The Witch Wars: Jacoby's Revenge (Sons of Death Book 1)

by Jack Crosby

  I did as I was asked and Argus got a little emotional. Seeing as how I didn’t want to deal with that, I handed him Jones’s sword. “You need a replacement, and this one looks like it’ll do just fine.”

  The pirate didn’t take it. “Do you know what you’re in possession of?” I shook my head no. “That’s the Master of the Seas! That blade makes one the captain of this very ship.”

  “So it makes sense for you to have it then. I’m no captain.”

  He gingerly reached out and took it. As his fingers closed around it, a light shined on him just for a moment before disappearing. With the sword in his hand, there was a major change in the aura around the ship. Gone was the hostility, replaced with tranquility.

  There were no hostiles blocking our path to the brig where Caspian was kept. Cassandra practically broke down the door and ran in ahead of us. We heard her shout Caspian’s name and then a more muffled, “Just who the hell are you?”

  I was the next in and I slapped my hand with my forehead. Almighty, this was going to be a weird situation to explain. Cas it seemed was already quite aware. “Oz you dirty fucker! You didn’t tell me you had an absolute babe for a grandmother!”

  To the two behind me, Tyra and Argus, this was profoundly shocking. Tyra nearly came unglued at the sight of Lilith. “The Queen of the Underworld, here?!” Her sword flamed on. “I will strike thee down now!”

  My grandmother smiled and snapped her fingers. The angel’s sword disappeared, much to the astonishment to Tyra. “Please angel, I’m here to do no one any harm.” Her smile turned to me. “Hello Oz, it has been too long.”

  I felt my face go red. It didn’t help that by my very nature I could detect all the sexually charged energy in the air. Ughh, Cas had slept with Lilith and I got the feeling this wasn’t their first encounter. “Hi grandma, how are you?” I tried to be cordial and not grossed out.

  Then she went and gave Cas a kiss on the cheek. “My day has been splendid. First I find this delicious specimen,” I had to control my gag reflex, “and then you free me from Jones’s clutches. All and all, it’s been a beautiful day.”

  Against my better judgement I went over and opened the cell door. “It was unlocked?”

  “The moment Jones died, the enchantment holding us in place was lifted, including that lock.”

  Caspian got off the mat and came over to high five me. I was having no part of it. Instead he grabbed my hand and completed the action himself. Next he found his sister and gave her a big old hug. “I knew you’d come rescue me after I was so unceremoniously grabbed.”

  Tyra still didn’t look pleased. Lilith walked over to the angel who nearly jumped out of her jeans. “You may not trust me, but I’m very much here for the same reasons you are. I have family to protect.”

  “Thanks I think.” Not that I really wanted her help.

  Cassandra was still hugging her brother. “Did he ever tell you why he kidnapped you?”

  Clapping, followed by, “Well done brother, well done.” Clad in black armor, it was my brother Jacoby. “I didn’t expect you to best Jones, especially on his on ship, but here you have.”

  The last time I’d seen my brother he’d been working for Sabrina. We were fighting in her castle when he was whisked away by some strange voice. I now knew that voice belonged to Morgan Le Fey. In the time since then, my brother had changed. He was a good three inches taller than me and more filled out. His eyes were that of the lion I knew was inside him. He’d changed. He was a lot more powerful.

  His black armor had received a bit of an upgrade. There was less metal and more mesh, maybe to help when he transformed into that man-lion hybrid form he had. He also carried a new blade, one that was very shiny with a simple handle.

  Asunder was in my hand, ready to go. “Jacoby, you don’t have to do this.”

  “I very much have to do this. My queen has taught me how broken this world is, how they,” he pointed at Lilith and Tyra, “have destroyed it for everyone. With the celestials enslaved, we will give the humans a world they deserve.”

  Well damnit, Merlin was right. Morgan and Jacoby were looking to start a war, one that wouldn’t be pretty. “Do you hate our father so much that you continue to find ways to try and destroy him?”

  His calm façade broke at the mention of dad. “That sperm donor was never my father. Just because he felt bad and gave you a home doesn’t mean I need to ever forgive that piece of shit.”

