The Royal Palace Alec, a young 16-year-old black coated deer and Crown Prince of the Eclipse Isles, was walking through the Traevam Palace gardens, enjoying the cool night air that carried the scent of the night flowers. It was when he was thinking about his previous activities that night, enjoying the warm feeling inside of him, that he heard someone beside him. "Your mother is looking for you" said a femenine voice at his side. Alec, who was already used to this, calmly stopped walking and turned around to be greeted by the sight of a female shadowcat stepping from the shadows casted by a nearby lantern. The shadowcat was dessed in all-black clothes, that covered all her agile body, and was fully armed with a variety of knives. "Pleased to meet you too, Little Shadow" replied the deer. "I'm sure you are pleased..." "Do you have to spy me every time?" asked Alec, feeling exhasperated rather than embarassed as he was, by now, used to the spy's behaviour. "It is my job to ensure your safety Alec" answered the shadowcat "but don't worry, I stopped looking when I saw you were clearly in good company" Alec only rolled his eyes and sighed. "Anyway, the Queen is rather mad after your sudden dissapearence" "Thank you for the warning" Then the shadowcat was again dissapeared in the shadows, leaving the young prince alone once again. As he approached the Ball Room, Alec could see that almost every attendant had alreafy left, the only ones in the room where the Heads of the Houses, at least almost any of them, as the Head of House Sundavr was, as always, missing. As he approached his mother, the Queen of the Isles, Alec steeled his mind, building up his defenses against his mother's magic. The nobles stopped talking when they saw him approaching. Alec went straight to his mother and gave her a polite nod, looking into the piercing gaze of his mother's eyes he sensed the sheer anger inside of her, thankfully, she could not make a scene in front of the other nobles. After some small talk and saying goodbye to the other nobles and the Traevam Family, the Royal Family went back into their carriage and set on their way home. "And where have you been?" asked his mother, once they were in the privacy of the carriage. Despite the neutral tone in her voice, Alec knew her mother was containing herself. "Went for a walk through the Gardens and got lost" answered Alec, withstanding his mother icy gaze. He could feel his mother trying to enter inside his mind and confirm if he was saying the truth, but his defenses held. Finally his mother sighed and looked away. "You knew that your presece at the party was needed tonight" "And I was there, until the hundreth daughter of so-and-so invited me to another ball, you can't blame me for getting out of there" the deer looked for his father, searching for his approval, but the King was looking outside the carriage window, deciding not to be caught in the crossfire. "Even if you don't like this, this events are vital to this kingdom, you can't just ignore everything and go do gods know what" "Sure, and why isn't my dear sister here with us, if it is such a life-or-death matter" "Your sister was busy tonight and you know that" "Yeah but-" "Enough of this!" said his mother, interrupting him "There is another ball next week and you will be attending it, and if need to have you escorted to ensure that you will stay, I will". The rest of the way home was silent, Alec feeling like he had gotten a small victory, keeping his secret about that night safe. When they finally arrived to the Royal Palace, he went staright to his room and changed out of the clothes he was wearing, getting on the bed and falling asleep, dreaming of a beautiful young grey cat. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After recovering from the sudden encounter and storing the card the Prince had given him safely in his pocket, Snow went back to the service entrance of the Traevam Palace, once inside the kitchens he was called by the chief butler, who was looking fairly calm now that the event was finally over. In fact he actually thanked him for the much needed help and gave him his pay, including the coins for the time he had spent in the gardens instead of working, it seemed no one had notticed his absence. With coins in his pocket and a warm feeling in his chest, Snow went back into the streets, walking all the way to the West Slums, where his little hideout was located. Once he lied down at the makeshift bed hidden at the point where three roofs connected, formning a little dry corner, Snow fell asleep, his head filled with imagines of a handsome deer. When he woke up the next morning, he couldn't actually remember what his dreams were about, but they felt kinda good. In fact, he could notice that something else had woken up that morning too. He looked between his legs and saw the hard lump between his legs. Feeling kinda horny and being in a somewhat private space, he decided to take off tue servant uniform pants he was still wearing, freeing his hard 4 inches of feline barbed meat. He grabbed his little cocklet and started pawing off, while remembering last nights events. Then his mind drifted off to the handsome deer's