by Harry Nix
“And what would you call obliterating force?” Titus asked.
“I'm not sure really but a group of necromancers with the superstrong little old lady isn't it.”
Titus waved him away. “I’ll complete the job. This kid is going to die just like all his brothers and sisters and his parents. Now there might've been a delay, but that is certain,” he said.
“I hear he’s already planning an attack on Corvus,” Prince said.
Titus was in golem form for the meeting, his expressions muted somewhat, but still failed to hide his surprise at the high quality of the vampire's spy work.
“We observed him and those three women watching one of our small outposts. Put on quite a show for them, patrolling guards, lights, even had a car arrive so he could see the gate open. We’re going to hunt down and kill Alex Lowe but should he come to us first, that outpost will do just fine,” Titus said.
“Get it done then quickly,” Knox said. With that he waved his hand. The mass of gravel, sand, dirt and various clays making up his body collapsed to the ground before spreading out, returning to their original piles. Titus did the same but not before first glaring at Prince.
The moment they were gone. Eric turned to Prince.
“One hundred werewolves vanished. All these years of the soft touch and then that halfwit takes one hundred werewolves for a blood golem,” Eric said.
“Titus always was a blunt weapon… but perhaps he has become blunter of late,” Prince said.
“Those who do not know the past are doomed to repeat it.”
The vampire stood up and approached Eric. He reached down with a finger made of orange clay and stroked down the side of the other golem’s face, who sat still. Then Eric raised his hand and touched Prince.
“Don't worry, it will all work out in the end,” Prince said.
“Yes, but for whom?” Eric replied.
He stood up, touched Prince on the arm briefly and then was gone, collapsing, leaving the vampire alone, standing in the moonlight in the middle of the abandoned building.
Prince looked around, examining the room before looking up at the moon he could see through the hole in the roof.
Then he suddenly threw his head back and howled at it before laughing. Then his golem collapsed. A moment later the abandoned building was quiet, the last grains of sands rolling back into place.
Miles away, Eric was using a private room to cast the spell. He stood up, moving his arms and blinking, trying to get over the odd feeling of being in two places at once. Eventually he gathered himself and walked outside.
His mate Alara approached him, gently waving her tail. She was near fifty with fine streaks of gray through her hair but still had the body of an Olympic athlete. She did not speak but instead led him outside and away from the pack. They sat on some rocks overlooking a stream that burbled quietly to itself in the night.
“They’re going to try to kill him again,” Eric said.
“What are we going to do about it?” Alara asked, touching him lightly on the back. Eric sighed and then looked up at the moon that was sailing high in the sky. This far from Baxter they'd escaped the light pollution so the sky was a glittering blanket of stars.
“I think we’re going to have to stop them,” he said.
Alara shuffled closer to him and wrapped an arm around him.
12
Alex was editing what he had now named his flame flick spell when Juno and Nia came barging into the bedroom.
“Okay, get your pants off,” Juno instructed. “Nia, get the blinds,”
Juno walked over and grabbed Alex's belt, trying to undo it. He quickly saved the magic work he was doing and closed the spell screen before grabbing her wrists.
“Excuse me, what are you doing?” he asked with a smile.
“We just bought a bunch of protection rings which you need to edit pronto so we can get some money before we go on this werewolf adventure,” Juno said.
In between showers and dinners the three of them had had an ongoing conversation around their next move. They decided they would go to Nia's father, Julius Whitewood, and ask for his help to spread the word that the werewolves were taken to fuel the blood golem; that it had been done by Corvus to attack Alex.
Their funds were still running dangerously low, which was largely attributed to the cost to feed two hungry werewolves. So Juno and Nia had gone out this morning to buy more rings for Alex to edit.
“And it would be good if you could work out how to edit some different rings so we don’t flood the market,” Nia said.
“I'm working on it,” Alex said, fending Juno off again as she tried to grab his belt.
Although Juno had bought a variety of rings, including minor healing rings, flame finger and so on Alex could still only reliably alter the shield or protection rings.
