Chapter five
This was way too much fun for just one girl. If I had thought about it before hand, I might have suggested to one of my loyal followers that I could use some help. As it was, I was alone and I was going to have to accept the fact that their pleasure was now my business.
“I can smell you and I know that you’re there, but for some reason I can’t taste you. I’m tempted to take off this blindfold, but I know that this is part of the game. Just don’t make me wait long. I’m already hungry and you have exactly what I want, Shana.” Nicholas was beside himself and I gave in to my desire and deepthroated his monster member. He all, but lost it.
I tried to keep him from going off, but it was a battle that I wasn’t going to win. The feeling of being blind had obviously appealed to him, something that he probably didn’t even know he was ready for. He found out that his body was mine and that one touch could show him the way to pleasures that were unseen in this world.
“I’m fucking cumming, Shana. Keep that god damn mouth working me. I don’t want to feel anything, but your tongue. I don’t know what I did without this in my life… AHHHHHHH” That first blast pooled on my tongue and it was at that time that I lost my balance.
I landed heavily over Nicholas’s mouth, suffocating him for a moment, but it wasn’t anything that he couldn’t handle. I kind of enjoyed torturing him, especially since he had gone off prematurely. I guess, I couldn’t blame him for that, considering that I was the one that was responsible for making him think outside the box when it came to his own sexuality. He had no idea what I was going to do and he was only using his other senses to feed his libido.
“I have taken care of you and it’s too bad, because I was really looking forward to milking you dry with my pussy muscles. I think that you know by now that I can control them better than most women in Markham.” I could slow the passage of time in my mind at will. It was becoming easier and easier with a little bit more concentration and meditation to center my thoughts. I had learned that from my mother, who was pretty much absent most of my informative years.
“I would say that I was disappointed, but I can’t say that, Shana. What you have done for me is nothing short of miraculous. No woman has ever tried any of this with me, which leaves me to have a bit of suspicion about where you come from. I don’t know why, but I get this feeling like you’re hiding something and that Braden knows all about it. I’m not going to pressure you into telling me anything; because I don’t want you to feel obligated or worried that I’m going to spill the Grovall.” I had no idea what that was, but it didn’t sound very appetizing, although most of these things I had found needed a special touch.
“I really don’t care what the two of you are talking, but I’m sitting here with a raging hard on and I have no place to put it. If you are finished with Nicholas and I’m assuming from what I heard that you are, then can you please come back over here and give me some of that attention.” I had no problem doing that and the very fact that he was asking was only making it very hard for me. I wanted to jump on him and ride him all the way into the sunset.
I held my body over top of him, moving in such a way that I could use his cock head to wipe up and down my slit in a very unforgiving and pleasurable way. I let him stay there and wait patiently, although I could see that was not one of his more favorable traits. “You don’t tell me what to do, Braden. I’m the one that is in the driver’s seat. Trust me, it’s better this way and without knowing where it’s coming from, I bet that I’m going to be able to get you off quicker than you even imagined.” I had my hands on his chest, scratching at his skin and igniting those nerve endings that were just underneath the surface.
. “Shanna, since you came into my life; I’ve been turned upside down and inside out and I mean literally and figuratively. I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or something that is going to send me to hell. I guess I’m leaning towards the first, because frankly I don’t think that I could truly live without you. I don’t mean that I would die, but I would be just going through the motions with most women. There really is a difference between you and everybody else in Markham. They tend to become complacent, not able to think for themselves and only go by what they have learned from the ancestors that have come before them.”
He was trying to reach for me, but I was conscious of that fact and I was doing everything I could to stop him from trying to take back the control. He could only feel the heat of my mound against the shaft and the way that it was almost reaching out to him in its own special way.
“I wish that you would stop talking, but there is a part of me that enjoys the teasing gesture of your words. It makes me feel like you’re not going to leave me like this. I know that you’re not going to, but there have been times that you threatened to do just that.” We hadn’t even given any indication that we were going to answer Nicholas’s question. I had no reason to trust him implicitly and the only person that knew of my true background was Falla and Braden. I didn’t think that either one of them would talk, but putting Nicholas into that position would’ve asked too much of him.
