In the previous chapter Lish escaped from jail and sneaked into Uzhegh's compound. While she was climbing along the roof she peered in one of the windows and was shocked to find Kerry and Uzhegh having sex. Too stunned to act she only watched as Uzhegh brought her friend to an amazing, head-thrashing orgasm. Kerry collapsed over him, exhausted and happy, and allowed him to fill her womb with sperm. When he was finished he whispered something to her and left.

Lish took the opportunity to slip inside and subdue Kerry; smuggling her out of the city and feeding her a healing potion she had stolen. Kerry reacted violently to it, frothing and convulsing before passing out. She woke up several days later in the town of Giragi and was seemingly healed.

She found herself in very pleasant company. Lish had entrusted her into the care of the beautiful and passionate barmaid Em. Together Em and Lish washed and soothed Kerry, pampering her with soft soapy sponges. The bath quickly degenerated into a wet and watery threesome between the gorgeous girls. Em was introduced to Lish's personal toy and with the help of Kerry's mouth she was brought to a series of stunning orgasms. In the aftermath she decided to pursue her natural gift in magic and to join Kerry and Lish in their race to help the Elven city of Shenor.

Alas, that was not to be. Lish left Kerry alone with Em for a moment while she went to buy food to celebrate their new partnership. Kerry turned on the barmaid and slowly took her in the ass, taunting her even as she brought her to another incredible but embarrassing orgasm. In the final scene Em was misled to believe that she was a burden on Lish. She ran out the door rather than being a hindrance. The third part of Anor Dan Masin picks up from there.

Enjoy!
 
 

Lish did her best to find Em but the cute barmaid had disappeared. She asked around the inn, but Em's friends lied and said they hadn't seen her. What's worse they glared at Lish like she was some kind of abusive bar patron that they had to "handle". Eventually Lish gave up and returned to the room grumpy and tired.

Kerry was waiting for her, stretched out languidly on the bed.

"Any luck?" She asked, smiling sweetly.

Lish glared at her. She walked over her backpack and fished out a map. "We have to prepare for our trip." She said stiffly, spreading it out on the floor and making a show of studying it.

Kerry sighed. "Fine…" she said. She walked over and knelt down besides Lish. She was completely naked. Lish glanced at her and frowned. She turned back and traced her finger along a trail on the map.

"We should take this route. It is not the fastest, but it is the safest. Few humans know of it and it passes the house of the half-elf Drana. She or her husband may have some insight on what was done to you."

Kerry shrugged. "Lish…Shenor is my home city. I know the roads better than anyone does so stop being bossy and stop acting like everything is my fault. If you are so concerned about that silly barmaid why don't you just leave her a note. If she wants to come so bad she can catch up to us at Grent's Grove."

She idly flicked her finger towards a green spot on the map that was about a day's ride out of the city and stood up and walked back to the bed. "I'm sure that little crybaby will be the first in the room after we leave - probably she'll be sniffing through the sheets to see if we did it..."

Lish watched Kerry walk away, her perfect ass shifting as she moved. She shook her head, "Something is really wrong with you." She said.

Kerry crawled into bed and flipped the sheets over her body. "Whatever!" she huffed, turning to her side and pretending to go to sleep.

Lish fidgeted for a while longer, pretending to be busy. Finally she curled up on the floor and fell asleep.
 
 

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The two girls hardly talked to each other the next morning. Kerry woke up first and found Lish stretched out uncomfortably on the floor. She stood over her and poked her with her foot. "Wakey, Wakey…" She taunted. Lish grunted and pushed the foot away, but Kerry brought it back and curled her big toe into Lish's ear. "Wakey, Wakey." She taunted again. Lish smacked at the offending foot and grumbled. Finally she sat up and ran her fingers through her frizzy hair.

She looked up at Kerry, wiping the blearyness from her eyes. "Slept well I suppose?" she asked sarcastically.

"Like a baby" Kerry answered.

"Hmft!" Lish grunted. She got up and stretched.

"How about you… the floor not too hard for you I hope?" Kerry taunted.
 
 

"Better the floor than with you… "

"Well better an empty bed than a crybaby and her doting mother."

"Hmft!" Lish snorted again. She quickly changed her clothes and washed up. When she came out Kerry was still lounging in bed. Lish stormed out to check for Em, but there was still no sign of her. Finally the two bickering girls set off.
 
 

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"You're jealous." Lish said.

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

"No…I am NOT!"

They were riding side by side, trotting along slowly. It was a sunny day and birds were singing all around them on the forested path. They had traveled about an hour out of the city.

"Then why did you hurt Em?"

"I told you already - I didn't do anything!!!"

"Yeah right… She was so happy when I left… and then when I came back she was a mess."

Kerry sighed. "Believe what you want… I didn't do anything, she was just scared, that's all."

"But she was so happy…"

"Of course she was happy! She had just cum. Don't you see…that's the whole point! She made her decision just after she came. You know you can never trust your judgment then; you do silly things. Like you for example; don't you remember that time when you ~"

"Ok. Ok…" She interrupted, squirming uncomfortably in the saddle. "I remember."

She didn't want to believe what Kerry was saying, but it sounded plausible. "Just tell me what happened." She finally said.

"Fine, I will, but there's nothing to say, and I don't like that you don't trust me…. "

"Just tell me anyway."

"Fine. It was like this - she came. Then she told her story. Then I told my story. Then she said she was going to join us and then…"

"Yeah, Yeah… I know all that, but what happened after I left."

"You left and it was awkward at first… I mean we didn’t really know each other - even though we had - you know. Well anyway, I started telling her what she would need to pack - bedrolls and weapons and things like that… But she started getting nervous. The more I talked the more scared she got. You could see it in her eyes - it was like she suddenly realized that she would have to say goodbye to everyone she knew. Pretty soon she was so upset that she put on her clothes and started cleaning. I asked her what she was doing but she said it calms her… I guess it’s her habit or something. Anyway, what was I supposed to do? I mean I didn't really know her, and she is a barmaid after all...

So there she was, cleaning and freaking out when you walked in. I was so relieved - I thought you were going to fix it, but instead she bolted like a rabbit. At the time I thought it was funny - you know, the way her lips quivered before she ran. But then you looked at me and suddenly I realized that you didn't trust me and…"

Lish cut her off. "…and then you were mad."

"Yeah… so I've been acting like a bitch all this time."

"Oh Kerry, I'm so sorry!" Lish cried. She reached out and grasped Kerry's hand as they rode together. "It was all so sudden. And considering what had happened to you… I guess…I guess you're right - I didn't trust you."

Kerry frowned. She began to rub it in. "Lish... who have you known longer, me or her?"

Lish's eyes started to get wet. "Kerry….please forgive me… I am really, really sorry."

"Hmmf!" Kerry snorted, pulling her hand away.

"I really believe you… Really!"

"Hmmf!" Kerry snorted again, riding a little faster.

Lish caught up quickly. "And I want to make it better…. I love you Kerry. You know that right? I'll do anything for you… anything!"

Kerry glanced at Lish sideways, a wry smile forming on her lips. "Anything?"

"Yes, of course." Lish answered earnestly.

Kerry turned and looked at Lish with her patented sultry stare. "Then tonight I want you prove it… my way…"

The hairs on Lish's neck stood on end. Kerry had that look on her face that meant trouble. She squirmed slightly as she thought of how naughty Kerry could be. She knew she was really in for it.
 
 

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Two hours later they were still riding. They had only stopped once for a quick lunch. The horses were sweaty and Lish's legs ached from gripping the saddle. Kerry had continued to be cold and elusive even after their talk. It was torturous, but effective - the colder Kerry was, the warmer Lish became. Kerry ignored her all the same. She kept hinting at what she was going to do to her that night. "…Tonight when I punish you..." she would say. Every time Kerry said the word 'punishment' Lish felt her pussy begin to steam. After a while Kerry stopped talking all together, leaving Lish to pass the time thinking of what she might do to her.

Another hour passed before Kerry finally broke the silence.

"It's too bad though… about Em I mean."

"Yeah…" Lish agreed, perking up.

"She had such a nice body…"

Lish groaned. "Yeah - I know!"

"And what about her ass…"

"Unbelievable!" Lish squealed.

Kerry turned and looked at Lish as they rode "Say…Did you ever…you know…".

"Do you mean...in her ass?"

Kerry nodded.

"Well, no…I mean, I thought about it, but I didn't think she would like it. She's kind of innocent that way."

"Em? Innocent? No way! I think she would have loved it."

Lish stopped her horse. "Little Em? Do you really think? In the ass?"

Kerry smiled at her, stopping her horse. "She would have LOVED it…"

"Ug! I'm getting horny just thinking about it…" Lish stammered.

Kerry kicked her horse and began to trot away. "Well," she said over her shoulder, "now you know what I'm going to do to you tonight…and tie you up too…"

Lish swallowed heavily, a ticklish buzz running across her skin. She kicked her horse forward, falling back into silence. Kerry let her stew in her horniness for the rest of the evening.
 
 

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After dinner Kerry watched Lish build the campfire. They had found a moss-covered clearing in Grent's grove. Tall trees sprang up all around them. Leaves partially covered the night sky, but even so thousands of stars filtered between. The light from Lish's fire flickered across the small clearing, bathing everything in a soft orange glow. The forest was quieter now, though a few birds and owls could still be heard in the distance. The air was damp and chilly.

Kerry leaned back against her backpack as she watched Lish prod the fire into life. She quietly removed a thin elven rope from her pack, twisting it in her hands while she waited for Lish to notice her. When Lish finally looked around she saw Kerry staring at her. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw the rope.

"Come here Lish…" Kerry cooed seductively. "It's time for your punishment…."

Lish stared at the rope transfixed. Kerry smiled, pulling it a little tighter between her hands. With her little finger she signaled for Lish to step forward. Slowly Lish complied, a shiver running down her spine.

"Naked. I want you naked. " Kerry said.

Lish gave Kerry a frank look, her eyes darting momentarily to the rope. Uninhibited she lifted her top over her head, letting her gorgeous breasts spring into view. Kerry watched her, smiling and waiting. Lish kicked off her boots and pushed down her riding pants, bending to pull them off her feet. When she straightened she was completely naked. She stared at Kerry silently, her nipples hardening in the cool night air.

"Come here." Kerry said, snapping the rope firmly between her hands.

Lish stepped forward and knelt down in front of Kerry. "I'll do anything for you." She said, offered both hands and staring into Kerry's eyes. Kerry smiled wickedly and began to loop the rope around her wrists. Every now and then she glanced at Lish's face and found her staring back at her with a serious expression. Kerry tugged on Lish's bonds, pulling them tighter and tighter.

When she was finished, five loops of rope snaked up each wrist like a coiled bracelet. The remaining rope, some thirty feet or so, dangled from a central knot between Lish's wrists. Kerry pulled on it like a leash, leading her towards one of the trees. She threw the free end up over an overhanging branch and watched it tumble down the other side. It plopped onto the soft earth with a small thud.

"Kneel" She commanded.

Lish bent one leg and then the other, kneeling with her hands tied before her. Kerry walked over and picked up the loose end of the rope and started to pull it tighter. The rope slid along the branch until started to lift Lish up. When Lish was only half-kneeling Kerry tied it off on a tree trunk, looping it around and around and knotting it until she was sure it was secure. Then she looked over at Lish.

"How long do you think it would take you to get out of this?" She asked.

Lish involuntarily looked up at the branch. Kerry could almost see her thinking: just use my hands to pull myself up the rope, flip over the branch, then unwrap myself from the tree trunk and then…

"Hmmm…clearly not long enough… Well, we'll just have to tie your legs down too, wont we?" She said mischievously.

She cut two more lengths of rope and began to tie down Lish's ankles, spreading them apart and staking them to the ground. In a few minutes she was finished.

"How long now…?"

Lish looked at her in slight alarm… There was no way she could get free.

Kerry grinned. She circled around Lish and then stepped in front of her, bending down to bring her grinning face closer.

"How long? How long would it take you to get away if I just left you like this and went on alone?"

"That's not funny." Lish said evenly. She pulled at her bonds lightly, causing the pliant branch to sway a little.

Kerry licked her finger and dragged it across Lish's face and into her ear, making her squirm.

"Oh, I don’t know…I think it's pretty funny…" Kerry said, smiling wickedly. "Imagine all the things that might happen to you out here all alone…" She trailed her wet finger across Lish's cheek and over her full lips. "We're really not that far from the city - so many delicious things could happen… Like for instance, I bet boys like to play out here… Imagine if a band of them found you all tied up like this. What do you think they would do…?"

She smiled wickedly, clearly enjoying the thought.

"I bet they would be scared at first…. But then they would work themselves up to it…You know, touching you … daring themselves… arguing… working up their courage… you know, before they fucked you… And there would be nothing you could do about it! I bet once the first one did it, the rest would just die from jealousy. Then they all would have to do it. I bet they would keep you here for hours…you know…fucking you."

Lish winced at the thought. "Kerry…" She said, "I know this is fun for you… but my wrists kind of hurt and I really mean that I'm sorry."

Kerry ignored her.

"…or maybe it wouldn't be boys at all. Maybe it wouldn't even be human. Maybe a horny antelope might come by and mount you. Just like that. Bam! I wonder if it would get the right hole… I bet they have poor aim - imagine how you would feel if some horny antelope came by and stuck its cock in your butt! Ooh! You're such a slut that I bet you would like it!"

Lish stared at her hard, but didn't say a word.

"No? Then maybe a bunch of monks with their heads shaved… Or some icky blooby thing that crawled up your leg slowly! I wonder which you would like better… Do you think you would like the slimy icky thing more or the monks?"

"Stop teasing me…" Lish said.

Kerry's smiling face collapsed into a frown. "The problem is that you don't believe me…See that's your problem - you actually do trust me. You really shouldn't have you know. I mean not after what I did to Em..." Kerry began to back away slowly, stooping to pick up her backpack and giggling. "I dare say, it wasn't very nice." She backed up more, slipping behind a tree. "No, not nice at all."

Lish waited for more, but the forest grew quiet. She could hear Kerry walking away.

"Kerry?" She called out but no one answered. "Kerry…Come on. Quit it!"

But still there was no answer.
 
 

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It took about ten minutes before Lish really started to get afraid. She began to struggle with her bonds, pulling at her legs and twisting her arms, but Kerry's knots were too tight. Her arms began to hurt.

After a half an hour of struggling she gave up. She was almost on the verge of tears. The campfire had begun to die down and the dampness in the air had begun to settle on her skin. She was cold and she was completely naked.

"Kerry…please…" She mumbled, trying to fight back her tears. She had been screaming curses for the last fifteen minutes, but now she was exhausted. She felt her tears starting to spill down her cheeks. "Kerry…" She cried pathetically.

Suddenly she heard footsteps. Her heart began pounding in alarm. She strained her ears to hear; praying it was Kerry.

"You wouldn't believe how long it took me to find a good flexible stick like this." Kerry said, stepping into view. She was swinging a thin whip-like stick that looked like a green sapling stripped of all its branches. Lish sighed in relief - suddenly she felt embarrassed for the streaks of wetness that coated her face.

"Nothing around here but rotten old logs and thorny brambles." Kerry continued, swishing her stick through the air. "How do you think an old wet log would feel inside you? I don't know… Maybe we'll find out later…"

"Kerry," Lish complained, "come on, this really isn't fun…my arms hurt and ~ " Just then Kerry flicked the thin stick against Lish's back. "OUCH!" Lish screeched.

"Shut up." Kerry said.

"But ~OUCH!!" She screeched again. A second welt appeared across the first. Lish bit her lip and stayed quiet.

"Good girl…" Kerry taunted. "Oh my! Look at that! You've been crying!" She began to laugh happily. "What a little baby! Aww…poor little baby…did you think I was going to leave you all alone?"

