“And you agreed to that?” Alyssa demanded while tugging down on her hat.
“We are not allowing that demon to lay her filthy hands on Daniel ever again!” Specca declared with a stomp of her foot.
“Just a reminder, her hands are also mine,” Triska pointed out with a raised eyebrow at her. Specca stammered something nervously to that before Triska held up a hand to silence her. “But just to be clear, all I’m agreeing to is that she can go near Daniel if he wants her to. Daniel is after all her master, and if he says no to her then she has to obey that.”
“Tell her no!” all of Daniel’s mates shouted at him.
“Can she hear me now?” Daniel dryly asked. Triska nodded and glanced next to her at Kitten who was watching Daniel with an eager smile. “Kitten, we are not going to be doing anything like what I’m sure you’re thinking of. I will only make love to my mates, nobody else. Do you understand?”
Triska turned her head and watched something that couldn’t be seen then looked down and showed a furious expression as she kept her eyes towards Daniel’s crotch. Daniel glanced down then to Triska with a sigh as all the girls started to grow concerned at what they weren’t able to see.
“She’s on her knees in front of me right now, isn’t she?” Daniel flatly guessed.
“Get the hell away from him!” Triska yelled out.
“Meow!” Kitten yowled while nuzzling her face next to Daniel’s crotch, being unable to touch it yet still eagerly holding her hands around his waist as she looked up towards him with a lecherous smile.
“Is she trying to blow him?” Alyssa growled through gritted teeth.
“Can she do that?” Luna worriedly asked. “I thought she was like a ghost or something.”
“She’s not a ghost,” Doku said shaking her head. “She’s just inside Triska’s mind. But don’t worry, she can’t actually touch Daniel or any of us in her current state.”
“That’s not stopping her from- cut that out!” Triska roared as Kitten was licking upward against Daniel’s crotch in her mind, the demon purring and wagging her tail quickly behind her as she continued to fawn over him.
“Do I even want to know?” Daniel tiredly asked.
Triska growled and covered her face with her hands as she heard Kitten’s playful purrs inside her head.
“Kitten, knock it off or else you’re not coming out ever again!”
“Now now, you need my help, Triska,” Kitten giggled at her. “And I need my master. I need his big, hard cock, right now, thrusting into my-”
“That does it!” Triska shouted before she turned to Doku with fire in her eyes. “Take us back to that spirit place right now! I’ve changed my mind, she’s fucking dead!”
“Triska, please don’t shout at me,” Doku nervously said backing up a step. “And I will do no such thing if you’re planning on hurting her. You said you would give her a chance, you were going to help her be a good soul.”
“She’s slobbering all over Daniel’s crotch right in front of me!” Triska yelled out, with all the girls looking down to Daniel’s pants with surprise while he quickly stumbled back a few steps searching around for the demon that he couldn’t see.
“She’s what?” Specca shouted with clenched fists.
“Get away from him, you bitch!” Falla yelled as she ran over and started kicking and flailing her hands around in front of Daniel, with everyone just watching her with puzzled expressions as she clearly wasn’t hitting or pushing anyone away from him. Even Kitten just watched her with a blank stare as the butterfly girl’s arms and legs phased right through her before she giggled and scooted forward on her knees to resume her ethereal foreplay on her master.
“Everyone please stop!” Doku softly cried out before holding her wings over her ears. The group watched as she backed up and lowered her head while Cilia looked up at her friend with worried eyes. “All this fighting and shouting, please stop it, I can’t handle it. Can’t you resolve your problems more peacefully?”
Everyone looked to each other in silence then to Triska as she growled in frustration and grabbed her hair, shutting her eyes and struggling to calm herself while hearing Kitten purring and giggling in her mind. Before she could yell at the demon again Daniel walked over and gently held her by her waist, catching her by surprise as he brought her close to him with a caring smile on his face. Kitten blinked then noticed Daniel had walked right through her before she turned to see him pulling Triska into a kiss. The girl’s hands started to grab his shoulders then quickly yanked away before she leaned back and shook her head with worried eyes.
