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Author's infos Gender: Male Age: 53 Location: Las Vegas, Nv |
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| Introduction: Day Seven - A Mage unleashed, Our stories told, Curing a mage sickness | ||
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I woke early as Elizabeth slipped onto me whispering, “Michael?” I put my arms around her and sighed as I felt her moving on me. I woke quickly and realized what was happening as she squeezed me. I closed my eyes and reached into her. The spell strand was almost completely loose! I centered myself, trying to ignore what she was doing and reached out my hand to gently wake Sam. Elizabeth’s eyes were closed in concentration as she laid her head on my chest and her breathing was coming faster. Sam woke sleepily and looked at me. As soon as she saw what Elizabeth was doing, her eyes snapped open. I gestured to Sylvan and then the other side of the bed and made a pulling motion. Sam looked at me for only a moment, before nodding in understanding. She shook Sylvan gently but urgently. When his eyes snapped open, I saw that he was wide awake. I formed a shield completely around myself and another around the spell strand that was loose inside Elizabeth. I found that it was difficult keeping my concentration on the shield as I felt Sam waking the others in the bed and pulling them out. When I spent myself inside Elizabeth, her eyes snapped open wide and she stared unseeing into my eyes, before they rolled up. She started moaning and her body shuddered, before she went totally limp. I felt the strand squeeze tightly onto us as it started to emerge. It was totally different then the others. As it emerged it began to swell. I was afraid I would not be able to remove something this large as it suddenly struck at me. This was different, the end that was exposed was acting as if it were the head of the spell strand! My shield held and when it turned and started to reenter Elizabeth, I quickly threw a shield around her and all but the area where it had emerged. As she relaxed even more into a deeper sleep, I gently rolled with her until she was on the bed. I started gently forcing the other end of the spell strand loose. The only part of the strand left was where Elizabeth and I were joined. I knew that I could not move from her or it would be like I was ripping her insides out. By the time I had slowly worked the last bit of the strand loose it was over twelve feet long and striking at Sam, Cat, Beth or Sylvan. As it came completely loose, I threw it as far as I could from the bed and rolled away from Elizabeth. “Cat, Sam? Get Elizabeth out of here!” Sweeping up my sword from the bedside table, I faced the spell strand as it roared and continued to grow. I could feel a thread of something going to it, reaching away and down through the stone. It seemed to be giving the spell strand energy and power. I realized the thread was coming from the grotto! I reached out and severed the thread, pulling its end to me. The strand roared again. It was over twenty feet long now and bigger around then a person. Suddenly it struck at Cat and Sylvan standing in the doorway, they were protecting Sam and Elizabeth’s way out. I slammed my shield into it and moved to put myself between it and my loves. Fear was making me angry and I wrapped myself with the rage and pushed it into my shield. My master had always told me, (never let anger or passion rule you in a fight.) I had never had a problem with that until now. Holding the anger away in my shields, I felt a calm settle over me as I stepped forward and faced the spell strand. Sam pulled a white faced Elizabeth towards Cat and out of the room as I blocked another strike directed at them. I threw my rage at the strand and moved towards it. It made a mock strike at me and I struck it with my shield. Without warning its tail came around in a strike like the head had been doing. I stepped aside and slicing down hard, I cut the tail end of the strand off, when I did, it roared. As the end piece started fading, the head whipped around and struck flat against the shield, knocking me back into the bed. This time, it stuck to the shield as if trying to worm its way through. Sylvan took several quick steps and struck, cutting deeply into the area that would be its neck. As it jerked back, Cat was there and swung down finishing the cut. The end fell onto the floor as the body pulled back. I threw a shield around Cat as the body struck at her again, knocking her back and into the wall. I came off the bed, moving forward towards what was left of the strand. It was attracted to my movements and struck at me. By now the strand was only about twelve feet long. I side stepped and cut through the neck and then grabbed the body as it tried to pull back. It immediately brought its other end around to strike. I swung back handed, cutting that end off and then cut the end I was holding off. As the body of the strand hit the ground, it coiled but only swayed back and forth emitting a keening sound. I moved into it and cut another section off. That seemed to do it as the pieces hit the ground they started fading. I relaxed and looked at Cat, “Are you ok?” She stood away from the wall and nodded, I looked at Sylvan and he nodded. Suddenly I felt the thread pulling at me. “Damm, I forgot the energy thread!” I turned and started running for the door. In the hall, Sam yelled at me to find out where I was going, but I only yelled back, “The grotto!” It seemed that everyone had been awaked and as I made my way down the stairs, people were starting to move around. On the bottom floor, everyone was in the hall and I had to shout and shove people to get them out of the way. When I hit the grotto, I saw groups of Mair and the women and little girls huddling in fright. It the center of the grotto where Elizabeth had been held stood a glowing oval. As I approached it, I felt the thread getting stronger and saw strands of something coming out of it. It looked like they were reaching for something or someone. I hit them with a shield and they quickly withdrew. I wasn’t sure what to do about this, whatever it was. It wasn’t something I could fight. As I stood there, I felt Cat, Sam, Elizabeth and Sylvan arrive. Elizabeth stepped up beside me, “It’s a Realm gate. How…?” I looked at her, “Realm gate? As in another world or reality?” She nodded as she looked at the gate. I looked back at the gate and thought another world, maybe home? I was thinking about my house and my parents sitting in the dinning area in the mornings as our day would begin. Suddenly the gate turned white and then brightened. Suddenly it was clear and I was looking into the dining room of my home and there was my mom and dad. They had a startled look and my dad was holding my mom as they stared at me. I couldn’t help myself, I held out my hand, “Mom?” I could see her staring at me and it looked like she was talking but I couldn’t hear anything. I remembered three years ago when she had started volunteering at the hospital. She had needed to learn sign language and I had been her study partner. It had driven dad crazy when we signed back and forth in front of him. I slapped my hands together in front of me, like we used to do to draw attention to our hands. I started signing and talking as I saw her eyes widen and look to my hands, “Mom? Can you see me?” Suddenly she released my father to sign back, “Michael? Where are you? What is this?” I laughed feeling tears sliding down my face, “This is a gate or doorway. I am not sure which. This is another world or maybe another reality.” I could see my mother talking as I signed and knew she was telling my father what I was saying. When I finished, she looked at my father and back to me, “Come home!” I felt everyone around me shift as I spoke out loud what she had said. I glanced down as Elizabeth put her hand on my arm, “Michael? I don’t know if you would be able to go through. I don’t know how it is anchored here or there.” I felt the thread and suddenly knew that I was its anchor. