Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4

City of Beasts

Noah and Valia were late to meet back up with Reynolds and his men, but fortunately, they were still waiting at the agreed location, though they were far from happy about it. The fact that they arrived on a sled pulled by a partially dismembered fiend helped distract them from their anger.

“What in the world happened out there?” Reynolds asked.

“The centaur tribe was raided by a small army of fiends, and its members were captured and dragged away,” said Valia. “This is Shannon, a survivor. She’s coming with us.”

Shannon was understandably timid in the presence of the Utheric knight and soldiers. These were the people taking over her country and enslaving the citizens. Had the Profane not done it first, these men might have been the ones to capture her people.

“At the very least, I was able to gather a lot of information about our enemy,” said Noah.

“Then I suppose this wasn’t a complete waste of time,” Reynolds huffed. “However, I insist we head for Welindar with no more delays.”

“Agreed, lead the way.”

Thus, they resumed their journey across the plains. While the men rode on horseback, Noah and Valia sat on the sled, dragged by the captured fiend. Shannon galloped beside them in her centaur form, and when they made camp that night, she fell asleep before dinner was prepared.

“She’s exhausted,” Valia sighed, draping a blanket over her.

“With everything that’s happened since last night, it’s no wonder,” said Noah.

Watching ...

... them, one of the soldiers got annoyed. “Bad enough we wait for days for you two traitors with our thumbs up our asses, but now we have to take care of your little pet too?”

Noah and Valia ignored him and resumed their conversation in elvish. “The ghoul I fought, Tysinger, concerns me. How many more like him are there?”

“You said he was able to detect you while you were cloaked?”

“He couldn’t sense my location, but he could sense my attacks. He called it my killing intent. I suppose it’s similar to the feeling of being watched.”

“Hey! I’m talking to you!”

“I wonder why he bothered trying to save that other one. Did he say anything?”

“Only that Deacon still had some value. Perhaps he possessed some trait or ability that’s rare for hosts, something not given to him by the parasite. Perhaps he was being used as a test subject.”

The indignant soldier stormed over. “Don’t ignore me!”

Noah calmly stood up, faced him, and rendered him silent with a punch to the throat. The man dropped to the ground, gasping for air and paralyzed by agony. “We are trying to have a conversation, and our friend is asleep. Please keep the noise down. And that goes for the rest of you, too.” The other soldiers wisely obeyed and ate in silence.

As they were breaking camp the following day, Noah noticed Shannon cleaning her grandfather’s sword. Along with some supplies Noah scavenged from the destroyed village, the sword and bow were all she had left of her home.

“Are you any good ...