Disgraced
Copyright© 2025 by Ogreface
Chapter 23: Secundus – Home
“This is rather disappointing,” Aida commented when Dane pointed out the white dot on the screen in their quarters which was the actual Pleiades Prime Habitat. “Here we are in the core system of the empire, home of the emperor and the place where we first settled so many centuries ago, and nothing looks different from looking out at Sagan. Even the Sisters seem to be the same size.”
Unlike in the past, the captain of the cruiser decided to briefly dock with the top of the space elevator to let his passengers off. Dane was sure that the captain got a liking in the three girls because he offered to assist the ladies off the ship in person.
Aida seemed to be particularly popular among the senior navy officers as both she and Alita, Viscountess Alita, got escorted all the way to the elevator reception area. Dane concentrated on helping Abby, who seemed to have adapted to weightless conditions in that she was not nauseous anymore, but seemed perpetually clumsy in microgravity. She was more than eager to cling to Dane and even seemed to be enjoying clinging to him.
Dane watched the reaction of the three girls as the elevator started its eight-hour journey to the surface. They acted as excited as children, moving around and pointing out planetary features to each other, and to Dane, with an abundance of excitement. Dane figured out that the elevator managed to drop at close to ten thousand kilos an hour while outside the atmosphere and then had to slow down to a much lower speed when it actually entered the atmosphere.
“I’m suddenly a lot more excited about coming along than I was ever since we left Sagan,” Aida said shyly as she gave Dane a subtle hug just as the elevator came to a stop at the bottom. “Would you really allow me to study art at Secundus University?”
“Only if I occasionally get rewarded with nice smiles,” Dane responded. Alita was still the most beautiful female he has ever encountered but when she smiled, Aida was not far behind.
The girls were just as excited about the monorail trip down the mountain and to the coast. In the city center, Dane booked them into a classy hotel near the beach and then escorted the girls as they made an initial exploration trip of the city. Their attention obviously got drawn to the imperial palace building.
“He actually lives there?” Aida asked in awe.
“I assume so, but besides the emperor, the imperial council also have their chambers and individual offices in there,” Dane explained. “There are other offices and departments housed at the lower floors.”
“Does he make a lot of public appearances?” Alita asked. “Daddy said that you actually had lunch with him when you became an officer. What is he like?”
The girls kept bombarding Dane with questions about the emperor and to a lesser extent about the imperial council. Then they switched to asking about the university. It was not surprising when Alita asked the first question about his future plans for where they would live. Dane suspected that Alita, being officially married, seemed ready to start having nesting issues.
Aida was relatively loving towards Dane, like one would expect from an older sister, while Abby was trying to act like a younger sister, but she found it difficult. That first night on Secundus, she shyly came into the bedroom shared by Dane and Alita and quietly asked for a good-night hug, which she often did ever since sharing a bed with him while she had menstrual cramps. She was not shy when she waited on him every morning while he showered.
That night, after Dane hugged Abby, Alita pulled her down next to Dane and told Dane to cuddle Abby for a while. Dane and Alita slept in the nude, but Abby was wearing panties and one of Dane’s marine T-shirts as her bed clothes. Dane had no objection hugging the two girls. He fell asleep like that.
Abby was a bit shy waking up next to Dane but when nobody said anything about it, she relaxed. He ran on the beach that morning, with Abby actually going with him but with nobody else around, she just wandered around near the boardwalk while he ran down the beach. When they got back she got under the shower with him.
“The village of Greenfield,” Dane said as he led the three females off the monorail shuttle at the small village. “I like the place, but that does not mean we have to live here. The city is only twenty minutes away with the rail shuttle, and the marine base is three minutes away. Shuttles are every hour or half hour, depending on the time of day.”
Dane had sent a message to the baroness that morning, asking if he could show the cottage to his wife. He received a message back that they would be welcome. Dane was glad when all three the girls seemed quite taken by the village as they walked through it.
“Baroness Gentri Phelps, meet my wife, Alita, her sister Aida, and Abby, my wife’s chambermaid.” Dane introduced the girls when the baroness opened the door for them.
“You held out on me, My Lord,” Gentri gently scolded him. “You never told me that you were a viscount when we first met.”
“My apologies, I didn’t think it was that important,” Dane said. Nanette also arrived from outside, so Dane introduced her to the girls. She and Aida instantly seemed to become friends as Lady Gentri showed Alita and Aida the cottage.
