Noviomagus by Night

Part 5


It looked dark in the room, even though it really wasn\'t. The sun was still shining outside, but somehow that light just didn\'t seem to penetrate the shadowy living room. Suzanne said nervously on the gloomy couch and watched Ariel placing a cup of tea on the table in front of her.

\"So,\" said Ariel, taking place in a chair and levelling those eerily expressionless eyes at Suzanne, \"things are a bit complicated right now.\"

\"I, uhm, keep having sex with Jade,\" Suzanne mumbled.

\"Well, considering both your behaviours at the bar these last couple of weeks, I\'m less than surprised,\" said Ariel.

\"Yeah, but I keep... what did she call it... discharging magic.\"

\"Ah,\" said Ariel. \"To be expected I guess. And I suppose you\'re scared you\'re going to kill her.\"

Suzanne nodded and sipped her tea without really tasting it.

\"Good,\" said Ariel. \"Because you probably would, eventually.\"

\"Yeah,\" said Suzanne. \"So I was kinda hoping if you knew anyone that could help me?\"

\"Oh, there are plenty of people in the city who could. Of course, most of them would not be willing to help the girlfriend of a werewolf. Especially not with the way your magic works.\"

Suzanne squirmed uncomfortably. \"How did you know... I mean...\"

Ariel tapped the side of her head, at the level of her eyes. \"I can see you.\"

\"Right,\" said Suzanne. \"So we\'re... doomed?\"

\"No,\" said Ariel. \"I know somehow who can help.\"

\"Great,\" said Suzanne. \"I think.\"

\"You think?\"

\"Well... if it\'s someone who\'s not afraid of werewolves, I mean... what kind of power would he have?\"

Ariel smiled faintly. \"I\'ll tell you as soon as I let in our next guest.\"

\"What gu-?\" Suzanne started, only to be interrupted when the doorbell rang.

Ariel calmly left the room. When she returned a few moments later she was followed by a gorgeous blonde woman. Fashion designers would probably sell their souls to whoever wanted it just to have her display their latest creations, although they would probably have to fight movie producers and Playboy photographers for the right first. The only reason that she wasn\'t a celebrity of some kind was the instinctual fear she called up in humans.

\"Did Jade send you?\" Suzanne asked a touch coldly.

\"More or less,\" the blonde said, draping herself elegantly all over a convenient couch. \"Jade did say the pack would be looking after you. And I am the eyes of the pack.\"

... delicious hunt...

\"How come I never saw you following me?\"

The blonde laughed with such beauty as to make angels weep. \"Well, there\'s a reason I\'m the eyes of the pack.\"

... wonderful game...

\"Would you like some tea?\" Ariel offered.

\"No thank you.\"

... thank you...

\"Very well,\" said Ariel. \"And thank you for the warning.\"

\"Warning?\" the blonde said.

... how observant...

\"No doubt you\'re going to tell Jade where Suzanne is. And, no doubt, she\'ll be on my doorstep soon.\"

The werewolf smiled in a way that brightened the room for a moment. \"I\'m impressed. Or perhaps I shouldn\'t be.\"

... impressed...

Ariel shrugged. \"I\'m a bartender. I\'ve learned how to read people.\"

\"I\'m sure you have.\"

... liar, liar...

\"So I take it you\'ll be on your way soon,\" Ariel said.

\"Duty calls, after all,\" the blonde responded. \"But I might take the long way around and enjoy the sunshine.\"

... protect jade... above all...

\"Thank you,\" said Ariel.

\"Don\'t. I\'m not doing it for you or the little succubus.\"

... jade...

\"Nevertheless.\"

The blonde werewolf gave Ariel a look, shrugged her exquisite shoulders and stood up. Hips swaying seductively, she left.

\"Take your clothes off,\" Ariel said.

By the time the woman had walked to a closet and taken a vibrator out of it, Suzanne was already naked and sprawled out on the couch, her legs eagerly spread. Her eyes fixed on the sleek silver vibrator alsmost automatically.

\"Right,\" said Ariel. She began walking to the couch and the waiting girl lying on it. \"You have to understand, the world is made up of... well, of a lot of things. But, for the moment, let\'s just assume it\'s made up of both the natural and the magical. Humans, of course, are entirely natural for the most. Werewolves are a little more magical, but still mostly natural. You, on the other hand, belong far more to the magical world than to the natural one.\"

\"Am I?\" said Suzanne, in a way that suggested she wasn\'t paying much attention. Then again, the way her right hand had travelled between her legs as she eyed Ariel\'s vibrator suggested the same thing in a much louder voice. Nevertheless, Ariel continued.

\"Unfortunately, you were raised as if you were natural. The magic within you is treated as if it doesn\'t belong there. As if you are a volcano and the magic is the lava welling up inside, waiting to erupt. It\'s not. In a way it\'s part of you, like your blood or your mind. You should absorb it into yourself.\"

\"Right,\" said Suzanne. \"Let\'s try it right now.\"

Even though nobody could possibly see the effect, Ariel rolled her eyes. She turned on the vibrator and its humming noise was quickly smothered by Suzanne\'s flesh and moans. Suzanne closed her eyes and began using her hands to play with her breasts to enhance the pleasure flowering within her. The humming inside of her driving her onwards, her nipples becoming painfully hard, Suzanne wondered if she could use her magic to make herself lactate as well. She knew it had greatly improved Jade\'s enjoyment of her. Yes, she really sh-

See yourself.

