Battlemage Nonetheless Book 5 AdvocateChapter 7
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Dusty and the others made pretty good time over the last day and a half to the huge mountainous expanse in the desert. Dusty would never have expected this if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. It didn't make sense, but he was still learning things.
There was one point when Kat called them close and said they were being followed. Dusty leaned over his horse, using just one stirrup to support his weight, reached into an inside pocket, and then hung like that as he buried something close to a rock.
He then had everyone ride closer together for a few miles and then asked everyone to hold hands while on their horses.
Kat wasn't prepared to have them all disappear and appear at a large home. Everyone spent the next two hours at Dusty and Suzan's home as Suzan and Kat cleaned up and Dusty checked on the children. Dusty and Suzan then spent an hour playing with and enjoying their children.
Kat again saw their life and wondered about a family of her own. She loved children and Suzan and Dusty's were precious. She easily could see breaking her vow to not have children for Dusty's sake if they weren't an item.
Satisfied after a short visit and a hot bath Dusty and Suzan kissed the children and returned them back to their guardian, a pretty brown haired woman Kat heard them call Anita, and then they remounted their horses and joined hands again and then they were back in the desert.
Kat was envious again of that new spell.
She knew Dusty had used it to cause them all to travel a great distance and she really wanted to know how he did it, but to learn she would have to sleep with him and she liked Suzan to much to destroy her marriage just for a few spells Dusty might know.
Keeping it to her self they started into the mountain range headed for the Dragon's nest.
Taylin was following those four because she was sure they were after her Dragon and she wouldn't give up that horde after spending seasons looking for it. Dragon's could hide it anywhere and she really wanted get her and her teams a share of that.
There was no way they could carry it all back and she would be there to locate it and cart away what she could carry. Stapen, Davic, and Payven were put out of commission by those four. Davic and Payven would recover, but with busted shoulders they were no good to her.
Stapen was still out after that brown haired witch did something to him. Nothing she did could wake him up. She had to give up and let him sleep off what ever she did.
She easily followed their trail up to a point. For some reason it just disappeared. There were the horses trail and then "poof" it was gone.
Taylin rode around for an hour making sure she didn't make a mistake and she was sure that she didn't. As far as she could see they vanished into thin air!
Cursing them for tricking her she realized that either Dusty or the other woman had used magic to do what they did, even though she had never heard of a spell that would let them do this, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to find them using her skills.
Riding back for the town she cursed and called them all every name in the book that she could.
As the four of them made their way around the base of the range, Kat was looking for something. There wasn't really a trail up to the mountain where they needed to go because Dragon's didn't walk up to their own doors and they discouraged visitors. But they needed a safe way up.
Now climbing the side of the mountain range they would stop and take breaks from time to time but it wasn't easy. They left the horses tied below with some water and some food because they wouldn't be able to take them up the side with them.
At one point, Suzan saw some pretty flowers and stopped to pick one and put it in her hair. It had scarlet petals that were trimmed in a deeper scarlet. There were black spots on them and in the center were light yellow stalks that offset it.
"This flower sure is pretty, on the way back I think I may pick a few to plant in my garden close to home," said Suzan to no one in particular.
"If you do you may find you have a Dragon problem soon," said Kat with a smile.
"Why do you say that?" asked Suzan climbing.
"That's Dragon fern. Or Dragon catnip is a better name for it. They will grow like wildfire if you plant it in the ground near fertile soil and you'll have a devil of a time getting it out. In the mean time Dragon's will offer to stop by and help pick them for you," said Kat with a mischievous smile.
As she finished, she saw all the color drain from Suzan face as she savagely yanked it out of her hair and threw it on the ground. She then stomped it and moved on.
Kat looked at her curiously and then she saw Dusty smiling.
"Suzan had a bad experience with that once. Someone used it to poison her and she's not quite over that experience just yet," said Dusty with a smile.
"What? That's impossible. If a human was to eat Dragon fern they would eventually die. No human can withstand it and there is no antidote for it either," said Kat watching him carefully.
If Dusty had a cure she would want to hear it.
"You're right, there is not a cure for it, but there is a way to make it more bearable for the infected person until it passes out of their system," said Dusty smiling.
