Battlemage Book 8 Origins and Dark RevelationsChapter 8
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First thing Aric noticed was that he heard a soft crackling fire as he tried to open his eyes.
The pain was extremely intense behind his eyes and it felt like someone was trying to beat their way out from inside his head for a few moments.
Taking a couple deep breathes he tried to move again, and even though the pain was just as intense, he found he could start to sit up. The thick blanket that was over him fell away and he realized that it felt as if he was on top of a couple more blankets as well to keep the ground from leeching his body's heat while he slept.
A groan escaped his lips as he opened his eyes and tried to look around. He could see that he was back in his own clothing, minus his boots, and he was thankful for that.
Continuing to look around he could see that it was predawn and he could see Brianna sitting off to the side with her knees drawn up to her face with her arms tightly held around them.
Something in the way the way she was shivering told Aric it had nothing to do with the night's air. As he looked at her, she seemed lost as she looked deeply into the fire. Her mind was obviously elsewhere. Aric really hoped it wasn't because she was dwelling on what she did back at Wolfgang's house.
Forgetting his own pain over his concern for his wife, he gradually approached her as he tried to remain silent. But he was surprised that even then she didn't seem to acknowledge him. She remained staring into the fire.
"Brianna. Thank you for taking care of me. How long have I..." started Aric
"Was it all worth it? Have you ever really been happy with me?" asked Brianna suddenly as she interrupted him as she continued to stare into the fire.
"Excuse me?" asked Aric.
He was at a loss for what she was talking about.
"Are you really happy with me? Don't you feel badly at times you had to settle to be with me? If he hadn't ruined your life wouldn't you have been happier? Aren't you really only angry that he messed up your life so badly? With the lives of the ones who were so close to you?
"That because of all of what he did to you, that you just had to settle for me? Don't you wish that things could have worked out differently now that you know?" asked Brianna so softly it was almost hard to hear.
As Aric tried to look at her face he could see she had been crying for a while and appeared to be in danger of doing it again.
Aric wanted to reach out and hold her, but something told him that he had to fix this before she would let him. For all her strength and daring he realized that she had an extremely fragile psyche that could be easily crushed at a moments notice.
"Why would you ever say that Hon? Have I ever done anything to give you that impression?" asked Aric solemnly.
Looking his way for the first time he could see the large tears swimming around in her eyes.
"Why do you believe I had to settle for you? How could you believe that anyone who was with you would ever believe that they had settled for anything? Why do you feel you have so little worth to me?" asked Aric as he looked in her eyes.
"He said his spies were first watching you when you were younger and later watching us for seasons! That they knew all about us! Everything!
"That, in his files, it said that you always looked like you and Andrea were always so deeply in love while you were together, but for us, we just looked like we were together for convenience.
"He said that you always appeared as if you held back when you were with me and it looked as if you settled for me because you had no one else," said Brianna softly.
The way she said it broke Aric's heart. How dare Wolfgang make her feel this bad thought Aric, as he looked at her.
"Bri, I've never settled for you. I know I've mentioned this before, but I've always wanted you more than you could ever know since the first time I saw you. The two things both of you are missing and that should be in his file is this, I grew up with Andrea so we were comfortable together.
"Kind of like we are now, but I had seasons to develop those feelings with her before the two of us ever met. And I would like to think that if you been the one I grew up with, you and I would have had that back then as well," said Aric as he reached for her face.
Touching her chin, he slowly moved her head so that he was sure that she was completely facing him.
"And the other reason was that I was constantly forced to prove my love for Andrea. I didn't really understand how trying that could be until I met you. As a young boy I just didn't fully understand why that shouldn't ever be the case. I wasn't smart enough to realize how dangerous that would be in the long run for me.
"Andrea was always taking me places I didn't want to go, for example places like the waterfront or the docks, where I was constantly getting into fights with other men who also wanted her attention. They would constantly challenge me to fights and she would stand back and watch it all every time as I was forced to protect her.
