Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 01 Ch. 03

They grabbed some food and took it up to the room and he helped her out of her gear. He looked at her, "Did you run into more trouble?"

She nodded, "Everyone survived and your rescue party really helped. I did not think to add it to the note. Thanks for looking after me."

Once she was undressed, He saw a few more bruises and cuts.

He snickered, "Are you sure you are up for this?"

She looks at him and yelled, "Don't even! Some straight no oral sex. Preferably doggy style and keep your hands off my clit! I still have problems walking straight!"

She smirked at him, "Speaking of which some women are probably going to be banging your door down."

He told her, "I did not report every little detail."

She smiled, "Don't worry, word will spread and there will be those looking to fact check the events."

He smiled, "Oh like that full-lipped top-heavy human you sent me too?"

She sneered at him as her jealousy boiled up, "Just the type I am talking about."

He smiled at her, "Well your note made it perfectly clear I am 'your lover.' They better talk to you first. Does that make us an exclusive couple?"

She gulped as her heart raced, "Now that is a good question. I occasionally had some female companions, but after that night in the wagon. I don't think I could handle anybody else but you, at least for now. If you are willing, we could do exclusively for now. If only to protect my interests after training you."

She busted up laughing. Gods knew he showed her some new things. She knew she wanted him exclusively with a plus one in the mix, but she still did not have the other answers yet to address Annette.

Eldar responded, "Well if you find you decide you want to bring a lady friend home to share or even one that I can watch with you to pick up some more pointers let me know. On the other hand, I was about a hair's width of pushing our 14 and 4 to a 15 and 5."

He grabbed his journal and held it out to her. "Read my latest entry. I kept it clean, but needed to get my feelings out there."

Her heart jumped for joy at that confession, to adding another female to the mix. It gave her hope. She read through his entry. At first, she smiled and then she just glared up at Eldar from the tub, "I didn't want to see that kind of panic on your face in the back of your wagon. I figured it just was enough to get you to admit that you loved me at that point."

She smiled back at him, "We have a lot to talk about. Including my husband who died 15 years ago; no kids but more to talk about before we go that far."

He smiled back at her, "Just let me when you are ready for a go at 15 and 5. Then I will know you are ready to marry. Also, if kids ever do come into the picture, I will be more pressing on the matter. Because I know what it is like to be a bastard child."

Her face went ashen again, "Oh gods, I never used any form of protection with you."

He smirked back, "Was not part of your educational instruction to me." He decided to push it a little further as he smiled at her. "That last night in the wagon, you did thank every god for every orgasm except the last one we shared together when I filled your womb."

She slid her head under the water, and came back up, "Get me a clean change of clothes from my pack we need to go and see Doc."

He wanted to tease her a little more while he looked through her pack and pulled out some clean clothes, "That last thank you to Sehanine Moonbow was borderline blasphemous..."

She snapped, "Shush it. Let's see what Doc has to say first."

She struggled out of the tub because she was sore from the previous sexual encounter 2 days before and the ambush they ran into before getting into town. They would have lost people if not for him sending back aid. At least getting Jarron to send back aid that included a second healer, Flynn of all people who rarely went to the field but was a good healer.

Flynn told her of Eldar's request to Jarron to get her more support. Jarron was in the Capital when they arrived and was due back soon. Eldar saw the danger and Charlie was so addled by the mission and her thoughts of him she did not think to ask for it herself. She knew he was right for this group. The evaluation task she had been assigned.

They found Doc had a room across this 'village.' Eldar could travel so long as he had an escort. As they walked, she mumbled back, "If I am pregnant that is a year on the sidelines minimum."

He corrected her "No with you being a half-elf and me being an elf that would make the child elven. Elven pregnancies go for two years. With maturity occurring in seventy-five years. You are talking a lot longer."

She groaned, "You are not helping here."

Doc had just settled in when they knocked on his door. Charlemagne did not even wait for him to answer and just walked in. She was worried.

Doc looked at her, "Something wrong?"

She looked back, "You tell me, I was just reminded that on our recent activities on this trip I never considered any birth control. Hell, I have not had a man exploring in between my thighs since my husband died! I did not even think about it as even he used potions to keep me from getting pregnant in the field."

Doc tried to calm her, "For a half-elf, you are getting closer to the point where kids won't be an option in another 10-15 years. I would say your chances are low given elven birth rates, but let's just check to be sure."

He had her lie back and ran his hand about 6 inches above her belly and cast an incantation and light shined from his hands. He walked away from her as he did not want her to see his worried face, "Well with that incantation a gold light means fertile, a brown light means infertile, pink means a girl and blue means a boy. The results are accurate within minutes of conception."

They walked quickly across the compound to Jarron's office. He was back and his office was in a different building. Charlemagne walked up to his desk and barked, "We want to get married, it's a girl. Heliar'vasius is going to kill me when he sees me!"

Jarron just stood at his desk. His mouth hung open ready for a fly to make a new home. Finally, he said, "Heliar'vasius will probably want to kill you."

She looked back at Jarron, "How soon can we get him fully on-board?"

Eldar looked at her, "Fully on-board with what?"