Author: Dusk, Posted: Thu Mar 4, 2021 5:56 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

The fight with the demon was over much too quickly. Rhenakos was almost disappointed as he slammed his foot into the demon’s chest, pinning him to the ground. The look of disgust on the demon hunter’s face was clear.

“You shouldn’t have come back,” Rhenakos said. “Threatening my wife. My daughter. My friends. You’ve royally fucked up…” With a twisted smile, Rhenakos grabbed the demon’s arm, and with incredible strength, tore it off. The demon’s screams echoed in the cavern. The fighting had died down now, and it was evident that Rhenakos’ side had won. “I’m going to rip you to pieces…my dear mother put this body together for you, didn’t she?” He smiled. “Let’s see how well she did…” Rhenakos reached down for the other arm….

Xeik had taken care of the rest of the betrayers, immobilizing them with his fighting technique that Raine had taught him. Pressure and mana points across the body were hit, causing immense pain and blackouts to anyone who was on the receiving end. Had Lewis been able to watch, he would have been impressed with how Xeik compromised about killing. The conspirators would be left to Llywellyn, unless Simone or Lewis got to them first. That was for them to decide.

Lewis had wanted to join in, but in the end, he wasn’t able to. Between the shocks he had received, and the broken arm, there was no way he could participate. So, instead, he cheered Simone on, lending her his calm and strength where he could via resonance. It was more than enough. Alvaro was easily overpowered with their powerful magic.

When it was over, though, Lewis was left there, watching Simone distraught over the choice she had made. “No…I understand,” Lewis said as he pushed himself up shakily. “You did what you had to do…” There was a hint of sadness in his voice. As Osiria left to go check on Rhenakos, who was still ripping the demon to pieces, Lewis shuffled his way to Simone.

“Don’t get me wrong…I’m sad. But…we had no way of knowing when help would arrive,” he said, leaning into her. “You did what was necessary. I’m not mad…” Even with her support, Lewis felt faint, and almost fell. Simone called for Xeik, who ran over immediately to start trying to heal Lewis.

Everything seemed to be wrapped up. Lywellyn was having his alone time with Jerome, which meant that there was nothing left for the rest of them. On Xeik’s orders, Simone, Osiria, Lewis, and Rhenakos were brought to Elysia. He sent word ahead, and hoped that Angela was available. With what had happened, there was much to be discussed between the goddess and Simone.

It was Lewis that Xeik was worried about. Their resonance wouldn’t let him die, but with the twins still siphoning magic, Lewis wouldn’t be able to heal instantly. That meant his arm would need to be set, even with healing magic. Rhenakos and Os were both there as well, but were attended to by regular clergy members.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 9:09 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

“I almost thought you were full of shit Os,” Simone grinned. “Oh, I can’t fucking wait. I’m almost turned on by this.” She giggled a bit as Xeik got her free but first she needed her partner in crime. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine now that you are,” Lewis said smoothly as Simone melted the chains off of him. She gave him a hard kiss and checked him over in the chaos before Lewis had a stride and kicked Felix in the face. “I told you not to fucking touch her.”

With Jerome going for the door a kick went to his chest as a rage-filled voice came through, “You fucking little shitbag.” Llywellyn came through the door and took him by the throat.

“Lly-Llywellyn… Hey buddy,” Jerome choked.

“I’m going to finish what I started over a thousand years ago,” Llywellyn threw Jerome into a wall before going for the kill. It was slow and agonizing for Jerome but Llywellyn paid him back twentyfold for what he thought his crimes were. “SAVE THE ELF FOR ME,” Llywellyn pointed at the adviser. “I’m going to rip you to shreds.”

Simone was quick into action herself as she went after Alvaro. Osiria went after Rhenakos’s mother as she tackled the bitch to the ground and started to repeatedly punch her in the face. “I’m going to make you pay for saying what you did about Izzy!” Osiria screamed.

At the mention of Izzy Rhenakos seemed to get even more pissed as more power came to his swings. “What the fuck did you say about my daughter?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know?”

Osiria roasted the woman alive at once but she stayed out of the way for Rhenakos. This was how they operated, she couldn’t risk becoming a target for the demon. “Stay with Simone,” Rhenakos yelled at her.

“Don’t worry about me,” Osiria took off over to Simone who was fighting the fae lord on even ground now.

“You aren’t so scary now that I am strong,” Simone was throwing fire at Alvaro. “I’m not the weak little girl I was. Not anymore.”