Dane gave the females some space as he left them alone while wandering around outside. He was standing next to the gentle stream being half mesmerized by the water flowing over the rocks when he heard somebody approaching. He was about to turn towards the person approaching when he realized whoever it was, was trying to do it stealthily, with little success.
“I was trying to sneak up on you,” Abby said when Dane put his arm around her slender waist. “I guess you heard me long before I even saw you.”
“What do you think of this place?” Dane asked.
“If you are here every evening, it would be great,” Abby said shyly. “I’m just grateful that Alita allows me to be close to you.”
“As long as you accept that she will always be first in my heart,” Dane said.
“Oh, I can never be a proper wife to a nobleman,” Abby said. “I’m more than happy being Alita’s chambermaid, and maybe even become your lover.”
“You barely know me,” Dane said.
“I have heard a lot about you after Alita came back from Cornell,” Abby said. “All she could talk about was you, how mature and self-confident you seemed, and how gentle you were with her. I actually came to fetch you to tea, My Lord.”
“We need bedding and curtains,” Alita announced when Dane and Abby arrived at Lady Gentri’s cottage. “Nanette offered to prepare meals for us, so we decided to have our evening meals here, thanks to Lady Gentri being very gracious. When can we move in?”
“As soon as you have bedding,” Dane responded. Alita and Aida were both eager and excited. It was Nanette who kept shooting Dane shy looks that made him a bit worried. “It turned out I have more than just the salary of a marine officer available, so I can afford whatever we agree to be proper for the cottage,” Dane added to Lady Gentri.
“I found out about your titles from my brother, who would like to meet with you in person, My Lord,” Lady Gentri said. “I asked him to handle the renting of the cottage so you can negotiate with him.”
That night they returned to the hotel and the next morning, Abby again accompanied him to the beach. Abby shyly came to see if she was welcome to sleep next to Dane again, and got teased by Aida, who claimed so also want her turn, but in the end Dane slept between Alita and Abby. The agreement between the females seemed to be that they stay away when Dane and Alita first go to bed and once the sounds of Alita’s passion had stopped, they could enter the bedroom.
Dane escorted the ladies on a shopping expedition to buy bedding, kitchen equipment, and supplies, after which they made a quick trip to Greenfield to drop everything off. The baroness was not around, but Nanette was there. Aida invited her to accompany them back to the city for supper at a beachfront restaurant. Dane didn’t mind, but he again was a bit surprised when Aida invited Nanette to stay over at the hotel with her, since she had a separate room. Nanette eagerly accepted.
The next morning when Dane and Abby came back from his run on the beach, Nanette was awake and up. She and Abby were quite friendly towards each other. Dane was amused when Abby playfully invited Nanette to join them under the shower, and surprised when Nanette blushed down to her collarbone and then actually accepted the invitation.
Dane was ready to bail Abby out, in case she showed any indication of not being serious, but Abby was serious. He obviously had an erection like every morning he showered with a female. Abby was her playful self as she washed his groin, She stopped short of actually masturbating him. Nanette stayed red in the face and could not take her eyes off his erection. She made no effort to touch him.
Dane discovered that while Nanette was skinny, she had some feminine curves. Her boobs were not eye-catching, but her nipples seemed very sensitive. She came more out of her shell when she joined Abby in drying Dane. Dane had some fun drying the two girls, particularly their chests and backs, which they seemed to enjoy. The two had very similar, scrawny, straight figures.
After a second, shorter, shopping excursion, they checked out of the hotel and left for the cottage. Dane got back into his uniform and left the females to organize the cottage while he reported to the base. He reported to Major Thompson, the XO, since Major Gallagher was not around, and were told that he has been enrolled in Secundus University, and that the Commandant of the Marine Corps wanted to see him.
“His office is in the Imperial Palace,” Major Thompson said. “He said to go see him as soon as you got back, so beat it. I don’t have anything for you to do over the next few weeks before your classes start. Keep an eye on your tablet for any messages; in case Gallagher needs you for something.”
Dane didn’t just head off to the imperial palace; one needed in invitation to get in. He sent a message to the secretary of the Commandant, stating that he has been informed that the Commandant wanted to see him and that he was available at any time. Then he headed back home.
