Tehr smiled as he watched Tera dart from the study, robe clutched about her body as a hand went low to make sure that she didn't leak too much.  He again chuckled at the use of his cleaning spell, knowing that if he were a true gentleman he would have taken care of that last bit.  But she'd wanted to be dominated, to feel for a little while like he was the master, and with it came the freedom to be a little demeaning to the powerful elf warrior.  He gathered his clothing and re-dressed before returning to his studies.  He wanted to be prepared for meeting with Mother dryad tomorrow, and wanted to relax at the same time.  Time in his workshop could wait till later.<br/><br/>Much later that night he decided it was time to retire, and after a stop in the bath room to clean before bed, removing any lingering scent of the elf warrior from his skin, he made his way to the bedroom.  There were no lights lit in the bedroom, just the dim light of Londinium's night coming through partially veiled windows.  Yet he sensed the shape on the bed, so he shut his door securely and removed the cover from the statue in his room.  He felt the magical dweomer of the statue fill the room with a general air of lust, even as the doors and windows would be filled with random mutterings to anyone listening from outside.  Shedding his clothing he slid into bed and the familiar scent of lilac shampoo reached his nose.  He crawled up onto the bed and found not one form, but two identical forms reaching up for him.<br/><em><br/> 'Dreams are such delightful things, showing things that we know are not possible, but have their own naughty joy to them...' </em>one of the two forms whispered.  He chuckled lightly and moved towards the speaker, who he sensed was his real sister and not his apprentice who shared her exact form.  His lips stopped an inch from her face and he spoke,<strong> "What we do is of love and of lust, and carries no judgement, only joy."</strong>Then Tehr's lips pressed to Christina's as an identical form rose up behind him to press soft breasts against his back and kiss at his shoulders.  Tehr's fingers slid down the form below him, brushing past the patch of tightly trimmed hair between Christina's hips to find the soft petals below.  He found her already wet and warm, and had no doubt that Alexandria and she had been playing while waiting for his arrival.<br/><br/>Christina's body arched under his touch and his kiss, and Alexandria's hand found his shaft, stroking it softly.  He broke from the kiss then and turned, facing the identical face behind him.  His lips met the changeling woman's and he rolled over, laying between them, one hand able to now stroke each partner.  Unsurprisingly he found Alexandria's body to be just as aroused, if not more.  A long while slid by with pleasant foreplay, touching, stroking, kissing, licking, and by the time Tehr rolled atop one of the two women, and the other guided his hardness inside her twin's wet folds, even Tehr had lost track of which one was which.  Yet, the way the three of them moved together, seeking pleasure, reveling in what could only be called love, he knew that it did not matter.<br/><br/>A long while later he lay exhausted and sweaty, between the two women.  The one curled on his left side breathing the deep breath of sleep with her head on his chest.  On his right side the woman lay on her side, head propped up on one fist as she gazed at the pair next to her.  A soft dreamy look filled her eyes, that look one of being tired and completely and well fucked, satisfied well.  But Tehr noted that the woman's eyes were not just on him, but on the woman sleeping on his chest as well.<br/><br/>He smiled at the sleepy yet roused 'sister' in front of him and asked in a soft slow whisper,<strong>"You love her don't you?"</strong><br/><br/>The woman nodded, and whispered back,<strong>"Of course I do, and I love you too."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr smiled and reached out to place a hand on her thigh,<strong>"No 'little Tina' I mean you really do love her.  I know you'll always love me, but you've fallen in love with Alexandria, haven't you?"</strong><br/><br/>The awake woman quirked her lips and said,<strong>"Oh, and you know that I'm Christina eh?  How do you know that I'm not Alexandria and it is Christina sleeping on your breast right now?  We changelings are very skilled at mimicing after all."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr didn't return her smile and instead locked his gaze with her in the dark room,<strong>"I know 'little Tina', I always know."</strong><br/><br/>Christina sighed and leaned forwards to kiss Tehr,<strong>"I know you do brother, you know me so well, better than I know myself I think."</strong>She sighed again and reached out a hand across Tehr's body to stroke Alexandria's form, a mirror of her own,<strong>"I don't know, is it love, is it fascination?"</strong><br/><br/><strong>"She loves you as well, though maybe she doesn't fully realize it yet. I've seen it in her eyes, no matter what form she takes."</strong>Tehr said softly, one hand resting on Alexandria's back as the other went behind his head to pillow his neck as he spoke with his sister.<br/><br/><strong>"Mmmmm much the way your eyes light up when a certain elven noblewoman enters the room perhaps?"</strong>Christina teased.<br/><br/>Tehr smiled for a moment then blinked away the pleasant thoughts,<strong>"Don't change the subject my loving sister, I'll not be deflected so easily.  The fact remains that mother wanted me to find you a husband, and as yet, I've done nothing to fulfil her wishes.  Alexandria is a fine woman, and I love her in my own way.  