4 comments/ 44721 views/ 15 favorites Brennus and Victoria By: reluctantromance Maybe he will be nice, I can't believe this is happening. I'm a prize, just a prize. I should have known better when Father gave away Elizabeth to his best general, he cares nothing for his daughters. Ah, enough about her, think, think, think, how am I to get myself out of this??? "Princess, we have hit the shores, it is time to travel to your new home." "Yes, thank you, sir." "I told you, there is no need for you to call me sir, I will be your husband in a few hours, please, call me by name." "Brennus, I...... I.....I can't do this." "I'm afraid you have no choice, your Father offered a great prize for the best fighter from all of neighboring nations. Our union will solidify a bond between our lands, in time Victoria, you will see that." --------------------- I can barely walk, not because of the insanely long gown they dressed me in, but because I know what will happen when I enter our bedroom. He is nearly dragging me up the stairs when all of a sudden and without warning he picks me up and carries me in his arms up the stairs. "My Queen, you can not dilly dally, we have a long evening ahead of us." I burst into tears and sob uncontrollably, "I won't, I can't, I don't know you, I don't love you, you cannot make me your wife, I will never be yours!" He doesn't respond, but when we get to the landing I see a guard by the door and Brennus tells him to stay throughout the night and that I am not to be allowed to leave without him. And then we enter the room. It is magnificient. There is a full bath near the fireplace, a table and chairs on the opposite wall, many bookcases, full of books, and in the center of it all, an ornately carved bed, larger than any I have ever seen. My stomach flips, and my heart falls into it as he sets me down and closes the door. Brennus encircles my small waist with his hands and draws me to his chest, he leans forward to kiss me, but I lean back even more. "Woman, I told you, we are married and you will be my wife. I am an agreeable man and kind, but do not try my patience or I will regrettably use force to consummate this marriage." "I will never love you, I couldn't love someone who could threaten like that, or that is as violent as you, my life is over, I have hardly anything left, I will not give it to you." Before I can even see it coming he slaps my face and I fall to the ground, "I will have you." is all he says as he bends over me and begins to undress me. I kick and thrash and scratch until he grabs both of my wrists, effortlessly hauls me off of the floor and hoists me unto the bed, where just under the pillows he has shackles. He chains my hands to the top posts. I quit fighting, there is no point, maybe there never was. "Will you let me have you now?" "I could never consent to that, but as I don't think I will win, I will stop fighting if you promise not to hit me." "I'm sorry for that, tonight we have to, I know I am a stranger to you, but this night, this deed must occur, I will give you more time before I ask this of you again. But, bear in mind, I can not give you much, as an heir to the thrown will be expected soon." As I began to say "Thank you" he starts to unlace my bodice, and I mutter "Than...." and begin to sob uncontrollably again. Brennus kisses my neck and caresses my shoulders as he removes the bodice and begins to shift the gowns and remove some of them from me gently. I hate him, but he is now being kind at least. As he strokes my body I feel something I have never felt before, such warm caresses. It makes me cry all the harder, I wish he would just get this whole thing over and done with. He gets up and I wonder, is this what the deed was? My sister had told me slightly more, that her betrothed had put a piece of him inside her, where her monthly blood comes, that it hurt and that she bled. Then as I look through my blurry tear filled eyes, I see him removing first his boots then shirt and trousers until he is naked. I can hardly breath, he is very muscular, almost like some of the laboring servants back home. I had no idea a king would have the muscles of a laborer. My thoughts on the matter are cut short however when I notice that he has a rod protruding through the hair of his privates. Then I remember, that is what Elizabeth said, she said that men have them and when they are excited they grow big and stiff and that is what goes into the woman. I begin to cry anew. No wonder there is blood, I should surely rip if it is thrust into me. Brennus then climbs back onto the bed and spreads my legs with his hands, kneeling between them and then kisses between my legs. "No, what are you doing, this is inappropriate, stop that, that is private" I begin to yell. "Victoria, please, if we are to have sex, I want it to be easy for you, this will help. This part of your body may have been private before, but now it is also something you share with me." He begins to kiss and lick at me, it feels wonderful and my legs and feet twitch and jerk, I've never felt anything like this before, and my sister had not warned me of this. Then I begin to feel a warm wetness between my legs, dripping down onto the bed. Brennus lifts his head and smiling at me climbs up to me and begins to caress my breasts and neck and gently kiss my face, then I feel him between my legs again. An intense pressure, I realize I had quit crying when I all of a sudden start crying again, this time from pain as much as