The code for the minor healing ring had been made readable but there was no clear three to change to a thirty. That particular attribute was encoded in some other way and unfortunately Alex didn't know what to change to make it stronger. There were similar issues with the other rings.
Alex had found a number in one of the flame finger rings and changed it, taking a large hit to his mana. When he’d activated the flame it had been more intense but the ring had been unable to hold the new spell and shattered shortly after, cutting his finger down to the bone.
“So we need to get these rings charged up straight away and seeing that sex magic is working let's do it,” Juno said, finally giving up trying to get Alex's pants off.
She was wearing her Japanese schoolgirl outfit today: knee-high socks, tartan skirt and a white shirt. She had on a gold necklace with a small ruby hanging from it. She stepped back and slipped her underwear off. Keeping eye contact with Alex, she began unbuttoning her shirt.
“Do you want some of this,” she asked in a low seductive voice.
“What about romance? Can't I be wined and dined first? You could bring me some roses or something you know,” Alex said.
“Next time. Now do as the girl said and get your gear off,” Nia said, coming to stand near Juno.
Alex lowered his voice. “Where’s April? Is she going to hear?”
“She’s out communing with nature. Should we invite her in?” Juno asked. She’d taken off her white shirt and now was standing in a tartan skirt and a red bra. The ruby on her necklace was resting in her cleavage.
“Are you sure you don't want to join us?” Nia asked. She stepped closer to Juno and kissed the little witch on the neck. Juno closed her eyes and tipped her head sideways to allow Nia greater access.
Alex swallowed and had to resist leaping up off the bed to grab the pair of them. It was still in the back of his mind the moment of jealousy Juno had had about April.
“Not that I want to cock block myself… but with April, do you two really want me to invite her in?” Alex asked.
“Mmm,” Juno murmured as Nia kept kissing her down the neck.
“Yes we do,” Nia said. As Alex watched, Nia's fingers made their way around to Juno's flat stomach before trailing their way downwards.
“No, seriously, because I thought Juno got a bit jealous that I’d spent time with April,” Alex said.
Despite the incredible hotness in front of him and the wolf howling to consume the pair of them, it seemed some part of him was suddenly stuck on this point. All these days of flirtation with April and hints from his mates but nothing said aloud, nothing clear and explicit about what exactly what was on offer.
Both girls sighed and Nia stepped a little away from Juno.
“We’re a pack, a group. We end up loving each other,” Nia said.
“What the werewolf said. Remember when we all held hands, so I could cast cleanse? That's what our pack is. The love goes around and around and we all contribute, growing stronger because of it,” Juno said.
Alex was a little uncomfortable, his jeans pressing hard against him, and when he went to adjust himself he saw both girls follow his hand,
and then Juno smirked.
“But… jealousy. With you two, I really…”
He trailed off, not quite sure how to finish that sentence. When you really looked at it, everything had moved so fast. It hadn’t been long from being with Nia and then suddenly Juno and now they were all together. He suddenly felt like a teenager worried that saying the big L word too soon would ruin everything.
“We know what you mean. Jealousy is a thing that happens. Everyone might get jealous, sometimes,” Juno said.
“I see how you look at that stick blender of yours… oh baby, you've got two speeds plus a blitz setting… marry me please!” Nia said. She and Juno started laughing.
“I only want you to purée my bananas,” Juno said, turning to Nia and then dropping down on her knee like she was about to make a marriage proposal. Nia held out her hand as though Juno was about to slip a ring on it.
“I only want to blend for you,” she said back. Then the little witch leaped up and they hugged each other, laughing, before Nia finally put Juno down.
“I love that stick blender. I think it would be a great addition to our pack,” Alex said with a straight face.
“We know you love it,” Juno said, laughing.
“Like you don't love Air Bud,” Alex said.
“This pack would be made massively stronger if Air Bud was part of it. We might actually become too powerful,” Juno said.