She is an excellent apprentice, and while her house is weak in power, has strong history of nobility, a good tie for Wynt.  But if you love her, that might make it difficult to find a husband, to find a good match."</strong>Tehr already knew the direction this conversation was going in, and he was leading his sister in the path he wanted the bed time whispers to go in, knowing he couldn't force her, only guide her.<br/><br/><strong>"Well, what about Alexandria?  Most of the world knows her as <em>Alex ir'Hesfal</em>, a man, the son of that noble house.  Why couldn't we... she and I..."</strong>Christina sighed and snuggled close to Tehr then, burying her face in his neck, throwing one thigh over his leg.<strong>"Because she's told me that even though she wears the guise of a man most of her life, she is and always will be a woman.  She and her twin sister were born women, and even though she was raised to be the noble 'son' of house Hesfal, she isn't, not biologicaly at least.  She can mimic a man's form, to quite exacting details in fact..."</strong>Christina trailed off for a moment, no doubt lost in the memories of times that 'Alex' had pumped her full of 'his' cum'.  But then she continued with a sigh,<strong>"Alexandria d'Hesfal can never give me what our house needs so much, an heir, can she?  And that is what mother is really most concerned about.  Not my happiness, nor yours, nor even her own.  She cares not that I make a happy marriage, but that I make one that will see our ancient and noble house continue."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr nodded softly and turned, kissing Christina on the forehead.<strong>"She understands duty to the house, just as she did for her noble family so long ago.  She left everything she was, everything she knew, leaving house Montacello, leaving Italia, to venture to this kingdom and marry father."</strong><br/><br/>Christina sniffled once into Tehr's neck,<strong>"It's not fair.  None of this is fair.  James should still be alive.  This should be his responsibility, not mine."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr took a long deep breath.  How many times had he thought that exact same thing over the last year?  In fact it had been just over a year ago, a year and only a few days, since his older brother James had fallen to his death.  How many times had Tehr held less than noble thoughts in his head about the fact that all of the responsibility now rested on his shoulders as the only living son of house Wynt?  But it wasn't all on his shoulders, and never had been.  His mother had borne more of a burden then any grieving widow and mother should ever have to bear.  His sister was facing the reality of being the living link to the future for the house.  Hell even his most trusted friend and servant Angelique had borne up responsibility greater than any servant should have to bear to help house Wynt survive.  Tehr knew that he was not alone in his duty, just as Christina was not now.  He also knew that Christina knew this, but was venting frustration, and so he said nothing.<br/><br/><strong>"If I love Alexandria, why can we not live the deception, live with her as my husband, becoming a part of house Wynt?  Why must I bear the next generation of our house?" </strong>Christina muttered in a sullen almost childish voice.<br/><br/><strong>"You know why." </strong>Tehr said softly into the crown of her head.<br/><br/>A long period of silence spread across them, so long that Tehr thought maybe Christina had fallen asleep.  But then finally she said,<strong>"Because of the queen.  You are the royal consort now, and all rumors in court say that it is only a matter of time, years perhaps, but a very strong likelyhood, that the queen will take you as her husband and you shall become Prince Tehr.  Any child you have with her would become members of house Tudor, not house Wynt.  If I bear no children, yours would inherit all of house Wynt and it would be folded into house Tudor.  House Wynt would become a historical footnote in time." </strong>She sighed softly.<br/><br/><strong>"Even if I were to have a bastard child, were I married to the queen, they would not... could not... be recognized." </strong>Tehr said.<br/><br/>Christina turned and kissed Tehr's chest,<strong>"And it would be equally suicidal for you to shun the queen.  To break off such a powerful relationship would doom our house almost as much."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr nodded and said,<strong>"Nor would I want to do such a thing.  I care for the queen very deeply.  I value her and love her in a way."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"But, not as you love the lady d'Caelor?" </strong>Christina asked softly.<br/><br/>Tehr's breath caught in his throat.  Was it so obvious?  Did he love Rosalyn?  He had assumed that he was smitten with her, obsessed maybe, but was he in love with her?  He shook his head,<strong>"It doesn't matter.  We can't always have everything we want.  Even though the Queen allows me freedom to tomcat around, and in fact has understood that such a stipulation is a part of my nature, she could never allow me to marry another.  Not without cutting me lose."</strong><br/><br/>Christina pushed up on her side again, looking down at Tehr,<strong>"You know, many kings and princes in our kingdom have kept royal consorts even when married.  They had marriages of convenience but kept their true hearts close, even publicly."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr nodded, Queen Elizabeth's own father, Henry the eight had done so quite publicly in fact.  The queen's own mother was in fact Henry's second wife, Anne, who had been a publicly kept and well known consort during his marriage to his first wife.  