Lish frowned, mortified at her weakness.

"Now I wonder…. What has my little crybaby been thinking about all this time? Has she been thinking naughty, nasty thoughts?" Kerry said as she bent down behind Lish. "I bet her pink little pussy been getting all juicy and wet!"

Lish shifted nervously as Kerry looked between her legs. She could see Kerry's face getting closer and closer. Suddenly she felt her tongue lap between her lips.

"Wow! Mmmph… you are soaking!" she squealed, licking again and winding her tongue between Lish's puffy lips. "Aww, the crybaby got all horny. What a naughty little slut … Crying and wiggling her little bottom all at the same time. Come here little boys! Come here nasty priests! Little wet crybaby wants to take all your cocks at once… "

Lish remained quiet, flinching slightly as Kerry's wet tongue resumed its lapping between her lips.

Just as Lish was starting to enjoy Kerry's tongue Kerry stood up and moved around her, dragging the switchstick across Lish's skin. Silently she began taking off her clothes. She dropped each item in front of Lish, staring at her seductively. She stood right in front of Lish, her perky breasts inches away from Lish's face. She bent over and stepped out of her panties, crumpling them into a ball. She smiled darkly, running her finger along Lish's chin and tipping it up. She bent slightly, her breast dangling in front of Lish as she pressed the crumpled panties against Lish's closed mouth.

"Open up now." She teased.

Lish kept her mouth closed. Kerry smiled, lifting her thin stick into the air and stinging her on her ass. On the second smack Lish grudgingly complied. Kerry giggled as she stuffed the panties into Lish's mouth, pushing it all in with her thumb.

"What a big mouth you have" She taunted. "I bet men love that, huh?" She took one of Lish's belt straps and tightened it around Lish's head and over her open mouth, securing the panties tightly into place.

"I hope you don't mind that they're a little wet… I've been wearing them all day… and I've been SO horny…But you like my pussy, don't you? You just LOVE me, don't you." She taunted. "Well, answer me!" She said, smacking Lish's ass again with the thin stick.

"Mmmft!" Lish mumbled, unable to speak.

"Perfect." Kerry giggled gleefully.

She plopped down in front of Lish, spreading her legs to either side so that Lish could see between them. She lifted the stick and carefully played the thin green end across Lish's nipples. Her other hand slid slowly down her own body and cupped her pussy. Lish could see the pink folds peaking through Kerry's fingers. She shifted uncomfortably as the stick flicked and rubbed against her nipples.

"Such beautiful nipples…" Kerry said, masturbating slowly. The stick drooped slightly, quivering for a moment. Kerry smiled evilly, looking into Lish's eyes. Suddenly she snapped the tip of the stick across one of Lish's nipples, stinging her lightly. Lish twisted and whimpered. Kerry had not hit her hard at all, but still her nipple burned for a moment and began to throb. Kerry smiled, sinking two fingers deep inside herself.

"Mmmfft!" Lish said in alarm.

"Awww…are you going to cry?" Kerry said, letting the stick slowly drooped down. "I love it when you cry." Lish's involuntarily stared at the stick and then looked at Kerry, pleading with her with her eyes. Suddenly it snapped up again, harder this time, and flicked against the other nipple. Lish thrashed as a sharp pain shot across her chest, only to be relieved a second later by a dull throbbing ache.

"Oh…did I hit it too hard?" Kerry cooed in mock concern. "Maybe I should kiss it and make it better." She leaned forward, fingers still buried in her own pussy, and took Lish's nipples in her mouth. Lish groaned as warmth and wetness instantly soothed the throbbing. It felt exquisitely good. She closed her eyes; whimpering and hoping her punishment was coming to an end. But even then she could feel the stick sliding between her legs, the thin edge riding between her swollen lips. She mumbled in alarm, begging Kerry not to hit her there.

Kerry made her way to the other nipple, kissing it sloppily as she continued to masturbate herself. "Such lovely, warm nipples…" She cooed, rubbing the stick against Lish's pussy. She made her way up to Lish's ear whispering heavily "Do you want me to tell you what I did to Em?"

The stick drooped away from Lish's pussy. Lish clamped all her muscles in alarm, waiting for the blow.

"Do you want me to tell you…?" Kerry repeated.

Lish breathed raggedly through her nose. She hadn't even heard Kerry; her entire consciousness was focused on her pussy, waiting for the stinging blow. Suddenly she felt the stick tap gently between her pussy lips. It was a feather-light tap, but the shock and expectation made her jump against her bonds.

"You like that, huh…" Kerry cooed, lightly running the thin green stick back along Lish's pussy. She kissed Lish on the belt that covered her mouth and sat back and resumed her masturbation. She played her stick up along Lish's quivering body, lifting it until the tip rested once again against her nipples.

"I fucked her…. " She said, looking at Lish's eyes. "I fucked her while you were gone." The stick traveled from one breast to the other, its end quivering as it chose which to nipple to sting next.

"I fucked her hard…" Kerry said. The stick suddenly chose a nipple and snapped against it. Lish twisted against her bonds, fiery warmth radiating through her chest. "Can you guess where?" Kerry asked, her voice brimming with excitement. The stick drew back again and stung Lish lightly across her ribs. "I fucked her in that pert…tiny… little…crinkly…button of hers, just behind her pussy..."

The stick nipped across Lish's stomach.

Kerry closed her eyes, masturbating harder. "I'm picturing it right now…" she said, her eye lids fluttering. The stick drew back and flicked across Lish's body almost at random. "I pressed and I pressed against it with that fat dildo and…. and then… suddenly… that crinkly little button popped open and …Woosh!…your big, fat dildo plunged inside… right into her quivering little bottom."

"Mmmft!" Lish groaned.

"Oh…I fucked her alright… I was fucking her all that time while you were buying goodies for us… and do you know what? She loved it! She could hardly get enough…." Kerry continued stinging Lish with tiny flicks of the green sapling. The blows were soft but very quick. Lish twisted back and forth, parts of her body stinging where the stick struck her freshly, parts of her body throbbing with the remnants of old blows. Her skin began burning like it was on fire, an ache that bordered on intense pleasure like the stinging and throbbing of an itch after you scratch it.

"You should have heard her squeal…" Kerry continued. "Sliding that big dildo into her ass…stretching that little hole of hers… It was SO good…. But that was nothing compared to when she came… you should have heard her… It was only a few minutes before you came back… You were probably halfway up the stairs, walking towards the room. She started to shake all over…She called my name like I was her goddess….and then she groaned deep inside… What a cum! I thought she was going to pass out!"

The stick smacked across Lish's chest again and Lish moaned. Even through the crumbled panties Kerry could hear the moan was slightly more anxious and more erotic.

The rain of flicks suddenly came to an end. Kerry opened her eyes and saw Lish writhing on her knees before her. Her eyes were open but they had a glassy, terrified look. Her nose was flaring open and closed as she breathed hard, her mouth watering around the gag. Her dark skin was reddened with tiny marks. Her nipples were rock-hard and straining in the cool air. She was staring at the end of the stick with obvious fear and her skin was quivering with goosebumps.

Kerry smiled evilly. She ran the end of the stick down between Lish's legs.

"Hmmm…What do we have here…?" She said as she traced a patch of wetness that clung to Lish's soft thighs. "I think the slut likes her punishment... I think she likes to be hit." Suddenly the stick smacked hard against the inside of Lish's thigh, just below her pussy. Lish's eyes widened - Kerry had hit her much harder than before. Her thigh stung badly.

"Do you want me to kiss it and make it all better?" Kerry teased. Abruptly she smacked the other thigh.

Lish yelped. Two red marks appeared on the inside of her thighs. She looked at Kerry desperately. Kerry returned the stare, running the thin pliant stick between Lish's puffy pussy lips. Both girls were breathing hard.

"Do you want me to hit you here?" She asked.

Lish shook her head, pleading with her eyes.

"I'll kiss it to make it better…"

Lish remained motionless. Kerry began to tease the thin stick slowly up and down along Lish's slit.

"I promise…Just one hit and I'll make it all better…" She said.

Lish began to breathe harder and harder; she was staring at Kerry in fear.

"Just one…tiny…little smack…." Kerry teased, tapping the stick on Lish's clit.

The stick drooped down, quivering three inches below Lish's pussy.

"Just one time…and I'll kiss it…I'll kiss it so softly and nice…."

Lish's breathing came in ragged spurts. Slowly she nodded her head; her eyes fixed on Kerry's.

Kerry smiled. "Is that a yes?" She asked.

Lish nodded again, her skin erupting in goosebumps.

"Do you promise to be good? Do you promise not to cum when I kiss it?" Kerry asked

Lish slowly nodded again, her eyes big as dinner plates. The thin stick was quivering a few inches below her pussy. She waited for the sting, her nostrils flaring as she breathed.

Suddenly someone laughed behind her. It was a deep masculine laugh. She heard a crunch of branches as the man stepped closer.

Lish twisted alarm but she couldn't see who it was. Just at that moment the stick slapped up hard against her pussy. She screeched in shock, biting the gag. Stinging warmth radiated through her loins. Almost immediately her clit started throbbing with the aftershock. The throbbing felt exquisitely good; she almost felt like she was going to cum. Onelick from Kerry and she would probably explode. She looked back at Kerry desperately.

"Looks like we have company…" Kerry said, smiling. She was looking at whoever was behind Lish. "Too bad, huh? You were so close too…"

"Mmmmfft! Mmmmft!!" Lish mumbled, her eyes signaling in alarm as she tried to look behind her again. The branches of the tree shook with her exertions.

"Shhh…" Kerry cooed. "Shhh… Don't be rude to our guest..." She stood up, dropping her stick at her feet and started talking to the man behind Lish. "I did like you told me." She said.

"Excellent… But are you certain that she was seen in Giragi?" The man asked.

"Yes, master. Everyone saw her; she made quite a scene with a barmaid."

"Very, very naughty… I knew you would succeed. Now… come here."

At his command Kerry quickly stepped around Lish and hurried over to the man. Lish could hear them kiss behind her. She twisted to see but she could only catch glimpses of the man's body. While they whispered Lish struggled with her bonds. She tried to pull her legs free, but they were pinned tightly to the earth. She was nearly in tears again. She was still struggling frantically when she heard footstep walking towards her.

The man stepped into view. Lish recognized Uzhegh's evil, unnatural smile instantly. Her heart dropped like a stone.

"MMMmmmfft!" she cried as she thrashed against the ropes.

"Ah… I see you haven't forgotten me." He said coolly. "I'm so glad…" He ran his gloved hand across Lish's cheek. She twisted sharply in hatred.

"What an unexpected reunion. I'm sure you are just filled with questions…"

"Mmmfft! Mmmfft!" Lish mumbled.

"What's that? I can't hear you too well with Kerry's panties in your mouth. Whatever are they doing there? I hope you weren't naughty…"

Lish mumbled louder, thrashing so violently against her bonds that that the leaves in the tree rattled.

"Now, now… All that thrashing is going to chaff the bark…Think of the poor tree…" He said, picking up the stick that Kerry had dropped. Lish's eyes widened in horror as she saw the stick in Uzhegh's hands. She began to writhe all the more. Uzhegh enjoyed the show, watching the way her breasts shook as she twisted her shoulders and pulled on the rope.

"I saw you outside my window you know…" he said, idly tapping the thin stick against Lish's nipples. "You were quite clumsy really…but at least you were considerate… Did you enjoy watching us?"

Lish mumbled into her gag, her eyes narrowing in hatred. Uzhegh smiled. He drew the stick back and smacked her on her ribs, his blow stinging much more than Kerry's gentle blows. Lish screeched.

"Kinky…" he said.

Just then Lish felt Kerry fingers touch her ass from behind; she was tracing the curves with her fingertips. She leaned around and kissed the spot that Uzhegh had hit her, trying to soothe the hurt.

Uzhegh smiled, examining the end of the stick and then carelessly tossing it away. He fixed his creepy eyes back on Lish. "So I guess I should tell you the good news… I'm sure you'll be thrilled to hear. …I'm dead. Well, at least everyone else thinks so…" He paused to watch Kerry slide along Lish's bound body, kissing her waist and hips and tracing her fingers across her side.

"Guess who killed me? …You did! I thought of it right then when you were peeking at us through the window. It's such a perfect story! Imagine it: Drow elf escapes from jail, slaughters a bunch of guards, murders me and kidnaps my prisoner, runs back to the elven city… Boy, did that piss off the humans! And with me dead, well, I'm free to go about doing more important things… Perfect really. And the best part is that most of it is true!"

Kerry knelt down behind Lish, bringing her face up between her ass cheeks. Suddenly Lish felt Kerry's tongue lap against her pussy with a long upward stroke. She squirmed away violently, mumbling into her gag. Kerry giggled as she watched Lish's ass squirm around in front of her. She reached forward and grabbed Lish's hips, holding her still. She used her thumbs to stretch her ass cheeks apart and leaned forward, licking her again and tickling her tongue against Lish's clit from underneath. Uzhegh smiled as he watched Lish squirm.

"Normally I would have just killed you…" he continued, "but I really hate to destroy such a good cocksucker, and Kerry is so fond of you…"

He began to unbutton his pants, slowly pulling off a thin cloth belt and pushing off the garment. Kerry mewed as she realized her master was undressing. Suddenly her tongue shot up and plunged directly into Lish's pussy, twirling in a circle around the wet entrance. Lish shivered. She felt her emotions twisting into a knot inside her. She felt utterly betrayed. She wanted to scream, but Kerry's wet panties were choking her. She felt the thin cloth bundled against her tongue. It was soaked through with her saliva. She felt the belt strap against her head. It would be a simple thing to pull it off, but her hands were tied. Even her feet were tied! She was helpless. She couldn't touch where her body stung. She couldn't push Kerry off. She couldn't do anything but twist as Kerry's tongue lapped at her… She just had to take it. She looked forward and saw Uzhegh undressing.

When he was fully undressed he took his penis in his hand and began to stroke it towards her face. Lish could see it right before her eyes; it was long and rigid just as she remembered it. It was like a nightmare coming back to haunt her. She had truly believed that nothing could be worse than the ordeal that she had suffered in the street…but now it was all happening again and she just didn't know how it was going to end. All she could do is watch the man she hated stoke his dick towards her face.

"Would you like to see what I really look like?" he said, staring down at her. Lish lifted her eyes from his dick and stared back at him. His grin grew wider and more evil. Lish remembered the odd shifting under his skin that she had seen back in Retsek. The shifting grew more and more pronounced as she watched. He continued smirking at her, his hand stroking his length towards her slowly.

Lish felt a sickly pull of magic energy centering towards him. The very air around him began to waver as if gravity was warping slightly towards him. She realized that he was going to transform in front of her - a real shapeshifter transforming. She watched with a mix of fascination and revulsion. Behind her Kerry's tongue began licking higher and higher. She was mewing like a kitten as she licked. Suddenly she felt Kerry's tongue swirl against her asshole. Lish's breath caught in her throat. She squirmed, but she couldn't get away. Kerry spread her apart with her thumbs and began to lick up and down, swirling around her ass and then snaking back down to her clit.

Thousands of tiny hairs suddenly erupted from Uzhegh's skin. They began to squirm like worms. As Lish watched they turned in on themselves and plunged into his pink flesh. His entire body seemed to boil over, the waves of gravitational force increasing drastically. His body began to take on various shapes, flipping through each in quick succession: human, elf, man, woman. Lish's attention was caught between Kerry's tongue and Uzhegh's body as it transformed before her.

During one of the transformations she gasped in horror. Without ever having seen it before she knew it had to be Uzhegh's true form. He was an abomination - thin, tall, sickly…but powerful. Seeing it shocked her. He was so cruel-looking that it was almost painful to look at.

