Locum Tenens 11

~~~ Chapter Notes ~~~

Loki and Kira continue snooping around Sven's kingdom - after leaving a mess on his bed. All chapters in this tale are complete and have been submitted. Hopefully, the kind, gracious, smartly-attired, and gorgeous admins will release a new episode every day or so.

~~~ Sven's Palace ~~~

Kira wanted to split up - having one of us stay near the king while the other tried to track down the mage or the spymaster - but I reminded her that we'd pretty much both promised her father that we'd stay together so that I could keep her safe.

We did a little sneaking around the halls - but there were too many palace employees buzzing around and we kept having to jump into corners or climb walls to keep from having somebody run into us (literally). We snuck down to the dungeons but there was nobody in the cells. Kira couldn't decide what that meant. There were a couple guards there, however, and we listened in on the palace gossip for a while, not gleaning much of value.

I reminded Kira that her cousin always knew most secrets and we slunk off to the kitchens. Neither of us mentioned it but I think we were both silently hoping to steal a loaf of fresh bread as well.

The kitchens are busy places. The walls were also harder to hang onto. The soot and grease made spider-crawling around on the area a real challenge. I felt my skills being strained and - after about a half-hour - I felt a pulse that told me my skills had gotten an upgrade. Kira said she got one as well.

In the end, we weren't able to swipe any warm toasty treats, but we did tag a messenger who hurried into the place to grab some trail rations so that he could head for the "D.O." As soon as he left, the cooks started going on and on about how calling it by an acronym wasn't likely to keep people from figuring out what they were talking about. They claimed that the entire kingdom knew that the letters stood for "dragon outpost".

With that knowledge, Kira and I hurriedly scooted and skated down hallways and through open doorways until we left the palace behind. We watched the messenger ride away at a gallop and tried to quickly decide whether to try stealing mounts - or whether to just go on foot.

We couldn't come up with an easy way to get the horses through the gate without attracting unwanted attention and so we took off on foot - clambering over the wall and trying to make up lost time by climbing the hills that the rider was required to navigate narrow switch-backs in order to gain the heights.

I was exhausted by the time we got to the next plateau. We were closer to the rider than we'd ever been - but he was off like a shot as soon as he was on level terrain again. The good news was that there were no other directions to go - so following him would be a simple task.

By the time we got to where he'd been sent, he had delivered his message and was heading back for the palace.

We scouted out the small outpost which was nothing more than a half-dozen tents set up at the mouth of a cave. We used our climbing skills to navigate around the soldiers at the entrance and moved inside.

They had constructed a latticework of iron bars. When I suggested that they were meant to contain the dragon, Kira snorted with laughter. She informed me that all these would do would be to raise a racket so that the soldiers knew the dragon was trying to leave.

We climbed through holes in the barrier and moved deeper into the cave. There was a bloody spot in the middle of the floor near the "gate" that Kira said was probably where the soldiers were feeding the beast in order to deny it the opportunity to go hunting for itself.

No longer clinging to the walls, we jogged deeper and deeper into the cave until Kira said that she thought we were getting close to where the dragon likely nested.

Kira listened for a bit, holding me back, and then began to strip off her clothes. I gave her a questioning look.

"Get undressed," she whispered. "Hide your things behind these rocks."

There was a small alcove that lay in the opposite direction of the turn in the main cavern. We left our clothes hidden there.

Kira brushed the floor of the cave with her hands to clear away some stones and debris and then got down onto her knees.

"I'm going to suck you until you cum," she said. "I want as much of your seed on my skin as I can manage. Dragons know so many things that they are fascinated by anything new. I intend to paint myself in your jism and approach her naked. I believe she'll be so intrigued that she'll let me call you forward. You should be naked as well. This will demonstrate that we don't have weapons and that we are opening ourselves up to her attacks willingly. I think she'll be tempted into conversing with us. We'll offer to track down her pup and return it to her. In exchange, I'm hoping for whatever information or magic she is willing to provide to aid us."

