by John Evans
"Hello, Karina."
Karina opened her eyes carefully to see Tenan standing in front of her. She kept her eyes on his face so not to set off her over-active libido. Karina immediately noticed tenseness behind his eyes that had not been there before. She floated over to his arms.
"What is it, Tenan? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Golden Sunlight and I have arrived at the old camp where Morning Mist was last seen. It is closed to a place called the Pertra Swamp. The Burgassi avoid the swamp like the plague. In fact, they do not even admit to its existence. I could barely get Golden Sunlight to look at it and it is huge. I think Morning Mist is either lost in the swamp or was lured into it. We've been three days traveling through it and a more evil place I've never seen."
"Do you really think she's in there?" asked Karina.
"It's the only place she could be," answered Tenan. "The Burgassi searched extensively for her all around the area. The only place they would not go in was the swamp. How are things with you?"
"We're about six days from Tectin. I spoke with Melinar some days ago, and she thinks they may have found Electana and Diti. I interrupted her in conference with Dareen. Melinar is worried that I may suck Dareen into this realm and has asked me not to contact her unless it's an emergency."
"Unfortunately, I'm going to have to make the same request. Traveling and searching through the swamp is going to take all my concentration and skill. Golden Sunlight is so jumpy and scared that if I wake her the wrong way, I could end up with her spear in my belly before I know it."
"I seem to be saying 'I understand' a lot today," said Karina with a smile. "Be careful. I'll only contact you in case of an emergency. Now, what do you say to me taking care of your condition?"
Tenan stiffened as Karina brought her hand up gently, but firmly to grasp his balls underneath his raging hard-on.
"Last time was quick and satisfying," coughed out Tenan as Karina's fingers played with his testicles. "Since this will be the last for some time, I want it to be long and satisfying."
Karina arched an eyebrow and then had a thought. She left go of Tenan's sac and floated over to a pink cloud. Using her hands, she shaped the cloud into an eight-foot tall column, which was about a foot and a half in diameter. The cloud became as hard as rock when she was done. Karina snatched at another piece of cloud that was floating by and it changed into a slippery gel. Karina smeared the gel over her pussy and asshole.
"Do you remember this?" she asked, bending over to grab hold around the column. Another small, flat cloud floated in underneath Karina and became solid to provide her footing. Her huge tits hung down as gravity suddenly pulled them away from her body. Karina spread her feet apart on the solid surface, exposing her cunt and ass.
Tenan floated up behind Karina and stepped onto the cloud as gravity took hold of him. Karina shivered as the tip of his cock touched the entrance to her pussy. She gasped in delight as Tenan's hard cock penetrated all the way into her tight, wet cunt. Tenan grasped Karina by the hips and started to fuck his prick in and out of her hot cunt.
Karina's breasts were swaying back and forth with each smack of Tenan's hips against her ass. Every now and then, Tenan would stop to wriggle his hips closer and drive as much of his cock into her as possible. Karina bit her lower lip in passion as her cunt gripped Tenan's cock tightly.
"Harder! Faster!" commanded Karina.
Tenan obeyed as he rammed his cock in and out again and again. Karina's pendulous breasts were now smacking against the column as well against each other as Tenan pounded his turgid prick into her. Karina's passion rose and she was very close when she felt Tenan stiffen behind her and slam his cock as deep as it would go into her.
His first blast of hot sticky sperm seemed to spurt deep into her belly, reaching a point that his cock could not reach. Her pussy tightened down on his pulsating cock as Karina orgasmed and Tenan continued to spurt his seed into her. Karina shook all over as she savored the full, wet feeling in her womb.
"You up for round two?" she asked, shaking her hips with his cock still inside her.
Tenan did not answer, but pulled his still hard cock out of her dripping snatch and aimed it at her rectum. Lubricated by the gel and with their combined juices covering his cock, Tenan slid all eight inches of his cock into her asshole with one shove.
Karina gasped as her ass was stretched wide by his hard meat. Tenan's balls slapped against her sopping, wet pussy and she moaned in excitement as he pulled out and shoved back in again. Karina held on tightly to the column as Tenan reamed her rectum.