"Well what is it?" asked Kat after waiting for Dusty to go on, and he didn't.
"Lets just say after using magic to enhance both of our stamina, our wedding night resulted in both of us staying in bed for just over twenty four hours while trying to see how much bodily fluid the mattress was actually capable of absorbing from the two of us," said Dusty as he moved on past Kat.
Kat stared at him as he did, and once again she wanted to know what it was like to experience him.
Shaking her head, she moved on with her mission. No use worrying about what could have been. She spent most of her early life doing that and it took a few centuries until she was able to get beyond that point. No use in starting up again.
After about an hour of hard climbing they eventually found the opening to the cave. It was very well hidden and wouldn't be seen easily from either the air or the ground. The opening was hidden behind various shrubberies that grew on the mountain side.
It was dark of course and very deep. They slowly made their way and they occasionally stepped on various bones. Dusty brought out the torches he managed to secure when they went home and wished he hadn't.
The floor was littered with the bones of various animals and humans. Some of them were scorched and others were picked clean of all meat. There were also quite a few bones that had been cracked open and the marrow sucked out, human and animal.
It was very nerve wracking to see something like this all around them. If it had only been animals it would have been easier to look at, but knowing that they were walking on the skulls of what looked to be men, women, and quite a few children also didn't make this any easier.
Kat looked solemn as she did. While she was upset to also see this, the past actions of the Dragon didn't weigh in now as the Dragon was trying to save humans instead of preying on them. She swallowed the bile she was feeling as she pushed on.
The Cave had many rooms to it and they all had various forms of litter in them like the first room. But they were also all "jam packed" with treasure as well. There was everything from weapons and armor to gold and silver. There were jewel encrusted books, cups, bowls, and other items.
As they explored, Dusty found different types of weapons, a set of matching twin swords in a battered and weathered scabbard, a few spears, and a few naked bastard swords. They were all of a dark color and seemed to have been made that way. He felt the blades and they had a nice swirling pattern etched in them. They looked to be of good quality.
While he noticed them, Seth had also dug around and found a large great axe that was made of similar material. The axe was heavier than his but was also wider than his axe. The edge seemed just too perfect for him to leave alone
The two of them looked over at each other and smiled. They had no need of money in their positions, but a good weapon of superior quality was hard to come by.
While Dusty didn't use swords Amber and Logan did. He would give them to the kids as a present to use when they got older. Right now they were too young at five to handle the weapons. He gathered them up and took them with him. Seth took his old axe and put it against the wall and secured this one in its place on his back.
Traveling all the rooms, in a room off to the side of one of the treasure rooms was the egg chamber.
Dusty wasn't sure what he was expecting, but it wasn't this. The egg looked like a normal egg in that it was roughly egg shaped, but it was longer and more oblong than he would have expected. It was also a mottled grey color instead of white.
Stepping forward, he felt a presence in his mind. It gave him the impression of innocence and curiosity. It felt clumsy and surprised.
Standing and staring now he was snapped out of his actions when Kat's voice rang out "Don't touch that egg!"
Now focusing, he saw Seth with his hand extended almost touching it.
"No one can touch the egg but Dusty. If anyone else does it will confuse the hatchling. Only Dusty can because he has to be the one who presents it to the Dragon council. He has to be the one whose scent is on it. We don't want to give the impression it was being passed around like a curiosity," said Kat sternly.
Feeling like he was in a trance, Dusty stepped forward and touched the egg.
Suddenly his mind was invaded by strange images. They were at best only muted colors, but they also had questions that weren't actually asked with words. It was like he was feeling what was to be asked. It also conveyed a sense of child like innocence to him.
Dusty was snapped out of his feeling by a low rumble.
"So this is where you worms crawled off too. I had you in sight for a bit, but the small trees hid where you went and I had to land and search around where I last saw you," said a voice.
Twisting Dusty looked back at the entrance to the room and saw in the room just beyond, a small dragon. Where a normal dragon would have been easily three to four stories in height, this dragon was just barely over a story and a half at best. It was a little over three times as wide as a horse, but had a long serpentine neck that was as big around as a barrel at the base and it swiveled around and watched them all.
