Chapter six
I awoke early and it was still pitch black and I think I roused, because I could hear something in the woods. Suddenly, there were several eyes and I was staring at a pack of Offus. They were stalking me, but then they turned and took off in a shot. They’d only done so, because they heard the hunters. There were four of them in different colored armor now tracking down their prey. I felt sort of bad for the Offus. To be used like that and hunted like trophies was not the kind of life that I would want for them. If it was up to me, they would be well fed and cared for and nobody would lay a hand on them or try to eat them. This ordeal had shown me that it might be prudent to check out a more vegetarian lifestyle. I just wasn’t sure if I could walk away from the tasty morsels that came from chickens and cows and even pigs. Bacon was my Achilles heel and I had to have it every morning. I was missing that fix.
I turned towards Braden and he was still sleeping, completely naked and looking vulnerable and very sexy at the same time. I put my hand on his chest and he stirred slightly, but he did not open his eyes. It was too much of a temptation to pass up. I had to see how far I could go before he would wake up. Besides, it was a good wake up call. I’m sure that he had never had that when he was living with you know who. I didn’t want to mention her name. To me, she was dead and like Braden, I could forget that Gemini even existed. I just wasn’t sure she was going to allow me to forget. Her ominous words still echoed in my ears.
She had said with a trace of sarcasm that she had another way to neutralize the problem. The problem in question was me interfering in the day to day business of Lord Vadam.
I barely touched him with the tip of my finger, grazing the tiny little hairs that were sticking up along his arm and then his chest. He squirmed and mumbled something underneath his breath, but I couldn’t make out what it was. I was brazen and bold and I was having a little bit too much fun at his expense. I circled around his nipples, never touching the nipples themselves. I followed that same train of thought down between his pectorals, over his well defined stomach and then around his nicely shorn balls.
I made an involuntary gasp, as I saw his cock give a jerk of its own. He may have not known that I was here, but his body was starting to get the general idea.
The gentle approach was over and it was time to get down to business. I grabbed him and I squeezed hard, making his eyes go wide with the implication of what I was doing to his balls. “I hope that you’re going to let go and if not, then your intention is to take them with you?” I smiled sinfully, letting him know that my intention was not clear. I only wanted him to be a little afraid and not terrified for his family jewels. I let them go.
He leaned up on his elbows to grab my hair and kiss me. “I do like the way that you wake me up. It’s just that it’s still too early for something like this. According to the stars, I would say that we still have at least 3 hours before daybreak.”
It was about that time that streaks of blue fire came across the trees. I thought that it was just the Dragos having a bit of fun in the night sky. I noticed that the fire was getting closer and then my eyes went wide.
I grabbed Braden and turned him in time for a streak of blue fire to strike the very spot that he was laying. I could feel the heat against my arms. I had my back towards the Dragos. I turned to see that they were about to attack again. It wasn’t just one and there were three of them. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that they were the same three that had attacked the griffin thing.
It was called the hunter for a reason, but apparently it was not a match for the concentrated attack of three Dragos. It was one thing to see them attack something else, but it was another thing entirely when they attacked me personally. I thought we were done for and I realized that I didn’t have any regrets. I just didn’t want this to be the end of it.
I hugged my frame to Braden and I closed my eyes to the inevitable pain that was going to wreck havoc on my nervous system. I waited, but nothing happened, except for this extreme heat that seemed to be burning my back, but not to the degree that I thought it was going to. I glanced back and I saw that Braden was now holding a piece of his armor behind me, as a sort of shield. It was taking the brunt of the attack and then the Dragos flew off in search of other prey.
“That was a close call, Shana. I don’t know what is getting into them. It feels like they are turning against their masters.” I didn’t like the word masters and it made them more like cattle, instead of respected pets that deserved to be treated with kindness. “I think that one of them was Rankin, but I can’t be sure from this distance. It did feel like it.” I was going to say the same thing, but I really wasn’t sure how he would take it.
“I think that we should concentrate on what we’re doing. We can’t worry about what the Dragos are up to. I’m sure that eventually we’ll have to deal with it. It’s obvious that they have some sort of plan and that this is just the first step in whatever they have going on.” It was pitch black, but then the stars were blotted out by a shadow above that seemed to encompass an area that a jumbo jet plane would take up.
I don’t think that Braden saw what I was seeing and then it was gone with the stars coming back out like it hadn’t been there to begin with. It brought to mind the story of the mother. If something was responsible for bringing those Dragos into the world, then it would stand to reason that it would have an intimidating frame. I didn’t want to believe it, but it appeared that the Dragos were getting their marching orders from their mother or some other source that was playing them for puppets.
We went back to sleep, but I never really did find the same blissful slumber that I had after a fuck that made me completely exhausted. I continually opened my eyes, expecting to find the Dragos about to attack again. I didn’t even know how Braden was able to get back to sleep, but apparently he could sleep through just about anything.