I lowered myself on that monument of manhood, feeling it enter very slowly and watching his face, as it showed the reaction of what he was feeling. I once again touched his chest, but this time I circled his nipples with my fingers, until that wasn’t enough for me anymore. I squeezed them and pulled them away from his body, threatening that I was going to take them off his chest, but I was never going to follow through with that action.
“You’re driving me fucking insane and every day with you is an adventure.” Braden was my Achilles’ heel and if I had to protect him with my life, I would throw myself in front of a bullet. Without him in it, I did not need to live. I was even thinking about staying, but there was that nagging homesickness that was creeping up every time that I began to think about where I came from. I wanted to go back home, but I wasn’t sure if I could do that without Braden. Thankfully, he had already voiced his desire to follow me anywhere.
“You are just a greedy little boy and I suppose if I were in your shoes, I would feel the same way. After all, I am a woman that has more to offer than any woman that you’ve been with up to this point. Even Gemini probably pales in comparison to what I have put you through. You thought that you were in love with her, but I think that you know by now that that wasn’t true. It was just an infatuation, something that you found yourself with, until you found the right woman to complete you.” I was halfway down and then I found myself dropping the rest of the way with all the air coming out of his lungs at the same time.
I stayed there and grinded around in a circle, not giving him the satisfaction of his own orgasm. I wasn’t going to make the same mistake as I did with Nicholas. He was subservient and he would do what I said within reason. I was sure that there was a breaking point somewhere, but I had yet to find it.
“I may not be able to see, but I know that I am balls deep inside of you, Shana. That makes me feel whole again to be with you in this way and I guess I’ve always wondered what this big deal with having a connection with the person that you loved was all about. I guess, I found out that it depends on who you’re with and what they can do for you and what I can do for them in return. Oh yeah…did you just use those very delicious muscles of yours to ripple along my length?” I didn’t think that I had to answer him, because the obvious answer would have been yes.
I started off with one long stroke up to the top of the head, hung there and continued to squeeze those very delightful muscles that he had found, so pleasing. My juices were now staining his shaft, keeping him in a perpetual hardness that wasn’t going to go down anytime soon. I enjoyed that and it took all of my willpower not to force the issue and make him take it like my little bitch. I only wished that I had something that I could strap to my waist. If he did come back with me, I would introduce him to Elvis. He was the one that shook all night long and was a hunk a hunk of burning love. He liked to run free. I knew exactly what orifice that I was going to plug to make Braden realize that he was hiding a part of himself. I wasn’t sure that I could risk what we had for a cheap thrill that would only last for a few hours.
“Are you going to just sit there all day, or are you going to do something?” He really shouldn’t have said that and I was this close to taking that final ride. With him questioning my judgment, I decided that it was best I tease him to the point of explosion over and over again. I had this need to put him in his place, whether he was ready for it or not.
I had him writhing on the floor on that mattress type thing, squeezing his hands into the sheets; while his mouth was perpetually open at least an inch. I hadn’t come yet, but I was getting close to that moment of truth. I knew that when I did, I wanted to synchronize my orgasm with his. That wasn’t an easy feat by any means, but it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility.
“You’re really asking for it. Sometimes it’s best that you just shut your mouth. Girls can get a bit vindictive when they are pushed into a corner. I thought that I taught you that lesson already, but apparently you need a refresher course.” Braden was trying to say something, but the pleasure of the moment was getting the best of him.
I moved a little faster and with each stroke it got even faster, until I was a blur of motion. I looked over to see that Nicholas had taken off his blindfold and was watching intently. He was stroking his renewed vigor and there was no denying that watching us had certainly gotten a desired reaction.
“I don’t know…if I can hold it back any longer.” I had no idea that he was doing that and apparently he didn’t want to incur the wrath of a woman that was left wanting. “If you’re going to cum, then I suggest that you do it now.” This was one request that I could abide by. After all, I was near the end of my fuse. The flame had burned all the way down to the end. My legs started to quiver and my mind was awash with these images of sex that would have made a grown sailor blush.
