Magic Ink V The Third RealityChapter 27
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"Shannon, what are you doing?" Savannah demanded, standing in the hall behind us. Shannon's head came up off my chest, and she turned toward her Sister in a more determined way than I had seen before.
"It's all right, Savannah. He will take us with him and will marry both of us," she told her Sister. Savannah gasped in surprise.
"Really? Both of us? Are you sure?" she asked in a doubtful voice.
"I told Shannon that I would marry both of you. I will be glad to have both of you as my Wives. There are many marriages in our clan like that," I told her.
"He came with the Commissioners to the Confederation Conference," Shannon joyfully told her Sister.
"Really!?" Savannah asked, as she came towards us. I could sense that she too was trembling, but she appeared very relieved by this news. I pulled her to me also and kissed her for a time. Touching both Sisters at the same time in their current state of dress, I could sense their combined Talent which was huge. I thought that it might rival Kell's Wives' in ability.
Savannah had been in my arms for a short time when she began to cry. Her tears grew worse as she continued.
"What is wrong?" I asked the weeping girl, as I continued to hold her.
"Why are you crying, Savannah?" Shannon asked quietly in concern.
"He may not want us when he learns what was done to us," Savannah told her Sister. Shannon turned pale on hearing this.
"What happened to you?" I asked, also concerned.
"When we were held in the prison, those men forced things into our bodies. Later they raped us. We are no longer pure!" she wailed in misery and grief. I exhaled in relief, but quickly checked that the pregnancy prevention spell that I had cast yesterday had taken on both Sisters. It had.
I now had a dilemma. While I wasn't worried about them not being virgins, obviously they were, and in a major way. I couldn't just dismiss the problem and would need to explain why I wasn't worried about it. I pulled both Sisters tighter to me before beginning.
"Sweet Ladies, I realize that you are extremely upset about not being virgins for your wedding and I sympathize with your plight, but I have to tell you that my Cousins, Sister and I have been having sex since we were fourteen. I have never expected that my Wives would be virgins, as I assumed that they too would have been enjoying sex before we married," I told them.
"You had sex with your Sister?" they asked in shock.
"No, I had sex with some of my female Cousins. I have many Cousins both male and female. My Sister had sex with some of our male Cousins, and I had sex with some of my female Cousins who all enjoy sex greatly. There were also the Daughters of those working in our various businesses. They too enjoyed sex," I told them.
"Did you get children on any of them? Will you have to support them and their children?" a shocked Savannah demanded in fear.
"No! There is a spell to keep a woman from getting pregnant until she wishes to and cancels it. It is one of the earliest spells that a girl learns when studying Magic," I told them.
"Will we learn it?" both Sisters asked quickly.
"I have already used it on you. You have nothing to worry about," I told them. Both women visibly relaxed in my arms for a time on hearing all of this. It was Savannah who again had questions after a time.
"While I was bathing, the water turned cold, but I wasn't finished yet, as it had felt so good, and I wanted the water to be hot again. Before I knew what I was doing, words came to my lips unbidden, and my fingers traced a symbol of some kind in the air. The water was hot again in no time, but I was so upset that I couldn't enjoy it and came out here to find out what was going on," she told us. That was when I realized that they had been visited by the 'Book of Dreams' while they slept yesterday and probably overnight as well. Here was another problem to explain.
"You are learning Magic and how to use your Talents, although the spell that you used is rather an advanced one for someone just starting to learn Magic," I told her. This answer produced a startled look on both of their faces.
"How could we have learned any Magic? We have been asleep most of the time since we met," Savannah asked.
"When I released you from the stakes, you said that you wouldn't sign my book, and I told you that I didn't have a book for you to sign. That was and is still true. However, we do have a book. It is called the 'Book of Dreams', and it teaches you Magic while your sleep."
"In ... in our sleep?" Shannon asked tentatively.
"Yes, and eventually both of you will need to read the 'Book'. Do you either speak or read Gaelic?" I asked.
"We can speak a little Gaelic. Our Mother taught us some when we were little. The people here all speak English like those in England," Savannah told me.