"She was physically doing other things to me, touching me and feeling on me, but refused to let me do the same to her. She enjoyed teasing me and making me wait for her attention, but no matter how frustrated that she could see that it made me she would never stop.
"Andrea either couldn't or refused to see it. It was like she enjoyed that control over me, and something that I allowed her to have. Something I wasn't smart enough to realize the danger of.
"And she would never stop doing those things. No matter how often I tried to make her understand how dangerous some of her actions were, she was always only interested in what she wanted.
"She never once gave up on her ideas of fun or even considered putting my safety first. All she saw was what she wanted to do, no matter what happened to us before.
"But in your case you didn't do that once. You were confident and you and I worked well together to find a mutual understanding of things we wanted to do together. If you wanted to do something to me you let me do it to you. You truly wanted to make me happy.
"Of course it didn't hurt that you were just as dangerous as I was and could put out the hurt on your own," said Aric as he saw a hint of a smile on her face "but you didn't force me to prove my love almost daily for you. You didn't force me to always constantly fight for you. You didn't tease me for your own pleasure."
"It was only after I was out of that relationship and into one with you that I truly understood the difference, and I'd like to say that I grew up somewhere along the way as well. And it's only because of you, that I can see where if I was truly in love with her and she was truly in love with me Wolfgang wouldn't have been able to come between us.
"I know you remember Keith? Remember how you told me you just knew it wasn't me? You didn't wait until you slept with him first to decide if it was really me. You weren't curious about what it was like to be with another man and use that as a reason or excuse to try him out.
"Once you knew it wasn't me you put a stop to it and came looking for me immediately. Andrea wouldn't have done that. No correction, she didn't do that when she had the chance. But you did. Your first thought was of me, but hers was of her curiosity and of what new things it might bring.
"So how could I ever regret that? How could I ever regret putting all my love and trust into you? How could I regret someone loving me enough to put me before herself all the time? If you feel I settled for someone that determined to be with me and who proved to me how love was supposed to work, then I'm happy to have settled," smiled Aric.
As he finished speaking Brianna seemed to launch herself at Aric as she bowled him over and he ended up on his back with her bawling loudly with her face buried in his chest.
Aric stroked her hair as he realized at the start of their conversation that some of the things Wolfgang said really bit deep, but he was sure she could get past them. She really was the love of his life and he really did feel lucky to have her. How could you not love a beautiful woman who had fought a small army single handed to free you and really asked nothing in return?
"I'm sorry ... I know you've told me seasons before ... a few times ... but it just really hurt to hear this time ... as I thought that ... that you might have been ... far happier without me," Brianna said softly, as she seemed to be almost hiccupping as she spoke, and while she was still crying brokenly as her voice seemed to break from time to time.
"No I believe I think I might have thought so for a time if we had never met, but I would have realized it soon enough if I had married Andrea. I would probably still be fighting to prove something to her even today. She judged my love for her by how often I was willing to fight for her. I would never want to go back to that point in my life. Ever," said Aric smiling down at her.
He continued to rub her hair as he went on speaking.
"But Wolfgang's interfering backfired on him because it led me to you. And I can honestly say that I have never once regretted being with you. And I would have easily outlived Andrea and probably wouldn't have cared, but you are here with me and we are still building our lives together.
"You have to remember that I was so desperate to keep you with me and what we had, that I desperately gave you part of what makes me, me just to ensure nothing took you from me. I had never once considered doing that with Andrea in all our time together," said Aric.
Sill crying Brianna started to rub the top of her head against his chin insistently as he finished speaking, and before Aric realized it, Brianna shifted upwards and was now starting to also now kiss him intently.
Not sure about the quick change of emotions, Aric didn't stop her because he didn't want her to feel he was rejecting her in any way as vulnerable as she felt, so he let her have her way with him.
Soon she had his pants around his ankles, his shirt wide open as she rained tears and hot kisses all over his chest. Her hands seemed to be softly everywhere as she did this.
Again before he realized it, her pants were gone and she was now astride him as she looked down at him. Her eyes seemed to shine as she gently rocked above him, sought his nipples to lightly pinch them with both her hands, as she lovingly stared down at him.