It was over in a matter of twenty minutes. Once everyone was dead Simone walked over to the box that once held her womb and she kicked it to the side.

“Simone… if you had just let him put it back in…” Osiria looked sad for a moment.

“It would have just given him an edge. I didn’t want him to have it. I’m just sorry I didn’t ask Lewis first. It should have been a joint decision to destroy my womb like that,” Simone stepped on the box reducing the rest of it to ash and embers. Osiria ran over to Rhenakos to check his wounds.

“Xeik, can you look over Lewis? He’s not okay,” Simone was just staring at the box holding in all of her emotions. Now, there was no need for Angela to research how to take off the curse… It didn’t exist anymore.

Llywellyn on the other hand was still beating the shit out of Jerome. He kicked him across the floor and he looked sweaty. “Just end it already.”

“No, Simone suffered for so long because of you and I’m going to make sure you do too.” The adviser was being held by some of Llywellyn’s guards. “You all can leave… I’ll be here a while and trust me when I say Jerome that age has made me so much more patient.” He kicked Jerome into a wall now.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 8:54 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

“Well, what a shame,” a haunting voice said as a silver haired man walked into the room. This one seemed different from the other two, and as he walked up to the disfigured woman, he kissed her, passionately. “My dearest Delilah Raize…you’ve done splendidly. This new body is something to be proud of.” He was almost as tall as Rhenakos, with glowing red tattoo’s running down his exposed arms.

“Did you enjoy the village I recommended?” Delilah asked.

Osiria gagged, “Oh…you survived. I should have done a better job.”

“Shut your mouth, you filthy whore,” the disfigured woman spat. “It’s because of you and that bastard of a son that things did not go as planned.” She started to march up to Osiria, but was pulled back by the demon.

“My dear…please remain calm. Osiria here…she’s the next you. Your body produced such delightful offspring, but her…” There was a hunger in his eyes. “The children she and I will produce will surpass even my strength.” He walked with a confident stride up to Osiria, grabbing her by the chin. “That girl with red hair…when she grows of age, she will join you as well…”

“You lay a fucking finger on my daughter and I swe-” The demon smacked Osiria, which only earned him a glare from the phoenix.

“All of you and your empty threats,” Alvaro said with a smile. “No one is coming to save you.”

Almost as if to prove him wrong, there was a loud crash as several demons flew into the lair, disintegrating.

“He’s heeeerree…” Osiria said with a sly smile.

Lewis was coming around, and when he finally was able to see, he saw Rhenakos charging through several of the demon children. Not a single one could seem to hit him as two of the largest blades Lewis had seen seemed to dance in the air, dismembering each of the silver haired demons in an instant. Two of the betrayers charged Rhenakos, but were met with the Divine Healer, who darted in front of the berserker Rhenakos.

Xeik moved like the wind, quickly jabbing left and right with his fingers. In a surprise twist that Lewis hadn’t seen coming, the two betrayers dropped to the floor, twitching.

“When the hell did he…” Lewis groaned.

Rhenakos charged the demon, who brandished his own blade, and the two clashed blades. This gave Xeik time to free Osiria and Simone, the latter of the two immediately moving to free Lewis.

Jerome was shaking in fear. His fellow conspirators were failing again, but he would not fall with them. In the hectic clash, he dashed for the exit. He could escape now, and live to fight another day!

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 8:37 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

“Lewis!” Simone screamed again. She was worried but she knew he couldn’t die, not as long as she was still alive. At least they were together in this until the end.

Osiria sensed the panic in Simone and she smashed herself into Simone, “Calm down for the both of you. You once said that you drew his calm. Calm down and let him take it from you this time.”

Simone looked at her panicked. “I see… You are so emotional,” Os smiled a bit.

Once Felix had gotten the bright idea in his head Simone watched as Lewis punished him, “He told you not to touch me… Or think about it.” There was the calm, now that she knew that Lewis had her back. “My, my, my look what the cat dragged in.” Simone watched the group come in and her eyes went to the box that Alvaro had. “My womb?”

“Isn’t it exciting? We’re finally going through with it my dearest Simone.”

It happened so fast that no one saw Simone cut herself free and lunge at Alvaro. Jerome went to pull her off but by the time he did, he noticed the fire. The box was on fire.

“NO,” Alvaro yelled as he tried to put it out. “Hellfire.” He smacked Simone who was held by Jerome now.

