Chapter 5 - Belath

It's slightly surreal, after over a thousand years of searching we have found our final soulmate. She's actually here in the castle, sleeping in the room we've kept ready for her although I did have to quickly run through cleaning it when we arrived back from the temple. We hadn't been expecting the problems that would come up when she finally regained consciousness.

Our poor mate, not even having a name. It had been clear from the time we got her from the temple that she had suffered, she is malnourished and poorly dressed but to be deprived of even a name. I hope to one day find out where she had lived so that I can make them suffer for the pain they have caused out mate, I'm sure Ruikor will be easy to convince to join me and hopeful Lilas doesn't try to stop us.

Now that Emmy has gone to sleep the three of us have gone into our room, relaxing together on the bed. Ruikor is reclining against the headboard with Lilas head pillowed on his right thigh while I'm resting my head against his stomach on the other side.

"Do you think she'll join us here soon?" I ask breaking the silence.

"I don't know, we must go at her pace. And when she does it will probably be to just sleep at first. Nothing more." Lilas says lifting his head slightly to give me a stern look. I blink innocently at him.

"Me, never." He knows that I would never pressure Emmy into anything she doesn't want to do. At the same time though I can't help but think of what it will be like when she is ready for more than just sleep.

I've not had sex with anyone other than my mates since we met over a thousand years ago and both Lilas and Ruikor have admitted before that they only ever been with each other and me. It has come up before what it'd be like with our fourth so when the idea of our mate being female first came up they confessed that they had never had sex with a woman.

"We know Bel." Kor states reassuring me anyway, apparently he hasn't used up his word quota for the day.

"Although speaking of sex…" I trail off grinning cheekily up at Kor and then down to Li, "Anyone interested." Even though Kor and I had sex all morning I'm more than up for another round or two. Kor looks thoughtful for a moment before reaching down and tugging lightly at my tunic.

"Off." He orders because there is never any doubt that Kor is in charge. He's always dominant but he's never more so than when we're in bed. Sitting up slightly I manage to pull the tunic up over my head before leaning over to kiss Kor. Grabbing hold of the back of my head he quickly takes charge of the kiss.

"Gods…" Lilas breathes out causing us to break apart to find him sitting up and watching the two of us intensely. I can't help smiling, looks like he wants to join in after missing out on this morning. A gentle push from Kor has me moving down to Li to pull him into a kiss as well, gentler than the one I shared with Kor but no less passionate.

"Pretty mates." Kor grunts, letting out a deep rumbling purr as many dragons do when their pleased and nothing pleases Kor more than seeing his mates together.

"Just think Kor, soon you'll have all your mates to admire at once." Even though I'm teasing a bit I can tell the thought of Emmy being here with us affects us all, Kor even purrs louder which I didn't think was possible.

Separating quickly to strip we're soon back in bed, Kor back by the headboard stroking his massive cock to the sight of Lilas and me kissing. I bury my hands into Li's hair gently touching his sensitive ears, pulling whimpers and little moans from him. Suddenly I'm pulled away from Li, falling against Kor's chest who drags me into a powerful kiss. A gentle hand strokes down my back, a light barely there caress, and then back up again.

"I don't think Kor wants to be teased anymore." Lilas quips settling against Kor's other side, "I wonder how he wants us this time." Kor nearly always gets his way with positioning during sex, not that me or Lilas complain as it's still pleasurable maybe even more so when we obey Kor. True to form he sits up taking charge.

"Hands and knees." He points at me then moves onto Li, "Headboard." We scramble into the desired positions while Kor moves to kneel behind me, his plan quickly becomes clear. It's one of our favourites because it gets us all involved, Kor fucking me from behind as Li fills my mouth. At times they also appreciate that it keeps me quiet.

"Kor, please." I beg as he lightly brushes a finger over my entrance, I just want him inside filling me already. Lilas lifts a hand to cup my cheek tilting my head up so that he can see my face properly.

