those cities.” Morek shuddered. “I went with the Oracle once and that was enough. All that noise, all those thoughts…” He shook his head. “I begged to be allowed to stay home. There were others eager to take my place. The Oracle agreed I could carry out my duties just at the Temple.” Aki undid the clasp of the cloak one of the Hakron had lent him and laid it carefully over the chair. “Are you hungry, Aki?” “Nay, the women in the hall fed me while I waited for you.” Morek fetched a jug and two clay pitchers. “Then shall we just share a drink to send our dead on their way to Harven ?” Aki took the cup and clinked it against Morek’s. “We call it Valhalla.” “And what does a Viking warrior do there?” “He fights alongside the Gods all day and then returns to the hall at night to hear songs of his exploits sung by the bards and to enjoy a never-ending feast.” Morek smiled. “That sounds like our Harven . Except our warriors get to enjoy other more sensual matters as well.” “As they do in Valhalla.” Aki licked his lips. “All together in a big, writhing naked pile of bodies.” “I can only offer you one body—unless you wish to join your brother and Ungar?” “Watch my brother fuck?” Aki grinned. “No, I thank you. I’ve had to listen to him with his female for the last few weeks. That was quite enough.” “Have you met your other mate yet?” Aki held his gaze. “Aye. She is not convinced I mean what I say and wishes the Oracle to confirm our mating.” “She is wise.” Morek nodded. “She will have to approve of me as well so it is better if all the issues can be resolved at once.” “You think you are bonded to me and to Elli?” Morek sank slowly to his knees. “I hope so, First Male, otherwise I have waited for you in vain.” He rubbed his undamaged cheek against Aki’s thigh. “I wish to prove myself worthy of you.” Beneath his leather trews, Aki’s cock kicked up and Morek purred and ran his tongue down the length of Aki’s straining shaft. “Let me taste you.” “What about your injuries? You—” Aki stopped talking as Morek set his teeth over his stiff cock and reached up to untie the laces that held Aki’s clothing together. He groaned as his iron-hard shaft was freed and eagerly swallowed between Morek’s demanding lips. Within seconds, his hips were rolling into the motion, thrusting himself deeper and harder into the hot, wet cavern of Morek’s mouth. “Gods…” He groaned as he started to come. Morek eased up, sucking lightly on the tip of Aki’s cock until his lips were shiny and smeared with Aki’s seed. He slowly stood and licked his fingers, gathering the wetness and swirling it around his tongue. With a guttural sound Aki reached for him, but Morek avoided his grasp, one hand working the buckle at his hips, allowing his chequered plaid to fall to the ground. Still holding Aki’s gaze, he brought his hand down to his dripping cock and then further down between his legs. “Fuck me, First Male.” Aki took an unsteady step toward him and then another until he was able to push Morek down onto the pile of furs and spread his thighs wide with his knee. Aki ran his fingers down Morek’s thick shaft and gently pumped his own cock, bringing them together in one of his massive fists. “Gods…” Morek strained against his tight hold. “That’s—” Aki held his gaze. “You will not come until I give you leave. Do you understand me?” “Yes, First Male.” Morek nodded as Aki stroked the tip of his cock against the tight bud of Morek’s arse. “Just fuck me. I want to feel you.” Aki contemplated the size of his cock as he managed to get a fingertip inside Morek. “You are too tight. I won’t hurt you like that. I want to have you all night.” “There is…oil…” Morek waved a hand at the table beside the bed. Aki found a small clay bottle and smeared his fingers and the crown of his cock in the