“Fuck you,” Simone spit on Alvaro and threw her head back breaking Jerome’s nose, “And fuck you too. If I can’t have children with my husband then I will never. EVER. Have any with you. I would give it up for all eternity if it meant watching you squirm like the fucking worms you are.” She stomped on Jerome’s foot who fought yelling as he held her hostage.

“Simone, you need to calm down before we really have to hurt you.”

“I wish you fucking would so I can do it twenty-fold back,” Simone threatened Jerome. “And if I don’t do it Llywellyn sure as fuck will.”

“The king will do no such thing as he doesn’t even know you are missing,” Simone narrowed her eyes down on an elf.

“Ah… That explains it all. You are the adviser, aren’t you? I saw you around Sulwal when we stayed there. Lly isn't an idiot and if Xeik knows… Well, he would go get Llywellyn immediately. Also, asshole,” Simone looked up at Jerome, "Llywellyn got further than you with me even if he tricked me into it. He always stopped when I said no. He's really going to enjoy fucking killing you especially. Horse's ass."

Jerome was cool as he knocked Simone back out and they put her up with anti-magic chains this time. "You won't be able to cut through these."

"No matter," Alvaro couldn't save the womb, "We can always get it back using the ritual I suppose."

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 8:24 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

When the conversation turned to sex, Lewis rolled his eyes. At least he was feeling better, for the time being. He could at least understand why Simone might find Rhenakos attractive in a physical sense; after all, them talking made Lewis realize that in a different world, he might have gone after someone like Osiria. But both of them reiterated the fact that they had no desire for anyone else other than each other.

“Look at you two…getting along so well,” Lewis said with a smirk. “Now that we’ve got all of that out of our system… I might have a plan to get us out.” Lewis grunted, and with massive effort, swung his leg out. “Damn. One more…” Another one. And another. Finally, there was a sharp thud in Simone’s upper arm, close to her wrist. Blood started to trickled down her arm where a small, hidden dagger had imbedded itself.

“Quick. Grab it,” Lewis said. “I haven’t got the full ideas yet, but we might be able to-” There was a sudden jolt of electricity, shocking Lewis before he could say more.

“My, my…making escape plans?” Alvaro stated as he and Felix walked back into the lair. “And what did you have planned? Hmm?” It was obvious, though, by his tone and actions that he didn’t know that Simone had the dagger.

“Yeah. As soon as I’m free, I’m going to cu-” Another blast of magical lighting rocked Lewis, and he fell limp and silent, hanging there. The smell of burning flesh started to permeate the air.

“Tsk,” Alvaro clicked his tongue. “I may have overdone it…” He sighed. “Well…hopefully he’s not dead.”

Felix looked at the smoking body of Lewis, and then to Alvaro, who seemed preoccupied with the package that he had brought in. The sneaky rat of a man grinned. Alvaro walked out of the lair again, stating he was to grab the rest of the group, leaving Felix alone.

“Ah yes…” He ran up to Simone, his eyes wide. “I guess it couldn’t hurt to…” He grinned, working the belt on his pants. “Take a well deserved…” His pants dropped, and he started to reach for Simone, his eyes hungry.

Felix winced. There was a quick, almost sharp pain below his waist. “W…w-what?” He looked over, his eyes wide. Lewis, still unconscious, had a free arm, though it was twisted and looked as though it were broken in several places. When Felix looked down, he realized what had happened, and suddenly he started to wail.

“Would you shut up, you idiot…you were TOLD not to touch them,” Alvaro roared as he stormed back in, followed by the others who had betrayed Simone, as well as a disfigured woman and two, silver haired men who looked rather familiar. “If you behave, then maybe our benefactor will be nice enough to reattach it…” He produced the package that he had been toying with.

“Look here, Simone…I have a gift for you. A gift for our reunion…and our consummation.”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 8:07 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Osiria perked up, “Yeah, what about it?”

“It was real. When Lewis and I were training our resonance I had to deal with the seven sins of Lewis so to speak. Lust was seven Lewis. Seven that all wanted me,” Simone smirked a bit. “That wasn’t all though.” She frowned now. “What my corrupted half did to Lewis… A hundred of me raping him. That wasn’t hot at all but that was before we were what we are now. It most certainly wasn’t me.”

Osiria thought on it, “Sounds like you wanted him to experience what you had been put through.”

“What makes you say that?” Simone was honestly surprised that Osiria caught on so fast.