Uzhegh's skin stopped shifting. He stood taller than he had been, close to seven feet tall. But he was thin; the bones of his ribs poked out of the sickly green skin. His arms were long and bony, the elbow joints jutting out like knots on a tree. His fingers were longer too, ending in thin black claws. His face was demonic and feral. His long thin teeth jutting outwards like they had been push out with a ball. His nose was two thin slits; his eyes deflated and opaque like a dead fish. The only thing that didn't look frail was his dick. Unbelievably it had grown longer and thicker than before. It stuck out from his body disproportionately, the middle bloated and wider than the head. He grinned as he watched the line of Lish's gaze, stroking his length with his thin, clawed hand.

"Master…" Kerry cooed from behind Lish.

He stepped forward, stroking his penis inches from Lish's face. Slowly he dipped it down, rubbing the tip against Lish's nipples. A wet strand of precum wet her chest. Lish shuddered in revulsion, breathing hard into her gag.

"Master," Kerry said, pushing the tip of her forefinger into Lish's ass. "Fuck her here… Fuck her in the ass. I've got it all wet for you…" Suddenly she swirled her tongue again around the rim, wiggling the very tip around the center. Lish shivered as a sickly tingle bolted up her spine.

"No, she likes that way too much." He said, stepping around behind Lish. "You saw how she came on the street didn't you?"

"Oh Master!" Kerry cooed. Lish heard the wet sound of Kerry taking Uzhegh's cock into her mouth. "Mmmm! Master! Mmmm!"

Lish began to struggle against her bonds again, closing her eyes and praying to Llothe for a miracle.

In a moment Kerry stepped around to her front. She was grinning impishly, her face wet with Lish's juices. "He's going to fuck you now... God... I can hardly wait. Did you see his dick?!" She knelt down in front of Lish, giggling happily and reaching between Lish's legs. Her fingers closed around her pussy, spreading her lips. Suddenly she plunged two fingers inside.

Lish closed her eyes as she felt Kerry's fingers invade her. She tried desperately to close herself off, but Kerry's fingers had entered with disheartening ease. She had wanted at least to fight, but she knew she was already wide open - Kerry had made sure of that. Still, she clamped down as hard as she could, staring up at her friend with hatred and hurt.

Kerry ignored her. She squealed to Uzhegh. "Oh Master, I think she is still trying to resist!" She felt Lish's pussy pulse around her fingers.

"Good." Uzhegh said, positioning himself behind Lish. Kerry's fingers slipped partially out, spreading Lish's lips as Uzhegh pushed forward. Lish jerked her hips to get away, but Kerry held her steady, two fingers holding her pussy open. The head of Uzhegh's thick penis pushed into Kerry's fingers, crushing them aside. Kerry pulled her fingers away to let the head pass, then she began to rub Lish's clit frantically.

Uzhegh pushed forward harder, spreading Lish wide. Her pussy involuntarily began to spread, curling back and allowing him deeper access. Lish cried in desperation as she felt her body opening.

"No." Uzhegh warned. "Don't give in so easily… It's so much tighter when you are fighting it."

Lish bit her lip, trying to clamp herself off, but the melting feeling was irresistible - she was opening wide. She felt Kerry's fingers slip around her clit. She expected her to stroke her more, but instead Kerry suddenly pinched down, squeezing the knob sharply between her fingers. Lish thrashed in shock, screeching into her gag. Her pussy clamped down hard on Uzhegh's partially embedded member.

"Mmm…That's more like it. " He said, pushing forward against the new resistance.

Kerry kept her fingers pinched tightly around Lish's clit as her master worked his thick dick into Lish's body. At first Uzhegh's penis was only barely inside. Lish twisted to throw him off, but as he pushed forward it slipped inside deeper and deeper. Soon it was too late. Her pussy started opening wider despite the way Kerry was pinching her clit. The tiny knob began throbbing and pulsing between Kerry's fingers, straining for release. Lish bit her gag as she felt her pussy lighting on fire.

Kerry let go just in time. Her fingers began to circle around Lish's throbbing clit in small sensuous loops. Involuntarily Lish moaned, her hips matching the tight circles of Kerry's fingers. Kerry lifted Lish's face by her chin and looked into her eyes. Uzhegh suddenly pushed forward firmly, tunneling all the way inside.

Lish's eyes fluttered for a moment and Kerry burst into giggles. "Mmm! You love that don't you!" She squealed, kissing her gag. She began to lick all around Lish's lips, licking up at her nose and her nostrils as Uzhegh moved slowly, sliding inside Lish's hot, clenching body.

"Ooh, my master is fucking you… He's fucking you!" Kerry moaned, beginning to masturbate herself again.

Uzhegh's long hands wrapped around Lish's chest and cupped her breasts in his clawed fingers. He pulled Lish back against him, pushing her breasts together and offering them up to Kerry. Kerry squealed in delight and nibbled her way down Lish's neck. She took the offering into her mouth and began to chew lightly on one of Lish's nipples. Shocks of pleasure immediately radiated though Lish's tortured mind. Uzhegh pushed her breasts closer and closer together, feeding them into Kerry's hungry mouth. Kerry took both nipples at once and began sucking and nibbling loudly. She worked her fingers along Lish's pussy, flicking and rubbing rhythmically.

Uzhegh squeezed Lish's breasts, pulling them towards Kerry's mouth as she twisted her head back and forth, mewing and groaning as she bit and nibbled on Lish's rock-hard nipples.

"Mmmm…Tight…" Uzhegh moaned as he drew his hips back and pumped forward, sinking his length into Lish's quivering body. "Wet and tight…" His hips slapped up against Lish's ass.

Lish froze as she heard Uzhegh's voice next to her ear; it was slithering and snake-like. Her hatred of him momentarily cleared her head. Her nostrils flared as she tried to breathe. She forced her body to stop thrashing. Even though she couldn't prevent them from using her, she could at least make it less enjoyable. She gritted her teeth and tried to remain quiet.

Kerry made her way back up from Lish's chest. She began to kiss her on her gag as she stoked her pussy. Lish stared at Kerry with scathing hate, but also with disbelief. She couldn't believe her friend had turned so completely against her.

"Come on…" Kerry whined, noticing her expression. "I know you like it… Stop pretending!" Her fingers caught Lish's slippery clit. She smiled wickedly as she began to roll the nub lightly in just the way she knew Lish loved. It never failed to bring Lish off. Lish's eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to remain distant.

"You love that don't you…" Kerry teased. "I know you do…you just always cum when I do that, don't you?" She arched her back and lined her breasts up with Lish's breasts. Uzhegh was still cupping them firmly in his clawed hands. She rubbed her nipples against Lish's nipples, turning them in tiny circles as her fingers continued to roll across her clit. "You just LOVE that don't you…" she said, "my nipples against yours….like this…and this…" She leaned forward and nuzzled her face in Lish's neck, reaching further between Lish's legs to cup Uzhegh's cock and guide it as it slowly slipped in and out of Lish's body. "I bet this feels good too…doesn't it? So big…and moving so slowly and nice…"

She began to whisper in Lish's ear. "Do you want me to kiss it?" She said as she flicked her thumb over the tip of Lish's clit. "Do you want me to kiss it here…while his cock is still inside you?" She nuzzled her face deeper into Lish's neck. "I bet that would feel nice….Do you remember how good I am at kissing it?"

Kerry began to kiss her way back down her chest, mewing softly. Lish stared forward into the dark trees as she felt Kerry's tongue and mouth wander down her stomach. Uzhegh pulled his penis completely out of her body, pausing for a few beats. Lish struggled to breathe, her entire body throbbing with life. She could feel Kerry's tongue wandering through her pubs. Suddenly Uzhegh plunged forward again, sliding all the way inside in one quick stoke and hitting a pleasure center. Lish moaned involuntarily, breaking her silence and sending a shower of spittle from between the corners of her gag.

Kerry twisted around, pulling herself up with her hands on Lish's thighs. Her wiggling tongue found Lish's clit just as Uzhegh's cock resumed its pumping. She began sliding it up and down, back over Uzhegh's penis and across Lish's pussy, nipping at her clit. Lish closed her eyes as she felt the entire area become one wet sliding mass.

"That's it…squeeze…squeeze and milk just like that…" Uzhegh taunted. Lish suddenly realized that she had been milking his cock inside her body. She tried desperately to stop.

Uzhegh slowly pulled all the way out again. Almost instantly Kerry's tongue swirled around to where his cock had been, licking Lish's wet hole and dipping inside. Lish shut her eyes tighter, fighting back the slippery, ticklish sensation. One of Kerry's hands curled around the head Uzhegh's fat cock and began to guide it up and down over Lish's pussy. She pushed it sensuously up towards Lish's ass. Lish squirmed as she felt the thick member push against her asshole.

Kerry began swirling it in tiny circles, teasing her. Lish moaned in desperation, biting into her gag. Suddenly her breath caught in her throat as Uzhegh pushed forward lightly. It was aimed at exactly the right spot. Lish shook her head from side to side as she felt herself opening to accept him. Just then Kerry relented. She guided Uzhegh's cock back down towards Lish's pussy, opening her mouth and cupping the base of his dick with her lips as he pushed forward again. Lish grunted, her eyes squinting closed as he buried himself inside her body in one long thrust. Her body swayed forward with the momentum, pleasure shooting through her.

"That's it…" Uzhegh said, feeling her pussy milking him again. She had given up trying to fight it. Even as he taunted her she let her body clamp tightly around his dick, milking in tight rhythmic contractions it as it entered her.

Kerry's mouth wandered back up to Lish's clit, capturing it in between her lips. She began to suck and lick on the hard nub, pulling it out and holding on as Lish's body was rocked back and forth with Uzhegh's thrusts.

Lish closed her eyes and bit into the leather belt. Kerry's tongue began drumming against the same spot, flicking and flicking against her clit as Uzhegh fucked her slowly from behind. Suddenly Lish felt the first ticklish sparks of an impending orgasm flittering through her body. It only got worse the more Kerry licked.

Nooo….. She thought, opening her eyes and trying to remind herself of her situation. Everything was in darkness before her. The dying fire only dimly lit the thick trunks of the trees; the moon and stars were too far to cast any real shadow. She was in the middle of nowhere. She was tied up. The man fucking her was not a lover…It was her worst enemy. She tried to focus on that. The woman flicking her tongue against her clit was not her lover either… it was somebody else…somebody transformed…someone evil. She fought down the pleasure radiating through her. She focused on the fear and guilt instead trying to resist the oncoming orgasm. She began pulling against the ropes in desperation.

Kerry twisted all the way around, using both hands to pull herself closer Lish's body. Her hands wrapped around her ass, spreading it wider as Uzhegh plunged inside rhythmically. She captured her clit once again in her mouth and mercilessly flicked her tongue against it, faster now. Uzhegh slowly drew his thick penis out of her body and plunged it forward again, stretching her wide.

Nooo…. She thought as that little tremor resurfaced. Nooo….

One of Uzhegh's hands left her breasts. It curled up into her hair, pulling her head back slightly. He began raking her hair out of the way, exposing her neck. He scraped his sharp teeth across her delicate skin, his movements still rhythmic and slow. She could feel his fetid breath on her skin.

"You are going to die tonight…. " He whispered. His dick pulled all the way out again, and Kerry's tongue plunged into the absence. Lish squirmed, her body disoriented, her emotions in a knot. What he was saying was vile, she tried to cling to that. Kerry guided the penis back in, licking it before he plunged forward. She used her hands to pull Lish's ass cheeks wider apart, lifting herself up with them and capturing her clit again in her mouth. Uzhegh pumped forward firmly and slowly.

"Soon… You're going to die soon. Your whole life…has led up to this point…tied up like this…" He pushed forward and Lish could feel his penis throbbing deep inside her. Kerry pulled tighter on her clit, sucking it into her mouth and rolling it gently between her teeth.

Nooo…. Lish thought. She heard Uzhegh's words but her mind was focused on her impending orgasm. Uzhegh began pumping harder. Lish's breathing became uneven and frantic. Her body started shaking, her pussy contracting tightly. She was going to cum.

Kerry stopped sucking on Lish's clit, detaching herself and twisting back around to be level with Lish face. She looked into Lish's eyes and saw how she was trembling. She squealed in glee. "Oh, master! I know that look! She is almost there." Her hand darted back between Lish's legs and began to roll across her clit sensuously in just the way that would always make her cum. "Oh God! We’re going to do it… She's going to cum!" She said, kissing Lish frantically on the belt strap wedged between her lips. "There is no way she can stop when she's this close!! Do it now! Do it now!"

Lish's nostrils flared as she fought for breath. She closed her eyes as her head began to spin. Uzhegh drew his penis all the way out and the plunged forward again, pumping quickly and sending Lish's body rocking against her bonds.

"Soon…" Uzhegh whispered. She felt his teeth grazing her neck.

Suddenly she felt a sharp stab of pain. Uzhegh's teeth pierced her skin and plunged into her arteries She twisted violently against her bonds, trying to open her eyes, but she was so close to cumming that it was hard to do. Even as she writhed the pain disappeared. She felt a cold numbness spreading through her neck. It happened so quickly and painlessly that she almost didn't believe it had happened. But when Uzhegh pulled his mouth away she felt a gush of warm blood trickle down her chest. He bit down again immediately. Lish could hear the crunch of his teeth breaking her skin, but she couldn't feel it. She twisted her neck back and felt a weird pulling of his teeth inside her She stared at Kerry, begging her frantically with her eyes.

"He said it wasn't going to hurt.." she said. She was looking at Lish with a strange mix of excitement and concern. "You…you're going to die Lish… But it's ok. I'm going to be here, so don't worry. He said…he said that you might even cum if we do it right…"

Lish mumbled into her gag, trying to say something to her friend. She suddenly started to feel dizzy. Kerry leaned in and looked at her closely, her eyes narrowing in concern.

"Lish, baby, don't fight it. I…I want you to cum. I want you to die nice…" Her hand reached forward again and began stroking Lish's clit harder. "You don't have much time… I can see where he bit you…You have to cum soon…or it will be too late."

Lish mumbled into her gag. She started to feel more and more dizzy. It was true, she couldn't feel anything from her neck - it didn't hurt at all. All she could feel was Kerry's fingers on her clit and Uzhegh's penis filling her. She strained to feel her neck, but all she could feel was a distant pulling in her veins. Her entire consciousness was becoming focused on her body.

Uzhegh began pumping harder, driving his cock into her with strong, rhythmic thrusts that shook the tree branch. He seemed to be going into a feeding frenzy as he fucked her. Lish looked at Kerry in horror, but Kerry smiled sweetly and leaned forward, pressing Lish's face between her breasts.

"Don't be scared…" She said, "I will help you." She used her free hand to guide Lish's hips back against Uzhegh, forcing them to grind up and down lightly. Everything was happening too quickly. Lish couldn't see anything anymore except for Kerry breasts surrounding her face. Numbness was spreading in waves from her neck. She began to feel the world spinning around her, blackness coming over her eyes.

"Quickly…" She heard. "You have to cum quickly."

Somewhere in her deranged mind she believed her. She felt Kerry push down on her hips, forcing her to arch her back and push out her ass. Uzhegh's penis slapped into her completely unobstructed. He began pumping harder, grunting as he sucked the blood from her neck. Lish felt another wave of blackness sweep over her. His penis began pumping faster and faster in and out of her upturned pussy. Her body shifted forward on her knees, pulling at her bonds and stretching her out.

Lish wanted to scream - not through a gag, but scream for real. A ticklish fire had started to burn between her legs. She heard the wet splash of Uzhegh's cock slamming quickly in and out of her.

"Mmm, Yes…" Kerry cooed, "fuck her just like that…she likes it like that."

Her head began spinning faster. She needed to scream. Almost on cue she felt Kerry undoing the belt that held her gag in place. Kerry held Lish's face buried between her breasts as she pulled off the leather strap. Lish wanted to scream so badly she could hardly wait. Her life was ending. The fact slammed into her with horrible force, but all she could feel was Uzhegh cock pumping into her harder and harder.

