Familiar's Ancient Throne (Book 2 of the Death Incarnate Saga)

by H. Lee Morgan, Jr

  “You mean like Jumping into a wall, rock or other person? Two objects cannot occupy the same space without problems arising.” He spoke.

  “That is one of them.” She confirmed. “But there is much more to it. Normal humans cannot survive the Jump because their mana isn’t strong enough to protect them in that single instant. You and I could Jump without fear, but Brooke would die the moment she stepped through. Also, it is hard and dangerous to bring another life form. Frill can go because he is my Familiar and forever part of me. Lifeless objects have no problems though. Before we ever Jump we check the area is clear before going. So the only way open to us is to travel to Bepop without a shortcut.” She finally yawned and covered her mouth. “Pardon me, it seems I’m tired. I need to write a report before I can rest.” Megdline said and pulled out a quill, an ink container and several rolls of paper.

  “Allow me to help. It will take half the time that way. I will take the experience with the ghost and detail all that was said and done.”

  “That is kind and I accept.” She pulled out another quill and together they began writing. Cage wrote everything and left nothing since the reader couldn’t draw certain conclusions he didn’t want revealed. He also felt the oddly soft and sturdy texture of the paper. It was tedious work, writing the old fashioned way, but the tactile motion was an oddly relaxing experience. From time to time he would find Brooke and the giant cat fast asleep. Eventually he grew satisfied and went over it to check for mistakes or omissions, but it was perfect and he handed it over. Megdline smiled before commenting “You handwriting is very different, but quite precise and beautiful. I shouldn’t keep expecting anything except but the best from you… This is a precise recollection of events and I cannot add anything more.” She admitted after going over it. She went back to writing for another fifteen minutes before saying “Would you like to read it?”

  “Sure.” He took them and noticed in it she kept it professional, limiting personal thoughts and observations. Her concerns were clearly stated and weren’t surprising. Megdline apparently knew how to write details, not fluff. Cage returned it. “I find nothing wrong or omitted because of our friendship.”

  “Good.” She took and used magic to dry the ink to the paper before rolling it and tying a string. Then a golden light, slightly larger than the rolled paper, appeared and she threw it in. A faint pop made a sound as the light vanished. She said “Yes, before you ask, I Jumped the report to the designated spot where the council will read it. I knew the location and it will remain clear of everything as my reports are their greatest concern.”

  “No, what I was going to ask is how you made that paper. It was far too similar to what I’m used to on Earth and it requires technology to make.” He didn’t lie.

  “Oh, well we grow paper from the leaves of a tree. It requires a lot of manipulation, but it doesn’t take much mana or needing to cut a tree down.”

  Megdline went to lay down, but Cage has one last pressing question. “If a mage can Jump using magic, why do couriers exist? I mean, wouldn’t it be easier to teleport a package instantly?”

  She rolled over to look at him. “It takes a lot of mana and not many couriers have such strength. Overall, it is easier and less taxing to physically deliver those priority packages. It also gives bored mages a job to do. Even I did it for a few years. I would have died if I jumped every package that I was called to deliver. Now, let me sleep. This Granny needs her beauty rest. Reflect on what you learned and keep an eye out for trouble.”

  “Sleep well.” He said and go up to sit closer to Brooke. Megdline went to sleep quickly while Cage gently stroked Brooke the way he found she likes in her sleep. Brooke adjusted herself unconsciously and got more comfortable as she pulled Frill in closer like a soft pillow.

  Cage remained alert for danger as he went over all he learned over the few short hours. Many questions had answers, but only served to create more. As is the way of life. He thought.

  Chapter 10

  “Ah… Much better!” Cage expressed before sighing contently.

  “What is?” Brooke asked at his side by noon of the next day.

  “The tingle of magic in no longer bugging me.” He explained and saw Megdline nod easily as well. “Everything feels calmer and peaceful.”