“You don’t do anything impulsively or just because you can. You always do it with motive. Hell, you planned out the entire shopping trip on a fucking map to save us time. I wouldn’t call it micromanaging us… It was more like a suggestion and a chessboard for you. So, Lewis was shown how vulnerable you were and he was made to hate you like you hated the people who had done it.”

“Huh,” Simone smirked, “you continue to impress me. I didn’t realize you were this smart.”

“I don’t know if I should take it as a compliment or an insult but~ What would I do with seven Rhenakos’s.” Osiria’s eyes lit up.

“Get ripped apart… Rhen… His body,” Simone shivered a bit.

“Heyyy,” Osiria laughed.

“I’m not dead. I can appreciate it but Rhenakos isn’t my type personality wise and all I need is Lewis. Looking at you though… He is almost three times the size of you. There’s no fucking way you would be able to take seven of him.”

“You might be right but one can’t help but to think about it,” Osiria was almost drooling. “You two do some freaky shit… I remember when you stabbed Lewis in the heart!”

“Oh, that,” Simone shrugged, “We stab each other all the time. We do own a sex dungeon you know.”

“See, you two are freaky.”

“The pain is almost as good as the sex for us… Though I think if it was anyone else it wouldn’t be like this.”

“Of course not, you and Lewis are practically perfect.”

“Say Os, if you and Rhenakos are this much in love how come your heart stri–”

“Sucked major ass and was even worse than Xeik and Mia’s? Rhen and I suck at working together as I said. We did a lot of hate fucking when we first got together… Of course it cultivated a bad relationship! When we got pregnant with Izzy we weren’t ready. We were scared shitless. We were forced into something we weren’t ready for and it showed massively. Of course, we loved each other… How could we not? He is everything I want and I am everything he wants. We just go about it differently than you two. Imagine getting pregnant when you and Lewis hated each other.”

Simone looked at Lewis and thought about it, “I guess… you are right.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 7:52 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

“You two have such a weird relationship,” Lewis said after a moment of letting everything sink in.

“Oh please, like you have any room to talk,” Osiria shot back with a grin. “You two try to hide it, but I know you and Simone are both bigger freaks than I am.” She wriggled against her restraints. “Those books…they’re based off of a lot more than just fantasy, aren’t they?”

At that, Lewis felt a lot more conscious. “How the hell should I know! I don’t do anything like that!” he shot back.

“Oh, but Alexei…I know so much about those books. It’s one of my favorite series. I even asked Rhenakos to take me like his character did Alexei and Tobias. Let me tell you, it was hot. And there’s absolutely no way you two hadn’t tried anything like that.”

Lewis scoffed, “One day, out of nowhere, I’ve become a complete and total piece of meat for thousands of women, all because of these stupid books.” He was proud that Simone had made a name for herself, but he hated the effect that it had on his own life. It was a miracle that he was able to walk the streets without getting harassed.

Simone smirked. “Well…if we’re passing the time…I could tell you SO many things. That scene in the latest book? The one with the seven men…”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 7:44 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Simone hung there for a few moments in silence, “The fatal miscalculation in all that Lew… Is that he knows exactly where my womb is and how to break the curse on it. He can make me get pregnant. No wonder he was brought back with the others.”

Osiria was quiet as she hung there with her, “Everything will be okay. Guarantee they won’t even be able to touch us.” Rhenakos… Please work fast, it was a silent little prayer from Osiria. She hoped her husband was the one-man army she made him out to be. She had seen it in the past when she got hurt, it was why she didn’t go on jobs.

Finally, Lewis changed the conversation and Simone perked up to hear the answer from Osiria. “At the end of the day… Rhenakos is a lot like you Lew.”

That got a laugh from Simone, “How so?”

“He likes strong women who can take care of themselves. Simone is strong. Mia is strong. Kali is strong. So is Vela.”

“No wonder he liked that thigh move I did so much,” Mone mused.

“Oh yeah, it was all he could talk about until he taught me how to do it. He doesn’t know how to handle when you get emotional though and in a lot of ways it’s a tough area for us too. Comfort is the one thing Rhenakos is sort of bad at. So he makes an ass out of himself more often than not.”

“Yeah, well you don’t ever have to worry about me sleeping with him. I can’t stand him getting in my way,” Mone made a face. “He’s so impulsive.”