Kerry was milking at her clit furiously, pulling it towards Uzhegh's invading cock. Everything was confused - she wanted to scream in terror, but she felt like was going to cum instead. Her head went dizzy. Her eyesight was growing fuzzy. The more Kerry pulled at her clit, the more her body felt like it was becoming disconnected from her mind. She just couldn't pull her thoughts together. She could hear Kerry telling her to cum, and desperately she believed her. She began pushing her ass back at Uzhegh.

Kerry pulled her chest away. She was looking at Lish straight in the eyes, but Lish could hardly see her - there was nothing but a fuzzy blur where Kerry's face was.

"Quickly…" Kerry said. "Quickly!"

Lish felt a sudden flaring inside her body. It felt distant, almost unreal. Her nostrils flared as she watched Kerry pull her panties from her mouth. She opened her mouth wider to scream, but there was no sound - her body was too tense, too tight to move. She felt Uzhegh pull his mouth away from her neck. A sudden thought flashed across her mind: why did he stop drinking… Then she realized that he was finished - there was nothing left inside her - no blood, no heartbeat. Her body was completely quiet, knotted like a vice. She realized that she was at the very moment of death.

But then the silence inside her was broken …there was a new, distant drumming like a heartbeat coming from somewhere inside her. In slow motion she realized what it was - Uzhegh was cumming inside her. His hips were slammed up against her ass, his dick shooting his cum into her womb. Distantly she heard his animal-like growling… Kerry was giggling, her eyes glittering with lust.

Suddenly, on top of all those sounds there was another sound - a rushing louder than anything she had ever heard before. She stared at Kerry in utter desperation. She saw Kerry's mouth moving, saying something to her. "Yes…Cum…CUM!"

"Ke….Ker…." She stammered, but at that moment the erotic rush in her ears slammed into her full on. Suddenly Lish screamed with all her soul.

"UUUUUUUUAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

Her voice cracked in mid scream. The pleasure was so intense that it took her a moment to realize that she was cumming.

She almost wanted to laugh with joy. In that one utterly blissful moment her body seized with a pleasure like she had never known. She felt consumed by it totally. Kerry lifted Lish's face by the chin and stared into her eyes. She watched in glee as Lish gasped, shuddering all over.

Lish looked back at her, her lips quivering in an awkward mixture of bliss and horror. Her head cocked to one side, her face contorting to try an express the inexplicable. Her eyes were twinkling behind her pale skin. Kerry watched in utter fascination, the way a child looks at a bug after he has pulled off its legs. Her heart was in her chest as she struggled to understand what Lish was trying to communicate, but even as she watched Lish's body suddenly went limp and the light passed from her eyes.

"I think she's dead master!" she squealed. "I think she dead!"

Uzhegh laughed. His dick was still buried inside of Lish's limp body. He began to transform, his skin pulling back, his stature changing and filling out. Slowly he grew smaller and fuller. His penis retracted back into his body, disappearing completely. His skin grew darker, his chest swelling into feminine breasts. In a moment there was no remnant of his true form, but an exact duplicate of Lish stood in his place. He smiled evilly, slapping Lish's ass as her body hung before him.

"Ooh, Master!!!" Kerry groaned flying into his arms and kissing him on his full lips. "Oh, Master…You're perfect! You are so perfect!!!"

He pushed Kerry off, grinning happily. His grin on Lish's face looked all the more evil - the skin rippling in the same unnatural way it had when he was still in Uzhegh's form. He dressed quickly in Lish's clothes and walked over to her pack, easily hoisting it over his shoulder. "Come on. We don't have much time." He said.

They left Lish hanging there, tied and naked and dead.
 
 

Em hurried down the path. She had never been more excited in her life. Already she had had such an adventure. She had found Lish's note in the morning, hidden between the sheets, wrapped around the magical dildo. Reading it made her heart melt.

While she was packing some of her friends at the inn asked about Lish. They didn't approve. They said she had been pestering them for hours, begging them to tell her where she lived. Em felt miserable, but she also felt thrilled - Lish really did want her. It was true. She cursed Kerry under her breath, swearing to get revenge.

"Nasty little bitch…" She thought. "How dare she!" But even as she worked herself up she involuntarily cupped her bottom, remembering what Kerry had done to her. "Oh….I'll get you back alright…" She thought. "I'll get you…. Right where you got me!"

When she had packed everything that she would need she begged a friend for a ride. Her friend brought her three hours outside the city gates before dropping her off. He was worried about leaving her out in the middle of nowhere, but Em insisted. She said she knew exactly what she was doing. She was so serious about it that in the end he relented and returned home. Em began hiking right away. She was so happy and so nervous that she checked her map every few minutes even though she knew the area relatively well. Within a few hours her feet started to hurt and the straps of her bag dug into her shoulders. She felt miserable, but she hurried forward anyway.

Evening came and she stopped for something to eat. She had packed all kinds of dried food for her trip, but for her first meal on the road she dug into a special treat - a thick, fresh sandwich and two juicy apples. She ate them with relish, pulling off her boots and flexing her tired feet. After finishing the last apple she packed up her stuff neatly and began hiking again, whistling to herself and carrying a big walking stick. Stars twinkled in the sky invitingly - It was just like she imagined it would be.

Nighttime came and even though she was completely exhausted she kept hiking. She walked by moonlight, following the well-worn road and breathing the crisp, clean air. The thought of her reunion propelled her forward. She imagined it in every detail. She would walk right into their camp. Lish and Kerry would be there; probably they would be sleeping together. A small tinge of jealousy coursed through her as she thought of it. She steeled herself to the thought. She would show up anyway and she would win Lish from Kerry.

She began to pass the time by thinking of all the ways she could act when she first arrived.

By early dawn she knew she was close. She double-checked her map - the turn down to the grove was supposed to be just after a small pond. When she found the pond she almost jumped with glee. She found the path a few minutes later. She hurried down…all thoughts of her grand introduction disappearing from her excited mind.

She saw the body from a distance. She was still far away, but could sense that something awful had happened. She moved forward carefully, the blood draining from her face. It felt like she was walking on pillows as she moved closer and closer, moving around so that she could see the face.

"No!!!!!" She screamed as Lish's pale face came into view, her mouth hanging open. "NOOOO!!!"

Without thinking Em rushed forward. Her backpack fell off her shoulders and clattered to the ground. She ran right up to Lish and collapsed in front of her, hugging her hanging body against her own. "No! Please no!" She cried. Bitter tears filled her eyes, running down her cheeks. Her chest began to heave as she cried in broken sobs. "Oh God! Why? Oh Lish why?!!!!"

She couldn't look at the face. She clutched Lish's head to her chest. Lish's arms were still tied above her, her feet still staked to the ground. Her body was slightly sunken, deflated of all its blood. Em sobbed bitterly as she stared at the ropes.

"Oh Lish…what happened? What happened to you?" She cried. Her vision began to blur as she began crying harder and harder. Despair filled a pit in her stomach. All her hopes, all of her petty jealousies evaporated. Her dreams of adventure, her hopes of learning magic and finding a true friend and lover were all destroyed. She began to wail, her voice carrying through the woods, but she didn't care.

After a while her hands started working on their own. She got up from where she was kneeling and stumbled over to her pack. She pulled out a long knife - the very knife that was supposed to serve as her weapon on her grand adventure. She stumbled back to Lish and began cutting her bonds. Lish's body fell forward with an empty thud as the knife sliced through the tough elven rope. Em began to cut her legs free, wiping the tears from her eyes with the back of her hands. Lish's body was spread out on her stomach, face down. Em cried as she looked at her naked legs. She cut the other leg free and rolled Lish over. The body flopped onto its back. Em squatted over her. She took Lish's chin in her hands, pulling Lish's face forward. She forced herself to look into her eyes.

"Lish… I know you can't hear me. But… I'm not giving up. I'm just not."

She took Lish's arms and began to pull her into sitting position, grunting from the effort. She bent down and tried to pull Lish over her shoulders. Finally she managed, draping Lish's dead body over her back. She stood up and began walking back up the path, leaving her pack lying on the ground. She was crying, but her eyes were fixed with determination as she walked forward.
 
 

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She walked for ten miles before turning in a fork in the road. Her entire body screamed in pain as she carried Lish's heavy body, but she walked forward anyway. Her destination was the temple of Hiri - a local legend and the one thing that the people of Giragi boasted about. It was a temple that was supposed to be true to the worth of the individual, not the amount of wealth he or she possessed. Some of the richest and most influential people of the area had been flatly refused. Thus it had earned respect at the cost of the ill will of many powerful people. Em had no idea whether her cause would be worthy enough but she was determined to find out.

She began to pass other travelers. They walked by her with obvious curiosity. She ignored them all, walking forward and carrying Lish's naked body over her shoulders. Three hours later she arrived at the main path leading towards the temple. It was wide and straight and lined with whitened stones on either side. In the distance she could see a large compound with curving clay walls that were partially obscured by trees. She fought down the pain in her legs and began to walk down the path.
 
 

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Two guards stood watch on either side of a huge set of double doors. If they noticed Em approach they didn't show it. They stared stiffly forward as she passed, carrying Lish up the three wide steps that lead to the doors. She pushed one open and stepped inside.

She had entered a large antechamber. The outside light filtered in through colored glass set high in the walls. The light glittered on the polished stone floor, but the room was not very welcoming. Em had heard that those that were rejected from the temple never made it past the antechamber. She walked inside and looked around her.

A door opened on the far wall and a woman walked though. She was dressed in bright blue armor. Her chainmail was adorned with the insignia of an eagle on her chest. Her helmet also had an eagle on it; it's wings flaring straight up on the sides making the helmet look tall and thin. The woman's expression was stern as she quickly approached Em. Her boots clicked on the stone floor.

"You seek healing for this woman?" She asked.

"Yes." Em answered, her determination faltering slightly under the woman's harsh tone.

The priestess came right up to Em. Her face was cold and analytical. She lifted Lish's face off of Em's shoulder and examined it. "This woman is dead." She said sternly.

"She is…She was my friend. She ~"

"This woman is dead." The priestess repeated.

"Yes, but…" Em stammered.

The priestess cut her off. "Why have you come here?"

Em felt herself starting to break down under the woman's ruthless stare. She fought for the right thing to say.

"I want… I thought that…"

"You are wasting your time. Your friend is gone. She has been destroyed." The priestess turned and began to walk away, her boots clicking on the hard floor.

Em felt tears suddenly spring into her eyes. "No." She stammered. "I won't allow it."

The woman stopped walking away. She turned slowly to face Em.

"Did you hear what I said?" She said, stepping closer. "Your friend is dead."

Tears blinded Em's eyes. "No… You have to fix her." She stammered.

"Fix her? She is dead. You best accept that." The priestess turned to walk away.

Suddenly there was a voice from the doorway. An old woman was leaning on a cane. "Bring her here" she commanded.

"But reverend mother…" The priestess complained.

"The girl has obviously shown determination… the very least you could do is examine the body."

"I did look at the body…she's dead." The priestess whined. She obviously did not like to be second-guessed by her elder.

The older woman's voice grew slightly sterner. "Bring her here Aya and stop whining - it does not become you."

The young priestess tuned away in a huff, ignoring the older woman's commands and walking stiffly out the door. Em was left alone in the antechamber. She slowly turned to face the old woman.

"Let me see her for a moment." The old woman said, reaching out with wrinkled hand and gesturing towards Em. Em did as she was told. The old woman began to trace the wounds on Lish's neck. She shook her head, her eyes filling with sorrow.

"Your friend has suffered indeed." She said. "Something very evil has used her." The old woman's hands traced over Lish's face. "Something terrible."

Em looked up at the old priestess and tried to dry her tears. "Is there…Can you heal her?" She asked.

"That depends…" The woman answered. "My young priestess was partially right…a part of your friend has been destroyed. Her soul has fled. We can mend the damage done to her body, but even so…your friend may prefer not to return."

"What do you mean? Why wouldn't she come?" Em asked.

"She has found release. The great secret has been revealed to her; the great promise fulfilled. For most this release is joyous…Our souls are purified of guilt and sadness and we experience true freedom. To force such a soul to return unwillingly is one of the greatest sins. But that may be not true for your friend… I sense that her release was not entirely free from guilt…"

"But how? Why?"

The old woman fixed her eyes back onto Em. "You unaware then of the circumstances under which your friend passed?"

Em grimaced. "Um, well, she…Um… She was naked when I found her and…"

The old woman nodded and motioned towards the inner chambers with her crane. "Come" she said as she began walking inside.

Em followed the old woman deeper into the mysterious temple. She passed through several sparsely decorated rooms before she was finally led into a small, oval-shaped enclosure in the center of the compound. The room had towering clay walls that sloped out and opened to the sky. The only decoration inside was a heavy stone table set on small iron wheels.

The old woman signaled towards the table, telling Em to put Lish on top. The table was only big enough to hold her torso so her arms and legs dangled over the edges. Her head rested against the rim, her mouth hanging open with her chin tucked into the crook of her shoulder. Her eyes were sunken and blank, staring forward vacantly.

"Come" The old woman said, pulling Em closer with her gnarled hand. "Come. Look."

She forced Em to bend closer, making her look into Lish's lifeless eyes. The sight scared her… Once there had been such warmth in them, but now they were utterly still. She fought down the tears that threatened to resurface.

"Look." The old woman repeated.

Em concentrated, focusing in on Lish's pupils. Suddenly she saw something that terrified her - a vision. It was Lish in Grent's grove. She was alive, tied to the trees. The vision was gone in an instant, but Em screamed in terror, her voice resounding through the halls of the temple.

"Strength child." The old priestess repeated. "Look and you will understand."

Em was trembling as the old woman guided her attention back to Lish. Slowly she stared back into her dead eyes. Suddenly she saw the vision again. Lish was alive and Kerry was there…and something else too. There was a thing behind Lish, using her body from behind. Lish was rocking against her bonds, her face contorted in an agonizing scream, but she was trembling too. It looked like she was cumming. The vision faded away.

"That is the moment she is trapped in." The priestess said. "She is playing it over and over in her mind."

"There was a thing…" Em stammered. "A thing!"

"Yes, a thing…" The woman repeated, her eyes focusing far away. "I know of it. There are not many of his kind…but they are evil and they are powerful. They have been gone for so long that most have forgotten them. It troubles me that they have returned. This is one of the reasons that I have decided to help you."

"What was it?" Em said, shuddering in disgust.

"Anazniv… A race as old as any. Shapeshifters that take the form of the beings that they destroy. They are cold and ruthless and can employ very strong magic. They were cast out from this plane when their god was banished. I don't know how they have returned or who the other one was that was aiding it."

Em's eyes narrowed. "Her name is Kerry. She is just as bad as he is." She said venomously.

The old woman's eyes focused on Em's. "You two have run across each other then?" she asked, smiling wryly.

Em blushed. "Yes…"

The old woman continued to look at Em. Something seemed to have sparked her curiosity. "You have some skill… A gift in the arts… Why haven't you developed this?"

"I… I was not strong enough." Em said. "But now…well now I am."

"Yes…We'll see…" She said as she began hobbling towards one of the walls. "Are you prepared to do as I ask?"

Em straightened up immediately. "Anything!"

"Good." She pressed the end of her cane into a small indentation in the wall. Suddenly a bright light erupted from the spot, swirling wider and wider until it formed a glowing circular portal against the wall.

"Take the body through here." The old woman instructed. "There will be a man on the other side, a rather eccentric man. Tell him that the reverend mother of Hiri temple sends her regards."

Em looked towards the glowing portal and felt a sudden thrill - they were really going to help her, her adventure was truly going to begin. With a grunt she began to roll the heavy table towards the portal. Just before she disappeared inside the old woman put her hand on her shoulder.

