Chronicles of Eden - Act V (51 page)

‘That makes it sound more perverted than beautiful.’

“Whereas girls like Falla and Luna,” Kroanette continued as she turned to them. “You two have expressed your love for Daniel and have even earned it in return, but you’re still below that of the others in terms of position in the harem.” She then glanced to Pip with a raised eyebrow.

“That one does appear to be fond of Daniel as well, though I question if he means more to her than the closest pair of breasts she can spot. As such, she too would fall below the level of the ranking girls and has no right to be his official mate.” And then she looked to Daniel with a worried smile while bowing her head slightly.

“And… I myself am not yet worthy to join that rank either, much to my disappointment.”

“What? Her too?” Alyssa exclaimed, pointing to the centaur before face palming with a loud growl. “And now there’s
another
one who wants to be with our man! We need to stop this whole conversation now before anyone else jumps in.”

“I’m not saying I can be his mate,” Kroanette quickly defended while waving her hands in front of her. “I understand my place in this, I know I have no right to lay with Daniel right now, but I will not hide my feelings for him. I want to be honest with all of you, I don’t want to hide how I feel, and I’m not afraid to admit it.”

“Kroanette, you love Daniel too?” Specca asked curiously.

“Can you honestly blame me?” Kroanette replied with a nervous smile at her. “I’ve never known humans to be as noble and kindhearted as he is, nor as brave, intelligent, handsome-”

“Okay, Kroanette, we get it,” Triska said raising a hand to silence her. She, Specca, and Squeak exchanged looks of curiosity and question while Alyssa was staring at Kroanette with discontent and drumming her fingers on her staff. Slowly the four girls backed up and huddled up together.

“That’s four more girls to share our mate with,” Triska quietly said to her co-mates.

“I was alright with Falla and Luna because they’re always around him anyway,” Specca said with a shrug. “But what about Kroanette and Pip? I’m not sure how I feel about that.”

“You just want to make out with Luna again,” Alyssa growled at her.

“I was rather fond of her before she and I did that,” Specca snapped at her. “Quit using that against me.”

Squeak squeaked something quietly around at the girls before stopping then looking down with a dull expression as she remembered nothing she was saying was getting through.

“Well, what do you girls think?” Triska asked glancing around at them. “I’m alright if they stay with us since Daniel is fond of them, and it wouldn’t feel the same without them to be honest.”

“That’s not a bad thing,” Alyssa argued with her. “They have no right to sleep with our mate just like that.”

“That’s what Kroanette is talking about,” Specca lectured her. “In a way they are part of Daniel’s harem, but have not yet earned the right to have sex with him. It would be like an extended harem. They love Daniel and he is starting to love them, and if he wants to keep them as mates I’m alright with that so long as we remain his as well. But that doesn’t mean we have to let them get intimate with our Daniel. If they want to make love to our mate they need our blessing.”

“Sounds fair to me,” Triska reasoned with a shrug. “Let’s give it a try and see how it goes. We’ve all enjoyed sharing him with each other; it might not be so bad sharing him with those girls as well.”

“Are you all seriously considering this?” Alyssa asked with disbelief.

All the girls looked to each other then to Daniel while he slowly glanced around at them with the growing realization that he was indeed living the definition of having a harem.

“I suppose it’s up to the harem king,” Triska mused with a smirk as the girls stepped forward towards the group again. “It is his choice who to take as his mate after all.”

“Please don’t start calling me that,” Daniel weakly pleaded.

Alyssa growled and glanced to Specca with frustration, seeing the nixie watching Daniel with a timid smile with a slowly waving tail, then looked to Triska, the teen crossing her arms and waiting to hear what Daniel would choose to do. She then looked over to Squeak who kept her eyes on Daniel with a sultry smile, then to Kroanette who nodded at him with hope of his approval for her idea, then to Pip who was still sleeping soundly in Triska’s bosom, then finally to Falla and Luna as they exchanged curious glances and thought about the arrangement as well.

“So, we can stay with Daniel still?” Luna asked hopefully. “That’ll be alright?”

“If that’s what he wants, yes,” Specca answered with a nod.

