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The escort

  Just before the break of dawn Archeon along with four of his comrades made their way towards the palace to get the prince and departe on their mission. He left behind Kuang and Ellion to take care of the troops.

  Guards where already waiting in place, all around the gates, even more so inside. Nobody stopped them as they walked through the main gates on their horses. Just as they went in the main court and the prince seemed to be already up and ready to go. Without too much chatter Archeon made a sign to leave quickly.

  No one saw them leaving that place except for the guards that were on duty.The prince gave them a friendly salute as they were riding towards the city gates “Its a pleasure to finally meet you in person, Archeon. My name is prince Richard Tolstoj. And you must be his loyal captains, if i’m not mistaking. It will be a pleasure to have you as escorts.” the prince spoke with them in a friendly manner unlike his younger brother which was so impuslive, although he had his reasons.

  Archeon didn’t bother with too much of a reply “Greetings to you too. If you are okay with it, we should leave the city quickly so nobody spots us.” he said without even turning towards him, the prince couldn’t do anyhting but agree with him.

  The first rays of light caught them already outside of the royal city, making their way through a dense forest away from the main roads as they tried to avoid being seen as much as possible. It would be a long road ahead, as it would take them at least one week to reach at a normal pace.

  They’d avoid the main roads and some of the towns so they wouldn’t be recognized by anyone. Although wearing cloaks and keeping their faces covered there always is the chance of something happening and getting spotted. As such they kept away from populated places which made their journey a bit longer than intended. For that reason they would ride all day long, since the crack of dawn till the dark would make them stop.

  The only problem their journey had was the wild beasts that would prey in the woods. The untravelled roads which slowed them down. And of course the prince getting exhausted from all the riding and so little hours of sleep. He was not used to ride for this long and sleep so little.

  “Sir Archeon, can we make camp early today? I feel like i can’t go any longer, i’m exhasuted from all of the riding. I can’t even feel my legs that well anymore.” he could stop complaining about all sorts of things “I know its been just three days, but i feel like i could collapse anytime now.” the prince was talking while trying to catch his breath, his horse moving slower and slower.

  Archeon looked around them, they were traveling through a road in a small forest. There were no towns or villages near this forest so there were low chances of people passing by. He couldn’t do anything but do as the prince request.

  Since he did need to bring him there in one piece and healthy, which would be a bit of a problem if they continued like this. “Very well, we shall take a break now. Look for a place to camp.” They looked for a place to camp, away from the road and well covered. In case someone would actually pass by this parts.

  Finding an small open space by the trunk of a big old tree. The ground was just nice to sleep on since it was covered in a thick pile of leafs, it wouldn’t be as comfortable as a bed but still better than sleeping on the ground.

  Varris went and gathered some firewood from the surroundings. Lao was out hunting while Raiden was making space around for a fire as well as laying some blankets on the leafs to use as beds. After he finished, he got out the pan and some bowls, he started to chop some vegetables to cook along with the meat that Lao would bring for their meal for the night.

  Archeon had to keep watch on the prince which was looking around the forest, admiring the place. There was nothing he could tell him as it was mentioned to leave him alone during the journey, unless he’d do anything too dangerous, as such he was stuck with guarding him.

  Time flied swiftly for the prince, much less for Archeon which was stuck with him. When they returned to where they set camp, the stew was already done and the rest were already eating it. Of course they keep a share for both the prince and their captain. The stew smelt delicious and it seemed that Lao caught a nice deer as there was a lot of meat in their bowls.

  “Hope you don’t mind this kind of treatment your majesty. We don’t have any fancy plates or silver spoons around with us.” Varris would joke around while eating to pass some time.

  The prince reacted quite unexpectedly towards his joke “Its really nice, to be able to eat and travel like this, althogh tedious. I do have to say i enjoyed our trip thus far.” he wouldn’t stop smiling as he talked, which surprised not only Varris but those around him as well.

  Seems like everyone was expecting him to whine some more about the conditions he was forced to travel, sleep and eat in. But as the prince seemed to be more carefree, they all had some nice laugthers around.

  “Your higness, if i may. How did your brother ended up marrying such a fine girl?” Raiden suddenly asked the prince out of the blue. Everyone stopped laughing as they too wanted to know what happened since they remember they left Hecate and Shade to recover her. But instead she somehow managed to end up in the prince’s hands.

