by Eden Redd
Renner turned his stare to Jayson, “What happened in the vault?”
Jayson let out a sigh as everyone at the table looked to him, “Lord Thorne has provided us with something to help us get through the ruins of Nekross city.”
Jayson went on about his experience in the vault and the lantern. He left out the pieces of Thorne’s past but did tell them what the coffins in the vault were for. Thorrin’s eyes narrowed the more Jayson spoke of it. When he was done, many sat back and picked up wine glasses, gulping down the warm red liquid.
“He’s building some kind of vampire army, no wonder why I can’t get comfortable here,” Thorrin said with a hard edge.
“It seems like he is doing it for the right reasons. Everyone down there volunteered to help protect these lands,” Jayson added.
Thorrin’s eyes closed tight as he pressed fingers against them, “I don’t think you all understand what is happening here. I’m all for doing the right thing but the longer we are here, the more of a drain it’s putting on me and Lyra. Our spheres of light are decreasing because we haven’t smote the undead in this castle. The longer we are here, the less effective we will become. It’s not just our stats and attributes being affected; there is a crawling over our skin as if the game is telling us what to do.”
“Did you just use the word ‘smote’?” Renner grinned.
Thorrin let out a tired smile, “Sometimes I get into character but besides that, we have to do something and soon.”
“It’s too dark to travel this late. We will go first thing in the morning,” Jayson said hoping it would be enough to satisfy the paladin.
“Is it true, what the dead paladin said? Should we not trust Lord Thorne,” said Kai as he sat forward in his chair.
Jayson looked to the troll ranger, “I’m not sure what to think. It seems like he’s done nothing but good for us while we have been here. We are leaving in the morning so I think we just need to sit tight and then be on our way.”
The entire table seemed to murmur in agreement except for Thorrin and Lyra who remained silent.
Lunatina pressed her elbows to the table as she leaned in, “I have been working all day on elixirs. I should have enough for each person to have a few vials. We will have to use them sparingly because I have run out of ingredients to make more.”
“Provisions have been stocked, thanks to our host. We have enough meals to last a few weeks in the wild. We won’t need it for that long but we should be prepared for anything,” Lance added.
Jayson nodded, “Then we should all get some rest tonight.”
The party nodded in agreement and lifted their glasses to toast. From there, the evening swirled on. Jayson was swept into the good mood, even though a dark thought kept touching the edge of his mind. Thorne’s words echoed on how one of his servants was found unconscious. The knight sometimes looked to his party members, wondering which one would do something like that. It caused a tiny ripple of mistrust and the player couldn’t help but file it away in his head, hoping he would never have to confront it.
The meal over, the party dispersed in a drunken haze to their chambers. Jayson gave Sonja and Lance each a long kiss before walking to his room, Oksuna at his side. He wanted nothing more for all of them to spend the night together but he knew they would never get any sleep. As he walked, he wondered if he could fend off Oksuna’s advances and deep down he knew he wouldn’t.
The knight and troll were at the door to their room when a shadow appeared from behind. The knight turned to see Lunatina standing there, her head bowed and hands at her sides. In a haze, the player could still see that a concerned look filled her eyes as she bit her black lips.
“Lunatina?” Jayson asked through the haze.
The jester shot Oksuna a glance before turning her eyes downward, “I wish to speak with you, alone.”
Jayson eyed the jester, “Anything you can say to me, you can say in front of Oksuna. She can be trusted.”
Lunatina bit her lip further, “I have some things to tell you….and it is embarrassing.”
Oksuna smiled, “I will not judge you and neither will my lord.”
The jester let out a small sigh and nodded with worry in her eyes. Jayson opened the door and the three entered, Lunatina was quick to make sure the door was closed and locked behind them. Jayson walked to the canopy bed and sat on the edge. Oksuna moved to the side and slid into the bed, lying on her side. The jester stood in the space between the bed and the door, eyes moving as if she was searching for what she was going to say next.
