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“Magic of course. Not mine though—it’s built into the tub,” Sel answered matter-of-factly. “Come on—let’s get undressed and get in.”
The three of us stripped—Krynn still moving in slow-motion as though he’d been drugged—and then got into the tub together. Sel sat in the back, I was in the middle, and Krynn was in front with his wings folded back into place. He swayed for a moment as though he might fall over, so I put my arms around him and eased him back until his head was resting against my breasts.
“My Lady,” he murmured, looking up at me dreamily. “You are too good to me.”
“I’m just trying to take care of you, Krynn.” Leaning over him, I pressed a soft kiss to his forehead.
“Thank you, my Lady,” he murmured and his eyelids fluttered closed.
Sel watched as I cradled the lighter Fae against me in the warm water that lapped around us.
“I don’t know why he gets like this,” he rumbled, sounding worried. “So weak he can barely hold his head up!”
“I think I might know,” I said, thinking of all the spicy BDSM romance I’d read. “It’s something called ‘sub-drop.’”
“Sub-what?” Sel demanded. “What in Lolth’s name is that?”
“Sub-drop is the term for the condition a submissive falls into sometimes after a particularly intense scene,” I explained to Sel. “Krynn submitted to me completely—he gave himself totally when he let me fuck him and bite him. But in order to do that, he had to get into a very specific mental state called “sub space.”
“Is that when his eyes get all unfocussed and he’s willing to give you anything?” Sel asked. “I thought that was just part of the Needing.”
“It might be,” I allowed. “Or it might be a mixture of the Needing and him falling into sub-space. Anyway, coming out of that mindset—coming out of subs-space—can be emotionally and physically draining. That’s what causes sub-drop. Which is why aftercare is so important.”
“Aftercare?” Sel asked. “What’s that?”
“What we’re doing now,” I said. “Warming him up…cleaning him off and comforting him.” I stroked the long silver-blond hair away from Krynn’s high forehead and kissed him again. His eyelids fluttered open for a moment and he gave me another dreamy smile.
“Thank you, my Lady. For taking care of me,” he murmured.
“Of course, Krynn.” My heart squeezed in my chest as I hugged him gently.
“How do you know about all this stuff, anyway?” Sel growled in my ear.
I shrugged.
“I read a lot.” For years reading had been my only form of escape from the monotony of everyday life and the fact that my husband no longer loved me. But I had never expected to be able to live out any of the situations in the books I loved so much. Yet here I was, naked in the tub with two muscular Fae. I guess it’s true what they say—it’s never too late to make your dreams come true.
The three of us soaked in the tub for almost an hour—me leaning against Sel and Krynn leaning against me. It was so warm and comforting between them that I nearly fell asleep. Finally, however, Sel declared it was time to get out.
We all managed to dry off and then we climbed into bed. This time, however, I wasn’t in the middle. I asked Sel to sleep in the center of the big, four-poster bed and then I cuddled up to the big Fae’s right side.
Krynn lay on his left and both of us rested our heads on Sel’s broad chest. With his muscular arms wrapped around us, all three of us drifted off to sleep. I couldn’t remember ever feeling so warm and contented and loved in my life—everything felt absolutely perfect.
I had no idea I was going to wake up to a nightmare.
47
Lily
I had the strangest dream that night. It was about a girl with beautiful deep blue hair and blue eyes to match. But her hair didn’t look like it had been dyed—blue was her natural color, I thought, though I couldn’t have explained how I knew that.
The girl looked somehow familiar to me, as though I had met her once in another lifetime. But somehow I just couldn’t remember how or when we had met.
Then she spoke.
“Hello, Lily.” Her voice was soft and sweet and kind—it made me feel even more strongly that I had met her before.
“Do I know you?” I asked, taking a step towards her.
