The hivemind is conquering for me?

A few hours later, Hailey excused herself from my room, alongside the queen and Valerica. The women gossiped about this and that while I just nodded my head along and responded whenever they called on me with my opinion on the rare occasion it did.

The moment they were out of the door, I began undressing and made my way towards the bed. While I was not tired physically, Being out of my element all day wore me away. Even If I did end up enjoying myself.

After I finished getting undressed, I began speaking. "So Kathrine, how are you feeling? Are you in the mood for your rewards? Or are you too tired? If that is the case we can postpone till-"

My answer did not come verbally, but in the form of Kathrine continuing her attack of my mouth from the balcony earlier. I picked Kathrine up by the waist and she instinctually wrapped her legs around my waist as I proceeded to walk over to the bed.

Once there, I threw her down like a piece of meat, whereupon doing so, she bit her lip seductively and ran her hand along her curves. "I never thought I would fuck a stud inside the royal palace. You have given me so many firsts my love. How about for my reward I once again ask you to use my body in anyway you see fit? I think we should test to see if these walls are truly soundproof, what say you?"

I said nothing to Kathrine as I slowly approached her form, but she could tell from my wolfish grin that tonight would be incredible and tomorrow she would not be able to walk without wincing... She couldn't wait!

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Forty minutes after Excusing herself. Elaine found herself laying in bed, her mind going a million miles per minute. She turned to her right and watched her snoring husband with mixed emotions.

She was literally laying next to someone, who although did not directly do the did, was equally guilty of Uxoricide as he gave the order. Elaine shuddered. What if she did something out of the ordinary in the future and Dickon has her assassinated over it?

Her Psionic power was weak and despite its usefulness, she had no physical power. If she did, she would not have her scar. As though thinking about it activated some sort of hidden conditioning, her scar started to burn with phantom pain.

Sighing, she put of a dressing gown and decided to occupy her mind for a while outside of bed until she was tired enough to fall asleep. As she was deciding on what to do, she suddenly smirked. Her step daughter had just shown her something interesting earlier. Perhaps it was time for a solo run?

After making her way back to the statues, Elaine pulled on the toe Hailey had earlier and the wall began moving out of place. Elaine had snuck away and not alerted her handmaids, so she checked, looking rather suspect, to make sure to sound did not attract attention.

After making it inside the room and the wall closing behind her, Elaine activated the camping lamp and picked it up before she began walking though the hallways that Hailey had so cutely named a labyrinth.

As Elaine began walking down the hallways, she naturally began peeping through the holes as it was the sole purpose she came back here. She watched on with a smile in the servants area as they were enjoying an afterparty after working an extended shift. they would still be partying well into the early mornings and she was happy that they were happy.

She was less happy with the drug party in the kitchen however. She would have to supervise the cooks in the morning to make sure they clean up. She did not want eggs à la Takot with a side of hallucinogenic sausages after all.

After spying here and there, Elaine made her way towards the guest rooms. She felt slightly bad for spying on people she personally invited to stay, but at the end of the day it was harmless curiosity. She was not looking for blackmail material after all. She was simply and purely curious.

Making her way to the first wall plug, she opened it and immediately the sound of sharp breathing became obvious. Looking around the room, she eventually found the source. Valerica Hyllus was currently in the full nude, her spectacular curves causing the straight queen to gulp as the woman was working out. She currently doing squats with a glistening sweat highlighting her muscles as they captured the rooms light.

Even now while she was slightly drunk, Valerica needed to do her exercise. It was her routine and she loved it. She also had to calm her mind as she had been having lewd thoughts all day and she had not had any in decades prior, apart from the occasional self release here and there. As a result, her mind was having a difficult time shaking them, so she decided even more exercise could only help.

Elaine decided now was a good time to put the plug back into the hole. The woman was only working out. It was not fair to admire her body when she did not ask for it. She then leisurely walked over to the next location and pulled out the plug.

Elaine was confused for a minute not realising why she could not see and then realised that this was Hailey's room. Hailey obviously knew there was a hole here and decided to cover it up, even though she was the only one who knew about it before tonight.

'Well, I suppose she was well within her rights to do that, she has successfully blocked my vision after all.' Elaine then plugged the hole back up before walking towards the hole she was most intrigued by.

This Apollo Lambdason was a mysterious person to her. By all means, from his background as an outer rim noble, Elaine should never had heard his name. Yet here he is in her palace, via invitation of an influential Spartari ancient house. spending the night at her invitation.

Not only that, he was also Hailey's crush, which was already strange enough as up until tonight, Hailey had always been a block of ice in front of her and to top it all off, he even had some elusive tie to King Sigismund that for the life of her, she could not figure out. The only explanation she could come up with is that the man had been placed on the Kings list of potentials.

As she placed her hand onto the plug, she thought to herself. 'Perhaps I will learn something about you that you only allow yourself to show in private, but do not share in public.' She did not know what she wanted to find out about the man. Would she be happy with something nefarious? Or perhaps something cutely wholesome?

Instead, as she unplugged the hole, she got. "AHHHH~! Yes! Apollo, my master! Don't stop! Rip me apart and make me your property! Ahhhh~!" Elaine got goosebumps across her entire body hearing a woman writhing in so much pleasure that she was screaming her throat sore.

In reflex, Elaine plugged the hole back up immediately and remarked how efficient the small slab of stone was at hiding the sound that permeated throughout that room. She then remembered what she just heard and turned beet red.

She placed her hand to her chest and her heartrate was pounding. She recognised the voice of the woman inside naturally and knew of Kathrine's background as a strong influential figure and how she practically runs the private sector on Ecumenopolis 4.

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To hear a woman of such calibre scream... That, with such elation. Elaine was struck to the core at the comparison. 'Sure, Kathrine had been flirty and handsy with Apollo all night, but asking him to rip her...' Elaine could not even continue thinking without her cheeks burning up again.

'By my ancestor, Have I ever screamed so violently with Dickon?' She asked herself rhetorically. She knew the answer of course. Dickon was a rather selfless lover and was able to get her where she needed to be, but...

'He has never invoked a carnal desire inside me to scream to be his property. How good must Apollo be if Kathrine is wailing like that?' Elaine shook her head at the thought and stood upright once more.

She had heard enough and knew that she would not get whatever she was hoping to get about Apollo tonight. He was naturally preoccupied. Elaine began to walk away with her purpose here fulfilled, she was tired now after all.

However, as she was walking away, she noticed her steps growing slower until they stopped all together. She then turned and looked back at the plug in the wall and stared without a thought in her mind for a moment.

After staring a short time, she tutted to herself as she turned around towards the exit. Immediately after though, she spun 180° in place and began walking right towards the plug and placed her hand back onto it upon reaching it. She then smiled to herself, reassuringly and whispered.

"What harm can an actual look cause after all?"