"The man I'm referring to…he can be difficult… Try to be stern."

Em looked at her oddly and then pushed the table through the portal.

***

Immediately she was engulfed in a brilliant flash of light. She peered into the brightness, shielding her eyes with one hand as she pushed the cart forward quickly. A rush of cold prickled against her skin. The light grew brighter and brighter and then suddenly flashed out. When Em opened her eyes she realized she had been taken somewhere else entirely - She was in the strangest place she had ever seen.

All around her wooden shelves were filled with flasks and bottles. Hooks and strange tubes hung from the ceiling and cluttered the air, swaying against each other gently. Saws and knives lie scattered on long wooden tables. Thick clay urns lay stacked on top of each other haphazardly.

Em's eyes focused on one of the jars. A dismembered eye was floating in a murky liquid, the curved glass refracting the contents oddly so that the eye looked huge and warped. Em's attention flipped quickly from jar to jar - all of them were filled with severed body parts - hands and ears and intestines floating in eerie silence. She screamed in terror.

Suddenly she heard loud footsteps coming towards her from around a row of shelves. Her heat began beating wildly in her chest as she turned to go back the way she had come, but the glowing portal had disappeared. There was no where to go. She spun back around, gripping the edge of the stone table as she waited to see who it was that was walking towards her.

"God fucking damn it!!! Who the fuck is it?!" A shrill voice called from around the shelves. The footsteps got closer and closer, but Em couldn't see a thing. Suddenly a tiny man turned the corner, stepping into view from behind a table. He was barely three feet tall, gnarled and wrinkled, with one eye twice the size of the other. He was wearing a dirty old wool cap that had flaps to cover his ears and a thick wool jacket that dragged along the ground as he walked. The buttons on the jacket strained against his belly. Even though the the room was stiflingly hot he looked cold.

His eyes narrowed as he caught sight of Em. His lips set into a frown and he stomped briskly forward, looking up at her. "Well of all the lousy things to spoil my day… Can't you see I'm busy?!" He blurted. He walked right up to Em and planted his arms on his hips, tapping his foot as he waited for an answer. Em stared back at him dumbfounded.

He thrust his big eye up towards Em and started speaking quickly. "Well? Are you deaf? You look deaf… Yes, you must be deaf - great! Just what I need! A deaf bimbo from the prime to get under my feet and beg and snivel as I work. Just great!"

"I'm not deaf, sir…" Em stammered.

The tiny man jumped slightly when Em spoke; startled. Suddenly his eyes squinted suspiciously. "Not deaf you say… But how can I be sure? Maybe you are only pretending to hear, when really you are deaf…" Again he thrust his big eye towards Em. "You're a slippery one aren't you…Hmmmmm?"

Em's eyebrows furrowed as she tried to figure out his logic. In the end she decided not to press him on it. "Um…I'm here because… Um…The reverend mother of Hiri said that I should… that you might be able to…"

"Bah!" He interrupted, waving his hands over his head like he was swatting away a fly. "Not another fucking sob story. It's always the same: 'Oh pleeeease help me. Oh my pooor friend was so wonderful… Oh I love her sooo much…Bah! Do you think I care? I don't. Just roll her over there and shut up." He pointed towards a small alcove. He began to turn around, but suddenly he thought better of it, instead he leaned up close to Em's ear and shouted loudly. "HELLOOOO…..CAN YOU HEAR ME IN THERE? I SAID, 'ROLL - HER - OVER - THERE.'"

Em covered her ear with her hand, bewildered that the guy still thought she was deaf. She rolled Lish body to the small alcove he had pointed to. Hooks and tubes hung in particular profusion from the ceiling. The small man struggled to climb on top of the table. Finally he stepped over Lish and began to examine her closely.

"Torn muscles…punctured arteries… drained blood…. Why are the drow always so fucking messy when the die!" He muttered. He turned Lish's head to the side and pushed his pudgy fingers into the wound. He began turning her face back and forth, feeling the movements of the muscles and tendons underneath her skin. His frown grew deeper. Finally he pried her mouth open and peered inside, checking her teeth.

Em grew increasingly more uncomfortable as the examination continued. "Um…are you the only one who works here….?" She asked.

"Oh? A three foot gnome not good enough for you?" He snapped as he reached up for one of the tubes hanging from the ceiling. Suddenly he jammed it into Lish's mouth. "It's because I'm short right? Everyone has to be big and tall and have equal size eyes to be good enough, right?" One hand worked around Lish's throat as the other fed the tube deeper down her mouth. Em watched in horrid fascination as the tube sank into Lish's lungs.

The man hopped over to the other side of the table and grabbed a dirty rag that was soaking in a vat of grimy black oil. "If big and tall is so damn good then why are the tall one always dead? Hmmmm?" He poked the rag into Lish's wound, spreading the oil around with his fingers. "And then they all come whining to me. Suddenly it's 'Oh Xilla, fix my friend. Oh Xilla, help me. Oh Xilla, I'll do anything…'" He grabbed a dirty jar off the table and as Em watched he pulled out a few long, blood-encrusted needles. Quickly he jabbed them into Lish's limp body. His hand reached inside the jar for more, sticking them into Lish almost at random.

Em's attention was momentarily distracted by a pair of eyes looking up at her from where the jar of needles had been. A small, frog-like creature with large eyes was half hidden under a metal lid. It looked incredibly cute as it stared at her; it's cheeks billowing slightly as it breathed. Involuntarily Em smiled. The creature croaked happily in response and began to wiggle further out into view. The little thing looked like a frog with its tadpole tail still attached. Suddenly it leaped off the table onto Em's chest. Em yelped in surprise, grabbing it with her hand. The creature bleated happily in her grasp, its tiny feet clinging to her shirt as it struggled for balance. Finally Em managed to pull it off and put it back on the table. By the time she looked back at Lish her body was already half covered with needles and Xilla was staring between Lish's legs.

"Hey!" She shouted. "What are you doing there?!"

Xilla reached up and grabbed another tube. He looked at Em crossly. "Oh… Maybe you know how to do this better than I do. Maybe you want to fix your friend all by yourself. Maybe I should just leave you to do it then…" He muttered.

Em looked down sheepishly. "no...um…I'm sorry… It's just that… um…"

He looked at her crossly, the thick tube clamped in his hand.

"…Just go ahead." Em stuttered.

"Hmmft!" Xilla snorted as he pushed the tube between Lish's legs. He held one hand against Lish's abdomen while the other began stuffing the tube further into Lish's body.

Xilla began muttering again as he worked. "Short is no good. Short is too small. Short is not tall enough… always too short… always not tall."

Em gulped uncomfortably as she watched an absurdly long length of tube disappear into her friend. She felt a pat on her right shoulder as the little frog-like creature jumped back on. This time she didn't bother to push it off. It clamored on top of her shoulder and began to croak happily.

Xilla stopped pushing the tube into Lish and resumed poking needles into her. Soon her entire body was covered from head to toe. He grabbed one last tube and worked a sharp metal tip over the end. Abruptly he poked it into Lish's arm, sinking it deep into an artery. Em's eyes followed the tube to a large empty vat that was splattered with dried blood. Xilla climbed over to the vat and began to reach for a sealed clay urn that was stacked on a shelf above it.

Suddenly Em's frog-like friend began chirping madly and hopping up and down on her shoulder. Xilla shot the frog a dirty look. "Oh shut up!" He snapped as he pulled off the urn. The frog began to chirp louder and louder.

"Ok! OK!" he muttered, putting back the urn and reaching for a slightly more elaborate one stacked on the middle shelf. The top shelf contained the most elaborate urns of all.

"What's in the top row?" Em asked.

"Don't be greedy!" He snapped. "It's too good for her."

The frog began chirping again. A pained look shot across his face as he began speaking to it. "But you know how expensive it is…." He complained. The frog continued to chirp unhappily. Finally Xilla put back his urn and pulled off one of the best looking urns on the top shelf; it was glazed porcelain white and had a red wax seal with intricate patterns pressed into it.

Muttering Xilla broke the seal. Immediately the pungent odor of fresh blood stung Em's nostrils. Xilla took a deep breath, savoring the smell as he poured the content into the vat. The blood was the richest red Em had ever seen. It seemed silky and thick as he poured it. He filled the vat to the very top before fitting some kind of plunger over the top.

"Push here" he commanded.

Em did as she was told, pushing down on the plunger with both hands and forcing the blood through the tube. Soon the blood began to flow into Lish's veins.

"Push harder" he commanded.

Em pushed and pushed until the plunger had sunk most of the way into the vat. Soon blood began to trickle out of the wound on Lish's neck. Its redness contrasted sharply against her dead gray skin.

Xilla worked some of the blood out of the wound with his hands, jamming his fingers into it and manipulating the vessels inside. After a while he began squeezing the skin together, molding it and running his thumbs over the wound as if to make a watertight seam. Amazingly the skin stuck together where the oil had been rubbed. Soon there was nothing left of the wound except for two tiny lines.

He sighed when he was finished with Lish's neck. He reached over to the wall and flipped on two large switches. Suddenly Em heard the tortured whining of a machine jumping into life. The tube in Lish's mouth began inflating and contracting rhythmically, forcing air down her lungs. The tube between her legs began to vibrate. Suddenly a rush of clear liquid shot down the tube, swooshing against the sides before spraying into her body. Lish's abdomen swelled as the tube forced its content into her. A loud click from behind the wall signaled a reverse in direction and the liquid was sucked out. It came out cloudy and white. There was another click and fresh liquid was forced back in.

Em pressed down on the plunger harder, sweat covering her forehead. Blood began to seep from the sides of the tube embedded in Lish's arm, but most of it was squeezing its way into Lish's body. Soon her skin began taking on a more healthy hue. With the machine pumping air into her lungs it almost looked like she was breathing. The liquid pumping into her womb started to come out clear and pristine.

Xilla reached up and grabbed two clamps hanging from the ceiling on thin metal wires. He pulled them down and snapped the ends over two of the needles. He climbed off the table and walked over to the wall where a very sturdy-looking switch was jutting out. He flicked it on for a moment. Suddenly Lish's body convulsed as it was jolted with electricity. He nodded and switched it off.

"The final step is a secret." He said. "You must turn around and close your eyes."

Em quickly did as she was told, afraid to anger the little man any further. She heard him walk up behind her. He seemed to be snickering about something. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain as his fingers pinched down hard on her ass.

"Ouch!" She squealed, turning around quickly.

"Ha! Ha!" He roared, clutching his pudgy stomach. "Gets them every time! Ha! Ha!" He began pinching his fingers together. "Secret... Final secret! Ha! Ha! You can't see! Got to turn around! Ha! Ha!"

Em's rolled her eyes. "Oh brother…." she muttered. "As if it weren't bad enough being a waitress."

Xilla finally calmed down and walked back over to the switch and flipped it on. Lish's body arched as the electricity shot through her. He flipped it on and off several times, jolting her until Em thought she could smell smoke. Finally he flipped the switch on and left it that way. Lish's body contorted and began flopping on the stone table.

He scurried over to a big vat of water and scooped up a bucket full. "This is the best part." He said, snickering loudly. Suddenly he tipped back and heaved the entire bucket full over Lish's contorting body.

Em stumbled back as a loud crackling pop resounded throughout the cluttered room. The water splashed all over Lish, thin sparks flying between the needles. For a moment her entire body was covered with crisscrossing electricity. Suddenly Lish's body bolted upright, her eyes snapping open. She screamed into the tube in her mouth, shaking wildly from the electricity being pumped into her.

"MMMFT! MMMFT! MMMMFT!" She screeched.

Some of the pins mashed up against each other, pushing in deeper and drawing fresh blood. The electric clamps fell off of her and swung freely through the air, tapping against each other and showering brilliant blue sparks over the table. Lish suddenly flopped back onto the table, her eyes wide and frantic as she choked for breath.

Em ran over to her, tears of joy in her eyes. Xilla turned off the switch and began pulling on tube in Lish's mouth. Em grabbed it too and pulled it out faster. Lish's eyes rolled back into her head as she felt the tube crawling up her throat and out of her lungs. Suddenly it came free, the end dripping with spit and mucus.

Lish took a huge, tortured breath. She was shivering, covered with needles and gasping for air. Suddenly she gritted her teeth together, her neck muscles bulging. She looked like she was trying to say something and Em leaned in closer to hear.

"Get….it…out…of…me…" She stammered.

Em looked at her puzzled for a moment and then suddenly realized that the tube between Lish's legs was still pumping water in and out of her. There were so many needles in her legs that Lish couldn't even close them together. Em quickly grabbed the tube and began pulling.

"G….Gently…." Lish stammered.

Em pulled and pulled and suddenly the tube began slipping out quickly, pushed out by the force of liquid behind it.

"Ah…Ah…OOOUUUCH!!!" Lish screeched as the end popped out of her. A flood of water squirted out of her pussy behind it. The tube began writhing in Em's hands as powerful jets of water squirted out. She pointed it towards the floor, spraying away the collected garbage there.

Xilla flipped off all the switches and the machines stuttered to a halt. The only sounds remaining were the wet drips of water falling off the table and Lish's tortured breathing. The frog began chirping happily.

"Oh my God Lish…You're alive!" Em stammered as the realization sunk in. "You…You're alive!!!!"

"Of course she's alive!" the small gnome snapped. "I gave her the best blood in the multiverse. Do you have any idea how precious that stuff is? You can't even imagine - if she even scratches herself I'm going to kill her!"

Em and Lish ignored him. They stared at each other wordlessly for a moment, a deep understanding passing between them. Lish had no idea where she was or what had happened, but she knew that Em had done something for her that she could never forget. She was soaking wet, covered with painful needles and her head felt like it was splitting open, but no matter how much pain she was in she knew it was all going to be all right.

She looked up at Em for a few more moments before a black rush pain flooded her senses and made her pass out. Em caught her head as it collapsed back onto the stone table.

"Shhh…" She whispered lovingly. "It's going to be alright. Everything is going to be alright."

****

They were back in Hiri temple. Em was sitting by Lish's bedside holding her hand. Lish looked like shit; her eyes were bloodshot and her hair was a mess, but she was recovering. Three days had already passed and Em had been by her bedside almost every second.

"Go now…. " Lish croaked tiredly. "Get something to eat and rest. You've been here too long. You've got to prepare for our trip… They say I'll probably be able to walk by tomorrow…and by the end of the week we will be on our way to Shenor."

"Good advice," a voice said from behind Em. "You should take it." Em turned around and saw the reverend mother standing in the doorway. The old woman stepped closer and removed a small ornately bound book from under her robes, holding it before her. "I asked one of my priestesses to look around our vault for something that may be useful for you. They found this." She turned the book in her hands, admiring its craftsmanship. "It is a spell book. A friend entrusted it to us after we helped him recover from a particularly nasty injury. He had been skilled with magic, quite powerful, but with us he found a new calling. I'm afraid that much of the writing in this book will probably be useless to you, but I am certain that there will be some spells of … how shall I say … an offensive nature. Although I do not approve of aggressive acts, sometimes there is no choice. Your future seems to be ripe ground for such situations. Em, I give this to you in good faith. I trust that you will use the knowledge contained inside for constructive and peaceful purposes."

Em looked at Lish for a moment in disbelief. She could hardly contain her joy. "Uh…Yes! Of course! I mean…how can I ever thank you! I mean…" Tears welled in her eyes as the high priestess handed her the book.

"There is one way to thank me…" the priestess said enigmatically. "But we will discuss that later, when the time is right…"

Em opened the book apprehensively, her heart in her throat, but peering inside she could not suppress a frown - the words and symbols were entirely unintelligible to her. She looked up at the reverend mother in distress.

"Hmmm… Yes, it is as I thought. You cannot read it can you?"