dick and how good it had felt inside of him. Without giving himself time to think, he quickly moved his free paw to his maw and licked his fingers, before moving them towards his tailhole. He playfully teased his ring before pushing his fingers inside, closing his eyes and imagining that it was the Prince's cock deep inside his backside. He continued playing with himself, his paw getting faster around his own meat while his fingers thrusted harder, little moans escaping the cat's mouth as he felt himself getting closer. With one final push he felt hismelf giving up to the pleasure and spurted his seed all over his chest and paw. Watching the mess he had made, he licked his paw, savoring the taste of his own cum, before finally putting his clothes on again and getting up. Once his morning problems were taken care off, the little cat took a moment to contemplate his future. Even though he had gotten some money from his work last night, it would only help him survive for two days, three if he managed it well enough. That was something, but it did not look so well for the feline and now that stealing something from the nobles was not worth it, he was left with only one option, he would have to see the prince again. Even though thinking about it made his heart flutter, a more rational part of him knew that it was a risky idea, if it went wrong he would be once again with nothing except a broken heart. But he had no other option and he felt deep inside of him that this was the right path. He collected what little things he had left and went to the central city. He had never liked being here, the City's Watch patrols were more frequent and more strict in the naicer part of the city. But he was wearing a Great House servant's uniform, so perhaps no one will look at him weidly. He entered the city wall and the gate guards paid him no mind, probably thinking he was running some errands for his master. But before heading to the Black Keep, the Royal Palace, he stopped at a tailor shop to have the Traevam sygil removed from his clothes (which earned him some weird looks from the tailor) and to get a nice long bath in a tavern. Feeling like he looked and smelled as nice as he could and spending his last coin making a wish at the Moon Bridge, the cat finally headed to the Keep, passing through all the splendors of the noble streets until finding himself at the southern entrance of the Palace Walls. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alec woke in his room the next day, a servant had taken his discarded clothes from the last night and replace with cleaner and more comfortable ones. He got up from the bed and put on his clothes before going out from his room. By this time, he already knew all the palace halls and corridors by heart, so he got to his destination quickly, the Royal Bath House. Located in the fifth floor of the Black Keep, the bath house was one of the greatest works of engineering Alec had ever known, a complex plumbing system managing to take the water all the way up here without problems. Thankfully, this early in the morning the Bath House was completely empty, just as he liked it. He went to one of the steaming pools, large enough for him to swin comfortably from side to side but not so deep that he couldn't reach the bottom. After taking his time swiming around, he could not stop thinking about las time, the same warm feeling of the night filling his chest every time his head drifted to the small cat. Finally he sat back and simply relaxed, enjoying the feeling of the warm water on his fur. "Knew I would find you here" said someone behind him. Alec turned around to find his closest friend, Aqua Adurna, looking at him. Aqua was a blue colored Newt of his age, practically a copy of his mother, the Head of House Adurna and Grand Healer of the Isles, Maris Adurna. "Didn't see you around last night, I was hoping we could talk when all those pretty girls and boys left you alone, but then the most desired boy in all the Isles just, dissapeared" continued Aqua, grinning. "You know me, I have a busy schedule" replied Alec as he grabbed his towel and went to change back into his clothes. "You have never had a busy schedule!" said Aqua, stanying behind as Alec entered the changing room. "So... How are the bets going?" asked Alec, once he got out of the changing room. "Well, evey candidate is more or less even, as you know the Great Houses tend to bet for their sons, daugther or second cousins" answered Aqua, as they walked the path back to his quarters "But the Queen is betting for me and you know how this things go..." "The Queen decides and we all follow" "Can you imagine it, you and me, married?" they both laughed at the thought. They had practically grown up together, their bond being closer to one between siblings than romantic. "Oh my mother was furious" continued Aqua "your mother and her had probably been planning to ask you formally at the ball" "Remind me not to find myself alone with your mother ever again, I've heard enough stories about the fury of the Grand Healer" "Don't worry, she pales before the Frozen Queen" said Aqua, laughing "so tell me, what were you doing last night" asked the newt, as they entered the Prince's room. "You know, just walking around the gardens" "You know you can't lie to me, Alec" "Well, maybe I didn't walk around the gardens... and I never said I was aline" "Oh, now I want all the details" Alec was about to tell her everything that had happened the night before, when someone suddenly knocked at the door. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As he approached the Gates, Snow started feeling more and more nervous, he had always kept a respectful distance between him and any Palace Guard and now he was about to pass through four of them. Trying to look like he was in a hurry, he tried to get pass the gate, but two halberds suddenly blocked his path. "Who goes there?" asked one of the guards with a commanding voice. Snow was frozen in place, he should have known that wearing a servant's uniform would not fool a Palace Guard. "W-well... I-I was... I was just..." tried to say the little cat, but he was getting more nervous by the second, his brain unable to think a believable reason for him to be there and just screaming him to run away from there. He was just about to do that when someone apprached the gates. "What is going on here?" asked a black cat, looking like he was 18 years old, wearin an impecable servant's uniform with the sigyl of House Eclipse over his chest. Surprisingly the guards quicly stood at attention. "We were just interrogating this boy, his uniform didn't have any symbol on it and he looks too young to be a servant, Sir" said the guard who had spoken to him before. "He clearly is one of the new hires and I'm here to show him around, now let him through" "Yes Sir, sorry Sir" said the Guards as they lifted their halberds letting Snow pass through the gate. The other cat quickly pushed him towards the castle, walking besides him looking mad. Once they were halfway through the Palace Gardens, the black cat suddenly stopped, turning to face him. "Now you better tell me why you are here and I advice you to be honest or you will be far worse than getting thrown out by the guards" said the servant. "Well, y-you said I-I was the n-new hire..." started Snow, trying to process what was happening. "That was just an excuse, I know all the staff around here and I haven't seen you in my life, I don't know why I even let you in..." "I have this!" said Snow, taking the prince's card from his pocket before the servant could follow that train of thought and bring him back the way he came. "Oh, this is interesting" replied the servant, while surprisingly looking at the card "follow me". Then he started walking again, thankfully, it was towards the castle. The Black Keep was the biggest building of the City of Night, and probably of all the Eclipse Isles. The structure had a circular base was formed by varios concentrical rings, getting higher as they reached the centre. Various towers decorated the rings, until the central clock tower, which was the tallest tower in the city. Around the castle were the Palace Gardens, surrounded by the Palace Walls. "My name is Sebastien" said the cat "and I'm the Steward of the Royal Palace, if anyone asks you, you are a new hire and if you are alone, tell them that you are looking for me. Understood?" "Y-yes" answered Snow "Sir" he added quickly. "Good" They walked in silence throw the Castle, Sebastien givin polite greetings to anyone they enconuntered as the went through the corridors and up the stairs. Finally they reached an almost empty part of the castle and stopped before a door. Sebastien knocked twice before opening it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alec and Aqua turned around to see the door of the room opening, Aqua qucikly recognized Sebastien, the Steward of the Palace, entering the room, but she didn't knew who the little cat servant beside him was. He turned towards Alec, to ask what was happening, but he saw his friend's gaze fixed on the boy. She looked once again towards the little servant and saw that he was startruck, frozen in place looking at the prince. Quickly making some connections, she understood what was happening. "Oh, I just remembered I had some business to attend at the Clinic, see you later Alec" and without waiting for an answer, the newt left the room, Sebastien closing the door behind him moments later, they both shared an elocuent look before going on their way. Meanwhile, Snow was left inside the room, looking at the handsome prince, knowing that last night hadn't been a dream and he was just as beautiful as he remembered. "I didn't think you would come" said Alec, but his words felt wrong in that fragile silence that had filled the room, the sensation he had been feeling since the previous night getting ten times stronger in his chest now that he was looking at the little cat cub. "W-well... I-I..." but Snow had nothing to say, he could not tell the Prince why he had come here, he just blushed and looked towards the floor as if the rug that covered it was the most interesting thing he had ever seen. Alec quickly got up and took a few steps, getting closer to the boy until he was right in front of him. He couldn't think about anything else beside that cute cat before him. He put one of his