“Do you mean the dog from Air Bud or like, the movie itself?” Nia asked.
“Either or. No matter what way Air Bud is part of your life, he adds something to it,” Juno said, dead serious.
There was a moment of warm silence before Nia suddenly flicked the back of Juno's bra. It fell off, Juno covering herself with her hands.
“Hey, we’re having a very serious discussion here,” she said to Nia.
In response, Nia smacked her butt.
Juno’s face flushed and she bit her lip. She pivoted towards the end of the bed and bent over it, putting her hands on it.
“Do that again please,” she whispered, looking Alex directly in the eye.
Nia was happy to oblige, smacking the little witch on the butt once more. Alex saw Juno's pupils dilate and her gaze became half-lidded. In this position the gold necklace was hanging free, the small ruby swinging back and forth.
“Mr. Lowe and I are very disappointed with you. You shouldn’t have been writing those erotic stories and passing them around class,” Nia said to Juno.
Juno gasped as Nia smacked again.
“I'm sorry,” Juno said.
“I'm sorry Miss,” Nia said, smacking her again.
“I'm sorry Miss!”
“The principal and I are going to have to devise a punishment for you,” Nia said, glancing at Alex.
Juno looked up at Alex. “Please Sir, I’ll do anything you want,” she said.
Alex suddenly felt like the temperature in the room had skyrocketed. He is still in his human form, but his hearing had amplified every sound in the room. The sound of Juno's shaky breath each time Nia swatted her. The sound of the skin on skin. His own thudding heartbeat.
“Come closer,” he said to Juno. Then he looked at Nia. “Keep going,” he instructed.
“Yes Sir,” Nia said and swatted Juno again.
“Yes Sir!” Juno yelped.
She moved around the bed to the side and bent over, placing her hands beside Alex’s hips. He leaned back and undid his belt, before unzipping his jeans. Underneath he was wearing black boxers which were tented.
“Come closer,” he said. Juno leaned over, bringing her face down to his boxers. She leaned forward and gave him a soft kiss along the length of him.
“This little slut wrote a story about sucking your cock, Sir,” Nia whispered.
“Is that true? Is that what you want?” he asked Juno. Alex’s mind was still spinning somewhat, feeling like a spell had been cast over them. They'd all slipped into their roles; him the stern principal, Nia the hot young teacher, and Juno the disobedient student who'd been caught writing porn about her teachers.
“Yes Sir. It is,” Juno said. She nuzzled against him, giving him another kiss. She still had her hands on the bed and hadn't reached up to touch him with anything other than her lips. Alex reached down and pulled down the band of his boxers to let himself spring free.
“How are you going to make it up to him?” Nia said, smacking Juno again.
“I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss” Juno said and then began kissing up Alex's length.
Nia smacked Juno one more time then Alex saw her brush her fingers over the reddened skin and down toward Juno's wetness. When Juno moaned, the vibration of it sent a burst of pleasure through Alex. Nia started gently rubbing her fingers against Juno.
“Do you want to suck his cock?” Nia asked.
“Yes, yes, yes, Miss,” Juno begged.
Nia must have slipped her fingers into Juno then because the little witch moaned and Alex took the opportunity to push his cock up and into Juno's mouth. She let out another muffled moan before she started sucking, running a tongue around it, turning her head. Each movement was like a jolt of electricity down through his legs.
From behind Juno, Nia began working her fingers in and out of her, holding on to the thin band of her tartan skirt with the other hand as she did. Alex saw the first red glimmers of magic pop out of the air and began drifting towards him.
Juno kept sucking, moving her head up and down and occasionally moaning. This was a position that couldn’t last for long – whatever Nia was doing to Juno was having an extreme effect on her. Her legs began shaking and she clenched her fists into the bed.
She suddenly broke free of Alex and rested her head on his thigh, squeezing her eyes shut.
“Oh goddess yes,” Juno moaned. There was a burst of red sparks through the room that immediately converged on Alex. Everywhere they hit his skin was like a tiny burst of heat. Juno came, moaning into his leg. She lost her balance and collapsed over the bed.
