Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:23:00 +0100
From: Amy Redek <adultreading@gmail.com>
Subject: Once a Knight. Part Six.

  Part Six

     `Who is it?' I called out after being woken up by a loud knocking at
the door to the chamber I had been asleep in.

     `Oliver sire.'

     `Come in,' I called out as I got off the bed and went to where there
was a jug of water and a basin to refresh myself. `What time is it?'

     `About noon sire. Sorry to have woken you,' he said.

     `No, you did right. I've got too much to do,' I replied, feeling
better for the wash and the sleep, which was about four hours. `Have the
Marchand's left?'

     `The son has, within your time stipulation, but the Lady Marchand and
her daughters are still in their chambers and wish to see you sire,' he
replied.

     `Will you please refrain when we're in private Oliver, from tacking on
the sire to every sentence,' I said.

     `Yes s...sir.'

     `How many men left with Jules?'

     `Forty seven.'

     `How many stayed?'

     `Thirty six, mostly the younger ones.'

     `Well get them to gather in the hall in half an hour's time and see
that some new tunics are ready for them. By the way Oliver, you've been
away from the castle for, what, twenty odd years?'

     `Yes sir.'

     `Well maybe you'd better deputise a couple of our men to assist you
till you find your feet.'

     `That I have already done sir,' he said with a chuckle. I grinned back
at him.

     `How are the preparations going for the feast?'

     `Three oxen are as this moment roasting and the bakers are making
bread and the ale is on its way.'

     `Good. I'm going to see my aunt and cousins now and then Lady
Louise. I'll see you down in the hall.' With that, I left and only took two
of the guards with me telling the other two to return to their duties. I
had to get them to tell me where I could find Lady Annette. It was on the
same floor but further down the corridor. I knocked on the door but didn't
wait for an answer before I strode into the room. I was pleased to see all
three in the room which saved me time in sending for them. They all rose up
at my entrance and curtsied.

     `Welcome home William,' Lady Annette said as she rose up. `It was some
homecoming to behold.'

     `You're not showing much remorse at what occurred,' I said going over
to a chair and sitting down.

     `There's none to show. I only wish that I'd had the courage to kill
him myself years ago.'

     `Why didn't you leave with your son Jules?' I asked.

     `I feel safer here than returning to where Gregory's half brother
Henry is at the moment. He's worse than Gregory was.'

     `Hmm,' I mused. `I understand that the Lady Arras is being held here
in the castle?' The three of them nodded and I looked at the two girls,
though they were really women, being in their twenties, a bit surprised
that they had not been married off. In my eight years in the castle I had
very little contact with them and had even forgotten their names. `Will one
of you please go and see Lady Arras and say that I would like to speak to
her now, in here.' They looked at each other and one curtsied and went and
left the room.

     `You realise that you're going to have trouble with Henry after
killing his brother?' my aunt said.

     `I know,' I replied. I'd better say here before Lady Arras comes into
this, the lay of the land in respect of these three families. Each owned
about one hundred square miles and that owned by the Marchand family lay
between ours and that of the Arras family. It was roughly about forty miles
to the castle of Marchand and about the same distance beyond to that of
Arras. I gathered that the holding of Lady Louise was for Henry to marry
her so as to amalgamate the two estates into one thereby to double the land
holding and also doubling the manpower. Now by freeing Lady Louise, I
should be able to call on the support of her father and his men in the
likely event of Henry coming against us.

     There was a knock at the door and it opened and in came the lady in
question followed by my cousin. She was indeed a lovely young woman as
Oliver had told me. Eighteen years of age and about five foot eight. Hair
colour almost the same as mine, fair, almost blond and she had a nice trim
waist and seemed fairly well built up top as I compared her upper works to
that of the maid Gwyneth. She walked nicely though I couldn't see her legs
for the dress she wore as she came over to me and curtsied.

     `Sire,' she said with a lovely low toned voice that seemed to vibrate
with just that one word.

     `In private chambers, the name is William, Lady Arras,' I said.

     `Then my name is Louise,' she said with such a lovely smile that it
made my groin twitch.

     `I understand, Louise,' I began with a smile, `that you have been held
here against your will. As of now you are free of any restraint, though at
this present moment I'm afraid, that I do not have enough men to give you
escort across de Marchand's land. You are quite welcome to stay here as our
guest until I can get word to your father to send men to escort you back
home.'

     `You are most gracious...William,' she said in that almost husky voice
and gave me another of those beautiful smiles. The room suddenly had become
rather hot and I even put my hand up to tug at the collar of my tunic.