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw my mom slap her hands to get my attention, “Michael! Come home!” I smiled, “I can’t. I am the anchor for this gate. (I heard Elizabeth gasp) My wife doesn’t know if it would be possible.” I saw mom freeze as she was talking to dad, “Wife!” Trust my mom to catch any slips. I laughed as I saw dad’s face, “Yes. She is one of my wives.” My father had an arrested look and my mother realized what she and I had just said, “One of your wives! Michael, you come home right now!” I smiled as I felt Cat shift closer to me, drawing mom’s attention, “Mom, I am home. I am not alone here. There are people here who depend on me and love me.” I saw my dad say something to my mother that they were arguing over. Suddenly I felt the gate start trying to shift. I centered myself and reached out to grab more of what looked like threads in the ground that were coming loose. I felt the gate pulling on me even more, I starting straining to hold it. My mother looked back at me signing, “Can we come to you?” I looked at Elizabeth and she looked into my eyes, “It will draw more energy from you. Do you think you can hold it?” I looked at my parents, (I wanted them so bad) “I can only hold it a little more. You would have to come now.” My mother looked at my father as I slowly sank to the ground trying to harden my chi around me. Suddenly I saw them take a step and disappear. I cried out, but Elizabeth put her hand on my shoulder, “Hold the gate!” I held and held, feeling as if the gate were pulling my life force into it. I was so tired, but continued to hold. I thought of the day before when I had gotten angry. The memory sparked something inside me and I felt it growing and I was suddenly surrounded by a glowing sphere. It wasn’t as hard to hold the gate and suddenly my parents were stepping out. I sighed and severed all the threads to the gate and watched as it seemed to implode on itself. I slumped back onto my heels feeling drained as my mother rushed to me. When she reached me, I opened my arms and suddenly everything that had happened to me came rushing back and I cried like a baby as she held me. I felt my father put his steady hand on my shoulder and squeeze. It was a few moments before I was able to bring myself back under control. As I slowly stood, Cat reached out to steady me. I looked around, Sylvan was just behind us and there was a crowd at the entrance to the grotto. My father cleared his throat, “Michael? Why are you naked?” I looked down at myself and then at my wives. I looked back as my father’s face turned red, “It is a long story.” I turned to Sylvan, “It’s over. Go get dressed. Your rangers will have felt the magic. Somehow, I think it will be another long day.” I grinned at my mother, “Not the way I wanted you to meet my loves but… (I turned to each of the girls as I introduced them) This is Cat and Sam and Elizabeth, my wives and my loves and so much more” I took Cat’s hand as I felt Sam squeeze next to me with Elizabeth. “I know it is a shock and there is so much I have to explain.” My mom smiled as she looked at them, but looked back at me, “You’re gone only months and already married?” I laughed and gestured around us, “you have no idea how big my family is. Do you see all these women and girls? They and others like them are my adopted children. Almost all of them are descended from Elizabeth. But we will have time for that later. Right now I would like to get them and myself back into some clothes.” My mother had never been bothered by seeing me naked and she laughed, “I don’t know, it reminds me of when you were young. I had a hard time making you understand that you had to keep your clothes on. For such a smart boy, you were amazingly stubborn about that.” I grinned and started walking towards the entrance where the crowd was. As we got closer, the young Mair girl I remember from my meeting with the elves appeared and I heard, “Is it over?” I stopped, “Yes, the gate is closed.” She looked at Elizabeth and her eyes opened wider, “You are free at last!” Elizabeth knelt, “yes.” The small Mair stepped forward reaching out to Elizabeth as if she didn’t believe and Elizabeth extended a finger. When they touched, the Mair nodded, “You are free! I will tell the people.” And as suddenly as she had come she was gone. I looked over to see my parents standing there with their mouths open. I smiled and waved my hand in front of their faces, “That was a Mair. Come on.” I stopped by the crowd of women and children crowded together in fright, “It’s gone, nothing to worry about. Tonight I would like to see some of you in the nursery one hour after my class. If I did not examine you yesterday, I want you to come see me this morning. It won’t hurt, I would just like to make sure each of you is healthy. Remember, come to the nursery tonight.” I saw little Sam at the edge of the crowd, she was being held by a young women, along with another girl that looked just like her. I knelt down and wiggled my finger to her. Her mother tightened her grip for just a second in fright, but released her. She came to me hesitantly, “Yes Master?” I felt my parents stiffen, “Sam, didn’t I tell you what my name was?” She nodded shyly, “Michael.” I smiled, “I want you to meet someone.” I turned to my Sam, “Love?” When she knelt next to me, I turned back to the little girl, “Sam, I would like you to meet one of my loves. This is Sam.” Her eyes got a little bigger, “Really? Just like me?” Sam grinned at her, “Another Sam? We will have to get together and find some trouble to get into.” Little Sam looked at her doubtfully and Sam winked at her and she gigged. “Did my daughter’s find you ok?” She nodded and pointed to her sister, who was trying to get away from her mother, “Amelia said they aren’t really your daughters.” I grinned, “Well not really, but I adopted them so they are now. (I pointed to Elizabeth) They are my wife’s grandchildren though. And guess what?” Sam looked at me, “What?” I slowly and gently poked her in the chest, “So is your mother, so are you and your sister.” Her eyes got big and she leaned forward and whispered, “What’s a grandmother?” I smiled, “When you have children your mother will be their grandmother. Would you like to meet her?” I saw her curiosity but she whispered half in fear, “Is she a mage?” I nodded, “Yes, just like you. But she is helpless now, because she forgot to put on clothes.” Sam smothered a laugh and little Sam looked at her before giggling. I stood, pulling my Sam to her feet, “Will you bring your mother and sister to the nursery tonight?” Little Sam nodded as she turned and ran back to her mother. Sam hugged me, “Plotting another conquest?” Elizabeth squeezed into my side and whispered, “Helpless am I?” I laughed as I gestured to my parents, “No more stops. I had to stop, she did a favor for me.” When we reached the crowd, John was in the front, along with quite a few Mages, “John, everything is under control now. You can send everyone back to bed.” I looked at Nathen, “Nathen, you are here an awful lot lately. Everything is over now and if you and these others don’t mind, I am going to take my wives back to our room and put some clothes on them before someone catches cold.” As I broke through the crowd I found Artimas, Edward and Selina standing at the back with another woman. Elizabeth gasped and stumbled forward blindly into her arms crying almost uncontrollably. Selina wordlessly wrapped her light cloak around Elizabeth. I looked at Cat and Sam, “Would you two mind taking my parents up to the room?” Cat smiled and held her arm for my father, “Father?” My father