Chronicles of Eden - Act IV (55 page)

Sasha stood up while holding the artifact in hand before she grabbed her sword and yanked it up from its resting place sharply, taking a moment to glance to Rulo with a dull look then walking away.

“If you think an orc smells bad to begin with, I wouldn’t recommend being around her when she eats bear meat,” she mentioned as she walked out of the clearing.

Forrus watched her go then looked to Rulo with an uneasy frown, watching the orc just eating her meal like a wild animal. Not wishing to find out just how foul the air around Rulo would get soon Forrus quickly followed after Sasha, the reptile girl walking out of the wooded area and stopping next to a boulder as her eyes slowly gazed around at the rolling fields before her. Forrus slowly walked up next to her before the reptile girl leaned back against the boulder while looking to the artifact in her hand, seeming to guard it as if it were her own newborn daughter.

“Have you nothing to carry that treasure in?” Forrus asked curiously. “We shouldn’t let something as important to my lord be seen in plain sight.”

“If I did I would,” Sasha replied. “However we travel with only the necessities, nothing more.”

Forrus looked at the artifact with a careful eye, seeing the relic’s indentations giving off a faint blue glow briefly.

“So that’s part of the key to the City of Eden,” she cautiously said. “It’s quite unsettling to know what that accursed thing will unlock.”

Sasha just kept looking at the artifact in silence before her eyes quickly glanced over to the side, with Forrus then turning to see Daemon walking towards them. He had his hand resting on his sword’s handle while he was looking around the area with a casual eye, the two monster girls watching him closely as he walked by them in silence. After a few more steps he stopped and glanced back to Forrus, the lycan then smiling gratefully with a small bow.

“My lord,” she humbly greeted. “It’s good to see you on this morning. When I awoke you were gone, and I feared that… well, never mind.”

She turned her head away with a worried smile and held her hands behind her, her tail slowly wagging from side to side as she took a calm breath. Daemon just watched her for a moment before looking ahead at the nearby woodland.

“You won’t be abandoned out here with us, if that’s what’s concerning you. However, you slept longer than needed. We should have been on the move by now.”

Forrus jumped with a small gasp before shaking her head with pleading eyes.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t aware of-”

“I know you’re not aware of our ways,” he interrupted. “So I let that slide and had Sasha watch over you until you woke up. From now on though we do need to keep moving, our rest stops during so are limited. Keep that in mind.”

Forrus looked at him with wonder then to Sasha, the reptile girl still just keeping her eyes on the boy without even glancing to the lycan.

“Master,” Sasha warned shaking her head. “Rulo found a bear this morning. I wouldn’t recommend going in there for her.”

“Sasha,” Daemon said expectedly.

Sasha flinched then looked down with remorse.

“I mean, Daemon,” she said softly.

Forrus glanced to her then to Daemon with a curious eye.

“My lord, may I ask you a question?” Daemon merely nodded while slowly gazing around at the area, remaining silent while Forrus watched him carefully. “How is it you can keep going each day without resting? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you sleeping once since I’ve joined you and your companions with your quest. Aren’t you tired at all?”

“I’ll rest when I need to, and not before,” Daemon replied while still keeping his eyes away from the lycan.

“Told you,” Sasha mentioned flatly as she looked to the lycan with a dull stare.

“But, my lord,” Forrus worriedly implored. “You haven’t even eaten anything since we first met, aren’t you hungry at all?”

Daemon paused for a moment then slowly looked to her with a blank expression, the lycan eyeing him over curiously as she felt something wasn’t normal about him.

“I don’t understand how,” she questioned. “A human, and even a monster, would need to feed and rest to keep their strength up and mind sharp. You have done neither for so long, yet you show no signs of fatigue or wear.”

Daemon turned to face her before slowly walking towards the girl, with Forrus then showing a nervous expression as the boy’s cold blue eyes seemed to pierce right through her.