Still,<strong>"Yes, but those have always been the cases of powerful kings who sat on the throne, not simply a man who married into the position."</strong><br/><br/>Christina's eyes gleamed in the dim light,<strong>"Yes, but Queen Elizabeth is accepting of your ways... there may be hope yet."</strong>Now Tehr was quiet for a long time, thinking over this information.  He'd never really considered it, but there was so much that was unknown, so much at risk.  It was Christina, in a very sleepy voice who finally broke the silence again by saying,<strong>"Who knows, maybe there could be a happy ending for all of us.  After all, if 'Alex ir'Hesfal' married me, that doesn't mean I couldn't bear a child.  I would just need a man to father the child in my 'husband's' stead.  Someone I could... trust... someone who could keep the secret to his very grave."  </strong>Christina's hand moved low and cupped Tehr's smooth hairless testicles, giving them a loving stroke.<br/><br/>Tehr gasped,<strong> "Christina, no, such a thing goes against the teachings of the old gods.  Besides you know the history of our house, such a thing was rumored..."</strong><br/><br/>Christina cut him off with a light squeeze of his balls,<strong>"Rumored, and myths... I'm talking about reality here brother, not some ancient myth or worthless superstition.  The queen of Germania had parents who were blood sibs, and her mother was the product of first cousins.  The czaier of Erusia is rumored to be the third in line of a family of incest.  Even our current queen's family tree branches back in upon itself a few times if you go back far enough.  Besides..." </strong>She relaxed her grip on his balls and moved it to lightly stroke his soft shaft,<strong>"I'm just speculating anyways brother, it was just idle thought, in the middle of the night, between two lovers."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr sighed and relaxed, in no small part that Christina's hand was stroking along his shaft smoothly, bringing him blissful waves of pleasure and quickly bringing him back to hardness again.<strong>"Did you not get enough already?" </strong>He muttered as his hand moved to caress her skin.<br/><br/>She chuckled softly and said,<strong>"Alexandria got to have four orgasms, I've only hit my peak twice.  I think you owe it up to me to let me catch up."</strong><br/><br/>At that, a soft chuckle was heard from the form on Tehr's right, and Alexandria slid away from Tehr slowly, letting him focus more on Christina.  It was unclear how awake the changeling had been during the conversation, nor, did it matter.  Yet as Tehr rolled over onto Christina, his cock sliding into her warm wet core smoothly in a slow gentle dance of love making, Alexandria inched back in to caress Christina, kissing lightly so as to still be a part of their love making.<br/><br/>Yet during their passion, it was Christina who brought it up again, bawdily saying,<strong>"Yes brother, fuck me, fuck your little sister.  Shoot your hot fertile seed into me, pump me full of the next generation of house Wynt!"</strong>Knowing that it was but bawdy sex talk, meaning nothing, and that both of them still had active birth control spells, Tehr didn't feel the need to argue.  And in fact, it seemed to have the positive effect of making Christina orgasm quite powerfully.  A fact that was repeated again when Tehr finally found his peak, and splashing his hot cum inside her, set off a second orgasm in his sister.<br/><br/>Things went quiet after that as both women seemed to drift off to sleep.  Tehr roused after a few hours, while it was still full dark, having gotten enough sleep thanks to his ring, and planned on washing and going to his workshop for a few hours.  But it was Alexandria, whose skin now gleamed pale grey in the scant light of the windows, her true form now revealed who spoke as he slid out of bed.<strong>"Master Tehr,"</strong>the changeling said,<strong>"You know my twin sister is a priestess.  I've seen her cast blessings of health on pregnant women.  Maybe you should speak with her about the possibility of what Christina mentioned.  She would be trustworthy after all."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr turned to address his apprentice, but the changeling's eyes were closed and it appeared she was drifting in and out of sleep.  In the end he said nothing and left the bedroom with the two, but with his head full of thoughts of what might be.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Tehr thanked Angelique for the breakfast, knowing it was early and not begrudging Sarah and Heidi for sleeping in.  He and Rosalyn had an early day today anyways if they were off to see Mother Dryad.<strong>"Thank you my darling Angelique,"</strong>he said,<strong>"I wish to finish up, but could you see that Lady Rosalyn is roused and ready to depart in an hour?  And send word to the stables to have our horses ready please?"</strong>He decided against asking after Heidi and Sarah, as he had a good idea why the two might have slept in, especially after Heidi's spying session last night.  Instead he simply ate his meal before finishing his work on the charms he had been preparing at night.  Then making sure the workshop was cleaned and squared away, and ready for his apprentice to come in and work while he was gone.  No doubt the changeling would have a store of primal energy ready to be spent after last night's session.<br/><br/>Then with a quick stop to the bathroom to freshen up, he went in search of the lady Rosalyn, to see if she was ready to go to the Queen's forest, to seek out Mother Dryad.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Whew, that one got away from me..... hope you don't mind the expositional story writing.  :)</div></div>