looked at her quickly and I saw him blush as Sam reached out to take my mother’s hand, “Mother?” My mother looked at her for just a second and smiled softly, “Lead on daughter.” When they were gone, I looked at Artimas, “You came back a little earlier then I expected.” He grinned, “I broke the spell last night and we talked all night. When I felt the burst of magic, I knew it was here from your unmistakable signature.” I looked at him, “My signature?” Edward grinned as he handed me his cloak, “It is very unique and in this case very spectacular.” I just looked at him wondering what he was talking about. Selina laughed, “Michael, the whole city lit up. The shock waves from the magic will probable travel a thousand leagues, drawing every mage that feels it.” I looked at her, still not understanding as Elizabeth broke away from her mother and looked at me with a grin, “They are talking about your magic love.” I looked at her suspiciously, “What magic?” Summer laughed, “Elizabeth, he doesn’t know.” Elizabeth smiled as she came back into my arms, “You are a Mage love. Not like me, but a Mage. A very, very powerful mage.” I kissed her and the magic of our bond was there just as fresh as the first time. When I broke the kiss we both moaned. Summer laughed, “I see what Artimas meant when he said you had bonded. Come Elizabeth, you can molest him later.” She laughed, but I remembered how this morning started and pulled her back, “Elizabeth? Do you remember what happened this morning?” Elizabeth looked into my eyes frowning, “The thread?” I shook my head, “Before.” She kept looking at me and shook her head. I sighed, “I need to examine you, let’s go to our room.” I took her hand and looked at her family, “Come on, we can talk there.” It was a long walk back to the room. I had to send people back to their beds and when I got further up it was my frightened daughters. When we came into the room, Sam and Cat sat by the fireplace with my parents and Beth was by the bed unsure what to do. I gestured to the fire and stopped by Beth whispering, “Sweetie, why are you standing over here by yourself?” She stuttered, “I don’t…” I pulled her into a hug and then took her hand. I led her to the fireplace where everyone sat and told her to sit by Artimas, “Mom, dad, (looking at Elizabeth’s mom) Mom? This is Beth, one of Elizabeth’s oldest daughters and my adopted daughter. She is very shy and still a little frightened from what happened to her.” I looked at Elizabeth as she held her hand out to Beth, “Not yet Elizabeth, I need to examine you. Cat, Sam you too.” They looked at each other and stood up. I walked them to the bed and had Sam hop onto the bed, “Lay back Sam.” She laid back as my father stood and crossed to us, “Michael? What’s going on?” I glanced at him as I reached into Sam, “It has to do with what was done to Elizabeth.” I felt no spell strands inside Sam and bent to kiss her as my father frowned, “I don’t understand.” I helped Sam up and turned to Cat, “Elizabeth had something’s inside her that could have… I guess you would say infect us.” As Cat lay back without prompting, Elizabeth whispered, “No.” I glanced at her as I reached into Cat, “I don’t really believe it, but I want to check them and the babies.” I saw my father start and Sam put her hand over her pelvis, “My baby?” I smiled at her, “Still growing nicely.” “Michael? You said babies?” I grinned at dad and bent to kiss Cat and helped her up, “Your fine and the babies are fine.” I heard my mother from the fireplace, “Michael! You answer your father. What did you mean babies!” I looked at my mother and then at Elizabeth as I helped her onto the bed, “I’m curious, did your hearing get better after you had children or is it just that you hear them better?” Elizabeth, Cat and Sam laughed and Elizabeth held her hand up to my lips, “That, is a mother’s secret.” My father was half smiling and half frowning, “Michael, you haven’t answered the question.” I held my hand up in a wait gesture as I reached into Elizabeth, moving slowly through her body. When I finished I looked at her before looking at my father, “Dad? Could you give us a minute alone?” He saw how serious I was and nodded, stepping back. I pulled Cat and Sam close as we bent over Elizabeth, “Elizabeth? The strands are gone.” She continued to look at me and I took a breath, “this morning, before the spell strand, do you remember anything at all?” I felt Sam squeeze my hand as Elizabeth frowned, “I remember waking up when you pushed me.” I sighed, “Elizabeth, you climbed onto me and made love to me.” Her eyes widened, “I made…” I nodded, “You seemed to be enjoying it. (I teased, before sobering) I’m sorry, I was having trouble concentrating on the shields I had put up. My body reacted to our love making and I spent myself inside you.” Elizabeth kept looking at me, “I made love to you?” Sam kissed her tummy through the open cloak, “Love, it was beautiful. You were alive.” She smiled and then frowned, “What do you mean sorry?” I looked her in the eyes, “The spell strand held us both. I spent myself in you.” Elizabeth kept looking at me and then her eyes widened, “No! I’m pregnant again?” I nodded, “I don’t understand how it happened that fast and I don’t know how the egg could be this far along, but it looks like several days.” She frowned and looked from Cat to Sam who were looking stunned. She looked back at me, “Could it be from Antizel?” I shook my head, “No, I have examined you several times and you were not pregnant. These are mine. (I took a breath) you have to choose whether you want them.” Elizabeth looked into my eyes, “Choose whether I want them?” I sighed and looked down, “Elizabeth, I told you… I promised you, you did not have to have my children.” She continued to look at me and then reached out to lift my face to meet her eyes, “You could get rid of them? What do you want?” I bent further and kissed her lightly, “I’ll be honest. Thinking of all three of you pregnant, makes me happy, but you have been through so much that it is something I will not ask of you. I don’t really like the idea of taking the life of an unborn, especially my own child, but if I have to, I will.” Elizabeth shuddered and whispered, “Pregnant again, I don’t know if I can do it.” Sam whispered, “If I could, I would have them for you.” I saw Cat nod in agreement, but it felt like something had slapped me. I looked at Sam, “Sam, do you really mean that?” Elizabeth looked at me sharply as Sam looked back at me, “Yes, she is my love too.” I looked into Elizabeth’s eyes, “I don’t have the equipment here, but on my world it was possible to remove the embryo from one woman and implant it in another.” Her eyes widen and she looked at a startled Sam. I thought deeply about what Elizabeth and her mother had said about me being a Mage. I looked at Sam, “Would you if I could?” Sam looked at me and then Cat, “Cat?” Cat smiled at her, “I already have three or I would do it myself.” Sam nodded and got a look I called her naughty look, “How many more children are you going to give me love.” I laughed, “Two.” Before I could kiss her, Elizabeth was pulling her into a kiss, “You will have my children for me?” Sam smiled and softly caressed her, “I let Michael give me a child. Why should I not let you give me yours as well? You are my love too.” I heard my father behind us as he cleared his throat. I looked back and held my hand up for him to wait. I looked at Elizabeth, “Elizabeth? What do you want me to do?” She smiled softly, “Can you do it without hurting your children in either of us?” I thought about it and nodded, “I think so.” She nodded and looked at Sam, “Sam, would you hold me while he does it?” Sam smiled and climbed slowly on top of her, before looking at me, “Do it Michael.” She embraced Elizabeth and kissed her passionately. I thought of the last moments at the gate and