Tenan and Karina were soon panting heavily as he fucked her up the ass. Sweat dripped off their bodies as their sexual passion soared. Karina orgasmed and orgasmed again as Tenan's hard cock pounded in and out of her ass. Her sphincter muscles clamped around his shaft each time he pulled out as if to milk the pearly white juice out of his balls.
Karina's tits swayed and jiggled as Tenan thrust his cock into her again and again and again into her ass. His balls slapped up against her cunt as Karina's overflowing juices rolled down her legs. Suddenly, Tenan stopped. He then shook violently as his hands gripped Karina's hips painfully and his cock blasted its first spurt of gooey cum deep into Karina's bowels.
"Oh, yes, my love!" gasped Karina as she felt him cum. "Spurt your seed into me! Fill my ass with your cum!"
Tenan grunted and gasped as his cock did its best to fulfill Karina's request. He shook and quivered each time his cock fired off another spurt into her. It seemed like it would never end. It did, though, and Tenan, gasping for breath, flopped over Karina's back with his arms wrapped around her.
The column and the platform dissolved back into pink clouds and Karina found herself floating free. She held her arms over Tenan's, holding him close. She gave a little sigh of disappointment as Tenan's cock lost its hardness and slipped out of her ass.
"I love you," whispered Tenan in her ear.
Karina turned around to face him. "Will that last until we meet again?"
"No, but it will have to do. Are you and Ivin going to see the High Priest of Adelpha in Cific? I remember something about Per going through the city."
"We will. Are you satisfied?"
"Every time I see you," answered Tenan who then disappeared.
Karina dissolved from the magical realm and found herself back on her bedroll. Octavia was still on guard. Karina got up and went over to her. She told Octavia what Tenan had said and how she could only contact him now for an emergency.
"It makes sense," said Octavia when Karina had finished. "You pulled Gar, then Vail into there by mistake. In hindsight, you've been lucky that you have gotten those two."
"You're right," agreed Karina. "I am going to have to be more prudent with this amulet."
"Get some rest," advised Octavia. "You have the last watch tonight."
* * * * *
The group continued their slow plod through the countryside. Farm wagons appeared trucking foodstuff to the market and travelers showed up every now and then. It was four days after Karina had met with Tenan when three large freight wagons surrounded by six men on horseback appeared on the road coming from Cific. Each wagon had two men on the seat and was drawn by six mules. They looked to be a scruffy, surly lot with an air of arrogance about them.
The companions had stopped for lunch. Not liking the looks of the wagoneers, Karina put on her helmet and strapped on her shield. She looked around and saw that the others had also prepared, except for Gedda who was nowhere in sight. Helga moved over to stand beside Nesbra's litter as the others lined up behind Karina.
The lead horseman halted the wagons about two hundred yards away from Karina. Another man in scalemail rode up to the front. After talking to the front horseman, they both rode forward towards Karina.
Apart from the horseman in scalemail, the other five were dressed out in chainmail and wearing a skullcap with a longsword belted to their side. The six wagoneers were wearing leather shirts and pants, but Ka
rina could not see anything beyond that. The man in scalemail was in his mid-thirties with a scar on one of his unshaven cheeks. Chainmail hung down from the back of his open-face helmet and his broadsword looked well kept and well used. He rode up until he was twenty feet from Karina and stopped. His blue eyes quickly appraised everyone and lingered on Karina's full figure, which even padded armor could not hide.
"Well met, miladies," he greeted them. "I had not expected to see such a bevy of beauties in my travels. I am Horgreth, master of these wagoneers and your humble servant."
"What can we do for you, Master Horgreth?" asked Karina.
"It appears that you have picked the best resting stop for the midday meal. I would like to request that my men and I join you. We have some delicacies that will brighten up your meal and afterwards we can discuss our travels, among other things."
Before Karina could snap back an answer, Ivin stepped forward. "Good sir, we would gladly welcome you," she said. "However, we are traveling with a sick woman. We would not want to subject you to her disease, which has laid her low for many months. Indeed, if it were not for a family obligation, we would have left her where we found her."
