by Donna Raider
“Oh, no, no,” Legion hurriedly reassured his visitor, not wanting to admit his fear of the witch.
“The priest, then?” The visitor let the question hang in the air.
“No,” Legion snorted. “She is harmless, a naive idiot. She just hides behind the queen’s skirts and follows her around like a lovesick fool. When she thought she was going to die, she clung to Leah for safety. She was pathetic.”
“I don’t see the problem,” the visitor frowned.
“The stakes are much higher, and the reward doubled.” Legion watched his visitor carefully. “Her first born are twins: a boy and a girl.”
The visitor’s face twisted into a gleeful, grotesque smile. “Two for the price of one.” A hissing sound filled the room as the visitor pranced around, a growling sound rising from deep in his throat.
“But they have both been christened.” Legion stepped back. He knew his visitor’s reaction to the news would not be good.
As if on cue, a high keening howl escaped the visitor’s throat. The creature stalked toward Legion as if intending to destroy him. Legion threw a protection spell around himself and waited until his visitor calmed down.
“Think how powerful our magic will become when we have control of the witch’s offspring and thus the witch herself,” Legion grinned maliciously. “We can rule this entire world. The puny humans and their weapons of war will be useless against the power we will wield.”
“Ah, yes,” the visitor’s eyes shown with a darkness so black it was reflective, “for all eternity. Earth will be ours. We will be the gods.”
“We must plan our moves carefully,” Legion said thoughtfully. “Leah is a formidable foe.” He dared not tell his visitor of the many times she had outwitted and humiliated him. In the end, he would have his revenge against his former pupil. No one disrespects the Vile One.
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Mika and Leah made plans for their belated anniversary vacation, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. They both had committed to return to work September first. Both were desperately trying to pass the time until their anniversary cruise and resuming their intimate relations the second week of August. They were careful to engage only in chaste kisses and soft caresses. Mika wasn’t taking any chances on doing anything that would be detrimental to her wife.
“I think we should hire a nanny,” Mika quickly exhaled as she made the statement. They hadn’t discussed it, and she wasn’t sure of her wife’s reaction.
Leah tilted her head to the side slightly. Mika caught her breath. Leah’s smoldering brown eyes ignited a passion she had pushed to the back of her mind.
“I agree, darling,” Leah smiled.
“Too bad we can’t get Mary Poppins,” Mika joked.
“We can’t,” Leah laughed. “But I can get someone just as wonderful. I brought my Nana here. She loved me dearly and was devoted to me. She was the only one brave enough to stand up to my mother. I’m afraid she suffered on many occasions because she tried to protect me.”
“For real,” Mika raised her brows, “I mean, can we?”
“I will arrange it,” Leah moistened her full red lips, and Mika tried to tamp down the flame she was fanning.
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Nana was one of the employees at the largest daycare in their town and had jumped at the opportunity to serve as nanny to Adam and Sara. She moved into the guest suite on the other side of the nursery. She was excellent. It was obvious she was devoted to Leah and loved her dearly.
Leah and Mika liked to spend as much time with the children as possible. They made a point to be home in time for dinner. While Mika and Richie cleaned up after dinner, Leah would bath one of the twins. Mika would arrive upstairs just in time to dress the baby and play with it while her wife bathed the other infant. Mika would dress the second child and play with it while her wife nursed the first one. Leah had started nursing them one at a time to spend alone time with each one of them. When both babies were safely tucked in, they would go downstairs to spend time with Richie, if he was home. Between football, school, and the band, Richie was often late getting home. They always waited for him.
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“There is sufficient milk in the freezer, should you have to use it,” Leah instructed Nana. “There is enough fresh milk in the refrigerator for eight days. Richie can probably help with any problems you encounter. I have put the number for their pediatrician on the sticky note by the phone. Of course, you have phone numbers for both Mika and me.”
“I can handle two babies,” Nana laughed as she moved the mayor and her wife toward the front door. “I believe Richie is waiting to drive you to the boat.”