  Lilith and Cassandra walked up and flanked me. The Queen of Lust demons didn’t seem all that impressed with my brother. “Lucifer told me to be wary of this one, yet he seems so ordinary.”

  “You have no idea just how extraordinary I am.” He called his inner cat and the lion began to take shape where a human once stood. It was more defined than I remember, not nearly as crude looking. “Who dares challenge the high witch’s knight?”

  Cassandra let loose a purple spell which bounced harmlessly off Jacoby. “Foolish witch, do you think your magic can penetrate my armor? I’m the knight of Morgan Le Fey!”

  Tactically, this was a bad place to be up against a foe like Jacoby. Cassandra’s magic might not work, but Lilith’s might. “Grandma, can you teleport him to the deck?”

  Without even answering, she snapped her fingers and the roaring figure that was my brother was gone. Lilith fell to one knee after that though. “He was shrouded in quite a few protection spells. That took more out of me than I thought.”

  No matter, he was my brother and I beat him once before. I took off running out of the brig and didn’t stop until I came out on the deck. Across from me was Jacoby and he was unhappy. He dropped to all four and charged me like the lion he was.

  Asunder picked this to be the time to offer some advice. “If I may Oz, use his momentum against him. In just a moment he will leap in the air like all land predators do.”

  Sure enough, as Jacoby closed in, he jumped into the air with his front paws extended. Following along with the instructions Asunder was uploading into my mind, I used my foot to put against his chest and sent him packing back towards the middle of the deck. The large lion man crashed through, leaving a rather large hole.

  I walked over to inspect my handiwork. “Not bad, not bad at all.”

  “Oz, are you okay?” I looked over to see Cassandra and Tyra running up on the deck. “Where’s your brother?”

  Still standing over the hole, “Somewhere down there I think. I really can’t see.”

  Wood exploded from below me. I felt something grab my feet and toss me into the air. It was my turn to land on the unforgiving wood. Asunder fell from my hands and rolled away.

  I was quickly picked up by my shirt and held high. “One lucky strike doesn’t determine anything brother.”

  “You forget the time I kicked your ass in the castle.”

  Jacoby tossed me towards the main mast and I hit it hard. Worse I rolled down and smacked the deck once again. I heard the screams of the girls, but their attacks weren’t bothering Jacoby at all. He backhanded Tyra as she flew at him and she crashed too. She looked to have been knocked out.

  Spells just rebounded off of him as he walked over to me. “Once I have the Mermaid Queen’s heart, I’ll be one step closer to achieving my queen’s goals. It is a shame you won’t be here to see it.” And with that, he tossed me high into the air. I came down into the cold, black sea where my injuries overcame me and I blacked out.

  Chapter 14 – Mermaid Deals

  “He’s very cute when he’s asleep.”

  My head was pounding. Whoever was talking really needed to keep it down. I groaned a little and tried to fall back asleep. Sleep was good. It was what I needed.

  Something was touching my face. My eyes opened to find a blonde girl leaning over very close to me. “Excuse me?” As I said it bubbles rushed out of my mouth. Oh my lord, I was underwater. Doing the only thing I could think of, I began to panic.

  The blonde grabbed my shoulders and pushed me back into the bed. “It’s
okay young one, you’ve been given the kiss. You can breathe freely here.”

  I was still flailing around when I realized she was right. “Oh, yeah I can. That’s weird.” The bubbles coming from my mouth as I talked through me for a loop.

  The blonde swam around me in a circle. She was one hundred percent a mermaid. “I found you floating to the bottom last night and decided to rescue you. You’re one of us after all.”

  “One of you?”

  “A Lust demon, you’re practically like our cousin.”

  That’s right, Darina said as much before. “Well thanks for the save.” Despair hit me, how were my friends doing? Had Jacoby killed them all? “I really need to get back to the surface and help my friends.”

  “The Flying Dutchman has already left.” My heart sank. “I assume that’s where you needed to go.”

