When Raveena first came upon them, she didn’t know how to react. She was shocked. She stared in disbelief. Finally, Shyrea smiled warmly at her, and stood and took the beauty by the hand.
“Come. Join us. It is your turn.”
Raveena allowed herself to relinquish. Shyrea kissed her warmly. It felt wonderful. Then, she pulled Raveena gently towards the ground. Raveena complied. She laid down. Shyrea kissed the Typhorian beauty’s large, gorgeous breasts, as they rose and fell rapidly as she breathed heavily with nervous energy. Then, Shyrea’s kisses moved down to between Raveena’s legs. The beautiful warrior gasped and moaned with pleasure. Kiella reached towards those beautiful breasts and rubbed them and kissed them too, as Shyrea slowly built Raveena up towards an orgasm.
Raveena laid on her side, with Shyrea’s face buried in her sweet pussy, and Kiella laying behind her, kissing her on the neck and reaching around her to play with her beautiful, perfect breasts. Kiella looked down and saw that incredible ass she had fancied for so long. It was so beautiful. The curve of her hip. The round, soft fullness of each perfect cheek. Kiella touched it and felt her arousal sky rocket. She kissed Raveena’s back all the way down, till she kissed the cheeks of her gorgeous ass. She spread them gently, and saw the unbelievably beautiful hole. As Raveena gasped and moaned, Kiella watched it tense and relax. She could not help it, she had to kiss it. It was perfect and clean from Raveena’s bath. As she pressed her face between those gorgeous cheeks, and her lips touched it, Raveena’s body reacted to the unexpected pleasure. At first, she seemed surprised, but then, as Kiella began to gently lick, Raveena welcomed the delightful sensation. Being licked both in the front and the back, Raveena felt an orgasm coming so quickly and so strongly, she could barely handle it. Her whole body shook with pleasure. After she came, Shyrea and Kiella immediately began working her towards another one. Kiella began to play with Raveena’s beautiful ass with her finger. She rubbed the hole gently, and then moved her body up behind Raveena, so that with her other hand she could reach around her and play with her breasts again. Raveena was in ecstasy. Kiella felt Raveena’s ass fully relax and allow her finger to penetrate it. Inside, it felt so wonderful. So warm, so soft. Kiella kissed the Typhorian beauty’s neck, and Raveena turned towards her and their lips met. Together, Kiella and Shyrea brought her to the greatest, most intense orgasm Raveena had ever felt.
Finally, when it was over, Raveena was completely exhausted. She rolled onto her back and clearly could take no more. Shyrea and Kiella kissed her breasts and her lips, and Raveena received their kisses warmly, but was too tired to reciprocate. Kiella leaned towards the Elken, to repay her kindness by tasting her sweet pussy too, but Shyrea refused her. Kiella didn’t understand. She was disappointed, but she also was so happy, she didn’t want to press and ruin such a wonderful moment.
Kiella and Shyrea pressed their bodies against either side of Raveena, and they held each other and relaxed, and fell asleep. They all finally got the much deserved rest and release that they all so desperately needed.
After a long nap, the three beauties awoke refreshed. There was a slight air of awkwardness around them all. It almost felt like what had transpired was a shared dream, as if it were too perfect to have really happened. No one spoke of it, they just shared smiles as they dressed. No sooner had Raveena finished dressing, though, than she became completely focused with the task at hand again. She knew she should not have paused so long. She needed to warn her people immediately. Every moment was precious, ever second counted. She was angry at herself for resting, but she knew she couldn’t dwell on that. She just had to get back to moving. Shyrea and Kiella sensed her agitation, and were quickly ready to go.
They pressed forward hard all afternoon, though a little bit of a post coital glow still lingered. The conversation was loose and easy most of the way. Eventually, they came across a large group of men gathered at a post. Kiella and Raveena were excited to finally see some of their own kind, and to see that they were healthy and, thus, that the Gekken had not attacked. Shyrea, however, started to slip off from them immediately into trees.
“Wait!” yelled Raveena at her. “Don’t worry! You’re with us. You’ll be safe. You don’t have to hide.”
Shyrea just shook her head. Raveena and Kiella followed her to the cover of the trees.
“Really” said Raveena “you will be fine. You don’t have to worry. These men, I recognize their crest. I have fought beside them before. They will know me. If I tell them you are one of us, they will believe me.”
The Elken’s eyes showed grave concern.
“It’s not as easy as you think for an Elken woman to pass amongst your people unnoticed. There are . . . issues.”
“Issues?” asked Kiella.
“There is . . . a response. A response that human males have to an Elken maiden. They cannot help it.”
“What response?” inquired Raveena.
