"You know, I don't disagree with you," Dave told her. "Which is why it's better that you don't get pregnant until he's been dealt with, as then we'll only have to watch out for assassination attempts from whoever we miss during the purge of Miles followers."
"That's for later," Dania said then changed the subject. "I know I won't be old for a long time and still able to get pregnant for many decades to come, though that's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around."
"I know and I'm sorry," Dave told her accepting the change of subject.
"It's not your fault and I'm fine," Dania assured him. "It might be a hard concept to wrap my head around, but not as hard as you think, because I've always known that there are forces out there that most people don't believe in, but then I'm a witch so that's different from being a regular human."
"So why don't we go somewhere and get us a meal after you get your bath, of course?" Dave suggested, as his stomach rumbled.
"Apparently, sexual intercourse makes you hungry," Dania teased him.
"What can I say? I used a lot of energy making love to my beautiful mate. Not just once but multiple times before we both fell asleep," Dave told her looking very satisfied. Dave remembered, spurting his seed into his mate multiple times before they had both fallen asleep very happy just to be together.
"You made me so happy when you told me you'd accept my tooth, which means you'll never leave me until we both pass on to the next world many hundreds of years from now. Having you by my side, makes me very happy and more content than I have ever felt in my long life."
"That's very sweet and also endearing, Dave," Dania told him.
"I'm glad you think so, as it's the truth. Now about that food," Dave replied.
"I could definitely eat," Dania agreed. "If we're going to go out to dinner, though, I'll just do a quick wash up as we really don't have time for me to get a bath. Taking a bath and washing my hair always takes at least an hour and my hair definitely won't dry for several hours after that. We'll have to save taking a bath together for another time since we're both hungry.
"As disappointed as I am, you're right, so you just do a quick wash up so that you're presentable and I do the same and then we'll both get something to eat. So should we go somewhere if anything is open that is," Dave asked, as he checked his pocket watch for the time. "Or do you want to order room service?"
"I say go out, if anything is open," Dania decided. "I need some fresh air so going out to get some food. makes sense."
"I'll ask the guy behind the desk what's open," Dave said. "He should know. I'll call the front desk now and ask if there's anything open this late and if there's not then we'll just have to order room service."
It was after 6 o'clock, which made it dinnertime for most people, which meant that there should be at least some restaurants open to catch the dinner crowd, though most people cook at home. At least they did if the men had wives or mothers that could cook for them. As for the ladies most of them cooked at home, unless their husband or the man that was courting them wanted to treat them by taking them out to dinner instead of them eating separately, since it was considered improper for a man and a woman to be together, unless they were married without a chaperone.
Technically, by human standards, Dave and Dania were not married. However, since Dania was his mate, and being mates was the same as marriage in his society so to Dave, they were wed, which just meant it would not be improper for them to have dinner without a chaperone as anybody who saw them would assume they were married due to the rings on their fingers. What nobody else knew didn't matter.
Besides, considering they were already having sex being seen without a chaperone was just a minor thing.
Dave made his call and got his answer within a few minutes.
"The man at the front desk gave me the name of a restaurant that's not far from here," Dave finally reported. "He said some places do close relatively early, but others stay open later and the place he recommended said the food is good and they're open until 8 o'clock."
"Well, then let's go as I'm suddenly starving," Dania said patting her stomach, which suddenly growled loudly, so it was a good thing that they weren't in public or some people, mostly women would be looking at her disapprovingly. It wasn't as if anybody could help when their stomach growled, because of hunger, but still, some people would look at them with strange or disapproving looks if that happened in public.
Those people that gave her such looks could just mind their own business, as they were just opinionated pains in the rear acting like they had to right to have an opinion and to give a total stranger, a look of clear disapproval when something as natural as your stomach growling happened within their hearing and it was as if their stomach growling in public had never happened to them. Those type people acted like you had passed gas in a public place.
"I'm all ready to go," Dave said, as he made sure he had his wallet and then escorted his mate out of the room and towards the elevator.
~~~Dave and Dania~~~