  Richard had a worried look on his face as he was recalling. Almost as if he was hesitating to tell them “I do not know how he met her or where he even found her. But one thing i call tell you. Around three months ago there was a huge ruckus at the palace as my brother opened up a portal to come back home instead of coming on horse back. I remember that all the physicians in the town were called over since almost all of the soldiers that managed to come back were heavily wounded, some more than others. Out of his two hundred soldiers, only twenty soldiers made it back and barely.” the prince let out a huge sigh, taking a break. “Even my brother who’s quite stronge had some serious wounds. The only one that was safe and healthy was that girl, which my brother was holding in his arms. And since then he took good care of her, he seemed to have grown really fond of that girl.”

  Everyone was quiet as they listened to Richard. Archeon was lost in though as what could have happened. Was Shade the one attacking the prince and his men, all kind of scenarios flashed through his mind. As he came back to it he noticed that almost everyone went to sleep, except for Lao which was staying on guard. He kept him company for a while longer before going to sleep as well.

  At first light they set off. The prince feeling better after sleeping for a longer time as well as resting better cause of the leafs. The morning was nice and warm, but later in the afternoon it got all cloudy. They kept moving as before until the dark of the night would make them stop and call it a day, luckly for them it had started raining.

  The next day was a bit nicer as there were no clouds, but the wind was blowing strong which made them go slower since the prince had problems riding. As they appraoched the edge of the forest they heard a group of people yelling around.

  Lao went up ahead to check the place out then came back to report “Seems like there is a bandit camp ahead, they are only fifteen from what i’ve counted, some more could be out hunting, there is also six prisoners, they seem to be merchants.” he talked with a calm and indifferent voice.

  As soon as the prince heard there were prisoners he couldn’t help but want to rescue them as such he ordered Archeon “We won’t take another step forward in our journey, until we rescue those poor souls. There shan’t be any robberies on my lands, not while i’m around and aware of them.” he tried to sound like a courages and honours man, but he was still asking others to do it.

  Archeon let out a sigh almost facepalming himself “Next time you report the situation Lao, make sure you do it only for me.” he couldn’t help but make that remark while getting off his horse. “We shall take care of this matter swiftly and without causing a comottion. Varris and Raiden you shall walk with the prince towards them as if you are traveling on this road. Defend his majesty if the need arises. Lao try to take the archers out, i will go behind them and deal with those around the prisoners. We shall kill them as fast and silent as possible.” all of them noded towards Archeon as they got into position.

  The prince complied to what Archeon suggested. He went down the road towards the bandits camp along with Varris and Raiden which acted as his guards. Soon being able to see the blocked that was in the middle of the road.

  They were spotted by the bandit scouts rather quickly which reported back to their leader which was in the back. Most of them went to great their new pray with shining eyes. “Greetings good sirs, what brings you through this parts?” one of the bandits had asked the three people that appraoched their camp, which was in the middle of a road. The bandits were all wearing leather armour as for the one who addressed them, he was wearing plated armour like that of a knight.

  “I’m going towards the city of Alathim. What is this about soldier?” the prince kept his cool and with a straight face addressed them in such a way so they wouldn’t get suspicious.

  The one from before smiled as he checked both of them with his eyes “This is just a check out, we are looking for some thives. We’ll need to bother your honours with a search before, we can’t let you pass like that.” the man said as his smile turned sly.

  While they were being distracted by the prince, Lao took care of the archers that were sitting on higher position to spot anyone that might be coming. He climbed behing the first one that was on a tree and from there he threw multiple knives towards the rest. Each one of them hitting their targets in the head, making them fall down from their position.

  Archeon as well quickly slashed through the guards that were positioned by the prisoners as if they were made of wool. Their bodies fell to the ground chopped in pieces. He made a sign towards the prisoners to keep quiet until they deal with the rest of the bandits.

  Both Archeon and Lao moved towards the group that was sitting in front of the prince and their comrades, they slashed them up in a blink of a eye before they could even react, some managed to turn around as they heard something drop to the ground. Only to notice their fallen comrades, but before they could even open their mouths they fell in the same way. In a matter of five minutes they cleared the whole camp withou making a single noise. The prince held his mouth with his hand as he was both shocked and digusted by the gruesome scene that happened in front of him.

