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The young man smiled at them. “Greetings, Prince Harlequin, Prince—”

  “Just Ben,” Ben cut him off. “Unless I’m holding court, then it gets really formal and even I can’t keep track of whose title goes where,” he ranted before letting him continue.

  “Ben.” He nodded, smiling. “I’m Sebastian. I hope you don’t mind me joining you. I just can’t stand to listen to them any longer. At least over here, I know they won’t bother me.”

  Harley nodded. “Not at all, we are family after all, or will be soon enough,” he offered his hand to shake it in the warrior’s style. “And the youth should be with the young anyway.”

  “Yeah, that is very true. Good luck with the family part though, better you than me.”

  “Mere formalities. After this gifting, I won’t have much to do with them anyway. I take it you’re not a big fan of your own clan?”

  “Me? Nah, what gives you that idea? Really, they’re all right. I just don’t recommend living with them or interacting with them much.”

  Harley smirked and looked down at Ben and winked. “Indeed.”

  An old Satyr walked out on the left side and raised a bullhorn. “Satyrs, at the ready!” he boomed, and the women laughed and scampered into the forest.

  “Well, here goes.” Ben rubbed his hands together. “Horses are such an archaic mode of transport.”

  Harley clicked at Stormwatch. “Bastian, stay close to us. We know the way in.” He winked and the horn went off, signalling the chase had begun, and they were all off like a shot racing through the woods.

  Ben blinked away, using his demon powers to get to the clearing before anyone else.

  “That should be cheating.” Bastian laughed, keeping his steed close to Stormwatch.

  “You’ll soon learn Ben doesn’t ever play by the rules. I’m surprised he even showed at the line…” Harley grinned and they pressed on, gaining the clearing far before the rest.

  He dismounted as Stormwatch skittered to a stop and went to Ben with Alex and Bastian both following. “Bastian states you should be whipped for cheating… Now where the hell is that portal…”

  “I’d rather cheat than reek of beast. It should be this way.” Ben moved off to the left.

  Alex frowned. “So there’s a portal? I take it the demon in Ben knows where it is?”

  Harley nodded. “The Eden beyond is actually a demon’s hidden grotto.”

  “Score two for the demon.” Ben chuckled as he led them deeper into a small grove where the portal lay. “You can thank me later. I accept fine wines and liquors as well as gold and cold hard cash. I don’t accept cheques, because my cousin’s always bounce.”

  Harley sighed. “Your cheek will get you nowhere, Tempest.” He grinned when they reached a granite dead end. “Well gentleman, step through and claim your prize.”

  Alexander laughed and walked up, taking a step through as the portal resonated with the intrusion.

  Harley grinned. “Shit like that never ceases to amaze me.”

  “That’s because you’re easily amazed cousin, remind me to tell you about the portals back home. There’s one with bald monkeys that…” The rest of Ben’s speech was cut off as he stepped into the portal.

  “That is pretty amazing. I’ve never seen one before.” Sebastian looked incredulously at the portal. “The portal, the monkeys, not so much.”

  Harley shook his head. “Ben likes to rant about whatever takes his fancy. Come on before the old fucks get here.” He grabbed Sebastian and stepped through to a bright and lush scene.

  Women were everywhere—naked for the most part—sitting on divans, large couches, and pillows and wading in the small pool gathered at the edge of a small waterfall.

  Harley looked at Sebastian. “See the water there? If you do, the rock scramble close to the main house, there’s a section where you can hear rushing water, but humans have yet to find where it comes out. This is it.”

  “So this is here all the time?” Sebastian shook his head in wonder. “Amazing.” His gaze turned sharper, looking at the girls.

  Harley nodded. “Indeed. Take your pick.” He walked over to a tall blonde and snapped his fingers. She followed him to where Ben was sitting with a naked concubine in his lap.

  “Hey, cousin.” Ben smirked up at him as Sebastian sat next to a brunette, whispering something in her ear. “First here, I like this game. We should do things that I win more often.”

  “I’m sure the old fucks are going to be pissed.” He nodded and sat on a couch, pulling the blonde into his lap. She nuzzled him, her hand working its way down to his belt.