“Could we hug him?” Falla asked timidly.

“I see no harm in that,” Triska answered.

“Kiss him?” Luna questioned while holding up a finger.

“I suppose…” Specca said glancing away.

“Blow him?” Falla asked with a coy smile at Daniel.

“No,” Triska and Specca flatly answered.

Falla and Luna looked to each other with determined expressions and nodded before turning to the girls again.

“Deal,” they agreed together.

Alyssa grumbled and looked down while shutting her eyes, her hand clenching tightly on her staff before she slowly glanced around at seeing everyone now watching her. She then looked to Daniel with a pout before walking up to him and resting her hand on his chest.

“Do you really like them that much, Daniel?”

Daniel looked to Falla and Luna, seeing both girls watching him with hopeful eyes. Falla showed her usual sly smirk and batted her eyelashes while Luna showed a deranged smile with wide eyes for a moment before having a gentle expression on her face as she timidly waved to him. He then looked over to Pip as the fairy purred softly in her sleep while gently caressing Triska’s breasts, with Triska glancing down to her with a slight shudder. Daniel’s eyes then rested on Kroanette, seeing the centaur slowly bowing to him while smiling hopefully of his approval. All the girls watched as he eyed each one of them before looking down to Alyssa.

“I do,” he admitted, with his mates smiling curiously at him except for Alyssa while the other girls hopped a bit with excitement, before he knelt down and shook his head with a worried smile at the witch which caused concern with the others. “But I do also agree that you girls, the ones I’ve given my heart out to, come first. And if something isn’t right with any of you, it isn’t right with me.”

All eyes rested on Alyssa as she looked down and away while lightly kicking the dirt with her foot.

“So the final say is up to you, Alyssa,” Daniel reasoned. “After all I can’t say no to you, I can’t afford to lose you or your love. So, what should I do?”

Alyssa glanced to Kroanette with annoyance then to Pip before turning to Falla and Luna, both of the butterfly girls watching her with nervous eyes as everyone waited for her answer. After a moment she then turned to Daniel with a worried frown.

“They’re not going to replace me, are they?” she timidly asked.

“Nobody could ever replace you, Alyssa,” Daniel assured with a kind smile. “You’re my one and only perfect little witch. Nothing in all of Eden will ever take me away from you. I’m always going to be yours.”

A faint smile came across her lips before she looked down and closed her eyes. With a heavy sigh she then glanced to Falla and Luna with a dull expression.

“I’m still not sold on the idea of sharing you two with Daniel,” she answered, with Falla and Luna showing growing despair from those words before Alyssa turned her back to them and crossed her arms. “But it seems everyone else including Daniel is alright with that idea. So I’ll
tolerate
you being
a little
closer to Daniel on two conditions.”

“What are they?” Luna asked worriedly.

“Name it,” Falla dared.

Alyssa turned around and pointed to them accusingly with a stern expression.

“You two need to help Daniel convince the monarch of his beliefs, we’re not taking no for an answer from her. And secondly you two better help with Daniel learning to use his magic. If having more love around will help him control it better then I suppose you could be useful.”

“Okay,” Luna eagerly agreed.

“We can do that,” Falla approved as well.

Alyssa grumbled glanced to Kroanette as the centaur watched her with a nervous smile now.

“You’d better help us convince the centaurs of this region to side with Daniel,” Alyssa warned. “And if you really do love Daniel then you’d better help with his magic training as well.”

“It would be a great honor to help him in any way I could,” Kroanette assured to Daniel with a warm smile. Alyssa glanced to Pip and shook her head slowly then looked away with a dull expression.

“Fine, then I guess you all can stay and-”

“JOY OF JOYS!” Luna screamed with a twisted smile before she tackled Daniel to the ground in a kiss, her wings fluttering wildly as the other girls watched with surprise. Daniel’s arms and legs flailed about underneath the girl before she leaned back and smiled down at him with both love and insanity in her eyes.

