Chronicles of Eden - Act IV (39 page)

The witches around the plaza watched Daniel with harsh glares as he feared this was where his life would come to an end. Charlotte closed her eyes for a moment then smiled curiously while shaking her head.

“Still, you seem so adamant about this,” she mused. “So sure that we could get along, so much in fact that you actually dared to approach me without any protection from my power at all to plead your case. Hell, you even insist that you could actually
love
a witch willingly, should she be kindhearted to you of course, isn’t that right?”

Daniel nodded slowly, watching the witch carefully as he couldn’t really tell how this was going to go for him. Charlotte giggled then looked around at the crowd while waving her wand up in the air.

“Sisters,” she called out. “This human here says he could actually love a witch on his own accord, that he would actually give a witch his seed if he cared about her from the heart. I don’t know about you, but that’s just so touching I might cry!” The other witches laughed and faked loving sighs at Daniel to that. The boy glanced around at them with a quiet sigh then back to Charlotte as the witch turned to face him with a coy smile.

“Daniel, you come here, all on your own, claiming that witches and humans can get along, that we can live together in blissful harmony. Well, I’m afraid words alone just won’t prove such a thing to us, will they?” she called out, with the witches around the plaza shaking their heads and mocking the boy with sneers and scoffs. Charlotte pointed her wand towards Daniel, with the crowd falling silent as the alpha slowly started walking towards the boy.

“So I dare say a demonstration is an order!” she shouted out. “I say that you need to prove to
us
, Daniel, that what you say isn’t just complete bullshit!”

Daniel watched her worriedly as the witch tilted her head slightly with a sly smile on her face.

“Tell me,” she dared. “Are you willing to prove to me that humans and witches can truly be together peacefully? Are you willing to prove to me that what you’ve said so far is indeed true?”

“Yes, I am. What proof do you need of me?”

“Why, only for you to show me what you preach,” Charlotte quipped before lowering her wand. She started to walk around Daniel while waving her hand around, the crowd of witches then slowly walking closer while giggling as Daniel looked around at them with a careful eye.

“Daniel, I don’t believe any of what you’ve said so far,” Charlotte said with a small shrug. “After all why should I? Humans all think we’re evil, as you say, and frankly we’re not too fond of how they treat us either. I dare say that our way of life will have to continue, that humans must be raped and maybe even killed for us to survive.” She giggled then glanced to Daniel with a smirk on her face.

“But, I’m going to give you a chance, Daniel,” she proposed. “A single chance to show me that mankind is ready to coexist with us. That maybe, just
maybe
, the fighting between us really can stop.”

Daniel watched her with wonder as she walked around him in a circle. She stopped before him while watching the boy with a sharp eye and presented her hand to him.

“So, here is my proposal. We’re not going to stop what we do, getting pregnant however we can and doing what we must to live, it’s our inner nature after all. You understand, right? Yes, I’m afraid nothing will change with us at all in the meantime, but perhaps you could give me a reason to think it all could change.” She then licked her lips seductively before winking at him.

“And to do that you’re going to have to show me that you can love a witch, and by love I mean
love
her,” she purred, with the witches around them giggling as they gathered closer, with only a few feet now between them and Daniel as the boy watched Charlotte with growing concern as to where this was going.

“And just what do you mean by that?” he asked carefully.

“Daniel,” Charlotte said with a knowing smile. “There is a witch among you and your friends, one that you travel with and claimed to have taken a liking for. In fact, if memory serves, she even claims she loves you, you know the one I speak of?”

Daniel slowly nodded to that while the witches around them looked to each other with amused smiles then back to the two as the alpha kept walking around Daniel.

“My grace, there’s actually a witch that claims to
love
this wandering idiot?” a witch asked with a giggle.

“Yes, there is,” Charlotte replied. “Maybe she just took a liking to her pet more than another, or perhaps she herself had a very bad potion and isn’t quite right in the head anymore. Either way, she will help this human prove his point, should he choose to do so.”