  “Was it really necessary to kill them? Couldn’t you have just knocked them out and then leave them to the soldiers?” Richard tried to reason with Archeon after his violent actions, his face still shocked from what happened.

  Archeon didn’t bother with him at all, he completely ignored what he said while they resumed their journey. Already losing enough time from breaks and the incident just now. Their travel being delayed way too much from avoiding the main roads so every incident they had would only delay them more.

  One week has passed since Archeon has left the city along with prince Richard. He almost made half of his journey towards the city of Alathim. Meanwhile at the royal palace in Neptunia, the king, Tolstoj, was reviewing military campaings and tactics along with his generals. It seemed like they were about to get their easter boarder invaded by their neiboughring country with quite a large army of over 100.000 soldiers.

  “Sire, i suggest we deploy our troops as soon as possible to defend the boarder. We have around 5.000 soldiers stationed at the fortres that stands in the way of the invasion. If we move now we could make it in time.” a tall man wearing a palted armour with the crest of an eagle on his chest stood up. You could see the amount of battles he went through from the scares on his hands and face.

  Everyone around started to discuss amongst themselves about the options they had in order to counter this attack. The king made them go silent with a hit of his fist on the table “You do not need to worry of such matter for i already have a way to deal with it. With the minimum amount of casualties on our side.” the king made a wicked grine as he said it, getting up from his sit at the table and heading towards the window.

  At that time one of the general stood up “What would that plan be your highness?” the one who asked was none other than Pallas, which was curious on his method of dealing with such a huge army. His voice would echo through the room, which made all of the other generals pay attention as they picked their interests about the tactis their king had thought.

  “I’ve sent Archeon and his best men to escort Richard to Alathim.” he made a slight pause while turning around towards the table “He will take at least two weeks to reach his destitation as i instructed him to avoid all main roads.” he couldn’t help but smile at this point “He left his soldiers in this town until he would return. We shall use his army to deal with the invaders, they should be able to hold on until Archeon hears about their locations and rushes over there.”

  Everyone was surprised by the kings idea, some of the generals were displeased about it as it involved taking advantage of someone in such a manner. Not to mention making one of the strongest persons in the continent their enemy. But the majority of them started to clap as they agreed with their king. Most of the generals didn’t like Archeon or his band of mercenaries since they wouldn’t serve any lord and showed such defiance towards any nobles.

  Pallas walked towards the king with a delighted face, he couldn’t help but smile since he could finally get back at Archeon for the incident at Hazefol “Your highness, that is the most brilliant plan. But i can’t help but wonder, how will you convince his men to move?” his question was indeed a good one as none of Archeon’s men wouldn’t go anywhere without his orders and most likely they received their orders not to do so until his return.

  King Tolstoj sat back on his chair and clapped his hands. The doors of the room were opened by the guards and a tall man dressed in strange clothes walked in. His looks were terryfing as the plates on his wide shoulders had spikes, the cloak that was being dragged behind him was all ragged but left a strange aura on the ground. He was covering his head with a hood under which you could barely see his face only his eyes would be spotted as they shined in a redish manner. In his right hand he was holding a long scythe with a horrific blade, at the joint of the blade with the handle a skull was laying. All over his weapon various symboles could be seen, but no one could understand them. A truly monstrous figure had been welcomed into that room. As the man approached the king he stopped a few meters away and made a deep bow towards him.

  The king applauded the man that walked into the room “This man here, gentelmen, is none other than the notorious necromancer Kala-hazar Faust.” You could almost see the smile beneath the necromancers hood as the king said his name. The generals couldn’t believe that such a dangerous man was allowed to enter the capital, most of them were keeping their hands on the hilts of their swords as soon as they saw him walk in. “He will be the one to help use convince Archeon’s men to move to the boarder and intercept the enemy army.”

  Nobody dared ask any questions any further as they’ve already guessed that his majesties plans would involve the necromancer. Using his powers to bring back someone dead and make use of them in order to fufill his plans as such.

  Later that day, in the evening the two that were left to watch over the members of the Beasts of Grendel were summoned by king regarding a message from Archeon. Both Elion and Kuang were hesitant as someone from palace came to them with an invitation from the king.