“I cannot thank you enough for letting me travel with you on his journey. I thought I would spend all of my time in the middle kingdoms, working for the Lord King.”
Jayson remembered she was Lord King Belmont’s alchemist and royal jester. Memories floated in on how she helped saved them when the middle kingdoms fell to the trolls. They had travelled together for some time but she stayed to herself mostly, mixing potions and assisting during battles with her elixirs. Jayson had thought she would open up with time but she didn’t seem that interested on talking about her life. For Jayson, the way she was talking seemed like she wanted to get something off her chest.
“I…I haven’t been forthcoming and I feel if we are to continue on this quest, I should speak my mind.”
Jayson gave her a kind gaze, “Lunatina, we value you and you can say anything to me.”
The black and purple jester nodded and took in a deep breath, “Lord King Belmont was insane but I aided in his growing madness.”
Jayson was silent as he listened. Oksuna sat up, her dark eyes on the pale white Jester’s pained expression.
Lunatina continued, “Belmont was a kind ruler but he had his desires and appetites. Women threw themselves at his feet and he would reward them by taking them until they begged him to stop. My mother was one of those women. He never knew I was his child and why should he. Bastards were in nearly every family in the middle kingdoms.
“My family were all alchemists and I was taught the ways at a young age the secret knowledge that comes with the profession. I thought I was better than I was and caused an accident. It destroyed our home and disfigured my body. My mother and father didn’t survive and I was a broken thing on the street. Belmont knew my family and had his healers repair me but could not fix my skin, eyes and lips. To push away the pain, I juggled and danced for the King Lord. He knew my skills in alchemy and gave me two positions in his court, as royal alchemist and jester.
“I was happy for a time, until his madness seemed to grow. I never told him I was his daughter and I think back that I should have. One drunken night, he tried to claim me. I managed to fight him off and knock him out with a sleep potion. I knew deep down he would try again so I addressed his growing insanity.”
The jester kept her head bowed as the words continued to flow, “I kept his madness at bay but I never cured it. The potions I gave him helped keep him impotent until I could figure a way out of his service. He never tried to touch me again but I knew if he was ever cured, his need would rise and he would again try to take me. So, I kept feeding him potions as the kingdom began to fall apart to his madness.”
The jester looked up and stared at Jayson’s unblinking eyes, “You helped me and I am forever grateful. I have seen you fight valiantly and for the good of others. I have never lain with a man before but this quest feels like it might be the end for me. Please, I ask of you, share your love with me before we march into the unknown.”
Jayson’s eyebrows went up as he looked to the exposed jester. He never had the impression she wanted anything more than protection as they travelled. Even during the times, he, Sonja and Lance would enjoy each other’s company, she never joined in, happy to sit off to the side as they loved each other. The whole thing felt off and Jayson opened his mouth to question it. It was then that the jester reached behind and unbuttoned her checkered skin tight black and purple outfit.
The knight stood up as she exposed white shoulders, he
ad turning away in shyness. Jayson moved to her and held her outfit up, keeping her clothed.
“Lunatina, I’m flattered but I don’t believe this is the real you.”
The jester looked up into his kind eyes, “I need you Sir Reed. I need to know what it is like before I end up in the grave.”
“You will not end up in any grave. I will defend you.”
The jester gave a sad smile, “You cannot protect all of us all the time. Please, give me what I request and I will follow you until the end of the world.”
Oksuna moved to Jayson’s side and leaned into his ear, “She needs you.”
Jayson was silent as the beautiful troll moved to Lunatina’s side. Blue hands moved, pushing away her lord’s hands and helping disrobe the jester. The skin-tight outfit fell away and a white body glowed in the dim lantern light. Lunatina reached up, undid her jester cap and pulled it off, presenting herself to the knight. Jayson thought she was beautiful as she stood naked before him.