Nella was a far better cocksucker but I still got so turned on - thinking about a literal princess sucking my dick - that Kira soon had me cumming. She directed the nose of my penis across her face and chest. She rubbed my spend into her skin - coating as much of her body with it as she could. When that was done, she sucked me until I was hard again and then stroked me as she filled my ears with graphically erotic images and my balls recovered. Then she sucked me off again and sprayed my seed over her breasts and stomach. I wasn't sure she'd manage a third load from me but she did - eventually. This one painted her mons, vulva, and thighs.

Once she was ready, she strode off towards the dragon as I appealed to the All-Father to give us success.

I wasn't sure how Kira managed it, but she opened her talking-stone up so that I could hear not only her but the dragon.

She was a hundred paces away when the dragon fixed her eyes on my royal lover.

"What is that on your skin, child?" the dragon asked.

"The seed of the All-Father's champion, holy mother," Kira answered.

"Holy!" the dragon snorted. "Why address me as such?"

"You are a goddess to me, glorious lady," Kira responded.

"Honeyed words," the dragon replied. "You don't smell like the soldiers. Why are you here?"

"I have longed since I was but a babe to converse with one such as you," Kira said. "I learned that Sven has kidnapped your pup and I would barter my aid to try to return your little one to you for the chance to sit at your feet for an hour and hear whatever wisdom you would spare."

"Your champion ... where is he?"

"Waiting but for your permission that I should call him, glorious mother. You will undoubtedly be able to smell the god's touch on him - as you no doubt do in his seed upon my body."

"Call him, little one, that I may see if you speak the truth," she answered.

I hurried forward until the dragon spotted me. I slowed to a walk.

"Don't keep me waiting, champion," she called. "Come let me take your scent."

I hurried forward once again until I was but a few paces away. I slowed and walked straight up to where I knew she could touch me with her gigantic snout. She pressed her nostrils against my chest and breathed deeply.

"The Creator," she said softly, afterwards. "You have his touch. How did you find him?"

"He has a quirky sense of humor but I believe I could be content to visit with him for days and never tire of his company. I believe he strives not to interfere and yet cares deeply - and not just for those who call on him."

The dragon nodded and said, "Your words match my memories and I sense no duplicity in you. May I bathe your mate?"

"What?" I asked. "Blessed lady, I do not think there is anything that it would be wise for me to deny you."

"Ha! You've been listening to your woman as we've talked. I've your scent, let me taste your seed and I will know beyond any doubt that the All-Father has touched you."

I stepped back, out of the way.

The dragon's tongue snaked out and she ran the dual-tips around every part of Kira's face, neck, chest, stomach, groin, and thighs. When she finished, she smacked her lips.

"What is your name, child?" the dragon asked my lover.

"Kira, great mother," she replied.

"He will give you no son, I'm afraid," the dragon prophesied. "Unless you choose to bear the child yourself."

Kira's face fell. I wasn't sure what I was missing of the conversation but they both seemed intimately more knowledgeable about what was going on than I did.

"I know, my lovely," the dragon said, "you do not wish to be caged. In this, your spirit is like a dragon's. We cherish our young because we hate the chains that they bind us with. As you well know, I am currently bound by those very chains. Help me loose them and you will get more than pleasant conversation from me."

Kira dropped to her knees and prostrated herself before the dragon.

"I will do my very best, holy mother," she answered.

"You seek my aid, though," the dragon stated, knowingly.

"We don't know where to find ..."

"... her," the dragon finished. "She has not even earned a name for herself yet but you could call her 'thoughtless brat' - for allowing herself to fall into the hands of these hateful men and helping to rip out a mother's heart."

"We don't know where to find her," Kira told her. "We have some abilities and skills and I do hope these will be enough to allow us to bring your little babe back beneath your wing. In our quest to find out what secrets Sven was hiding, we have done a cursory search of the palace but we did not find the little one - nor hear anyone speaking of her whereabouts. As soon as we learned that a messenger was heading here, we trailed them to come to you. Any assistance you could offer to speed our search ..."

"I will give you a bit of my magic," the dragon said. "The first will let you find my brat. The second will let you escape a deadly strike. It has other uses as well - but I foresee your impetuous choices getting you into a sticky situation or two - and not the sticky situation you left on the king's bed - although I like your sense of humor."