“Oh my god… Oh my god… Braden… Yes.” I shook and shivered, squeezing his member and making it impossible for him to hold back the flood that was currently pounding relentlessly against the dam. It broke free of the reservoir; the hose uncorked and force feeding me a supply of white foam that had me literally lying on top of him, while I received such a gift.
Chapter six
I was sleeping soundly between my two men, not quite awake, but not quite asleep, when I heard a commotion that made me get up fairly quickly. Both guys were sleeping and I could hear their respective snoring and knew that there was no point in waking them up, unless it was absolutely necessary.
I went down the stairs and I saw this figure rummaging around in the darkness. I didn’t know who it was, but I suspected that they weren’t here, because they were looking to borrow a cup of milk.
“I need to find something, if I am going to get him off my back once and for all. There has to be something here that tells of who Shana really is.” They were talking to themselves and letting it be known that their intention was to dig up dirt on me. I could only imagine who was pulling his strings. I couldn’t tell if it was a man or woman, except that the voice was gravelly. “Fuck, if I go back empty handed, he’s going to have my head. I’ve grown quite attached to it. If I don’t find anything down here, I’m going to have to go upstairs and confront her one on one.”
I turned on the light and this woman stared at me like I was going to kill her for trespassing on private property. “Why don’t we just have it out right now? It’s obvious that this is about me. I don’t know why Lord Vadam is so curious. It’s not like I purposely tried to put a monkey wrench into his plans.”
“Monkey wrench? I have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s precisely the reason why he has gotten his suspicions on high alert. You say the strangest things. It’s not just the fact that you interrupted an age old tradition that has gone back too many years to count.” This wasn’t Gemini, but her white hair and streaks of purple and red indicated that she was not exactly somebody that would be keeping company with Lord Vadam.
“I have no idea who you are, but my best suggestion to you is to go back and tell him that you couldn’t find anything. Better yet, leave him to wonder and start a new life where you don’t have to be underneath his thumb. It’s obvious that you don’t want to do this. Something is forcing you to commit crimes against somebody of your own kind.” I was practically naked and there was this force between us that was making me walk down the stairs toward her.
I heard rustling and looked over to see that the red armor that I had taken off recently was now quivering. I could only assume that it perceived danger.
“It doesn’t matter who I am. The only thing you need to know is that I’m the one that he sends when he needs to ferret out information about someone. I’m relentless and I might not be able to find anything here, but I think that there is something. I see it in your eyes and you may not know it, but you are walking into my trap. Most people call me the web mistress. They know that if they see me that they should run in the other direction. I’m considered a mentalist. I read body languages, eye movements and even watch for speech patterns that lead me to the answer that I’m seeking. Your posture tells me that you’ve never been hindered with the Acostian.” I looked at her questioningly and then she smiled and pointed her finger in my direction.
I should have said that I had already gone through that, but I had shown that I had no idea what she was talking about. It was time to backpedal and hope that the damage was not too severe. “Yes, I did have it, but I did not get it to the extent that some of the other children did. My mother said that I was lucky and that I should be thankful that somebody was looking out for me.”
“You can’t fool me and that story is just a load of lies. I don’t know what you’re trying to hide, but eventually I will find out. I would say that you were part of the bend or maybe some other faction that really hasn’t shown their loyalty to any castle. I was thinking that you might be in league with Shari, but now I believe that there is something more than just you jumping in bed with the enemy.” She was learning about me without me saying a single word. It was a little disconcerting to feel violated and dirty from just talking to a person. She was cock sure of herself and I could see that she had a reason to be.
“You really don’t know what you’re talking about, Before you say something that you regret, I suggest that you think clearly about what you’re going to do next.” I was waiting for Falla to interject something into my mind, but nothing was forthcoming. I could only assume that she was busy with some other part of her plan to bring equality to the women of Markham. I think that she was using my quest, as a way to find those that had special powers like her to come forward and show themselves finally.
If I had to put a name to it, I would say that they were witches, but maybe they had another term that would describe what they could do with their own bare hands.