“Yeah, both of us are though. It’s also why we can’t work together. The moment I got hurt he just lost focus and charged right for the person attacking me. He went into a straight rampage. Most of the time he’s holding back. When he lets go though… That’s the real Rhen. I’m the same age as Lewis almost,” she chuckled a bit.

“Ahhh, so Rhenakos isn’t into older women.”

“He’s into strong women,” Osiria laughed. “He likes to be bossed around and yelled at though he might fight you on it.”

Simone thought back to the bar, “Why waterfall blue?”

“Because the waterfall was where we first hate fucked,” Osiria said it plain like it was a normal fact. “Just before…” She looked uncomfortable. “Before the feelings started. Rhen woke up from nightmares a lot and I would comfort him. At first, he would hide it from me but slowly it unraveled and we talked about it. He fully opened up just before he killed me. In a way, killing me was how he showed how much he loved me. He didn’t want the demon to have me, so he killed me thinking it was best.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 7:33 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Lewis struggled against the chains again, but there was no luck.

“Rhenakos, huh? I’d put more faith in Xeik, but he’s barely good in a fight. I’ve at least seen Rhenakos take some heavy hits, though.” To hear that Osiria was so confident in Rhenakos, though, meant that he very well may have been the only one capable of breaking in.

“I’m sure between the two of them, though, that we’ll be okay.” But Lewis didn’t sound confident. He was still trying to work a way out of the situation they were in on his own. At worst, he might be able to break his wrist and get out of one chain, but that would have to be a last ditch effort.

“What do they even want?” Lewis asked after a moment. “Osiria is one thing, but…you can’t have babies. We’ve gone over this. Are they really that desperate? I don’t get it.” He sighed. There was barely any point in really asking. Nothing they did made sense. The ex-assassin closed his eyes.

“So…Os. Why is Rhenakos so obsessed with trying to sleep with Simone? And Mia, for that matter?” It was strange for Lewis to try and make small talk, but the chatter between all of them was helping him keep focused. That last shock had done a number on him, and it was becoming harder to stay conscious.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 7:25 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

“LEWIS,” Simone yelled as she began to struggle. The same treatment was done to Simone as she screamed in pain.

“Leave her alone you fucking ass wipe,” Osiria screamed at the fae lord and he had a grin on his face.

“My, you certainly are a live one just like the benefactor told us. You will be a fun piece of the collection.”

Once they were left alone Osiria struggled more, “When Rhen gets here he’s going to rip them to fucking shreds!”

“No offense but he isn’t that strong,” Simone let herself drop after struggling a bit more.

“So says you. You haven’t ever seen Rhen pissed but they made the mistake of fucking taking me with you two. Rhen is going to come in here like a one-man army… You thought Lewis got pissed when you got taken… You’ve not seen my Rhenakos,” Osiria gave Simone a scary smile and it made Simone shiver.

“We don’t really know the real Rhen at all do we?” Simone sighed a bit as she decided to save her strength.

“I’m not so sure you do. A motivated Rhenakos is a terrifying one. He’ll find us.”

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 7:11 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Lewis groaned as he came to. It had been a long time since he had been knocked out, and as he tried to focus on what was happening, he found himself confused at the mixture of his and Simone’s senses mingling. The first thing he was was Simone and Osiria, hanging about twenty feet in front of him. He wanted to reach out to them, and cut them down, but he was slowly beginning to understand where he was.

“Wall,” he groaned. His arms were chained to the wall on either side of him. His neck was also chained to the wall, but his legs seemed to be free. He tried to kick out, which earned a laugh from Felix.

“You,” Lewis said with utter disdain. “Couldn’t take the hint the first time?” When Felix made the comment about Simone being theirs, Lewis let out a low growl. “Go anywhere near her, and I’ll make your last death seem like a fucking picnic.”

Lewis wasn’t okay, but he was holding it together for the moment. He had a few ideas formulating, but everything left his mind when he saw the fae lord walk in. All reason was lost, and Lewis struggled against his restraints, eyes full of fury. “I will rip you limb from fucking limb Alvraro!”

Magic surged through Lewis, but at the snap of the fae lord’s fingers, magic crackled through the chains, and Lewis felt a cold hard shock to his system. All at once, pain surged through him, and his connection with Simone was ruptured. Everything went white for a moment as lightning surged through his body.

And then it stopped. Lewis groaned, his head rolling to the side.