  Although they’ve been told it was a message from Archeon they still had second thoughts, but in the end had went to the palace. Fully armed and ready for anything since Archeon did mention that the king was using someone dear to him as a mean to control him. They were escorted in the palace by the guards. Soon reaching the room where the king was, the whole place was filled with over 100 of the best soldiers along with four of his generals. Pallas being amongst them.

  Still both of them walked inside and headed towards the king. Without making any bow or gesture Kuang cut it straight “What is the message Archeon had for us?” his voice was loud and deep as if he was the king there and not the other way around.

  Although some of the generals around were about to say something to him for now showing any respect they remembered about how the last person was treated by them so they stopped.

  The king addressed to them in a peaceful tone “I had requested Archeon to go and help defend the eastern border, after completing his task. He found it hard to refuse. As such you are to deploy your troops there as he will head straight there.” he told the two that were sitting in front of him with a straight and calm face.

  He knew something wasn’t right, although he knew the deal with their leader and the king he still found it hard to believe “Good joke old man, you can even tell me that i’m gonna be the next king of this country. I’d still wouldn’t believe you, unless you show me proof.” he mocked the king right in front of everyone there and none could do anything since the king told them to stand by.

  “It is as you say.” the king replied while clapping his hands twice. The doors opened wide and a man from the temple of Inga had entered the room. “This man is the one is responsible for the conversation between me and Archeon. As you might have guessed he is a priest at the temple of Inga. And i think you know as well that they cannot lie.” although obvious from the goddess that they serve, the king flet like saying it again.

  Although the man was dressed as such, Kuang didn’t feel convinced at all, but Elion on the other hand has noticed his way of walking as well as how he was behaving, not denying or saying anything, his calm nature,

  “Very well, i shall ask him myself.” Elion has said towards the king, which made a sign with his hand inviting her to go ahead. “Did the king ask Archeon about moving his soldiers to the Eastern border and meet with him there?” her question was just on point.

  The monk made a deep bow before her, holding his hands as if he was praying. He noded his head twice before talking “Yes, that is correct.” he gave a short reply

  “Did Archeon agree upon the kings request?” she continued while looking keenly at him and his every reaction.

  He made the same gesture before answering “Indeed he did.” same kind of reply as before.

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  This just confirmed Elion’s assumptions about him truly being a servant of Inga. She turned towards the king and with a calm yet threatening voice “Very well, we shall depart as Archeon has ordered. Make sure your troops are well informed of our arrivel and won’t get in our way. The slightest mistake they make towards us will result in their heads rolling.” it was quite terryfing how a beautiful elf such as her said this kind of things with a tone so calm and relaxing, that it sent chills down the spins of the soldiers that were around.

  After she finished talking with the priest and the king, both Kuang and Elion left the throne room without even a notice. While they were walking outside of the palace, heading towards the tavern. Kuang placed his hand over Elions shoulder pulling her over to him “Such a cold and merciless elf.” he said to her with a gentle voice after which he gave her a kiss on the cheek. It seemed to have an effect as she blushed slighty, the tip of her ears turning pink “But you know, that place smelled foul. As if there was something dead in that room.” his face turned serious while looking back at the palace.

  Elion lifted her head to look at him “I didn’t feel anything odd, but i guess your senses are shaper than mine.” she leaned on his shoulder as they walked back. If nobody knew them they would think they are just a couple going on a night stroll around the city.

  Back at the palace in the king throne room, just after Elion and Kuang have left, the dreadful necromancer made his appearance again. He was welcomed with applause by the king “Well done, such fine work indeed. It sure made things work faster, killing one of the priests of Inga and then turning him into a doll.” the king was pleased but such actions.

  The necromancer wasn’t even bothered by the king’s reaction instead he walked towards the priests and with one tap on his forehead his whole body withered in thin air. All traces of him existing were erased, not even a grain of ash was left on the floor. “With this the plan is now completed.” he turned towards the king while talking. They both grinned at one another almost as if they were talking through their eyes.

  Next morning, at sun rise a large number of mercenaries started walking outside of the city through the main gate. Their numbers were around 400. The guards looked at them confused, where could such a large number of mercenaries go and who’d even have to money to higher so many. But something made them even more confused when they saw on their shields or chest armours the symbol of the Beasts of Grendel, the head of a pale dragon pierced by a sword. They all marched towards the east in their lead was a beautiful elf girl along with a tall man with cold eyes. Elion and Kuang where leading the whole band towards the easters boarder as Archeon had ordered.