"The 'Book' will teach you what you need to know to read and speak Gaelic. It is one of the master languages used in Magic. Over time the 'Book' will teach you many things that you need to know. It will not, however, teach you all of the Magic that you need to know. There is much studying required to achieve the various levels of competence in Magic," I told them.
"This 'Book' what does it look like?" Shannon asked.
"'Book' appear!" I said and the 'Book of Dreams' appeared in my hand, startling the Sisters.
"Can ... can we touch it?" they asked after staring at it for a time.
"Certainly. We have all been taught by the 'Book of Dreams' when we started learning Magic," I told them, and handed the 'Book' to Savannah. She accepted it very timidly, but after a few seconds visibly relaxed, and opened the 'Book' to look at some of the pages.
"I can't read it?" she said with a frown and handed it to Shannon, who also soon relaxed. Seeing this, I began to wonder what else the 'Book' was doing besides teaching Magic, but the Sisters needed an explanation.
"It has only been instructing you for a day or so. Even it can only teach you so much in a given time. It will require more time spent with the 'Book' under your pillow before it teaches you all that it will," I told them.
"Oh!" both Sisters answered before Savannah turned to Shannon.
"You still need to bathe," she told her Sister. "The water is probably cold again by now also." Shannon's face lit up before she turned toward the bathing area.
"It's all right," she assured her Sister. "I seem to know the spell also," she finished as she went through the curtain, leaving Savannah and me alone.
Savannah came back into my arms for a few seconds before demanding, "Did you mean all of those things that you said earlier?"
"I meant every one of them."
"You will take us away with you then?"
"Yes."
"And you will marry both of us?"
"Oh yes, sweet Savannah!" I assured her, even as I wondered how they had so easily accepted the idea of both of them being my Wives, but Savannah had placed my hand on her breast before she plastered herself against me again, and I had more important things to do than think about that what the 'Book of Dreams' might be doing. Savannah was shuddering, and her breathing was ragged as I leaned in to kiss her and massage her breast through the shift.
"Touch me," she begged soon after that, and she guided my hand through the loose sleeve of the shift that she had removed her arm from so I could access her breast directly. I massaged her bare breast and tweaked her nipple. Savannah had her eyes closed and she trembled as I continued.
"Has your 'Book' taught us this also?" she wondered after a time, startling me.
"I don't think so. This seems to be a part of the behavior of all people whether they can do Magic or not," I answered, but was unsure if it was true in this case.
"The people here discourage and outright forbid this kind of behavior," she whispered as she shuddered from the minor orgasm she was having from my attention.
"Their lives are that much poorer then," I told her, as we continued. Shannon reappeared after a time.
"Savannah, what are you doing?" she asked, observing where my hand was.
"I am allowing our future Husband to touch me," Savannah answered with a smile. "You should allow him to touch you also."
"Yes, I longed for his touch while you bathed, but thought it inappropriate," Shannon answered, as she came into my arms for a kiss and to have her breast massaged.
"Perhaps we should retire to someplace more comfortable where we could remove our clothes," I suggested after a time.
"Yes!" both women agreed, and we turned toward the steps to the second floor and the bedrooms there.
In the women's bedroom, we all removed our clothes before resuming the hugging, kissing, and breast massaging. The Sisters were somewhat startled by my size.
"Those who abused us were nowhere near that size," Shannon said in fascination as she gingerly reached out to touch my cock.
"Will it fit in us?" Savannah asked in wonder.
"I've never had any trouble fitting it in others, " I told her as Shannon stroked my cock with her small, soft, warm hand. Soon Savannah joined her, and shortly after that, I couldn't take any more of their attention and came with great force and a huge quantity. Both Sisters were startled by this.
"Sorry!" I said apologetically. "It's been some time since I have been with a woman, and the two of you have definitely turned me on." Shannon meanwhile, had retrieved a small cloth and cleaned things up. We turned to the Sisters' large bed then and resumed our hugging, kissing, and massaging, but the massaging moved lower now, and I soon had both Sisters moaning, quivering, and ultimately orgasming.
"What have you done to us?" both Sisters asked when they had recovered sufficiently to speak.