Kira looked up at the dragon and grinned.

"Stand before me, side by side," the dragon instructed.

Still naked, I stepped beside Kira. She took my hand. Together, we faced the fearsome creature whose child we intended to rescue.

She looked at us in such a powerful way that I felt tiny, weak, insignificant ... and then I felt a wellspring of power. Then it stopped.

The magnificent beast suddenly swiped her left paw at us and Kira squeaked in fear and released my hand. I braced myself, not really knowing if I could survive.

The dragon's paw struck the floor of the cave hard enough to cause small pebbles to cascade to the ground from the earthquake-like shockwave.

Somehow, I was 30 feet to the left of where I'd stood a moment ago - safe and whole. Kira was 30 feet in the opposite direction - and just as healthy and hale.

The dragon laughed - her bellowing humor echoing through the cavern.

"Sorry ...," she said. "I needed to make sure the magic had taken hold."

"But ... what if it hadn't ...?" Kira asked, returning to her place.

"I ... well ... okay ...," the dragon said. "I needed to show you how it worked and quite honestly the expressions on your faces were just too delicious ..."

"Thank you, great mother," I said. "The magic removes us to safety?"

"It needs an hour or so to recharge," she said. "It's not an end-all. From what I have foreseen, however, it should see you safely through. If you've not used the ability in some time, you can also force it to happen - leaping forward to a location that you can see. Again, it's uses are somewhat limited but it's just one more tool in your already widely-varied arsenal."

I stepped forward and kissed her on the nose.

"Thank you, great mother," I intoned. "You said that you would also give us the ability to find the wayward pup?"

"My brat? Yes," she replied. "When you are close enough, you'll sense her - or actually any dragon - you can probably feel the power within you now - but we're close enough that you may not realize what it is."

I looked into my inner-being. I had used my magical-senses to find people before. This was far stronger.

"I see that you've found it," she said happily.

The dragon's tongue flicked out. It seemed to focus on Kira's nipples. The dragon grinned at her.

"You're spirited," the dragon said. "I'll bet you gave your mother fits when you were little. I sense the loss within you. I miss my mother as well."

"Thank you, great one," Kira said, giving a quick bow of her head. "By your leave, we will go looking for your ... brat."

"May the All-Father watch over your steps ...," the dragon intoned.

"... and yours," Kira replied.

The dragon gave a mirthless laugh and said, "My steps are limited until you return with my spawn. Once I'm sure she's safe, I'll be having a chat with King Sven - a chat that he may not survive."

"He has a brat as well," Kira told her. "Maybe a little turnabout would be appropriate."

"I'm not feeling that charitable," the dragon said. "We shall see. I look forward to your return."

We each gave her a bow at the waist and turned to leave. Her tongue flicked out and caressed the cheek of my ass. Her throaty laugh followed us through the cavern as we headed back to get dressed again.

"She's far more flirtatious than I expected," I told Kira.

"I agree," my lover replied. "Maybe you remind her of her last mate or something. Having her lick your spend from my body was ... highly erotic. I think she might have taken some pleasure from the act as well. Maybe that's why she's behaving that way."

Clothed once more, we walked toward the cave exit, climbed through the gaps in the crude barrier, and moved to the mouth of the cave. When we were nearing the guards, we made ourselves invisible and simply walked past them. I couldn't resist tapping one on the shoulder. He spun to see who had touched him and then was greatly confused when he couldn't find anyone nearby.

We got halfway back to the edge of the plateau to find another messenger riding to the outpost. We stood directly in the path of the horse and it began to spook when it sensed us. The rider couldn't figure out what was wrong with the mount and began to fight with it. Kira and I suddenly appeared and the horse settled. The rider cried out in alarm. I launched a sparkling purple orb at his face and he was knocked from his seat. I stabbed him quickly and killed him. I stripped him naked, carried him away from the road, and then played heat back and forth over his body until I'd turned the corpse into nothing but ashes.

I put on the man's clothes, mounted the horse, and then helped Kira up behind me. We rode back to the palace. When we were getting close, Kira went invisible and I pulled the helmet down a bit to help hide my eyes. I rode to the gate like I was on a mission. I passed through without being questioned. I dropped Kira off just before the stables and then left the mount with the ostler.