  In that same morning, far away from the capital in a forest. Shade was sitting by Helena’s side, which has yet to wake up, reading books. The amount he read was pilled by his side, he spent all his time reading day and night without taking a break and when something showed up that he didn’t understand he would question the old lady. “What would this book be about, i understand what’s happening but i do not see the reason as too why it is happening.” he’d ask her.

  The way he addressed her was the same as the day he came here for the first time. But still she smiled while looking at him “How about you stop calling me that? Since you never asked for my name, i’ll give it to you, I’m called Tessera Cyath.” she made a slight bow towards him.

  “Also I’m not an old lady, i took this form since its more appropriate towards folk that come over to buy herbs.” she was hesitant for a moment “I’m actually a dryad, but don’t worry i have done nothing to the young miss that’s resting upstairs. Actually i never done anything to nobody.” she said with a shaking tone. Her body changing into that of a young and gorgeous girl, she was no different from a regular girl, except for her eyes which where completely green, her iris had a yellow ring around it which made it quite captivating.

  Shade looked at her without even reacting as she transformed into a beautiful woman right in front of him “So this is how a dryad looks like. Seems like that book had some flawed points in it.” his tone was as calm and indiferent as ever. “Can you explain to me why the witch in this book resorted to such acts?” he asked again while pointing on the page of the open book he was holding.

  The dryad took the book his hand and started reading it so she could grasp what it was he was asking about. After a few minutes of reading “When a witch dipleates all of her mana she uses various methods to replanish it. Since witches are not restricted by morals, religious rituals or any other things they will oftenly use the method that is the most convinient and handy at the time.” she handed the book over to Shade “But that book does not mention such things since humans do not know about it. Also there are other reasons that someone would reach such an act.” she continued to explain to him.

  Her last words seemed to have made him curious as he turned his look from the book to her “And what would that be?” he closed the book and placed it on the table, while looking at Cyath which was standing on her chair.

  She got up from it and moved towards him, her hand moved gently from his chin down on his neck and slided down on his arm. She took his hand and pulled him after her “Come i will teach you this part myself, it will be better than any words you could read.” she talked in a seductive way pulling him after her. Inside the room she left Shade sitting by a bed while she removed all her clothes with one swift move of her hand. She was now sitting all naked right in front of him. Her beautiful breasts were completely exposed and white skin just made it look like she never seen the sun before. Her dark hair only added to her beauty. It was indeed a sight to behold, but that was just another benefit of being a dryad.

  Shade didn’t have not even the slightest reaction while looking at her. He knew about the female body from the books but anything except that he was clueless. “So this is how a females body looks like, interesting.” he tried to compare the books he read with what he was seeing in front of him.

  “Don’t think about those books. They only serve as a meaning to help you understand the surface, but there are far more things hidden beneath.” she took his hand, pressing it against her left breast “Feel that? The warmth of ones body, the softness of the skin, the beating of a heart and also... the pleasure.” Cyath moved on towards the bed, laying on it. Seeing that Shade was still sitting there she pulled him on the bed “Come here, i will teach you everything there is to know about a females body.” she said it with a soft whisper in his ear as she crawled over him.

  It was only late in the evening when they finally came out of that room. Cyath looked exhausted, her hair all messy and with a satisfied expression, Her cheeks still dyed in a bright red colour. She was wearing a different dress than before, a long silkish blue one, it was exposing her thighs on both sides as well as her bust.

  Shade on the other had was still the same, as if nothing happened, one could only wonder just what sort of creature is he. He needs no rest, no food and also has almost no knowledge of this world. He went back to the living room, leaving Cyath all alone to do her stuff. He picked up another book before going to Helena’s room. Meanwhile the dryad went to make herself some tea before going back to her comfortable chair.

  Shade walked up the staris, his steps couldn’t be heard at all. He appraoched the door of Helena’s chambers and slowly opened it so he wouldn’t make too much noise. As the door opened to his surprise Helena was holding her head using her arm while looking at him with a serious face. Her eyes were almost sending arrows towards him as she checked him out from head to toe.