“I’m sorry if I’m speaking out of line,” she pleaded. “I just don’t understand how you’re able to-”

“Forrus,” Daemon interrupted, with the lycan halting and trembling slightly in fear that she may have angered him. Sasha merely looked back down to the artifact in her hand while Daemon lightly drummed his fingers on his sword’s handle.

“I’ll eat when I’m hungry, I’ll sleep when I’m tired, and not before. Is that understood?”

Forrus slowly nodded as the human turned to glance up at the sky behind him, watching as a bird flew out from a tree into the air with a few chirps.

“If you are hungry I suggest you find something to eat quickly, we will be moving out again very soon,” he said, with the lycan watching him curiously as he waited for a while before turning to her with a raised eyebrow.

“What?”

“I’d much rather hunt something for you, and not for myself,” she kindly said. “Are you sure you are not in need of anything this morning?”

Daemon merely shook his head, the lycan then smiling and giving a polite bow to him.

“Very well, I shall return shortly,” she said before quickly taking off along a field of swaying tall grass. As Forrus ran off with her tail wagging behind her Daemon glanced to Sasha as the reptile girl was watching the artifact in her hand carefully.

“Sasha, I trust you won’t drop that while it’s in your care.”

Sasha shook her head then looked to him with a proud smile.

“I would die before ever letting
anyone
take what belongs to you,” she promised. “Not even that succubus shall pry this from my hands.”

Daemon nodded once before looking up at the sky again with a distant gaze while remaining quiet. Sasha then looked at him curiously while her tail slowly shifted around against the rock she was leaning on.

“If I may ask, why did you entrust it to me and not the others?”

“Because I chose to at the time,” he calmly replied. “That’s all there is to it. Don’t make me regret that decision.”

Sasha watched him with longing eyes then nodded with a small smile.

“I won’t, I promise.” Her eyes then slowly glanced to his sword, the smile on her face fading into a frown before she looked down at the relic she had been entrusted with. “I do wish we could celebrate our finding and securing this piece for you, I really do.”

Daemon slowly glanced over to her as she tilted her head slightly while shifting her hips over to the side, her tail slowly sliding along the rock and into the air before she looked back to him with a saddened smile as she carefully and lightly flaunted her thigh at him.

“I would gladly do anything you asked of me,” she confessed, her voice almost sounding pleading. “
Anything
. You could do… whatever you… wanted…”

“Sasha,” Daemon said expectedly, with the reptile girl nodding and lowering her head with closed eyes.

“I know,” she remorsefully replied. “Such a thing is out of the question. You have your duty to fulfill above all else, that cannot be put aside for anything. Just know that… that…”

Slowly she looked back to him while holding a hand over her heart, her eyes almost seeming to fight back tears as she took a steady breath.

“I
am
yours, now and for all time,” she vowed, with Daemon watching her for a moment before he looked away while remaining silent. Sasha closed her eyes as she tried to control her feelings then looked to his sword that he had sheathed at his side, a feeling of pride for who she served coming across her along with a sense of spite for that magical blade that he wielded, for she knew the legend behind it quite well.

And she knew how it was always going to be between her and the one she wished to mate with.

In the world of Eden there were three ways that could help convince others to believe the words of an idealist. One was if the doubters experienced the horrible consequences of what the visionary warned them about, showing that the message they questioned was real. Another would be for them to witness the speaker standing in the face of danger for them with his beliefs, proving that he wanted to help even at the cost of his own life. And finally there was the direct approach, with the idealist demonstrating their beliefs firsthand, letting their actions speak louder than words so they would not be ignored. However they managed to get themselves to be heard, all that mattered in the end was that they were heard by those around them.

Because once their beliefs were accepted to be true, they had won.

*****

Daniel was watching something that he had never dreamed of seeing once in his entire life, and still questioned whether he was hallucinating at that very moment from what his eyes were showing him. As he sat on the bed in which he, Triska, Alyssa, Specca, and Squeak had all not only slept in together during the night but also engaged in carnal acts of lust and love with each other all throughout the midnight hours, he could only watch as he was rendered speechless at seeing those same four girls standing in front of the bed as they were slowly getting dressed for the day. Everything seemed to be like a surreal dream for Daniel as he watched all the naked girls talking and giggling with one another as they apparently wanted this to be the outcome of their feud over his heart all along.