"Oil and prep first." Lilas tells me firmly moving away from me to grab the oil that we always keep nearby. Seeing the amount of oil left in the bottle of mine and Kor's eventful morning Lilas fixes both of us with a mocking stern look before passing the bottle to Kor, "You two might have a problem."

"Nope." I pout at Lilas as he turns his attention back to me leaning forward for a brief kiss, "We were just bored."

"You just love sex." He retorts pulling me into a longer deeper kiss. Behind me I feel Kor's fingers return to my entrance, now covered in oil he pushes one inside me making me moan into Li's kiss. He isn't wrong though; I've always loved sex even back when I was human.

Together it's as though they're planning to drive me insane, after so long together Kor and Li are often able to communicate with a single look that even I struggle to understand even after all this time. Behind me Kor is slowly preparing me, taking his time to add a second finger, while Lilas and I are still kissing as he moves a hand down and begins playing with my nipples.

"Please. Please." Breaking the kiss with Lilas I start begging so close to the edge already, a stream of 'pleases' only broken by desperate moans of their names every now and then. As usual though my begging doesn't get the response I want, rather than giving me more they stay at the same pace keeping me balanced on the edge. Until suddenly Lilas pulls back to lie back against the pillows by the headboard, just as Kor pushes a third finger into me.

That added finger sends me over the edge without a single touch to my cock. Kor begins purring again satisfied as always to have made one of his mates come, his fingers are still inside me while he enjoys me clenching around them no doubt imagining that it's another part of him. Smiling Lilas reaches down to wipe up some of my come and begins stroking his own cock.

"Good mate." Kor praises leaning down against my back to kiss my neck, letting me recover slightly before we continue. With a brief shared look Lilas leans forward again, past me this time to kiss Kor so I turn my head to watch. By the time they separate I'm hard again and moaning and whimpering, desperate to carry on with what had been implied earlier. Luckily they know me well. Kor pushes Lilas gently back against the pillows, "Bel take care of Li."

Obeying I lean my head down and place little kisses up and down Lilas's cock, making him moan and dig his hands into my hair. I let out a soft whimper as Kor pulls his finger out of me, pushing my hips back towards him desperate to be filled again. Rubbing a soothing thumb along on my hip he's then pushing his cock into me, stretching me in the best way.

"So big." I can't help the moan that escapes me as he fills me. Even after all these years I still can't get over how big Kor is. He stills inside me allowing me to adjust to him.

"So tight." He grunts in return taking time himself to adjust, none of us want this to end too soon.

Happily filled now I return my attention back to Li's cock, licking from base to tip before taking him into my mouth. His fingers tighten in my hair in response but keeps his grip light letting me move on my own, well sort of. Kor thrusts into me hard and deep, the force of them shoving me forward onto Lilas then back as he withdraws.

"Pretty mates." Kor has kept to a steady pace for a while, enjoying the sight the two of us make for him judging by the deepening purr that I can feel rumbling from behind me, but is speeding up now too close now not to chase it. His increased pace has me moaning around Lilas's cock who start gently thrusting up into my mouth chasing the feeling as well.

Releasing Li from my mouth, I let out a long-drawn-out moan as I come first after a few almost brutal thrusts from Kor. Lilas isn't far behind me as with a few quick strokes to his cock he's coming all over my face, a sight that has Kor stilling inside me as he comes with a grunt.

I collapse onto the bed to the right of Lilas while Kor falls to his left we cuddle, enjoying the afterglow. Lilas is the first to fall asleep tucked between the two of us and Kor has closed his eyes on the verge of sleep. Meanwhile I'm too caught up in wondering about what tomorrow will hold, it'll be our first full day with Emmy. We need to give her a full tour, get her new clothes and most importantly get to know our fragile young mate.