“I think that I should make you tell me what you’re trying to hide from everybody else. It doesn’t have to be this way and you could just open that mouth of yours and tell me.” She was coming closer and I was feeling this overwhelming magnetic force that made it almost impossible to run in the opposite direction. “I have ways of making people talk, Shana. It can either be pleasant, or not so pleasant. I really don’t care which way it goes, but if I had my choice, I would rather we do it the pleasant way.” I’ve never had any inklings towards women, but she was certainly throwing it out there and trying to make it stick.
“I’m in love with Braden and nothing is going to change that.” This was my last ditch effort to make her back down, but I had a feeling that wasn’t going to be as easy, as I thought it was. “I don’t want to ruin any thing that I have with him with something that is fleeting with you. I don’t think that he would take kindly to me being with somebody else." He probably wouldn’t care, as long as I gave him a blow by blow description of everything that I had done with her.
“You can say that with a straight face and most people would believe you, but I know the truth. Nicholas is in your bed with Braden, as we speak. You had your fun and now you’re going to have dessert, whether you like it or not.” She was strong and confident and knew exactly what to do to get her way. “You say that Braden would not understand, but I get this feeling from not only your eyes, but from what I saw upstairs that that’s not exactly true. I don’t normally mix business with pleasure, but watching the three of you in action, certainly did make it very hard for me to do my job properly.”
“I didn’t even know that you were watching. I’m usually more observant about my surroundings, so you being there without me knowing it is a bit disconcerting.” It didn’t help that I was only wearing Braden’s shirt. I should’ve put something more on to cover my nakedness, but I really was comfortable with my own body and I had no embarrassment and there was no reason for me to be.
“Normally, I would have searched this place from top to bottom and be out of here in minutes. Watching the three of you took me out of my comfort zone and made me begin to see things a little differently. The thing that you did with your mouth was amazing and I wonder if you could translate what you did with them to me.” I had every reason to believe that I could do that and a whole lot more. I didn’t know what kind of affect that she had on me, but it was certainly making the temperature rise in this room a few degrees at a time.
“Web mistress, I don’t really know what to say to you. You came here to dig up dirt on me and to find skeletons in my closet. You think that by seducing me with your eyes and your body that you’re going to make me say something that is going to reveal a little bit too much. I don’t know how you think that you’re going to accomplish this, considering that I’m usually a very private person.” I didn’t want to find out, but there was something that was preventing me from leaving the room and seeking the comfort of Braden or Nicholas.
She had on these black pants and had I known better, I would’ve said that it was leather. She was now right up near me, so that I could feel her body heat radiating from her and towards me. It was certainly making me sweat and giving me ideas. Her lips were like a magnet and I tried to resist, but there was virtually nothing that I could do, when she came in for a kiss.
“I think that you want this, more than you can ever say, Shana. You’ve been a real surprise and I know that Lord Vadam is really perplexed about what to do about you. Every time that he thinks that he has you where he wants you, you turn the tables and it makes him redouble his efforts to get what he wants. We both know that his main goal is to stay in power and he will do practically anything to make that happen.” I allowed her to talk with her lips not more than an inch away from mine. I could see those pouty lips and the way that they were waiting for me to make the next move. I couldn’t in good conscience do that, but then it appeared like I didn’t have much of a choice.
Our lips touched and I thought for a moment that there was something about her and her physical chemistry that was making me powerless. I didn’t have a whole lot of time to think about it, as her tongue began to delve deeper between my own lips. My tongue came out to meet her and I wasn’t about to allow her to have all the fun. If she thought that she was going to have her way with me and make me submit to her will, then she was going to find out in short order that I wasn’t that type of girl.
“I need to tell you that I haven’t had that passionate a kiss from a woman in a very long time, Shana. I’m trying to gauge you, to get an idea of what you’re capable of, but for some reason I’m not able to lift the shroud from your eyes. You resist me and normally, I would be able to knock down those walls and break through to the other side. Something about you is different and I now know that you don’t have the same physical makeup, as the rest of us. You must have some kind of mutation like Nicholas and the other few that have come before him.” I had to get her to stop finding clues and putting the pieces together one at a time.