It was a dark green color and had glowing golden eyes that swirled and watched them as they watched it.
"What is a Drake doing here?" hissed Kat.
"What's a Drake? Wait, isn't that a Dragon?" asked Dusty.
"No a Drake is like a miniature Dragon. A full sized Dragon would be like four or five times his size. This is more like the tiny version of the real thing," said Kat.
"You call this tiny?" asked Dusty in shock.
Kat just smiled in amusement.
"Yes you're the one that Black sent to find her precious egg. I've been hunting you for a while now. Thank you for finding her egg for me so I can now complete my mission for my master and kill it like I did its mother and be on my way. Oh, and thank you for leaving your horses below. They made the tastiest of snacks, not that any of you will need them any longer," the Drake said to them.
Dusty suddenly tasted fear, and it had a coppery feeling in his mouth, but it wasn't coming from anyone that he could see. Suddenly he realized that it was the egg that was scared.
Suddenly Dusty felt a sense of protection rise up in him and he blocked the way to the egg.
"What is it you want here?" asked Dusty.
"Why to kill you of course. You're not that bright are you?" asked the Drake.
"What benefit is it for you to kill us? We have nothing you want and if you waited you could have claimed the treasure after we left. Why face us like this?" asked Kat.
The Drake made what could have passed for laughter from its mouth.
"You little fools, you think everyone in the Dragon's conclave wants peace with you vermin? You're our prey, our food, not our equals! Who ever heard of talking with their food and making peace with it? You crawl around on the ground and eat dirt! Do you talk to your cattle and make peace with them before you eat them?" asked the Drake.
"No but they don't have the capacity for speech, reasoning, and culture either. We do not prey on those things that do," said Dusty softly.
"How do you know that you don't? Have you ever tried to communicate with a cow and ask what it thought about being slaughtered?" asked the Drake.
"It doesn't matter what you say you're not destroying this egg," said Dusty as a sense of protection filled him again.
The Drake looked at them for a split second and slightly opened it mouth.
Suddenly Kat screamed "DRAGON FIRE" and Dusty then noticed the flames licking around in its mouth. He hadn't been paying attention and almost missed it.
As an after thought Dusty threw up a shield that covered the entrance to the small cave that they were in and flames harmlessly washed over it.
Dusty, for the first time, felt strain as he did this. Normally spells didn't make him feel tired when he used them, but this time he felt a little tired as he kept up the shield in the face of the Drakes blast.
"Nice one worms. But that won't hold up long against my attacks," said the Drake as he launched another sustained attack on the magic shield.
"He's right. His attack is starting to drain me. How is that possible?" asked Dusty looking at Kat.
"Dragon's are magic incarnate by nature and I'm surprised what you did even worked. Human magic normally doesn't affect Dragon's at all because Dragon magic tends to negate it," said Kat with surprise.
"Well I won't be able to stop it for much longer if we don't figure something out quick," said Dusty.
"Can you slant the magic enough so that we can get out of here? We're all one big target if we all stay in here and we can't help you if we do. If we're outside we can spread out and maybe take it down," said Kat.
Before lunch had been served Dusty had already spoken with the King. Even though he tried hard to keep the crystal phones they created a secret from the public, the King while bragging about them, had shown his off to a few of the nobles and visiting dignitaries. That was enough to spark a huge interest in them. Suddenly it was seen as a favor to the crown to have a few people outfitted with them, and a few others tried to curry huge favors with him to get one. Dusty and his friends kept...
While Kat had waited that morning for the three of them to arrive quite a few men had tried to "chat her up" as they passed by her going either into the city or as they left. Even in her generally loose fitting travel garb they saw the gem that she was. Somehow she managed not only to talk to them in a friendly manner, but she also managed to get some useful information while not offending anyone or giving the impression that she was willing to go to bed with any of them. Even though she...
The four women entered the large city and quickly blended in with the rest of the inhabitants. Suzan was just a little unhappy Dusty wasn't with her though it had only been a little over a week since she left Dusty and headed out for the mission. Although she missed her husband, she was also really charged up to be here and was well ready to take on a new mission like this. It took them several days of travel by ship and a few more days of hard riding and just barely stopping for anything...