As Dane stepped off the rail shuttle in Greenfield, his tablet pinged. He was surprised to find two messages. The first was from Colonel Warren, ADC of the emperor. He was asked to bring his new wife and any ladies in waiting she might have with her – the empress required some female company, preferably ladies of noble birth and close to the age of the empress.
The second message was from the secretary of the Commandant, stating that Dane has an appointment to meet with the commandant the next day at 11 am. Dane responded to Colonel Warren stating that he was due at the palace the next day at 11 am. He asked if it would be suitable to bring Viscountess Alita, Lady Aida, daughter of Duke Victor of Sagan, and Lady Nanette, daughter of the late Baron Greenfield along to meet with the empress.
When Dane walked into the cottage, he encountered four giggling girls. Alita instantly flowed into his arms and gave him a very demonstrative kiss. The other three, Aida, Nanette, and Abby, were watching. When Dane looked up at them as Alita finally let go of him, all three the others were blushing.
“Oh, give them hugs as well,” Alita said as she stepped back and sat down. Abby was the most eager and just stepped up and wrapped her arms around Dane’s chest. She actually got nudged out of the way by Aida who also kissed him as she hugged him but not a seductive kiss. Nanette looked very eager but shy. She didn’t back down when Dane took a step towards her. She actually sighed as he gave her a hug. Dane wondered what the Commandant would say if he could see his niece and Dane at that moment.
“Ladies, how would you dress for, say, lunch at a fancy restaurant in the city?” Dane asked.
“Not me,” Abby said. “I don’t do fancy lunches.”
“Sensible but not over the top,” Aida said. “Are you inviting us to lunch in the city for tomorrow?”
“Yes,” Dane said.
Supper was at Lady Gentries’ cottage, a welcome to the neighborhood meal. Being the only male, with five females, Dane was treated like the man of the house, even by Lady Gentri. She didn’t seem to notice, or she ignored it, when Nanette acted a bit too familiar towards him than would be appropriate.
Dane was a bit puzzled about the role Abby would be playing. She was strictly speaking a servant but Lady Gentri didn’t have any servants, so Dane was pleased when the females included Abby in everything, letting her sit at the table with them. Abby seemed to know her place because she mostly listened, would add comments, but never took over the conversation, and then she started gathering the dirty dishes after everybody was done eating. All the younger girls joined her in cleaning up as Lady Gentri invited Dane to join her in the lounge.
“I hope I am not putting my foot in my mouth by telling you this, but it is rather noticeable that Nanette is quite taken with you, was from the start before we even knew who you really were,” Lady Gentri said. “As the daughter of a long line of small-time rural barons, she has grown up with the expectations of becoming a lady, a noble-born wife of a nobleman.”
“Have there been any barons or sons of barons who showed interest in her?” Dane asked.
“None,” Gentri said. “When she was fourteen, we attended all the balls we could. Unless her dad nudged or asked one of the young gentlemen to dance with her, she usually ended up on the side watching everybody else.”
“Which is weird because she is not unattractive,” Dane said.
“Lady Alita and Lady Aida both seem to like her,” Lady Gentri said. “I just wonder if they will still like her if you end up giving attention to Nanette, or if she were to give too much attention to you.”
“She might end up being a very good friend of Alita and Aida,” Dane said. “If things were to get more involved after that will depend on Alita.”
That night, their first night in their new home, Dane got dragged off to bed by a very playful Alita. He was getting much better at pleasing and sexually satisfying Alita. Every time he did something she liked, she would not hesitate to demand he do it again, or to change something slightly. She was always ready and eager for sex but not always interested in having an orgasm. Afterward they would cuddle and then Dane had to try his best to stay awake with Alita wanting to talk.
“What do you think of Nanette?” Alita asked just as Dane was about to drift off to sleep.
“Shy, cute,” Dane muttered.
“Would you be interested in taking her as your concubine?” Alita asked.
“Would she be interested, and more importantly, are you willing to share me with other women?” Dane asked.
“I already decided that you should take Abby as your permanent lover, your commoner concubine.” Alita said. “I have not finally decided about Aida yet, and she also seems to want to wait and see.”
“Good,” Dane muttered. “I barely manage to keep you satisfied in bed, having a few more concubines might be too much for me.” Alita giggled as she stroked over his bare chest. That was all he could remember.
