The Runesmith Chronicles Searching for the SkyChapter 19
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A quick note before we jump in.
My next release will be ‘TRC - Just A Sip - An SftS Extra’ which takes place a little bit after this chapter but isn’t a part of the main story line.
I only mention this because it probably won’t show up with the rest of the series. If I remember, I will try to see if the admins can put it in with the rest of the SftS chapters.
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-Blu
He slowly opened his eyes and sat up in bed. Groaning, he put a hand to his head in an attempt to quell his pounding headache. The sound of someone running across wooden floorboards preceded the door to his bedroom flying open. A dark-haired, olive-skinned woman wearing the plain brown dress meant for working on a farm stood there, her eyes wide with tears of happiness shining in the corners.
She screeched something that he thought was supposed to be his name, but her mouth was full of food. From the looks of the sunlight streaming in through the window, it was still morning and he must have interrupted the woman’s breakfast.
Running around to the side of the bed, she jumped in beside him and wrapped her arms around his chest. In her excitement to see him, she must have completely forgotten about the contents of her mouth and her first few words came out as a jumbled mess.
The man cringed as she jostled him, groaning again at the pain that flared in his head. He also cringed at the sight and sound of the woman swallowing a mouthful of food in one gulp, that couldn’t have been comfortable.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” she said, sitting up as she apologized frantically. “I was just so happy to see you were finally awake I couldn’t help myself!”
“Have I been asleep long?” he asked.
“Three days, ever since Bonn threw you.”
“Bonn?” the name seemed to trip a memory. “The horse?”
The woman nodded, “something on Bonn’s tack broke and you were heading into town to have it repaired. He came back without you a little while later. As far as anyone could tell something spooked him and he threw you.
“I couldn’t lift you, so I had to go into town and get help, the physician came along to look you over.”
“Telsin has a physician?” that seemed strange, why would the town need a physician?
She nodded. “He said that you hurt your head pretty bad and might have sprained an ankle. He was really worried that you didn’t wake up, even with smelling salts. Before he left, he said there was a chance you might not be the same person when you woke up, or that you might not remember things.” Her voice became somber, “He also said that you might not wake at all and just waste away from not being able to eat or drink. After three days, I was getting really worried that was going to happen.”
“You said something about losing memories?”
“Yes. Why?” she asked, tilting her head in curiosity even as a hint of fear made its way into her expression.”
“Um...”
“You ... you don’t remember me ... do you?” The tears of joy were now replaced by those of hurt as the man slowly shook his head.
“I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised,” she said as she began to sob. “We haven’t been together very long and have only been married a couple of weeks.”
The man’s eyes widened in shock, “You’re my wife?!”
Looking miserable the woman nodded. “I ran away from my family’s merchant caravan to be with you and now you don’t even remember who I am.” Hiding her face in her hands she collapsed to the bed. “But you remember the name of the hoooorse!” she wailed, bawling into the bedcovers.
“Wait! Wait!” he said in a panic before gathering the woman into his arms. He grunted from the pain in his head from the quick movement but ignored it out of concern for this woman who was apparently his wife. “It seems to be related to people only. I remember Telsin and my horse, but I can’t remember the names of anyone who lives in town.” There was a long pause as his eyes widened in surprise. “Actually ... I can’t even remember my own name.”
The news seemed to alleviate the woman’s sadness and she was quickly composing herself. “You’re a liar,” she finally said, sulking. “I called out your name when I first came in.”
“You had a mouthful of breakfast, I couldn’t make out a word you said.”
Embarrassed the woman blushed. “I did, didn’t I.” The man waited for a moment before making a motion with his hand that he was expecting her to continue. “Oh! Kal! Your name is Kal.”
Kal ... that’s...” the man gritted in agony, a hand going to his temple as his head throbbed. A confusing image of a woman with blue skin flashed in his mind before being swept away by the pain. A few seconds later he tentatively opened one eye as the feeling faded.
Looking down at the woman, who was staring up at him with concern, he asked, “So I’m Kal. What’s your name?”
“Rowan.”
“Rowan ... Certainly doesn’t sound like a name from a girl born in Telsin, then again you have a very different look than the townsfolk as well.”
She smiled up at him. “You certainly weren’t complaining during our first night together, or second, or third. You spent so much money to be with me while we were here, but you stole my heart when you offered to buy me from the caravan.”
“Spent money? Buy you? Were you a prostitute?”
Her cheeks flushed with shame, “Since you don’t remember me I thought I should tell you now instead of keeping it from you. You loved me before when you knew what I was, I hope you can do so again.”
Kal chuckled, “A little late to worry about that if we are married already. You said you escaped the caravan to be with me?”
“I did. I waited a full week after we left before I ran, that way it would be too costly for the caravan to turn around and come back for me.”
“And now you’re my wife?”
“You made some council members witness it the very next day,” she said proudly, “as well as getting me declared a refugee which canceled the caravan’s claim of ownership if they ever come back.” She sighed and leaned against his chest, “Now I belong to you and I’ve never been happier.”
As she molded herself against him, her thigh brushed up against his morning wood through the covers. “Oh!” she said with a mischievous grin as she reached down to grab him through the blanket, “I’ve been taking care of this each morning you’ve been asleep, hoping it might wake you up. Let me do that today as well.” Creeping down the bed she pulled the blankets with her, leaving him naked. “Just relax and let your mind drift away while I work my magic.”
“Speaking of magic. Why didn’t you have a cleric come see me? I thought Telsin had one.” Kal shook his head trying to clear the fog from his memories. The stab of pain that accompanied the motion quickly distracted him from trying to remember anything and as he worked through the moment of anguish.
She was looking up at him with confusion etched on her face. “You were hurt, not dying, there was no need for the priest to perform last rites just yet.”
