*Lucretia's POV*
*Chapter Warning Rated R Content*
Sienna and her family went into that metal door Plight didn't want me entering, so I went the opposite way. Walking past people and heading for the library area in that other part of the cave town.
There was a gentleman in there working on repairing books. I nodded to him, and went to the far corner of the room, where view of myself was skewed. Then I took some yarn out and the crochet hook and began to weave the yarn together. I was intending to help Sienna and her mother make more toys for the kids.
Creating things was liberating in a way. Plus, I was sure Phintias would allow me hobbies. A husband likes for their wife to have hobbies, especially when they are as long lived as we are. I began humming quietly to myself. The movements of the man working was easy to ignore.
After an hour, the man got up and left. Five minutes later, Dean approached and crouched me. When I looked up at him, he smiled.
"Hello, Dean. Have you had a fine day today?" I asked.
"Well, it seems to be getting better now." He replied.
I smiled, "And how is that being accomplished?"
"I'm having a lovely conversation now. Most of the day has been filled with screaming people." He said.
"Why were they screaming?" I asked.
"Oh, something about 'he stole my leg', I don't know." He said off handedly.
"That seems serious." I replied.
"Oh, it was just a peg leg." He said.
"Oh." I said, "Did you look for me?"
"Well, I did now. This is actually the first time I've had a bit of a break today." Dean told me.
"Sit and rest, then?" I asked.
"Oh, that sounds lovely." He said, and he sat next to me.
"Is it rewarding to be so busy?" I asked.
"Certainly can be. I don't have any complaints currently. I used to deal with a lot worse situations than a poached peg leg." He casually stated.
"What do you usually deal with?" I inquired.
"Well I'm far more used to dealing with stabbings, murders and thefts in nature much more disturbing." He replied.
"The man I mentioned still wants the engagement." I told him.
"Well, isn't that wonderful news for ya?" He asked playfully.
"Isn't it better news for you? You won't be close by for a tempting nip." I smiled, looking at him mischievously.
"Oh, I wouldn't mind a nip every once in a while." He replied.
"It would leave you most exhausted." I told him.
"With what I do around here, I am used to being exhausted." He said.
"May I ask you a personal question?" I asked him suddenly.
"Whadya got?" He asked, "Shoot."
"How is your stamina in bed? Can you go multiple rounds?" I questioned him with a small smile.
"I feel I could if I wanted to." He said. "But it's not the amount of times you can go. It's what you can accomplish in one."
"That is tall talk." I tell him.
"I will always try and back up my talk." He said.
"Do you want to, then?" I asked.
"Aren't you about to be married?" He asked.
"No. I am about to be engaged." I replied. "My kind doesn't have the same moral ideals behind such things."
"Well, hell, who am I to turn down such a fine ..suggestion?" He said.
"Would the lady you wish to pursue dislike that?" I asked.
"She may hold several things against me. But I doubt she'd hold this against me." He said.
"Where do you wish to, then?" I smile at him.
"Well, I have my own room here. Nothing like a little privacy." He said.
I packed away my materials I'd taken out and stood up. "What is your preferred etiquette for afterwards?" I asked.
"I've never been asked that question." He said. "Obviously, afterwards if you feel like resting in my room that's fine."
"Any concerns?" I asked him as he began walking me to his sleeping area.
"No draining, I'll need my stamina." He said.
I laughed and said, "If I bite you, I'll be sure to drive you wild."
"Well this will be interesting." He said, keen on the idea.
"Don't get attached." I teased him.
He laughed and said, "I believe that'll be the easiest part of this arrangment."
Once we entered his home, then his room, I set my bag aside. Then I began undressing myself. "Do you prefer to be dominant?" I asked.
"I go whichever way the mood takes us." He replied, highly amused.
Following my lead, he also removed his clothing. Curiously, I look at his size. It wasn't bad for a human. I hoped this would alleviate my loneliness even a little. His expression was amused when I looked up into his eyes.