Kira stayed hidden and she followed me as I started walking through every building and every passageway, waiting for my new tracker to tell me where the hatchling was being hidden.

We spent the rest of the day searching without success. We climbed the side of the stable, unlatched a door used for delivering straw, and made ourselves a nest for the night.

Kira was feeling horny and wanted sex. I was worried about us being caught. She wasn't as worried. She stroked me until I was hard and then climbed onto my rigid shaft and rode me as I pressed my hands over her mouth to keep her from being loud. She finally got what she wanted - two orgasms and a pussy full of cream.

We snuggled together in the loose straw and were soon asleep.

~~~

The next morning, we slipped out of the hayloft, closed the access door behind us, and climbed back to the ground. We sat in the shadows, ate a breakfast of trail rations, and drank from our waterskins.

We began searching again. By lunchtime, we had eliminated every place that I could think of that we hadn't already visited. It was time to return to the places we'd already been - the prince's quarters, the king's quarters, the kitchens, and the dungeons.

We found the creature in the dungeons - in a hidden cell. Kira and I were both astonished and disappointed that we had been so close but had never found the little beast.

The "thoughtless brat" smelled her mother's saliva on us. I grinned at Kira. Maybe the dragon had really been flirting - but she was also marking us so that the hatchling would know that she could trust us.

Kira used the talking-stone to inform me that she was speaking telepathically with the little creature. Together, they were hatching a plan for breaking the baby dragon free and escaping from the palace.

Kira told me that the hatchling had passed on a piece of information that might be crucial. Though we were deep inside of the bowels of the palace, the tiny dragon said that she smelled fresh air. While the females chatted, I was tasked with finding where the fresh air was coming from.

I dug through my storage room and found a small candle. I used my fire-magic to light the wick. I then proceeded to carry this candle around, watching the flame to find any drafts. My body was invisible - as was the candle itself - but the flame appeared to be floating through the air like some kind of willow wisp.

One of the guards saw the flickering light and came to investigate. As luck would have it, a gust of air came from the hidden passageway and blew out the flame just before the guard laid eyes on me. I quickly stored the candle away.

He sniffed at the air, wondering where the smell of hot wax and the burning wick had come from. After unsuccessfully searching for a few minutes, he returned to his post. The other guard, of course, asked him what he'd found - and then didn't trust his answer when he said that he'd found nothing. The second one came to look for himself, gave up a couple minutes later and went back to his place. The first guard, of course, made fun of him for failing to find anything different than he had.

Kira wanted to check in with Rilla but we already knew that the mages were watching for unauthorized messages traveling in and out of the palace so she just waited patiently.

For my part, I spent the intervening hours figuring out how to access the hidden passageway - and then following it out to where it exited from the building. There was a cemetery there of unmarked graves. I wondered if every dungeon in every castle or palace had such a place. In a way, it made sense to have a burial ground nearby to either eliminate witnesses - or to dispose of those who simply became ill and died.

I turned invisible and searched the area until I figured out where I was - and what we'd need to do in order to get away with our prize.

There was a set of stairs nearby that led to the top of the palace wall - with a small guard-tower that - probably due to its position being the furthest from the main gate - was staffed by a group of soldiers that barely qualified for the name.

We would need to ascend the stairs, remove or disable the guards, and then have the baby dragon leap to the ground below. I would heal any damage it incurred and then we would head up the ridge and across the plateau to return the child to its mother.

I snuck back through the tunnel, checked to make sure that the coast was clear, and slipped back into the empty cell where the secret passageway emerged. I sat in the corner, invisible, communicating with Kira - who was communicating with the hatchling.

I spent the remainder of the day there. We waited until it was late that night before we made our move.

When the guards had changed and the whole palace had grown quiet, I snuck up behind the guard that stood in front of the hidden cell that held the little dragon. I wrapped my hand over the man's mouth and sent a burst of heat into the center of his brain. His whole body tensed for a long moment and then he simply relaxed - dead. I eased him into a sitting position and left him. His eyes were open wide but there was no longer a light within.