“That might be what it comes down to, my dear.”
Akala shuddered and ran for her truck. There was still plenty of daylight left but the sky had clouded over somewhat, and Akala felt a sense of deep unease in her stomach. She needed to warn Nashoba that this woman was still out there operating against them. She had no idea what her motivation for hating the werewolf tribes was but she was a problem they were going to have to deal with if they ever wanted to be free from her curse.
TWO
Akala’s knuckles were white on the steering wheel as she navigated the back roads that led to Nashoba’s parents house. They lived just off the main Choctaw village, but they were still isolated enough that they were well away from regular society. Given everything she’d just learned, Akala couldn’t help but wish that the Choctaw people were a little more integrated in society than they were. Driving away from civilization and into the remote back woods felt counter-intuitive to a girl who’d spent most of her life in large cities. Every bend in the road seemed like it might be the one with a fallen log waiting to entice her out of the car so one of Issie’s evil agents could attack her. Akala knew it was just her wild imagination getting the best of her. Besides, things like that only happened in movies, but it didn’t make her feel any safer being alone in the middle of nowhere.
Nashoba’s father came out of the house to meet her when she pulled into the driveway, a look of concern visible was on his face.
“I’m sorry I was out so long,” she said. “But something happened while I was in town. I need to talk to Nashoba.”
“What was it? What happened?” asked Nashoba’s father.
“There was a woman, a witch,” the words fumbled out of her mouth, “when I was at the Kintawep village I saw her and Johnson say something about spells and magic. Today, she told me she could give me ultimate power over all of you and—”
“Calm down, Akala.” Nashoba’s father put his arm on her shoulder and squeezed gently. “I think this is a matter for the elders to deal with. Nashoba is there with them now. I’ll take you to them, okay?”
Akala nodded dumbly. She felt like if she opened her mouth to try to speak, nothing but a sob would come out. She was tired of being afraid and in danger all the time, and it was beginning to wear on her nerves.
Nashoba’s father took the keys from her and got behind the wheel of the truck. She got into the passenger side, and they drove off to the village. Neither of them spoke, and Akala was reminded of her awkward drives with Nashoba. It seemed he’d gotten his tendency to stay uncomfortably silent when he was stressed from his father, and it did just as little to make her feel okay now as it had when she’d been with Nashoba.
By the time they reached the entrance to the longhouse, in the center of the Choctaw village, Akala had begun to worry that she might be overreacting to the whole situation. Issie hadn’t done anything outwardly aggressive, and for all her talk of power, she really didn’t seem all that strong. If the woman was nothing more than a con artist, then Akala was going to look awfully stupid standing before the elders and warning them about this threat. Then again, could she really take the chance that Issie wasn’t bluffing?
“What’s wrong, dear?” asked Elder Cressima when they approached.
Nashoba’s father nodded to Akala, and she gave a brief explanation of what she’d experienced. She told them about following Issie and of everything the witch had told her. She felt a little embarrassed repeating certain parts of the conversation in front of Nashoba’s father, but she felt it was important to be as honest as possible, just in case there was true danger in the woman’s words.
“And you’re certain she identified herself to you as Issie Vicktor?” asked Cressima when Akala had told her tale.
“Yes, that’s what she said. Why, do you know who she is?”
“Unfortunately we know exactly who she is, although she has gone by many names over the years.” The old woman sighed and traced her fingers at the hem of her robe. “We had no idea she was operating right under our noses like this. It’s a little embarrassing, actually.”
“Embarrassing?” said one of the male elders. “It’s unacceptable! After all the problems we’ve had with her, we should have hunted her down and killed her.”
“Now now, Kilmor,” said Cressima. “We all agreed that it would be a waste of resources to pursue her after the last time she was a threat to us. That was a long time ago, and we’ll get nowhere if we dwell on the past.”
“So you know who this woman is?” asked Akala. “Is she a real threat?”
“Make no mistake,” answered Cressima, “she is a very dangerous woman and you did the right thing by running out of that shop. Issie practices the darkest of black magicks, and there is more evil in her than it might seem.”
“I worried perhaps I was overreacting. I mean she looked like just a normal middle-aged woman. There was something in her voice that made me afraid of her but I wondered if that was just my imagination.” Akala chewed on the bottom of her lip and braved another question. “Is it really possible for her to perform magic and cast spells?”
Cressima smiled. “It’s a little hard to believe that this sort of thing really exists in the world, isn’t it? I suppose it’s as hard to imagine as, oh, I don’t know, a man being able to shift into a wolf?”
“Fair point,” said a chagrined Akala. “So what are we going to do about her?”
“You aren’t going to do a damn thing!” said Elder Kilmor.
Cressima shot a stern look at her fellow elder before addressing Akala again. “We know you have only the best intentions as far as our people are concerned, but this is too dangerous for you to be a part of. You’ve already done an incredible service to us by letting us know that Issie is operating in our region again, and you should be proud of that. As far as she’s concerned though, you should stay far away from her. It’s going to be dangerous for you now that she knows who you are.”