He leaned down and kissed me, so I returned the kiss. When his hands wrapped around me to cup my bottom, I reached up, looping my arms around his neck. Then he lifted me up, I wrapped my legs around his hips, and he walked us to the bed. Moving my hair out of the way, he laid me on the bed, kissing me once more.
His hands began to roam my body, feeling and teasing me. Trying to see what I respond to. In response, I began to caress and stroke various places on his body. He particularly responded to my fingers tracing his veins. As would most humans, it makes their heart race which gets them excited.
This man surprised me, then. After he'd teased my breasts and licked my neck and collarbone, he'd moved off the bed, crouching on the floor. I'd sat up to look at him when he buried his face between my legs, tasting me. I cried out in surprise, collapsing onto the bed and writhing in pleasure as he teased me with his mouth.
One hand on his head as he deliciously tormented me, the other hand trying to smother my cries of pleasure, I felt myself reach orgasm. He'd pulled my hand away from my mouth, leaving my voice uninhibited. He smirked at me as he moved back on top of me and joined us together. I shivered at the sensation, my fangs showing, I lifted my hips for him, giving him better access and a deeper angle.
Panting, we thrust our hips against each other, intermittently changing between fast and slow. He kissed me during this, a hand feeling my breast. I kissed him back, desperately wanting every bit of him. My hands roamed his chest and back, delighting in the muscles I felt.
"More," I demanded of him. "Dean, more." Gods did he ever deliver on that. I wasn't nearly done with him when we climaxed. I put him on his back, and licked and suckled on his neck and shoulders until he was hard again and aching. Then I rode him like if my life depended on it.
Midway through, I leaned down and bit into his shoulder, orgasming again from the delicious taste of him filling my senses. I had not been joking when I had promised for my bite to drive him wild. With a groan, he gripped my hips and as desperately as I'd rode him, he thrust into me.
I'd only taken few swallows of his blood when I released him, enough to excite us both further, and to satisfy myself completely. He sat up while slamming into me, wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing me. I returned his kiss, wrapping my arms around his shoulders. Cupping his head with one hand, I deepening the kiss. Exploring his mouth with my tongue.
We came again moments later. Panting and incredibly sweaty, we lay next to one another. "You are amazing." I told him, and meant it.
"Thank you, I've always considered myself as much, but it's nice to hear it from someone else." He replied.
I laughed. "You look incredibly tired."
"Oh, I can easily agree that that was one of the most exhausting sessions I have ever taken part in. But also the most fulfilling." He said.
"I can agree. Go ahead and sleep. I will not molest you further." I smiled.
"Oh, just give me a couple of hours." He said.
I laughed lightly and petted his face. "I'll keep that in mind."
After having exceptional sex with Dean, him falling asleep, and ensuring we were both clean I lay next to him, still naked, and returned to my activity of making the crocheted animal shapes. I made some tiger, teddy bear, fish, hippopotamus, elephants, rabbits, jelly fish, and dragon shaped. The dragon and jelly fish were the most fun to make. I just needed Sienna to fill them with stuffing so that they may be distributed.
It was comfortable in his home as I focused on making each toy, one after another. By dawn I had fifteen toys ready to be stuffed. It wasn't as efficient as Sienna and her mother, but I liked the results. They were lovely and cute. I got one more done before Dean woke.
"I wasn't sure if you'd be upset if I wasn't here when you woke." I commented, then I touched my lips and asked, "Sore anywhere?"
"Nothing a little shut eye couldn't help." He said.
"I am enjoying that you aren't complaining." I told him, as I got up.
Dean had sat up and said, "It has been a couple of hours or so..."
I blinked, then turned and looked at him. A slow smile graced my face as I caught his drift and saw his.. eagerness to perform. "That it has been indeed. By all means, lets."
With a grin, he pulled me into his lap, kissing me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, content to return his skillful kisses. He caressed my body slowly before his hand ventured between us, toying with me there. He wanted to make sure that I was adequately ready for him, and I was more than willing to let him play.