the glowing sphere sprang up around us as I felt inside two of the women I loved. I could see my children growing in both, separated by only inches. I thought of the procedure I remembered and held the two growing eggs in Elizabeth. I thought of them going into Sam as if through an invisible syringe going from Elizabeth’s womb into Sam’s. I settled them against the walls of her womb and thought of the way they should be connected. I sighed as I withdrew and let my magic go. I looked at Cat and bent to kiss Sam’s neck, whispering, “It’s done.” They broke the kiss and looked at me and I realized everyone was around us. I laughed, “I’m sorry. We were resolving a problem with our children.” Summer stepped closer as Sam slowly moved off Elizabeth, only to be stopped by me, “take it easy for awhile my love and rest.” Summer reached out to touch her daughter, “Elizabeth?” I sighed, “In order to remove the last spell strand in her; she had to be connected to someone physically. I could not concentrate on my body and keep the shield up around us at the same time.” Elizabeth blushed, “He means he got me pregnant.” Summer looked at me sharply, “Again?” And then, what I had said about resolving a problem with our children came back to her, “What did you just do?” I looked at her calmly, “Elizabeth gave her babies to Sam.” Everyone looked at Sam snuggled against Elizabeth as Elizabeth held her protectively. She looked at her mother, “My bond sister will have my children with her own.” I heard my mother whisper something to my father and turned to them, “You know it’s strange, I can hear what people whisper to each other across the room, but when you whisper to each other I can never hear what you are saying.” My mother smiled at me, “That’s because subconsciously, you know you are not meant to hear what we are saying.” I frowned at them and gestured back to the fire, “If you would all return to the fire?” As they moved back, I kissed Cat, “Go sit with them.” I looked at Elizabeth, “You will start your bleeding within a few days. Lets get you up and you can go sit with your mother.” I could see she wanted to and that she didn’t want to leave Sam. I smiled, “I will bring Sam to sit with you.” Elizabeth slid out of bed and hesitated, she dropped the cloak on the bed to be replaced by her robe. I pulled Sam closer to the edge and bent to kiss her, whispering, “How does it feel to know that we both have gotten you pregnant?” Sam laughed and hugged me. While she was still hugging me I lifted her. I carried her to Elizabeth and as she sat, I slowly knelt, putting her down between Elizabeth and her father. I moved and sat between my parents, I took a breath and as silence descended I began, “Where should I start?” My mom grinned, “you start at the beginning…” My father laughed, “and continue to the end.” I smiled, “If it were only that easy. Okay. The beginning starts with Elizabeth about five hundred years ago. She settled here and began to study a new type of magic for her.” I looked at my parents, “you do realize that it is real here?” When they nodded, I went on, “There was a necromancer named Antizel. Elizabeth had made many enemies while she fought against the drow.” I saw Sylvan walk in and freeze, I waved for him to join us. I looked at my parents, “Drow are elves that have broken with their cousins because they believe elves should rule everyone.” Sylvan sat beside Cat and reached his hand to her. I looked at him, “Did you speak to your people so they would know we were not being attacked?” He nodded, “They were just inside your boundaries, waiting for our cousins.” I nodded back and looked at my parents, “In case you were wondering, Sylvan is an elf. Where was I? Oh yes, the drow. I believe they may have helped Antizel in what he did. That was to kidnap Elizabeth. He bound her with spells that not only held her but changed her DNA and the way her body works.” I looked at Elizabeth’s parents and brother, “DNA is our building blocks. It is the blueprints of our bodies. Elizabeth was raped repeatedly, she was only allowed to be conscious at these times and when she went into labor. This went on every ten or fifteen years almost the whole time. Eventually she had a set of twins. One was named Lisa and the other Jen.” I saw Artimas start and I smiled, “Yes, it was our Jen and she is a healer. Her sister showed a skill towards magic and Antizel saw it. When they were old enough, about fifteen, he separated them and raped Jen and she became pregnant. At about her seventh month he put her back with her sister. I don’t know if he left Lisa alone during that time. I took a breath, “I do know that shortly after they were reunited, he returned with a drow. He was the Ardan, the leader of the drow. Antizel gave Lisa to him to be raped. When he tried, Jen attacked him, taking one of his knives and stabbing him. The last Jen saw of her sister was when the drow was being taken out, he told her he was taking her sister with him and that he would rape her until he tired of her and then he would kill her.” I saw everyone’s face frozen in anger, “She was whipped until her back was bloody and put in stasis. Here is where things get a little sticky, Antizel was discovered to be a necromancer and he was put to death. When the authorities entered this keep, they were attacked by drow and undead guards. Yes father, undead. That was about twenty years ago.” I looked at my parents, “I will be jumping around a bit, but I will say, Ardan did follow through on his threat. He still continues to rape Lisa and as far as I know he hasn’t stopped. Now, about ten years ago, a young girl six years old woke in the night to smoke and men running around in her house.” “She was brought outside where a man found her and kidnaped her. He took her home and raped her repeatedly. He sold her to a house of prostitution that specialized in young children. She was there four years before it became too much and she tried to kill herself.” I saw Sam trembling as Elizabeth held her, “She broke a lamp and started the house on fire. Some men on the street saw and rushed into the house saving those they could. She was one of them. When she found herself outside, she ran. She was raped twice more before she cut her hair and became to all appearances a boy and joined the thieves guide. I will stop there with her story... for now.” I looked around at the set faces around me, “Not a very pleasant story is it. It gets worse. The Ardan took Lisa to his stronghold, where she had her first set of twins and then about five years later another set. When the first set of twins, his own daughter’s became fertile, he brought them before his host of warriors and gave them to the host to be raped to death.” “He went to his ten year old daughters and told then he would train them. For the next year he raped them repeatedly. After that he brought his host leaders and anyone he thought deserved it to them and let them rape the young girls.” I saw Sylvan move closer to Cat hugging her, “The first twin to become fertile was give to a host leader and became pregnant by him. The other twin was continuously raped by the Ardan and anyone else, while her sister was pregnant.” I looked down to settle my own feelings, I could feel the tears rolling down my face and my voice had started to crack. I felt my mother put her hand in mine. I looked up as I squeezed her hand, “The pregnant twin had twins herself and the Ardan brought Lisa and the other twin before the host and chained them to watch.” “He brought the new mother out with her babies and had the babies shown to the host. He told the host that his blood line had been corrupted and ordered the two babies killed. Then he gave their mother to the host to be raped to death.” I had to stop and clear my throat, I saw Sylvan holding an openly crying Cat now and I so wanted to go to her. I was