<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/af3wB7E.jpg)<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/HskZF8C.jpg)</div><br/>Tehr was able to forgive Heidi, especially after with the queen's permission, he told the redheaded maid to 'clean' the queen's freshly fucked sex.  Of course the redheaded maid, having been Christina's personal attendant for months now knew exactly the way to pleasure a woman.  So it was with a rosy glow on the Queen's face, and a sheepish look upon her shiny face that Tehr, Heidi, and Elizabeth rejoined the party.  The buxom redheaded maid surreptitiously wiping the juices from her lips and chin as discreetly as she could.<br/><br/>Tehr was pleased to see that Kanya Bloodthorne had rejoined the procession.  It wasn't that he had forgotten about her * but that she had business to attend to north of the city.  The merchant could only meet with her that day before heading further north.  He was important to the Wynt house fortunes, and it was only Kayna's personal recollection about how she had cleared the Wynt lands of bandits, making it safe for merchant trade that had convinced him to ship along the toll roads that now cut through Wynt controlled lands.  Her ability to tell the tradesman about the civilization of the wild lands around the ancestral Wynt home, and the new land under it's sway was all that it took to secure a lucrative contract that would benefit House Wynt's coffers, and in the long run, foster growth and an increase in trade for the region.  In truth, Tehr knew that Kayna was also a touch on the anti social side, and thought she may have chosen to avoid most of the day's festivities out of her own sense of discomfort.  Not in the sex of course, she was aggressively healthy when it came to sexual appetite, but in being around so many others, especially those of noble blood.<br/><br/>Tehr had to admit, the half orc monk did an amazing job of fitting in at the formal occasion.  Her silk gown done in blues with a smattering of sequins that made one think of a shimmering night sky, with paint on her lips to match, it was striking on the muscular orc.  Even the soft flowing lines of the feminine gown could not hide the rippling muscle of the half orc's frame.  Tehr wanted to greet her, but was more amusingly taken by the sight of Moira, her hands wrapped around futanari cocks of his apprentice and 'her' twin sister.  Moira's face went as red as her hair as she was spotted by the queen, but Elizabeth's attitude quickly made the guardswoman relax.  Tehr let the queen go and talk to the two changelings, and she even wnt so far as to delight in the feel of the strange futanari cocks on otherwise beautiful women.  Meanwhile Tehr approached Kayna, kissed her in view of everyone else, which embarassed the half orc slightly, and told her how wonderful she looked.  She briefed him on her successful day, and he insisted the first dance be with her, since she had missed so much already.<br/><br/>It was only later as the gathering sat down to eat, that Angelique took the attention and gave her toast.  But her question was a good one.  A question he had to consider for a moment before standing and addressing the room.<strong> "My happiness over the last several months is hard to overstate.  There have been trials and tribulations.  There have been attempts on the lives of several of us here.  But I truly believe that whatever gods watch over us, have taken a liking to what we do.  Our Queendom of Brittania is in a stronger place now then it was a year ago, with traitors rooted out and new avenues opening for our land and it's peoples.  The resurgence and re-connection with the demi human races," </strong>he nodded his head slightly at Emily d'Ravos first, Kanya Bloodthorne, then Carolyn d'Caledor,<strong>"is a good reaffirmation that we are a nation of peoples, not just humans, despite being led by one."</strong>He grinned and smiled at the Queen, who sat at his right hand, having refused to take the head of the table as it was his right as the guest of honor this day.<strong> "A queen who inspires love in her subjects through her fair rule, her beauty, her wisdom..."</strong><br/><br/>Christina, who sat to his left couldn't help but interrupt and throw out,<em><strong>"and her excellent choice in picking a lover."  </strong></em>The table laughed at Christina's joke and Tehr took the jab with good nature before continuing.<br/><br/><strong>"I bear no ill will to the church of the one god, despite the evil they brought upon our lands over the last few generations, but I am pleased to see a return to the old gods as well.  The code of a more free lifestyle, what the church would consider sexual deviancy, is apparent in my heart, and in this house.  I think all of you understand the way I live, and have come to understand what that entails.  Love is not a limited resource, to be hoarded only between two, but can multiply and grow when shared.  We can be who we want in this home," </strong>he gestured to Alexis and Carolyn, who had revealed to everyone their true nature as changelings,<strong>"and not feel judged."</strong><br/><br/>He paused for a long few moments, just to drive home what he was to say next,<strong>"Yet, in all of us, by nature or by necessity, there resides some doubt.  To deny that would be to deny our nature, and that is something I do not wish to do.  But at the same time if I can make the guests as well as those who live in this home feel at peace, we could have many days that approach today in joy,"  </strong>he smirked devilishly,<strong> "and in deviancy.  We could engage in our pleasures as we wished, and not need a special occasion.  It is with that in mind that I have been working on a project, one that my apprentice knows about, and that I believe to be ready."</strong><br/><br/>He paused and took a deep breath,<strong>"If I could be so boorish as to request something from my friends, family, and lovers here, it would be simply this.  Allow me to retrieve this project, this oathstone, and if you feel comfortable doing so, make use of it tonight, with me, and join me in a new level of trust."</strong>He straightened his garments and said,<strong>"I shall go fetch the stone, and if you have questions, you may ask Alexis, who is familiar with it as she has watched me working on it for the last few weeks.  Anyone may choose to try it, or not, as they desire when I return."</strong><br/><br/>With that Tehr went to the third floor labratory to fetch the circular oathstone.  He took his time, knowing that likely the women below would have questions for Alexis.  Who in turn would explain how the oathstone would simply glow brightly when someone spoke an oath that they wanted to keep, and once having done so, would make it very hard for them to break that oath.  The entire process should be voluntary, and would not work on someone who was lying, or who did not truly wish in their hearts to keep the oath they were speaking.  A simple and brief glow of light around the person speaking the oath was the only indication that they were speaking truthfully.  Of course, unless anyone with magical potential used a spell to divine magical auras, then they would detect the lesser geas on the person.  But for the most part it was harmless, and it would provide a layer of security and safety to everyone in the house if people went along with it.  Tehr certainly hoped that they did.<br/><br/>However as he was contemplating it, standing at his bench, a soft pink glow in the dark workshop drew his attention.  There, two acorns sat, thrumming with a soft pink light.  Of course, mother dryad's acorns.  He knew that he had to plant them, as he had promised.  But he had intended to do so near his family estates, and hadn't yet had a chance to return home.  He pondered why they would be glowing with a pinkish light, but that light faded even as he thought about it.  Maybe they simply sensed his presence?  He wasn't sure.  He didn't know that the acorns, full of the life of two dryads, had been absorbing massive amounts of primal sexual energy.  Not just from being in the lab, but also Tehr had chosen this location for his workshop as it was the apex of the house, all the carnal activities, the primal energy, the sexual bliss naturally flowed to a point at the peak of this room.  The acorns had been absorbing that energy a little bit at a time, and there had been a lot of primal energy generated today.  He couldn't know the bond that had already been built between those acorns, himself, the primal, each other, and this place.  Certainly if he did know, he would have felt guilt at not carrying out Mother Dryad's instructions sooner.  But she'd never said any time limit, and so the acorns continued to bathe in vast sexual energies even as he left the workshop to go back downstairs with the oathstone and see the reaction of the guests and residents of Hewthorne hall.<br/><br/><br/>*<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>We totally forgot about her.</div></div>