from shame, hatred, and knowing my life is this now. He moves on top of me and slides in and out, it burns and then he stops and I feel more wetness between my legs. He collapses ontop of me. "Victoria, I'm sorry, we had to, here let me help you." he says as he begins to undo the shackles and remove my gown from my shoulders. I cling to it, and try to cover myself. "Isn't it done, I thought that was what I had to do? You said I could have some time, will you leave now?" I whisper between my sobs. "This is our room, I won't leave it, I will give you more time before I ask that of you, but tonight, you need still to be cared for, please, the bath is warm, let me help you into it. You will feel better once you have had a chance to relax." I allow him to remove my gowns and that is when I notice I have blood between my legs and on my thighs. He stays with me as I step into the tub and once I lean back begins to rub my shoulders, it feels extraordinary, and I begin to think that maybe he will someday be nice to me. Brennus and Victoria Ch. 02 Day 2 I awake and am unsure of my surroundings, then realize I am at my new home and, to my horror my new husband is lying next to me, encircling my body with his. His arm is over my upper body and holding my hand by my head. It's chilly out, and I realize his warmth feels good, but I hate him, and my face still aches from his slap the night before. I remember after he left when I was still in the tub I went to bed before he came back. I wonder, did he do that to give me my space and time as promised, or did he just want to party more after the wedding. I gently ease myself out of the bed and manage to not wake him. I find my trunk has been hauled into the room and is near the wardrobe, so I go and find something to wear, all that was left for me in the room yesterday was a thin robe. It was nearly see through. I find my favorite green dress that matches my emerald eyes. And, the ribbons to put back my waist length curly red hair. Then I realize, until he wakes up I've nothing to do, the guard outside the door yesterday was instructed not to let me out without Brennus. I chose a book from the shelf and sit by the window and read. "You're up." "Yes, I think I went to bed much earlier than you." "Are you hungry?" He asks while rising from the bed; he is very muscled, and naked. I turn my head and raise my book, I don't want to look at him, and it is improper. Then I realize, perhaps it isn't improper, after what occurred last night. "Are you hungry? Or are you just ignoring me? I said I would give you some time, but I won't tolerate your being rude or disrespectful, to me or anyone else." "Oh, I'm sorry, um, yes, I'm famished." He begins to dress quickly and says, "We will go down for breakfast, after that I have work to do, I will assign you a maid and a guard and you may have the run of the castle and yard, but be back for dinner." "Thank you, the view from this window is lovely, the gardens below, they are gorgeous." ----------------------------------------------------------- Once Brennus and I have finished our dinners he extends his hand to me. "Come with me, we shall retire to our room, I can have them draw another bath if you wish." "No, I don't think that will be necessary." I say as I take his hand and am led up the same stairs he carried me up the night before. This time there is no guard at the door. He notices my face, that I have noticed. "I don't think he needs to be there, you wouldn't be able to leave the castle, so I'm not very concerned, besides my report for the day was that you behaved and were nice to everyone." "Yes, I am nice, I don't go around hitting people and forcing them into things." I clap my hand over my mouth as I realize what I've said. We reach the top of the stairs, enter our room, and he shuts the door. "Are you implying that I am not nice? I think you need to learn a thing or two about how some things work. First, last night, you swore to love, honor, and obey me. I have told you to be respectful, last night when you weren't I did hit you, but it fixed the problem, didn't it?" "It didn't fix the problem, it made me afraid of you. Is that what you want? For me to be respectful of you out of fear, and not because I think you are someone worthy of my respect?" "What are you talking about, you are afraid of me?" "Yes, somewhat less now than last night, but still yes." "I don't want to rule our relationship with fear, how do I fix this?" "I don't know, it will take time, I need to know you aren't going to hit me, and it is more than just a promise, I'm afraid of you, afraid that even if you promised, you would lose your temper and hit me." "Well, we will work on this, you can work on learning to love me, and I will work on making you trust me." I think about this and decide it may work after all. Then I realize I want to go to bed, but with him in the room, I would have to change in front of him. "Would you step out of the room so I can change into my night shirt?" "I've already seen you naked, and made love to you, I think you can change with me in the room. I'll start a fire though, and you can change while I've got my back turned, if that makes you feel better." While he starts the fire I quickly change into my night shirt and then take a seat in the chair near the fire where I left my book from this morning. "You want to read? I thought maybe we could talk and get to know each other. I think you would be more comfortable here if you knew