“All human males are drawn helplessly to Elken maidens. It is yet another reason for our banishment. If a human male sleeps with an Elken maiden or tastes her sweet cunt, then he will think of nothing else for the rest of his life. He will go mad if he cannot have her every day. It is so strong, there is a chance it could even happen to a human woman. That is why I could not let you risk it and allow you to taste me at the stream, Kiella.”
Kiella nodded, and immediately felt better about the refusal. Raveena looked scornfully. She had never heard of such a thing, but she had learned not to doubt Shyrea.
“Okay” said the beautiful Typhorian. “Maybe it is better that you follow out of sight then, and keep your distance from them.”
“Yes. I will be careful, I won’t lose you” answered the Elken.
Raveena and Kiella went back out onto the road and headed towards the men. One of them, an archer, was standing in the midst of the road, facing them when they left the cover of the trees.
“Oh, hello” he said casually.
As Raveena and Kiella approached him, he seemed oblivious to them. He kept staring at the trees.
“Hey” he said. “Wasn’t there another woman with you a moment ago?” His eyes were glassy, as if he were drunk. They were fixed on the spot where Shyrea had disappeared. When she had done so, it had seemed that she was so far from the men still that none could have noticed her. They were shocked at his fixation.
“No” said Kiella. “It’s just us two.”
“Really?” said the man, dazed. “Are you sure? I could have sworn there was one more. She was beautiful . . .”
Raveena grabbed him by the arm and shook him and spoke loudly to get his attention.
“Do you know who I am?” she implored.
“Oh, yeah” he finally looked at her and his face melted into a wide, stupid grin. “Oh yeah, you’re Raveena. Of course. Hey, I heard you were dead.”
“No. Close, but not dead.”
“Hey, that’s great. I fought with you at the Battle of Verrou. You were amazing. Greatest warrior I’ve ever seen. Hey . . . are you sure there wasn’t another woman with you? I could have sworn . . .”
Raveena finally couldn’t help it, she just laughed. She patted him on the back.
“You’ve got to take us to your commander now. I’ve got to talk to him.”
“Oh yeah, sure. Okay. I’ll show you the way.”
The man, still clearly in a haze, led them up to an outpost. On the way, he continuously looked back over his shoulder at the spot where Shyrea had disappeared, and each time Raveena gave him a nudge to force him ahead. When they reached the outpost, Raveena was instantly recognized and warmly greeted by his commander.
“Raveena! What an honor it is to have you here! I am so glad to hear that the rumors of your demise were not true. Captain Trennilan, at your service.”
“Thank you captain.” Raveena’s face grew serious. “Sir, I must warn you of a grave danger: the Gekken have returned.”
The captain was shocked.
“Are you certain?”
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br /> “Yes, positive. I faced them myself, and I barely survived.”
“I see.” The captain paced and stroked his beard. Finally, he stopped and spoke. “It makes sense. We have had several small parties go missing. Perhaps they encountered them. It makes sense that the Gekken would want to maintain an element of surprise, and kill any that saw them. It makes sense too that you would be the only one able to survive. And, there have been whispers . . . whispers of evil things, people found butchered, animals acting strange. What should we do?”
“Well captain, they are coming from the East. Your outpost here is a key point. If they come, you can send warning to all of the West. But be warned, if they come you are better off retreating. They are too formidable a foe for you and your men to face without an army.”
“Oh, I appreciate your concern, but this is our post, we cannot abandon it. That would defeat our purpose here.”
Raveena felt again just as she did when she had tried to warn Captain Vol. Yet, she understood.
“Very well. I will try to urge my kingdom to send men here to help you, to reinforce you if the Gekken should come.”
“Thank you. We always welcome help, especially from the Typhorians. Especially from you, Raveena.”
He bowed to her, and Raveena smiled. She and Kiella then continued. Raveena’s spirits began to lift. In just a couple more days, she should be home.
As Shyrea moved carefully through the trees around the outpost, she heard a conversation of interest between two soldiers. She paused to listen.
“All of them? Dead?” asked one of them, incredulously.
“Yes, that’s what he said.”
“Who?”
“A trader who passed through an hour ago. I don’t know, he seemed crazy, do you think I should tell the captain?”
“Well, yeah. I mean, do you think he could have been telling the truth, or was he just nuts?”
“I don’t know. I mean, he seemed completely nuts to me, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be true.”
“What? Really? You think a whole kingdom, a whole palace could be murdered? One as powerful as Ragan? Who could do that? Even if all of the armies of the West united, we couldn’t do that. It can’t be true. Tell the captain if you want, but I think they’ll just think you’re the loon.”
“Yeah, maybe so. Man, I just don’t know.” The man shook his head.