I reached for his member in turn, stroking it. It didn't take long before I asked him for it. He obliged, guiding himself inside. I shivered at the thickness of him. I quite enjoyed it. Moving my body, and slightly frustrated at him for teasingly not doing so as well, I licked his neck where his pulse was the strongest. I was determined to make his blood sing and beg to be taken.
This would make him lose that control he was trying to exert over himself most of all. Careful to not use my fangs, I nibbled his collarbone, before sucking on it. Marking him there with a hickey. He'd begun to slowly thrust in me as I teased him. His arms shook around me as he cupped my bottom. When I'd nipped his neck, he lifted me off of him, tossing me to the side on his bed.
I was initially confused, but then he was on and in me again. Driving me into the bed and restraining my arms. I'd tried to hold in the moans, but that failed, just like his control. It didn't take long at this rate for us to orgasm. My fangs had extended once more as I panted from the frantic activity. He was not put off.
He nuzzled the crook of my neck and suckled there, giving me a hickey of his own. He began to play with my breasts. That's when I realized he wasn't done. He was just keeping me entertained long enough for him to be ready again.
With that comprehension I brought his mouth to mine again and wrapped my legs around his waist. He groaned lightly in response. After just a moment more, he began again, pounding deep and hard. I couldn't focus anymore, breathy cries of pleasure escaped me unrestrained.
When he adjusted the position, moving my legs from his waist, and holding them next to my chest, I felt him so deeply I thought I'd break. In a way, I did, as I came twice more. I'd begun desperately begging him, repeating him name and saying please. He looked so happy in that moment before he breathlessly kissed me again. Moving my knees to his shoulders, he wrapped his arms around me and slammed harder still into me until we orgasmed together.
Panting, flushed, and utterly sated we lay together. I pulsed around him while he throbbed inside. Once we'd caught our breath, he withdrew. He got up and helped me up.
Embarrassingly, my legs didn't want to hold me at first. He steadied me with a pleased smirk, then we got cleaned up and ready for the day. I'd packed away each toy I'd completed as I'd worked, so I didn't need to worry bout that. Plus, I hadn't wanted to clutter Dean's room.
We went our separate ways after we'd left his house, him to get leftovers from breakfast, and me to find Sienna. It wasn't difficult to find her. She and her mom had begun sewing together more teddy bears near the medical building. I approached them without hesitation.
"Good morning. I have crocheted some toys overnight. May I ask you to fill them with stuffing?" I asked her.
"Yes, I can do that. Thank you for thinking bout the kids." Sienna nodded, setting aside the bear she'd been working on.
She brought out the magic item that fills things with cotton stuffing and looked at me expectantly. So, I took out the crocheted animals and handed them to her, one by one. She filled them each and set them to the side. Once all sixteen were complete, I asked her to give them away at her leisure. She agreed to easily.
I sat with the women and began to work on crocheting more toys. I could get four done and ready for stuffing in three hours. It wasn't a bad pace, I figured. Sienna liked the tigers. Sylvia liked the jelly fish.
As it was, I got five more done before lunch time. Sienna and her mother had some lunch. Sienna summoned her spirit friends after that. She explained to them what she wanted, the sun to shine here, and they said they'd help. They only needed to use mana. I offered them mine, too. They accepted.
With both of our mana being channeled, hers through music and mine via my arcane focus, the spirits began to work their magic across the ceiling. It took over an hour before results began to show. Plight and Alexion were nearby for this. Having a break from repairing people. Alexander was also nearby, watching.
Water stretched across the ceiling in a sort of bubbled mirror, or a barrier, and slowly sunlight began to pour down from the ceiling. Many people had stopped what they were doing, watching what was happening. Being a sorceress, I didn't need to focus to use my mana, so I was free to look around anywhere I'd like.
I saw Dean nearby, he was also watching. He wasn't sure what was going on. But once he decided it wasn't harmful, he started getting people back to work. Well, the adults anyways. I looked at Plight with a smile. He noticed me smiling at him and returned the smile. I looked back up at what the spirits were doing, then.