He smiled as he reached for her face and tried to gently rub it himself with both of his hands. Her hands suddenly seemed to be every where on him, clutching and feeling on him.
All too soon he was quickly reaching a climax as it felt as if Brianna's breath seemed to catch on her as she too was starting to be effected. She almost seemed to be gasping out into the slowly brightening day.
Arching her back she pulled away right as it hit, and Aric had to be content with holding onto her slender waist, as he too started into his.
Smiling as they finished Aric looked at her and softly said "You know, I will always love you more than anyone else and more than you could ever know."
Right as he finished speaking he passed out again.
The next thing Aric knew was that the sun was brightly shining and he was again dressed and under blankets. He didn't feel sticky in his underwear so Brianna must have cleaned him up again while he was out.
This time when he tried to sit up it didn't feel like someone was using his head for an anvil.
Looking around once more he could see Brianna sitting off to the side. She had made something to eat and had covered it with another travel plate to keep it clean.
Slowly sitting up he smiled as he said "Bri, you have got to take pity on me. If you keep sexing me into unconsciousness like this, as utterly enjoyable as it is, I'm never going to get the chance to live any more of my life than I have."
Brianna blushed deeply as she giggled, but she seemed far happier than the last time he saw her.
"Bri, are we alright? I know that sometimes deeply rooted fears are hard to get over at times, but based on what we have learned we need to face them together from now on," said Aric as he looked her way.
Slowly getting up she walked over to him and sat across his lap. Kissing him deeply she said "I was a fool to keep questioning your love for me. I swear from this point forward nothing will ever make me do it again."
Smiling he kissed her back, and while doing so she suddenly started to rub his chest.
Leaning back he said "We better stop. I need to be able to stay awake at some point today."
Brianna leaned back and softly punched his shoulder before she embraced him once more and then she got up.
"So how long was I out?" Aric asked.
"First time just over five days, the second time since day break early this morning," said Brianna as she turned her back and started to break camp.
"That explains why she was so intent this morning. She must have been going crazy locked into her feelings of helpless and having that combined with deep feelings of desperate desire at the same time. She must have struggled hard to try to keep from forcing herself on me if I didn't want her this morning, " thought Aric.
Getting up Aric came up behind her as he reached around and held her. She leaned back into him as she put her arms over his and closed her eyes.
He was the only man to ever make her feel this way and she would fight anyone who tried to take him from her. But it was only as long as he wanted her as well. But since he truly and sincerely seemed to want her she felt could face anything now.
"What are our plans for today then?" asked Brianna as she reached back and fondled Aric's lightly fuzzy face. He would need a shave soon.
"Well, I need to go back and finish our talk with Wolfgang," started Aric as he felt Brianna stiffen in his arms.
"I know you don't want me to, but I have a few more questions for him before we head for home. I mean our real home. We need to get more information from him to see if he is telling the complete truth before we can decide what to do about him, and of course we then have to have a talk with the kids and Galen," said Aric.
"Yes that makes sense. When do we leave?" asked Brianna.
"No, I think you should stay here. I don't want him to make you feel any worse than you did before," said Aric with concern.
Turning around in his arms Brianna put her arms around his neck and looked into his eyes.
"That can never happen again. I'm sure of it this time. I know I said that before, but I was never faced with so many repeated shocks as I had this time either. It quickly wore me down.
"But I have to go back. I have to face him to let him know that I'm not that easy to push around or scare. Also I'm the only thing that can stop him if he decides not to take no for an answer," said Brianna softly. Then she kissed his lips.
"Ok, I see when I'm licked. We try it your way. But since we understand what to expect let's see if we can surprise him for once," said Aric.
As they broke apart he asked a few questions that came to mind when he first woke up.
"Honey, how did you get all of this stuff? I mean when we left we went from the Inn straight to see Wolfgang, where did all our stuff come from?" asked Aric.