     `I would deem it a pleasure if you would sit next to me at supper, er,
Louise,' I stammered and mental kicked myself for the stutter. `All of
you,' I added to cover my confusion. `Three oxen are at present being
roasted and it will make a change from what I've been eating whilst out on
the road.' I was going a bit far in my talking and so stood up. `Till this
evening then,' I said. `I still have lots to do before then, ladies,' I
said as they curtsied as I left the room, glad to get out into the coolness
of the stone clad corridor. I went on down to the great hall followed by my
two guards. It would be a little while yet before I could dispense with
their services for there still might be traitors somewhere in the castle.

     Lined up for me were the thirty six retainers of de Marchand who
refused to leave with the others and wished to change their allegiance to
me. So one by one they came up to where I was sitting and knelt and kissed
my hand and said the words of oath and were then given a red tunic to
change into from the black ones they were wearing. I think the eldest was
about my age and the youngest looked no more than ten years old. It was him
I beckoned over to me first.

     `Your name again?' I asked him in English for he was too young to have
learnt French yet.

     `C...Cedric sir,' he stammered.

     `Judging by your age, you must have been Sir Gregory's page, right?'

     `Y...yes sir,' he replied.

     `Well you will be my page now,' and his face went a bit more whiter
than it was, so I smiled at him. `But only for the dining table, not my bed
chamber. Do you understand that?' I could see the relief on his face and
all he could do was nod his head. In fact he didn't seem to be able to stop
nodding it. `That is a more demanding job than it seems,' I said quite
sternly, `for you will have to taste my food and sip of my ale or wine
before I do. Do you see that I have given you the most important position
in this castle. To protect me from any harm for which later, you will be
well rewarded.' I could see the hidden smiles of the others knowing that he
also had the most dangerous job of them all.

     `Now from the rest of you,' I said looking at the others, `I still
need a personal body servant to see to my needs in the bed chamber. Now,
judging by your ages, you will all have been the page of Sir Gregory so you
know to what I am referring and I would rather have a willing volunteer for
the onerous task of looking after me personally.' I think they all got to
what I was referring. There was some foot shuffling and I saw them all look
to one of their number and it was only when he was given a nudge by the one
next to him did he step out.

     `Come here and give me your name again,' I ordered. He came over.

     `Breech, sire,' he said with his eyes downcast, no doubt expecting
what I would say to that.

     `Breech? What kind of name is that?'

     `Well, when I was born, the first thing I showed to the world was my
arse, and that's called a breech birth, so that's what they named me,
sire.'

     There were sniggers from the others in the line and I couldn't help
but laugh with them.

     `Well by being my body servant you'll see quite a bit of mine,' I said
still laughing and this brought forth the laughs now from the others and
Breech stood there and grinned at me and I knew that he would be alright in
my bed. `Okay. Now as for the rest of you, serve me well, as I think Breech
will,' which caused them to laugh again, `and you'll be rewarded for your
efforts, but, and I say but, I will be harsh if the need arises. My
seneschal, Oliver, will give you your duties in a few minutes. Obey him at
all times for he speaks for me. Oliver,' I said, calling him close to
me. `Detail four of them to clear out the master suite of Sir Gregory's
things, burn them all and have the chamber cleaned within the hour. Breech,
after that hour, I will come up and will want a bath and a clean tunic and
slippers. Cedric. Fetch me some ale from the kitchens. Okay, off you all
go.' They moved away to do my bidding and I then beckoned over the oldest
looking of the men detailed by Oliver to guard me.

     `Your name?'

     `Michael m'lord,' he replied.

     `I assume Michael that the captain of the guard was one of those who
left with the others, am I right?'

     `Yes m'lord.'

     `Who was next in line for command?'

     `Er, no one.'

     `Well as of now, you will be acting captain and I will want every able
bodied man assembled in the inner courtyard at nine tomorrow morning. I'll
leave you to pick your assistant and we'll take it from there. Ah Cedric,'
I said as the young boy brought me a jug of ale and a cup. `Well! Taste
it. You have the honour of having the first drink from my cup.' I saw him
tremble as he poured some out into the cup and apprehensive at first, took
a sip and then a swallow and with a smile on his face that he was still
standing, poured more into the cup and offered it to me. I smiled my thanks
and took a big draught of it for I was really thirsty from all the
talking. I was also feeling hungry but thought that I could wait till we
had some of that roast ox which was now beginning to let itself be known
that it wouldn't be long before it would be ready for serving up.

     `One last thing before you go off Michael. I know I want everybody to
enjoy the feast tonight but I still want the walls manned. See that the men
take it in turns to eat but those walls are not to be left unguarded. This
is important, but I'll go into more detail tomorrow after I've seen the men
on parade.' With that I dismissed him, holding the other three back to stay
to cover my back as it were. The afternoon was flying by and I still had
lots more to do, but as I drank my ale, my thoughts turned to Breech for
I'd not had a man or a women, well the latter was never really an option,
for over a week now and I was getting randy at the thought of sex.