“Wait, Daniel. I don’t want to hurt you. What if I-” she started to say before he pulled her back into a kiss by holding her waist and head. Slowly she rested her hands on his arms as he held her close, the other girls watching curiously while Kitten’s eyebrow twitched in annoyance as she crossed her arms with a grunt.
Daniel kissed his mate dearly then leaned back and smiled gently at her, the girl watching him with timid eyes as she blushed and fell silent.
“Triska, I was scared I lost you, and felt like we were apart for longer than we actually were,” Daniel genuinely said before he brushed her hair around her ear. “I don’t care if you could kill me with magic or even your bare hands, I don’t care if you’re human or monster, nothing is going to scare me away from being with you.”
“But, Daniel, I-”
“But nothing. No matter what I’m not letting you go again. I know you won’t hurt me, I trust you with my life just I always have. We’re going to get through this, I know we will. So please, I missed your smile so much, I missed hearing your real voice; I missed my mate more than you can imagine. Forget about Kitten for now and focus on your family who is just thankful you’re back.”
Triska gazed into his eyes before turning to the other girls, seeing her co-mates smiling at her while Clover was looking up at the sky with a dull expression on her face. Specca, Alyssa, and Squeak quickly rushed over to Triska as Daniel backed up a step, all of them holding their co-mate close while she nervously looked around at them.
“Wait, I don’t want to hurt-” Triska started to say before Specca grabbed her head and pulled her into a kiss.
“Oh my,” Doku commented with wonder as she saw the nixie kissing Triska deeply before leaning back and lightly tapping her nose with one finger.
“Sorry, Triska, but you will not scare me away from you that easily,” Specca assured her. Triska tried to say something back before Alyssa hopped up and pulled her into a kiss, holding onto the teen by the shoulders and the back of her head while Daniel smiled amusedly at his girls.
“Oh… my,” Doku softly said as she and Cilia watched with surprise.
Alyssa lightly bit Triska’s tongue then pulled back and winked at her as Triska caught her breath with a blush on her face.
“We were worried enough last night about you, now we’re just glad you’re back,” Alyssa promised her. She dropped down and held onto Triska’s waist while Squeak then took her turn at kissing the surprised teen. Triska moaned softly with closed eyes as the euphoric kick of Squeak’s saliva made her mind turn hazy while the ant girl gently held her head towards her.
“They… really like each other,” Cilia commented while Doku blushed slightly from seeing all the girls expressing their love for one another.
Squeak leaned back from the kiss and softly squeaked something with a caring smile, with Triska only making out a few of the squeaks as she regained her senses from the powerful kiss. Once her vision had cleared she glanced around at the girls with a small smile before looking to Daniel as he watched his mates getting along together like before.
“Welcome back, Triska,” he calmly said, with Triska giggling a bit and looking around at the girls. Alyssa, Specca, and Squeak held her close and nodded in agreement, making Triska feel her worries about her transformation slowly fade away. She saw Kroanette breathing out in relief with a caring smile at her, Pip popping up between the centaur
’s breasts and happily waving at the teen, Luna and Falla smiling at her as well while Luna leaned on her sister’s shoulder, Clover merely glancing over to her while remaining silent, and Doku watching her curiously along with Cilia nestled in her chest.
“Doku,” Triska softly spoke up before letting go of her mates and slowly walking over to the harpy. “I owe you for helping me come back. I don’t know what would have happened to me if you hadn’t shown up.”
“Oh, well it’s no trouble, really,” Doku bashfully said looking down. “I didn’t expect to find you let alone help you as I did, but… I’m glad I did. A very happy accident if there ever was one.”
“Thank you,” Triska dearly praised as she pulled the harpy into a hug. “I’m with Daniel and my family again because of you. Thank you, Doku.”
Doku jumped a bit from the gesture then slowly held her wings around the girl with a timid smile.