  “Though I cannot sense as you do, but I can feel a change myself. The chill in the air is diminishing. Life seems to be returning. Look, deer tracks.” She pointed to the unique hoof print. Then her brown eyes glanced up and she stopped. “Cage Love, Look! Blue sky!”

  Cage’s eyes swept up between the holes in the canopy and found that clouds still saturated much, but he found spots of blue. “It feels like it’s been years since we last saw the sky.” He wrapped his free arm across Brooke’s shoulder as they continued walking alongside a stream. She wrapped an arm around his waist and smiled brightly with perfect teeth. The trickling stream to their left moved slow and the bank was flat and plenty safe to walk along, even if it looked like no human had ever set foot in this part of the woods.

  Earlier they ate and Cage had to reduce the amount being pulled from him, but when he sensed how much the gems had been taken in only a day, it was a surprise for it contained a great deal. He felt the four total hold as much as he naturally had at his disposal at any given time. For what lay ahead, he knew every last drop would be needed. Before everyone woke though, he took an ice cold bath in the stream and shaved. Brooke nodded in a satisfied way and gave him a deep kiss for removing the scruff. They had ate and set off as the land brightened.

  “If we pick up the pace we should reach Jalara by early evening.” Megdline commented.

  “Why again are we going there?” Brooke asked while still holding her love.

  Megdline watched Frill bound over a stump before answering. “Because it is a small town where we can get supplies. We will need to buy a horse to safely get us to one of the creeks that make up the expansive Oak Tree River. We can either sell or give away our horses to a village to get a boat. We can use the complex river system to remain elusive and avoid unwanted attention.”

  “That was my assessment as well.” Cage confirmed. “When I studied the Laqura Empire map, I found thirty three possible routes with which we could use. By taking away the most likely supply routes it will leave us with twenty two lanes that will bring us around to the ocean, at which time it will be only a two day journey. If all goes according to my mental calculations we will reach Bepop in six days.”

  “Six days till I get my woman back.” Brooke said sternly and felt her heart warm and begin to flutter. She looked up and said “Before you use that all consuming lance of yours on us, I want her first… No, I need to have her. Her fine breasts, lips and flower are mine.”

  “We’ll see.” He answered. “You haven’t forgotten how I can make love to both of you while you do it to each other, have you?”

  “No, that I can never forget.” She finally smiled for a moment before looking down. “Cage, I do not want to explode with the pleasures you give right away. I want to quiver with her and feel her softness. After all our recent hardship, I need her first. Then I want to forget everything as you fill my flower.”

  Megdline laughed. “Few men could make love as you make it seem. Do not massage his pride…”

  “It needs no massage.” Brooke answered in confusion. “He is the largest man I’ve ever seen and have the pleasure of sharing it with a woman whom I love dearly… Cage, show her your lance so she understands why it is so hard to resist not laying down and having you take me for another eight hours.”

  He shrugged, not really caring and undid his pants. Megdline stopped and became instantly red before turning around and walking away with wide eyes. Fill began laughing hysterically at his partner’s reaction while rolling back and forth in the grass. Brooke hurried ahead to smirk at the sorceress. “Now you see why I speak such. He needs no reassurance. It is very hard not to spend all day long being taken by him. He is not like any other man.”
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  In a quiet tone Megdline said “But that is too big. My husband is big and it hurts pleasantly, but I would be afraid of dying from that. How did you stand it?”

  “It isn’t easy, but being tall for a woman helps.” Brooke stated unabashedly and turned her head to see Cage standing with Frill and focusing hard as the cat talked. “Just the head of that lance gave me an orgasm I never experienced and it makes me sing to the spirits for the pleasure he puts in me. The first time I fully took him in, my body shook beyond my control and was hard to breathe. It hurt, but I cannot get enough. If I was about to die of starvation I would still choose to have him fill me. If you want, one day, I will let you feel what it is like…”

  “No,” Megdline said flatly, but not with anger. “I am not Utala. I love my husband and though Cage’s lance makes me curious, I mate only with the man I’ve been with for over a century. He is all I want and need. Besides, if I want him larger, he can accommodate my tastes easily. Also, I do not like sharing… Cage is a natural monster in every way except in large, bulky muscles. You and Meeka can have Cage all to yourselves. I’m just his guide and friend.”