Leah exhaled sharply. Leaving Richie, Sara and Adam was harder than she had anticipated. Mika opened the front door of Richie’s truck. Her wife entered the truck as gracefully as she had always stepped into her carriage.
Mika and Richie had spent the previous week stocking the boat and getting it ready for the trip. Mika had welcomed the physical labor. It helped her work off some of the anxiety she was building up in anticipation of the cruise.
Amber, Ruth, Samson and Delilah were at the docks to see them off. Richie had insisted on sleeping at the mansion. He wanted to help Nana with the babies. Emily had agreed, and Samson assured Mika that he and Delilah would be frequent visitors during their absence just to make certain the twins were okay.
CHAPTER 34 - Our Abilities are Only Limited by
Leah skillfully guided the boat from the bay and headed out to sea. The morning sky and water were both a beautiful blue. Almost as blue as her eyes, she thought as she glanced at her wife.
Mika shyly eyed her wife as Leah opened the throttle on the boat, sending it slicing through the water. She felt awkward, like a teenage girl on her first date. “Are you feeling okay?” Mika made conversation as she handed Leah a bottle of water.
“I feel wonderful, darling,” Leah laughed, tossing her head back to move her hair from her eyes. “Do you feel okay?”
“Of course,” Mika frowned slightly, “but I’m not seven weeks out from having twins.”
“Well, then” Leah smiled, “Perhaps you could give a girl a decent kiss.”
Mika hesitantly put her arms around Leah and drank in the beauty of her lovely face. She lightly kissed the small scar over Leah’s lip then gently nibbled at her soft, full bottom lip.
Leah slid her arms around Mika’s neck and pulled her lips firmly against hers. Her lips moved slowly against Mika’s, thrilling to the smooth fullness of her intoxicating kiss. Her tongue gently explored Mika’s mouth.
Overcome with the need for her, Mika pulled her closer pressing her mouth urgently against Leah’s, her tongue exploring Leah’s mouth, seeking, asking permission to go further.
“The answer is definitely yes.” Leah smiled as she pushed Mika away gently, “but let’s sail the boat further out so we can drop anchor and forget about it.”
“Yes,” Mika said breathlessly. She stepped behind Leah putting her arms around her, pressing Leah’s back against her breasts. Mika’s hands lightly moved between caressing Leah’s stomach and her breasts.
“Instead of driving us both crazy, why don’t you set the navigation system and fix us some lunch,” Leah turned in Mika’s arms to kiss her once more.
“Good idea,” Mika grinned. “We do have several more hours before we reach our destination.”
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“I am having a great deal of discomfort,” Leah moaned as she sat down on their bed. “I need your help.”
Concern darkened Mika’s face. “What’s wrong?” She quickly sat down beside Leah and put her arms around her small shoulders.
“At home, I’m used to nursing the babies every three or four hours,” she blushed slightly. I wasn’t thinking. My breasts are becoming very painful.”
Mika carefully lifted Leah’s blouse over her head and realized she had on no bra. Her breasts were larger than usual and extremely tight.
“I can…do you want me to…?”
Mika stuttered.
“Yes, please,” Leah whimpered, lying back on the bed.
For almost an hour, Mika chastely fulfilled her request, careful to nurse and not arouse. Finally, Leah’s soft moans and gentle caresses let Mika know Leah was now ready to be a willing participant in their lovemaking.
Their passion moved from slow and easy to grasping and frantic as they sought to dispel the raging desire that had been pent up in them for over three months. They slipped in and out of sleep, making love and falling into an exhausted state somewhere between dreams and reality. Leah couldn’t hold back her magic any longer and used Mika mercilessly to satiate her needs. She rode her hard and demanded that Mika do the same to her.
They fell asleep only to awaken one another with further requests for intimacy. Mika couldn’t tell if the things that Leah whispered in her ear were real or dreamed. Her dreams of Leah and their actual lovemaking merged into a daze. Mika ached for her. She used Leah. She loved Leah with everything in her, both physically and mentally.
Leah moaned into her mouth as she nibbled at Mika’s lip. Mika slipped back into an exhausted sleep.