Em shook her head.

"Don't worry. I have arranged for one of our order to tutor you over the next several days. It will be much too little, but it is a start. I understand your wish to remain by your friend's side, but perhaps you might consider leaving her for a few hours to accompany my priestess?"

Em snapped the book closed and was out the door almost before Lish could nod that it was ok.

***

Em followed one of the priestess out to a small clearing in the woods. The priestess was dressed in the same rich blue robes as the rest of her order. She was carrying a small stuffed scarecrow made of hay under her arm and several small complex-looking instruments. They stopped at one end and the priestess turned to face Em.

"My name is Tiv." She said sweetly. Em looked at her face and immediately recognized the subtle sense of power that radiated from her eyes. She had seen it so many times before in the tavern as mages passed through. "The Reverend mother asked me to help you. You are interested in learning the art, yes?"

"Yes…very much"

"Very well, I will show you what I can, but I must warn you, I am not very skilled myself and what I say could very well hinder you as much as aid you."

"I understand." Em said, trying to hide the excitement in her voice.

"Ok. Let's begin. Show me something of what you know."

"But I…" Em stammered. She looked at Tiv with a pained expression. The only thing she knew about magic was the playful dabbling of a kid, but the priestess continued to look at her coolly, waiting for a response. "What… What do you want me to do?" Em finally asked.

"Anything."

"Um…Ok…" Em squeaked, suddenly overcome with nervousness. She bent down and gathered some leaves in her hands, cupping them together into a small pile on the soft ground. Her hands shook as she worked. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard, forcing herself to gain composure and to concentrate. She curled her thumb and forefinger together into a ring and held it above the pile of leaves. She worked for a few moments, looking up at the sun and tilting her hand so that she could capture a beam filtering through the trees between her fingers. She breathed out slowly, curling her fingers closer together and tightening the circle. Her tongue poked out of the side of her mouth in concentration. Suddenly the pile of leaves began smoldering. Quickly Em bent down and began to blow on the pile. After a few minutes of gentle coaxing she had a small fire. She looked up happily at the priestess, slightly embarrassed but nonetheless proud. She had lit a fire with nothing but sunlight and her hand.

Tiv looked unimpressed. Without a word she walked to the other end of the clearing and planted the straw scarecrow into the ground, pushing the sharp end of the stick into the soft soil. She walked back to where Em was standing and turned around to face the scarecrow.

"Concentrate on the manipulations of energy, not the exact movements of my hands." She said as she opened the spell book. She quickly glanced over a spell, reminding herself of the details, then she closed the book. She began to hum deeply and slowly raise her hands. Immediately Em could feel the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end. It was a feeling that she instinctively recognized as magic energy.

As Tiv concentrated the potency and potential of that energy rose and faltered. It was as if she was struggling to gather the power she needed to cast her spell. She closed her eyes and concentrated more deeply. Suddenly the air began to tingle with potential. Em watched in awe as Tiv quickly worked the invisible energy as prescribed by the spell.

There was a sudden blinding flash and a clap like thunder. Something streaked from the spell caster's hands and burst against the scarecrow. Burning straw exploded into the air, the stick twisting inside the earth as it was ripped sideways. It all happened so fast that Em was left standing breathless and confused. She had felt something - a kind of recognition that immediately disappeared. It was like forgetting the words to a song the moment the beat is gone. Still….she had understood while the beat was there. It made her heart leap.

"That…That was incredible!!!!" she said, running over to the ruined scarecrow. "You're amazing! I've never seen anything…anything so powerful!"

The spell caster frowned. She walked over and took Em by the shoulder, staring at her seriously. "Look. The reverend mother told me to come out here and teach you this spell, so I'm out here… But I am going to be honest with you - you really have no idea what you are getting into. Sure it is neat to blow up a pile of straw, but that's all it is - a pile of straw. If this had been a real fight I would have been dead. Dead ! And nobody would drag me to a temple and bring me back either."

Em looked at her incredulously; her eyes still filled with wonder.

"Try to understand." Tiv continued. "It took me more than five minutes to build up the energy for just that one spell. Five minutes… Do you know what could happen in five full minutes during a battle? Do you have any idea how people react when they see a spell caster trying to cast a spell? Everyone - and I mean everyone - gets terrified. If they have 20 archers on their side, 19 of them will be aiming at you. If they have 20 fighters, all 20 of them will make a mad rush towards you - anything to kill the spell caster. And the fighters on your side? Do you think they want to be hit in the back? No, they clear right out of the way quicker than you can count. You are left standing out in the open with the whole world trying to kill you.

And god forbid there's another spell caster against you. The energy we use is universal - what he does affects your spell. It is like trying to swim in a storm - the minute you have your head above water a big wave comes and drowns you.

I have to be honest with you. There are spell casters out there that have been training for years at the best academies with the best teachers. They are so skilled it makes your heart sing just to watch them. But even so, outside the clean quiet atmosphere of their study halls they grow flustered and die quickly and brutally. And you…you're just too late. Even with years of study you will only get you so far… and in the end a simple sword or arrow will be just as effective in ending your life. Why torture yourself? No.. The best thing to do is to stay out of trouble. You can become a healer or a priestess. Nobody wants to kill a priestess. It is the safest position in battle and one of the most important. Soldiers love priestesses, but they hate and fear spell users…."

Em frowned. She looked at the spell book in Tiv's hands and felt a rush of adrenaline. She really had understood the spell when she had cast it. The feeling of it still hummed in her veins. Somehow, from somewhere, she knew she could master the same kind of energy. She could mold it and send it hurling forward. She could learn its secrets… afterwards she could worry about safety. She had already been a waitress and maid. She had already given up her study of magic once; she was not about to be dissuaded again.

"Thanks….but, well… I'm just going to take my chances." She said plainly.

Tiv shook her head. "I know the feeling… I had it too. There is only one way to learn…the hard way." She leveled her eyes on Em. "Just one more piece of advice then… if you are going to do this you have to do it all the way. You've got to rely on it - live it, breathe it - or you will never amount to anything. It will fail you just when you need it most. Don’t carry a sword and shield into battle and think you will throw them down and suddenly cast your spell…It takes more concentration than that… You must constantly be in tune…"

"I understand."

Tiv opened the book. "Ok…. Now concentrate. The first part is most important for beginners. This symbol means…."

***

Three days later Em still had not successfully cast a spell. She was out in the field with a new scarecrow. It was staring at her tauntingly when Lish came out to visit her.

"Em…. I'm sure you will get it eventually…" She said encouragingly.

Em shrugged her shoulders. She looked tired and disheartened.

"Don't worry about it so much…" Lish continued. "You can practice more on the way… that is if you are still willing to come with me."

Em looked at her softly. "Of course I am…. It's just that I wanted to learn this so badly. I'm not good with a sword, so I need this to be helpful." She said.

"Sword?" Lish laughed. "I am not letting you get anywhere near a sword, nor a battle. You can be useful by staying out of dangers way. That's all I ask. No come on… the reverend mother is loaning us some gear… I'm not fond of blue robes, but until we can reclaim our packs it's all we have."
 
 

They were at the temple door, ready to venture out. They each carried a small pack filed with food. The reverend mother greeted them at the temple steps.

"I hope your stay here has been a pleasant one…" she said.

"We don't know how to thank you." Lish answered, bowing deeply. "I owe you everything. I am not used to being in anyone's debt so please forgive me if I am awkward…. Of course I will do anything you ask of me. Please tell me if there is any way I can repay you."

The old priestess smiled. "Yes… You do owe me more than many… Even the packs on your back are mine… But now that I think of it, there is a way you can repay me..."

Em and Lish looked up expectantly.

"There is a particular priestess at my temple… proud and stubborn… she will accompany you on your travels. This is how you may repay me."

"Of course…" Lish said, hiding her displeasure at the idea of traveling with someone that she did not know. "But, who is this priestess and why is it important for you that she accompanies us?"

"Her name is Aya and my reasons are my own." She said. She called out behind her and a few moments later Em and Lish heard brisk footsteps coming their way. A tall, thin woman in well-wrought chainmail stepped into view. It was the priestess that had first greeted Em at the door and rudely rebuffed her.

"Aya, I believe you have already met Em…and this is Lish, the woman who you were so ready to turn away." The reverend mother's voice was cold as she addressed the young priestess.

Aya turned and bowed curtly to Em and Lish. "I have been told to travel with you." She said coldly. "We are leaving now then?"

Lish nodded.

"Very well. Follow me. The road is just this way." She said as she began to march away. She didn't so much as a goodbye to the reverend mother and she acted as if she were the leader of the group.

Lish and Em looked at each other with an expression that said "yeah right…." They let Aya wait at the end of the path as they slowly adjusted their packs and said goodbye to the reverend mother. When they finally left Aya was waiting for them impatiently. They ignored her, talking to each other as they walked past.

"I don't like this any more than you do." She called out curtly as they walked past. "My job is to accompany you to your destination - that is all. There were no orders to be friendly... So, I will do what I can to keep you safe on the road, but we do things my way." It was obvious that she had rehearsed the lines over and over again in her head.

Lish stopped walking and slowly turned around. Em felt her skin rise in goosebumps as Lish stepped right up in front of Aya. For a moment the two women stared at each other. Aya was slightly taller. Her blond hair and white skin contrasted sharply against Lish's dark skin and elven features. Her ample chest pushed out her shining chainmail, the shining blue eagle spread out against them. She looked stronger than Lish, but Lish seemed by far the quicker. In a fight it would be anyone's guess who would win. She glared back at Lish unflinching. Slowly a feral grin spread across Lish's features. She leaned in closer as if to smell her.

"What do you think Em, is she a virgin?" she asked mockingly.

A wry smile came across Em's lips. "Must be…. Why else would she be so uptight?"

"Yeah… but at her age…. It must be killing her." Lish continued.

"That's probably why she acts like such a bitch." Em said.

"This is ridiculous!" Aya interrupted, pushing past Lish and walking briskly down the road. "You two are like children!"

Em and Lish quickly fell behind, talking loudly so that she could hear.

"Can a priestess even masturbate?" Em asked.

"I don't know… Maybe we should ask her."

"No…That would be rude. I mean touching yourself is kind of personal, don't you think?"

"Yeah, but aren't you curious? I mean a virgin priestess! She probably rubs herself every chance she gets!"

"I bet she's really good at it too. I bet she can get herself off in a minute!"

"Hey Aya," Lish called out." How long does it take? A minute? Two minutes?"

Aya ignored them, walking stiffly and wishing that she had kept her mouth shut or at least made the attempt to be friendly. It was looking to be a long journey for her.

"Lish! I told you not to ask her! It's so rude of you! What if she gets horny right here? How is she going to keep us safe and tell us what to do if she's off in the woods masturbating?"

"Good point Em. I hear that just about anything can touch off these virgin priestesses. I think we should be more careful. I mean look at the way she's waving her ass at us as she marches. It's like she's just dying for it."

Suddenly Aya whirled around, her chest heaving under her chainmail. "Look, I'm sorry! I know that I come off as rude, but it's just the way I am. Anyway, I was angry. My mother commands me around all the time and I just can't take it. So, I'm really, really sorry. Now please just shut up!"

"YOUR MOTHER?!" Em and Lish blurted simultaneously. "The reverend mother is your real mother?"

Aya nodded painfully.

"And you grew up at that temple, listening to her every command?" Em asked.

Aya nodded again.

"Well that does explain a few things, doesn’t it!" Lish said. "She probably is hoping that by traveling with us you can learn some manners… Llothe knows you need them!"

"Yeah… You're a real bitch." Em said.

"Ok. I get it. I'll try to be nice." Aya answered.

***

Later that day they arrived at the turn for Grent's grove. Lish looked down the pathway, unsure of whether to venture down or not.

"Your pack may still be there." She said to Em.

"Yes… but… If you don't want to go I understand. It's kind of weird… I mean what happened there and all."

Lish continued to look down the pathway for some time. Finally she decided to do it - she began marching quickly towards the place she had been killed.

Em and Aya followed silently behind. Evening was coming and the trees cast long shadows across the ground. The forest was submerged in silent twilight as they wound down the thin path towards the clearing.

Slowly the spot came into view. Em felt shivers run down her spine as she saw the thin white rope hanging down from the tree branch. The whole grove was immersed in the eerie silence of history. Everything was like Em had left it. Her pack was lying discarded on the ground. The dirt under the branch was scuffed and the two stakes Kerry had used to tie Lish's legs down were still there, the frayed rope still wrapped around the ends.

Lish entered the grove silently while Em and Aya stood on the outskirts. They could only guess the emotions she was feeling. Lish walked across the clearing to where the rope hung and stood there for a while lost in thought. Em's memory of what she had seen was vivid. She remembered the despair she had felt when she saw Lish's dead body. It had only been a week before, but it seemed like ages ago.

Lish seemed to come to a decision. She began to unknot the rope from around the tree, rolling it tightly around her arm. When she turned Em saw nothing but grim determination in her eyes. She hadn't even cried. Lish walked over to Em's pack and hoisted it over her shoulder with one hand. Then she walked quickly out of the grove and back up the pathway.

Em and Aya hurried to catch up. "Lish… Why are you taking the rope?" Em asked, confused.

Lish kept walking. "Rope is useful." She said. "We may need it."

"Yes, but that rope… I mean we could get another."

Lish ignored her.

Aya decided to speak up. "Perhaps you should allow yourself some more time to heal. It is unhealthy to avoid pain."

Lish whirled around, her eyes flashing angrily. "You know nothing about what I feel!" She snapped. "Time does nothing for me. What I need is action. What I need is justice. I will heal well enough afterwards."

She marched away quickly, forcing the two girls to double their speed.

***

"We are getting close to Drana's house." Lish said as they marched across the open field. The sun was shining brightly and the tall reeds of yellow grass swayed in the gentle breeze. They had camped uncomfortably the night before. Lish and Em had slept apart, each under their separate blankets. In fact they had hardly touched each other since Lish's resurrection. After a small, tense breakfast they had set off.

Around ten in the morning they left the woods and entered the grasslands. Drana's home was about an hour's hike across the open fields, just on the edge of a new set of woods.

"Drana is the nicest person you will ever meet." Lish continued. "Her husband's name is Mala. He is human - I'm sure you have heard of him; he is an able fighter. Together they share one of those legendary romances that stories are written of. Their house is in the middle of nowhere, but its perfect for resting weary feet and sipping warm drinks while gazing at the stars. Every time I come through I stop to enjoy Drana's warm hospitality and to share stories."

"She must be really popular. Look at all these." Em said, pointing towards several crisscrossing tracks in the mud.

Lish bent down to examine the tracks. "That's funny… I've never seen so many tracks out here before. It looks like a large band of people came through…" She shook her head uneasily.

"Do you think something is wrong?" Em asked.

"I don't know… I have had this strange feeling for sometime now. Usually you can see the smoke from their cooking fire even from this far off, but now there is nothing."

Aya bent down and looked at the tracks. "I may be able to help," she said, taking off her backpack and setting it one the ground. She took out a small square mirror from inside and a vial of holy water. "The house is close by, correct?" she asked, crouching down.

Lish nodded. "Just down the road. " She said, pointing absently with her hand.

"Then watch carefully…"

After saying a quick prayer she opened the bottle and gently began to spill the liquid over the face of the mirror. Em and Lish bent down to look closer. An image appeared where the water ran across the mirror surface. It was hard to see, but it was as if they were looking down on themselves from a great distance above. Em looked up, but could not see anything. Aya tilted the mirror slightly and the image moved north, shifting until a small house came in view.

"There! That's it." Lish said quickly, pointing at the house in the mirror. "Can you bring us closer?"

"I'll try" Aya said, angling the mirror and continuing to pour the rapidly dwindling vial of water over it.