only a little surprised when my father stood and crossed to her. He sat next to her and pulled her onto his lap and against his chest. I looked away, “When the twin was released from the chains, she was told that was her fate. But then the Ardan had an idea, he gave the twin to a mage.” “The mage was to summon a demon and capture the Elven prince, the Ardan’s nephew. He was to enspell the prince to fall in love with her and get her pregnant. When their babies were born, the prince would be brought before the host and chained. The twin and her babies would be brought forward and the children killed, before she was given to the host.” I looked at my crying wife, “She tricked the mage and broke the protective circle. When he summoned the demon, it killed him. The Mage’s apprentices were greedy and sold all of his belongings including the twin.” I could not take it anymore, I stood and crossed to Cat. I pulled her up from my father’s lap and into my arms. I held her tight and rocked back and forth. It was only a moment before Elizabeth and Sam both were holding us. All I could do was keep telling her I was sorry. It was several minutes before we were able to get the crying under control. When it finally stopped, Summer was the one to break the silence, “Cat were you that twin?” Cat nodded mutely and Summer looked at Sam, “and the other girl, the one that was kidnaped and raped as a child. That was you?” Sam nodded and only whispered, “Yes.” I glanced around and could see tears in every eye. I moved the girls back and sat with them around me, hugging me, I cleared my throat, “That was the past, before I arrived.” I looked at my mother, “My story is far from tragic, aside from being alone, nothing really bad happened to me. I was walking home from the store and was near my house when my neighbor was attacked in a drive by shooting.” I looked at Elizabeth’s parents, “People firing weapons from a horseless carriage. There was an explosion and a ball of fire that reached out for me. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in a burned out building here. I stood on the street a short time later trying to understand what had happened when some bully guards for a young merchant came along.” I heard my mother mutter, “He got in a fight.” I smiled at her, “Yes, I never did like bullies. Anyway after it was over, I left and ended up walking into a marketplace.” I looked down at Sam’s smile, “A young girl, dressed like a boy, tried to pick my pocket.” My mother looked at Sam and giggled, “You didn’t!” Sam smiled back and nodded, “I did.” I laughed, “I caught her and instead of turning her over to the authorities, I decided to use her to get some of my answers. It only confused me more, but I did realize that regardless of where or when I was, I was here now and needed to get on with living. The next day…” Sam stopped me, laughing with Cat and Elizabeth, “Oh no love, you don’t get out of it that easy. You tell them about picking pockets and the night burglary.” My mom looked at me, “Michael!” I blushed and saw Artimas and Summer hiding big smiles behind their hands, “As my love has just bluntly remind me, I picked several pockets and robbed a merchant later that night. The same one that had turned his guards loose on me in fact. The next day I found out about the bond system here and met Cat.” “The merchant was going to send her to a house of prostitution. I could not allow that and bought her myself, intending to free her. Cat is rather stubborn and told us she would not leave. I had bought a burned out estate and with the help of a family I had freed from bond we started cleaning it up.” I grinned wickedly at Sam, “That night, both Cat and Sam had their way with me, even though I protested.” Cat and Sam both laughed and I saw my mother smile gently. I grinned, “Seriously, I had never been with a woman and did not want them to do this because they thought they had to. I was surprised when Cat told me that it wasn’t because she had to but because she wanted to. No one had ever told me they wanted to be with me.” She pulled my head down and stared into my eyes before nodding, she kissed me. It was a minute before I could remember where I was and when I looked up, it was to see everyone smiling. I cleared my throat, “Cat made me feel like she wanted me and then Sam was undressing and climbing into the bed. It was a special night, they taught me about loving another person. I never doubted that I loved them and when I met Elizabeth…” Sam laughed again, “No love, tell them the rest.” I looked at her and stuck out my tongue, “You just want to see me in trouble.” Sam grinned, “I’ll let you work it off later then.” I laughed, “It’s not enough that you got pregnant by two of us, you want more?” Elizabeth and Cat laughed and Sam’s grin widened, “Of course love.” I looked around, “Elizabeth? Right, when we saved her, there were spell strands that went throughout her body. I was attracted to her right away, but thought it was from just seeing her like she was, (I looked at my parents) naked.” “I started treating her and removing the strands, each harder then the last. That was four days ago, only four. She was easy to like and I was still attracted to her, two days ago she was in a crisis, removing the strands had become very painful and I learned both Jen’s story and Cat’s. It was just after we heard Cat’s story that Cat, Sam and I sat down with Elizabeth.” “She had said she had thought of becoming my wife. I knew I liked her, but thought she might just be infatuated. My Cat sees better then me I think and pulled her into a kiss. It was like watching a person come alive. When Cat turned her to me, I was afraid that because of what she had been through she would not be able to touch me. I was wrong and when we kissed…” Elizabeth pulled me down into a long, slow, passionate kiss and when we were done, I had trouble remembering where I was. My mother actually giggled, “Michael dear, if they do this to you all the time, you are in trouble.” I grinned, “They usually shove me out of the nest early and let me do some work.” I looked down and gave them each a quick kiss before looking up, “Where was I?” Elizabeth, Cat and Sam laughed delightedly and my mother grinned and I shook my head as Sylvan cleared his throat and I looked at him for only a moment, “I bonded to Elizabeth. Cat, Sam and I thought we knew that it would be a long time before Elizabeth would be able to actually make love to me. We also knew that the last spell strand would require something physical.” I looked down and grinned at Elizabeth, “Early this morning she proved us wrong. The spell strand was stronger then I expected and after I removed it, it opened the realm gate. The rest you know.” Sylvan cleared his throat again and I looked at him, “Do you want me to tell them who you really are?” He nodded, “If I can’t trust my family then who can I trust?” I smiled as I turned back, “I did not introduce Sylvan properly. Not many outside his people even know his name. He is Cat’s cousin, he is also prince of the elven nation.” My father looked at him, “You are the one she was going to have too…” Sylvan looked at him for a long moment and sighed, “Yes and for what she did, I am in her debt as well as for other things. For what my uncle has done to her, I own her safety and protection. She is a princess of my people.” My father looked at me, “Your story told of her mother?” I looked at him for a long time before answering, “Ardan still holds her. When Sam and Cat give me leave, I will go after her.” My mother gasped and I saw Artimas’s eyes narrow, “By yourself?” I looked at him, “No, Sylvan will go with me. Elizabeth will not be left behind without me tying her up so I will let her come on the conditions she promised to follow. Sam and Cat are also going. I don’t think I could keep them from it.” I think Artimas