     The hour was nearly up and so I finished my drink and gave the cup
back to Cedric and patted his head and went off upstairs followed again by
my three guards.

     `One of you can go off for a rest but two stay here. Work out a rota
amongst yourselves,' I said to them as I went inside the master bed
chamber. Breech was in the act of pouring a steaming bucket of water into a
tub while the others were doing various things about the room.

     `Out! All of you, except Breech. It looks good enough now. The rest
can be done tomorrow. Go and enjoy tonight's feast,' and I got grins and
forelock tugging as they left. Breech put down the bucket and came over and
undid my sword belt and laid it to one side and helped me off with my tunic
and I rid myself of my slippers and stepped into the tub and sank down into
that lovely still hot water.

     He let me soak for a few minutes before he came over with some soap
and a fresh bucket of water and began to wash my hair. I mused as he did
this to the first time I'd sat in a tub in this castle. A peasant boy with
a head full of lice and other creatures, screaming at the thought that they
were there to drown me. Now it was a regular habit to keep as clean as
possible and keep one's hair free from vermin that seemed to be endemic to
the populace. Here I was, ten years later, having a bath again but now
being the Lord of the castle. That alone started to give me a hard on which
led my thoughts onto William that I had loved and lost, Maurice and Frank
who tried to take his place for me, sadly gone the same way as William. All
I had now was the power of the castle and control of all who lived there,
except one. Louise de Arras!

     I had been struck by her beauty and what I could see of her body but
we'd only just met and she would not be one I thought, to jump straight
into my bed, whereas I had Breech here now and I was sure that he would be
only too willing to do so. There was only one way to find out about him and
as he had finished with my hair, I stood up for him to wash the rest of my
body. His hands were soft and gentle and noted that he lingered the longest
on my genitals and the erection that I now had at the thought of having
him.

     I stepped out of the tub and left him rub me down with a towel and
then leaned back against the post of my bed, my cock now throbbing like
crazy.

     `Well Breech?' I asked, looking down at my pulsating cock. He got the
message straight away.

     `Certainly sire,' he replied with a big smile on his face as he
dropped the towel and went down onto his knees and took me into his
mouth. He wasn't a beginner I knew straight away that he knew exactly what
to do with both tongue and teeth as he sucked and chewed on me and knew
enough to keep his hand to the base of my cock as I took his head into my
hands and really began to face fuck him. I'd been storing this up for some
time now and I really needed the release that came in great gouts of
sperm. So much that he nearly choked on it as I filled his mouth with my
coming, sliding in and out of his firmly clamped lips around and just back
of the head of my pulsating cock.

     `Thank you Breech, I needed that,' I said as I rubbed his hair after I
pulled my still hard but now bright red headed cock out of his mouth. `I
take it you will share my bed tonight?'

     `Sire, with a prick of the size you've got, I'll follow you to the
ends of the earth,' he said, still on his knees, his lips wet and his eyes
shining, but I think his words were a bit over the top.

     `Breech. In this chamber when we are alone and doing, well whatever we
are doing of this nature, you can drop the sire and call me William. But
only here when alone or in bed together, understood?'

     `Yes si...er, William,' and he blushed at me allowing him to be so
familiar.

     `Tonight I'll expect to see what the world first saw of you,' I said
with a smile.

     `I promise you won't be disappointed...William.'

     `Good. Now let's get me dressed for supper.' He'd already had a clean
new tunic out ready for me and when this was on, he combed my hair and then
buckled on my sword belt for I still felt I needed the assurance of it by
my side.

     As soon as I stepped outside of my chamber, I could smell the sweet
aroma of the roasted oxen and it made my mouth water as I went down to the
great hall to see that all had been prepared ready for the meal. The
tantalising smell had drawn everybody down to the hall for they were all
there ready and waiting for me to put in an appearance. Lady Annette and
her two daughters whose names I still couldn't recall and the lovely Lady
Louise standing at the rear of the chairs at the top table.

     `Good evening ladies,' I said to which they replied in the same vein
as I sat down in the head chair, the ladies then taking their seats after I
had sat down. Lady Annette to my left and Louise to my right. I know I
complimented Louise on her dress but what else I said I cannot remember for
I think I was more impatient for the food that was soon being heaped on our
plates. Cedric was standing next to me, taking a bite of everything as well
as sipping my wine before I got stuck into the best meal I'd had for years.

     There must have been at least sixty people sitting down to this supper
at the other three long tables that ran down the great hall from our
crosswise one. Oliver, I noted, wasn't eating but standing at the end of my
table looking and watching everybody else and giving the odd order to a
waiting servant who was standing by his side. When this went off to do his
bidding, another was soon in that place ready for the next order he
gave. This gave me a glow inside that he was taking his job seriously and
gave myself up to the pleasure of gorging myself on the lovely meal.