  “Its good to see you’ve finally woke up, how are you feeling?” Shade said with a warm tone while a small yet soft smile grew on his face while stepping in the room and closing it behind him.

  But she wasn’t moved at all by his smile and with a harsh tone replied back “How could i not wake up considering all the noise that you and that old lady have been doing since this morning?” she laid back down on her pillow looking up at the ceiling.

  He took a few steps inside the room “She isn’t an old lady, she is a dryad. The apperance we saw was only a illusion to hide her identity.” he walked towards the bed side and was about to sit on his chair when flew to the other side of the room as Helena casted a spell, making him almost fall.

  She turned around to look at him, she expected him to fall down, yet he was sitting where the chair should have been, but not on the chair but on shadows. Her cheeks puffed up as her little prank didn’t work and turned the other way around “Leave me alone. I will need to rest some more to recover my mana.” she snort at him while pulling the blanket over her head, revealing her white fragile ankles.

  But Shade didn’t do as he was told as his footsteps couldn’t be heard by almost anyone he took advantage of that. He opened and closed the door using a shadow while he sat in the same place.

  Helena peeked at the door from under her blanket, but didn’t check the bed side. She sat on her back with her forearm over her eyes “Why must it be like this?” she said with a shaking voice. Suddenly she felt pressure on her head as Shade started to gently pat her which made her jump up from surprise “Didn’t you leave the room?” she asked with a shocked voice, while warpping the whole blanket around her, only her face could be seen.

  He looked at her with a blank expression while crouching on the bed side so he would be on the same level as her. He looked into her eyes “Why would i leave? You think i would do what anyone told me?” he moved his hand down from her head to her cheek, carrsing it and moving her hair that was covering her face to the side.

  His actions made her cheeks turn red, her eyes were focused on his and not a single word came out of her mouth as if she was charmed by him. As he started to talk again her eyes were focused on the movement of his lips “I will help you recover you mana, that way it will be faster.” she took it in and for a moment no reaction. When she realized what he said her whole face was like an apple, even her ears turned red, she pulled the blanket over her head while making a squeak like noise. She was sitting on the bed like a hedgehog.

  Shade sat on the little space that was free on the edge of the bed. He placed one hand on her shoulder trying to pull her out of there, but she was holding onto it tightly while screaming “NO!! Leave me alone, i don’t want that!” But she was drained of any force because of the poison and lack of mana only made her even more vulnerable, she couldn’t resist at all despite her cries.

  PUlling her around and laid her on the bed on her back. He placed one hand on her cheek as he leaned forward. One second later his face was struck by Helena, which slapped him with whatever force she had left. Shade grabbed both of her arms stretching them wide, keeping them in place as well as locking her legs down. He looked straight into her eyes and she did the same, without a warning he kissed her passionatly. Making her jolt a bit with eyes wide open. He moved his tongue all around her mouth, teasing hers as well as tickling the top of her mouth. His right hand touched her neck with the tip of its fingers, slowly moving down on her collar bone as it made its way towards her breast.

  As soon as he gropped her she jolted again, Breaking from his kiss and taking a deep breath of air. But he didn’t let her do more as he sealed her lips with his again, his hand fondeling her breast gently. He sneaked it under her cloth soon after, touching it directly. His index finger making circles around her nipple and from time to time pressing on it.

  With his other hand he grabbed the back of her head, his fingers running through her hair before holding her still as he stopped kissing. He moved towards her ears whispering gently into it as well as blowing hot soft air. He licked her ear all around with his slick tongue before running it down on her tender neck, leaving a bite mark on it which made her bite her lower lip. All this time she was trying to resist him, he continued to tease her in a gentle and affectionate way.

  He removed the top of her dress as his tailed pulled it off completely. Revealing her silkish soft and white body, it was almost like that of an elf. Her bare breasts were so splendid and big, they had such a beautiful round shape to them. As she was taking in large amounts of air she made her chest look all the more erotic. Her pink areolas and reddish nipples were like cherries on top of a delicious cake which you had to taste.

  He moved his mouth towards her right breast, taking a full mouth of it. That made her moan loudely, it was such fragile and young voice that it was enough to make a man lose his mind. She could feel his tongue moving around her nipple as well as his intense sucking. His hand wasn’t losing either as it was squeezing and massaging her other breast all over. Her face was burning red from all of the things he was doing.