"I snuck into town under the cover of darkness, paid our bill, and then left. Now that I know what to look for, Wolfgang's spies were easy for me to spot. It took me over 20 miles to get here by coming back in a round way, and in some cases sticking to the trees helped.
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"What... ? What does he mean that Aric doesn't love me as much as he did Andrea? How could he say that he knows for sure that Aric only stayed with me because I was the only person he had sex with? Aric's not that type of person! "No, that couldn't be it. He's just trying to make me feel bad. Aric loves me more than he ever loved her, I know he does. I just know he does, " thought Brianna, but deep down she was starting to wonder if there was really any truth to that...
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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...
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"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...
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Groaning Terrance rolled out of the wreckage of the bookcase he was lying in. There were a few sharp points and splinters he pulled free of his skin, but thankfully none were in his face or eyes. As he looked over at the ruined mess that was a side table he saw the light stirring of Rory. "Hey, are you ok?" asked Terrence tiredly "How can any one person have that much strength?" asked Rory as he finally opened his eyes and looked at Terrance. "The way he threw us I think he only...
"Are you ready? We don't have to do this if you really don't want to. We might be able to find another way. Or we could find someone else, or..." said Kat as she looked at Rory. Rory reached out and put his hand on her arm and gently held it. "Kathryn, we don't have a lot of time and it's not like it's our first time together, remember? Ariel is running loose and it's only a matter of time before she runs into a caravan or something else, and a lot of innocents become harmed...
"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...
"Ariel, I still don't see why you were so dead set against my having brought my Bastard sword with me as a backup incase of trouble. I mean you have your swords with you. I just feel safer with mine as well," said Nathan grumbling as he walked along. While he wasn't really irritated at Ariel, he was irritated at the situation. "For the very reason you just stated. You should be comfortable with every weapon you know how to use well. But that won't happen if you only carry that one...
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...
"ARRRGGHHH!! What do we do now!" asked Andrea for about the fourth or fifth time since getting to Daven's office as she paced back and forth. Daven leaned back and watched her pace. Even though she was severely agitated, her pacing, and the waving of her arms in that dress, was doing wonders for her anatomy. No wonder he loved that dress on her and he thought again no wonder he had always wanted her. Once he got her unwound she was a tiger in the sack. He would really miss their time...
Aric worked hard while he was at the academy. And while it was grueling work, it was getting him where he needed to be. He wanted to finish fast to be back in Andrea's arms. He was ready to be married and with all that it entailed. The professors couldn't believe how fast he learned, and he seemed to be ready for any class he could take. The only exception was the class for Applied Black Magery, that class he refused to take. He didn't like the necromancy involved and flat out refused to...
"Nana what was that?" asked a worried Gem. "I'm not sure. It felt like we hit something. But the ship isn't moving forward anymore and it's not sinking. But I do hear a lot of yelling, but I just don't know," said Brianna. Brianna and Gem were in a windowless room with the door bolted from the outside. But with their sparse clothing, or lack there of, they could clearly feel that it was now way colder than it was before. The reason for their confusion was that they felt the boat...
While Aric was making his way to see Aaron, Andrea and Daven were still shocked over Aric's announcement that he was through with them. To the best of their knowledge he never gave up on anyone. But for all intent and appearances he had on both of them! And to make it worse he was going to keep his word, they knew he would. Andrea still sat on the floor stunned. "Aric is done with me," she thought really worried. "Aric said he is done with me? That can't be! What am I going to do? I...
"So all the tests prove that Beth is now resistant to all forms of poison?" asked Anne-Marie as she put down one of the various reports that she had been looking over in front of her and leaned back in her chair. She now had the six of them in her office once again and she was looking them over. Once they returned to the guild, the first thing Ayden and a few of the mature Sisters did was to check out Beth. He was the best able to tell them what he did and the few White mage they had...
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...
Once breakfast was finished Ariel wandered the guild grounds once again. She was trying to learn where everything was, and she passed various areas once again including the blacksmith shop where Nathan worked as a blacksmith's assistant. When they first arrived they found that the guild already had a blacksmith, but like the other members he went on missions because he could make more money doing that than he could having the members pay him to fix their weapons. So there was a need for...