The fae lord walked up the altar to where Lewis was, seemingly ignoring his own warning, and put his hand under the ex-assassin’s chin. “It would seem that I have a second chance. A chance to make things right. Do be a dear, Lewis, and enjoy the view. Once our…benefactor returns, we’ll have such a fantastic show to put on for you. Your dear Simone…ravaged, and you, oh so helpless…” He slapped Lewis across the face, leaving a large welt. “Pay attention!”

“Fuck….off…” Lewis wheezed.

“Oh. And it won’t be just Simone. This wonderful…specimen we’ve gotten? She’ll be along for the ride.” Alvaro smiled. “Our benefactor is quite persuasive too. I’m sure by the end of it all, they’ll be quite open to the idea of staying with us. And when they give birth to our new weapons…I’ll watch as they tear you to pieces.”

“Can you…shut up?” Lewis replied, his head rolling to the other side. “You’re fucking putting me to sleep…”

The fae lord sneered, and snapped his fingers again, shocking Lewis. “Words mean nothing to you…” He stepped away from the altar, and back down. “Felix! Let’s go. We have a job to do. That woman’s children can keep watch. We have work to do.”

And with that, the three were left alone.

“I’m going…to tip his arm off…and shove it down his throat,” Lewis said after a moment.

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 6:52 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

When Simone came to she was chained up in the center of a room hanging from the ceiling with Osiria to her back. The other phoenix had yet to wake up and Simone’s gray eyes moved to a man chained to the wall, “Lewis?”

“Don’t bother there princess. Your little lover boy can’t hear you right now. We hit him rather good,” that voice that called to her sounded so familiar as her eyes darted over to a familiar set of eyes.

“So, what do I owe the pleasure of your ugly ass coming back?” Simone’s voice was dry as she spoke.

Osiria started to stir and she groaned a bit, “What the fuck is going on?”

“I was just about to ask one of our hosts that. Are you alright Os?”

“My head hurts but other than that I think Rhen fucks harder,” Os cracked a joke as she struggled a bit to lift herself up. “Is this some kind of joke?” Os thrashed around enough she managed to get a look at the person talking to her. “Hey, Simone?”

“Hmm?”

“He looks like you.”

“Yeah, that’s my cousin Felix.”

“Isn’t he dead?”

“Yeah, we sliced him up and burnt him alive. Somehow, I feel like he’s not the only one back,” Simone hung there as Jerome came into the room.

“I see our sleeping beauty woke up,” he walked up to Simone and touched her face. For a split second, Simone hesitated then she kicked him in the face full force. “FUCK.”

“We were told not to get near them or touch them until he was done with them. Don’t need them getting pregnant or anything until after,” Felix went over to Lewis but didn’t get close. “Hey, dickface. Wake up.” Once he had Lewis’s attention Felix smiled, “You can only imagine what we’re going to do to our Simone now right? This time we have a friend of hers too.”

“Stop getting them worked up,” the fey lord walked in. “You don’t know what they are capable of. It’s been five years.”

“Seven,” Simone corrected. “Seven since we put your ass in the ground.” Simone was shaking and Osiria leaned back to give Simone some support. She had heard the stories from Rhenakos.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 6:40 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Lewis was on a winning streak. Of course he was. Why wouldn’t he be? But Lucas was quick on the uptake, and catching up. It did help that Lewis had decided to let Rex and Lucas be on a team against him, with double the amount of moves. Rex wasn’t bad, either, but he wasn’t quite picking up the throwing technique.

It was Lewis’ turn again, the game winning match. He readied he dart, taking aim. Before he threw, though, he felt Simone go dark, and his toss went straight into the backboard.

Rex cheered, “Yes! An opportunity!” But he stopped when he saw Lewis’ face. “Dad?”

“Simone,” he said, slamming a bag of silver on the table. He ran out of the tavern, and immediately to her last location. Lucas was confused, and tried to follow, but he wasn’t fast enough. Rex, however, hit the streets, and shifted down into a full wolf form. On all fours, he was easily able to catch up to Lewis.

“Here!” the ex-assassin said as he burst into the chocolate shop. The moment he barreled in, though, was the moment that he was hit square in the jaw. In his panic, he had lost his cool and calm sense, and with that, he had lost his edge.

Rex skid to a halt. His first instinct was to barrel in behind Lewis, but he hesitated. He had no idea what he was up against. Xeik. And Rhenakos. They’ll know what to do. He backpedaled, and found his way back to the portal that they had all arrived in.