It was dark. Suzanne could still vaguely feel the vibrator\'s pleasure, but it came from far away. Suzanne looked down on her body, but there was no body. There was nothing. Just darkness.

Light flared. It was light blue, burning and twisting feverishly. It was made from lust and arousal and pleasure and sex and all those things. It was intense and powerful, but it would not last long. Suzanne reached out to it, although she didn\'t know with what because she didn\'t have anything to reach out with. Nevertheless, the burning magic responded to her touch, became calm and peaceful. The light spread out, no longer a flame, but formed a human shape. Humanoid in any case. And then Suzanne realised it didn\'t just look human, it was human.

It was Suzanne.

With a gasp, Suzanne bolted upright. She found herself sitting on the couch again. She was still naked and her pussy was still dripping with arousal, but Suzanne didn\'t notice any of that. She looked at her hand and was surprised that it wasn\'t glowing. It should be glowing with the magic that it was drenched with, just like the rest of her body.

And then the magic merged with her and went away. Or didn\'t go away. She just no longer felt it in the same way that she didn\'t feel the blood in her veins.

\"It\'s fortunate that you\'re such an intuitive study,\" said Ariel, standing near the closet to presumably put the vibrator away. \"It makes teaching you easier and quicker, which is also fortunate.\"

Suzanne turned around and saw Jade in all her naked multi-formed glory. Then she saw Jade with her fists clenched, her face unreadable. She wore a leather jacket, buttoned tight. Close behind Jade stood a petite Asian woman. Suzanne liked to think she wasn\'t racist, but \'Asian\' really was the only way she could describe the woman\'s looks. She didn\'t know if she looked Japanese or Chinese or Mongolian or what. Unlike Jade, the Asian woman looked very bored as if none of what was happening was of any interest to her until Jade decided that an appropriate amount of violence was needed.

\"Jade,\" Suzanne said, getting off the couch.

Suzanne quickly walked over to the werewolf and in those few paces she quickly became aware of her wetness and arousal. She pressed her body closely against the werewolf, their lips meeting. Suzanne let a hand wander into Jade\'s pants and was delighted to feel that the girl\'s cock was already half rigid and hardening rapidly. She couldn\'t wait to feel that cock anywhere inside of her, especially now that their sex would be safe.

Jade\'s frail companion coughed loudly. Suzanne glared at her and Jade used that little moment of distraction to step away from Suzanne.

\"Later,\" Jade said.

... later...

\"That had better be a promise,\" Suzanne said.

Jade nodded and returned her focus to Ariel. She tried to glare again, but her heart wasn\'t very much into it anymore.

\"Amazing, isn\'t it?\" said Ariel. \"The way spontaneous sex can defuse a situation.\"

\"Bonobos do it,\" Jade said flatly. \"Or so I\'ve heard.\"

... anger... still...

\"Well, Suzanne\'s learned the only lesson she really needed to learn so you and your beta can be on your merry way again,\" said Ariel.

\"Oh, I\'m not the beta,\" said the Asian woman. \"Just the muscle.\"

... violence fun...

\"Let\'s go Jade,\" Suzanne whispered.

\"You\'re still naked.\"

... naked...

Suzanne blinked with incomprehension a few times.

\"Oh, right,\" she said.

As Suzanne went to gather her clothes, Jade looked intently at Ariel. After a few tense moments, she looked down.

\"Thank you.\"

... thank...

\"No need to thank me,\" said Ariel. \"Just remember, Suzanne is what she is. And she will not be faithful to you. Love you, perhaps, but not be faithful.\"

\"We\'ll see about that.\"

... mine...

Suzanne opened her mouth to agree with Jade. To say that yes, she would only have sex with her. And maybe with the rest of the pack. Oh, and then there was the Christel situation as well.

So instead, Suzanne said nothing and continued putting on her clothes. For some reason, it took a lot longer than taking off her clothes ever could.

\"So, Suzanne, ready to go?\"

... mine...

\"Yeah,\" said Suzanne. \"I was planning to spend stay here for a while, but if there really is no more risk of blowing you up, I think I can go...\"

Home. Where Christel would be. Christel who secretly yearned to be hers. Jade wouldn\'t take that very well. She wouldn\'t take that very well at all.

\"I think... I think I could stay at your place for a while, if you don\'t mind,\" Suzanne finished.

\"Mind?\" said Jade. \"It\'ll be our pleasure.\"

... pleasure...

\"Jade,\" Ariel insisted, \"you need to get that jealousy under control.\"

\"It is under control. Witness how you are, at the moment, not bleeding all over the carpet with your throat torn out.\"

... should die...

Jade pointedly turned her back to Ariel. The pale-eyed woman shook her head.

\"If you say so. Lord knows your kind has come a long way.\"

\"That\'s right,\" said Jade, still not looking at Ariel.

... thank Her...

\"Still... I wonder how far you\'ve come.\"

Jade didn\'t respond to that, except by leaving. Suzanne gave Ariel one last, grateful look and then followed Jade out.