Oksuna took hold of her lord’s wrist and pressed his palm to his chest. Clothes faded away and he stood naked before the jester. Oksuna reached down and took hold of his member, stroking in gently. Lunatina’s eyes fell to the knight’s manhood and her eyes widened with a hunger.
Jayson felt odd as events unfolded almost beyond his control. Oksuna continued to stroke him, his sore cock hardening to her magic touch. The jester reached forward, also touching the tip with her fingers before curling fingers around the end. The two women stroked him as he stood powerless to stop.
“I can help keep it hard,” the jester said with enthusiasm as she knelt before him.
Jayson watched as she opened her mouth and closed her lips around the tip. Pleasure rolled through him as she lightly began to suck on the tip, playing with the end with her tongue. Oksuna stepped back, shedding her white skin-tight dress and letting it pool at her ankles. Stepping out, she moved in closer, pressing her large chest to the knight and kissing him while Lunatina took several more inches into her tight mouth.
The room began to spin as black lips pressed down along the shaft. Letting out a gasp, the knight pulled from Oksuna to look down at the jester as she hungrily sucked on his cock. Her white breasts and pale nipples bounced with her movements as she moaned her delight. The troll smiled as she watched her lord eye the hungry jester on her knees, sucking with vigor as her head bobbed along the thick shaft.
The wine and spikes of pleasure swirled in the knight’s head. Thoughts slipped away as needs pushed at him for release. Lunatina looked up, suckling and licking, making Jayson’s cock hard as stone. The pain faded to the background but the knight tried to focus through the haze.
Lunatina pulled the knight’s cock from her mouth and stood up. She gently pushed at him until he stumbled back to the edge of the bed. With one more push, the knight fell on his back, his member standing straight up. The jester crawled into bed as Oksuna moved to one side and moved in, bending her head over his cock and taking it between sensual lips.
Lunatina smiled as she moved in and kissed Jayson on the lips, her tongue swirling with his. Before he could even act, Oksuna pulled away and the white jester moved onto him. Pressing her breasts to his face, she looked back as she reached over the curve of her ass and took hold of his thick spear. A nipple wormed into his mouth and Jayson suckled as the jester pushed the end to her thin slit.
“Don’t be gentle….” Lunatina gasped as she moved her hips against his raging hard on.
At first, the knight’s cock strained against her thin opening. The jester lifted her body up, her nipple pulling free and a thin stream of saliva connecting between her breast and his lips. Jayson grunted as he took hold of her waist and helped her along. Lunatina tried to relax but the struggle between them seemed to grow.
“Fuck me Sir Reed! Fuck me!” Lunatina commanded as she pushed her hips down.
Her eagerness spurred the knight on to take a tight hold of her thin waist and push her down on his cock. Pink lips parted slightly and the jester let out a painful moan. Oksuna lay on her side, smiling and watching as her lord could not deny himself any longer. Jayson’s firm grip remained as he turned and slammed the jester onto the bed, the head of his cock between her vice-like grip. Needs throttled him as he pushed his strong hips, parting her inner walls, forcing himself inch by inch into her valley.
Lunatina let out painful cries as she held onto him, urging him in as deep as he could go. Wetness flowed and the inner tension relaxed enough for the knight to plunge his sword down to the hilt. Not holding back, he began thrusting to and fro and the jester held on for dear life. Pleasure caused her to sing and grunt as the knight pressed on with his invasion. Cock thickening only caused the jester to dig her nails into his back, barely able to control herself. Moans rose up as bodies undulated to caged power. Jayson’s mind fell into one; all-consuming need and the jester welcomed it.
“Quickly! Shoot your seed in me! Claim me knight of my dreams!” Lunatina nearly shouted as she spread her legs and squeezed his cock with each thrust.