His eyes watched, along with a quickly beating heart, as Triska slowly put her panties back on, the girl slowly tracing her hands up her legs to her hips in almost a teasing manner before she picked up her bra just stared at it reluctantly. After a moment to think about it she tossed the lingerie aside with a laugh before the girls all started laughing together.

“Guess I won’t need that anymore,” Triska mused playfully with a shrug before looking to Specca with a smirk. “No sense being the odd girl out after all.”

The nixie slipped on her petal skirt and adjusted it around her waist, her slender tail slowly swaying behind her as she glanced to Triska with an amused smile.

“I’m still the only one here not wearing panties,” she mentioned in jest. “Doesn’t that make
me
the odd girl out?” She then jumped with a surprised yelp as she felt a few fingers slide along between her thighs and against her pussy, the nixie then seeing Squeak winking at her with a squeak before she shrugged as the other girls laughed a bit at the sight.

“Squeak, not now,” Specca said bashfully as she blushed and looked down timidly.

“You like getting wet and you know it,” Alyssa giggled as she slipped back on her stockings, with Triska watching her blushing nixie friend with a curious smile and Squeak casually playing with her fingers as she had some juices on them from Specca. Alyssa then started to pull her panties up before she glanced to Triska with an amused smile.

“Yep yep,” she said knowingly. “I think we all learned what each of us likes to get turned on with, isn’t that right,
Triska
?”

Triska blushed slightly as she put her pants back on and buckled her belt again.

“We all have our fetishes, not going to lie about that. Like how you seemed to have an orgasm every time Daniel does you in the ass,” she said before turning to Alyssa with an accusing smile, with Daniel blushing even more from hearing that. Specca and Squeak smiled amusedly at the two girls as Alyssa put her skirt back on then set her hands at her hips.

“There’s nothing wrong with that,” she quipped. “It feels simply amazing to feel him all the way inside of me. I’ve always known my butt is just too cute to resist. Besides, I’m not the one who likes to be punished like a bad girl, like
somebody
I know.”

Triska blushed more and looked away while holding her arms around herself, not saying anything back to her from that comment. Specca giggled then gently held Triska from behind while watching Alyssa with a knowing smile.

“Now now, Alyssa,” she interjected. “You were quite the naughty girl last night too, and you certainly begged for some discipline of your own.”

Alyssa blushed further and looked away from the girls while Triska glanced to her with a small smile. Specca smirked then eyed Triska while leaning in closer to her ear.

“Did you at least learn your lesson last night?” she whispered playfully.

Triska closed her eyes and quickly pulled away from her before grabbing her shirt and putting it on, with Specca watching her curiously as the teen adjusted her breasts under it before crossing her arms and looking to the nixie with a precocious smile.

“Nope,” she said before glancing away with a smug grin.

“I had a feeling neither of you would have,” Specca reasoned with an amused smile before she put her shirt back on and started tying her tie.

Squeak began squeaking something as she got dressed with her panties and then her tunic, going on and on about something while she put her gloves on and then her boots. The other girls watched her curiously as the ant girl once again failed to realize that her long speech about something, which with her hand signals going every which way wasn’t helping to clarify what she was talking about, was going right over everyone’s heads. After Squeak finished talking about whatever it was she was trying to talk about she turned to the other girls with a curious smile, gently patting down her tunic as everyone just stared at her in silence.

“She’s trying to tell us something,” Alyssa said after a while, with Squeak sighing and looking down with a troubled frown as she once again failed to communicate with her friends. Specca smiled curiously as she slipped her sandals back on then reached over and scratched her nails along Squeak’s abdomen, the ant girl squeaking loudly as her body shuddered in response before she looked to Specca with a blush on her face.

“Maybe she was trying to say how much she likes having her abdomen being scratched,” Specca mused, with Squeak looking down with an embarrassed smile as the other girls giggled to that.