was going to protest or even say he was coming too but my father spoke up, “Just the five of you are going up against, what an army? Two of your wives and if I believe what I have seen and heard, your bonded whatever that means, are pregnant with your children. You are going to risk them?” I looked at my father and saw that he was angry and a little afraid for me. I smiled and reached across the room for my hybrid and brought up what I thought of now as my mage shield. My shield flashed into being around my wives and myself. It was tinted a light orange color. The hybrid floated across the room and settled into my father’s lap. “I did not say I was happy about Elizabeth, Sam or Cat going with me. I said they were coming because I don’t think I can stop them. If I have to use the hybrid you are holding, along with my pistol, sword or just my hands they will not be harmed. All five of us will carry one of the hybrids and a pistol, they will be safe and I will bring Cat’s mother out.” My father looked at me and spoke quietly, “Michael, I know you. What happens after you find them? What about the Ardan?” My face hardened and the shield around us flashed a bright angry red. I saw Sylvan start, “The Ardan’s life is mine, father!” My father nodded, his face showing no emotion. I knew he was angry, “So you will go after him and put your wives and unborn children at further risk.” I looked at my father for a long time, “I am not going to seek vengeance father. If I face him, it will be because I want justice for what he has done, to my love and her family and if I don’t he will continue to send his warriors after Cat. I am not the same shy boy you knew, afraid of bullies. If I have to I will rip the building apart to bring him to me and no force here or there will stop me.” My father looked at me a little longer and a slow smile spread across his face, “I thought my father was wrong. When you were born he came to us from the reservation. He said that one day you would know your full potential and be both a great warrior and a great healer. I just wish he was here to see.” I smiled, “I have seen grandfather and he knows.” I looked at Artimas and before he could speak, “No. You are not coming. By keeping our party small we will be able get close without letting them know we are coming.” I dropped my shield and looked at Sam, “You need to avoid exertions today. Take it slow and easy. You can spend the day with me in the clinic, but no classes and no exercises.” She smiled and laid her hand on mine and replied meekly, “Yes, my husband.” I saw my mother raise her eyebrows and laughed, “Mother, don’t be fooled. They do that to make me feel like they are going to do what I say. I like it though so I go along with their charade. Just so you know, Sam is the imp.” My mother, Summer and Selina laughed and Summer shifted next to Artimas, “We would never have known.” I laughed, “Don’t let Cat or Elizabeth fool you either, they will go along with her pranks and in a few cases, Cat has pulled a few herself. As a matter of fact I still owe her for the one she pulled yesterday.” I stood as they laughed and pulled them to their feet, “Bathe and then we need to get dressed. It will be a long day. The advance class is first thing this morning.” I looked at Artimas, “Could you show my parents to the kitchen? After you eat, bring Summer to the first room on the right inside the passageway.” Elizabeth looked from her mother to me and I saw the worry on her face, “Michael? I want to be there.” I smiled, “You can come, but I want you to spend time with Sylvan this afternoon.” I saw her tremble and pulled her close, “There is another hybrid down in the craft room. It is for you. Sylvan and you will practice using them together. They will also need to be activated. Both of you know what you can do magic wise, that is why I want you with him. After I see your mother you can see if she will join you in getting your daughters together and giving them a lesson. See if you can include Virginia, Talia and Rosie, try to make it something simple.” I looked at Sylvan and he nodded. I turned to Cat, “You do not go out without your chain shirt and your sword. In fact I would like it if you would stay with my parents and show them around. You are not to leave the Keep without me. (I saw my parents frowning) If something does come up and you have to go out, take Sylvan. I will not risk you anymore. The next time the Ardan sends someone, it will more then likely be a group.” I looked at Elizabeth and raised my eyebrows. She smiled, caressing my face, “Yes my husband.” I looked at Cat and she grinned and stepped close to give me a long kiss. As I was trying to remember where I was, I heard her soft, “Yes, my husband”, and then Sam pinched me. As everyone stood to leave, I turned to Beth, “Sweetheart, last night did not work out so well. If you still need it, come to bed with us tonight. I promise, you will be safe, I won’t let anything harm you.” I crossed the room as my parents and Elizabeth’s family left the room. I set my hybrid on the table and dropped my robe as I turned to join my wives in the bath. Sylvan was still sitting where he had been holding Cat’s hand. When I looked at him, I could see something he was trying to workout hidden in his eyes. I slipped into the bath, caressing Cat and giving Sam a kiss. I looked back to Sylvan, “Sylvan? Come join us in a bath, we weren’t the only ones running around this morning. You can work your problem out here just as well as sitting there.” He smiled and undressed before slipping into the bath. He stopped next to Sam and kissed her gently, “I have not thanked you for holding me last night.” Sam smiled up at him, “I did not expect it to end so quickly this morning. You can sleep with us any time, but I should warn you it has consequences.” Sylvan pulled back and looked at her, “They are?” Cat slipped up behind him and started to help him wash, “All the children.” I finished helping Elizabeth and started myself as Sam came to help me. Sylvan looked at Cat, “What about the children?” Elizabeth laughed as she started helping Cat wash him, “Beth isn’t the only one to come to our bed so they can be comforted. If you are going to sleep in our bed, don’t be surprised if you wake up and have a pile of little girls all around you.” Sylvan’s smile softened, “I think, I would like that.” I laughed and caressed Sam, “At least until one of them kicks you in their sleep.” Sam laughed as I pulled her into an embrace and sat down. Sylvan smiled and looked at Elizabeth and then sat, pulling her onto his lap. Cat sat down beside them and I saw Elizabeth look down towards their lap and tremble. She looked up at Sylvan and taking a breath to calm herself, “I promised you.” Sylvan smiled at her gently, “Elizabeth I will not harm you. I just wanted to hold you and perhaps be comforted myself.” She looked into his eyes, “You are still troubled?” He looked at her and nodded pulling her against his chest, “Yes. Jessie is always in the back of my mind. I know now that Michael was right, it is a bond. It troubles me because even when she is older and we do join, there are going to be problems.” He looked at me, “I envy you your freedom. One day I will have to marry and produce an heir to my father’s throne. Any child that comes from my union with Jessie would be excluded from that. They would be shunned by many because they are not pure of elfin blood. Jessie will be held in contempt by many of my people.” I smiled savagely, “Then you need to make sure she knows how to slap them down when they do. I will make sure she starts taking my classes and I will teach her how to use a weapon. You need to teach her to stand up for herself and reinforce her confidence. (I smiled wider) You can start by teaching her how to swim.” The girls laughed and Sylvan grinned. I smiled and kissed