"Didn't you like it?"
"It was marvelous! We never knew that we could feel like that," they both told me with smiles.
"Are you ready for some sex now?" I asked them, as I was hard again.
"That wasn't sex?" they asked skeptically.
"It was just the prelude to sex," I told them.
"Does it get better?" they asked in amazement, but really doubting there could be much that was better.
"Oh yes! It gets much better," I assured them.
"We are ready, but there is only one of you," Shannon pointed out.
"When you are more familiar with sex, there will be things that we can all do together. For now though one of you will need to be patient while I have sex with the other one," I told them and could see their disappointment, but there was little that I could do about that presently.
"Who wants to go first?" I asked after a few seconds.
"I'll wait," Savannah volunteered. "Shannon is more in need than I am."
"Thank you!" Shannon told her Sister, as she moved to kiss her before turning to me.
"What should I do?" she asked bashfully.
"Just lie down here with me. We will start slowly and build up to your final climax," I told her. Savannah moved off of the bed and appeared ready to leave the room.
"You don't need to leave, Savannah. You can stay and watch. You could even help me with Shannon later," I told her. Savannah looked confused on hearing this, but stayed.
"Things will become more obvious later," I told her before lying down next to Shannon. We started with kissing and breast massaging. Shannon was quickly breathing hard and moving on the bed beside me. I moved over on top of her, and my cock brushed her pussy. She took in a quick breath and froze.
"Easy!" I told her. "This won't be painful. I will go slowly and allow you to adjust before continuing," I told her. I eased my cock into her after that and gave her plenty of time to get used to my presence. Her pussy was quite tight, but she was already very wet from our earlier activity. I advanced a little more each time and gave her time to become accustomed to me. I was soon buried deep in Shannon and then started rocking her world. Shannon was soon reacting. Her breathing was ragged, and she was moving under me to meet my every thrust.
"Oh God! ... Oh God! ... yyeeessssss!" she screamed, as the first orgasm exploded out of her belly. I slowed until she had revived some and then started up again. Savannah had been watching us intently during all of this, and I called to her then.
"Move over and play with Shannon's breasts," I told her. She looked stricken at my suggestion, but soon moved over and began working on her Sisters breasts, as I picked up the pace again. Shortly, Shannon was going wild from all of this attention and was moving under me in addition to throwing her head from side to side. I could soon feel her pussy start to clamp down and plunged as deep as I could into her.
"Yyyeeeesssss!!" she screamed just as her pussy turned into a vice and clamped down on my cock, but I was already pumping her full of baby batter. Shannon stopped moving as her body went rigid and her back arched before she collapsed to the mattress a few seconds later. I rolled off of her as my now wilted cock shrank up and I slipped out of her. We both lay there breathing hard and recovering. Savannah was staring at us in amazement.
"Is it always like that?" she whispered from the edge of the mattress.
"Sometime it is even better," I told her, but was too tired to smile just then. Shannon recovered after a bit and rolled over against me.
"Thank you!" she breathed in a whisper, as she was very tired. I kissed her for a bit before she closed her eyes for a nap. Savannah had left the room while we were busy and now returned with a wet cloth to clean both of us up. She had another one to dry us off with.
"I will need a little time to recover before we can start," I told her when she had finished. Her soft warm hands had already started me back on the road to readiness, however.
Later I started with Savannah. Shannon had awakened before we began and smiled at her Sister.
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It turned out that we needed to wait quite some time for our Wives. We soon grew tired of waiting, and I went to check on the shells to be sure that all of the guards were gone, the fires were out, and everything was taken care of. The last thing that I did was to cancel the openings in the tops of the shells as there would be no one here to start fires or breathe the air. When I returned, Wolf went to check on things also. Our Wives eventually returned, but they were very upset. “These...
“We will allow you time to consider your decision,” I told them before we all transferred back to Hickory Hill. After a fine dinner there, we all returned to our separate rooms for a good night’s sleep. I was sure that the Generals in Philadelphia were having a much less comfortable night and no sex. On Monday morning the 16th of March, I again went to Fort Jefferson to see General Greene, and to update him on the most recent developments. Ken and Kell went with me. We had no trouble getting...