Amber came into the house and kicked off her boots. She then put her pack down beside the door, took off her twin swords, and then leaned those swords against the door next to her pack. Her parents would be around somewhere, and after she found something to eat she would go find them. She had dropped Logan off in town, as he wanted to visit, but she only wanted to go home and unwind. As she walked down the hallway she had the same thoughts she usually did when she passed through...
Dusty felt like he was submerged in warm water. It was strange because while he couldn't see, he could feel everything. The feeling made him feel like he was surrounded by nothing and yet at the same time by everything. He could feel shapes, colors, sounds, even smells. He could sense everyone around him and as strange as it sounded he could sense himself. It was like he was looking at himself but he wasn't looking at himself. As Dusty was trying to puzzle that out, he felt child like...
Dusty and Suzan reached the double doors that lead to the council chambers. They had passed a few offices that the council members and others made their own. Now they were at their destination. There was a single desk outside the council chambers, and at it sat a very striking and attractive red haired woman. She looked to conceivably be in her mid-thirties, but with mages that didn't mean anything. She was dressed in similar robes as the guard out front with the same sash over her...
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Wolfgang wouldn't admit it but he was really looking forward to Kat's visit shortly. She had just called to say that she was close and would soon be at his home, and once they broke the connection he found he was rotating the crystal phone around in his hands and staring at it as he thought about her. Ever since Dusty's phones started to be the rage it had made his life far easier. Of course he wished he had access to these phones a long, long, time ago but Dusty wasn't born during the...
Dusty and Suzan quickly made a few plans between them, agreed on them, and then set about separately doing them. First thing Dusty wanted to do was make sure the kids were taken care of. He knew that getting DJ started on his training was important right then and so he made a quick call to Lori. Talking as fast as he could Dusty then explained what was going on and why he needed to send the kids to her home. Telling Lori he had the emergency covered he made the plan to send their kids,...
Dusty, Suzan, Daniel, and Rachel all suddenly appeared on the pad next to Lori's home. The pad was large enough to accommodate five riders on horseback, but it was the four of them standing next to Dusty and Suzan's horses. Waiting while Dusty and Suzan took their horses to the stable, the four of them returned to the front of the door and knocked. "Lori seemed pretty excited when I called her, I wonder why," said Suzan as they waited "Bet she's discovered something new again. She...
"Thank you for the horses," said Marie as she looked over at Seth smiling. "I'm happy to loan them to you all. I'm just sorry how you received them, but not that you have them," said Seth. "I am too. I wished those men didn't have to die while helping others as they did, but I know those people in the town appreciated their sacrifice," said Marie to Seth. Seth just nodded as he rode. They rode in silence while they were sticking to the main roads in the forest so that they could...
As the five of them worked their way through the dungeon, they were surprised that they no longer found any opposition. There just didn't seem to be anything that approached them or tried to attack them. That bothered Dusty. They had just gone from having wave after wave of ghouls attacking for over an hour to an eerie quiet. The only thing that made it worse was the occasional dripping sound of water from somewhere in the distance as they made their way deeper into the dungeon. "This is...
Melkin had to admit that Dusty was coming up in the world. When he brought him here he was someone who had nothing and had to start at the bottom. The council thought that this was the best way to do it and that it would make him more dependant on them for things he needed to survive while here. But not only had he started with nothing and grown, but he had been knighted, received a title and land, and was now turning a pretty decent profit. No one had expected him to be able to prosper...
"With us not finding any trace of what's happing during the day it looks like we're going to have to venture further into the woods at night," said Suzan as she looked at Dusty and Seth. "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean we've still not found a single trace of what is taking off with the people from around here," said Dusty as he turned to look at her. "I say we give it at least one more day, maybe two tops, before we go looking for any danger that we may not need to buy for...
The next morning Dusty got up very early, before the sun was even close to coming up, and started packing his pack for the next mission. As he pulled out clothing to take with him he noticed the suede leather jacket and jeans that he was wearing when he arrived here hanging in the wardrobe in the corner of his room. Seeing them once again took him back to when he first appeared in this world just under over a year ago. A lot of things had changed. First of all he now believed in magic. It...