The meeting with Rayne's parents, Aric and Brianna, went really well Matt thought. Matt met her father Aric, and if he thought the boys were larger than life, he was shocked at the father. His presence seemed huge to him. But strangely, other than a silver forelock, Aric didn't look like he could possibly be a day over thirty at best to Matt. To Matt Aric seemed far too quiet, friendly, and gentle to be the famous Battlemage he had heard of. Didn't they only love death and destruction...
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...
Hi, To all Iss reader this is my first story hope U all would like it a complete fiction.my self raj i live in Mumbai this story is about my aunty nandita,let me describe her she is in her 30s,lives with her husband and daughter.She is born beauty with an awesome fig of 36.28.40 ..her assets are her huge melons of 36 d and her ass that will give a hard on to any guy who looks at it So now my story starts this was like 5 years ago when I was appearing for my 12 th HSC examination at that time my...
"So where do we start looking for him?" asked Rory as he looked around at the crowd in the town square. "I'm not sure. It's not like you can say 'Hey, has anyone seen any evil mages running around lately' and then have everyone know who you're talking about. He might even be from here or be terrorizing everyone into not talking," said Ariel as she looked around. "I need to see if there is a mage and see if I can borrow his crystal. I would like to contact Galen and see if he knows...
As Aric and Brianna made their way downstairs they headed to the den and saw Galen sitting in a chair at his desk making some notes with his back to the doorway. Just as Aric was getting ready to knock on the door frame Galen said "About time you woke up boy. We need to have a talk. I should have had it with you long ago, but I put it off thinking that what I was seeing couldn't be true. But now I understand it is." As Aric and Brianna came into the room and took a seat on the couch...
Peter was feeling on top of the world. The female bitch he had brought to the howling had already put herself at the top of the pack as the number one choice and he already had an in with her so he was sure that she would be his prize before the night was out. It was easy to get her away from the humans because they weren't that smart anyway. He wondered how long she had been away from her pack. He also needed a break, because the humans always had a way of infecting others with their...
"Ok, what the HELL just happened?" thought Aric. As he was filling the cart with wood, suddenly an extremely huge Brown Bear came out of the woods. He tried not to move, but the bear was looking for a fight. He was pretty sure he could take the bear, he was pretty strong and fast, but it would be close. The bear was easily twice his size in wide and almost twice his height standing up right. As he was trying to circle around to get a good position, his foot slipped into a gopher hole up...
It had already been five nights since Ariel watched her husband die. Because the thought had been too painful for her mind, it shut itself down to everything except for the most basic of primal functions. Running through the tree's and brush had snagged and torn her clothing. She was dirty, ragged, and looked disheveled with her free flowing uncombed hair flying behind her and the young man pacing her thought she never looked more beautiful than she did right then. Even though her faced...
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...
"Honey?" asked Brianna as she sat at the table one night a few months after Aric met Galen. It was after dinner at Aric's house "Since we've been seeing each other for a while now I was wondering, do you feel I'm pretty?" Brianna asked. Aric who was at the sink was cleaning their plates turned and looked at Brianna "You know I do. I remember the first time you sat in my lap topless a few weeks back and jump right back up soon as you sat down. I believe you felt how attractive I...
"So what the hell happened here?" exclaimed Terrance as he looked around the ransacked camp area. It was a creepy looking site, not because of its layout, it was a large site, but because of the men who lay in all type of grotesque poses on the ground. Looks of horror were etched on their faces and their eyes were rolled back in their heads, but yet they remained wide open. Impossibly wide open. "Not one of them is alive. Who could have killed them all like this? It was as if they just...
Even though Ariel was feeling in the mood to be with Nathan, she refused to do anything with him because of how guilty she felt over what happened earlier with the young man who approached her. She didn't want to remotely believe she was using her husband as a substitute for the young man and so she refused to give into her desires that night. Nathan for the most part didn't want to pressure her into anything and knew she would eventually seek him out. Kat parted with them at the...