  He stopped teasing her as he gotten on top, holding her head with his left hand as he went for a kiss again. This time she kissed him back, wrapping her hands around his neck. Seeing her actions his right hand slided down on her soft skin towards her nether area, just a slight touch was enough to make her jolt once more. His finger slowly went inside of her, making her break from her kiss from time to time to take large breaths of air. As well as to release loud and extatic moans, his fingers where doing such a fine job at making her lose herself.

  He’d break off from the kiss as well as pull his fingers away from her while getting up. He placed both hands on her thighs, spreading her legs wide open, revealing every part of her. They looked at each other as no words were needed in such a moment. He leaned over her while pushing his hips against hers. That was enouch to make her back arch like a bow, he grabbed her back with one hand as he started to kiss her neck moving down onto her chest and finally stopping on her breasts.

  His hips were moving at a very slow pace, but slowly raised its speed. She placed both of her hands on his cheeks, pulling him over to her as she gave him a kiss. At this point he began to move faster, her moans could be heard through all the kissing, which was soon broke off as they both reached their limits. Helena was moaning heavily, her sweet moans filled the rooms as Shade filled her insides.

  He pulled away from her slightly, Helena turned around and laid on her front, breathing heavily while hugging the pillow “I didn’t expect you do be so gentle.” she said with a half voice “It was amaz.....INNNGG!” her voice suddenly raised as Shade thrusted his thing inside of her again.

  This time he moved a lot more violently, he slided his hand up her spine up to her neck, grabbing onto it as soon as he reached it. He pulled her towards him, making her get up, with her back arched. Her breasts were fully visible and bouncing, her hard nipples were pointing out more than they should. With a swift move of his hand he removed the hair that was covering her back. Kissing and licking his way up her spine towards her neck, giving some bites again. His other hand one was teasing her breasts, but soon stop as it went down, touching her belly with his fingers before reaching her private part.

  Helena’s face was full of extasy, it was clear she didn’t feel something like this before. Her moans became more and more often and filled with pleasure and it wouldn’t be a surprise to say that they were loud enough to fill the whole house. Her hands reached back at Shade, trying to grab onto his head, pulling him more onto her.

  Her eyes soon opened wieder than ever as his hand reached her bottom, her mouth was opened wide with her tongue slightly sticking out. Shade took advantage of that, turning her head towards him giving her a small kiss before biting her tongue and pulling onto it. He removed the hand from around her throat and sticked three of his fingers inside of her mouth after he finished kissing her. Making her moan less lounder, but more erotic. She bit hard onto his fingers as he released another load deep inside of her.

  Shade sat on the bed, with one hand over his forehead, thinking that should be enough for her. Wondering how does this even work with the mana thing, probably will ask later about it since Helena was in no condition of answering.

  Helena crawled on him, sitting on his chest like cat. She couldn’t even keep her mouth shut as she was taking large breaths of air, her chest pounding like crazy. After a minute or two he looked at her wanting to say something.

  She did something that he didn’t expect, she started rubbing herself onto him “You can keep going, right?” she asked him with such an innocent voice yet a very lewd face. Her round and lovely ass grinding up and down onto his crotch.

  He placed both of his hand on her butt cheeks pressing her down, at the same time he’d thrust his hips in contrast to her movement. He looked at her expression, which was filled with pleasure just before she got up and started to ride him.

  Shade looked at her spledid body as it was jolting from time to time from the intensity of the action. Her breasts weres a thing to behold as they jiggled in such an enchanting way. Their fun continued until the next day in the morning, when Helena finally had her fill and fell asleep in his arms.

  He didn’t move at all and watched her sleep in his arms. His face was kind of nostalgic as he moved his hand through her hair slowly so she wouldn’t wake up. Her expression was so pure and gentle, her cheeks filled with warmth like those of a young girl. Not like that horny witch which a few hours ago was filled with so much lust that she couldn’t get enough.

  Some hours have passed and the sun had rised it slowly started lighting up the whole room in which Helena was sleeping, until finally waking her up from her sweet sleep. It was already passed noon and the sun was right in front of the windows of her chamber. Shining down on her, make her whole naked white body shine under its rays.