The following characters appear in the first two chapters: Kennard Curran O'Connell (Ken) Mike and Clare's Son, 5'-10" tall, 142 pounds, 17 years old, red hair, green eyes, dual Talents Kellen Conroy O'Connell (Kell) Pat and Cathleen's Son, 5'-10" tall, 144 pounds, 17 years old, red hair, blue eyes, dual Talents Mark Michael O'Connell Mike and Shannon's Son, 5'-10" tall, 140 pounds, 17 years old, red hair, green eyes Seamus Patrick O'Connell Pat and Sheena's Son,...
Ken Takes the Narrative for the trips to the East Coast: We packed our things on Monday night and following breakfast on Tuesday morning were ready to leave for the East Coast, specifically for Charleston, South Carolina. The we included Kell, his Wives Airmid and Alma, Thomas Young, my Wives, Sunshine and Rose, and me, Ken. We all had our horses plus a pack horse in addition to extra clothes and food. Thomas Young had been very nervous when we mentioned that we were going to Charleston,...
The following new character appears in the next few chapters: Fredrick Matherson Senior Lieutenant, Continental Commander at Fort Washington, 5'-7" tall, 135 pounds, 25 years old, brown hair, blue eyes We had been told that Gilmore's Station was located a bit more than the twelve miles east of Mount Sterling, but distances here had to be taken with a grain of salt, as they were seldom correct. The trail that we were following crossed the Licking River, twice before it approached the...
We found our Relatives at the far end of the field with a large pink Defensive Shell set up for our horses to remain in while we attended church. They had all been unsaddled. The field, which had been empty when we arrived, was now crowded with wagons and horses. There were easily well over two hundred people here now besides us O'Connells, and the chapel would be overcrowded with fifty people in it. Something would need to be done. It soon became evident that something was being done....
We all transferred to Lexington after that. Our Sisters all knew where to go as there was only one real jewelry store in town, and all of our female relatives had been there multiple times. The manager was a French gentleman and smiled as we all entered. The store only had a limited selection of engagement and wedding rings. The engagement rings were mostly wide rings that were engraved but had no gems set in them and certainly no diamonds. They were, however, made of 20 carat gold. The...
The following new character appears in the next few chapters: Samuel Moore Captain of Rangers, Chief Ranger Trainer, 6’-0” tall, 180 pounds, 25 years old, broad shoulders, long brown hair, blue eyes, a rugged individualist with a quick smile, Gwyn and Sererena in their evening gowns made quite an impression on those gathered at the Officers’ Mess for their evening meal. On entering, they were immediately approached by several Captains and a Major, all of whom they brushed off with a...
It was nearly ten minutes before the Lieutenant commanding the garrison here appeared, and even then he was only partially dressed and was unshaven. He was still drunk and stumbled as he entered. He looked at us through bleary eyes for a number of seconds before attempting to salute, which wasn't done well either. "You are drunk on duty and also present a very poor appearance, Lieutenant," I growled. "Additionally you set a very poor example for your men," Seamus added. The Lieutenant...
Everyone was still excited about the upcoming move to the O'Connell Realm on Tuesday, the 18th of October, when they resumed work at the printing plant. The excitement was soon replaced by shock. On Wednesday morning, the 19th, just before 8:30, as everyone was just getting to work, Uncle Will noticed a black Humvee and several black Suburbans pull up across the street from the plant. The hair on the back of his neck stood up in premonition, and he instantly reacted by reciting the spell...
Over the next few days, Dad got with Uncle Will and Thomas Stuart to determine how much paper, plates, ink, and other supplies that we used in a year. They went over the business records and then projected future increases based on the increases over the last two years. They were quite surprised at the amount of materials required. "You say that we have maybe a year or so?" Uncle Will asked. "Yes, that's our daughters' estimate," Dad answered. "We can double our regular orders and...