Kor and Lilas have experience with meeting a new mate but I've never been on this end, having to learn to include someone in an established relationship. Hopefully though I can spend some time with her alone helping her with new clothes. Out of the three of us I have the most interest in fashion, over the years I've designed and made dresses for many female friends so I'm excited to get to create beautiful dresses for my beautiful new mate. I'm soon falling asleep thinking of what I could create for Emmy.

I wake up as dawn is breaking, a habit I first developed after Lilas placed a couple of runes on my ring allowing me out in the sun. It means a lot being able to go out in the sun again, something I had missed since being turned, so I started getting up at dawn to enjoy the sun for as long as possible. Not wanting to disturb Li and Kor but not wanting to stay still anymore I plan to go to my room and begin sketching some dresses for Emmy. But first I need to carefully make my way out of bed, during the night we'd all moved into a big pile, so I must manoeuvre my way out from under Kor's arm and carefully over Li's legs before I'm free.

Once I'm free and they aren't showing any signs of waking up I head out into the corridor. I stop short of heading into my room as I pick up the sound of Emmy's heartbeat from her room, her heart is racing for some reason. Worried I cross the hall and knock lightly on the door, hoping that she is awake and luckily she pulls the door open.

"Belath." She smiles at me, her heart calming down. "Good morning."

"Morning Emmy. Is everything okay? I could hear your heart rate and wanted to check on you."

"I'm sorry." She replies sounding embarrassed, "I woke up not long ago and didn't know if any of you were awake yet. I didn't want to leave and get lost, so I wasn't sure what to do."

"Well, it's not a problem now. So is there anything you want to do?"

"Is there anywhere I could wash up?" Her voice goes quiet as she continues, "It felt wrong to sleep in such a nice bed last night in my dirty clothes. I don't have anything else to wear but I'd feel better if I at least washed up."

"I can help with all of that. Wait here a second." I run back into our shared room and search begin through Lilas's clothes, being the smallest of us his have the closest fit. It doesn't take me long to find one of his older robes that he rarely wears. Heading back into the hallway I open the door to my room gesturing for Emmy to enter, "After you." She heads into my room only to stop staring wide-eyed.

"This is all yours?" She asks in wonder staring at various bolts of fabric scattered around the room. It is a mess with possibly hundreds of rolls in the room so her eyes are darting everywhere, and I can only watch in amusement while she lights up in true delight for the first time. Emmy reaches out a hand to touch some of the fabric only to pull away at the last second.

"Yes, you can touch any of it." I reassure her and she wastes no time in feeling the fabric she had just backed away from, "I can't wait to make dresses for you if you'll let me of course. For now I can adjust Li's robe for you so that you have something to wear after your bath." Taking my hand for support she steps up onto the small pedestal and pulls the robe on over her clothes so I can start mark the robe for altering, only the length and sleeves though. A full alteration would take much longer and the robe is only a place holder anyway until we can get her more clothes so it won't take me long to finish marking the robe.

Finished with the robe I lead her down to bath, well calling it a hot spring would be more accurate the castle having been built above them. It is one of the reasons why Li and Kor chose to build the castle here, loving the convenience of being able to have warm baths whenever we want without needing to fill a tub every time.

"You can have a bath here, there's some soap over there you can use; I'll go finish the robe and bring some towels down with it in a bit." With one last smile at the sight of her amazement I return upstairs giving her privacy for her bath. I get straight to work on the robe, using vampire speed to finish as fast as possible. Wanting to give Emmy more time to enjoy her bath, perhaps the first warm bath she's ever had, I grab my sketch book and begin sketching down some dress ideas for her to look at when she's done.

Nearly an hour later I head back down to the hot springs with the robe and some towels. Not wanting to scare Emmy I stop near the entrance and call out.

"Emmy, I'm back with the towels and the robe."

"O-okay." She calls back and from the noise I hear moves through the water no doubt hiding herself before I come into sight. "Come in." Having her permission I walk further in placing the towels and robe near the edge of the hot springs ready for her. She's moved to the far edge of the spring and all I can see is her face, flushed from the heat, and her red hair floating around her.