  She stretched out and squeaked like a cat while wrapping her hands around Shade’s neck which was looking at her all silently. “I’m sorry for hitting you..” she moved closer to his head asking almost with a whisper in his ear with her soft voice that was almost tingling “Its just that, when i usually get mana like that i am treated very unkindly. Since most people don’t know if you are a witch, they simply think of you as a whore and rape you to their hearts content. Its like that for almost all witches, i simply didn’t want to hate you.” she continued to explain to him “But you were complelty different, you were kind and gentle, romantic and rough. I enjoyed it” she looked at him with shining eyes then nuzzeled her head on his chest for a bit “For how long was i unconscious?”.

  His answer was as usual, short and to the point “One week.” cold and emotionless as ever.

  She puffed up a bit after seeing him answer like that. She got up from the bed and with a spin of her index finger clothes appeared on the bed side, she dressed up in a black tight leather jeanes along with a dark green shirt that had its back fully exposed. A large opening to the front giving a clear view of her cleavage. Over it a brown corsait was just the right pick as it boosted her looks even more. She turned around a few times after dressing up, noticing the huge pile of books that occupied well over half of the room “What’s with all of these books around?” she asked surprised as she looked at Shade while pointing at the books.

  “Cyath let me read them while you were resting. And so i did.” again his straight and blunt response.

  Helena’s expression suddenly changed and looked at him a bit grim “So her name is Cyath, huh.” she said in a low voice, but enough for him to catch on.

  “Now that you are better, we need to move! We wasted enough time.” Shade got up from the bed and started to walk towards the door. Helena quickly following up after him. Both of them headed downstairs where the dryad was sitting on her chair drinking tea while looking outside through the window.

  Cyath smiled in their direction seeing that Helena had finally woke up, mostly because of the noise they made last night. “Glad to see you doing well, Helena.” she smiled at her while getting up from her chair, her figure was way more beautiful than before, her formes were oustanding. The dress just helped her even more as it showed them just in the right spots to seduce someone.

  She walked towards Shade, placing a hand on his cheek “Jugding by the noise you two made all night long, seems like what i tought you was useful after allm right?” she smiled at him, her hand sliding off his face before turning to Helena. Her words were enough to make Helena blush and keep her mouth shut as she was already pumping up while looking at Cyath getting closer to Shade.

  Helena snapped out of it quickly, Shade had already moved towards the door and was looking at her. She made a slight bow in front of the dryad “Thank you very much for saving my life.” she extended a medium sized pouch filled with gold coins towards her “I hope its enough for all the trouble caused.” although she was both embarrassed as well as angry she couldn’t help it but thank the one who saved her, before leaving.

  “We need to find the star Helena, so stop wasting time.” Shade’s toned was different from the usual one, it was rashed as well as impatient.

  Cyath couldn’t help but ask as she heard the word star “The star that you two are looking for, could it be she is looking like a young girl with black hair and pale skin. So beautiful that even the goddess would envy her?” her description wasn’t the most accurate but none the less she did mention some features that matched the one they looked for.

  Shade instantly rushed towards her, grabbed her shoulders tightly with both of his hands. His eyes almost burning “Where is she?” his voice was deep and intimidating, Helena didn’t even had time to react to anything, she sat there looking at the one in front of her and remembering the scene in the woods just after the star was kidnapped by that prince.

  The dryad ticked her tongue in disapproval to Shade’s actions “Didn’t i tell you to never treat girls roughly from the start?” she placed on hand over his so he would let her go. But soon she found there was no way he’d release his grip as she saw his eyes, she knew that there was no way he would do that “I’m sorry.” she left like apologizing while lowring her head “There is prince Tristan, son of king Tolstoj Kilken which recently got married to a star. They were the talk of the entire kingdom. I believe the wedding was a week or so ago.”

  His grip tightened as he pressed the question again “Where is she?” he moved his head closer to her. His pressence was almost suffocating the dryad in front of him as well as Helena, black smoke was rising from his body as if he was boiling.

  “T-The city of Neptunia, the prince should still be there.” she tried to answer in the shortest way possible as he was pressing onto her too much. She soon could breath lightly as he let go. He grabbed Helena’s hand and moved out of the house like a storm. Quickly turning into the huge wolf “Get on and point the direction!” he ordered Helena, which obediently did as she was told, either of fear or of free will, who knows to tell. Heading towards the city of Neptunia.