She then stopped and pointed at Daniel as he grew even more worried about where this was going.

“Well,” Charlotte stated. “That witch, and I know you know who I’m talking about, I want you to fuck her brains out.”

“WHAT?” Daniel exclaimed with a jump.

Charlotte laughed and nodded with an amused smile at him.

“You heard me,” she said with a twitch of her eyebrow. “Make love to her. Give her your seed, prove that you could actually mate with a witch on your own free will. No potions shall be involved, no hexing, no tricks, no lies. Oh, and no, you’re not being
forced
to do her, you don’t have to if you don’t want to after all. But, I know how much she means to you. After all you were so worried about her before, so I dare say she fits nicely for being a ‘kindhearted’ witch that you care for, yes?”

Daniel stared at her with shock as an image of Alyssa smiling at him flashed before his eyes, the girl having a loving smile on her face before the image vanished with Charlotte casually flicking her hair back behind her shoulders.

“Wait, you want… me… and her… to…” Daniel stuttered nervously.

“Give it to her hard, or soft, or however, I don’t care,” Charlotte ordered. “Just give her your seed, and prove that you could actually love a little witch willingly. Do that, Daniel, and then I’ll consider what you’ve said tonight to be true, and just maybe we can speak more about it later. Until then however, I have no reason to believe any of what you’ve said, and as such will certainly offer you no help with your little quest.”

Daniel stared at her with disbelief as the witch giggled and snapped her fingers, with Apoch and Astreal then walking over and standing at her sides while watching the boy with sly grins on their faces.

“Here’s the deal, so listen closely,” Charlotte explained. “I’m going to have my two helpers head to Eston, they will find a home and prepare it for you to use, one that won’t burn down with the fire going on there of course. You will take the witch you have in your company there and you will give her your seed. My helpers will watch the entire event to make sure that you do so willingly of course, she can’t use any magic to make you. Should you decide
not
to do so, then fine, so be it. But know that I shall
never
give you another chance again to prove your words to me.”

Daniel merely stuttered some form of response which was just nonsensical babble before the alpha chuckled and pointed up to a clock tower above the plaza, with everyone looking to seeing it about to strike 11:00.

“My helpers will wait for only one hour,” Charlotte informed. “You have until midnight to take that witch who you claim to care for so much to the residence that they prepare for you, or else you forfeit the deal. Should you not give her your seed, Daniel, I suggest you and your friends ride far, far away, very quickly, or else you will die by my hand personally next we meet.”

Daniel stared at the clock tower with a stunned expression then looked to Charlotte as the witch motioned him away with one hand.

“Well?” she mused playfully. “Get going. You wanted to prove to me what you say is true, didn’t you? You only have one hour to get to your beloved witch and give her a nice, good humping. I suggest you hurry.”

“Wait,” Daniel stuttered with disbelief. “You can’t be serious, you’re blackmailing me into… doing that with… but…”

“I’m not blackmailing you with anything,” Charlotte called out with a shrug. “You don’t have to do her if you don’t want, just ride off and never return if you prefer. I’m not forcing you to do anything. I’m even letting you leave this place unharmed and allowing you the chance to prove your words to me, I dare say I’m being far more lenient with you than any other alpha would be, aren’t I?”

The surrounding witches laughed and nodded in agreement while watching Daniel with playful smiles. The boy looked around at them with a stunned expression before back to Charlotte as she gently shook a finger at him.

“Remember, you said you would mate with a witch that was kindhearted, that humans really could choose to be with a monster on their own free will. So then, prove it.”

“Better hurry, time’s ticking,” Apoch and Astreal taunted together.

Daniel looked up to the clock with wide eyes then to the three witches as they giggled at him.

“Give that witch your seed,” Charlotte ordered. “Only then will I believe that humans could ever choose to be with us on their own free will.”

Daniel opened his mouth to speak before looking up to the clock with shock before turning to Kroanette, the centaur walking up to the boy and holding out a hand to him.