“I’M DANIEL’S MATE NOW TOO! HAHAHAHAHAHA!” she laughed manically before Triska and Squeak yanked her off of him. She then quickly embraced Squeak in a hug while still laughing over her shoulder. “I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! I’M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW! HAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“What is wrong with her?” Triska asked while Squeak stared straight ahead with wide eyes before everyone watched Falla now kissing Daniel on the ground, the girl lying next to him while holding his head with her hands. After the kiss ended Falla leaned back and smiled with wonder down at the stunned face of Daniel.

“Thank you, Daniel,” she gently said, with Daniel then watching her curiously as she slowly caressed his cheek. “We’re all yours, so you’d better take care of us now too.”

Daniel blinked then looked over to seeing Squeak pulling Luna off of her, the butterfly still laughing wildly while her wings fluttered quickly behind her. His eyes went from them over to Triska as she was watching Luna with a raised eyebrow, Specca who was looking down at Daniel with a curious smile, Alyssa who was glancing up with an impatient huff, Kroanette who was watching Daniel closely with a coy smile, then back to Falla as the butterfly showed a knowing smirk at him. He then chuckled weakly before his hand held hers securely.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way.”

Among all the monsters that roamed Eden none were as feared or dangerous as the legendary Darker Ones. Monsters wielding the most powerful of magics or greatest of strengths, these unique and extremely rare beings were as much a threat to mankind as they were to their lesser sisters of Eden. Many were cruel and sadistic, some were wild like animals, and others were such a mystery that so very few lived to tell much about them. However, even with the world labeling them as the most evil and chaotic of all, even though the very name Darker One instilled fear in the souls of many, there was a hidden truth to these monsters that almost nobody could believe should they be told it.

Sometimes even a Darker One could have the heart of an angel.

*****

Within a shady and gloomy forest a few witches were walking together along a rope bridge that was suspended high above the foggy marsh below, the three little casters giggling with each other as they made their way towards a large old tree that had been hollowed out and made into a tavern for local monsters. Standing at the door was a witch with a black hat, ragged blue cloak, and a staff which had a large glowing yellow shard adorning the top, the single guard eyeing over the three newcomers with a small scowl before waving them in with one hand. The three witches gave a simple nod to the guard before entering, walking inside the spacious pub which had tables and chairs set all around the circular room while a few small windows let some sunlight in to accompany the many lanterns that were hung from the rafters above. The new arrivals walked past other monsters who had stopped in for a drink or to converse with one another, paying them all no mind as they hopped up onto the stools of the bar where another witch was making drinks for the patrons. She waved her wand around and manifested a few clear glasses before some bottles flew over from her stockpile behind and poured colorful liquids into them for her. The three newcomers looked over the selection of refreshments to order while another figure walked into the saloon. The guard outside merely glanced back to Tabitha with a scoff before the door closed while the neko made her way towards the bar with a dull expression on her face and her swords sheathed behind her.

“Tabitha, honey!” the bartender called out with a wink. “I haven’t seen you in forever, how have you been?”

“Not so good,” Tabitha growled as she walked up and sat at the bar, with the three other witches glancing to her with raised eyebrows as the neko rested her elbows on the counter and held her head with a low meow.

“Aw, honey,” the bartender said with a frown. “What’s gotten my little kitty so flustered?”

“Last job did not go as planned,” Tabitha sighed. “My target died by unforeseen complications and to make it worse I lost my bonus I collected during the mission.”

“Oh, baby,” the bartender cooed before fixing up a glowing yellow drink for her. “Here, it’s on the house.”

“Thanks, Serle,” Tabitha said before taking a small sip. “I was so close to getting a big payout and then it all falls apart. Some amateurs got in my way and ruined everything.”

“Came out empty-handed, huh?”

“Well, mostly. I got something by mistake, though I have no idea what it is. Not sure if it’s even worth anything to be honest.”

The bartender looked at her curiously then over toward the doorway before she jumped a bit with surprise. The other three witches at the counter looked over then jumped with gasps before quickly hopping down then kneeling with humble bows towards something. Tabitha glanced around at them then turned to see two witches walking into the tavern, both then making their way towards the bar side by side in perfectly symmetrical steps with each other.

“Ms. Serle,” Apoch and Astreal said while approaching the witches with their staves held up at their sides.