“Not for that, to heal me.”
“Clergy doesn’t heal people, physicians do. That’s why I called him.”
“I meant to heal me with magic.”
Her confusion deepened, “Magic? You must have been having some interesting dreams while you were out. There is no such thing as magic, Kal.”
Her last phrase felt wrong on a very deep level, though he couldn’t put his finger on why. A moment later he quit worrying about it as his cock disappeared into her warm wet mouth. Within seconds he was doing what she suggested and letting his mind wander as he enjoyed the pleasant sensations she was giving him.
“No, Ria. I appreciate that you and Kal are trying to get me over my fear, but this is going too far. There is no way that Kal is in mortal danger somewhere out in the swamp. I’m insulted that you would think I’m so naïve I wouldn’t see through your ruse,” the gorgon said in a huff.
“You ... you think I’m lying?” said the sprite, her expression incredulous while her voice was barely above a whisper in shock.
“O’ course you’re lying, Ria!” Sera snarled, her accent coming back in her anger. “Ye mentioned many times that you can only be so far away from your bag. How could ye be here if Kal is still out in the swamp somewhere? It’s more likely he’s hidin’ right outside!”
Ria didn’t hear the gorgon’s last sentence. Sera was absolutely right, she should have returned to her bag a few seconds after flying off to get help. Now that she was taking a moment to think about it she felt very ... alive.
The sprite looked down at her arms. “Aaah!” she screamed seeing what looked like small white flames rolling off them.
“What?!” cried the gorgon, startled.
“Get ‘em off. Get ‘em off. Get ‘em off!” yelled the sprite thrashing and twisting in the air as she tried to pat out the wisps of energy like they were fire.
Sera grabbed the avatar out of the air and held her so they were nose to nose. “Ye been glowin’ like that since ye got here. It ain’t hurtin’ ya.” Letting the sprite go, she continued, “Was going to ask why ye were doin’ that when ye came up with this ‘Kal needs rescue’ foolishness.”
“She hit me,” whispered Ria.
“Like bloody hell I did,” growled Sera.
“Not you! The glowing lady that has Kal. When I tried to wake him up she slapped me away from him.” The sprite held up a hand as if inspecting it. “Before I flew away it looked like she was staring at her arm, but it was actually her hand.” Ria looked down at her body with the white energy rolling off it like vapor before meeting Sera’s reptilian eyes again. “I absorbed one of her orbs of light, it must be why I look like this.” Remembering that the creature fed, the avatar was glad she didn’t have a stomach in the normal sense. The thought didn’t settle well with the sprite that she was charged with the life of the woman’s prior victims.
The gorgon was hardly convinced, “You two really thought this through, didn’t ya? You’re really thinkin’ I’m so dumb as ta believe that gettin’ slapped about by some shiny tart suddenly made ye able ta fly all over the world?”
Ria stared at the gorgon, slack-jawed, stunned, astounded.
Her amazement at the woman’s words gave way to blinding, incandescent rage.
“No!” she yelled in the gorgon’s face, “Neither Kal nor I think you are even slightly dumb. But for fuck’s sake, you are acting like a stupid cunt right now!” Sera stepped back from the sprite’s tirade but Ria was having none of that. Zipping forward, the little avatar grabbed the gorgon by the nose and forced the woman to look at her. “Kal is out there,” Ria growled with as much threat as a woman her size she could muster, “and he is going to fucking die because you think we are playing some kind of fucking game. It’s. No. Fucking. Game. The man you and me and Perra and Kuto and Ikuno and all the others love is about to die because the person I went to for help thinks this is all some kind of fucking prank!”
The sprite’s eyes went wide with panic as she realized what she just said. “No ... no, I can’t...”
Sera jerked her head away and rubbed her nose where Ria had grabbed it, her snakes hissed at the avatar menacingly but made no move to strike. “Can’t what?” she asked.
“Love. I can’t love someone, I wasn’t made to have that emotion.”
“Why not?”
“I’m not a person Sera, I’m a catalog, a table of contents, a magic artifact, an item, a thing. I was made over ten thousand years ago and have had countless owners. Can you imagine what it would do to me, watching person after person I fell in love with die of old age or in some gruesome manner deep in a dungeon? We can’t love for a reason,” she looked down at her glowing arms, “but right now I do. What did that woman do to me?”
Sera stared at the little sprite who couldn’t seem to decide if she was on the verge of joyous laughter or tears of despair. “You’ve never raised your voice to me like that and this whole situation has gotten strange enough you must be telling the truth. But I still can’t go outside, so now what?”
“You warned me that you were insatiable, but wow,” said Kal as he looked down at the woman lovingly cleaning his prick from the last amazing blowjob she just gave him. Though he didn’t mention it, he was just as impressed with his ability to get it back up time and time again. Even now he was reacting to the woman’s tender ministrations.
She replaced her mouth and tongue with her hand, continuing to ready him for more as she spoke. “I may have been a whore, but I loved what I did. You don’t remember, but when I came back I warned you of this before we got married. I used to have the men of the caravan to keep me satisfied, now you are all I want and need ... but I need a lot.” Rowan’s expression became more serious, “Actually, I’m not usually this bad, but after nearly losing you ... Give me a few days to work it out of my system.”
Kal smiled. “I’m not sure if this helps, but with my memory like this, everything we do will be my first time.”
A shiver of excitement ran through the woman, “Mmm, I like that idea,” she purred. “But when you slip into my bottom for the first time, don’t pull out an apologize for finishing so quickly. Just press against me, stay in there, and wait until you’re ready to go again.” His prick jumped in her hand, getting significantly harder at the thought. “Oh my ... someone really likes the idea of taking me in the ass.”