"I'll wait by the stairs." I let her know as I leave. A few minutes later she joins me, holding the wet towels and the robe at least fitting length wise. It's still too big for her but at least she won't trip over it and can use her hands without the sleeves getting in the way. "Ready to go back up, I was hoping that you would look at some dress designs I've come up for you?" I ask hopeful that I've finally got someone to talk with about fashion Kor isn't interested, and Li knows the basics but prefers books.

"Yes please." Her reply is soft, sweet and full of happiness. Taking her hand we head back up to my room and I show her what I'd worked on while she was bathing. "There so beautiful. You really designed these for me?"

"Yes, I've made dresses for friends before but I'm excited to be able to design and make dress for you. We would need to send the dresses to the nearest town for any embroidery though, afraid that's not in my skill set." I'm thrilled that she likes the designs but concerned once again about her self-doubt, those people in her village have left her with no confidence in herself and with doubts about those around her. Hopefully we can help with both of those.

"I could do it." She whispers out surprising me, "The embroidery. I weaved fabric before and small bits of embroidery when I could afford the materials. It would be nice to try something bigger."

"You can do as much as you want here. We have more than enough money, Kor takes his hoard very seriously but is happy to spend it on us." I let her know before we begin talking about what she would want to do on each design and what fabric she likes.

A knock on the door disturbs us as I'm taking Emmy's measurements so I can start making the dress we had decided to do first. Knowing that she needs to gain weight I've let some room for the anticipated weight gain so that she can get more wear out of the dress before it's too small. While we've been talking she let it slip that this her first new dress, I want to give her as much time as possible to enjoy it. Looking towards the door we see Kor and Li standing watching us in amusement.

"Looks like you two are having fun." Lilas smiles at us, "But how about we go and have some breakfast before you carry on." The choice is made for us when Emmy's stomach releases a sound that is similar to Kor's roar in his dragon form.

Once in the kitchen Li starts making some porridge directing me to start cutting up some apples, the most they'll let me do in the kitchen, to go with it and Kor sits with Emmy at the table. Luckily the porridge doesn't take long to finish and is soon served up topped with slices of apple, not being hungry myself I just sit at the table while they eat.

"So I think that we should give Emilia that tour this morning." Li says. "Once we're done with breakfast." We all agree, it's important that she knows her way around.

With the size of the castle it takes the rest of the morning to give Emmy a tour. Many of the rooms we just use as storage or are set up as guest bedrooms for when friends visit so parts of the tour are very brief. Making sure that Emmy knows her way around is the main purpose of the tour, we don't want her getting lost in the corridors.

We finish the inside tour by the time lunch rolls around so we lead Emmy out to the largest garden here and set up a light picnic. It's a warm day so Li prepares some sandwiches and some blood for me, we spread out underneath a tree taking our time to eat. Finishing his sandwiches, a large pile twice what Li and Emmy ate, Kor stands up and starts walking away the suddenness of it startling Emmy.

"Shift." He says explaining in his own brief way what he was doing for Emmy's sake. Standing far enough away he shifts effortlessly into his dragon form taking a few steps back towards us, Li and I urge Emmy to stand up moving to give Kor room to lie down under the tree. The three of us walk back over settling down against his side, Emmy sat in the middle of the two of us.

"I know Kor shifting seems abrupt but that's normal for him. He likes spending a lot of his time in dragon form, as much as he can to be honest. Chances are if we're outside then he's in dragon form." Lilas explains, having known Kor the longest he understands him the most.

"Yeah, luckily he makes a great place to sleep like this." I add making Emmy smile.

"It is comfortable here." She admits quietly. We fall quiet again all of us tired from walking around all morning.

"Perhaps we could tell you some more about ourselves while we're here." Lilas offers turning his head towards Emmy. She nods looking thoughtful for a second.

"Could you tell me about how you met?" She asks nervously. This could be a long story.