me." -------------------------------- Several hours and many stories and questions later I announce I'm ready for bed. "I think that is not a bad idea," Brennus agrees as he moves over to the wardrobe and begins to undress, un-bothered by my watching him. "Why is it that you are so comfortable with being naked in front of me, and I'm a stranger?" "You're my wife, and I'm not ashamed of my body." "Well I'm not ashamed of my body, but that doesn't mean I want to go prancing around in the nude." He comes over to me, naked, picks me up, and as I begin to fear that we will have a repeat of last night, he lays me in the blankets of the bed, and then crawls in beside me, without touching me, wishes me goodnight and asks if I might give him a good night kiss. I oblige, as he is being extremely nice about it. As we start to kiss he holds my face in his hands, and moves down to my neck and shoulders. He leans up and next to me on one of his arms, kissing me, stroking my shoulder and upper arm with his other hand. It feels so good, it's warm, and soft, and I reach my hands up to hold his face and caress his neck and shoulders. Then I feel something poking my thigh. "I'm sorry, we should stop now, unless, you wanted to make love, which I doubt you would consent to after last night." "It wasn't that bad, well the act itself wasn't, but I don't like how it occurred, and I don't think I'm ready yet." "I understand, roll over, I'll hold you, it gets kind of drafty in here, I don't want you getting cold." I do and we go to sleep as we woke up, except, I wonder, will this last? Brennus and Victoria Ch. 03 Day 3 I awake cold and shivering to realize that I am alone in the bed. I curl up in a ball and realize I miss Brennus' warmth. As I try to get warm I remember how yesterday we talked and got to know each other. I knew that I was to be a prize for a great fighter, I didn't know that Brennus had won 8 consecutive fights gladiator style to win the hand of the king's daughter. No wonder he had cuts, scrapes, and bruises when I met him. He told me he won because he is an excellent fighter, that he has been training since he was a small child, and that along with educational studies all of the boys of the nation learn to fight. Even though they could have an excellent military they chose to remain neutral in most battles and wars, and preserve their nation and try to remain on good terms with all of the other nations. This is one of the reasons he entered to win my hand, it would forge a bond between our nations that would help keep peace, possibly for generations. Finally I determine that I am not going to warm up and I should dress and sit by the fire that Brennus left burning, although it looks like coals mostly now. At the table by the fire there is a note. "My dearest Victoria, I enjoyed talking with you last night, I hope we can again soon. I'm sorry I had to leave so early this morning, there were reports of bandits vandalizing a village on the outskirts of town. I hope I will be back tonight, but I will almost definitely be home by tomorrow night at the latest. Amelia, your maid and Augustus the guard that accompanied you yesterday are available to you so that you can go as you please. With love, Brennus" I kind of wish he had woken me up to say good bye, but mostly wish that everything is ok. I dress and ready for the day and as I exit the room I find Augustus at the top of the stairs. The rest of my day is filled with exploring the castle and finding a few books in the library. It is getting too chilly out to walk the grounds much. That evening I have a warm bath poured. I'm not sore between my legs as Elizabeth said I may be. But my cheek still hurts a little when I touch it, and the bruise is fading to a hideous yellow. I sit in the tub for a long time thinking about my husband and weather or not I can love him. He seems nice, but I almost can't tell if he is just being nice to get me to like him. As I am soaking with my head under water I hear the door open and footsteps enter. When I can't hold my breathe any longer I poke my head out of the water. Brennus is back. I feel my heart thump an extra beat and my stomach flip. He is at his wardrobe and he is taking off his armor and extra clothing from having to be outside all day. It is then I notice the blood stained bandage around his hand. I don't say anything but continue to watch him disrobe, soon he is naked. He turns around and is started when he sees me. "Oh, I didn't know you were here, I didn't see you." "I was under the water when you came in. What happened to your hand?" "I grabbed a sword so that I wouldn't be stabbed. A sliced palm is much better than being stabbed." "Yes, I would suppose so. I'm glad you are ok. Is everything taken care of? "Yes, we found the bandits, it was a group of convicts that had escaped from Avandar's prison. They are on their way back now, well, the one's that survived. Would you mind sharing your bath with me? "Alright" I move closer to one half of the tub and squish up my legs to make room, and to cover my chest. Brennus lowers himself into the tub with a huge sigh of relief. "Thank you for allowing me to join you m'lady." He says as he lowers himself into the opposite side of the tub. Once in he begins to try to unbandage his hand. As it was tied in a knot it was almost funny, and he soon attempted to use his teeth. Before giggling, I decided I should probably offer to help. I extended my hands and he gave me his injured hand. I undid