“I certainly do, and to think I haven’t even seen it yet. But first...” he reached down and grabbed her under the arms before pulling her up his body until she was sitting on his chest. Noticing the dampness against his skin he lifted the front of her dress and peeked at the very wet pussy beneath. “I think I’d like to find out what my wife tastes like.” Threading his arms under her legs he took a cheek in each hand and brought her closer to his face.
It seemed that he had done something similar recently, but the woman was ... covered in feathers? He only had a moment to think that was exceptionally strange before another shooting pain in his head drove the image away. He didn’t wince this time, the sensation had dulled as his wife made love to him with her mouth earlier.
There was suddenly a hand on his head. “Wait. No. You’re not supposed to ... She...”
He looked up at her in confusion. “You just made me feel wonderful with your mouth and I’m not allowed to return the favor? I don’t think so,” Kal said with a smile before bringing his wife’s sex to his mouth and running his tongue from bottom to top.
The hand pushing against his forehead gripped a handful of hair and reversed course, pulling him into her with a loud moan.
Her flavor was very unusual, reminding him of the air outside after a lightning storm. The odd comparison made him wonder just how many women he had done this to before.
After such an intense reaction from Rowan, he pulled back a bit and smiled up at her, “Have I been neglecting this part of you?”
She shuddered as his tongue went back to work, “It has been a very long time.”
The comment felt out of place considering they were still newlyweds, but he let it pass and focused his attention on pleasuring the woman above him.
Ria collapsed onto the step next to the tent’s exit, sobbing. “How do you mortals stand this?!” she cried. “My entire being hurts because I know he’s in danger and I can’t do anything about it!”
Sera was nearly in tears watching the sprite. The tiny woman was not dealing with having such strong emotions very well. It probably wasn’t helping that the gorgon had made no headway in getting outside and was standing in the same place as when they started. She was close by, but still couldn’t reach out to console the tiny woman.
“I don’t know Ria, it’s all new to me as well,” said the gorgon. She didn’t know if what the sprite had said was true and that she also loved Kal, but she could at least see the potential as her feelings toward him moved on from childish infatuation. Sadly, she still couldn’t offer any advice to the little avatar. All of her previous “loves” had been petrified by her and the things they did and said to her only happened in her imagination.
Sighing, the gorgon went over to the fire pit in the middle of the tent to warm up, walking around the far side so she could keep an eye on the distraught sprite. The glowing avatar had pulled the flap partly open, in hopes that facing her fear head-on might help Sera push past this mental barrier. Ria honestly believed that once she got outside then it would be like going over a large hill and after she reached the peak, the rest would be easy.
The gorgon wasn’t so sure. Just looking outside still made her stomach twist into knots until she closed her eyes and the feeling went away.
A thought came to the woman. Opening one eye, the desire to run away and hide returned immediately. Closing it again the snakes on her head formed a halo as she reached out with their senses. She could feel the cold air coming in and even make out some of the trees on the opposite side of the clearing where they had absorbed the day’s heat and were still cooling down. But she didn’t feel the strong desire to hide from what was out there. Turning, she walked back into her room. A couple of minutes later she stood about where she was before.
“Ria.”
The sprite looked up from where she had been lying to see Sera standing at the bottom of the steps with the blindfold she made the other day covering her eyes.
“I think I can do this,” said the gorgon stepping forward.
“Wait!” shrieked the avatar.
“What! I’m finally thinkin’ I can go outside and now ye don’t want me to? Make up yer damn mind!”
“Not that,” said Ria flitting up to the gorgon’s face. “That strip of cloth is from your bedlinens. Anything the tent makes will disappear if you walk outside with it.”
The sprite watched as understanding dawned on the gorgon’s face. Taking a couple of steps back, Sera undid the knot behind her head and let the strip of cloth fall away. “Any ideas then?”
“I’ll check his room, you look over on the bookshelves in his lab and library, he may have left a strip of soft leather over there we can use.” As the gorgon made her way to the other side of the tent, Ria flew into Kal’s room where Kuto was still lying motionless on his bed. A quick search didn’t reveal anything that could be taken outside.
The sprite hovered over the petrified harpy’s face. “If you can talk to him, tell him that Sera thinks she can leave. If this works then we are coming to rescue him.” She briefly entertained the idea of having the gorgon bite the frozen woman to see if she understood but decided against it. With her new emotional awareness from absorbing part of the creature, she couldn’t bear the thought that Kuto might somehow let them know he was already dead.
Shaking her head, she flew out into the main area to find Sera warming herself by fire once again, her look of disappointment telling Ria all she needed to know.
“As soon as we rescue Kal, he will need to cast his spell that makes me warm or I may not make it back here.”
“What good will that do if you can’t leave anyway?” asked the sprite.
Instead of answering, the gorgon removed her shirt and tore a strip from around the bottom. Within seconds she had a new blindfold of the shiny green cloth that matched her scales and was putting the remaining shirt back on. “Maybe he can fix it later,” she said, shrugging.
“If you are ready then let’s go,” said Ria, beckoning the gorgon over to the exit.
Steeling herself, Sera followed the sprite out of the tent.
Kal grunted as he filled Rowan’s behind for the second time in a row, pulling back on her dark hair as her fingers flew over her clit. She joined him in orgasm a couple of seconds later. As she had asked, he took her rear the first time and as she expected, fired off within a few seconds of burying himself within the tightness of her bottom. Also as she predicted, he was ready to go again a short time later. This time lasting much longer and getting to enjoy the feel of her pucker sliding along his cock.
Instead of staying in the bedroom, Kal had wanted to bend her over the dining table as he took her bottom. Rowan nearly ran out of the room and was already waiting for him with her dress flipped up by the time he made it out of the bedroom door. As he’d walked naked through the room, his wife’s rear had taken most of his attention as she shook it enticingly for his enjoyment. Now that they were done and he once again had his wits about him, some of the things in the room seemed out of place
The large tub off to one side really jumped out at him. The faint memory of a pregnant woman sitting in it was quickly chased away by the pain in his head that seemed to accompany these strange ‘memories.’ The large well-cushioned chair seemed to be associated with the pregnant woman as well.