I grabbed her colorful hair and pulled her in for an embrace that had my hand slipping into the waistband of those tight pants. The material didn’t feel like leather, but maybe it was a derivative of pleather. It stretched to accommodate my fingers and I found her well manicured mound waiting for my eager and very delicate fingers. It must’ve been very exciting for her to see me and my two guys getting in on, because she was wet to the touch and more than ready to explore what it would be like to be with me.
“I think that we can find something else to do with your mouth, besides talking. The web mistress was trying to use her talents to strip away my false façade to find the truth underneath. I was masking all of it with a sexual desire and the only way that I was going to get her off topic was to make her mind completely be overtaken by something a lot more powerful than her own thoughts.
“I don’t know what you think you’re…doing. It’s not going to…work.” It was working better than I imagined. Her eyes were already showing the effects of her overactive glands. Her body was trembling to my touch and I could see that her legs were shaking with the effort that I was putting forth. I grabbed her hand with my other hand and put it up against my own pussy, so that she could feel the shaved essence and the wet lips beckoning her to do something about it. It was my way to keep her occupied and I felt that I was on the right track.
I found myself compelled, but I was also using my own will to supersede her own. “I know exactly what I’m doing. You came here for answers and what you’re going to leave here with is a smile on your face that you won’t be able to wipe off for days.” I had penetrated her interior, feeling those inner muscles working at my fingers. I had them deep inside her, making the snap on the top of those pants break away during the intensity of the moment. There was no zipper, but I was able to peel away the material. I kept my eyes on her the entire time, as I lowered those same pants, until they were around her ankles. I saw no reason to go any further than that and half of the excitement was knowing that she couldn’t get away without tripping over her own 2 feet.
“Fuck it… I’m going to enjoy this and then I can return to my active duties. Damn it… I don’t think that I’ve had anybody, including members of my own sex do something like that.” Her fingers were pushing inside me and we were both now standing there and banging out little kitties with our digits moving back and forth within our silky insides. Those lips splayed open and they were puffy and pink and looked like they had already been through something like this very recently.
It was possible that she had used her own fingers to create her own excitement by watching the three of us upstairs. I kind of enjoyed the fact that she had watched us in a voyeuristic fashion, just so that she could try to get a handle on who I was.
“I like your attitude, web mistress. I wish that I had something else to call you, but I get this feeling like you’re not going to be very forthcoming with a name. I really couldn’t care less and as long as you’re putty in my presence, then that is all that matters.” She was eyeing me with suspicion and I think that her inane ability was trying to raise its ugly head to try to see through me.
I moved down onto my knees, very slowly, until I was in the perfect position to show her what it was like to have the same kind of oral gratification that I had given to Braden and Nicholas on a couple of occasions.
Chapter seven
I certainly wasn’t expecting to service a woman and I didn’t even know that there was any such thing, as lesbianism here in Markham. I suppose it’s like any other society that hides the darkest part of themselves in a closet. They don’t want their peers to know that they have these dark desires, so they hide them in behind closed doors with their significant others and those that they want to share their bed with. Those that were free with their bodies had more to give, because they really didn’t care what other people thought about them. Those were the ones that I celebrated, because I wanted to be exactly like them.
I used my fingers to pull her apart, seeing that hole and moving my tongue in for a better taste. I swiped my tongue from the bottom to the top, finding her enlarged clitoris looking like a tiny little cock that needed to have my lips over top of it. I sealed my mouth over that large protrusion and started the same motion that I had done with the boys.
“What the hell are you doing?” I knew that I had her wrapped around my little finger and there was absolutely nothing that she was going to be able to do about it. I stuck out my tongue with my mouth over top of her clit, making contact with the top of it and tickling it with an expertise that came from knowing my own body. I was just trying to mimic what I would want done to myself and what I had taught others to be prepared for when they went down on me.
“Silly girl, I’m giving you pleasure. It’s something that you have obviously been lacking or maybe have been prevented from doing anything about. You should always have a moment to enjoy those little things.” I went back to what I was doing, hearing her sigh and hold onto the back of my head for some kind of support.