Dusty started to run into the room, but he stopped and took a good long look around first looking for traps. As he stepped into the room he saw Galvin as he basically finished hanging his wife next to Daniel and Rachel from a hook by a chain around both of her wrists. When Galvin stepped back he could see that her shirt was ripped badly in the front and one of her breasts was in danger of spilling out of her already heavily overworked bra. He watched Galvin seem to take a good long look at...
Two men stood looking at the prone form of their leader. They just received the report that the man wanting to join them, a Christopher Jones, was just killed by someone a very powerful. It didn't look like magic that killed him, but they also had no idea at this point how he died. The men weren't too broken up about it because they felt the fool was wrong to be experimenting on children and they wouldn't miss him. He contacted them before with a deep desire to join their ranks and said...
"Mmmmmmm ... do you really need to get up and go work out so soon? The sun isn't even up yet. You really should come back to bed. I need you. I mean I really need you. You could just as easily work out with me instead you know," said Suzan softly but in her deep raspy voice. Even with just barely opening her eyes, she knew that she had her husband's complete attention. They had gone to bed the previous night in the buff and she could see his response to her request instantly. He was...
During the first week that Dusty and the others had left Marie and Seth had met with the King and Marie trained in the yard to keep up her skills, tone her body, and generally keep busy. The King gave her one of the outer rooms that faced the parade yards so that she was well away from the other nobles but close enough that she could work out in the yard and visit with Seth. King William gave her a knowing smile as his secretary briefed her where she would be staying. Marie smiled back at...
Once out of the chamber Dusty smiled and raced down the hall to grab Suzan's hand as she was still storming down the hallway, and pulled her trembling frame into an embrace. As he did he noticed that her face was unreadable, but he could see as he did this that she was still very much pissed off. While pulling her close he buried his face in her hair. "I'm sorry honey, but should have told you that you broke nothing. If I hadn't been so caught up in self pity I would have spoken up...
"Well my dear it has been almost two weeks, I don't believe they are coming back before the time limit," said Queen Morigan as she looked over at Rachel while she stood apart from the other women. Rachel was sitting and trying to look at ease, but it was an effort with all the various other Lady's and ladies in waiting around. All the various forms of nobility were hanging around the audience chamber making light conversation about nothing and gossiping. As Rachel tried to look like she...
Dusty arrived with his friends at the kingdom of Stelmore. The first thing they did on entering was to head straight for the castle to talk with King Roland about the attacks. Reaching the city gates it was obvious that the city was on high alert. On trying to enter the capital city they had to get off of their horses at the gate and lead them into the city. The guards then separated them, and two guards checked them one at a time. One held a serviceable pike on them as the other one...
A bloody and very upset Suzan and Anita made their way back to the palace just as the Sun was cresting over the horizon. They had already made the stop by Tabitha's mother's house the night before to inform her of what happened. Needless to say it wasn't something they wanted to do, but knew that they had to and it was something they owed the only real victim to pay the ultimate price. Even though Suzan felt she should tell her, Anita insisted that because her death was her fault she...
"Who are you two?" asked Rory quietly as he stared at them. "Rory we're still your friends, but we're also different people than who you know. I promise I'll answer all your questions later. I'll meet you back here in about an hour or so. "Watch over Terrance. I don't believe he'll die, but if I'm wrong come get me. But for now I need to hurry and get Ariel to our room. I'll explain why I need to do this as fast as humanly possible when I return," said Nathan quickly. Moving...
"Everyone, you are here for a reason and it is something that has an effect on your lives both in the past and the future," began Brianna as they were all seated around the living room. As the last to arrive, once Matt and Rayne showed up it was time to get started. As they looked around at their children and their spouses, they both couldn't believe how much the boys took after their father, even down to having the same silver forelock now in their hair as well But knowing this would be...
Galvin sat on the cliff side with his legs dangling as he sat overlooking the city. It was a very prosperous city that originally had been a town that was built against the side of a cliff so that it could only be raided from one direction, and all the defenses had been developed to protect from that direction. But over the years the town had grown, as well as changes in modern warfare. Now if someone wanted to give the city a good pasting they could do it in relative safety from where he...