Sam before standing and pulling her up with me, “That is one way to enjoy her and help her get past any fear of you.” Elizabeth looked at me and smiled almost sleepily. She looked at Sylvan and then leaned back into him more. I made my way out of the bath as Cat joined Sylvan in holding Elizabeth. I seemed to feel Elizabeth and Cat’s emotions. I smiled at them as Sam and I dressed. If I tried, I could even feel Sam, it was strange and I could not help thinking that what I had done at the gate had somehow opened our bond wider and let me feel what they felt. Suddenly, I felt Elizabeth freeze and I could feel a fear start to settle in. I looked at them and crossed to the side of the bath and knelt. “Elizabeth? Look at me.” Sylvan stopped moving as they all looked and I reached over his head to caress Elizabeth as she looked up. Her fear plain to see on her face, “Love, you are here with us. You could let us both love you all day and you would still not get pregnant.” She looked into my eyes and what I said slowing sank in and she seemed to relax and then smile, “Having you to take me all day would make me awful sore.” Cat smiled and hugged her. I grinned and caressed her again, “Help Sylvan finish, I will be in the clinic.” I stood and pulled Sam after me as we left. I stopped on the next floor. When we walked quietly into Jessie and Saline’s room, I got a shock. They were both on one bed and Saline was holding Jessie while she caressed herself. I shook myself and cleared my throat. They both jumped and scrambled under a blanket. I crossed the room and sat next to them as they held each other trembling in fear. I looked at Sam, “Would you go see if Sylvan is finished with his bath and have him come here?” Sam’s eyes widened as she nodded and when she turned I could feel her and knew she would run, “Sam?” She looked back and I shook my head, “I told you, No exertions.” She looked at me for a minute and seemed to relax before sticking out her tongue at me. When she left, I turned to the two frightened girls, “I will not hurt you. I do need to ask Jessie some questions though and I want her to think about her answers before telling me. Can you do that?” They were still afraid but nodded. I thought about what I knew of bonds. Was it possible that one half of a bonded couple could feel the other half and not know? I looked at Jessie, “Before yesterday have you ever touched yourself or felt anything from there?” They both still looked frightened but I did not move closer, only let them think about the question. Finally Jessie stirred and looked at her sister before sitting up and looking at me, “No.” I nodded and felt Sylvan step into the room behind me. Saline started trembling, I thought they had probable heard what had happened to Cassy. Jessie though seemed to calm even more as I looked at her, “Last night after you came to bed did you start to feel a need to caresses yourself really bad?” Sylvan stirred and I felt Sam and Cat behind him. Jessie opened her mouth and I held up a hand, “Think about it.” She sat for a moment more and then nodded, “I had just gone to sleep and it woke me up. I just had to so bad.” Sylvan groaned and both of my loves stepped to him and held him. I glanced to Saline, “Have you felt anything?” She shook her head and I sighed as I glanced to Sylvan and back to Jessie, “This morning, when did you start feeling it again?” I could see Jessie thinking about it as she kept looking at Sylvan. Finally she looked at me, “it was just a little while ago and it was strange because it felt so good for awhile and then it stopped and then a minute later it got really better. It just started again when you came in.” I looked back at Sylvan, “Let me guess, Cat?” He nodded and I turned back to Jessie as I waved for him to come closer, “Jessie, you are feeling the way you do, because that is what the person you are bonded to feels.” She looked at me and I could see Saline tightening her hold on her sister, “What does bonded mean?” Sylvan sat on the bed and I looked at his face. It looked like he was trying to hold everything in. I sighed, “Sylvan, it won’t help if you try to suppress it.” I stood and took a step away from the bed before turning back, “Sylvan, tell her what she needs to know.” He looked at me with a haunted expression and turned to Jessie, “A bond is two or more people that are connected together, some say at their souls and others at a person’s emotional heart.” Jessie looked at me, “Like you and Cat?” I smiled, all the girls looked up to Cat. “Yes and Sam and Elizabeth.” Jessie’s eyes glanced to Sam and back to me as she wet her lips, “Am I bonded to you too?” I shook my head and Sylvan looked down as her eyes strayed to him. I saw her eyes widen and she freed herself from Saline’s hold. She scrambled to Sylvan and held him, “It’s you!” Sylvan nodded and she looked up at me, “Why didn’t you tell me?” I knelt next to the bed and my naked thirteen year old daughter as she held Sylvan as if to protect him, “one of the things that happens between a man and a woman is sex. I know Pendar made sure you knew what that was. Sylvan is grown and because he is bonded to you, he desires you. That means he wants to make love to you, but he also knows that if he did, it might hurt you. We did not think the bond between the two of you was as strong as it is.” I looked back at Cat and Sam as Elizabeth stepped in behind them. I looked back to Jessie, “My bonded have had bad experiences when they were young and did not want Sylvan to hurt you. He was told to come to them if his desire for you became too bad.” I looked down a moment to gather my thoughts and then looked at her holding Sylvan, “From now on, he will come to you first and bring you with him. When the two of you are together, you will make sure someone else is there. At least until you are old enough to have sex with him. This isn’t because I don’t trust him or you, but I know what could happen if either of you suddenly want the other.” I saw Saline looking blank and holding herself as if lost and hurting. “Saline?” She focused on me, “I know this is hard on you and I am sorry. I want to make you Jessie’s chaperone. A chaperone is someone that will stay with her and when Sylvan is with her, you will make sure nothing happens.” I could see Sylvan and Jessie both turning red, “If they want to have sex, you bring them to Sam, Cat or Elizabeth. And Saline? You need to stay with her when you do bring her to them. I’m sorry, it will mean you have to see what she will go through and learn about sex, but she will need you.” Saline straightened and gave me a small smile, “I’ll watch them and protect her.” I laughed as I stood, “don’t be fooled. Jessie may be the one that try’s to bed Sylvan.” Jessie blushed and Sylvan turned slightly to hold her. When I crossed to my wives they pulled me into a group hug. Elizabeth looked into my face, “This is getting a bit much.” I smiled, “Wait until she starts getting just a little older. I think she and Sylvan are going to wear you three out.” They laughed and I started to leave as I heard Saline asked Sylvan if he needed one of my loves. I looked back and I almost laughed at their expression. I held my hand back for Elizabeth, “Come love, Sam and Cat can stay. Your mother is probably waiting.” When I entered the clinic room I could still feel Cat and Sam as they made love to Sylvan and allowed him to show Jessie how to pleasure herself. Summer was standing with her family by the fireplace. When they saw us they turned and I gesture to the bed, “I hate to sound like a lecher but… Summer, would you mind lying on the bed?” They laughed and Summer climbed up onto the tall bed, “If you can take this pain away, I will let you paw me all you want.” I laughed as Elizabeth took her hand, “I think you and your daughter are an awful lot alike. I reached out to feel her