“Where are you going?” asked Rowan, standing up and letting her dress fall back in place as Kal walked over to the other bedroom’s door.
“Just checking something.” Behind the door was a nursery, ready and waiting for a newborn.
He turned back to his wife. “You’re expecting?” he asked, glancing down at her flat stomach.
Her face brightened but seemed strained at the same time. “Yes,” her hand went down to the lower part of her belly but jerked away as though she had been burned. She nervously tried to play off the strange movement before continuing, “We just found out a few weeks ago. I- I wasn’t sure how you would react when you said your memory was hazy.”
The tub was for a woman on the verge of giving birth, the chair had been built for a woman well along in her pregnancy, and a nursery that wouldn’t be needed for months was completely set up and waiting.
Kal’s expression went cold. “No.”
The moment he uttered the word, excruciating pain flared in his head that drove him to his knees. Clutching his head and howling in anguish, he refused to be turned away from the memory he was trying desperately to recall.
Rowan also sank to her knees as she watched the man fight for his memories, tears streaming down her face. “No, please stop. Don’t do this,” she called out to him, “Stay here and make love to me. Stay with me until the end.”
If Kal heard her he gave no indication as he managed to break through the searing pain. His memories flooded back into him as he stood up. Looking down at his arms, his familiar runed leather vambraces appeared, as did the rest of his clothing with the comfortable weight of his red and black cloak settling on his shoulders last.
“You aren’t my wife. Who are you?” he snarled.
Still sniffling, the woman wiped the tears from her eyes before standing up. Pulling over one of the chairs for the dining table over she, she sat down and took a couple of long breaths to compose herself. “I’m here to ease your passing into the next life.”
“You’re trying to kill me?”
“No, something else is, and she will succeed. Even if she stopped now, she has already taken enough of your life that you would eventually die anyway. Instead of letting her victims watch in horror as she gradually sucks the life out of them, I bring them here where their last moments can be filled with comfort and pleasure. The will-o’-wisp lets me do this because she says the men ‘taste’ better when they aren’t filled with fear.”
“You know I’m going to fight you.”
She shrugged. “It doesn’t matter.”
As if to prove her point Kal suddenly bent over and grunted as he sprayed his seed all over the inside of his pants.
Rowan waved a hand and his pants were once again dry. “That was your image reacting to what is happening to your body. She will get what she wants no matter how hard you fight her. As long as she has you enthralled, there is no escape.”
“Her? Aren’t you a part of this creature?”
The woman shook her head. “Not really. In some way I am, but I have no control over her actions. If I did she would have had a snack on some of your lifeforce, we would both be feeling deliciously fucked, and you would be on your way. A little tired but none the worse for wear. Unfortunately, she doesn’t think that way.”
“So where are we?” he asked, looking around, “The astral plane?
“No, just a tiny little pocket of thoughts and memories I made in your mind.”
“If you aren’t a part of the creature feeding me, then where did you come from?”
“Full of questions aren’t you?”
“I like to know what I’m up against, and you don’t seem to have any problem with talking to me. It seems like you would rather not see me dead, near as I can tell.”
“That’s true. It would be nice if she never took another life, but as I said, I have no control over her. I just make things easier for those passing on.” Rowan took on a distant expression before focusing on him again. “She seems to be enjoying you quite a bit. It looks like we have time if you want to know my story. But it will cost you.”
“Taking my life isn’t enough?” he replied sardonically.
“I’m not interested in your life, but I am interested in that,” she said pointing at his crotch. “Parts of what I told you were true. I was a whore at one time, and I enjoyed it very much. I only get to do this when she stumbles upon a victim, and those are rare. Let me ride you and I’ll tell you my story.”
“Sounds like a distraction to keep me from trying to escape.”
“By all means, please try,” she said with a smile that appeared genuine. “I would be sad to see you leave since I enjoyed our brief time together, but very happy if you were to succeed. It just hasn’t happened yet, and as I said, even if you were to escape, you would eventually pass on anyway with what the wisp has already taken.”
Kal frowned. “Your assurance that there is no escape for me is more than a little disturbing.”
“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. All I ask is that if you can’t get out you will come back and let me make love to you until you finally fade away.”
“I’m dying and you want to fuck me?”
“No. You’re dying and I want what should be a horrible and terrifying experience to be as comfortable and pleasurable as possible.”
After a moment’s pause, the mage nodded and traced a rune in the air before vanishing
Rowan took a deep breath and looked around the room. “I’m sorry Kal, this would have been so much easier had I known how important these things were to you.” With a wave, the tub and door to the nursery vanished. She left the chair. She had a feeling he would be in it when he finally disappeared on her.
Kal stopped before entering the astral realm, he wasn’t very good at this part of astral magic but knew enough to bumble about without killing himself accidentally. If what his ‘wife’ had said was true, he wouldn’t need to worry about it for too long anyway. He seriously considered just going to the astral plane and cutting the line that tied him to his body, drifting along the bleak planescape until his consciousness faded into nothing.
No, he wasn’t ready to give up yet. Even if he couldn’t find a way out of this situation now, he would see if Rowan’s story offered any clues that might help him. Following the thread back, he came upon his body lying up against a twisted tree trunk. A group of glowing orbs was surrounded by the flickering outline of a woman riding his cock.
A couple of small changes to the scene would have made it much more fun to watch. Like having him awake and an active participant instead of blankly staring at a spot on the ground off to the side would have been a good start. As he watched, his body jerked and a couple of drops of clear liquid shot from the end of his prick into a growing puddle between his legs. At least the woman was leaning back as she rode him so it wasn’t getting all over his shirt.