hands on the cats chin and lifted his him, forcing him to look into his eyes, before leaining in and grazed his lips against the cat's. Snow was surprised by the sudden but gentle kiss, quickly giving in, parting his lips to let the deer tongue explore his maw, their tongues quickly entwining, tasting each other. Suddenly what a started as a gentle kiss turned into a full on make out, both of them hungrily and passionately lost in the feeling of each other. Until they finally separated, only for the little cat to be dragged towards the bed by the handsome deer. Then the deer kissed him again, the prince's hands caressing his body before grabbing his clothes, taking them of him until he was fully naked. Alec took a step away, looking at the boy panting before him, his cute naked body and stiff cocklet one of the most beautiful sights he had ever seen. Deciding to tease the little cub a little, the deer turned around and started slowly undressing, feeling the boy's gaze fixed on him. Snow couldn't even think as he focused on the strip show the prince was giving him, practically drooling at the sight. Finally Alec turned around, his 7 inches of humanoid cock on full display for the boy. Hipnotized by that dick, the boy quickly lifted a hand, grabbind the deer's meat, eliciting a pleased sigh from the Prince. Wanting even more, Snow approached his head to that cock, the scent of him stirring his loins and making with crazy with lust. Guving a few playful licks, he opened his maw and went doen on the deer's meat, taking it into his mouth. Alec was in pure bliss, as he felt the rough cat's tongue against the under side of his cock, he grabbed the cub's head and pushed inside, getting all of his meat inside the boy's mouth, reaching the back of his throat. Meanwhile Snow was loving that dick, relishing the taste asweel of the precum that had started dripping down his throat, greedily drinking it. He was so focused on what he was doing, that he almost didn't notice the deer pulling out from his maw, leaving him wanting to get back on sucking that delicious cock. But the Pricne had other plans, he pushed the boy until he was laying down on the bed and gave one long kiss before getting lower, giving the boy small kisses and playful licks as he went lower and lower. He gave a little lick to the boy's little cocklet, making him spurt some drops of pre, before getting to his real objective, with his hands he spread the boy's legs, giving him a clear line of view to the pinck pucker hidden between the cat's cheeks. He quickly went to town on that ass, licking around the ring a few times before pushing his tongue inside, once again relishing the taste of the cats insides. Snow was moaning hard, the feeling of that tongue even better from what he remembered. "Oh, Alec..." moaned the cat "more..." Hearing the cat say his name make the deer's heart flutter, his lust addled mind quickly taking over as he got up and put his tip right over the cub's tailhole, before thrusting in with all his force, shoving all 7 inches of his cock inside the boy. Snow moaned as the deer roughly fucked him, his powerful thrust making him shiver with pleasure as that dick pushed right against his prostate. He felt his orgasm nearing, getting even closer and loudly moaned the Prince's name while he spilled his load all over his chest. Hearing the boy's orgasm was enough to push Alec over the edge, givin one last powerful thrust, burying himself deep inside the boy and painting his insides white. They both laid down, panting hard as they basked in the amazing feelings of their sex. Finally Alec pulled out of the boy, his seed dreeping between Snow's legs and staining the sheets beneath him. Alec sat down on the bed, caressing the boy's tummy with his hand as the little cat purred. He looked and the boy and knew he could deny it no longer, the warm feeling that filled his chest and made him fill like he was on top of that world was love, his heart belonged to that boy in front of him. "I love you" whispered Alec, the words leaving his mouth before he could stop them. Snow opened his eyes, surprised, he knew this was wrong, that this relationship was not possible, but despite of that he couldn't stop himself. "I love you too" said the cat, looking into those precious forest-green eyes. Hearing the cat reciprocate his feeling was like music to his ears, he suddenly leant and kissed the cat again. "My name is Alec by the way, you already knew but I think i never introduced myself" said Alec once their kiss was over. "I'm Snow" replied the cat, laughing. But his smile faded when he saw the connections forming in the deers mind. "You are not a servant, are you?" "N-no" answered Snow, embarassed but knowing he couldn't lie to Alec, not now. "You are an orphan" continued Alec, of course he knew what the boy's name meant. It was given to all the lowborn winterborn orphans. "Y-yes" "Well... perhaps we can talk about that later" said Alec before laying on the bed and hugging the cat. As they huddled together, Snow felt safe in the deer's arms, perhaps there were troubles ahead of them, but he knew that he would face them together. With a smile on his face, the boy fell asleep.