  “What is it like, having only one lover for so long?” Brooke asked honestly.

  Megdline smiled. “Much like how you cannot truly think about anyone else except Meeka and Cage. Those two are always the first on your mind, I’ve observed. Rena, your child, is next and your tribe is after. My first thoughts, even after all this time, is of him and then our children. Frill does not count as he is truly connected to me, the other part of my being. Now may I ask a question I do not understand, how can you make love to another woman, knowing she is also competing for Cage’s affection? Does it ever bother you that she might have more of him than you or what she feels if you have more of him? Most women I know hate each other if one has a male they both desire. I know I would.”

  Brooke looked up with consideration. “I never had to think like this, it is why the Utala truly fight for love. I know I like the softness and curves of Meeka and the firm strength Cage hides behind his male beauty. I love them equally whether I suck on his lance or lick her flower. They are everything I want, they complete me. All my desires get fulfilled when we were together those few brief days. I’ve also seen and felt Meeka responds the same and is eager to make love. I gave her her first orgasm and she gave me many in return. I cannot hold resentment when in my heart I know they both want me. I know the loving ways a man and a woman differ, but I need both. And if the day comes I want another woman or more, they will have to share our love and affection. There is no reason to hold resentment to another sister. If you want her mate you must also come to love her. If she does not want to love you then she is a selfish woman and any male who is with such a woman is not worthy of being a proper mate. Smart men mate open women who have much love to give… I learned much of this thanks to Cage.” She tucked some hair behind her ear and smiled. “Because we Sisters cannot bear children together, we should not hate each other. If every woman felt as I do when I have my mates together… well there would be much less hatred. You must also know something.”

  “Oh?” Megdline inquired.

  “Yes, when I get my woman back and we are safe, you better go somewhere else unless you want to find out what I mean about loving another woman. I won’t resist for long when I get her. It will be a great many hours before we come out after the spirits hear our pleasure.”

  “Then I will spend time with my husband, doing the same thing.” Megdline grinned as Brooke laughed and wrapped an arm over her shoulders.

  Up ahead looked to be an open area with pure sunlight, but before either could react a sudden form sped by them. Brooke instantly realized Cage running at his hardest, but the setting in his shoulders were serious. A dark form streaked right beside him as Frill matched his speed. Brooke, out of habit, withdrew her tomahawks and rushed off after him. Megdline also followed as fast as she could.

  Brooke crashed through a bush she had seen the two males jump through and found them both looking everywhere, even glancing into the sky. Megdline was a second behind and dodged to the side a fraction of a second before running into Brooke. The old sorceress asked “What is it? Danger?”

  Cage set his eyes on Brooke. “It was that feeling again.”

  “Did you find whatever it is?”

  He shook his head as Frill began to meow quickly. Megdline translated since Cage still found it difficult to understand. “He said for a moment he felt someone staring at him and heard a strange sound… But he didn’t see anything. Cage, this has happened before?”

  “Yes, Granny. Twice actually. Once before going to Castle Emroc and again in Frozen Forest. I think someone or something beyond even my sharp skills is following me while avoiding detection… something I don’t particularly like happen.” He explained as he shielded his eyes with a hand to look into the sky again.

  “Frill, what can you tell me?” Megdline asked and listened. “It’s gone now?” She asked and got a nod from the giant cat. “So you don’t know anything, not even catching a scent? Good, so you don’t think it has bad intentions… just watching?” Again the woodsy cat nodded.

  “Megdline,” Brooke asked while putting the tomahawks down. “is there a magic to find whatever it is? Is it the council watching us by other means?”