‘Priorities, Kal,’ he admonished himself. A second later he was running through his very limited number of options.
The mage appeared in the farmhouse once again, the look on his face making it clear that nothing had worked. Whatever the will-o’-wisp had used to trap him was very powerful. Even forming an illusion of darkness in front of his eyes to block out any visual stimulus from the orbs turned out to be a failure.
Rowan jumped up from the lounging chair where she had been waiting and offered it to him.
“Dammit all to hell, you were right,” he muttered, flopping down in the seat she had just vacated.
“Either way you are going to leave me, I would have preferred your way. Still want to hear about how I ended up joined to a will-o’-wisp?”
“Price still the same?”
“Yes.”
“What the hell,” he growled, “there are worse ways to go.” His mind shied away from thinking about all of those he would be leaving behind. Things looked bleak but he wasn’t dead yet.
With a wave of the woman’s hand, he found himself naked again. Giving him a sad smile, she lifted her plain dress up and over her head.
“You certainly are beautiful,” said the mage, taking her entire body for the first time.
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“There it is,” said Kal staring at the distant southern forest. “Te’thalas should be right on the border and the tower somewhere inside.” “How will we find it?” asked Sera. “I’m hoping we will only need to get close and we should run across one of the tower’s defenders. With luck, since we aren’t bandits and I obviously don’t have any problems with monster girls, we might be able to talk them into letting us look around. After a millennium I’m questioning if we will find anything of use....
Ikuno panted as Kal’s tongue lapped hungrily at her clit, Kal tried to adjust himself as his erection was rubbing uncomfortably against his trousers.“No touching,” Ikuno reminded him putting a hand on the back of his head and pressing him into her sex.Kal growled in annoyance and sucked her clit into his mouth swirling his tongue around until Ikuno gasped and her legs began to shake as she came.Ikuno stepped away and let the leather flap fall hiding her pussy from him.“Now-now,” she said...
Fantasy & Sci-FiWeeks passed, and the land was blanketed in pristine white snow, travel became more difficult and Kal’s routine now consisted largely of chopping firewood, tending to the animals, chopping firewood checking animal traps, chopping firewood, cleaning and processing furs to sell at market like most farmers in winter, and chopping firewood. Visits to Ikuno’s cave became rarer and Kal had taken to making overnight trips, much to Ikuno’s delight, as the trek seemed to become longer with each new...
Fantasy & Sci-Fi“Of all the rotten luck,” growled Kal. Sera clung tightly to his back as he used the haste rune to keep pace with Velt and Graff, their animal-shifted arms and legs speeding them through the bare forest far faster than the gorgon could hope to keep up. Behind them twenty Lantaran soldiers gave chase, hooting, yelling and banging their swords against their shields. “They’re driving us!” he called out to the fox and rabbit. It was a common hunting tactic, flushing the game, pushing it toward...
“Quit yer fuggin’ laughin’ ye arsehole!” the gorgon yelled up at Kal. With his lips tight and teeth clenched in poorly contained mirth, the mage said, “You’re ... slithering along the floor. How am I supposed to not find that funny?” “It ain’t funny an’ it fuggin’ itches!” snapped Sera. She was lying on her back and using her feet to scoot across the carpet in an attempt to relieve the intense prickly sensation as her new skin beneath pushed off the older layer above. Kal wanted to offer...
It wasn’t long before Kal and Sandy discovered that their activities while traveling were impractical for such a long journey. After a few stops, he pulled his pants up and respectfully declined the golem’s offered rear end, for now. Though disappointed, Sandy accepted the promise of pleasures to come. The golem then secured him in the harness once again before dropping them into the floor of the small cave. After a quick pause to get her bearings, they continued their way north. Later on,...
Graff came over after supper and knelt next to Sera. The gorgon drew back slightly from the intensity in the rabbit girl’s eyes. “Sera? Can I please have a night with Kal?” asked the doe. Taking a moment to get over her surprise, Sera gave her a confused look, “I’ve already told you, I’m his woman but I don’t have any say in who he’s with.” “Yes, you do, and he’s not going to touch me unless he knows it’s okay with you. I messed things up really bad when we first met so I’m trying to start...
Author’s Note: This is the final chapter of Searching for the Sky. However, by popular demand I am writing up some sexy-time scenes which I skipped over for the sake of concentrating on the story, so keep an eye out for those in the coming weeks. Once those are done then I will be hammering away at Book 3. If you would like to help me continue creating stories like this, check out the end note after the chapter. I’m so glad you have enjoyed my story and thank you so much for...
Kal sat on the top step of his porch with his arms around Perra as she leaned back against his chest. “Ada is due any day now and Master Ellis is ecstatic to the point of annoying the hell out of everyone at the inn,” said Perra, giggling. A moment later her face fell, “Marda’s sister finally arrived a couple of weeks ago and has been doing her best to terrorize the townsfolk into denouncing you and having you removed from the council. With all of the people you healed before you left, she...
Two figures silently made their way up to Carriston’s wall, stopping just outside of the light of the torches placed along the ramparts. They had spent the last few minutes carefully observing the city’s Night Watch and were now just biding their time, waiting for their opportunity to get inside. A couple of guards stopped and talked for a moment directly above the place he and Ria had scouted out earlier. It was in the very center of the fortification between watchtowers and there were no...
The third night after Kal wakes up The monster girls drew straws to see who would join Kal for the night resulting in the frog girl, Molo, winning. Afterward, they continued drawing straws as Oona noted who won and made up a list to set up a rotation for the rest of them. Kal didn’t see any of this. As soon as Molo was declared the winner, she immediately grabbed his hand and dragged him toward the stairs with a disconcertingly wide grin. Once the rest of the girls were out of earshot, she...