  “Yeah it was.” I was stuck. I had no idea who was in control of the ship. The only place I knew where to go now was Key West. “Can you get me back to the island?”

  She stopped in front of me. “I can, but it’ll cost you.”

  “What’s your price?”

  She sat beside me on the bed, or as much as she could. “Since the queen has left and taken up residency on land, our numbers have dwindled. You’re a strong, young man – I figure a few romps with you will help kick those numbers back up in no time.”

  It took a moment for the words to sink in. “You want me to impregnate you?”

  She unhooked the coral top holding her ample breasts in place. “Oh yes. Nothing brings a mermaid more satisfaction than getting knocked up. Our jobs are to protect the seas and reproduce.”

  This wasn’t exactly a normal conversation. I needed to get back and this mermaid might be my only way to navigate the seas to get there. “What do I need to do?”

  “For starters don’t look like I’m sentencing you to death.” She crossed her arms which made her ample breasts pop up. “Most men are way more excited and that even comes with the proposition of me feasting on their flesh afterwards.”

  That awful thought aside, “It just seems so cold.”

  She swam up close to me. “I’m not really the romantic type, but what can I do to make this more enjoyable for you?”

  I wasn’t sure if that was sarcasm or not, so I went with it. “First, what’s your name?”

  “Meleena.”

  That was a very nice name, it fit her too. “I’m Oz, nice to meet you.” I stuck out my hand to shake it, yet the mermaid didn’t take it. She went straight in for the kiss and wrapped her tail around me.

  She had skills. Meleena worked her tongue around like a boss, making me feel like I was the only man in the world she wanted to be with. Her tail, which kinda freaked me out at first, kept my in place. I enjoyed the comfort of it, almost like a built in extra arm to rub me.

  Pulling my shirt over my head, “I can feel your inner nature calling for you to take control. Make me your slut; fill me with your wonderful juices.”

  Her words triggered something inside me and I grabbed her. It was my turn to lead the party and I did so by pushing her to the bed and climbing on top. I worked her tits with my mouth, enjoying those perfect orbs with ever nibble and lick. She moaned and sighed for me, making the moment all the hotter.

  I took my pants off and tossed them aside. I was hard, really hard, and the warm waters in her house hugged me gently. She lifted her tail and presented her baby maker to me, which I plunged right in. It felt so different than Cassandra’s, so wet and moist. It worked me over almost like a second mouth, gobbling the entire shaft in deep and not letting go.

  Nothing was holding me back. I was pumping myself into her with vigor. Her eyes got wide when she felt the first orgasm building in my balls. “Don’t disappoint me. Give me everything you’ve got.”

  My body complied with her request and I unloaded ropes of what she wanted deep inside her. My hips kept jerking forward as the payload was delivered. Even after I finished, I still wanted to keep going. I grabbed her tail and threw it over my shoulder. “We’re not done yet little lady.”

  Her mouth formed an O as I pounded that sweet mermaid hole some more. It didn’t take long at all to get back into the groove of it. Her hands were gripping the side of the bed as I drove myself in harder with each thrust. She wanted it and she was getting it. Meleena looked to be in total bliss.

  I pinched her nipples with my fingers. “How long before you give me the orgasm I want to feel?”

  “Not long master, I can’t hold it back much longer.”

  My eyes never left hers. “Good sluts don’t hold back. Good sluts let it go.”

  Much like her words drove me to an orgasm, mine did the same to her. She leaned up and did as I asked. Her hole began squeezing around me as I felt her warm juices building around me. For good measure she started to moan and squeal, never letting go of the bed. She bit the bottom of her lip and when it took her body over, I joined in the fun.

  For the second time I filled her up. Her greedy body sucked it all in, not letting a single drop of me go. She either had one very long orgasm or back to back ones as her pussy continued to grip and contract around my cock, milking me dry. Finally it let up and the two of us relaxed.

  Her hand was resting on her stomach. “It’s been too long since I’ve been fucked like that. Holy shit, that was amazing.”

  She wasn’t the only one basking. “That was only my second time, but hot damn, that was incredible.”

  “Your second time?!” She sat up a little. “You’ve got to be joking!”