  “No, the council sent only me and told all in Twilight to stay away while they observed. None who heard the orders will disobey them and risk punishment and no, it is impossible to sense someone watching you through magical means, though you can prevent others from watching.” Her grey eyes scanned the visible areas to find nothing out of the ordinary since they stood in an open field. “Whoever Frill and Cage sensed had to lay their natural eyes on them. Those attuned to nature and hunting as predators can sense when others are looking at them. If whatever it is that is following Cage must have glanced at Frill as well. Because I do not know what to look for, there isn’t a spell to see the unknown. I cannot look for something I do not know. Frill, are you sure it is gone?” The cat yowled before nodding.

  “If it is gone, it must be more wary with you two here.” Cage assumed. “We cannot dwell on speculation. Let’s go.”

  “Hold on.” Brooke said and dropped her pack. “These clothes are too cumbersome. Since the weather is warmer again, I’m changing.” She stripped naked right there and caught the look in Cage’s eye and the tightness of his pants to also feel a stirring in her lower belly, but she put such exciting thoughts aside and slid into the easy bottoms and wrapped the leather strap around her breasts. “Ah, much better.”

  “Agreed.” Cage said and gave her firm butt a gentle squeeze. He got a smile in return. As she strapped the sheathes to her upper thighs he said “Let’s go.”

  An hour before nightfall the four of them came upon the small town of Jalara. Mostly it was a farming community that didn’t get visitors often so their arrival and Brooke’s clothing attracted some attention. The town was half the size of Kote and didn’t seem to be in any dangerous situations. A town few actually chose to live in. Children played freely, telling that crime is minimal around here. One group of men though seemed to be the exception as they eyed Cage and the women. It was also a big deal for Jalara because there were few mages who visited and Megdline’s robe stand out, even in low light levels. Cage asked where there was an inn and an older man pointed them in the right direction. They entered a broken down establishment in desperate need of repair and maintenance. The proprietor was about to yell that no animals were allowed as Frill lightly jumped on a bar table until he saw the robe and staff that Megdline displayed. They received a room with two beds and Cage stopped as he saw the shabby framework. They were little more than a large horse’s trough to hold hay and had it covered with a blanket. All of them wrinkled a nose. Megdline had Brooke open a window as she used a spell to watch as bedbugs and insects were pulled from the beds along with cockroaches and two mice were taken outside and safely released. Megdline then said “That s
hould do it, but I still do not trust those sheets. Who knows what they’ve been through.” She pulled out her bedding and laid it over top.

  They put their things down and waited at the inn’s dining room to find although the place is little more than a large shack, the food is top quality. Cage made sure the food was safe for all of them, finding nothing wrong, they ate a filling meal while being stared at by the inquisitive.

  Night fell quickly as Brooke listened to Megdline and Cage talk more of magic and grew tired of the lecture and waiting. She sat up and kissed Cage on the cheek to say “I’m going out to explore.”

  “This late at night?” Megdline asked.

  “Yes, I need to get rid of this anxiousness. Usually when I would feel this way, I would have exciting sex, but I will not leave Meeka out when she probably feels the same. Since this village isn’t very big, it will not take that long.”

  Frill meowed and jumped down. Megdline said “He would like to join you. He too finds this subject boring.”

  “I would be honored to have the mighty Frill accompany me.” Brooke said to make the cat smile widely. She went to open the door and said “Megdline, you forgot to let us out.”

  “Sorry… I cannot have unwanted ears listening to our conversation.” She explained and stopped the spell that didn’t allow words to be distinguished from the room, but outside noises could come in and none could open the door without her allowing it. The door finally opened and they slipped out. Megdline promptly reapplied the spell.

  Outside, Brooke and Frill walked around in the night to burn off their anxiety and sheer boredom. Then they came upon a large pond and went for a relaxing swim. Broke heard cats didn’t like water, but Frill wasn’t a normal cat and went for a swim as well. Even completely soaked, he is large. Drenched hair did little to enlarge his naturally muscular physique. Later, they went to exit and she reapplied her clothes. Brooke asked a question and Frill accepted her help as she squeezed much water from his fur.