Kal stepped out of the tunnel from the storeroom to see Felli standing a few paces away. She was gazing out the cave entrance watching a couple of large birds gliding along the stiff mountain breezes. She turned to look at him and blushed furiously as he stepped up next to her.“A little late for that after what you just saw,” he said watching one of the birds tuck its wings and dive out of sight.Felli blushed even harder “The blue lady and I talked some this morning, she was telling me there’s...
Fantasy & Sci-FiKal opened his eyes and sighed, part of him had been hoping he would wake up in his own bed, or better yet Ikuno’s, but all that greeted him was the dim green glow of the cavern he fell asleep in. He wasn’t sure what woke him up whether it was the pangs from his empty belly or the morning wood proudly making a tent in his trousers. Since he could only take care of one of those problems at the moment, he got up and walked over to the crack in the floor that his tiny water source ran to....
Fantasy & Sci-FiFelli took Kal high into the air and let him go, allowing Kal to glide along with her most of the way back to the mountain. Then, according to their plan, the harpy hauled him up into the sky and released him again, so he could make the approach to the cave on his own. There was tense moment when he sailed into the turbulence created as air struck the windward side of the peak and pushed its way around. After a couple of seconds of being knocked about, Kal entered the much calmer area...
“Umm……………… What?”Ikuno smiled but didn’t lift her head off his shoulder, “I’ll explain later, take me to bed.”Kal started walking again, “Sounds like there’s going to be a lot of that later, like how you ended up overloaded with magic.”Kal walked into the mouth of the cave, Ikuno snapped her fingers and a ball of light formed before them, leading the way into the darkness.Ikuno was thoughtful, “I have an idea about that…”“KAL! IKUNO! Are you alright!” came Perra’s voice, they could tell from...
Fantasy & Sci-FiEdited by: Old Fart------Perra and Kahrin both squealed like little girls and came together in a big hug as soon as they saw each other the next morning. After some quick chatter and complaints from both of them about being sore, making Kal curious as to why Kahrin would be sore, the two women disappeared into the back of the inn. Kal sat down next to Bren who was eyeing him warily.“Did I do something wrong, Bren?” Kal asked.The big man grunted and smiled, “Next time you make a girl into a...
Fantasy & Sci-Fi‘In pain’ wasn’t the most comfortable way to wake up but Kelthor welcomed it this time, it was better than opening his eyes and finding himself in the afterlife. He discovered that attempting to open his eyes was a bad idea, as pain once again lanced through his head from the daylight pouring into the room. On a more pleasant note, it was certainly nice waking up to the feeling of a naked woman pressed against his side. Rose had crawled into bed beside him and rested her head on his...
“Fuck you, Kal! I hope your fucking dick falls off! You are never, ever touching me again! Get the fuck away from me!” Perra screamed in the mage’s face. Kal was so shocked by the outburst he stood up from his place next to the large tub and turned towards the door, his expression blank as he automatically followed the laboring woman’s orders. “No, no, no, no,” Elta said, jumping up and gently steering him by the shoulders back to the water-filled basin Perra was sitting in. “Any other time...
Just a sip A week had passed since her run-in with Kal and his friends and Rowan was feeling hungry. She had spent a significant amount of time thinking about that night and how she had ended up saved from the same fate as the will-o’-wisp. Her guess was that the portion of her consciousness that remained inside the creature saw what was about to happen and managed to take control of the wisp for a few seconds. It used the opportunity to rip her out of Kal’s head, which was none too...
Strong hands grabbed him and held him up as the snakes of the woman’s hair reached out and sunk their fangs into various body parts. The venom allowed the gorgon to move Kal’s body in the area where he’d been bitten. Getting him standing, she pulled him over and leaned him up against a nearby wall. Terror gripped Kal’s mind. He was still recovering from the shock of believing he was about to die when the searing pain from the snakes’ venom began exploding everywhere they bit him. It faded...
Edited by: Old Fart Kal carefully set his pack with its precious contents on Ikuno’s bed. “It feels good to be home,” he said heading over to the small cubby so he could relieve himself after the trip back from Felli’s cave. “I think that’s the first time you’ve ever called this ‘home’” said Ikuno as she dug through Kal’s pack and retrieved the pouch with his extra crystals in it. She went into the library and got her own pouch off the shelf, trading out the ones she and Kal had...
Edited by: oldfart and 2muchdiggity ‘Let her in, Kal,’ came the thought from Kuto. “Why the hell would I do that?” said Kal aloud. The last few minutes he had been talking the frozen harpy through the more panic-inducing parts of her stasis, such as no longer breathing or having a heartbeat. The bird-girl’s hysteria faded quickly as the mage shared images and feelings from his own experience. Knowing that she would be okay once the gorgon’s petrification ran its course did a lot to dispel...
As Kal prepared breakfast he directed the wolf girl towards a small alcove next to the entrance that offered a restroom and shower. She arrived back at the fire pit as he plated their meals, feeling refreshed and relaxed now that she was clean again for the first time in months. Looking her naked body up and down, Kal admitted to selfishly anticipating getting enough food into the girl so her ribs no longer showed. Just getting her hydrated had made most of them fade and done wonders for her...
Kal looked around his living room as if it were a different world. In his entire life, he had never seen so many people in his house. Quite honestly, he didn’t much care for it. Perra was sitting in the living room chatting with Dax, Refia, and Kuto. Up at the dining table, Elta bounced Ruce’s chick, Lada, on her knee as she talked with the little girl’s mother, Ghoss, and her own mother, Lady Nina. It somehow didn’t make him feel better that three of the women in the room were pregnant with...