“They’re letting you leave alive, I’d say that’s a victory in itself,” she quickly reasoned. “Still, if you’re going to do anything, we need to go now, Daniel.”

Daniel looked to Charlotte who merely waved to him with a sly smile then quickly took Kroanette’s hand, the centaur helping him onto her back as the witches around them parted to let them pass out of the plaza.

“Oh, and, Daniel?” Charlotte mentioned, with the boy looking to her with a frustrated glance. The witch giggled then gave a polite bow to him.

“It was a pleasure speaking with you,” she said before laughing, with the witches around the court then joining in before Kroanette took off down the street towards the village’s exit. Charlotte and her helpers watched them go then looked up to the clock tower while witches around the area started to disperse and head towards their homes.

“Apoch, Astreal, go and prepare a little love nest for Daniel and his beloved witch,” Charlotte ordered. “They have one hour to finish their act before this deal expires.”

“Yes, Ms. Charlotte,” Apoch and Astreal said together before walking away.

Charlotte smirked then started walking back towards her manor.

“Alright, Daniel. Prove that your belief is right to me. It’s all for the good of peaceful coexistence after all.”

*****

Kroanette galloped along the darkened path through the old forest as fast as she could, her eyes focusing ahead closely as the faint beams of moonlight from above gave the only real light to guide her on the road leading away from Rystone towards Eston. Daniel held onto her waist as he frantically tried to think of what to do, knowing he had a short amount of time to make an important decision.

“I can’t believe this is happening, what am I supposed to do now?” Daniel said with frustration.

“What do you mean?” Kroanette asked with a shrug. “Either you make love to that little witch tonight and prove you weren’t just saying horse crap back there, or you don’t and concede to speaking only horse crap back there. Seems like there’s only one obvious choice.”

“It’s not that simple,” Daniel argued. “I can’t just tell Alyssa that we have to… you know, have sex tonight. It doesn’t work that way.”

“Why not?” Kroanette replied with a smirk. “I’m quite sure your little witch friend won’t object, all of those girls in your group seem really attached to you. She’ll probably leap at the opportunity.”

“You don’t understand,” Daniel said shaking his head. “I don’t know if I really feel
that
way about Alyssa, or any of the other girls for that matter. And even if I did love Alyssa, what about the others? Doing this is going to cause a war to break out among them, I just know they won’t stand for something like this.”

Kroanette nodded slowly then glanced back to him while still running ahead at full speed.

“Daniel, were you being serious about willingly mating with a monster?” she questioned. “Centaur, witch, any monster; you would
really
be okay having sex with them if they were kindhearted like you said?”

“Yes,” Daniel answered as he looked down with closed eyes. “I know I would be fine with doing that with the one I really love. If she and I were in love and felt so happy and right together, then of course her being a monster wouldn’t stop me from being with her. Human or monster, all that matters to me is that their soul is pure and kind. That’s all.”

Kroanette looked at him with wonder then ahead while showing a thoughtful expression.

“Interesting,” she said softly to herself. After a while she glanced back to the boy with a curious smile. “So, if a centaur helped you with your journey and was kind and considerate with you, you could love her just as much as you could a human woman and would be alright mating with her?”

Daniel smirked and glanced to her with a nod.

“Kroanette, I already told you I would be fair to you if it was like that between us.”

Kroanette jumped a bit then looked ahead waving her arms around in front of her while having a flustered expression on her face.

“What? I’m not talking about me!” she quickly defended. “I just said if a centaur was like that, totally not talking about me here at all.”

Daniel nodded then looked up at the night sky between the tree branches that passed by overhead.

“That’s good you don’t feel that way about me,” he said tiredly. “I already have four girls who are going to go ballistic when I tell them what’s going on. No need to have another joining them.”

Kroanette looked back to him worriedly for a moment then forward as they neared the exit to the forest.

“So what will you do? Are you going to take that witch to bed with you tonight, or decline Charlotte’s offer and leave with your friends?”

Daniel remained silent as he stared up at the sky; feeling conflicted about what he should do.