I looked up with my mouth in action, pulling that clit away from her body, so that I could get at that extra bundle of nerves just at the bottom. This of course elicited a loud moan, which she didn’t even try to hide or stifle with her hand or even by placing her knuckle up against her mouth. She was apparently not used to something like this and was now biting into her tongue, without even realizing that she was doing it.
“I don’t think it is even possible… I think I’m going to… AHHHHHHH.” I knew exactly what she was going to do and it was evident by the way that her thighs were quivering and her eyes were almost turning this pure white color with her pupils moving up into the back of her head. She was breathing heavy and she was screaming, so loud that I wouldn’t be surprised if Braden and Nicholas didn’t wake up from their deep and pleasing slumber.
That didn’t stop me from moving my tongue down and burying it inside her, so that I could taste her juices, as they came out of her. I tongue fucked her whole, while using my thumb to pleasure that part that I had just currently vacated. She was shaking and shivering to the touch and she was moving her hips involuntarily against my mouth to make it all that much more enhanced. I stimulated her body in ways that she probably didn’t even know was possible. Maybe, she would bring this new form of loving to the masses. It was possible that others were out there waiting for this new component to be introduced. I knew that she had relations with women, but I think that this was something new.
I glanced to my side and saw that Braden and Nicholas were standing together on the stairs wearing nothing, but smiles. Their cocks were at half mast and there was no denying that watching two women were the ultimate fantasy for every guy. I stood and I placed my hand on her shoulders, so that she got the basic idea that I wanted her to give me back the same kind of pleasure that I had given her.
I moved in a way that gave Braden and Nicholas a bird’s eye view of how she was now licking tentatively at my clit, before circling it incessantly and driving me insane. That was the kind of insanity than I would have loved to be a part of and apparently she was a quick learner and wasn’t going to give up, until she had found my own hot spots.
“That’s it…you really have become one of my best oral students. I’m glad that I could…give that to you.” My words were breathless and I was biting my bottom lip and trying my best to fight that urge to cum. The longer that this went on, the more likely that she wouldn’t have time to get even closer to a truth that nobody was supposed to know.
“I’ve never tasted a woman before and I certainly didn’t think that I would ever have anybody do that to me.” I really didn’t want to hear her talk, so I grabbed her hair and made her look at me, before I pressed her up against me in an obscene way. I enjoyed using my own sense of self against her, because she was trying to find out something that I really would like to keep to myself. This was only going to be a momentary reprieve and I knew that eventually she would turn back her attention towards finding all of my dirty little secrets.
“I didn’t give you permission to talk. You’re supposed to be giving me what I gave you. The only way to do that is to stop talking.” I think I was getting an extra thrill from having Braden and Nicholas watch and knowing that the web mistress had no idea that they were even there. They were stroking themselves and I could tell that they were only doing it, as a form of relief. They were not going to take it all the way and even if they did, I wouldn’t blame them in the least.
I was getting near that moment of pleasure. I was getting harder to fight that urge to let it all go. I’d gotten a lot out of eating her and her taste lingered in my mouth and on my lips. I licked at it with the tip of my tongue and that last remnant and the feeling of her deep dicking me with her tongue was more than enough to bring about my own complete satisfaction.
“Yes…oh god…that’s exactly what I’m talking about.” She tried to move away from me, but I had a death grip on the back of her head and I continued to use her, as my own personal plaything, until finally I was too sensitive to go on any further than this.
I fell back against a chair, breathing heavily, until I saw this flash and these flames begin to surround the house. I still had on Braden’s shirt with the web mistress down on her knees with her hands up to her face savoring the moment. Braden and Nicholas hadn’t noticed that the place was on fire, until I motioned with my eyes and we watched, as the windows exploded inward.
Shards of glass came at us with deadly precision. I was in the line of fire and I got three of them. Two of them went into my shoulders and that last one slid effortlessly into my left thigh. I looked over to see that Nicholas was down on his knees and Braden was looking down at his chest where a shard had ripped through him like he was made of nothing.
