by Erin R Flynn
“And as people do, some people twisted that, and that was how BDE witches were born. And more than that, instead of men and women being equal, women became subservient to men. There are stories that’s how males of witch bloodlines lost their magic, and other stories saying that they never had it, as women give life so of course they would have magic tied to life and the men they loved to ground them.
“That’s why familiars aren’t slaves, but partners. Witches have the power, and familiars can control it and summonings. But no longer was there balance, and with the rise of BDE witches and daughters being oppressed, forced into marriages and to take familiars not of their own choosing, Gaia sought to correct the imbalance.
“There was also the problem of only so many witch bloodlines, and that could lead to inbreeding. So she gifted the bloodlines two things. First, witch blood would never dilute, so no matter what others preach or spew, there’s no half witches, and it doesn’t matter if a familiar is a human or not. I know that one to be true, as I have some very powerful friends who were born of a human father.
“Second, she gifted certain human bloodlines the power to sense magic so they could seek out those she charged with helping the life she created and protect them, some the perfect match to mate them. Others, able to marry those with witch blood and bring new witches into the world, as the amount of people grew and more protectors of the planet were needed.”
“So if I had a child with a male from a witch bloodline and it was a girl, she would be a witch?” Demi checked. “And that’s why we can sense magic?”
I shrugged. “That’s the story we’re told. It sounds more believable than the Christian god assigning bloodlines to be assassins for something he allowed. If that was something he did, why not ones to hunt evil humans? Witches are such a small population, it seems rather odd to focus on that, right?”
“My head hurts,” Chaz sighed. He thanked me when I pushed the bottle of whiskey across the counter to him.
“I’m sorry,” Carter whispered after several minutes when Levi was starting to pull French toast off the griddle.
“I believe you, but I hope you believe me that what you’ve done stains your aura and your spirit. If you don’t cleanse the wrong you have done, you will end up a spirit in limbo, stuck from moving on to what comes next, and eventually become fractured and then nothing.”
“Jesus, that’s an option?” Chaz asked, his eyes wide.
“Yeah, those are the spirits Briony summons. We’ve let them possess us,” Levi answered.
And down the rabbit hole we went explaining that one. Our relaxing day wasn’t all that relaxing with the stress and crazy, but when the wolves came back and confirmed the task had been done, I think we all breathed a bit easier.
While the guys filled in their siblings, I made some phone calls about the witch we’d lost, explaining the situation and being honest about what I was doing. I took suggestions and listened to ideas of what to do next. After lunch, I sat down with the three of them.
“I spoke with several LLL witches, and we are in agreement as to your punishment for the lives you unfairly took,” I told them, feeling Theo’s and Levi’s apprehension. I glanced between Chaz and Carter. “Each of you have confirmed killing an LLL witch who did nothing to deserve it, and your path will start with helping to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
“Carter, she was twenty-seven. You snuffed out a life that lived twenty-seven years and should have gotten many, many more. You will save or punish twenty-seven to balance out what you have done and in penance. You have two options to punish—either hunters like your parents who hunt LLL witches and cannot be saved, will not want to try and hear the truth, or BDE witches.
“You save LLL witches or children of hunters like yourselves who just need the chance to learn the truth and be free from the brainwashing and cult families.” I met his gaze finally, feeling the depth of his pain at what he’d done. “Do you accept this decision?” I waited until he nodded. “Then we will aid you in your new path.
“Once I feel you’ve learned what you needed to, are truly on our side, I will send you to who you need that can help you. Until that time, you’re going to help give everything about other hunters and anything your parents were up to that you can. That will build the bridge of trust we will need to truly work together.”
Again, he nodded. I told Chaz the same, and the two witches he killed would be handled the same way.
Demi was different; she hadn’t the intent to kill, though she didn’t stop it and was party to it, so she got half the years. I was shocked how easily they accepted it. I think seeing how I lived, even a glimpse into a witch’s life that was so different from what they’d been taught, shattered the last of any beliefs they’d had.
While the day had been somber, it also had a silver lining of hope. I was grieving though, and for the first time I could ever remember, I had someone I could really lean on as a partner.
Two partners. I let them hold me that night, my heart healing from their love, and realizing this was what I wanted and I wouldn’t ever let them go.
They were my future, and the only ones I wanted.
Epilogue
Two Years Later
Briony
“I think the naughty witch went this way,” Theo said from somewhere under where I was hiding.
“Wait, I thought we were hunting wabbits?” Levi replied. “It’s wabbit season.”
“That joke got old a while ago.”
I rolled off the tree branch I’d been hiding on and landed on Levi, taking him to the ground so I was straddling him. “It still makes me laugh. You go hunt your wabbits like a good boy.”
“Shit, that was hot,” he muttered as he sat up and cupped my face. “I found much better than a wabbit.”
He kissed me desperately, and it still felt as good years after I’d met them. I kissed him back, needing him—both of them—just as desperately. The bond between us was more intense now that it was permanent, and I swore we’d spent the month since fucking like wabbits; it was all we could think of.
“Don’t rip the costume,” Theo chastised as he helped Levi get me undressed. “I love this thing.”
I rolled my eyes and leaned back so he could get it off of me. “You ordered a dozen. Yeah, I got that.”
It was a gag between a naughty witch costume and a schoolgirl one. They’d actually had one designed after I’d taken in some young witches and worked with them on their magic.