  “I kid you not. It was only the other day that I lost my virginity to a witch.” I missed Cassandra. She was starting to grow on me, like a fungus or something. “This time, I feel like I really got lost inside you.”

  She pushed me down on to the bed. “You miss your little witch don’t you?”

  “I miss all my friends.”

  She ran her hand over my cock. “Your body tells a different story. Pretend I’m you witch. Give me whatever you have left.”

  I didn’t think I had anything left, but she got on top of me and once again I was inside that amazing love chamber. My thoughts drifted first to Cassandra and then to Tyra. In my mind I was stripping Tyra of her jeans and her panties. For some reason I thought she’d wear a thong. Her beautiful body was exposed to me.

  I closed my eyes and thought of the two of us making love. My sweet angel needed it more than she knew. I was her first and as long as she’d been alive, she’d never felt a man inside her. I pushed my cock inside that tight pussy ever so gently. A few strokes later and I was in a state of euphoria. Cum was entering that sweet little hole of hers.

  Her face changed back to Cassandra. She was on top of me, her long witchy legs pulling me close. “I need you in me too Oz.” She whispered that so close. I couldn’t let her down. I had to man up. Using my adrenaline, I arched my hips up and let her ride it out of me. There wasn’t much left, but I made each squirt count. Cassandra, she deserved everything I could give her.

  My hips were going wild, once again delivering a load into the mermaid who was on me. Her eyes were bugging out of her head with the amount of seed I’d planted in her. After my Cassandra fantasy, my body gave out and my eyes closed for real. I needed a nice, long nap.

  As I fell asleep, a haunting realization came to me. I might be in love with two women I barely knew.

  Chapter 15 – Ill Omens

  My head bobbed out of the water. Real air again! Beside me, Meleena’s head appeared. “We made it Oz. Key West is just a few hundred yards in front of you.”

  I could see the beach under the moonlit sky. That was for the best as we didn’t need tourists to see me emerge from the sea with a mermaid. “Well thanks for getting me here safely.”

  “You kept your end of the bargain and I kept mine.” I felt dirty and used to basically be a baby donor. “Soon these seas will be filled with our offspring, a new generation of mermaids to keep these waters at peace.”


  Luckily I knew I wouldn’t have to pay child support. “I’m glad I could help.”

  “I have one more favor to ask of you.” Her head fell underwater before resurfacing. “When you get to shore, find my sister and tell her the time to come home is soon. The ocean needs its queen.”

  This kinda aligned with what I was doing anyway. Since Jacoby was after the queen and the pearl in her heart, maybe the ocean was the safest place for her to be. I wondered just how close to Argus’s wife Darina the queen actually was. “I have a friend there who knows her. I’ll ask Darina when I find her.”

  She gasped. “You’ve already met Darina?”

  “I sure have. Her husband Captain Fletcher helped me save a friend of The Flying Dutchman.”

  The mermaid swam close to me. “Darina is the current queen of the water.”

  That meant – “I need to get to land as soon as possible! She’s in danger!”

  She didn’t even question me. She grabbed me and rushed me towards the shore. I made it to the part where I could stand up and run and I left her. “I’ll get to your sister, I promise!”

  I ran up the beach and back out into the streets. I wasn’t sure exactly what time it was, but there were a lot of drunks stumbling around. It didn’t even dawn on me that I was in trouble until I remembered Argus’s warning about nights on the island. Under the booze and the sweat was the distinct smell of brimstone.

  Something was tracking me. I didn’t have a sword and I had no friends to help me. This time I was all on my own. I saw the street sign that read Duval, so I had a general idea which way to go. I kept running, bobbing and weaving the party crowd. No matter which way I went, the smell trailed me. I thought about confronting my shadowy pursuer, but thought better of it.

  I recognized the previous building and knew I was about two city blocks from Argus’s shop. Almighty, I hoped he was home. I went a bit further and the crowd began to thin. By the time I was one block away, I was by myself on the street. I looked behind me, I knew whoever it was hadn’t left, but I still couldn’t make a visual on the demon.