Kal and Ria watched as Daxas and her pack disappeared over a hill in the distance. The sprite sighing sadly. “Sounds like you are going to miss them as much as I am,” said Kal. “No, I’m just trying to decide if I should be proud of you or disappointed.” “Because I didn’t bond the whole pack?” “No,” said the sprite wistfully, “because you’ve been living with a bunch of horny canines and not once did you walk onto the tent and make the comment, ‘It smells like wet dog in here,’” His...
Want to say a couple of things before we jump into the story First off, I hope that everyone is being safe as we make our way through this worldwide crisis. I have thousands of regular readers now, and while I may not know every one of you I hate the idea that any of you, or the people you care about, may be suffering because of the virus. Second, I sincerely apologize for the delay in putting up this chapter. Many peoples lives have been severely disrupted by COVID-19, mine has been no...
Veir looked at the small vial with silvery dust in Kal’s hand with curiosity. “You said that’s dust from butterfly wings?” “Yes,” Kal replied as he quickly cast the acclimation spell again. He wasn’t getting cold yet but in a few minutes he would be stripping down out here in the snow before heading into Graff and Velt’s den. “I’ll need you to move away before I use it. If I see you before I go inside, I may lose interest in those two.” “That’s no fun, I was hoping to see what it did to...
Later in the night after Kal wakes up from passing the trials. One by one the girls left as the night wound down, leaving Senshu alone with Kal in the sitting room on the bottom floor. Graff and Velt had run off with Sera earlier, the gorgon stopping to give him a goodnight kiss before leaving. By her expression, he could tell that she wasn’t happy about something and he thought it odd that she was going to bed with the vixen and doe instead of with him. It wasn’t a big deal since his and...
Later that morning Kal found himself in a very unexpected situation: riding piggyback on Ikuno. She was taking advantage of the natural trail that ran along the base of the mountain range. The oni surmised that it had been made over many years by herds of game animals traveling north and being turned aside by the steep mountain faces, eventually creating a decently wide path. Kal had used it a few times to get to Ikuno’s but it wasn’t significantly faster for him to go north to the trail and...
Fantasy & Sci-FiKal was a panicky wreck by the time Gerda brought them back up onto the trail not far from Ikuno’s pool. He had failed to realize that, even though Gerda ‘flew’ through the stone at a good pace, the trip back to Ikuno’s cave would still take nearly a full hour. With no means of communicating with Gerda, he had no choice but to deal with his phobia and wait until they resurfaced.Once he had gotten his wits about him and recovered from the journey, he explained to Ikuno and Gerda what the issue...
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Kal, Ikuno, and Gerda rose up out of the mountain trail just a handful of paces from the edge of Aradelle’s forest. Kal stepped away and bent over to catch his breath as soon as the rock holding his and Gerda’s hands together receded. He glared over at Ikuno who was smirking at him; she seemed to be having no trouble at all with this new method of getting around. He honestly wasn’t sure if he was ever going to grow accustomed to traveling through solid rock in such a manner.As they stepped off...
Fantasy & Sci-FiAfter, Obligations, Improvement Edited by: Old Fart Perra and Kahrin both squealed like little girls and came together in a big hug as soon as they saw each other the next morning. After some quick chatter and complaints from both of them about being sore, making Kal curious as to why Kahrin would be sore, the two women disappeared into the back of the inn. Kal sat down next to Bren who was eyeing him warily. “Did I do something wrong, Bren?” Kal asked. The big man grunted and...
Falling with style, Re-union, Status Edited by: Old Fart Kal stepped out of the tunnel from the storeroom to see Felli standing a few paces away. She was gazing out the cave entrance watching a couple of large birds gliding along the stiff mountain breezes. She turned to look at him and blushed furiously as he stepped up next to her. “A little late for that after what you just saw,” he said watching one of the birds tuck its wings and dive out of sight. Felli blushed even...
Ikuno panted as Kal’s tongue lapped hungrily at her clit, Kal tried to adjust himself as his erection was rubbing uncomfortably against his trousers. “No touching,” Ikuno reminded him putting a hand on the back of his head and pressing him into her sex. Kal growled in annoyance and sucked her clit into his mouth swirling his tongue around until Ikuno gasped and her legs began to shake as she came. Ikuno stepped away and let the leather flap fall hiding her pussy from...
“Umm ... What?” Ikuno smiled but didn’t lift her head off his shoulder, “I’ll explain later, take me to bed.” Kal started walking again, “Sounds like there’s going to be a lot of that later, like how you ended up overloaded with magic.” Kal walked into the mouth of the cave, Ikuno snapped her fingers and a ball of light formed before them, leading the way into the darkness. Ikuno was thoughtful, “I have an idea about that...” “KAL! IKUNO! Are you alright!” came Perra’s voice,...
Kal, Ikuno, Bea and one of Aradelle’s vines approached the spectral wolf’s remains in hopes of finding any kind of information. Two long black streaks of decayed plant matter starting just beyond the edge of Aradelle’s clearing led them to where it had met its end. It was easy to see, however, that any hope of evidence pertaining to who sent it and why it was looking for Ikuno had dissolved into a bubbling, smoking pool of sickly yellow blood laced with black streaks. “Any ideas?” asked...
Scowling, Ikuno looked on as Silma and Kal went through the molting process again, she was bothered by last night’s dream but that wasn’t what was making her unhappy at the moment. “What the hell happened to your hair?” the oni growled as they walked over to her. Kal blushed and ran a hand over his bare scalp, “It’s a side effect of cooling down so fast.” Silma nodded in agreement as she stepped up beside him, “It was this or wait a day there and a day back for him to cool down.” The...