Aric was sitting the table mentally going over preparations for dinner. It was his week to cook. While Brianna was coming along with her cooking, he was still far better he thought with a smile. But she was getting better, and she was better at cleaning and laundry so he had no complaints. He was glad they took turns switching on and off each week. Even though he tried to stop it, his mind kept drifting back over the last few seasons. After Brianna and Aric were settled in they traveled a...
"And that all happened just a little over ten seasons ago?" asked Nathan slowly. The way this young man was acting he thought it was all recently at least in the last couple of seasons. Not something decades ago. "I left the city and I've not returned. Not even to see my family," said Elliot nodding yes. "But what happened to Kathryn after you left or the man she was with? Did you ever find out? Did you even want to know?" asked Nathan. As he thought about it, he realized that he...
Suzan could tell by the rising and setting of the sun that she had been here at least a week and a half so far. She wasn't sure what was going on with Dusty and her friends, but she really wanted to see them again. The first few days she was there she refused to eat, though after awhile she decided starving herself before she found a way out didn't make sense. But she refused to eat with the Queen and Prince under any circumstances. She just flat out refused to see them. Everyday she...
Once they came to the city they asked for directions and they headed for the address they were given. They found themselves in front of a very large museum with rod iron gates that were swung wide open. They entered and were shown into a very nice, but a very cluttered office. There were books stacked on every table. But at least the center desk was clear. As the secretary showed them in she smiled big at Dusty and offered him her hand as she showed them all into the office. And once he...
After making their way to the address in question they noticed that there was a light coming from what looked to be a cellar door. As they opened the door they saw there was a lantern lit by the door but the others close by it were out. But a few feet after those the rest were lit again. Marie said she was going first, and they followed her down a narrow passageway that seemed to go down for about two stories then leveled out. As they leveled out they realized that they were headed to a...
Dusty got up early the next morning and found that not only was DJ up, but he already finished some light stretching, completed a run around the house a few times, and was now seated at the kitchen table entertaining himself as he waited for everyone else to get up. Laughing to himself he found it interesting that the boy had similar habits as himself. "I see your up early, any reason for that?" asked Dusty as he got a cup of something out of the icebox and then leaned against the counter...
"Hi welcome to the Winters, Taylor and Owen law firm. How may I help you?" asked the extremely beautiful young lady coming down the hallway. As Dusty stopped to get a good look at her he found his breath taken completely away. She was about 5'9" in some nice shiny black four inch Patten leather pumps. It didn't appear she was wearing stockings, but her legs were tanned and very well formed, but he was trying not to stare and only took a very quick look at them as she approached...
Early the next morning found the group of six riding away from the castle as they hurried to the Kingdom of Patella to speak with the Queen and see what was going on in that land. As the rode down the road, Dusty started talking about something that was on his mind. "Was it really wise to leave Marie alone with Seth?" asked Dusty to everyone as they rode their borrowed horses towards the Kingdom of Patella. He waited until they were well away from the capital city before he asked so no...
"Galen? Galen? Yes I know of him. He's one of those mages who seated themselves on their useless council. Don't you know that his meeting you was no accident? He was assigned to watch you. He also wanted to make sure that you didn't go power mad and crazy. While you may be stronger he's always hidden his true strength from you. "And you do know the reason that he took so long to help your son and his wife when her powers truly activated was because the council really didn't want to...
While still stunned from Gemma's story, Brianna looked down at the table and said "But, but, I don't know if he even likes me back. What if he doesn't think I'm attractive enough? All the other women here are so beautiful, and I'm not that special. I don't know how to walk around like they do or how to flirt with him. And I don't really know how to cook very well. Everyone else is better than I am at everything." Gemma, looked at her stunned for a moment, paused and then started to...
Andrea sat next to the bed looking down at the face of a sleeping Daven. It was hard to believe watching him that this was the same face of the young man who was the terror of husbands and fathers alike. Likewise it was hard to believe this was the same face of the young man who was well known as well for his uncommon attractiveness. If it wasn't for his barely hidden arrogance, that few who got close enough to him could see, she herself might have found him more attractive. He always...