The water was firmly held in place, the Undine went into the water several times to make sure it'd stay stable. And probably to play. As they worked together we started to see the sky through the ceiling! It was amazing. Finally, at seven p.m, it was complete. The sky showed perfectly from the ceiling making it no different than being outdoors. The people that had been minding the fields up top had came down and stared in awe at the ceiling.
Plight gave Sienna a kiss and complimented the spirit's work as they came down for praise. Plight also complimented our part in that work. I kept looking at the sky-ceiling. It was lovely. With all the benefits of staying in this town, it was tempting to not go to Ymir's Town after all. Most of all, I was with the remainder of my family here. Marrying Phintias was something I'd decided to do, though. Why should I change that now?
Sex with Dean was absolutely the best I'd ever had, but he was a human and would grow old.. and soon. Plus, he is tasty. I didn't want to turn him, nor did he currently want to be turned. In addition to these facts, there was the lady he had feelings for, and the fact that I didn't care for him. I didn't care for Phintias, either, but he could belong to me.
Could I love him? Could he love me? I wasn't sure. But I'd find out eventually. I wondered, why had he suddenly decided to marry? I could ask him when we meet. That would be enough for me. Sienna went with her family to eat dinner after the spirits had left. I decided to find a space near the water I could sit and continue to crochet.
It's not like I had much else to do anyways. And I enjoyed it. Plight approached me after dinner time and invited to bring me into that room they go into. I was hesitant, but accepted the invite. As it turned out, they intended to take me to Ymir's Town tomorrow.
I was excited and disappointed at the same time. I knew my disappointment was simply because Dean was like a shiny and new toy that performed very well. What I wasn't expecting was Alexion to talk with me. He seemed the standoffish type more than anything, a good counterbalance to Sienna's unyielding friendliness.
"How are you, Lucretia? I understand you all ran into a few trolls on your way back." Alexion said.
"I am well. Yes, we faced a dire troll and two regular trolls. The trolls were no issue, but the dire one was annoying. If we worked as a better team, I do not think we would have had any issues. We don't know each other's spells, though." I replied.
"That and we didn't know it was there until it killed Bellam." Sienna pointed out.
"Yes. I should really give you the ring, Plight." I said.
"It is alright." He said.
"But it gives resistance to damage." I replied.
"Well, that is true." Plight said.
"He would probably feel better with his sister protected." Sienna pointed out.
"I will be. You both are the ones going to do dangerous things." I reply.
"How about this, I will take it into my custody after we take you to Phintias." Plight said.
"That is agreeable with me." I nodded.
"Most would not give away something that provides such cover. Why are you?" Alexion asked.
"Because Plight is my family." I replied. "It belongs to him, too."
"I can understand the sentiment." Alexion comments.
"You better. I'd have to teach you otherwise." Sienna said and stuck her tongue out at her brother.
"Sienna, that's impolite." Sylvia scolded.
Alexander laughed. Fond of seeing his children being silly, I suppose. I kinda liked this big room. It was cushiony and felt calming and filled with love. I wondered if brother felt that, too. Then again, he might just feel it for his elf lady. I liked seeing the peace enter Plight's eyes as he looked at Sienna.
Chatting went that way for a while. Then Alexander became tired. He and Sylvia went to their own room. After a few hours Sienna and Plight excused themselves for some alone time. This left Alexion and I by ourselves.
"You can relax. I have no intention of harming you." Alexion said.
"I didn't think you did." I replied.
He smiled and said, "Alright. I'm not particularly good at keeping conversation going."
"That's ok. You needn't concern yourself. I'll just crochet until I run out of the supplies to do so." I replied.
He nodded and focused on his prayers. I began crocheting. The kids really like the dragons so I made various colored dragons. Through the night I managed to make sixteen by seven a.m. when everyone emerged.
I showed Sienna what all I'd made and she stuffed them. Then gave them to Alexander to pass out to kids after breakfast. She also make Alexion summon a pegasus, outside. Since it was before breakfast, I went to Dean's home and knocked. Since I hadn't seen him out yet.
He opened the door, and greeted me. "Phew, insatiable, alright." He said.
I laughed and said, "Plight and Sienna are taking me to Ymir's Town in a few minutes."