The noise of someone rushing into the longhouse caused Akala to turn and look behind her, and there she saw Nashoba hurrying towards her.
“What’s wrong?” he asked. “Is everything okay?”
“Everything is fine.” Akala replied. “I’ll explain it to you on the way out, okay?”
Elder Cressima indicated that the two of them were free to go, and they walked out of the longhouse towards Nashoba’s truck. For the third time that day, Akala explained everything, again leaving out no details and feeling embarrassed by the look of hurt on Nashoba’s face when she told him what Issie had said about him using Akala to get a mate.
“It’s not like that at all.” said Nashoba, reaching for her hands. “I can’t lie to you and tell you that pups aren’t a factor, but I want you for you, not what you can give me.”
“I believe you.” said Akala, stepping in to let him wrap his arms around her. “Trust me on that one. I’m not going to be swayed in my feelings for you by some hag of a witch who clearly has personal issues with your people.”
“Come on,” said Nashoba, guiding Akala towards his truck. “I’m going to take you back to my place tonight. I’d feel safer having you by my side until we’ve figured out what to do about this witch.”
Akala squeezed his hand and let go long enough to get into the truck. Once inside, she put her hand on his lap while he drove, not wanting to be without human contact for even the time it would take them to drive to his house. She felt worn out and exhausted from all the emotional ups and downs her days seemed to be made of, and the closer they got to Nashoba’s house, the more she felt like she needed a release, even if it was only temporary.
She was on him the second he killed the ignition. Sliding across the truck’s long front seat, she pressed her mouth against his and ran her hand up his thigh towards his crotch. She rubbed at him through his jeans while kissing him fiercely, delighted by his little gasp of surprise before he returned the gesture.
“I need you to fuck me.” Akala said, the words tumbling around her l
ips where they pressed against his.
She worked his belt loose and yanked at his fly so she could shove her hands down into his pants and feel the hot mass of his hardening cock in her hand. She felt hungry with desire for him, and she wanted to burst out of her own skin with the urge to be someone other than she was. Until now, their lovemaking had been mostly sweet and passionate, but that was going to change. Akala wanted to be reckless and wild. She wanted to fuck like she’d only ever seen in videos on the internet when it was late at night and she needed a little something extra to fill her loneliness.
“Let me suck that cock.” She said, pulling his pants down while he lifted his butt for her.
Akala stroked him with her hands, holding his semi-rigid manhood between thumb and forefinger while she lowered her mouth onto him. Once he was inside her, she moved her hand to his balls, cupping them and squeezing lightly as she sucked and moved her lips over his cock, feeling it stiffen in her mouth. After a few seconds of sucking, it was too hard and too big for her to take all the way without choking, so she sucked what she could and used her hand to jerk him off at the same time.
“Fuck, that feels so good.” He grunted. Nashoba wound his fingers through her hair and added gentle pressure to her movement, pushing himself into her just a little with each bob of her head.
This turned her on even more, and she moved her mouth faster, loud slurping sounds filling the truck interior as she fucked him with her mouth.
“Let me see that body.” said Nashoba, pulling her back so he could lift her shirt over her head.
He then unclasped her bra and pulled it downward, letting it fall over her arms before he pushed her head back down towards his cock. She continued sucking him while he played with her breasts where they bounced beneath her, his fingers pinching her nipples and sending a thrill through her body.
Nashoba’s hand moved onto her back and slid down her spine until it met the hem of her shorts. His fingers slipped under the waistband of her underwear and squeezed the bare flesh of her ass, his other hand resting on the back of her head while he groped her butt.
Akala sat upright and leaned back so she could undo her shorts and pull them off along with her panties. She was completely naked now, and she spread her legs in front of Nashoba, biting her lower lip while she dipped her fingers into the wetness of her pussy and rubbed them over her clit.
Hurrying out of his own clothes to join her in her nakedness, Nashoba sat a moment and watched her play with herself, stroking his cock and admiring her body.
“You like what you see?” she asked, pushing two fingers deep into her slick wet hole while playing with her breasts with her other hand.
“You have no idea.” answered Nashoba. He licked his lips hungrily. “You are the sexiest thing I have ever seen in my life.”
“Then maybe you should come over here and stick that big dick into my pussy.”
Just saying the words made her hotter than she had been in longer than she could remember. The sex she’d had with Nashoba until this point had always been amazing but this would be different. She felt like she was getting in touch with something more wild and raw. Something she’d never quite experienced before.
Nashoba shifted in his seat and positioned himself on top of her. It was awkward at first, but once he shifted her over a little, he was able to the place the tip of his shaft at the edge of her opening. Unlike other times, when he’d been slow and gentle, he grasped his cock and pushed it into her in one long hard shove, making her gasp with a mix of pain and pleasure. He was so big that she felt stretched to her limit having him inside her, and although she could barely catch her breath, she surprised herself by begging him to fuck her harder when he started thrusting his hips into her with quite a bit of force.