There was no way out and those flames were getting closer, until they were licking at our faces and making us realize that death would’ve been preferable to burning alive.
Chapter eight
It didn’t look good for any of us and then I saw something in the window that gave me pause for the cause. The white-haired Lord Wallace was standing there with his hand over his head. He looked like he was concentrating on something and then it dawned on me that he was the one that was controlling the Dragos. I don’t know why he was doing it, but he had shown his hand. Unfortunately we were in no position to fight back.
Lord Wallace’s hands were glowing, but right now, I was trying to find a way to get out of this Inferno in one piece. The web mistress was dead, her body burning and there was too much debris in front of me to get to her in time. She looked like she was surprised, but at least I gave her a smile, before she finally left this mortal coil.
“Braden, Nicholas, look out the window and tell me that I’m not dreaming.” I would say that Lord Wallace was scared. He wanted to make sure that the White castle had no competitors.
“I don’t know why he’s doing this. He must know that all three of us are going to have to determine who is going to become part of his castle.”
“I can get one of you out of there, but only one. The person that jumps on this offer the quickest will find themselves able to walk through the flames unscathed. All you have to do is give me your fealty and together we can walk into the Black Castle and take what is rightfully ours. I hope that you choose quickly and if I were to make a suggestion, I would say that it would be in your best interest to get rid of your competition.” I couldn’t believe that he was actually saying that he wanted one of us to kill the other two and then take our rightful place at his side.
I knew that I wouldn’t do that, but Nicholas was another story altogether. He had just finished telling us that he was willing to jump on board whatever the winning side might be. Braden was not a worry and if I were to die, he would most likely want to die with me.
“I’m sorry, but I think it is time for us to say goodbye. I don’t think it comes, as a surprise that I’m willing to walk with the White Castle, just as long as I survive. You’ve always known that I was never one to be trusted. I think it goes without saying that it pains me to see you both die like this, but I have to do what’s best for me.”
“You are doing the right thing, Nicholas. I will pave the way for you. Just walk in a straight line and don’t deviate from it in the very least. Don’t look back, because you really don’t want to see what happens to them. I would’ve liked to see you kill them, but I understand that you have feelings about that. I’m just glad that you have decided that it is in your best interest to take my offer and run with it. Can you imagine the look on Lord Vadam’s face when we show him that you’re the only one that is left standing? I think it goes without saying that his expression is going to be priceless.”
The fire was getting closer and both Braden and I stood there and watched, as Nicholas walked through the flames like he was parting the Red Sea. He morphed through the wall and was now on the other side looking in at the coffin that he was leaving us to live this remaining few minutes together. Whatever Lord Wallace was holding in his hands was the thing that was making the Dragos become something that they weren’t….killers.
“I know that this is a blow, Shana, but we can’t think like that. He’s made his decision and now we have to try everything we can to make sure that their plans do not come to fruition.” I had to admire his moxie, but the flames were high and burning brightly and if we were able to get through them, there was no way that we would walk away without some major burns.
“Braden, I’m all for surviving, but I think that we might be in over our heads. I can’t breathe, I can’t see through the smoke. It’s just a matter time, before I fall to my knees with smoke inhalation.” I had enjoyed my time with both Nicholas and Braden. This and the fight for the equality of the women in Markham was the highlight of my trip. If this was how it was going to end, then I wasn’t just going to stand here and let it happen. Even if I knew that it was a losing battle, I had to at least try.
“I don’t care; Shana and I will not allow them to win like this. I don’t care if I have to crawl on my hands and knees through this fire and then with my last breath tell Lord Vadam of their plans to take the Black castle. I’ve never had any love lost for the man, but this goes against everything that I believe in when it comes to the Festival of Dragos.” His conviction was passionate, but he had yet to tell me if he had a plan of escape.
“Shana, if you listen to me and do exactly as I tell you, I can get you and Braden to safety. It won’t be easy and I’m going to give you a few tools that you can use in your own defense. I can sense that your DNA can withstand the transference.” Before I had a chance to ask Falla what this transference was, I was inundated with an energy that called to the armor. It came to me and stuck to me like glue, giving me a fighting chance against the fire that was burning out of control. I stood in front of Braden, shielding him from the worst of it, while leading him up the stairs. It didn’t matter where we went, the fire followed like we were some kind of pie piper.