The image focused in on the house. Two rough looking men were sitting on the porch, smoking a pipe. Another man was looking inside the window, snickering. It was obvious that they had no idea that they were being spied on.

"They look mean." Em said, shaking her head.

"I've never seen them before." Lish said. "But I can tell you that they're up to no good." She looked at Aya. "Can you see inside the house?"

Aya nodded. The image in the mirror zoomed down on the house from above until it seemed to pass through the solid roof. For a moment they saw a flash of something weird. It was only a moment but they could see a burning pentagram etched into the floor and a woman lying on her stomach. Suddenly there was a sharp sizzling crack. Aya jumped back, dropping the hot mirror in surprise. The silver surface was smoking and blackened.

"What happened?" Lish and Em asked at the same time.

"I don't know." Aya said. "That… that's never happened before."

"Did you see what I saw?" Em asked.

Lish nodded her head, her teeth set grimly. "Something is very wrong." She looked over at Aya. "Drana is my friend. I can't just leave her. I will need your help against those men."

Aya nodded and began to tighten her armor. Meanwhile Em took off her backpack and fished out her spell book. Adrenaline began to pump through her body. She was petrified and her hands were shaking, but she thrilled to have an adventure.

Lish looked at her sharply. She grabbed her by the elbow and began leading her a few teps away from Aya. "What do you think you are doing?" She asked.

"I need to review my spell…" Em stammered excitedly, stumbling along with Lish.

"Spell? You think you are going to cast a spell? You've got to be crazy. You’re not getting anywhere near those men!" She gripped Em's arm tightly and stared at her hard. The tension that had been frizzing between them since Lish's resurrection began to flare up.

"But…"

Suddenly Lish twisted Em's arm sharply, forcing her to her knees. She drew her knife and pressed the blade against her ribs. "Em, do you think this is a game?!" She screamed. "Do you think that killing is fun?" She pressed the blade harder against Em's ribs so that it began to cut through her clothes. Em cried out in pain. "Did you think they are just going to stand around for you while you wave your arms in the air and pretend to cast a spell?"

Em began to struggle, tears filling her eyes, but Lish held her tightly. "They are killers Em. Killers! " Lish said, deliberately twisting Em's arm tighter.

Em screeched in pain. "I'm sorry." She stammered. "I…Ouch! I... Ouch! Stop!"

"Only if you promise to stay away from the battle. Only if you promise to do exactly as I say!" Lish screamed.

"Yes. Ok. Yes!" Em screamed, tears streaming down her face.

"Good… " Lish said, letting her go. Em wrenched out of Lish's grip and walked a few feet away, trying to regain her composure. She didn't want to cry, but tears fell from her eyes anyway. She brushed herself off, feeling deeply humiliated.

"Why did you do that?" she asked.

"Because you were acting like a kid and you were going to get killed."

"But you asked for help."

"I meant Aya." Lish said curtly, turning to face the priestess. "I presume you know how to use those?" She asked, pointing to the twin crossbows tied to her pack.

"I do." Aya answered.

"Fine. Then this is how we will approach…" She said, bending down to draw in the soil.

Em stared at the two women from a few feet away. Her arm hurt where Lish had twisted it, but she didn't touch it. She felt burning shame and anger at being treated like a child, but she didn't know what to do. She felt like she was going to begin crying again if she said anything, and she didn't want to seem like a baby. So instead she swallowed her pride and quietly followed behind the girls when they decided to move out.

***

Em watched from 300 feet away as Lish and Aya crawled through the long grass towards the house. The three of them had sneaked up along the edge of the woods as close as they could, then they had split up. Em was left guarding the bags while Aya and Lish approached the house. She held on to the crossbow that Aya had given her, feeling it's weight in her hands.

She had been embarrassed when Lish screamed at her, but as she watched them crawl closer and closer to the three men she felt a guilty sense of relief that she was safely out of the way. Lish was approaching the house from the right and Aya from the left. They signaled to each other with their hands. Em could see the grass parting like a small river where they passed. The three men were still outside on the porch smoking and laughing. They kept looking inside the window and snickering.

Lish signaled to Aya to stop. Slowly she notched an arrow into the bow that she had borrowed from the temple. It was not her preferred weapon and it was heavier than she would have liked, but it would serve her purpose well. Quietly she pulled back on the string, hearing the plaint wood bend and stretch by her ear. She nodded to Aya and silently rose into a crouch. Em watched as both women appeared out of the grass at the same time. Her heart began beating wildly, sweat springing from her palms as she knew it was about to begin.

Lish released her arrow with a twang. It went screaming through the air, flying unerringly towards its target. One of the men looked over just in time to see his friend slam back into the wall from the impact of the arrow. He whirled around to see Aya pointing her crossbow at him. There was a loud click followed by the hollow thud of the crossbow bolt as it pierced his chest. He stumbled backwards, clutching the wooden shaft embedded inside him. He looked over at the third man desperately, blood gurgling out of his mouth, but his friend was already running away, streaking towards the woods.

Em's arms began to shake as she saw the man running towards her. He was looking over his shoulder, running blindly. Aya and Lish were several steps behind him; running through the high grass at top speed. Everything was happening so quickly that she could hardly breathe. Lish was waving her arm at her, telling her to get out of the way. Aya stopped to load a bolt in her crossbow. Suddenly the man looked forward and saw her. Their eyes connected for a brief moment.

Em broke into a cold sweat. The hairs on her skin stood on end. Something inside her screamed to drop the crossbow and focus her magic, but she just couldn't trust her instincts. She forced herself to raise her crossbow as the man barreled towards her, the end trembling as she pointed it at him. In the last moment she fired. The bolt went wild, flying past his shoulder and hurtling into the grass beyond. The next moment she felt a sharp pain as he slammed into her, knocking her off her feet and sending her sprawling into the dirt. She saw his feet fly pass over her head as he jumped past her rushing into the woods.

Lish was right behind him, barking orders. "I'll take care of him, you go into the house with Aya!"

In a blur she watched Lish running past, one hand on her blade, her bow discarded on the ground. She had never seen someone move so fast in her life.

Aya ran up to Em a second later. She was breathing hard - sweat covered her face. "Are you OK?" She said, lifting Em quickly to her feet.

"Yes. Yes… I'm alright." Em stammered. "Lish went after the man. She said we should go into the house."

"Ok. Let's go." She said, turning abruptly and running towards the house. Em was still reeling from the blow as she stumbled after her. She was completely unaccustomed to the brutality and efficiency of a warrior's life.

When they arrived at the front porch one of the men was still writhing and coughing blood. He began trying to crawl away, terrified of Aya in her shining armor. The other man was dead, hanging from the wall by Lish's arrow. Aya stepped past the coughing man and pushed the door open, stepping quickly inside. Em stumbled in after her, her eyes momentarily meeting with the glazed eyes of the dying man. She felt her heart twinge with compassion.

***

Compared to the action outside, everything inside the house was utterly still. Streaks of light filtered in through the windows, visible through the still air. The furniture of the room had been pushed aside, cleared for a large pentagram painted on the floor. At each corner a candle burned except for one - it had been knocked over, the flame extinguished. There was a man sitting in a chair, tied tightly around his arms. His wife was crumpled at his feet, naked and wet and sobbing uncontrollably. He was looking at her with deep pain in his eyes.

"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…." She sobbed, groveling at his feet. The smell of cum and sperm was almost unbearable. The woman looked at Em and Aya as they entered, her face streaked with tears and cum, lines of it streaking down her chin and over her breasts. Her eyes looked wild, as if something had snapped in her brain. She looked back at her husband and continued sobbing, kissing his feet and begging for forgiveness.

Aya stepped forward quickly and began untying the man. He didn’t so much as move as his bonds came free. He continued to stare at his broken wife, his face contorted between anger and deep sorrow.

"What happened?" Em asked.

The only answer was more heart wrenching sobbing from the elven woman. Aya tried to help her to her feet, but she clung to her husband's knees. Aya's hands came away covered in sticky cum.

There were light footsteps outside and Lish suddenly appeared in the doorway, her bloodied blade in her hand. She looked over the scene quickly, her eyes adjusting to the darker light, and stepped inside.

"What happened?" She asked Em and Aya.

Before anyone could answer Drana suddenly started screaming from the floor. "YOU!!!!!" she screeched. "YOU!!!! How dare you!!!" She said, her body trembling with emotion. Slowly her husband's head swiveled over to look at Lish. His eyes, once lifeless and defeated, suddenly flared to life. He got up abruptly, throwing his wife off him.

"ARRRRG!!!!!" He screamed, grabbing the back of the chair and hurling it towards Lish. The chair flipped through the air with blinding speed and collided against Lish's upturned hands. He barreled past Aya and Em, knocking them out of the way, and grabbed Lish in a psychotic rage. His muscular body flexed as he slammed her against the wall. He swung her around again, slamming her against the other wall.

Lish screamed, struggling to free herself. "Mala! What are you doing?!" She screeched as he picked her up and threw her out the door. Lish tumbled down the steps and sprawled onto the ground.

"Devil Bitch! You will die!" He screamed, falling over her and wrenching the sword from her hand. Em and Aya quickly followed outside. The crazed man raised Lish's sword high above his head and was about to plunge it downwards when Aya fired her crossbow. The bolt pierced his back just over his right shoulder blade. He screamed in pain and shock, wavering for a moment, but his berserk zeal carried him onwards. He lifted the blade again, swinging it at Lish as she struggled under him.

Suddenly there was a loud clap like thunder. Mala's body was thrown off Lish like a scrap of paper. He skidded though the dirt, tumbling head over heels until he lay in a smoldering pile a few feet away. His eyes were wrenched open, his crazed expression sealed forever on his face. Burnt flesh surrounded a gaping hole in his side.

Em stood by trembling, her hands outstretched. Suddenly she fell to her knees, overcome with emotion. Black rage had filled her when she saw the sword about to strike Lish. The mystical energies that she had strove so hard to gather suddenly had swirled around her. She had had no idea how to control them, so instead she simply focused all of her rage and fear on Mala. The result had been catastrophic for him.

Lish and Aya looked at her in fear and in awe. There was utter silence between them, broken only by the coughs of the dying man Aya had shot. Suddenly Drana stumbled out the door.

"NOOOO!!!!!!" She screamed, half falling to her knees and using the doorframe for support. "NOOOO!!!"

She stumbled down the stairs and fell over her dead husband, cradling his head to her chest. She began wailing towards the sky. "Why have you done this Lish?! Why do you repay our kindness with this? What evil has taken root in your nasty heart?!"

Lish didn't know what to say. She got up and tried to comfort her, but the woman was beyond comforting. She turned and lashed at Lish as she tried to approach. The three friends could only stand around her as she sobbed, naked and trembling in the front yard of her ruined house. It was only later that they all learned the truth.

Uzhegh had come to them disguised in Lish's form, with Kerry at his side. Unsuspecting, Drana had welcomed them openly. They had enjoyed her hospitality, eaten her food, rested in her home… And then without any warning they had turned on her. In the surprise attack they had subdued her husband and tied him to a chair. They forced him to watch everything….

As if Uzhegh and Kerry weren't bad enough, soon other men began to gather at their house. It had served as some kind of secret command center for upcoming war on the elves. When they were through making their plans they turned to Drana for their entertainment. Again and again they found new ways of disgracing her in front of her husband, taunting him with her body until they had reduced the proud fighter into a begging, sniveling man.

Then Uzhegh had shown the true depth of his evil by summoning a demon straight from the abyss. While Drana screamed he threw her into its cunning hands. Before he left he told her exactly how she could escape - she simply had to give herself to it, heart and soul. She had resisted for days, always hoping her husband could break free of his bonds and slay the beast, but in the end it had been too much. The demon used ever trick of its beastly form to draw her out and ravish her in ways that her husband never could have dreamed. He was forced to watch as his wife's will was shattered and her body taken. Lish and her party had simply been too late… She had given in to it long before they had arrived. When her will broke something had broken inside her husband as well. It was for this reason that Drana had not freed him. She was afraid of what he might do if he could move again. It was probably for the best that it ended the way it did.

They salvaged what they could of the house and buried the bodies. Aya tried to care for Drana, but the damage to her psyche was not something that a simple spell or a day's rest could heal.

The next day the three girls left. They had wanted to take Drana with them, or at least escort her to Shenor, but she had flatly refused. She said that she needed to mourn her lost husband and restore her house in his memory. In the end they had no choice but to leave her behind.
 
 

"Do you think it will be safe for us to walk right in? I mean after what happened at Drana's house… Uzhegh could have done anything in the city disguised in your form. Who knows how they will react to you." Aya asked as they followed the path towards the elven city.

"I know, I know… But I don't think we have any choice - even under ordinary circumstances sneaking into Shenor is no easy task, but now with everything that has happened it will be near impossible. I think it is better that we take the direct approach and face the consequences."

"But what happens if Uzhegh is still there? What if they see two of you?" Em asked.

"That's exactly what I'm hoping will happen." Lish answered.

The three girls argued back and forth, but in the end it didn't matter; several miles outside the city they were suddenly surrounded by an elven patrol. They were quickly taken to Darien, the acting military leader.

***

"Lish! Thank Elvendale that you're alive! We had heard that you died in the massacre. It is truly joyous news that you live yet and return to us once again."

The three girls looked at each other puzzled.

Lish stepped forward and addressed him. "Darien… Things are not as they seem. This is the first time I have set foot in the city in several months. I know nothing of the massacre you speak of, although it is true that I have died once…"

"Now it is I who am confused… You were here only a week ago and your assistance to us was invaluable…if ill-fated."

"No. I am afraid I was not."

"But you arrived with Kerry - escaped straight from the human prisons. You spoke to the council of the great war that is coming and urged them to gather together the elders to make a last-ditch effort to talk some sense into these lust-maddened humans. Four of our elders, Sheenon, Darziel, Preely, and Telron volunteered along with a squadron of our best fighters and scouts. Kerry and you were among them. You were dispatched to meet the human host…"

"Oh Gods no…." Lish muttered.

"They were slaughtered… Butchered almost to the last elf in a surprise attack right in the midst of the negotiations. One injured elf was left to carry their heads back to us. He told us that you had been killed and that Kerry had once again been taken… Even now our scouts report that the human army approaches. They come en mass - a host so large has never gathered against our city. We will not survive…"

"The person that you saw here with Kerry was not me at all…" Lish said, shaking your head.

"If not you, then who?"

"A shapeshifter… An Anazniv… It is a long story. He once posed as Uzhegh, the very man who imprisoned Kerry."

"Yes, that name is infamous in our city."

"It is true that I rescued Kerry from his prisons… But not before he had altered her." Lish's voice was strained as she continued. "She is not to be trusted…"

"How did it come to be that he assumed your form?"

"I was ambushed…. Like I said, the story is long…"

"But if he claims that you are dead then he must have assumed another form… Perhaps Velrak."

"Who is this Velrak?" Aya interrupted.

Darien shook his head. "He is one of the captains of the human army. A huge man and well skilled in battle. No one had ever heard of him before, but what he did to our diplomatic envoy was monstrous.

"Yes, that sounds like the thing we are searching for."

"Still, knowing our enemy may not be enough…. His army is large."

"Have the woman been evacuated?" Aya asked.

An elven woman in shimmering chainmail stepped forward. "Hardly. We fight by our men - every last one of us!" She said sharply.

Darien allowed himself a small smile. "Yes, We may fall, but it will not come easily. Even now we prepare…"

As they looked around they saw it was true, everyone in the city to the tiniest child was being mobilized. Weapons and arrows were being lined up for easy access, large tents were being set up for emergency care and for the dispersal of food and water during heavy fighting. Priests and mages were busy blessing the walls and foundations of the gates, fortifying them with mystical energy. It was clear that the elves knew how to fight.

