The Medieval Marine - S01 E24

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The Medieval Marine - S01 E24

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"Fine then" Marion said "GUARDS, take this man and put him in a cell." Looking back at Hardrada "When you finally come to your senses and turn over the land that I want, you and the remainder your army will be released. Until then you will remain in a prison cell. Also remember that the longer you wait the higher the price for your freedom for I will be charging you for housing and feeding the rest of your men."

Marion and Gabriel watched as the furious king was hauled away.

"How long do you think before he comes to his senses?" asked Gabriel

"Couple of days."

Just as Marion had predicted, the king of Norway signed over all of his British lands to Marion after a few days and paid her outrageous price for housing and feeding his army. She had intentionally overcharged to force the king to do what she wanted him to do. After he had signed, he and the remainder of his army was given enough ships to get back to Norway. The rest Marion kept for she could use then to fairy troops and material up to her new lands. He had enough of dealing with Marion of York for she was a very dangerous shark and he for one was very slow to realize that.

Negotiating with the king of Scotland was a different matter altogether. He refused to give Marion anything. For the most part he refused to even look at her. But that was ok; for Marion had a better idea. She ordered her army to continue into Scotland and conquer it. Doing that would take some serious time for she knew all about the highlanders but given the history that Luke had told her, she figured that it was better to conquer Scotland now while she had the chance. After she had decided on the course of action, she stopped even trying to negotiate with the Scottish king. She figured that once Scotland had been conquered, then she would exile the king to somewhere in Europe. Furthermore, this was the course of action that Luke supported.

It was now early November and none of the English nobles had challenged William of Normandy so Marion and Luke started finalizing their plans. They would draw down the northern army to be able to send extra troops south. This army Luke would command in person because the battle that they would fight would have massive repercussions on the future. All told he would be able to take almost ten thousand soldiers south and since William able to take almost ten thousand soldiers south and since William

hadn't really moved from his coastal fort, Luke figured that his

army could be there in about two weeks or less, depending on the

roads. Marion would stay in York for Luke was unwilling to let his

wife take the risk of coming with the army. Gabriel had to stay

behind anyway because she was starting to have a hard time

moving around due to her pregnancy. She didn't mind though for

she was looking forward toward being a mother. Alice however

would be going. Since the surprise Scottish attack, she was short

of medics and doctors She knew that in a couple of years this

wouldn't have been a problem but for the time being, she just

didn't have enough personal to send with Luke. She figured that by

her going along that at least Luke would have at least one

competent doctor. To help Luke's army move faster, he was taking

Pollyanna and all of her engineers with him. He knew that many of

the existing bridges wouldn't be able to support the weight of his

artillery so they would have to build their own bridges across many

of the rivers and streams they came to.

The night before the army left however, Luke asked Gabriel to

sleep somewhere else for the night. He wanted to be able to make

love to his wife without interruptions. Gabriel was about to refuse

but then she seen the look in Luke's eyes. It seemed like he was

almost pleading with her and he looked very sad. Part of the

reason was that he knew that he would be gone for a while and

part of it was that he had a voice in his head telling him that he

wouldn't survive this campaign and this terrified Luke. Marion

knew that something was off the second that she heard that Luke

had asked Gabriel to sleep somewhere else that night but she

didn't argue. During their shower, Marion really noticed something

was off for Luke was moving much slower and more deliberate

than he usually did. He made sure to rub every millimeter of

Marion's body and this caused her to melt into his arms. When she

tried to mount him, in the shower, he stopped her and whispered in

her ear:

"What's your hurry?"

After they got out of the shower, Marion's curiosity finally got the better of her.

"Luke, honey. What's wrong? You never refuse me mounting you in the shower. She seen Luke take a deep breath and squeeze his eyes shut. Finally, he spoke:

"I'm absolutely terrified Marion. We are about to permanently alter

the future and what if it turns out to be the wrong call.

Furthermore, I got this voice in my head that keeps telling me that I Furthermore, I got this voice in my head that keeps telling me that I won't make it through this campaign." When he finished, he started crying. Marion was at his side in a second and she knew just how to get him to calm down. She pulled his head down until one of her nipples was in his mouth. At first, he wouldn't suckle at all, but after a while basic instincts took over. Slowly he began to suck at his wife's nipple as she cradled his head and he quietly cried. It really scared her to see her husband in such a state. Slowly Luke's hands began to roam Marion's body and his trademark featherlight touch was starting to get Marion aroused. She also noticed a change in the way that Luke was sucking her nipples for he was now working them so that she would get increasing pleasure. As Luke was caressing her body, Marion's hands were roaming Luke's as best they could. She knew that Luke would be ok when he started kissing the rest of her body. As he kissed her, she continued to rub his shoulders. Somehow, she knew that tonight was not a night for animalistic fucking, tonight, it was slow and long love making. Gently she pushed Luke onto his back and she began to kiss on him. She felt one of his hands find its way into her hair where it stayed. Marion kept kissing Luke's body until he began to moan softly. This is what she was waiting for and she swung a leg over Luke's body and slowly sunk down on his cock. They didn't stay that way very long for Luke flipped them over so that he could easily kiss Marion while he thrust up into her. The pace that Luke was setting was almost maddening for Marion because she felt like she was stuck and wasn't getting any closer to cumming, but one look into Luke's eyes killed any protest that Marion was going to make. His eyes didn't convey any of the lust that they usually did while they were making love. Instead, what Marion seen was pure love. However, something else was buried in there and this scared Marion for she seen some of the sheer terror that Luke was feeling.