the bandage and found a horribly deep wound across his whole palm. "I don't think you should wash this in the tub. You need separate water so it doesn't get infected, and you should put some healing ointments on it and maybe stitches." "Yeah, it is pretty bad, I didn't really have time to look at it and inspect it, I just needed the bleeding to stop." He began to wash, as best he could with only his right hand, being careful to keep his left out of the water when I decided I should probably help some with that too. Or would he think it is offensive? "Do you want help?" "Only if you mean it in a sensual loving way and not in a helping the helpless way." "Oh, maybe I should be done. I can go and get some things for your hand, or have someone get a doctor." "I see." He seemed sad and muttered it with a down turned glance. I couldn't help it, I just didn't want to be naked around anyone or have anyone see me naked, especially him. I knew it was bound to happen, but not yet. I reached for a towel and once I got a hold of it draped it around me as I stood up in as much an attempt at modesty as possible. Then I realized, I would still need to dress, and then he would probably watch. I crossed the room to my wardrobe and picked out a plain dress and as quickly as possible dropped my towel and slipped it on. When I glanced over my shoulder he surely was staring right at me. My forehead wrinkled and I glared at him slightly. He knew I didn't want him watching me from the night before. "Victoria, why won't you let me see you naked or changing? You watched me the entire time I undress just a few minutes ago, and now you are mad that I have watched you." "You seem far less inhibited than I do. I was raised to be a lady, and not to run around naked all of the time, and it's awkward, and I don't want you watching me. I don't want you attracted me, I don't want to have sex with you, and after the first night, I don't know if you would refrain because I didn't want to." I burst out nearly crying. "Hey, hey, it's ok. I've wanted to have sex with you many many times since then, but I haven't. I told you I would give you some time, and I am. I can control myself. Go get the doctor, we'll talk more after he leaves." I exit the room and return shortly later with news that someone will fetch the doctor. After his bath he dresses and the doctor arrives to stitch and treat his hand. Also giving orders on keeping it clean and bandaging it. Which becomes my responsibility. The doctor leaves and Brennus gets up from the table and approaches me at one of the fluffy fire side chairs. He extends his right hand and says, "Come lay with me on the bed, we can talk, and you can get to know me more and we can just hold each other and be close." I don't take his hand, but instead walk to the bed on my own with him behind me. Once on the bed I sit with by back against the pillows and headboard. He sits next to me and leans me forward to put an arm around me and rest my head on his chest. I can faintly hear his heart beating. "What do you want to talk about?" He asks. "I don't know, you are the one that wanted to talk." "I want to talk so we can get to know each other, so what do you want to know about me?" I don't really want to turn the subject to sex so quickly, but I'm very curious about what he said earlier, and also how he knew so much about it. "You have wanted to have sex with me since our wedding night?" "Yes, many times, haven't you notice that at night when I hold you my penis grows?" "Well, yes, oh, does that mean that you want to have sex then?" I say putting my hand over my mouth at the realization that this is why that happens. "Yes, that is why it gets hard. But, there are other times too when I think of you and want to have sex with you, that you want and enjoy, but I don't get hard because I'm not sexually aroused at the time." "The first night, you knew so much about it, how did you know, have you done that before?" "I don't know that much about it, and no I haven't before, but because this was an important event I did do some research and I got some guidance from a few trusted individuals. And, I have read about it in a few books that I found hidden in my older brother's room after it became mine when he died." "You had a brother? How did he die, I'm so sorry." "He liked to do tricks and stunts while riding his horse. One day he got too brave and tried to show off too much and he made a mistake, and died. I wasn't there, and I was younger when it happened so a lot of people didn't really talk with me about it. I didn't know him much either. He was always away at boarding school because he was a trouble maker and my parents couldn't control him here because he could get away with almost anything with the staff because he was the heir to the thrown." He sighs and then turns his head towards mine and asks if I have any siblings. "I have an older sister, Elizabeth, and we both have an older brother, Ragnar. Since he is inline for my father's thrown my father has never shown much interest in my sister and I and my mother died in childbirth with me, so she was never there. Elizabeth was older than me by a few years so she took care of me some, but mostly I was raised by staff. That's why he gave me away to the best fighter, he was only using me for his political gain, he didn't care where I ended up and this way he doesn't have to go through a dowry or wedding like he did with my sister." "I'm terribly sorry that you grew up that