Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4

... You were gone so long, I feared the worst.”

“There were some close calls, Your Highness, but my mission was successful. I have with me Sir Noah and Lady Zodiac, just as you requested.”

Lupin approached and kissed Valia’s hand. “Lady Zodiac, I am glad to have you assisting Uther once more. Your strength and wisdom have been sorely missed.”

“To you as well, Your Highness. You’ve accomplished great things here in Handent, but Colbrand misses its favorite son.”

Noah glanced over to a young blonde woman dressed as a healer and holding a staff. Seeing Lupin greet Valia left her with a subtle pout.

Lupin turned to Noah, who was wearing the green cloak Elisandra gave him but seemed more confused by how old he looked. “You are not Sir Noah, not the man I spoke to.” Upon his words, Paulman nearby gripped the handle of his axe.

“You are half-right. You met a younger version of me,” said Noah, releasing his illusory guise and shocking everyone with his sudden youth. “My apologies for the mix-up. My age is something I can control, and certain ages provide certain benefits. Looking young helps me enroll in prestigious academies,” he said before regaining his adult face, “while appearing older gives me more credibility and charisma. If you indulge me, this conversation will go much easier.”

“My Lord, this is not a man you should trust,” Paulman warned.

Lupin appeared understandably wary of Noah. “Are you, or are you not, Alexis Veres’s friend, who I spoke to at the ...

... gala?”

“Indeed I am. Sir Noah, the Wandering Spirit, reporting for duty. I have arrived to offer counsel, just as I did then.”

“So, we meet once more. I welcome you, Wandering Spirit, to my city. As I’m sure you can imagine, you and I have much to talk about, and not simply in regards to the Profane. Considering what transpired between you and my brothers, I need your word that you are here as an ally, and have no ulterior motives against me.”

“Unlike your brothers, you are someone worthy of respect, and have done nothing to instigate conflict or do me harm, so there is no reason why we can’t work together. You have my word that we are your allies in the fight against the Profane. I believe I can offer insight into your parasite problem.”

“And for that, I shall pardon you, but I need to know what happened between you and my family. All I’ve gotten is outrageous rumors. I need to hear it straight from you, the real story.”

“As you wish. Seraph and I naturally didn’t get along, and he believed us to be archrivals competing for academy supremacy. As for Galvin, he challenged me to a duel, wagering his betrothed, a duel in which I won. In retaliation for losing, he tried to kill me by burning down a brothel, murdering almost twenty of his own citizens, wounding countless others, and destroying a treasure trove of magical research that was invaluable to me. Seraph knew about his plan and didn’t bother to intervene, letting Galvin commit mass-murder.”

The gravity ...