  Alexander walked over with a redhead on his arm and Harley smiled, shaking his head. “So can I declare the first meeting of the next generation of Satyr to order?”

  “I’d suggest some kind of handshake.” Sebastian grinned. “But my hands are a little busy at the moment.” He squeezed the girl’s breasts, her moan emphasising his point.

  Harley nodded. “We can work out the particulars later, I’m thinking we have at least a half hour till they figure out how to get in here. Maybe forty-five minutes.” He looked at the girl in his lap. “I think I should like to see you face deep in another beauty, pet.”

  “That one.” Ben pointed to a girl with green eyes and blonde highlights and called her over.

  “Yes, I think that works.” He grabbed a few pillows and set them on the bamboo mats before them and sat back. “Enjoy yourself, pet.” He turned his attention to Sebastian, whose girl was slowly taking her sheer dress off and to Alexander who was busily nibbling his girl’s throat and pinching her nipples.

  “So what shall we do with our time? Apart from the obvious,” Ben said, his eyes on the girls as his girl buried her face in his lap, taking his cock into her mouth.

  “Well, I, for one, want to know about Arabella…Bastian?” He leered and looked down at the girls who were busily kissing and teasing each other into a frenzy.

  “Bells? Sure, what would you like to know?”

  “Bells? Well then, that is interesting. Tell me,” he said as his pet pushed the green-eyed girl back and attacked her nipples, making the other girl arch with passion. “How does she feel about this arrangement? And what am I getting into? I asked your father, but he keeps assuring me she is the poster girl for the next generation of concubines. Milton said the same to Ben, and well…Lady Minerva…” He smirked at Ben.

  “My sister is…well…,” he trailed off considering his words. “Well, my sister’s great. She’s smart as hell but isn’t snotty about it. She’s funny, but kind, and she knows her way about a kitchen. She’s been mothering me my whole life, but she isn’t bossy about it. As far as I can tell, tonight can’t come soon enough for her. She’s going stir-crazy locked with my mother. I’m going to miss her a lot, she made home tolerable.”

  Harley looked over at Ben again and nodded. “Told you, you shit.”

  “Don’t get me wrong.” Sebastian grinned. “She’s got a temper on her, but it only gets flared up when she’s sticking up for others…mostly me. Do right by her, and you won’t have a problem…on all accounts.”

  “She’s going to be my only concubine, I don’t think I could do any better for her,” he said with finality.

  The girls on the floor were rolling a bit, hands pinching and touching.

  Harley leant forward. “Pet? Make her scream…and you…enjoy your friend there, sucking Lord Tempest off.”

  Sebastian watched as the girl crawled over to Ben’s girl and bit her backside playfully. “Then I don’t predict any problems, you’ll get on well.”

  The woman on Sebastian’s lap smiled at him. “What is your pleasure, lord?”

  Harley nodded. “Excellent. Now about her ladies’ maid…who is she?” He grabbed the ass of his afternoon pet and pulled her closer to him, slipping his fingers along her visibly sopping pussy. She moaned into the pussy of the girl she was pleasuring, and the girl arched to keep the pressure of the pet’s tongue on her clit.

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p; “Maid?” he asked Harley, pinching the girl’s nipples. “Don’t interrupt,” he told her, guiding her hands down into his jeans. “I’ll stop you if you displease me.” She nodded and quickly opens his pants, sliding her hand down to his sac and up to his shaft and played sweetly.

  Harley cocked his head. “I assumed it was hers, as she didn’t deny it. She found me on the porch last night, her voice was better than the best porn star. Tell me, have you had her?”

  “Ah, that maid, sorry, a little distracted.” He petted the girl’s hair. “No, I haven’t had her. Arturo would have my head. He’s fond of that one.”

  “Shame…that voice is like sex itself.” He slipped his fingers into his pet and pumped them before pulling them out and licking his fingers. The girl tasted good. He leant down to her ear. “Make her come quick, and I’ll make you come.”

  “I can’t say I’ve noticed. Though I’m sure she’d follow Bells if you asked her. They’re quite close.” He pushed the girl’s head down a little, encouraging her to explore him with her mouth.