Weeks passed, and the land was blanketed in pristine white snow, travel became more difficult and Kal’s routine now consisted largely of chopping firewood, tending to the animals, chopping firewood checking animal traps, chopping firewood, cleaning and processing furs to sell at market like most farmers in winter, and chopping firewood. Visits to Ikuno’s cave became rarer and Kal had taken to making overnight trips, much to Ikuno’s delight, as the trek seemed to become longer with each new...
Kal, Ikuno, Bea and one of Aradelle’s vines approached the spectral wolf’s remains in hopes of finding any kind of information. Two long black streaks of decayed plant matter starting just beyond the edge of Aradelle’s clearing led them to where it had met its end. It was easy to see, however, that any hope of evidence pertaining to who sent it and why it was looking for Ikuno had dissolved into a bubbling, smoking pool of sickly yellow blood laced with black streaks.“Any ideas?” asked KalIkuno...
Fantasy & Sci-FiThree hours and five failed attempts later he finally had a small oval moonstone that matched his desired dimensions exactly. Kal looked over at Gerda. She had gotten rid of the stool once she was done eating the other crystal and instead made a bed to lay on. He chuckled when he realized that the bed she made was an exact stone replica of Ikuno’s, even down to the headboard.Kal wrapped the completed moonstone in a piece of linen and placed it in his pack then went over to the napping rock...
Fantasy & Sci-Fi“I must say, it feels rather homey in here,” said Kal looking around the roc’s cavern.Ikuno stared at him like he had grown a second head, “Have you lost your ever-loving mind? How on earth could this place feel ‘homey’?”Many hours ago, they had gone exploring the roc’s cavern, a task that turned out to be much larger than expected. at the top of the slope was a crossroads that split off in three directions, instead of being a single large cavern. The southern path sloped down before opening up...
Fantasy & Sci-FiAfter bringing the new linens and taking the old ones behind the inn to be washed, Perra and the new father made a second trip to get bowls of stew for the new parents and the midwife. Perra was a bit scandalized by the mother’s state of undress until she was forcefully reminded by the woman that Kal had just helped deliver her baby and saved both of their lives as well as being there for her daughter’s first meal, there wasn’t much sense in being bashful now.Perra’s mood didn’t improve when...
Fantasy & Sci-FiMonths passed, and winter finally released its grip on the land, patches of snow could still be seen in places where there were significant amounts of shade during the day as well as up on the mountains where the air was colder. Only a handful of conifers were starting to show signs of budding and the forests continued to be bare of leaves except for the occasional evergreen dotted here and there. The winter had come and gone with little fanfare, only one bad snowstorm had made the...
Shared, Lifted, Connected Edited by: Old Fart “I must say, it feels rather homey in here,” said Kal looking around the roc’s cavern. Ikuno stared at him like he had grown a second head, “Have you lost your ever-loving mind? How on earth could this place feel ‘homey’?” Many hours ago, they had gone exploring the roc’s cavern, a task that turned out to be much larger than expected. at the top of the slope was a crossroads that split off in three directions, instead of being a...
Rain pelted Kal and Ikuno as they made their way carefully along the thin mountain trail. They had left Ikuno’s home earlier that morning to return to Aradelle’s forest and crossed over the first mountain without incident. However, as they descended into the valley between that and the second peak, dark clouds had rolled in and a smattering of rain dogged them on the next ascent. As they approached the apex of the trail the weather became even fouler turning into a full-blown downpour with...
Rain pelted Kal and Ikuno as they made their way carefully along the thin mountain trail. They had left Ikuno’s home earlier that morning to return to Aradelle’s forest and crossed over the first mountain without incident. However, as they descended into the valley between that and the second peak, dark clouds had rolled in and a smattering of rain dogged them on the next ascent. As they approached the apex of the trail, the weather became even fouler turning into a full-blown downpour with...
Fantasy & Sci-FiKal cautiously opened his eyes as he returned to the waking world, the heavy furs covering him instead of his normal wool comforter making him stop and think about where he was. Smiling he remembered he was not at home and turned to the side to see Ikuno peacefully sleeping next to him. Though not as striking as the changes when he first returned to the cave, as he continued to visit her skin color had deepened to a rich cobalt blue and the triangular marks on her cheeks had become almost...
Fantasy & Sci-FiThree Knights of the Order of the Lion’s Shield stood in the clearing in front of the cave, it was quiet save for the soft munching from far off to one side next to the wood line as the horses nibbled on the grass nearby. The squires tended to the horses and made sure their leads were secured to nearby trees, though all of them were trained as warhorses to be calm during battles, it was better to be safe than spend hours hunting down one that decided to bolt for whatever reason. Near the...
Fantasy & Sci-Fi“Come back safe, Kal,” said Perra as she laid in bed with the covers pulled back so Kal could take in the candlelit view of her naked body. He paused every few minutes in his preparations for his extended trip into the mountains to kiss and run his hands over her skin. She was putting herself on display for him and he wanted there to be no doubt in her mind he appreciated it.He was disappointed that he didn’t have the extra time to make more of the situation, but he and Ikuno had decided to...
Fantasy & Sci-FiMoved, Night Out, Sharing, Upward Edited by: Old Fart “Come back safe, Kal,” said Perra as she laid in bed with the covers pulled back so Kal could take in the candlelit view of her naked body. He paused every few minutes in his preparations for his extended trip into the mountains to kiss and run his hands over her skin. She was putting herself on display for him and he wanted there to be no doubt in her mind he appreciated it. He was disappointed that he didn’t have the extra time...
“Hold your breath,” said Ikuno, leaning over as she held the ink behind Kal’s back with the telekinesis cantrip. Kal did as she asked, trying hard to hold down his excitement as Ikuno placed the last and probably most important of his runic tattoos, the healing rune. Cure Poison and Cure Disease were already on his shoulder blades and now the healing rune was going to go right in between. Ikuno had recommended placing it on his back because when attacked the first instinct is to face your...