He ruins it

You and Delilah head down to the dining room feeling very touchy feely. She hugs your said resting her head on your shoulder and rubbing a hand over your chest while you mirror the stroking on her back. Walking into the dinning hall you see Summer and your dad sitting near each other at the small table. Their auras were awkwardly avoiding touching each other. They probably weren't used to the idea of being a couple when they had years worth of professional distance built up.

As you sat Delilah grabbed her chair and pushed it against yours resting a hand on your thigh. Summer watched this and looked at your dad. After a moments indecision she moved her chair closer to your dad but her hands stayed above the table.

The two of you had been, as far as you were aware, totally anemic when it came to romance for eighteen years. Being physically close to a romantic partner right in front of each other was weird. Your dad felt the same as he gave a look before taking Summer's hand.

Before anyone spoke two staff members brought out two platters and set them down. Delilah's focus was instantly taken up by the portion of meat on the closest platter but she didn't launch herself at it. Your father began the lunch by picking up some fruit and adding it to his plate. Everyone else did the same, Delilah rapidly ensure all the meat within her range was claim before anyone else had the chance. You wondered if you should be worried about her disappearing at night and showing up in the morning covered in blood carry the carcass of some wild animal.

"You two are getting along. Did you break anything else?" He asked with some mirth. You looked at yourself and Delilah and saw you were both still flushed from sex.

"Oh ah no, we, ah." You stuttered as he put two and two together and cleared his throat.

"Oh ah, yes of course. Delilah are you going to be staying with us?" He asked changing the topic as quickly as possible.

"We'll go wherever Christopher goes for now." She said through a mouthful.

"You know the capital is very different and Christopher can't support you." Summer said motherly. "Do you plan on finding work as a maid?"

Delilah shrugged in answer as she ate more. "For now?" You asked her, you wanted her to do whatever she wanted be it stay with you or travel. You wouldn't be surprised if Eve didn't want to stay in the one place for long after being imprisoned for so long. However, you did want to spend more time with them, you have years worth of ignorance of Delilah to make up for after all.

"Want to see how things changed." Eve said. "But we want to be with you." Delilah added. No reaction to the changed voice from either your dad or Summer.

"So you've told her about the others." Your father smiled happily at the two of you, looking a little proud that you had managed to develop a relationship.

"Others?" She asked looking at your with a raised eyebrow.

Your dad opened his mouth to say the obvious when he shut it and looked at Summer. She gave him a meaningful tilted head and he looked at you with a bit less pride than before.

"Right." You said looking at Delilah as she took another bite. "We'll talk after lunch." You didn't want to have this conversation in front of your dad or Summer, plus if they are the jealous type might be safer to have the poly talk away from destructible environments, you've wreaked enough of the house today.

The rest of lunch didn't pass super comfortably. Summer and your dad relaxed a bit more as time when on but whenever a member of the staff arrived the two would move apart awkwardly. You did notice more than one eye roll from the staff at the two still being awkward about being together. Delilah was too focused on the meat to pry any more into the others comment but you were worried if you said anything you'd break that focus and uncomfortable questions would be asked.

When the platters were clear you stood up. Delilah looked up at you not sure why you were moving. Generally after eating you are supposed to sit, digest and talk. "Lets go for a walk." You said to her and looked up at the others. Their comfort around each other had finally reached more physical contact. You had stopped checking auras when you saw the physical contact getting some response out of the two of them. "They might want some time alone." You gave your dad a wink and he shifted as Summer smiled appreciatively at you.

Delilah checked the platters once more to make sure she had cleaned up all the meat available. When she was sure she got up. "Sure." She hugged your said as you left the dinning hall towards the forest. On the way out you suggested the staff not go into the dinning hall for a while just in case and the smirk back confirmed your dad and Summer would get some private time.

"So what was your dad talking about with others?" Delilah asked as you left the house behind.

You weren't quite far enough into the forest to risk tell her so instead you asked. "Mind if I get a flower from the cavern?" Clare had asked you to bring her one and it's far enough to avoid destruction of the estate.

She smiled at you and the hand on your chest moved lower. "Only if we make use of them first." Eve's sultry voice whispered in your ear made the hand on her back lower a bit.

When you were officially in the forest rather than just the outskirts you spilled the multiply fiancées, and Edin, and Auria, and Cynthia, and Oriana ... you have trouble keeping it in your pants. "About the others." You started. "I'm being courted by the Princess who brought me to the capital, two daughters of two different Duchess, Clare, which is another thing we need to talk about with her, and I'm in a relationship with Edin who came with the Princess to collect me, and three other noble women. Also I might be starting a relationship with one of my teachers." You rushed it out fast enough that more than a few of the words ran together.

Delilah stopped walking and you felt her glare at you. When you looked at her you swallowed wondering if you had gotten far enough to avoid collateral damage. "Is that all?" Eve asked as their expression shifted to indifference. "I had five wife's and three husbands." She said waving her hand and taking a step. "But I want Christopher." Delilah said glaring at you. "I've waited for years, it's not fair others get him as well, they didn't have to wait." She complains. The temperature around you raises slowly as her red clothes get brighter. "Does that mean I should have waited?" Eve asked. "N-no but that's different." Delilah said as the temperature lowering a bit. "You are with him and me now, what does it matter if others are as well." Eve said then looked at you suspiciously, "If you get married will we still be able to have sex?"

"Yeah." You answered. You doubted there would be much of an issue of outside marriage sex given all the pre-marriage sex.

"I don't mind." Eve said. "You aren't going to leave us for them?" Delilah asked shyly.

You laughed for a moment thinking she was joking, the glare your got back shut you up. "No! I've got years of not being with you to make up for." You didn't even need to think about this. Delilah was special to you, she had been for a while you just hadn't acknowledged it, and Eve might be very new to you but you care for her you aren't letting them go without a fight.

"I want to meet them first." Delilah said. "And if we don't like them we can beat them up." Eve said causally getting a smile from Delilah. You weren't sure if they were joking and you weren't sure how a fight might do. You beat Eve before more because she wanted sex than you earn that win, and as a wraith she was moving faster than you had seen anyone other than you move.

You laughed nervously and got a blank look from them back before they winked. You let out a hopefully relieved smile and resumed your trip to the cavern. Clare had said she wanted a flower but you figured you could get more than one. You are still in need of money and she said they were rare so who knows, maybe you can sell a flower for enough to actually have money for a change.

The two of you turn the corner into the cavern and see it unchanged before you. The dirt and stone you removed to free Eve's body was still piled up outside the pool but the water level hadn't changed. You looked at the water and remembered Eve saying all of this was her tears. You gave her a comforting squeeze with your arm only to feel naked skin where there had been clothes.

She came around to your front and kissed you softly stepping backwards towards the water. "I told you this isn't my prison anymore. It's were I was freed, and where I had my first time with you." Eve then Delilah said as they walked into the water. You were rather focused on their naked body as the water lapped at their skin. Only snapping out of your watching when they laughed and waved you into the water.