Horgreth glanced over at the litter again. The other horsemen had backed away from the litter when Ivin mentioned the word illness.
"Ah, well," sighed Horgreth expansively. "It is my loss of your companionship that I must be forced to move on. Farewell and good traveling."
Horgreth rode back to his wagons and he motioned them forward. With a touch of his hand to his eyebrow, he bid farewell to Karina and her companions and turned to ride in the front of his procession. Karina stood ready and watched them begin to pass her by. The horsemen and the wagoneers all stared at her and she was glad that they were leaving. The wagons were huge, riding high off the ground. As the last one passed by, the teamster took a look in the litter and went white.
"Nesbra!" he gasped and jumped up on his seat to yell, "Horgreth! Dey's got Nesbra!"
Horgreth shouted out a curse as he halted his wagons and slid off his horse to stomp back to where Karina was. He was followed on foot by the other five horsemen and the four teamsters off the first two wagons. His face was grim as he stood in front of Karina.
"I don't know what your game is, girl, but I'll give you one chance to ride out of here," he said ominously, with all trace of his previous false chivalry gone. "Take what you want, but the litter stays here."
"We're not playing a game here," replied Karina. "Nesbra's ill. We're taking her to Tectin to recover."
"She ain't gonna recover anymore than she is right now," said Horgreth, fingering the hilt of his broadsword meaningfully. "She turned me in at Cific so she could get in her own goods. I lost my goods, their cost that I had to pay and the fines. She cost me plenty, which I plan to take out of her hide. So, last chance, stand aside."
"No!" yelled Karina, drawing her shortsword and raising her shield.
Horgreth flicked his hand in the air as a signal and Karina turned slightly to see whom he was signaling to. A crossbow bolt pierced the upper part of her shield and stopped just inches away from her eyes. Karina looked up to see the teamster in the last wagon lowering his crossbow to reload it. The wagoneer next to him picked up a club and jumped down on the far side of the wagon. A silvery blur flew through the air and the knife sank into the teamster's stomach.
Karina turned back just in time to see Horgreth charging towards her. She parried his swing on her shield and jumped back as she caught sight of another sword swinging at her from the side. One of the horsemen had moved over to help Horgreth. His swing did not bite into her flesh, but the tip of his sword ripped through the padded armor right between her breasts.
"Not exactly how I planned on getting you undressed before," said Horgreth as Karina parried and blocked his and the other man's thrusts and swings. "It'll do just as well though. Surrender now and I'll let you live after I've fucked you."
A knife flew by Horgreth's head and he instinctively ducked. Karina took the respite to jump back and gain some breathing room.
"Surrender," hissed Horgreth, "and you may still save some of your friends."
"It's your men you should be worrying about," said Ivin, coming up to stand beside Karina.
She swung a backhanded blow at the other man with her flail. The chained, spiked ball crashed against the man's shield forcing him backwards. Ivin's follow-up stroke forced him even further back, leaving Karina alone facing Horgreth.
"Well, milord, looks like we're all alone," said Karina as she gripped her sword.
Horgreth snarled and swung at Karina's head, which she blocked with her shield. Karina thrust at his thigh, only to have him block her with his shield. Karina pulled back and thrust at Horgreth's chest. He parried her thrust with his broadsword and crashed his shield into hers. Horgreth grunted in surprise as Karina not only withstood his shield bash, but also smashed back pushing Horgreth backwards.
Horgreth launched into a series of attacks, but Karina blocked and parried each one. She then attacked back, forcing Horgreth onto the defensive. On her last thrust, though, Horgreth barely parried it before swinging back in riposte. His sword cut through the padded armor on her upper shield arm and sliced into her flesh.
Horgreth's smile of triumph was short-lived as Karina feinted towards his shoulder and then punched her sword through his scalemail just above his hip. Karina ripped her sword free and rained down blows on the shocked Horgreth. She cut his arm and sliced him in the leg as he vainly tried to beat off her attack. Finally, with one mighty thrust, Karina drove her sword deep into his chest. Horgreth's parry was a split-second too late. Even so, his broadsword clanged against her sword in his chest and sheared it off at the hilt.