“You’re very welcome, Triska.”
“Boobies!” Cilia’s muffled voice came from between them. Triska blinked then leaned back to see Cilia gasping for air with a wide smile up at her. “Your boobies are really soft! I like them!”
“Um… thank you?” Triska replied with a weak smile.
“Hey!” Pip shouted. She quickly flew over in a blue blur and darted down in between Triska’s breasts while showing a stern pout towards Cilia. “Don’t touch my boobies! These are mine! I saw them first! Mine mine mine!”
“Oh yeah?” Cilia shot back with a mean face. “Well don’t touch my boobies then! These are mine! Mine mine mine!”
“I don’t want them, I have these! You stay away from mine!”
“You stay away from my boobies!”
Triska looked back and forth as Pip and Cilia kept arguing about their possessions then started laughing. Everyone stopped and watched as Triska looked to Doku then behind at Daniel and the rest of her unique family while laughing with an amused smile on her face.
“Triska?” Kroanette asked.
“What’s so funny?” Falla questioned as Triska slowly stopped laughing and shook her head as she realized why she was so happy to be back despite having a demon’s spirit within her or that she was part monster now. She slowly breathed out then looked at Daniel with loving eyes as she shrugged a little.
“Nothing. I’m just so glad to be back with my family again.”
Chapter 7
Chasing Fire
In the world of Eden, should a forest be set on fire very few would dare to enter. For those wishing to brave the flames and smoke they would need a very just purpose to do so. Perhaps a loved one was trapped or in trouble within the burning woods, or maybe a valuable treasure was at risk of being lost forever if not soon recovered. When confronted with a hurdle of fire between themselves and their goal only those of heroic or desperate intentions would dare march forward.
After all they could be walking into their own grave.
*****
A strong wind blew through the air, collecting dust and cinders and throwing them about wildly. The clouds rolling by above blocked out most of the sun, with what little light being able to shine through coming down atop a stone ruins perched on a steep cliffside. The haze and ashes that were coming from the ruined cathedral drifted away over the desolate gorge beside it while blasts and eruptions of flames scorched the aged bricks and walls within the ruins from a battle taking place.
“Ms. Ember!” Astreal shouted as she kept her back to a stone pillar, pressing against it with her staff held close to her chest as flames crashed against the column on the other side. The witch strained not to scream as the sheer heat and crackling fires that raced past her on either side were almost too much to bear.
“You shall not escape us this time, Ms. Ember!” Apoch called out in a stern yet softer tone, kneeling down behind a broken wall close to her sister as fire scorched the other side in rolling waves.
The two sisters kept on guard while trying to slowly advance within the disheveled keep. There was no ceiling with which to bring down upon their target, very few support pillars and collapsed debris to provide cover, and the wind was kicking up a fierce haze that obscured their vision further ahead. Yet even with the ashes, dust, and cinders floating through the air the twins were able to see where their opponent was by the ominous red glow and violent flames she was exuding around her.
“I never tried to run from you,” Ember spoke in a cold tone. “It was you that sought out your deaths once again. I do not know how you came back, nor do I care. If it is to return to your graves that you so desire then I’ll be happy to grant your wish.”
She struck her large sword into the ground, cracking apart stone bricks and searing the dirt as the dark blade gave off a crimson hue and a fierce heat wave. Flames rolled off its handle along the witch’s hands and arms, doing nothing to burn or harm her in the least while her orange hair flowed behind her in the wind. A fierce firestorm erupted around the girl, lighting up the hollowed court she stood in with a haunting glow while the fires swirled up into the air in a howling torrent.
“All who stand before me will burn,” she condemned before holding out her hand towards the witch sisters ahead, her four red focuser gemstones glowing brightly as a furious blast of fire launched out from the whirlwind of flames and soared across the court. They struck against the pillar Astreal was hiding behind, the witch screaming in pain as the stones scorched and chipped away at her sides while the heat rolling past burned her arms.