The jester threw her head back and writhed as Jayson drove himself deep, inches of his cock appearing and disappearing in her hairless valley. Nerves tightened as she moved her hips against his manly thrusts. Lunatina’s eyes shut before something deep within exploded. Eyes opening wide, her mouth made a perfect O as she made a silent scream. Jayson’s cock thickened, pushing her inner walls to the breaking point. The jester shuddered as explosions of bliss paralyzed her mind. Orgasms stormed through her and she shuddered and writhed again and again.
Jayson could not deny himself any longer as bliss caused the jester’s eyes to roll upwards into her head. Molten come spurted, filling her tight space instantly. The knight continued his invasion, spurting very drop and the jester milking every spurt. A golden lock appeared over her head and it opened right before Jayson’s eyes.
The player watched with wide eyes as the lock faded from view and the jester curled into him, sobbing as his body moved on automatic. The knight held her close as his hips slowed down. Come spilled between them and Oksuna smiled her approval as she watched.
“You’re….you’re a concubine,” Jayson said astonished.
Lunatina held him close as they continued to pull every last bit of bliss from their union.
“Yes…yes I am…” the jester said and let the words hang in the air as she smiled to herself.
Eighteen
The gate to the Castle Black Spire closed and the party found themselves on the road, taking in one last inventory check. Jayson eyed the party as they pulled up screens and looked over their items for the last leg of their journey. The sun peaked from the east, the dark sky brightening with each passing moment. The area around them stood desolate. Further east stood the forest where the town of Dark Hearth lay and to the west, the distant spires of Nekross city stood against the base of the large mountain range. Lord Thorne had informed the knight that they would reach the city by late afternoon and Jayson didn’t like the idea of the party staying the night in the dead city.
Lunatina was all smiles as she cart-wheeled around and snatched anything she could grab from people before playfully tossing it back to the person. Her antics brought a number of smiles but soon Sardyna was on all fours and chasing after her. Thorrin and Lyra seemed relieved to be outside of the castle and even cracked a smile as Sardyna leapt into the air and crashed into the fleeing jester. Sonja and Lance moved to Jayson’s side, all eyes on the hellhound and jester as they wrestled.
“All this time, she was a concubine,” Sonja said as she crossed her arms.
“She never seemed interested in joining us before. What made last night any different?” Lance asked.
Jayson touched his hand to the back of his head, “She seemed to think that she was going to die soon. She wanted to lose her virginity and she chose me.”
Sonja’s smile dimmed, “She knew the middle kingdoms were going to fall. You think she knows we are headed for trouble?”
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bsp; “I’m not sure but for now, she seems pretty happy. Sardyna has taken to her like a concubine sister. At least now she will have a home at the keep and a sense of purpose again.”
The party finished up their inventory checks with screens disappearing. Batty, Lance’s concubine was watching with a big smile as the jester and hellhound tumbled across the road. Something off to the side caught her attention. Eyes turning, she stared off to the forest, drinking in plumes of dark smoke.
“My lord,” Batty shouted as she pointed a hand and leathery wing to the rising smoke.
The entire party shifted their gaze to the east, the pillars of smoke rising into the air. A cold shadow filled their hearts as they looked on. Lunatina and Sardyna stopped wrestling and slowly stood to their feet, looking over the green tree tops as the smoke reached into the dawning sky.
“That must be Dark Hearth,” Lance said.
The other members of the party moved in close as they stared off.
“Should we do something?” Sonja asked out loud.
“It will take us hours to get there and then it might be too late,” Kai said with a dark tone.
“This is Lord Thorne’s lands and those are his people. I’m sure he could ride out to their rescue,” Renner shrugged.
“Don’t be a jerk,” Vass said as she shot him a look.
Renner looked on indifferently, “I’m always up to help those in need but that smoke is telling me that we are being followed. Slytha had you guys open the portal but we don’t know if anyone else has access to the same kind of magic.”
Jayson tilted his head forward, shadows covering his eyes, “Renner is right. We can’t go back to help them. If we are being followed, they are just going to keep coming. Our priority is to reach the coast.”
Thorrin crossed his arms, “So we leave them to their fate?”