Even so, by early evening the first signs of the approaching army were plain to see. The valley before the city slowly filled with flickering lights of campfires. By night the entire valley was filled with the massing human army.

The atmosphere in Shenor was tense. Families gathered for hurried meals. Endless meetings were held. The clink of metal could be heard everywhere.

****

It wasn't until 2 am that Lish finally returned to the room that they had been assigned. Em was there alone, nervously trying on some armor that someone had loaned her. She was struggling with the straps, clearly having a hard time of it. She looked up sullenly when Lish entered, but she simply walked past her and collapsed on the bed. Em turned and faced the wall, quickly hiding her pouty expression. She had been sidelined from the very first moment they had entered the city - and perhaps before. The same sense of shame and frustration ate at her heart.

"You have to pull that tighter. " Lish said from across the room.

Em ignored her.

"No, not like that." Lish said coldly, getting up and walking over to Em. She reached around and took the strap from Em's hands. "Pull it through this ring." She said.

"I can do it myself!" Em snapped, turning abruptly and yanking the strap from Lish's hands.

"No. You are doing it wrong! " Lish snapped back, grabbing for the strap again. The two girls started wrestling, Em pushing Lish away and Lish struggling with her.

"What is wrong with you!!" Lish finally screamed, yanking Em around by the shoulders like a schoolchild. Em's lips were trembling, tears filling her eyes. She looked like she was going to burst.

"You! You're wrong with me!" Em screamed. She went to push Lish out of the way, but Lish caught her hands. Em began twisting in Lish's grip, her cheeks reddening and tears slipping from her eyes. "Let me go!" she screamed.

Lish held on to her tight, forcing the struggling girl to look at her. Suddenly she leaned forward and pressed her mouth against Em's trembling lips. Their lips mashed together, the first sign of affection in a week. Em resisted at first, but affection was exactly what she wanted - affection and passion. She began sobbing loudly, pressing her face against Lish's face even as tears streaked her cheeks and wet Lish's face.

"Lish, I'm so scared." She cried, trembling.

Lish kissed her harder, holding her tightly. Their lips mashed together almost painfully. Em opened her mouth, accepting Lish's tongue in a passionate french kiss. As their kiss grew hotter Em squeaked with lust. She wrapped her hands around to Lish's chest and squeezed the soft flesh together under her palms.

Soon she stopped thinking altogether. "I…I want you.." She stammered as she clutched Lish closer. She felt like she was going to shoot through the roof. Suddenly she buried her face in Lish's neck, biting her and groping her. Lish responded equally, pulling at Em's clothing and pressing her back against the wall.

Em just didn't know what to do. She began sinking towards her knees, dragging her wet face down Lish's chest, biting and kissing her skin until she came to the lip of her armor. Lish began sinking with her, pulling the armor off as best as she could so that Em could get at her breasts.

"God Em! I'm so sorry I was cold to you! I can't tell you how much I missed you..." she said between heavy breaths. Suddenly Em's mouth latched around her nipple, sucking it painfully into her mouth. Em's hands were all over her ass and legs, forcing her pelvis up against her body.

Lish's back pressed against the wall, both of her hands wrapped around Em's head, squeezing it tightly against her chest. She closed her eyes, breathing hard as her back slid down the wall. Soon her ass rested on their backpacks that were lying on the floor under them.

Em began groping and pulling the skirt-like armor off Lish's hips, eager to get between her legs. Lish wiggled as the scale plates worked down over her hips and down her thighs. Em lifted off only long enough to toss them aside. Then she sank down further, burying her face in Lish's abdomen. In a moment she had slid down so her mouth pressed over Lish's bare pussy. Her tongue shot out and began licking up and down frantically, burying itself between Lish's lips and swirling and flicking over Lish's clit.

"Oh GODDD!" Lish moaned loudly, spreading her legs and pushing her hips out. Em pushed her face harder into Lish's crotch, her hands sliding up and down over Lish's stomach and ass as she clutched her elven lover.

"MMmmnpt! MMmmmpt!" She moaned as she licked Lish, savoring the wet heat that poured out between Lish's legs.

Lish's hips began jerking up and down, quickly flaring up in passion. But at the very moment she was going to go over the edge a sudden image of Uzhegh and Kerry flashed through her mind. She groaned in shame, unable to achieve her orgasm. She began grinding harder against Em's face, desperately trying to achieve the release she so desired. Em clutched her hips with both hands, guiding them up and down over her face, her tongue flicking and licking frantically, trying to bring Lish over the edge. She was as frantic as Lish was.

Lish pumped and pumped, her brain sizzling as she tried to concentrate on the pleasure she was feeling, but she just couldn't push out the shame.Finally she screamed in frustration, pulling Em away from her.

"No…It's not good!" She stuttered.

Em whimpered as she was pulled away from her lover's pussy. "But I want you to cum…" She said, her face covered with Lish's juices. She looked up at Lish and saw how worked up she was. Lish's eyes looked crazed, her mind swimming in a sea of lust and frustration. It was obvious she just ready to pop.

Em leaned over Lish and began tearing at the bag under her. She opened the top and struggled to fish out their beloved dildo. "Use this." She said, fumbling with the fat implement and pressing it into Lish's hands. "Use this on me." She said as she kissed her full on the lips.

Lish eagerly lifted her hips off the bags and allowed Em to guide the short end into her body. Together they pressed it deep inside Lish's pussy. Em quickly pushed the suction cups into place over Lish's ovaries. When it was fully attached she sank down across her stomach and took the fat dildo into her mouth, running her wet tongue over the end and plunging down on it.

Lish groaned, her eyes fluttering back as her hips shot forward. The mystical energies of the magical dildo fed the sensation all over her body, frizzing her sex-addled brain. One of her trembling hands slowly curled into Em's hair, the other pressing against the wall to give her balance. In a few moments her lust reached such desperate levels that she roughly shoved Em away and began crawling over her, turning her around and climbing onto her back.

"Yes, Lish… Do it. Fuck me. Do anything you want. I want you to cum so bad…" Em moaned, encouraging her lover to climb on top of her.

Em's body was pressed down into the bags, her knees on the floor and her clothing pulled around her neck so that her breasts pressed awkwardly into the straps of the bags. Lish's weight was on top of her, the thick wet dildo trapped between their bodies. Em grabbed the end of it between her legs and guided it down between her ass cheeks, pulling towards her waiting pussy. Meanwhile Lish was pressing forward madly, eager to push it inside. As it passed over Em's asshole Lish pushed forward firmly. The end suddenly pressed slightly into Em.

"No Lish. Wait. Wrong place." Em stammered, shifting to push Lish off. Lish didn't say a thing. She simply pulled at Em's hand and pushed forward again slightly more eagerly. The dildo inched forward slightly, pressing harder against Em's quivering ass. Em struggled for a moment more, mumbling something about it being in the wrong place, but then passion began to overwhelm her and she gave up, letting go of the dildo and allowing it to penetrate her.

Lust began clouding her vision as she felt the dildo slipping in. Lish pumped forward slowly, unable even to breathe. Her concentration was totally focused on the feeling of the rigid dildo slipping slowly into the soft confines of Em's plaint body. For that matter Em had stopped breathing as well. She held utterly still, frozen between shock, passion, and shame as she felt Lish guiding the dildo into her ass just as Kerry had done.

Kerry's words were screaming in Lish's mind. "I took her in the ass… You should have seen the way she came…" The thought drove her forward, pushing the dildo in deeper.

Em was thinking the same thing. She groaned as she felt it sink almost all the way inside. She clutched her backpack awkwardly, feeling Lish's weight settle on top of her and driving the hard implement deeper into her body from behind. Suddenly she felt Lish lean forward and slip her tongue into her mouth. It swirled against her softly, drawing out a breathless kiss as the fat implement pressed forward. Lish's hand slipped around and wiggled between the bags and Em's stomach, worming its way towards her pussy. Something in Em's mind began sizzling.

The hand made it to her clit and began circling and rubbing. The dildo tunneled forward, sinking all the way inside. Em tried to relax and accept it as she had done with Kerry a week before. Her brain began stewing in lust as she felt Lish slowly pump it back and forth. She bit down on the rough fabric of her backpack to keep from screaming.

Her body began responding all on its own. Trembling, she reached for Lish's hand. She closed her eyes and guided it away from her clit, pushing it further down her pussy. She took three of Lish's fingers and pushed them against the opening. With the dildo all the way in her ass she felt Lish's fingers curl between her lips and sink into her, her thumb flicking up over her clit.

Suddenly it was too much for Em. With her eyes closed she shoved her hips backwards and squeaked between clenched teeth. She tossed her head back and forth, ripping at her backpack as she began cumming. Juices flooded her pussy and ran along Lish's fingers while her ass clenched tightly around the dildo embedded inside it.

Lish moaned as she felt Em cum. It was like if her entire body had lit up like a match. It had been better and easier than she had imagined. Overcome with lust she began pumping her hips harder, puling back from Em's quivering ass and pumping forward again.

"MMMmmffttt!" Em moaned, her eyes swimming in deep lust. She was still cumming as Lish began pumping the dildo in and out of her. She was clenching so hard that it was difficult for Lish to move. Slowly Em tried to relax and take it into her.

Lish started to go crazy. She wanted to be gentle, but her body was trembling with need. She had been so close to cumming for so long that she absolutely longed for release. Em's hips tipped upwards, her legs spreading to give Lish perfect access into her body. Lish pushed her fingers deeper into Em's pussy and sank the entire rigid length deep into her ass in one long thrust, gritting her teeth as the sensation shot along the dildo and throughout her body. She began pumping back and forth abruptly.

"Uggggh!!!! Oh god…. Ugghh!!!!" Em moaned as Lish picked up speed. She closed her eyes, trying to get accustomed to the girth inside her. Slowly Lish's body began jerking forward spastically.

"Em…Em, I'm going to…. Oh god Em! I'm going to…." Lish stammered.

Em just continued to grunt and moan, her body rocking back and forth helplessly as Lish increased the tempo of her thrusts.

"Oh god Em! I'm going to cum…. I'm going to cum….I'm going to cum!"

Her hips began sawing back and forth.

"I'm going …. CUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed, her voice cracking as she slammed her hips forwards. Suddenly Em felt Lish's juices shooting into her. She trembled as she felt her ass coated with the slippery substance. Lish pulled back and slammed forward again, cumming loudly.

"Oh GODDD!!! Em!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She screamed, grinding her hips in a wide circle and burying the dildo to the hilt. It was still spraying cum into Em's ass when Em suddenly reached behind and grabbed Lish's hips, pulling her against her sharply. Em began slamming her ass back and forth, her eyes squeezed tightly shut. Her hand began frantically pulling at Lish's hand, pumping it in and out of her pussy. Lish barely realized that Em was about to cum again when she felt Em's body begin to tremble.

" UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Em screamed suddenly at the top of her lungs, all shame and embarrassment gone. She bit down on the fabric of her backpack again, her eyes clamping shut and her face turning beet red.

" UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

" UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

" UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " She screamed again, her ass ramming backward, completely impaling herself on the rod.

Lish screamed as well, her mind reddening with lust as her second orgasm burst onto her. She came madly even as Em came. Both girls were screaming and clutching each other as Lish shot more juices into her. The dildo was trapped between them, embedded to the very depths against Em's upturned ass.

The two remained like that, trembling and shaking until Lish collapsed forward with a tired groan, her head falling on Em's shoulder. Em was breathing hard, her eyes still shut, but not as tightly as before. The dildo was still thrust deep inside her.

Tears started to slip down Em's cheeks almost immediately afterwards.

"Em. Are you ok?" Lish whispered, her face melting with concern.

Em nodded, but still the tears fell.

Slowly Lish pulled her hips back, groaning slightly as she felt the thick dildo slip out of Em's body. "Em… I didn’t mean to hurt you. Please… Don't cry." She stammered.

"No…It's not that… That felt really, really good…" Em said, still lying on the pile of bags, her head pressed into the corner. "It's just that… Kerry…She…"

"I know…." Lish said.

Em looked slowly behind, lifting slightly off the backpacks. Lines of redness crisscrossed her breasts where the straps had pressed into them. "You… You already know what she did?" She asked.

"She told me… She taunted me with it…"

"I'm sorry Lish." Em cried. "Did she tell you that I…"

Lish nodded.

"I just couldn't help it! I just couldn't!" Em cried, starting to sob painfully.

Lish took off the dildo and dropped it off to the side. She fell back over Em, holding her close. "I know how you feel Em. Believe me… It's OK. I've felt ashamed about a lot of things that I have done. I have cum too… I mean I almost always cum when.. you know… when men take me there. I can't help it either - something clicks inside me and then I cum….sometimes really, really hard… Maybe even as hard as you."

Em looked around and gave her a weak smile.

Lish smiled too, her hand slipping down over Em's ass. "Do you know what?"

"What?" Em asked.

"You have the best ass in the world!"

Em laughed. "That's what Kerry said…" she mumbled. After a moment she pulled Lish closer and kissed her softly on the lips. "Do you know what?" She asked, smiling playfully.

"What?"

"If somehow we get out of all this… and we are alive…"

"Yeah…"

"Well… Do you know what I'm going to do?"

"What?"

"I'm going to turn up that little bottom of yours… and then I'm going to fuck it like crazy!!!! Just like you did to me!" She squealed, grabbing Lish and tickling her. "Worse even!!!"

"Oh no you're not!" Lish screeched, twisting away and laughing.

"Let's see how you like it!!!" Em screamed, falling on top of Lish and wrestling with her. "Let's see how you like that big thing in YOUR ass!!!"

The two girls continued to struggle and laugh, blowing off steam and relaxing themselves before the frightening day that awaited them.

Meanwhile Aya quietly closed the door and slipped back outside, her heart beating wildly. She had seen the whole thing…. And she had a lot to think about.
 
 

Hi all,

I hope you enjoyed the third installment. I am really looking forward to writing the fourth - I have a feeling it is going to be good. Below I included some comments from all of you out there. Thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it! I hope you find these as fascinating as I do.
 
 

Comments from readers on the first two parts:

"Sick, twisted, perverted and just wrong…I loved it! Your stories rock, keep up the good work."

"Your description is lacking in places. Things like hair for instance. Your story lacks a lot of color too."

"I'd just like to complement you on your excellent story posted on the Grey Archive. I'm a long time reader at the site, but this is the first time I have ever responded to an author…"

"I just finished reading your fic. It's a little dark for my tastes… Who the hell is Uzhegh?"

"This is the best fantasy story I've read on the archive in 3 years. Either continue, or write more, or something. You're an excellent author!"

"It's simply not my type of story. A little too messed up for me."

"Ohhh, delicious !!! Very Very good!!! I just beg something.. Bring Em back? I find her adorable and the way she was dropped was so sad (although the anal rape scene was very sensual, I read it twice) Maybe Lish could force her to come along, and Kerry could keep on raping her ass like that… Did I mention it was very sensual? Well, it was"

"The new chapter was really good. Although I didn't care for what you had Kerry do to Em, I have a feeling that you have some plans about that later."

"The last scene with Em was great…on the other hand it would be boring if she is dropped completely. Could it be that she becomes receptive to the manipulations of the bad guy?"

"Excellent work! Your story is very good and even a little innovative. The resemblance to Wraithspider is very pronounced however. By the way, why doesn't Lish heal herself if she is a priestess?"

"Keep up the good work…. and tell us about the caves!!"

"ADM may be one of the best bits of work I've ever seen. Amazing. Type faster dammit - I'm addicted too."

"Your story was an entertaining read. My only criticism is that I had some difficulty picturing the contraption."

"What I'd like to say is that I hope you don't take this story in the direction I see so many other adult authors taking their stories, particularly at the Grey Archive. Everyone seems to be putting constant bondage/torture/humiliation/total male dominance in their writing. " (Oops, I guess I fucked that one up, huh…)