Horgreth stared down stunned at the inch or so of steel sticking out of his chest. He looked up, unseeing, at Karina and then collapsed to the ground in a clatter. Karina, breathing hard, looked around just in time to see Ivin shatter her opponent's arm with a sickening crunch and then reverse her swing to bash in the man's helmet. Blood, brains, and bone flew everywhere.
Cendri and Gedda ran over to Karina. Karina saw Helga drop a pair of throwing knives and race over to where Octavia was kneeling on the ground clutching her side. All the horsemen and teamsters were lying on the ground or slumped over a wagon seat. None were moving. Before Karina could move, Cendri and Gedda were beside her.
"Get her shield."
"Are you hurt anywhere else?"
"Watch her arm!"
"How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Girls, please!" exclaimed Karina in exasperation.
"Sorry," apologized Cendri, taking Karina's shield off her arm, which caused Karina to wince in pain. Gedda pressed a bandage against the bleeding cut.
"This was your first real stand-up fight," stated Gedda. "We were concerned."
"Octavia's hurt..." Karina started to say.
"We know," interrupted Gedda. "Helga and Ivin are seeing to her. We need to get you out of this ruined armor. Hold this bandage while we unbuckle you."
Karina held the cloth over her wound and looked down at her padded armor. She was shocked to see that, apart from the huge slash between her breasts, her armor had over a dozen rips and tears. Karina winced in pain again as Cendri eased her armor off and over the wound. Ivin walked over to them just then.
"Karina, hold still," ordered Ivin and she began to mutter an incantation, while making motions with her hands.
Karina gasped as a white light appeared on Ivin's fingertips. Ivin touched Karina and a coldness penetrated Karina, which encompassed her entire body. The coldness changed to delicious warmth before disappearing. Ivin smiled and took the bandage off Karina's arm. The wound was completely healed, except for a faint red line that was fading away.
"I healed Octavia, but she will need a little rest as her wounds were more serious," said Ivin. "She took on four at one time and killed them all. Remind me not to get on her bad side." Ivin turned to Gedda. "I was
wondering where you had gotten off to when you reappeared from behind the wagons."
"I didn't even see you at all," stated Karina.
"I hid in the shadows on the other side of the road," said Gedda. "The wagons leaving and then stopping put me out of position when things turned ugly. I took care of the man who jumped down on the far side of the wagons. His buddy was the one who got a bolt off at you. Helga killed him with one of her knives. You know, she's getting good with those things. I managed to get back around in time to finish off the last of them."
"Sounds like you had your own fight to worry about," said Ivin. "Are either of you two hurt?"
"Just bruises," replied Cendri and Gedda shook her head no. "Now what?"
"We're too close to Cific to leave the bodies and the wagons here," said Karina. "Someone will have to go and notify the sheriff."
"Why?" asked Gedda. "There's wealth in those wagons. We can just search through them, find the valuables and leave. Even better, just take the wagons, lock, stock and barrel."
"Can you drive a six-team?" asked Octavia, walking up slowly and being helped by Helga. "I think I'm the only one here who can."
"How are you, Octavia?" asked Karina.
"Damn sword hung up for a second when the bastard I skewered grabbed a hold of it. Just long enough for the last one to stab me in the side. I'm better, though, with Ivin's healing. Give me a couple of hours and I'll be my old self again."
"We need to notify the sheriff or local lord," repeated Karina. "Sorry, Gedda, your plan won't work. We've been seen here and I don't want the law after us. It's better if we contact them and get our story in first."
"I'll go," said Cendri.
"Okay, when you see the sheriff or lord, just tell them that we were attacked by the teamsters and their guards. Any other questions must be addressed to me. Use my title."
"Karina, can I make a slight change to your plan?" asked Ivin. "It might be better if Cendri goes to the Temple of Adelpha and see the High Priest. His name is Bargan. Let me describe him, he's..."