“Sister!” Apoch shouted as she stood up and held her staff out. She manifested her glowing shield of steel before Astreal’s column, blocking the fire and angling it away from them as Astreal breathed sharply and struggled to keep standing.
“Damn you!” Astreal yelled before she darted out to the side and swung her staff down. Behind her three streaks of red light sliced through the air before widening to form crimson swords. She spun her staff around sharply then aimed it towards Ember, launching her magical blades through the air with a metallic whine.
“Foolish girls,” Ember scoffed before she stepped back and waved her hands up. Her magical blade leapt up from the ground and spun about, first striking one of Astreal’s swords off to the side before parrying another, both veering off course and striking into broken columns and piles of stone while the third blade was struck down and sliced into two. The broken halves clanked and bounced past Ember at her sides before vanishing while the other two swords sprang out from their impact points and flew towards the witch from behind. Ember waved one hand back and swung her floating sword behind her, blocking one blade with a swift strike then the other, then held out her other hand towards the witches and launched a fiery torrent towards them once more.
“Run!” Astreal yelled as she took off to the side and grabbed her sister by the arm, both of them stumbling out of the way from the fiery wave that crashed through the pillar behind them with a loud roar. Apoch screamed as she was pulled by Astreal, the two racing towards an open stairwell that slowly ascended around the side of the court. They quickly ran up the stairs while Ember kept her cold glare and hand aimed towards them.
“Wait!” Apoch cried out as she grabbed Astreal and yanked her back, holding her staff out and manifesting her shield before them right as another fiery torrent flew towards the girls. The two screamed and held each other close as the flames crashed against the shield and parted around them, the heat burning their hats at the tips while Apoch kept her barrier up before them with all her might.
“I hate this witch!” Astreal scorned as she swung her staff back and manifested six more blades in the air. She threw them towards Ember before the two started running up the stairs again, with Apoch’s barrier fading away while another blast of fire streaked by behind them by a few inches.
Ember swung her hand down and lifted a torrent of searing flames around her, the fires swirling about wildly before Astreal’s swords struck through it and into the ground with loud clanks. The flames vanished to reveal Ember was gone while her
dark blade flew towards Apoch and Astreal in a sharp spin. Apoch halted and formed her shield again, blocking the sword with a loud clang while Astreal waved her hand aside and called her blades out from the ground and into the air towards them.
“Where did she go?” Astreal asked looking around quickly.
“Watch out!” Apoch called out as she shifted her shield to the left then the right by moving her staff, blocking Ember’s sword which kept hitting against it as it tried to swing around the barrier towards the girls.
Astreal scanned the surrounding ruins with a sharp eye then spotted Ember atop the stairs with flames erupting around her.
“Ms. Ember!” she yelled out while swinging her staff towards the witch. Her crimson blades soared towards her opponent while Apoch screamed as she had to quickly move her shield around to block Ember’s sword from its relentless assault.
“Weaklings,” Ember scoffed as she held out a hand and flicked it side to side. As she did she knocked Astreal’s blades aside with magical nudges just enough to have them fly right past her. Astreal swung her staff around and recalled the swords, all of them spinning about sharply and flying back at the dark witch. Ember gritted her teeth in her scowl as she swung her hands down, causing a fierce eruption of fire and distorted air to explode around her and knock the blades away. The stone steps rumbled as a few bricks dropped down underneath while the flames circling Ember roared and grew larger with a deep crimson light.
“You will die!” Astreal condemned as she held her staff towards the witch. Her swords spiraled around then flew towards Ember from all directions. The dark witch grunted in annoyance then unclipped her bracelet with a flick of her fingers. With a sharp fling she threw out several of the burned charms and metal bits from her band into the air around her. The twins watched in surprise as all of Astreal’s blades soared towards Ember before striking into and stopping instantly against the floating bits. Small red casting rings flared up around the points of impact as Astreal’s swords were held back by the tips against the seemingly unmovable charms.
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