Shyrea pushed forward through the trees. She spotted Raveena and Kiella leaving the outpost. They were back out on the road. Shyrea followed along through the trees until she was quite confident that none of the men were any longer in sight. Then, she finally allowed herself to leave the cover of the trees and rejoin her companions.
“Aha! We were starting to worry!” said Kiella once Shyrea was back with them.
“Sorry” responded the Elken. “I wanted to be sure no one could see me.”
Just then, they heard a voice yelling from far back along the road. It was the dazed archer from earlier. Raveena and Kiella could not believe it. He rushed up as fast as he could, before Shyrea could reach the trees.
“Yoohoo! Hello? I knew there was another one of you. Wow, she is beautiful. You are gorgeous Miss. Wow, I’ve never seen anything like you. Who are you? Where are you from? What’s your name?” His eyes were wide as saucers, and his face was stuck in an idiotic grin.
Shyrea was beside herself. Immediately, she felt that she’d been a fool to come along. Surely, now she would be found out. Executed, maybe tortured. Or, she would have to kill humans just to reach her forest, which would bring on more wrath against her people. Raveena stepped forward to the man and grabbed him by the collar.
“You’ve got a lot of nerve. Leave. Turn around, walk back, and never bother us again, or I will gut you right here, right now.”
“Oh, wow” the man didn’t seem to really process the gravity of Raveena’s threat. “Geesh, okay. Look, I didn’t mean any harm. She’s just . . . sooo beautiful. Really Miss, I’ve never seen anything like you. I don’t mean any harm at all . . . I’m just . . . in love . . .”
Raveena and Kiella couldn’t help but laugh. The man was completely helplessly lost. Shyrea, however, did not see the humor. Kiella scorned the man.
“Don’t you see you’re upsetting her? She doesn’t want you here. If you like her, why would you want to upset her?”
“Oh . . . oh, I’m so sorry. Miss, is this true? Am I upsetting you?”
“Yes” responded Shyrea curtly.
“Oh wow. Your accent, it’s gorgeous. Wow. I’m so sorry Miss. I didn’t mean to upset you at all. I never want to upset you. I love you Miss. I want to make you happy.”
“Then leave. Now” said Shyrea, in no uncertain terms.
“Of course Miss. I’m so sorry. Whatever you want Miss. As you command. Please forgive me.”
And, with that, he bowed to her and left. Once he was out of view, Raveena and Kiella burst into laughter, and Shyrea breathed a big sigh of relief.
“Well, I guess you weren’t kidding” said Kiella.
The trio made good time for the rest of the evening. Finally, they began to tire. Raveena agreed that as soon as they found a good place to stop they could make camp. They pushed through a thick bunch of trees and found themselves in the midst of a clearing. Unfortunately, however, they weren’t alone.
A trio of Gekken, a very small scouting party, was standing on the other side of the clearing. As soon as the women stepped in, the Gekken turned and spotted them. Both parties startled each other. For a moment, both paused. Then, the Gekken leader screamed and they rushed to attack.
Instantly, Raveena drew her sword and braced herself. They would be upon them in moments. Shyrea tried to decide what to do, but there was no time to think. If she was going to swap, there was no time to bind herself, but if she didn’t then they surely had no chance. With her own body’s hands and feet still free, she thrust herself into a Gekken next to the leader and tried to attack him, just as she had done with the wolves. The Gekken leader reacted quickly. He was smart. He partially deflected Shyrea’s blow, and immediately seemed to sense that some sort of magic was in play, and that this was no longer his man.
“Ahhhhh” he spoke in a low, guttural voice that barely rendered words discernible. “Clever one. An Elken. So, this is your power.” He turned and yelled orders to his own man who was now in Shyrea’s body. The Gekken who had been swapped was completely disoriented, but reacted to his leader’s order to attack. Raveena suddenly found herself being hit by Shyrea. She realized what was going on and was forced to strike her to subdue the Gekken so that she could focus on the Gekken still approaching and the leader. As soon as the Gekken leader saw Shyrea’s body go down, he stabbed his sword through the gut of the Gekken Shyrea had swapped with. Instantly, as soon as the deathblow was struck, Shyrea was pulled out of his body and snapped back into her own. As she opened her eyes and gasped, Raveena was momentarily distracted, weary of having struck her friend so hard. The two remaining Gekken overwhelmed her and Kiella. Raveena put up a valiant fight, seriously injuring the third Gekken, but she was unable to defeat them. The Gekken leader struck her across the chin with the hilt of his blade. She fell in a clump, and her sword fell from her hand. He kicked her blade aside and stood over her. He let out a loud war-cry, and prepared to strike a death blow.
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