They made love off and, on all night, finally waking to the midday sun high overhead. Mika pulled Leah tightly against her, nuzzling her hair as she whispered her name against her ear. Mika loved the scent of her, her hair, her bath soap, her natural aroma. For the past three months, she had driven the thrill of Leah’s cries and moans to the back of her mind. Now she reveled in them and joyed to the sound of her name whispered from Leah’s lips.
Leah wrapped her arms around Mika and slowly slid her soft feet up and down her legs. She kissed Mika gently. She loved tasting herself in Mika’s mouth and greedily sucked her lip and drew Mika’s tongue into her mouth. “I have missed this so much,” Leah murmured.
Mika moved to pull Leah beneath her, but she pushed Mika back onto the bed. “I can’t take anymore right now, my tireless lover,” she laughed teasingly.
Mika was glad. She wasn’t sure she could perform anymore without rest. Leah snuggled into Mika, lying quietly in her arms.
“Tell me,” Mika said softly, “were you screaming ‘ride me hard’ or did I just dream that?”
“Um, maybe,” Leah buried her face between Mika’s breasts.
“And did you say, ‘do whatever you want with me, darling, I’m your bitc—” Leah’s kisses stopped Mika’s mouth from talking.
“It’s not nice to repeat what a lady says in the throes of passion,” Leah murmured, kissing her hard. “If you don’t like it, I can refrain from such statements in the future.”
“Oh! No!” Mika gasped. “I loved it. It was just new and unexpected. But very exciting.”
“I noticed it did have the desired effect,” Leah giggled.
“How about this,” Mika said slowly, “we’re married, so in the bedroom let’s forget you are the mayor, and I’m the priest. Whatever happens in our bed stays in our bed?”
“I could live with that for a very, very long time,” Leah whispered.
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On the morning of their third day at sea, Mika awoke to the smell of bacon and coffee. Pulling on a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, she joined Leah in the galley.
“I was about to bring you coffee,” Leah kissed her gently.
“I smelled food,” Mika grinned.
“Bacon, eggs, and toast sound okay,” Leah poured coffee in the two cups she had placed on the table.
“Sounds great,” Mika slipped her arms around Leah’s waist and kissed her. “Thank you for…for being my wife.”
“I would never want to be anyone else,” Leah murmured.
Mika carried their breakfast up onto the deck, and Leah followed her with an insulated carafe of coffee. They had worked up an appetite and ate in silence. Finishing her breakfast, Mika refilled their cups and leaned back to enjoy the light sea breeze in her face.
“You know, we have to prepare for the inevitable?” Mika frowned.
“I know,” Leah looked away from her. “The Vile One is not going to let me walk away from his contract.”
“Who does he serve?” Mika asked.
“I don’t know,” she answered thoughtfully. “The devil.”
“The devil rarely bothers with the likes of Legion,” Mika spoke as if her statement were a fact. “Lucifer is into much larger projects to cause the suffering of mankind.”
“You speak as if you are an authority on the subject,” Leah tilted her head to the side and studied her wife.
“Remember I told you I was enamored of humans, particularly the females?” Mika explained.
She nodded.
“There are demons who are just as fascinated with your kind. When God asked me to lead his forces against the angels who were trying to take over heaven, the final angel you saw me battle was Lucifer.” Mika said. “The entire battle was over Earth and the humans on it. There was a segment of the angels obsessed with humans and wanted to rule over them. God believes in freedom of choice and would not allow the interaction between humans and angels.”
“You aren’t just any angel,” Leah gasped, covering her mouth in surprise. Mika! Of course, you are the Archangel Michael, God’s right hand!”
“I was,” Mika nodded.
“You gave that up for me?” she gasped.
“No. Not for you,” Mika looked down, “for my ideal mate. It just turned out to be you. God allowed me to come to earth because he knew I had no desire to rule over anyone, just a strong desire to find a mate worthy of our kind.”
“I see,” Leah said softly.