It wasn’t long before everyone was scouring the streets of Adeluna. With the information they had, all they knew was that Osiria, Simone, and Lewis were missing. They had been last seen being dragged off into the side streets of Adeluna.

When Rhenakos heard, he was furious, slamming his fist into a wall. There was anger radiating off of him, and Xeik was almost worried that he might go on a rampage.

“Xeik…” Rhenakos said finally. “I always knew that Lewis was worried…but…” He clenched his fist. “I swear to the gods, I will find them and tear out their fucking throat if they so much as lay a finger on Osiria.”

Xeik nodded, “I…understand…” But they had no leads to go off of. “Hazel…can you take over tracking?” He pulled her aside. “I don’t think Rhenakos can focus on it. Can you do it?”

Author: Simone, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 6:27 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

Simone and the girls were out in force in the shops of Adeluna. They found themselves at a stall full of clothes. It was funny to see Osiria holding up little dresses, “Do you think Rhen would like this on me?”

“You could stuff an apple in your mouth, get naked, lay on the bed, and Rhen would still fuck you,” Kalina peeked up as Leilah was almost looking at some dresses for herself. “But I guess he would like that if he had to be forced to pick.”

Osiria seemed dissatisfied with the answer and looked at Simone who peeked up from the children’s clothes. “I think you would look better in the burnt orange and if Rhenakos didn’t like it his dick shriveled.”

There was a shining smile on Osiria’s face as she picked out the burnt orange dress not too far and got it for herself. “Maybe I should wear it… Surprise him for the end of the night.”

“I think he would be blackout drunk but you might get surprised,” Simone answered and a huff followed.

“Wait, that would be cute on Janus,” Simone went to take the piece of clothing from Mia who pulled it back with a huff.

“Ohhh? Using that for a hint towards Xeik?” All of the women looked at Mia who was blushing and nodding. Simone smirked a bit, “Mia, just get a fertility potion, throw it at him, and show him babies. He’ll get it eventually.”

Mia had been on a kick to reproduce with Xeik for almost an entire year now. She had been good enough to wait for his answer, she wanted him to be ready and be willing to be a father. So whenever Simone got another child she ramped up her effort for a little. Paintings of babies, letters of babies, the word babies… Nothing seemed to work. Simone knew Xeik was being oblivious on purpose. Right now he just felt like he was too busy for it.

Simone and Osiria stepped away from the group leaving their purchases with Leilah, “We’re going to check out the smithy here… The boys might like something there,” Simone waved and the girls nodded.

They decided to first stop by the candy shop. “Ohh, chocolate strawberries!”

“That does sound good Os…” Simone’s mouth watered a bit.

They were staring through the window debating going into the chocolate shop when Simone noticed a figure behind her, “What the fu-” and it went black for her and Osiria.

Author: Dusk, Posted: Wed Mar 3, 2021 6:16 PM, Post Subject: Not Again [p/r]

The regular routine of a ‘girl’s night out’ was something that Simone always looked forward to. It was a strange concept at first, to spend time with other people, but as she started to do it, she realized that she enjoyed the company of Osiria, Mia, Leilah, and to her surprise, even Kalina when she managed to tear herself away from her work. It was on such one of these occasions that they found themselves in Adeluna.

Their routine wasn’t too complicated, but it always started with them dropping all of the kids off with the men. To everyone’s surprise, everyone seemed to shove Lewis, Rex, and Lucas out the door that night for some father and son bonding time. It had been Xeik’s idea, since he knew how hard it was to find time with all of the children always vying for his and Simone’s attention. Hazel had initially, but had been dragged out of the house to go with the women.

“So…” Lewis said, a little unsure of what to do.” He looked around the city of Adeluna. Supposedly, the women were out and about as well, and he’d hate to run across them on their only free night. So, much to his displeasure, he recommended they go drinking. “How about…darts?”

“That’s hardly fair,” Rex replied flatly. “Mr. Expert Ex-Assassin…”

Lewis shrugged, “Could teach you.”

At that though, Lucas smiled. “That’s a great idea! We can learn from a master of the trade.”

“Okay, but when are you ever going to need that, Lucas” Rex asked back. “That makes it sound like you get into some shady things.”

“I just want to learn,” the leviathan replied with a smirk. “Or are you scared I’ll pick it up faster.” That irked Rex, and suddenly he was all on board to go out drinking and playing darts.

“Let’s go, then,” Lewis said with a half smile. Maybe it would be a good night after all.