DJ slowly came to, and as he did, he tried to get his bearings based on the last thing he remembered. The last thing he clearly remembered was hitting the ground hard and then ... nothing. While DJ lay there trying to figure out what was going on, he noticed a couple things. One he could hear an argument going on in the distance. He tried to focus on it, but he was distracted because his head was at an odd angle. It wasn't the fact it was unpleasant or anything, but he was lying on...
When everyone arrived in front of the home of Lori and Mark Miller, DJ was suitably impressed. To him it pretty much screamed mage from the start when you looked at it. He had seen lots of movies, books, and animations, and some of the designs gave him that impression. Their house was what he would have called a one story ranch style wrap around that had the front door and porch in the center of the structure and what looked to be separate rooms, or wings, on either side of it. It wasn't...
Reaching the edge of the city, just past the market square that she often visited, Suzan and Anita noticed that hardly anyone was around the homes there. Looking around as they reached the edge Suzan could see that something had gone horribly wrong. There were doors that were broken in, overturned stands, and destruction everywhere. Trash and broken items littered the road. Still in shock Suzan asked "What happened here, what is all of this?" "This is what happens when Trolls raid our...
DJ, Amber, Logan, Marilyn, and Jason reached the last city just outside of Lori's home without too much of a problem. They would soon be at her home to start DJ off on his training in magic. The trip was eventful with many men who kept asking after Amber and Marilyn to do everything from sitting with them, asking for a dance, to the blatant request to visit their room. Some didn't even want to wait for nightfall for that to take place. Marilyn often got most men to leave her alone by...
"Are we ready?" asked Marie Seeing everyone nod at her they started out of the gathering hall and headed down the road in the general direction of the city that they would eventually start their assignment. Marie knew that this mission was one that was given to Dusty by the council, via their guild, and she knew like always he would fill them in. He always shared all info with the team, but away from prying eyes and ears. As they walked Dusty was surprised at how Marie didn't seem to be...
Almost seeming to leap over the mess she had just made by the door, Lindsey jumped for Dusty and he just barely caught her before she tackled him. Dusty suddenly found himself holding a hysterically crying Lindsey as she seemed to break down in his arms. Not sure why he did it, Dusty couldn't help but notice that she was dressed in the same short brown outfit as the rest of the serving girls. She couldn't have been there all that long as her tanned and well formed legs only made the...
"Did you get what you needed?" asked Lori as they left Chris's home "Yes and no. I reported in and let them know what I found, but I know now even less about him than I did when I started," commented Dusty to Lori. Lori realized that Dusty probably wanted some privacy to ask some questions. One being why Lindsey was here and another about Chris, and she was sure he didn't want an audience. "Well thank god you came back when you did, we were running out of things to say to him while...
The night of the party was amazing. Somehow the ladies knew just who to see to get outfits for the party. Most missions didn't even include a party so they didn't pack dresses, but were still happy to find some to use to get dressed up for the occasion. Even Lindsey was happy with the outfit for her. It wasn't a large party or even a grand one, but it was a chance for them to talk to others and let their hair down for a bit. It was being held at the summer home near the edge of the town...
As soon as Marie closed and barred the door to her room she started to sweat again. Even though she was sure that at the time the cramps would kill her, she was used to getting the mild form so she was able to endure, but now she thought she was going to crawl out of her skin. She had to have sex and she needed it now! That was the only thing she wanted to do right now. That drug in her system was making it slowly her sole desire and the only thing her mind focused on. She couldn't...
Dusty and Lori managed to get to the farm in question and find what they needed. After convincing the farmer and his wife they weren't nuts and they did have a valid reason for why they wanted the stuff, they managed to get them to help them distill plant into a pure liquid form. Dusty promised that the Mayor would take care of the cost and that they just needed to let him know what to pay Asking for the use of a horse and wagon to carry back the large barrel, it was well into the...