"Ah, so you'll be on your way then." He replied.
I nodded, "Yeah. I wanted to let you know, since you are like a friend."
"'like' a friend? Ouch." He said.
"Most do not have sex with friends." I pointed out. "But if you wish to be my friend then I will keep in contact."
"Well then, until the next time we run across each other stay safe. And don't bite anyone who doesn't deserve it, or at least asks for it." He said.
"You've sated that need quite well, so don't be concerned, ok?" I joked, smiling and touching my lips.
"Eh, if you keep stroking my ego you might have to stroke something else." Dean said.
"You are a naughty delight. I wish you well, Dean." I laughed. "I will get going."
"Until we meet again." He agreed.
I waved and went top side to meet with Sienna and Plight. On the way, I stopped in the entrance and used Teleportation Circle, knowing that activating it would show me this location's glyph. I copied it onto some paper, then went outside to join them. They were waiting with two pegasus, after saying bye to her parents, and getting directions. I mounted Alexion's pegasus, while Plight and Sienna shared hers.
We took to the sky, heading towards East Haven first. Midway there, Plight got contacted via a Sending Spell. Whatever the person said to him, he replied, "By who?" After a pause, he said to us, "We're gonna stop by Sarial's home. She's been kidnapped and I would like to see what can be done."
By evening, we'd arrived outside the Capital. We stabled our mounts for the night, and entered the city, heading for Sarial's home. When we got there, Plight knocked and we were admitted inside.
Once there, we heard about what happened. A sorceress had gotten into the trial killed the Denoirs and took Sarial and Tyra away magically. It was someone from Tyra's clan. It wasn't through teleportation, and they've not been able to reach them. Sienna tried their device, still didn't work. They tried Sending. Didn't work.
If magic is being skewed and making them unreachable, wouldn't they be in the Underdark? I'm fairly certain of the planes I know of father had said my birth place was the one most known to alter magic effects and prevent scrying. Only thing is, a god can do so, too.
We stayed here over night trying to come up with some plan. The white Leonin, Sarial's mom, was utterly devastated by her disappearance. She was fierce one moment and curled up tearfully the next. The kids were all anxious, Especially the Leonin boy who was my height and the young human boy.
When Plight questioned about Mills, he was told he was in the Denoirs estate. Researching for where Sarial may be from his father's things. Not that he'd found anything helpful. Plight accepted this.
Since Tyra's clan location was known, they had dispatching 'Dirthin' to collect information from them, or rather, he'd insisted. Plight wasn't completely comfortable with that, bit at the same time he nodded and agreed that we should know something soon then.
Sienna pointed out, much to her displeasure, that there was nothing they could do to help here. I suggested tentatively that Phintias has many contacts in other places, perhaps he could be persuaded to help. Plight saw that as at least something to do with the situation and they re-agreed to continuing the journey there in the morning.
By morning, their location was logically narrowed down to the Fey or the Underdark. Not a problem to Sienna. She summoned Undine and asked her right then and there to be on a look out in the Fey for a tall pale human girl with black hair and crystal blue eyes, and a Leonin her height with pale creamy colored inner fur, the outer fur being more sandy pinkish.
Using Encode Thoughts, the white Leonin showed Undine what the missing women looked like. Undine would get all the spirits connected to her and the rest of the elements to look for them in the Fey. The white Leonin hugged Sienna for the hope given, then as Undine returned.
The Fey wouldn't explain the lack of connection through Sending, though. I did not know if they were being oblivious or hopeful. I wouldn't say anything either way. I would need to ask Phintias about ways to get to the Acheron's home.
He's more than old enough to know it's location. As well as a general way to get there. He's got several centuries over me on age. That being said, I also didn't know if he'd be willing to help us. But not being willing would make it pretty easy to break off the engagement. But I also didn't want to complicate things for Dean and his lady. And if I stayed nearby to him, I would definitely bed him more. How could I resist to?
When morning came, we went out to our mounts and set off. Sienna's familiar flew ahead by some ways. The day was bright, unlike my companion's expressions.