Akala lifted her knees higher and wrapped her legs around his ass. Her fingernails raked across his back while he fucked her and her moans of pleasure were muffled by the way her face was jammed into his neck and shoulder because of the way she was leaning against the truck door.
“Let me ride you.” She managed to get out.
Nashoba backed off her and settled back into the driver’s seat. His cock was raging hard and glistening with the juices from Akala’s pussy. Rather than jump right back onto him, she dove forward again, lowering her mouth over him and tasting her own pussy on his manhood while she worked her mouth up and down on his shaft. Again, she felt his hand wander down towards her ass, only this time he wasn’t so gentle. He smacked it lightly at first, then harder again when he heard the surprised yelp of pleasure it elicited.
“You like that?” he asked.
Her mouth filled with his cock, she mumbled, “uh huh” the best she could, and wriggled her bum to let him know she wanted more.
The crack of his hand on the soft flesh of her ass echoed inside the truck, and she moaned as the pleasure tingled down the backs of her thighs and through her belly. She sucked him as fiercely as she could, playing with his balls and feeling him twitch in her mouth while he spanked her several times in rapid succession.
Ready to have him back inside her, Akala moved to straddle her lover, lowering herself down onto his quivering cock. She leaned back away from him and moved her hips, her back hitting the truck’s horn and making her jolt forward in shock.
They both laughed for a moment until she began moving her hips again, leaning back with more care to avoid pressing against the steering wheel. Nashoba placed one hand on her hips and the other on her chest, playing with her breasts and nipples while she bounced up and down on him.
“I’m really close.” He grunted, both hands on her hips and pulling her hips into him with frantic desire.
Akala braced herself against his thigh with one hand and used the other one to rub her swollen clit. She was right on the edge of her own climax, and she took great pleasure in the expression on Nashoba’s face. He was barely holding back from reaching his climax, and the look of denied pleasure was all she needed to send her over the edge. Akala cried out and shuddered as the sensual explosion tore through her body, her pussy contracting on Nashoba’s cock and pushing him over the edge.
“Oh yeah, uh! Unh!” He shouted, squeezing her hips hard and thrusting her up into the air as he fucked his climax into her.
“Yeah, cum inside me baby.” She moaned in response. “Let me feel that hot cum in my pussy.”
Nashoba lost it completely and devolved into incoherent grunting noises as he spilled the last of his load into her. Worn out from her own orgasm, Akala collapsed on top of him, her breasts squishing against his chest while she kissed him long and deep.
After several moments of just sitting like that, they decided to make a naked run for the house. Akala used her panties to keep Nashoba’s seed from dripping out all over the place in the truck, and they both giggled like teenagers as they ran for the house.
For the first time in days, Akala was too exhausted and flooded with endorphins to be scared of what the future might hold. The only thing she cared about was getting inside so she could clean herself up and surprise Nashoba with another round of passionate lovemaking.
THREE
The sky was still dark when Akala woke early the next morning. Blinking her sleep-crusted eyelids several times, she transitioned into the reality that her body was trying to kill itself. She hadn’t felt like this since she was a young girl experiencing her first period, only this time, the pain in her abdomen was so much worse than anything she’d ever felt before.
“Nashoba,” she squeaked, rolling over and nudging him until he woke. “My… I don’t feel so well.”
“What is it? What’s wrong?” He asked, sitting upright with a look of fear in his eyes.
“I’m having really bad cramps. But it’s more than that.” She shut her eyes and winced against a wave of pain. “Oh god, it hurts, Nashoba. I don’t know what’s wrong.”
Nashoba swept aside several strands of her hair and placed the back of his hand on her forehead. “You’re burning
up. I’m going to get you something to cool you down, and then I’ll get the healer, okay? Will you be alright on your own for a minute?”
Akala nodded and curled into a ball, clutching her lower stomach and trying to focus on her breathing. The pain was excruciating in a way that she’d never imagined possible, but what was really sending her brain into full on panic mode was where that pain was coming from. Although she could be mistaken and just experiencing really bad menstrual cramps or some kind of wicked food poisoning, Akala was almost entirely sure that this was something else entirely. Her body was undergoing something bad, and she was certain it had something to do with her future ability to have children.
“This was all I could find.” said Nashoba. He held a bag of frozen peas in his hand and wrapped it in a towel before pressing it against her head. “The healer doesn’t have a phone, so I’m going to have to go get her.”
“Go.” whimpered Akala. She nodded weakly and put her hand over the bag of peas. It felt cool on her forehead, and although it did little to numb the pain in her belly, she did feel some small relief from the fever she felt burning inside the rest of her body. “Just hurry.”
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