The event in question was the night Dusty and Lindsey went to a summer party two months ago at one of their mutual friend's house. To be honest Grace was more Lindsey's friend than his, but he got along well with her husband Peter. Their friends had setup a barbeque pit, games, horseshoes, volley ball, among a few other games, and they had a very large turn out. Dusty was talking and hanging out with some of the guys he felt more comfortable with even though he really didn't know anyone...
The next morning as Dusty slowly awoke he noticed that a slender arm was now draped over him from behind as he faced the window. It wasn't like he didn't know who it was without turning over. He would have to start locking his door at nights it would seem. As he got up he could see that Lindsey had fallen asleep next to him and had obvious worn only her towel into his bed from the night before, and now it had now fallen open. Without meaning too, he looked and was disgusted to realize...
Eventually Dusty was able to find and move into his new apartment. Regardless of how he looked like on the outside to anyone, he was finding it hard to stay civil when every fiber of his being wanted to throttle Lindsey whenever she was near, and it was slowly starting to get to him. Going to the gym and getting into a good scrap at first seemed to help with his frustrations, but lately as the months drug on that was starting to not be enough. There were times during that last month that...
"I'm going to kill that old man," thought Dusty as he groaned painfully and rolled over. When he came to, he found himself face down in a field of grass. He looked around, and he could see what looked to be a dirt road to his right and trees off in the distance. As he stood up he realized that it looked like he was no longer in the city of Indianapolis anymore. He couldn't see anything like skyscrapers or building in general. All he could see was a big open field with a tree line off...
Three things happened after that first night they all spent in an Inn. First as they traveled during the day Lori came out of her shell and would talk with Dusty. Even though she still had her quiet moments, she no longer scowled at him and now that they traveled together Dusty found that she often would walk beside him, look up at him, and inquire about his life before he met them. She would sometimes even smile at him from time to time. Second was that while Suzan would still play pranks...
"OH MY GOD! WHAT WAS THAT!" thought Dusty as he waved his hand around at the dust in his room. "Did a bomb just now go off in here?! If so it was a bad one, it only took out the wall." There was a very large hole in the wall where his bed used to be and the bed was now a pile of heavily burnt and damaged kindling. But Dusty was without his towel and he was standing there on display as naked as the day he was born. Lori might have appreciated the view if she wasn't staring stunned at...
"Yes right there, right there Dusty. Oh my god yes! That feels wonderful. You really are as good as you said," moaned out Lori as she smiled down at Dusty. Lori was lying on the bed completely naked and looking unbelievable as she played with her large breasts with both hands as Dusty toiled on. Dusty smiled up at her as he was working hard at pleasuring her. He was hitting all the right spots and he knew that she was enjoying herself immensely it seemed. As he felt her twitching and...
The museum was having a party a week before the showing and Dr. White decided to allow the guild members to come as guests. Marie thought he really must be desperate to have them work for him since normally the help wasn't invited to these things. The main surprise was that the museum paid for them to all get new outfits for the night as well. Dr. White said that it was so they wouldn't feel pressure to find something. He just told them to mingle and meet new people and see what the museum...
"Tell me again what you say you saw?!" asked Dr. White shocked. This was the first time anyone had any information on the deaths. Dusty had gotten the girls up as he headed to Dr. White's room. It was on the second floor of where they were staying. Dr. White came down to view the room then he sent word to Dr. Carmichael that there was another attack and he took everyone to his office, and while he waited Dusty covered what he saw again. "Like I said, it was a wolf made of fire. But...
"So it went well?" Suzan asked as she sat and brushed her hair at the vanity. She could tell by Dusty's large smile that he had a good testing. The vanity was the only furniture she had brought with her when she moved into Dusty's room and it was small enough that it took up no real space in the corner. Dusty always enjoyed sitting and watching her work on her hair. While she only wore makeup for some of their special times together he still enjoyed watching her movements. To be honest...
As they approached the castle they were struck by how "clean" it was. Most castles Dusty had come to notice were really dusty, dirty, old buildings. Since everyone who lived or worked at some of the various castle didn't have private bathrooms or running water to their rooms, an idea Dusty was still wrapping his head around, they often threw things they didn't want into the moat surrounding the castle. They did this for "convenience" instead of heading to the bathroom in the middle of...