After a few moments of rest, Nia hauled Juno up off the bed. Her hair was messy and her butt was red from being spanked. She seemed almost stupefied.
“Stand up so we can use this little slut the way she deserves,” Nia said to Alex.
He got up off the bed. Nia laid Juno down on her back, with her head toward the end of the bed. Nia then quickly stripped out of her clothing, her damp panties hitting the floor last.
Alex scrambled out of his clothes, pulling them off.
“From behind Sir,” Nia said before stepping over to the bed. She carefully lowered herself onto Juno’s mouth, taking a sixty-nine position. She sat there for a moment as Juno began licking.
“Make sure you use her mouth, too,” Nia said. Then she tipped forward, running her hands down Juno’s stomach before tickling them between her legs.
“This was in your other story wasn’t it?” Nia said.
“Yes Miss,” Juno said, somewhat muffled.
Alex walked around the end of the bed. He was so rock hard he felt like it could almost burst. From this angle he could see Juno licking at Nia, see the curve of Nia’s perfect bubble butt and strong legs.
Alex stepped forward and gently touched Nia, feeling the wet heat of her. Seeing he was close, Juno lifted her head and opened her mouth. Alex stroked closer and Juno pulled his finger into her mouth, sucking on it with great urgency.
Alex could only hold back for a short while; the feel of the little witch’s mouth and tongue was too much to resist. He pulled his finger from her mouth and replaced it with his cock.
Juno moaned as she sucked, wetting his length. Alex could have easily stayed there but Nia’s sex was so close and inviting. He enjoyed Juno for a few more moments before pulling out of her mouth, the little witch letting out a disappointed sigh. Without pause he slipped into Nia. The werewolf moaned and around them more red sparks burst out of the air.
Alex began pumping his hips back and forth, thrusting into her, building up a rhythm. As he did, Juno kep
t licking as best she could. Sometimes he'd pause and pull out of Nia and plunge into Juno's mouth before returning.
There was something about standing up that made it go longer or maybe it had been Juno sucking on him before that had slightly desensitized him. Whatever it was, the magic kept pouring out of the air as Alex thrust into Nia, the werewolf moaning and doing her best to keep her attention on Juno but beginning to fail as her gasps grew more urgent.
“Come in her mouth,” Nia moaned.
As soon as she spoke, a flurry of red burst into the air, some of it flying into Juno. Alex felt that familiar tingle in his legs and at the base of his spine. He sped up, holding Nia firmly by the hips.
The werewolf lost all pretense of licking at Juno and rested her head on his stomach. She moaned as she came, screwing up her face. The sound of it set Alex off. He thrust into her one more time before pulling out and finding Juno's eager mouth, as hot as a furnace. He came, closing his eyes as red flashed through the room and the blood thundered in his head. Juno sucked and licked, the sheer pleasure of it making Alex want to collapse down onto the bed, his legs growing weak.
He tried his best to stay upright but every time Juno moved her tongue it was like an electric shock jolting through his body.
Eventually Juno let go of him, Nia collapsed and rolled on to the bed and then Alex climbed down between them, resting his head on the pillow. Juno's feet were beside him so he leaned over and gave one of them a gentle kiss.
“Tickles,” Juno murmured, so he did it again before running a finger down her sole. Juno pulled her feet away and turned around so she could rest on the pillow next to him. On his other side, Nia had already slipped into a light doze.
“Typical werewolf,” Juno said with a smile. Alex knew what she meant. With the blinds closed in the middle of the day and the dark warmth he was about to go to sleep too. Juno squeezed him on the arm.
“Check that charge job,” she said.
Alex cast Know Thyself and saw that the red bar labeled sex magic was indeed now filled to the top.
“All the way,” he said. The calm relaxation that was running through him evaporated a moment later when a gray bar suddenly appeared under the red. It was filled to the top too. This one was labeled pain.