“You tease,” Jacqueline breathed out with a blush on her face.
“I promise I’ll take more time to enjoy you after our grand feast,” Jovian said softly as she gently brushed Jacqueline’s hair away from her face. “I’ll even take you right on Triska’s corpse.”
“You better,” Jacqueline purred.
“I promised you, didn’t I?” Jovian replied with a twitch of her eyebrow. “I’ll make sure to bathe you in their blood and then clean up every square inch of you with my tongue.”
“Jovian,” Jacqueline said softly as she tried to lean forward and kiss her again, being held back just enough by her sister who watched her with a coy smile.
“Jacqueline,” Jovian replied gently as she brushed her sister’s hair before kissing her again. The two sighed with delight before their kiss broke then smiled lovingly at each other. Their smiles then turned cold and dark as they glanced over to the remains of the bandit campsite.
“This little bloodshed should hold us over until we find that missing butterfly girl and child,” Jovian speculated.
“Once we find them this will be the best and bloodiest reunion ever,” Jacqueline said before they both laughed in perfect unison.
The girls then walked off along the trail into the woods, holding hands while having calm smiles on their faces. The two made their way through the forest together while humming a gentle tune, both in unison as well, before coming out of the small trail and onto a larger path.
“This should be the way back to our dear friends,” Jovian mused playfully. “I hope they’re not too worried about us.”
Jacqueline looked around then giggled as she spotted a familiar white horse and caravan traveling towards them in the distance.
“How kind, they came to our rescue,” she said mockingly.
“We’re so lucky to have friends like them,” Jovian sneered with a laugh before the two girls started walking towards the incoming travelers.
Riding in front of the caravan Daniel and Triska were seated, with Triska holding the reins to Lucky while the other girls inside the cabin were wondering what had happened to the missing sisters. Daniel peered ahead then pointed at seeing Jovian and Jacqueline further down the path.
“Hey, I think that’s them.”
The other girls looked to the front as Triska nodded with a smile of relief forming.
“That’s them, they’re okay,” she said as the caravan traveled along the path in the forest towards the two sisters.
“They’re okay? That’s a relief,” Specca said gratefully, with Squeak nodding in agreement with a squeak. Alyssa hopped up onto the front seat and looked to seeing the caravan and horse slowing down near the approaching sisters.
“They look okay to me,” Alyssa said curiously.
“Jovian, Jacqueline, are you alright?” Daniel called out as he and the two girls hopped down from the caravan. They rushed over to the sisters and eyed them over, the two girls appearing perfectly fine as they smiled kindly at the group.
“Hello again,” Jovian gently greeted. “Yes, we’re alright.”
“Thank you so much for coming after us,” Jacqueline added.
“We thought bandits kidnapped you, what happened?” Triska asked looking around the area quickly.
“Yes, some rather unsavory men did take us away,” Jovian said with a saddened smile.
“Fortunately we were able to run away from them,” Jacqueline mentioned with a shrug and weak smile. “We’re not much of fighters, but we know how to run for our lives when need be.”
“You ran away from them?” Daniel asked with a worried smile. “That’s lucky you were able to do so, we were worried we wouldn’t have been able to find you two before something bad happened.”
“Oh, you were worried about us?” Jovian asked gently. “That’s so kind of you, thank you for that.”
“Yeah, we’re lucky to have friends like you,” Jacqueline giggled.
“Where are those bastards that took you like that? I’ll make them sorry,” Alyssa said with anger while quickly looking around the area. Triska rested a hand on her shoulder, with the witch looking up to her curiously as the teen shook her head with a smirk.
“No, I’ll make them sorry. You can’t use any magic today, remember?”
Alyssa gave her a dull stare before the sisters shook their heads in unison.
“No,” Jovian insisted. “Please do not go looking for a fight, there were many bandits in a camp not too far from here.”
“We don’t want any of you getting hurt,” Jacqueline begged with her hands held together. “Please, let’s just get out of here as fast as we can before they come looking for us.”
Daniel looked around the area then to his friends with a shrug.
“I say we get out of here while we can,” he agreed. “There’s no sense in picking a fight with them if there’s so many. We have Jovian and Jacqueline back, no need to risk our safety trying to fight those bandits now.”
Triska nodded slowly while Alyssa rolled her eyes before looking to the sisters with a small smile.
“If I was free to use my magic I’d insist we go after them,” Alyssa reasoned. “But since my power is being saved for Daniel tonight we’d better not risk it, we wouldn’t have much to fight them with like this.”
“Hey!” Triska snapped at her. “I’m more than ready to fight some cowardly bandits. We’re not defenseless without your magic you know.”
“Right, keep telling yourself that,” Alyssa giggled as she started skipping playfully back to the caravan.
“Dammit, Alyssa! Don’t start that crap again!” Triska yelled out as she marched after the witch.
Daniel shook his head with an amused smile at them then looked to the sisters with relief.
“Anyway, we’re just glad you’re okay. C’mon, let’s get out of here.”
“Thank you, Daniel,” the sisters said together in perfect sync.
They started walking towards the caravan before the boy glanced back to the sisters with a small shrug.
“You both should stay closer to us from now on. We don’t want something like this happening again. The Outerlands isn’t exactly a safe place to be wandering around in.”
The two girls nodded while watching him with hungry eyes behind their masks, their gentle smiles doing well to hide their true nature.
“You may be right about that, Daniel,” Jovian said with a small smirk.
Jacqueline giggled and glanced to her sister, the raven haired girl returning the look as they approached the caravan and the others.
“Yes, you never know who might have their eyes on you out here.”
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