Eventually they ended up one their sides with Marion facing away from Luke and his cock buried deep into her cunt. He was lightly flicking her clit and this drove her quickly toward her climax. Also, in this position she found that she could completely relax. Suddenly her climax hit and she wasn't ready for it. Her body seized up as it took over and she stayed tense for almost a minute before she started to shake violently and she had to admit that she had never shaken harder. As she was finishing, she felt Luke swell up and felt his hot cum flood her pussy. When he finished, he didn't even bother pulling out as he wrapped his arms around Marion and they both went to sleep.

The next morning, Luke was up earlier than usual and by the time that Marion woke up, Luke was dressed for he had a couple of hours of work to do before the army could get underway. Before he hours of work to do before the army could get underway. Before he left, he gave Marion a love filled kiss. On his way out, he seen Gabriel sleeping on the coach so he went over and gave her a kiss on her forehead and whispered to her:

"Take care of her while I'm gone and when I don't come back, please watch over her and never let her forget me."

With that he shed a tear, turned on his heel, and was out the door. He wanted to have the army on the train by eight am, so he had just a couple of hours to get ready. Fortunately, his troops were all well trained and they had been put on alert a few days before so they were all in their barracks and sober so it didn't take that long to get them ready.

At about 7:30 they started loading and Luke wasn't surprised to see Marion and Gabriel there and in uniform. What he was surprised by was that Marion had Mackenzie in her arms. At least they were able to get one last kiss in and Luke held Marion tight in his arms and buried his nose in her hair for he knew that he wouldn't be returning. He took Mackenzie and gave her a kiss as well before he bounced her up and down in his arms. Finally, it was time to go and he gave Mackenzie back to Marion. After one last kiss, he boarded the train.

When Marion and Gabriel got back to the castle, they went to find Alice. She was scheduled to leave on a later train so she was still relaxing in her chambers. Marion had to talk to her urgently. When Marion came into the room, it took Alice all of two seconds to figure out that something was seriously wrong.

"What's wrong, Marion?"

"Can I ask a personal favor of you?"

"Yes of course."

"Can you keep an extra eye on my Luke please?" Marion went on to explain what Luke was concerned with and when she finished Alice was stunned. She would have never in a million years thought that Luke would be terrified of a voice inside his own head. But then the more she thought about it the more it made sense, after all you couldn't just ignore a voice in your head like you could with other people. She gave Marion a warm smile.

"And what all can I do to help keep the voices out of his head?"

"Anything that you want, just don't hurt him please."

"Now Marion, you know damn well that I could never hurt Luke; plus, it goes against the Hippocratic oath."

"Thank you, Alice. Thank you so much. I can't even begin to tell you just how much this means to me." Marion gave Alice a hug and left with Gabriel and Mackenzie.

CHAPTER LXV

Luke spent a couple of days in Sheffield while the rest of the army arrived. The first thing he did when he arrived though was that he sent Pollyanna's engineers ahead with a strong dragoon escort to prepare the way for his artillery. Mostly this involved doing work at river crossings. At many of the crossings they would have to build bridges that were strong enough to support the weight of the cannons for the big ones weighed a couple of tons. Luke had designed them so that when smokeless powder became available, he wouldn't have to redesign them. The plan for crossing the Thames was to build a large number of boats and create a pontoon bridge with them. This way supplies could keep up.

Within a week of Luke arriving in Sheffield, he was looking at the Norman's fort. The march south had been extremely rapid and uneventful for no noble was willing to challenge Luke's army. As uneventful a trip as the army had; Luke's personal trip was far more eventful. Alice's medical unit was one of the last ones to arrive in Sheffield for she had to finish some important things in York before she could depart. That evening she went into Luke's tent. Luke always stayed in a tent while he was in the field. His theory was that his soldiers slept in tents so he should too. His army stayed in tents because Luke had forbidden the army from sharing civilian homes unless it was a dire emergency.

She found his laying on his cot and looking at an old picture. It was the picture of Luke and his older sister just after he had graduated from Marine basic training. He was in his dress blues while she was wearing one of her formal gowns. He was so into just staring at the picture that he didn't even hear Alice enter. It wasn't until she cleared her throat that Luke noticed that she was there.

"Oh, sorry Alice. I didn't hear you come in. What can I do for you this evening?" As she always was, she was struck by that line. It was never "what do you want?" or even "hello". It was always "what can I do for you?" It was just another reminder for Alice that Luke was the kindest person that she had ever met. She decided right there that if Luke wanted her, she would be his lover. After all Marion had Gabriel, why shouldn't Luke have someone else too.