     Where Oliver raked them up from, I don't know, but towards the end of
the meal, we had a troupe of minstrels come in and began to entertain us. I
had to remark to Cedric who appeared to be getting quite drunk that once
he'd taken a drink from the flagon of wine in front of me was enough. He
didn't have to take a mouthful every time he poured from the same
flagon. He hiccupped his apologies and I knew that he would have a hangover
in the morning.

     But seeing the troubadours reminded me about money and the paying of
them so I beckoned Oliver over to me.

     `Oliver, where's the castle's treasury?'

    `Under lock and key and guarded sir,' he replied.

     `Well you know the cart I left at your place in the forest?' to which
he nodded. `Hidden it the cart is quite a lot of silver. Get some trusted
men to go and collect the cart and bring it to the castle and see that the
silver is placed in the treasury.'

     `No problem sir,' he said and withdrew to his place at the end of the
table. I made a mental note to see just how much money we had and if it was
enough to buy what we needed and still pay the wages.

     It doesn't matter how good a meal is, you can only eat so much and so
when the musicians finished, I decided to retire and let the rest of them
enjoy what was left of the evening for I'd really had a very busy
day. Breech, sitting down near the end of one of the long tables saw me
stand up and he quickly rose up himself and rushed out of the hall.

     He was there in my chamber waiting for me when I entered and was quick
to help me off with my sword belt.

     `Do we have water and cloths?' I asked.

     `Yes si...er, William.'

     `Then let's to bed for me to see that arse that was first presented to
the world in a breech birth.' He grinned and quickly got my tunic off and
his and got into bed with me. He lay there next to me and I could feel that
he was trembling and I wondered if it was awe by being in bed with the
master for fear that he might not live up to my expectations? He was
obviously frightened enough not to make the first move so I had to start
the ball rolling by moving over onto my side and turned his face towards
mine and kissed him.

     That was enough to break the ice and I then felt his hand move down my
chest to find that I was already erect and hard.

     `Oh si...er, William. You do me great honour by having me in your
bed,' he said.

     `I haven't had you yet, so roll over.' This he did as I pushed back
the covers as he rolled and went up onto his knees and I got behind him.

  His shanks were thinner than those of William but his waist was narrower
but his bum looked the same as no doubt his back-side was. I spat on my
hand and rubbed the flaming head of my erection and quickly pushed it
towards his hole and inserted myself inside him. It was like putting my
finger into a glove, tight and fitting me perfectly as I slid right in and
heard him gasp as I went fully in and nestled his bum up tight to my
thighs.

     `Oh my lord,' he groaned and I wasn't quite sure in what context he
said those words but it didn't matter for my cock had now found a new home
and I made it as comfortable as I could and then let Breech really feel
what he was getting from me. I really fucked the arse off him with it being
my first piece of this for so long. I held his hips tight as I bucked and
kept pumping myself in and out of his tight hole until I couldn't stop what
I had started and began to come. My own body went rigid as I let only my
hips jerk away as I came in several bursts of fiery sperm into his
backside. He cried out again though I didn't catch what he cried but there
was no stopping me now till I'd finished coming.

     I came to a stop with one more shudder at the last drops leaving my
body and I felt him begin to relax under my hands as I still stayed there
stuck up inside him as I gathered my breath. He gave out a strangled cry
when I pulled out of him and staggered off the bed to wash my steaming
cock. I watched him collapse onto his front and then roll onto his side,
his own cock which I now really saw for the first time, was up hard and
throbbing against his thigh.

     `Master... William, that was the best I've ever had,' he panted and I
could see a fine sheen of sweat on his forehead and upper lip. I had dried
myself and walked back to the bed and threw him the towel to wipe his own
backside as I got back onto the bed. He wiped himself as I took hold of his
piece that felt hot as well as hard in my hand.

     `Let's see if you can use this well,' I said as I gave it a few rubs,
loving that soft silky skin on the outside of the muscle. I wanted to go
down and take him into my mouth but had more need for him to fuck me with
it. I let go of him and went up onto my knees and let him get behind me and
then had the pleasure of having a pulsating cock enter me once again. It
was bliss to have that void once again filled with a hard piece of flesh
that excited every nerve of my body and I was back in heaven when he began
to move in and out as he fucked me.

     He came far too soon for me but I put that down to both the excitement
and nervousness of him now fucking the lord and master of Fontaine
Castle. He kept apologising for that fact as I kissed him and told him not
to worry and to concentrate on doing better next time, though that didn't
happen till next morning for I'd had such a day that I soon fell asleep.

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