“Shana, I hope that you know what you’re doing. The best way to get away from fire is to go below it and not above.” It wasn’t like I had a choice and the armor was literally pulling me along in its wake. I had no control and I had to believe that Falla was the one that was doing this. Out of the blue, I went to the far wall of our bedroom and smashed into it with the fists that were made of this interesting substance. It ripped a hole through the wall and I was able to grab Braden, even though I wasn’t the one that was doing most of the work.
With the use of the armor, I had the ability in some form or another to actually leap away from the carnage with Braden holding on around my neck. I landed on my knees and then I felt that I was the one now holding the reins of the armor.
We both turned to see the Dragos attacking with Rankin in behind about to do something that he would never forgive himself for. My hand came up over my head and made this ungodly slap that sent an echoing wave towards the Dragos. The vacant stare disappeared and in its place was confusion. Rankin landed and Braden went close, cautious of what his pet was going to do. He didn’t have to worry, because the spell had been broken and the echo of that slap was what was needed.
“I take it that this is not of your doing, Shana.” It was time that I told him everything and I laid out the fact that Falla was responsible for protecting us from dying a most painful death. “It’s a good thing that she came to the rescue when she did. Without her, I doubt that we would’ve been able to get away. I think we owe her a debt of honor that we’ll never be able to pay back. I do believe that we have a party to crash.” Rankin called to the other Dragos and another of his kind came down. I climbed aboard this orange one and Braden took his rightful place on Rankin.
Even though flight was forbidden, we took to the skies and made a direct line over towards the Black Castle.
As we got closer, a Griffin, most likely one of a few came out to defend what was theirs. The Dragos knew of his abilities and decided that discretion was the better part of valor.
The Griffin did not pursue in the trees and Rankin and this one that I was on was now breezing through the branches and then coming to a stop outside of the gates. We got off and we made our way over to the castle and walked in to see that Lord Wallace was now being declared the victor.
“Not so fast and we have information that is going to change everything. Lord Wallace and Nicholas can’t be allowed to take over the throne of the Black Castle. Lord Wallace has been working behind the scenes with a device that is able to control the Dragos. We are the proof, because they left us to die in a fire.” I could see that Lord Wallace was about to repute what I had to say, but then he saw the Dragos circling overhead and knew that he was either going to have to show his hand, or be attacked.
He raised his hand and I pulled an arrow from my quiver and fired it, breaking the glass on that device and destroying any chance that he had of fighting for what he thought was his.
As he made a run for it, the castle guards were right there to subdue him on the order of Lord Vadam.
“I declare reluctantly that Braden and Shana from the Red castle are the victors. Both Lord Wallace and Nicholas will pay for their crimes and now you two must decide on which one will claim the rightful place beside lord Russum.” The change of power took place fairly quickly and the rest of the tournament was not necessary to determine who was going to stand by the new lord of the Black castle.
“If it’s all the same to you, we need some time to think about this.” They allowed us to leave and on our way back home, we found ourselves accosted by Falla.
“You’ve done more for Markham than you can ever imagine, Shana. I know this hasn’t been an easy road, but I believe that I can send you home. If you’re ready, I do believe that it’s time for you to go back to where you came from.” I looked towards Braden and then this rush of air spun around me and I was surrounded by the same blackness that I had felt the first time that it happened.
“Braden… Braden… I love you.” There was no way that I could fight the gravitational pull. I found myself landing in the exact same spot that I had been. I was outside the club in a field nearby and I looked around and noticed that I wasn’t alone.
Braden now was in my world and he was getting up and looking around like a newborn baby.
“Shana, I love you too and there was no way that I was going to let you get away that easily. There is nothing left for me in Markham and everything that I’ve wanted is in you. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy for him to adjust, but I would hold him by the hand and show him a world that he had never seen before. He had done it for me and it was time for me to do it for him.
THE END
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