They cracked jokes that I was the sexy headmistress of a school way better than Hogwarts and had the costumes made.
And had gotten punished for over a week when I saw how many, and thought they’d ordered them for the other witches as well, like they were building a witch harem. Brats.
“We just had sex at lunch and your pussy is already wet and hungry, huh?” Levi taunted as he fingered me. “Such a horny witch. You want my cock, Briony?”
“Yes, it’s mine,” I purred against his lips. “Both of you are, you swore it forever.”
“We did and you’re ours forever,” Theo growled as he used my wetness to push his fingers in my ass. “Fuck, you feel so good, baby. We’re going to make you scream and scream.”
“You always do,” I moaned as I rocked my hips to enjoy the teasing a bit. “You always protect and take care of your woman.”
It was true. They did everything to keep me safe and make me feel loved. After their parents’ bodies were “found,” there were some questions that arose as people found the communications between Mr. Black and another developer trying to get my land and bury Larson.
Theo had told everyone that he’d had a falling out with his dad while in the military, and the visit had been to fix things, but Mr. Black had seemed more interested in me. So the kids had stayed to catch up, and the parents had gone hunting.
What could we have had to do with any of it, since Mr. Black had never met me before, and it was clear wolves had killed the hunters who hunted them?
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Done and done, and that developer had gotten in trouble too.
Awesome.
I moaned as they got aggressive with me, knowing the fantasy nights were fun and they liked the chase, but thinking it was more than normal. “Have I neglected you since lunch?”
Theo froze, but then kissed my neck as he kept moving his fingers and teasing my nipple. “Our siblings are coming tomorrow.”
“Oh? And?” I purred, smirking when both of them growled.
Demi and I got along well, and I really liked the woman, adopting her as a little sister really… But their brothers had shown interest in me, asking flat out if I was open to adding to my dance card.
Theo and Levi had not taken kindly to that, and the fight that had ensued cost me the furniture in my living room as they battled it out. After that, they were banished to the guesthouse when they visited.
I found the whole thing amusing, since I’d turned them down right away.
“I guess you’ll have to fuck me twice as hard so I remember who I belong to,” I offered, glad when they both moaned and doubled their attentions. I was learning what to say and how to handle things at least. I wasn’t completely hopeless.
Well, some days.
“Or I could reward them if they’ve made progress in their mission,” I added, pushing them too far.
They fucked me hard and fast, demanding I take it back, and they could more than please me. I egged them on and on like they loved, willing to ache all over and be carried back home.
And then they did it again.
“We’re going to spank you so hard when we get home,” Theo threatened.
“You might want to see your present from your witch first,” I purred, moaning when he pulled out of me. I moved off of Levi and slid to the grass, spreading my legs wide. “Look close. Your woman gave you what you asked for.”
“Oh fuck,” Levi whispered, seeing it first. He ran his fingers over his name magically tattooed on my inner thigh, right by my pussy. “Shit, that’s fucking sexy, and I can feel how good touching it is for you.”
“Because it’s bonded magic,” I moaned as Theo touched his too. “If my familiars touch it, our magic flares, and it’s an extra erogenous zone. I’m branded as yours forever.”
“That’s really fucking sexy, baby,” Theo murmured as he leaned down to look at it. “And so is our cum leaking out of your holes. You like that?”
“I do. Will my familiars take a brand too?” I held my breath, hoping they would let me have what I really wanted.
Theo nodded. “No more jokes about our brothers. It really bothers us.”
My heart fell and I sat up, hugging them both. “I’m sorry, I didn’t feel it in the bond. I really, really was just teasing. I immediately turned them down. I know you guys look alike, but I don’t love you for your looks.”
“Fine, no spanking,” Theo muttered as he snuggled against us. “But at least a blow job.”
“I can do better than that.”
“Prove it,” Levi murmured against my skin. “And I want a brand of being yours too.”
I groaned. That was so hot. I grabbed their cocks and stroked them as I muttered the right spells. They cried out as they came, the pain from the brand and magic overwhelming them.
“Where is it?” Levi panted, both of them slumped against me.
“On what you promised was mine,” I purred.
“You branded our dicks?” Theo checked, bursting out laughing when I nodded. “Fuck, I so love you, Briony. Yes, that’s perfect.”
“It is,” Levi agreed.
“I thought so. If I branded myself so no one could try to have me and not see I was taken, the same is true for you both.”
“Touch it, baby,” Theo begged. They moaned deeply when I did, and that was how they ended up jumping me again, thanking me over and over again for loving them and making them mine.
Silly boys, I was the lucky one. They’d healed so much hurt and pain, darkness I worried might consume me one day, and now I was a very, very spoiled, well-loved, and always naughty witch.
The End
THANK YOU for reading this book!!
Thank you so much for trying a new series of mine. This is for those of you who said they missed the naughty, naughty novellas and sparked something in my head. I woves all of you lots for your continued support and wanting more of my books.
If you want more, please leave a review! It really helps me out (and to know which series people are looking forward to the most most) and it’s encouraging. I appreciate the support everyone gave during the new editor hunt and health upsets. The editor has been found and a match meant to be. The health stuff, I’m working on it, but I think as the release schedule gets back on track at least my anxiety issues will even out… Right before the holidays. So sure, that sounds about right.
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Hugs to you all,
Erin
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