The next morning, Dane was up and dressed for a run just before sunrise. All three the females were still fast asleep. He didn’t know the area so he did more of an exploration jog than running full-out. It didn’t take long before he found the dirt track which served as service road for the subterranean monorail shuttle line a dozen meters below the path. The path was a dirt road covered in dead leaves but was smooth and easy to run on. It also ran straight to the rail terminal in front of the marine base entrance, three kilos from Greenfield town.
When Dane got back after a joyously and fast six-kilo run, he encountered both Abby and Nanette in the kitchen. Abby glared at him as Nanette looked embarrassed. Since both girls already saw him nude, he had no problem getting out of his sweaty clothes on the back porch. Nanette watched as Abby helped to strip him and then stripped herself before joining him under the shower.
When they left for the city, Abby stayed behind, and asked to go talk with Lady Gentri about housekeeping tips. Dane was wearing regular short-sleeve office wear with his badges and medal ribbons on his uniform shirt. His two medallions were tucked inside his shirt. The three ladies were wearing knee-length dresses, suitable for a daytime outing to the city. None of the girls commented as Dane led them to towards the imperial palace, until it became clear that he was actually heading to the main entrance.
“I need to see Nanette’s uncle,” Dane explained. “I don’t think it will take long.”
As usual, there were a small crowd of tourists in front of the main entrance, taking images of the imposing ten-story circular pyramid with its garden terraces. There were the usual number of marines on duty, some in ceremonial uniforms and rifles while the others were in battle gear and staying mostly out of sight.
As they approached, the duty sergeant came out, called the guards to attention and saluted as Dane led the three ladies past the guards. All three the girls were in awe about that and the reaction from the tourists.
“I need to see the Commandant, Sir James,” Dane said to the sergeant.
“There are two officers to guide you, Captain,” the sergeant said as he led the way into the waiting lounge.
In the lounge were two attractive female lieutenants in office wear which consisted of knee-length skirts and white blouses. Both came to attention and saluted Dane.
“Captain Galan, I will escort you to General Bretton’s office,” the one rather cute lieutenant said.
“I am here to escort Lady Galan and companions, My Lord,” the other lieutenant said. Dane shrugged and indicated the three ladies should follow the other lieutenant before being led away himself.
“Relax, Captain,” Sir James Bretton, Commandant of the Imperial Marine Corps, said after Dane saluted him. “This is a courtesy visit, more to do with personal and family issues than military issues.”
“I wanted to ask you, Sir James,” Dane said as the two of them sat down facing each other on stuffed leather chairs. “Major Thompson doesn’t seem to know what to do with me, and Major Gallagher is not around. I assume I fall under Major Gallagher’s command, but what do I do when he is not on Secundus? Is there a second-in command? I realize these are questions I should have asked him.”
“As far as the marine command structure goes, you fall under Major Gallagher since you are now formally a ranger but for practical purposes you are on special duty.” Sir James said. “There is no way you will be allowed you to take part in any combat activities, other than training exercises. Your primary duty is to be the heir of Duke Victor of Sagan, which involves ensuring you have an heir of your own as well.”
“So, for the foreseeable future I will be studying here at the university,” Dane stated.
“Exactly,” Sir James said. “Gallagher might ask you to give some lectures, give talks to aspiring rangers, consult with the navy about ranger equipment, and act as consultant for regular marine forces, but all of that will be a side-line issue. Your studies should come first.”
“So I do not have to report for duty on regular work days?” Dane asked.
“No, you will get called if anybody needs to talk to you, but your primary daily tasks will involve attending lectures at the university, in uniform.” Sir James said. “There is something else I wanted to talk to you about, something which can be a bit awkward. It involved my niece, Nanette. I understand that you brought her along today.”
“She seems to be getting along very well with my wife and her sister,” Dane said. He was not quite sure what the general was aiming at so he kept matters as neutral as possible.
“I will be honest with you, if you were just a normal marine ranger captain, I would have asked you to consider courting Nanette, well, maybe not that blatantly. The point I am trying to make, and I am fumbling here, is to give you permission to consider Nanette in a closer relationship with you than just as friend of your wife.”
“You want me to consider her as a possible concubine?” Dane asked. He was not sure if he was overstepping the rules of proper etiquette or not, but he needed to have some level of clarity as far as Nanette were concerned.
“Exactly,” Sir James said with a relieved look on his face. “I cannot demand that, especially not with you being a marine under my command, but as the future Duke of Sagan, you outrank me by far and under those conditions I feel I can ask you to consider taking her as your concubine, especially since both she and her mother really like you.”
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