  She went at it and moaned, as Harley slipped his fingers into his pet. “Quickly now,” he said to her and looked up at Sebastian. “Well, thanks for the tip.”

  Alexander, who had the girl in his lap riding his cock reverse cowgirl style, looked over at Ben. “Ben, I wondered about Tempest. Are you repopulating the clan?”

  Ben opened his eyes and looked over at him. “Yeah, I’ve been taking meetings. It’s going pretty well too. I feel like Simon Cowell.”

  “I was hoping to garner an audience…shipping isn’t really my thing.”

  Harley knew the Estales House had made a mint in the international shipping industry, and while it wasn’t a normal pursuit of any house of Satyr, it worked for some of them, but not all.

  “I can see your talents are already wasted,” Ben said. “Sure thing, stop by tomorrow. I’m doing walk-ins from then onwards. Please come in the morning, so I can ease gently into the day. You should pop in too, Sebastian. Greece isn’t the only option. Plus it’d be great to have someone who knows the ins and outs of the other side of things.”

  “Yeah, I guess I could,” Sebastian said. “I’ve travelled enough to know the other clans pretty well. I’ll think about it.”

  Harley grinned. “Ah business.” He gripped his pet’s head. “I suppose you don’t want to come do you pet…make her scream, and you’ll get your end.”

  The girl worked harder, sucking furiously, making Ben’s girl scream around his cock.

  “Fucking hell!” Ben growled loudly, fisting the girl’s hair painfully.

  Harley pulled the two girls away from Ben and his little strumpet, and moved one to the couch and laid her down. The other he guided to his cock. He leant down and gripped his pet’s hips and raised them. Bringing them to mouth height, he gave her a slow lick, watching the girl moan and pinch her nipples. If Arabella was anywhere near this responsive, the evening was going to go well. He sucked and licked at her, once again slipping two fingers into her.

  She cried out, writhing above him, her fingers twisting her nipples viciously. The one at his cock sucked him down, swallowing him deep into her throat, purring on him.

  Harley growled and brought the pet he was attending quickly, and she screamed her passion. He dropped her, smirking, and she curled up next to him, a quivering mess. The girl at his cock sucked harder, and he fisted his hand in her hair and looked over to Ben. “Interesting that we are the only ones that made it, isn’t it?”

  “Made it?” Ben sat, faking surprise badly. “Nobody else got here?” He looked at Alexander to Sebastian who now had his girl on her knees and was busy railing her hard. “Huh, that’s really weird. Something must have come up.”

  Harley laughed. “You hid the portal, didn’t you?”

  “Hid, blocked, it’s all the same really.”

  Harley shook his head and sat back, enjoying the tight suction playing merrily on his turgid cock and sighed. They were going to be in a right row the second they got out of there, unless of course, Ben threw his weight around. He knew why he did it, to spite his crusty old fuck of a father-in-law, but the others were going to be pissed about too. “You do realise this is going to piss off many a Satyr, right?”

  “I’ll open it back up somewhere secluded. I’ll just say that I hid it. Not blocked. Just wanna keep it down long enough to piss off the old man. Mina’s talked me into letting him see Jared. So if he gets too pissed, I’ll suggest we go see the little ankle biter.”

  Harley opened an eye. “Oh? Well, you’re the boss. Or maybe she is.” He grinned and gripped the girl’s head, then pulled her off him and picked her up. She wiped her mouth and climbed into his lap and slipped down on his cock. The girl moaned, taking his pleasure as hers. He looked over to Sebastian and grinned. “Call over the brunette with the big hazel eyes by the tall evergreen. Trust me you’ll enjoy her.”

  Sebastian nodded, taking his advice.

  “I’m the boss,” Ben said, plunging into the girl he’d been teasing. “And that’s the whole point. I can’t keep being so petty, especially not now when things are precarious. Milton wants to see the kid, and I need to revive my clan. I’m going to need his support at some point and pissing him off, whilst fun, doesn’t really do it for me anymore. I need to start being more responsible and level-headed. Besides, I can get to him more like this. We had dinner the other night, and Mina publicly scolded me for using the wrong fork.” Ben laughed. “If he thinks I’m led around by my balls by his daughter, he’s more inclined to believe that I’m in his pocket, and that leaves me free to work around his traps and double dealings.”

