Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4

... parasites have been removed? It’s because the parasites also inject their hosts with something to control the mutations and keep the body from degenerating into a twisted mass of infected flesh and gnarled bone like the basilisk. It must be administered continuously with the venom, or it wears off, and the host falls apart. However, they need particular substances to produce it, things not found in their hosts’ diets, and that’s where the medicine comes in.

Shannon, if you would please?”

“Yes, My Lord,” she replied with a bow. Shannon approached a metal box and pulled a lever on the side. A cloud of steam shot from an outlet, and once all was quiet, she opened the box with a pair of gloves and pulled out a glass bucket filled with an opaque liquid.

“What is this?” Lupin asked.

“An allergen, something that the fiends’ bodies won’t be able to handle. It neutralizes the stabilizing agent in their blood, allowing the poison to cause rampant mutations. If your soldiers apply this to their arrows, it’ll make the fiends sick and easier to kill. It’ll just be a matter of time until the Profane find a way around it, but for now, you’ve got your game-changer.”

“Finally, some good news. Not only do we have a potent weapon, but if we can cut off their supply to these medicinal plants, it would cripple their organization.”

“Most certainly. One of the plants, however, was a kind of seaweed.”

“Seaweed? Handent’s coastline is all the way in the north, requiring months ...

... of travel across wetlands, prairies, and mountains. Even the fiends would struggle to make that kind of journey efficiently. That would mean it either came from Uther or Vandheim.”

“I had the same conclusion. I’ll put together a list of the plants I found. I suggest you have your men search the countryside for any farms growing them. As for the seaweed, I’m going to look for the origin myself.”

“How do you plan to do that?”

“I have my methods. Besides, I can’t save this city while being cooped up away from it. I need to truly understand Welindar and our enemy.”

“Very well. Do whatever you need to do. You haven’t let me down yet.”

“Thank you, sire,” said Noah before Lupin departed.

That night, when all was dark and quiet, there was movement in the corridors. Lighting her way with a candle, Shannon arrived at the lab and yawned before opening the doors. She expected it to be empty, but was shocked to find Noah there, facing the array of screens.

“My Lord? What are you doing here?”

“Oh, hello Shannon. I came down here to get some work done. What about you?”

“I came to get this,” she said, picking up a small book nearby. “This book of poetry has been helping me improve my reading skills, and sometimes lines get stuck in my head. I was tossing and turning, trying to remember one such poem, scratching at it like a bug bite in the back of my mind. Finally, I decided I had to get up and reread it to know for sure.” She approached Noah, looking at all the ...