way," he says as he encircles his other arm around me and hugs me while simultaneously lifting me on top of him. I sit on his lap, my head on his shoulder and just relax. He begins to stroke my head and back with one hand while holding me with the other. He doesn't say anything for a long time and I almost begin to fall asleep. "Victoria, don't go to sleep yet, you aren't even in bed." "Oh, I was so relaxed, I've never been held like this before." "I'm glad I can do something for you that you like. We should get into bed though." I nod my hand and go to the wardrobe to change into my night dress and Brennus goes to his to remove his clothes. "Sleep naked tonight. I won't be able to see you, just to feel you, and I'll hold you, I want to be able to feel all of you. Please." I am at first horrified at the notion, but realize that he won't do anything I don't want I give in. I do like being held by him and feeling his warm skin. Maybe it will be better to be able to feel it over my whole body. I quickly hang my dress in the wardrobe and then get into the bed as quickly as possible, Brennus right behind me. He holds himself up on one arm so that he is just over me and strokes my cheek with his other hand. I can feel him grow hard and brush against my thigh. I blush at the thought that he is so attracted to me. "Why are you blushing?" "Because you are attracted to me. I've never had anyone like me or be this interested in me." "Well, I'm very interested in you." He says as he leans down and begins to kiss my neck and stroke my side. It feels good and I let him do it. I just lay back and relax. Soon his hand has gotten close to my breast and is stroking the side of my breast and his kisses have moved lower onto my chest. I feel hot and nervous and I can't decide if I like what he is doing or if I should ask him to stop. "If I asked you to stop, would you?" He stops and looks up at me and raises an eyebrow. "What kind of question is that, of course I would, I told you that before, do you want me to stop?" "Well, I don't know, this feels good, but," I stop mid sentence. But what? It feels good, I only was a little uncomfortable when I wasn't sure I would be able to stop him if I wanted. "Can I kiss you?" I nod and he moves his mouth to mine. He kisses me and sucks my lips, exploring my mouth with his tongue. I start to feel wet and warm between my legs and a sense of need. I hold his jaw and neck and kiss him back. His free hand finds my breast and starts rubbing is and pressing on my nipple. It feels good, and increases the sensations between my legs. Soon he breaks away from our kiss and begins to kiss my neck and chest. His hand strokes my belly and it feels so warm and nice. Then he moves his mouth onto my breast and sucks at my nipple and bites it gently. It doesn't hurt, it just makes me feel better. I start to run my hand up and down his arm. His muscles are so large and I can feel their definition. He moves his hand down my belly and puts it between my thighs. "Spread your legs." He whispers in between kisses on my chest and breasts. I hesitate for a moment and then decide to see what will happen. I move my legs apart and his hand slips between them and touches me. He begins to rub up and down, it feels wonderful and I can feel my breath catching. Then he moves down more and spreads my legs open farther. He begins to lick and kiss me while moving his fingers in and out of me. He hadn't used his hand before, and this time it feels so much better. My breath catches and I lose control of my legs and stomach. They twitch and move and spasm. I feel like there is a volcano erupting inside of me. It feels so good, I can't think of anything else except what is happening right now. When he finally stops and comes back up to lay next me I can barely breath or move. I feel so relaxed. "What happened?" I murmur. "You had an orgasm." "A what?" "An orgasm, it happens when you become sexually satisfied. For guys it's when we release semen and then our penis goes soft again. Feels great, huh?" "Yeah." "Do you think you would be ok with having sex now?" I start to feel a little angry, "is that why you did this, so I would have sex with you?" "No, that wasn't my intention, it just happened, I didn't think you'd let anything happen. But, seeing you have an orgasm was extremely sexual and I really want you now." "ok." "Is that a yes, or an acknowledgement of what I just said?" "It is a 'yes', but I don't see why you are so concerned with it, the first night, you clearly didn't care." "The first night I didn't really have a choice, I do now, and I want to you always be happy." With that he moves on top of me supporting his weight on his arms. Then he slowly enters me after adjusting with his hand. I feel him stroke in and out of me. It doesn't hurt, and feels moderately good. I don't know why but my hips start to move against his. It changes something and it feels even better. It starts to feel like just before I had my orgasm and then it happens all over again. I feel a lot of moisture between my legs and Brennus is now laying on top of me, but to the side some. He is breathing a little heavily. "You had an orgasm, it felt wonderful." "How can you feel my orgasm?" "Your vagina, it twitched like your body did last time, I could feel it, it made me have one too." He starts to kiss my neck and then slides off of me the rest of the way and slides an arm under my shoulders so I can lay my head on his shoulder. Soon we are both asleep.