  Harley blinked. “My god. You’re a mastermind.” The girl on his lap shuddered as he pinched her clit.

  Karina walked over and stood in front of Sebastian, waiting.

  Harley smirked. “Make me proud, Karina.”

  She nodded and cocked her head. “What is your pleasure?”

  “What’s your speciality?” Sebastian licked his lips, looking her over.

  Ben scowled at his cousin. “Well, don’t sound so surprised. I play the fool very well. I’m opening the portal now.”

  “Shame.” Harlequin worked his companion to her breaking point and bit her nipple, not drawing blood but helping to send her over the edge. He followed her over and growled, then panted and pulled her off him. She joined the girl next to him and kissed her. He knew where it was heading and paid it no mind. He heard the others start to clamour in and shook his head as he saw Milton’s eyes flash with anger.

  Karina smiled. “I’m well versed in all forms of pleasure. My master taught me well.”

  “Save the lines.” Sebastian grabbed her, pulling her down into a kiss. “I want to know what you’re best at, what do you love?” he whispered in her ear, his tongue tracing the soft outer shell.

  “Yeah, they’re pissed all right.” Ben grinned. “Well, serves them right for sending a time demon in first.”

  Harley nodded and pulled a cigarette out of the side pocket of his jacket and lit it, well on his way to flavour country. He watched Karina giggle and lick her bottom lip.

  “Um, I love a thick cock fucking me while I’m getting spanked,” she told him just loud enough for the guys to hear.

  “We should try that then.” Sebastian pulled her close, spanking her hard. “See? That wasn’t so bad, turn around.”

  She shivered and nodded, doing as he asked and winked at Harley. He smirked and looked over at Ben who was enjoying himself far too much as Milton walked over.

  “Esben? How is it you managed to get in here?” Milton asked.

  “Me?” Ben sounded genuinely confused. “The portal was right there, we all used it. Why? How did you guys get in?”

  Milton seethed. “Don’t play with me, boy.”

  “Play? Milton, exactly what are you accusing me of?”

  “You know damn well what you did, Esben…the only Satyr with demon powers hiding a demon grotto.”

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p; “And what the hell do you think I’d gain from that?” He stood pushing the girl off him. “My reputation is on the line here as much as yours is! Look, Mina wanted me to end this stupid feud we have. She says it’s not good for her or Jared, and I agree with her. My son doesn’t know his only grandparents, and that’s my fault, but if all I’m going to be met with is suspicion, then I don’t know what to do. Portals fluctuate, and I don’t have control over them on a good day. I can find them, sure, but what you’re suggesting is impossible for me to do.”

  Harley watched as exactly what his cousin had said would happen, played out and inwardly laughed. In no time, Ben would be the power of the American Satyrs, and Milton wouldn’t even know how it had happened. Harley was watching history in the making. His cousin was a genius.

  Milton blinked and softened. “Well, obviously, I was merely suggesting that you could have been playing about. We have all been there once or twice. Right?” He chuckled and steered Ben away from the group towards the other older Satyrs and some of the younger ones that had just gotten in and blathered on about nothing.

  The last thing Harley heard from Milton before they got out of earshot was, “So tell me about the boy…”

  Harley looked at Sebastian and Alexander who were both stunned. “And that boys, is why you might consider Tempest.”

  “Wow.” Sebastian stilled from taking pleasure in Karina. “That was impressive. Thinking on switching sides yourself?”

  Harley shrugged. “Never say never, Bastian.” He grinned and stood, stubbing out his cigarette. “Enjoy the girls. I have some things to do before the celebration. I’ll see you guys tonight.”

  Chapter Five

  The congregation was lively, to say the least, as Harley walked in the large dining room. The space had been transformed with lavish decorations into a lush paradise, complete with potted palms, ferns and Acanthas. The staff had brought in large Corinthian style columns, as well as divans upholstered in rich blues, greens and gold, some of the colours of the European houses. They honoured their members from over the pond for Olanis, and honoured the joining between Harley and Arabella.