The following characters appear in the next few chapters: Aengus Patrick Sean Michael O’Brien “himself”, half owner of the Pub, 5’-10” tall, 86 years old, stoop shouldered, silver gray hair, watery blue eyes Patrick O’Brien Aengus’s youngest son, 5’-10” tall, thin, 52 years old dark blond hair, blue eyes Michael O’Brien Aengus’s grandson, Patrick’s son, 5’-9” tall, thin, 24 years old, brown hair, blue eyes Monday morning dawned bright and sunny. We were up shortly after 6:00, having...
The meal that evening was much more festive than our afternoon snack had been. Everyone wore their best clothes, and there was even music at the meal, which consisted of seven courses and finished with wine and ale. The twins did try some of the ale which was very good, but only a little, and none of the wine. They had learned their lesson. That night the Sisters wanted sex, which was all right with me. Both of them wanted the long, slow, and passionate variety, but separately and with a...
Mark resumes the Narrative: The remainder of the family had continued with our regular chores while James, Gwyn, Glanda, and John were in Boston with the Commission to convince the New England colonies and the Canadians to join the Confederation. Ships had continued to arrive to transfer units of the British Army to their new stations. The soldiers weren’t the only ones leaving, however. Many civilians were also leaving. It had started with some of the English merchants departing that...
The following new character appears in this and later chapters: William Graham (Captain Billy) Ship's Captain, 5'-10" tall, 170 pounds, 49 years old, brown hair and beard going gray, blue eyes, weather complexion The next morning the seven of us were ready to leave again, but we only took one pack horse with us not feeling the need for the extra grain. We transferred to Savannah, Georgia this morning. At least Savannah didn't have marshes near where our bookstore would be at this...
The two Mage Cousins then sat down on either side of Gerald Ward, and reaching through the freeze spell took his hands and started a mantra. I could feel their Green Magic at work, but couldn't tell what they were doing. They had been working on him for several minutes, when both Cousins looked up in shocked surprise. "His condition is much different than we at first thought," Coleen told us after several seconds. "Yes, we have detected a virus in his brain that was causing him to act...
I reappeared near another large warehouse. On the side of the building, a large Sergeant was busy kicking a younger man on the ground. The one on the ground was the one with the Talent. "That will be enough of that, Sergeant," I growled to get his attention. The Sergeant who was in the process of drawing his foot back for another kick instantly whirled around on one foot to see who was behind him. What he saw was not a young Mark O'Connell. No, what he saw was the grizzled face and...
The following new characters are introduced in the next two chapters: Father Michael Fournier Priest, Missionary, 5'-7" tall, 135 pounds, 45 years old, brown hair, hazel eyes Thomas Young Partisan Leader, Lieutenant Colonel, 5'-10" tall, 150 pounds, 38 years old, brown hair and beard, blue eyes, no Talent Shortly after the Feast of the Epiphany, which is on the 6th of January, a Tuesday in this year of 1801, Clare, Saoirse, and Eileen became very agitated. On the evening of Friday,...
The sun was well up when I awoke the next morning. I was indeed loved. Gretchen was still in my arms, and Clare and Shannon had moved up against me. Clare was pressed against my back, and Shannon was pressed up against her little blond friend. I lay there for a time thinking about what had happened last night. It had indeed been an exceptional night, but I was worried. I had three women in love with me. Somewhere along the line, I had already decided to marry two of them. This, of course,...
Kell and his twins arrived an hour, or so after we had gotten back. He knocked on our door when they got upstairs. They looked tired. "Anything?" I asked, after they were seated on the bed. "A morning's ride, some nice scenery, and time spent at two ancient sites, but no trace of recent Magic use at either of them," he told me. "There were still some traces of ancient Magic at the well. Kell told me that the goddess Airmid was one of the ones that created the healing well, and that...
"Oh Dear!" the Smith groaned in distress at the table. "What is it, my Sweet?" he asked, as he quickly rose to see what was the matter. He never did make it to the bedroom, as his wife led a small boy and girl out into the main room. She was followed by a girl a few years older than the pair of youngsters, and Clare and Cathleen. "Look at them, Henry!" the wife demanded, excitedly. "This morning, they could hardly hold their heads up, and now they are as well as you, or I. How could...