“He didn’t strip me of my powers, just gave me the rules and consequences of using them. I have been very vigilant in obeying his rules, with your help, of course. Marrying you has made the rules easy to obey. The children were the final request God made of me. That, too, was your decision. Even without knowing the rules, you have won the game, just doing what came naturally and honestly to your wonderful nature.”
“And now, because of my contract with Legion, we will have to battle to protect our children, won’t we?” Darkness passed over Leah’s beautiful face and fear filled her eyes.
“Yes,” Mika said softly. “But we won’t be battling the devil. He can’t challenge me again. God’s rules. After all is said and done, God does rule over both heaven and hell.”
“Then hopefully the Vile One is all we have to deal with,” Leah shrugged.
“Legion is no challenge for you,” Mika informed her. “You could incinerate him in a heartbeat. The trick is to be faster than he is. If he ever engages you in a battle for the children, instantly, without hesitation, you must incinerate him. Don’t let him put you on the defensive.”
“I would assume that to be the best mode of operation to deal with anyone who threatens our children,” Leah nodded.
“Yes. We must prepare,” Mika stood, pulling Leah into her arms. “Your abilities are only limited by your imagination.”
Mika wrapped strong arms around Leah, and they began ascending into the heavens. She cloaked them in invisibility until they were far beyond earth’s ever watching satellites. She took them to another universe to a planet that was a deserted wasteland.
As Mika sat their feet down on the planet’s surface, Leah looked around. There was a lifeless desert in one direction and a stark, rugged mountain range in the other. Sheer cliff sides of flint glistened in the red sun of the planet.
“As you can see,” Mika grinned sheepishly, “we can’t harm this planet. There is no vegetation or life of any kind. It is a perfect training ground for us.”
“Okay,” Leah exhaled loudly. “What now?”
“I will conjure demonic creatures to attack you. Let’s see how you handle that,” Mika smiled. “Then you will do the same to me.”
Before Leah could respond a serpent rose out of the ground behind the angel. “Mika,” Leah screamed, pulling her wife into her arms. The serpent encircled them and began to crush the life out of them. Just as Leah was beginn
ing to lose consciousness the serpent disappeared. They both fell to the ground.
“Your first reaction was to save me,” Mika told her. “That was the wrong reaction. You should have instantly destroyed the serpent. Then you would have saved both of us.”
Leah nodded. She was a fast learner. “Try me again.”
Mika disappeared. An earth-shattering roar from behind Leah shook the ground. Turning, she was confronted with a fierce beast charging her. Without flinching a muscle, she threw a fireball engulfing the beast and reducing him to ashes. Immediately ten of the beasts sprang up, howling and charging her from all directions. She sent out a shockwave so strong that it slammed all the monsters against the hard sides of the mountains, crushing them.
“That was very good, Leah,” a smooth, calm voice spoke behind her. She knew it wasn’t her wife’s voice, and immediately froze whatever was behind her before ever turning to look at it.
A darkly handsome man, dressed in red and black, stood crystallized in front of her. She immediately dropped a piece of the mountain on him, crushing anything that might have been there.
“You’re wonderful,” Mika laughed. “Your reactions and instincts are as incredible as I knew they would be.”
Leah smiled, basking in her praise. Before Leah could move, thick, heavy vines began to wrap around her legs and up her body. She instantly transported herself to another place, turned and incinerated the vines.
“You’re amazing,” Mika laughed, ducking the fireball that was flying at her. Standing tall, Mika was shocked to find herself in a chokehold. A being she could tell was over nine feet tall held her off the ground and shook her like a ragdoll. Summing her full height and power, Mika exploded from the giant’s grip then dissolved the creation Leah had sent after her.
“A truce, darling,” Mika held up her hands in surrender.
“For real,” Leah watched her suspiciously, “or another one of your tricks.”
“For real. That is enough for today. “We will do this again tomorrow,” Mika promised, “but right now let’s enjoy the other universes.”
Leah was invigorated. The adrenaline was pumping through her veins. She felt as if she could move mountains. Mika wrapped her wings around Leah. “Don’t tear them off,” she teased as she lifted them from the planet.