and stopped in surprise. I looked down into her face before looking at Elizabeth and Artimas, “Would both of you let her hands go and step back.” They were surprised and Elizabeth looked worried by my tone and I think our shared bond. Again I reached out, this time the shield I had come to know as my mage shield sprang up around us. It was bright white and I muttered, “It will take getting used to having that thing pop up whenever I am working.” Summer laughed, “You need to learn to control it.” I smiled back as I slowly felt my way up her body, stopping at her head. I looked into her worried eyes, “What makes you think I don’t?” Her eyes widened slightly, “Because it is so powerful?” I laughed as I looked at Elizabeth and answered her, “that is because I don’t want anyone to interrupt me. Elizabeth? I need Jen and Ginger, (I felt through my bond) you can bring Jessie too, they seem to be done for the moment.” She looked at me and then giggled, “For the moment.” I looked down at Summer and she looked into my eyes, “Can you do anything?” I nodded, “Probably. I need to see something first though and right now I can’t.” I looked up in thought, remembering the technology I had left behind and then I thought about my magic and looked back down, “Let me show you what I have found so far.” I put my hands just above her body, palms down and thought of a holographic display of her body. I turned my hands up and lifted them slightly. The display slowly moved out of her body and stopped a foot above her. I heard gasps from her family and glanced at them, “It’s only a display of what I see inside her.” I looked at Summer, “Do you see all the silver tracing through your body?” She nodded, “It reminds me of something.” I nodded back to her, “For the most part, it is the nerves that run through your body. But the reason it looks silvery is because that is magical energy which has been absorbed into the nerves themselves.” I pointed to her brain in the display, “Do you see all the magical energy that has absorbed into the brain here.” Summer nodded and I continued, “Inside that silvery area is the part of the brain that lets a mage do magic. I need to see inside that area.” She looked up at me and I felt several people crowd the door. I looked up and saw several Mages standing there, including Nathen, “My patient does not need an audience, please leave.” They shifted around and started to leave, but Nathen came in to stand beside Artimas. “You didn’t tell me you were going to wake Summer.” Artimas looked away from his wife and at him, “Michael asked me to bring her last night.” Nathen nodded, “What is the image?” I looked back down at Summer as they started discussing what they thought it really was. She smiled at me, “He always thinks he knows more then you.” I smiled and looked up as Elizabeth herded Jen, Ginger and a hastily dressed Jessie into the room. I gestured to them and opened my shield to let them get closer. Elizabeth though bumped into the shield and I sighed, “Sorry love, you can’t come any closer. It is bad enough I have these three in here.” Summer looked at me sharply, “You think they can contract it!” I looked at her, “I will know when I see inside that area I told you about.” She started to get up, “You put them at risk!” I held her down, “Your granddaughters are safe. Unlike you, they are healers and from what Samuel has told me, their healing magic will protect them.” She lay back and I looked at the girls standing before me, “This display you see is Summer’s body. All the silvery stuff is magical energy that has absorbed into her nerves. What I want to do is clean her out. Ginger, I want you to withdraw the magical energy from her starting at her hands and feet. The last bit we do will be her brain and I will tell you what to do when we get that far.” I heard Artimas protest that she would not be able to hold all the magic. I looked over at him, “What I am going to do is going to be hard enough without anyone interrupting. If you can’t control yourself then you need to wait outside.” He looked at me for a moment and I guess he saw something that made him quiet, “I’ll stay and be quiet.” Elizabeth stepped closer to him and held his hand. I looked back at Ginger, “When you start I want you to link with Jen and Jessie, like Samuel did when you worked on Jessie. You will feed the magical energy to me and I will deal with it. Can you do it?” Ginger thought for a moment and looked quickly at Jen as she squeezed her hand. She looked back at me and nodded. As they held each others hands, I pulled my admantium sword and let my senses take it. As it floated above Summer, I thought of what its atomic structure and density should be and let my senses loose as I centered until I was almost in a trance, “Go ahead and start Ginger.” Almost right away Summer groaned in pain and I didn’t wait for her to say anything. I reached into her and applied pressure and four seconds later she was asleep. I took the magical energy from Ginger as they withdrew it and sent it into my sword changing its density. I watched as the magical energy slowly drained from her body. When the only thing left was the brain, I started pointing to areas for Ginger to work on. When we got to the part that dealt with magic it suddenly got harder as magical energy leaked out almost as fast as Ginger removed it. I frowned and concentrated harder, the magical energy only seemed to be coming out fast and I realized that it was less dense and almost smiled. I heard Artimas groan and Nathen speak softly to him. Slowly the area became visibly and because I was using my senses I saw the problem. The magic wasn’t leaking from her physical brain. It was leaking from her body’s life force. I thought for a second and reached in to hold the leak closed. Ginger stopped pulling and only waited. I used Summer’s own life force to fashion a needle and thread and sutured the leak closed. I released the area and watched. It held and I relaxed as I reached out and woke her, before I released my senses. Summer’s eyes fluttered open as she woke and looked up at me. “What happened?” I smiled as I dropped my shield, “I put you to sleep so you wouldn’t feel the pain. The problem wasn’t a sickness as you thought.” I gestured to Artimas, “It was a rupture in your life force, in the area of your brain where you do magic. You must have over reached yourself at some point. I sealed it and you should be fine. Just give magic a rest for a little while.” Everyone gathered around her, hugging her and crying as I reached out to pull my sword back to me. I looked to Ginger, Jen and Jessie, “You girls did great. Thank you.” I looked back at my sword, it almost glowed a white and I knew its strength and density had more then tripled. As Ginger, Jen and Jessie left, I saw Saline fall in beside Jessie and smiled. Nathen stepped up beside me, “Did you really cure her?” I looked at him and raised an eyebrow. He shifted around turning a little red. “I have been a friend of the family for a long time.” I nodded, “Okay yes, she is cured. Well, healed as long as she doesn’t over do the magic again.” He looked at me, “You could do this again with someone else that has the same thing?” I nodded, “Possibly. I would have to examine them though.” Nathen smiled, “I think this will salve a lot of unhappy mages.” He turned and left and the next thing I knew Elizabeth was throwing herself into my arms, “If I knew you would do this, I would have kept your children.” I laughed and hugged her tighter, “This way we both got to have our way with Sam though.” She laughed and sobered a bit as she caressed my face, “When I am fertile again, I will let you get me pregnant.” I grinned as I felt Summer being helped off the bed. “it might take me years to do that. Are you going to ravish me every night?” Elizabeth laughed and kissed me, “Yes, every night.” I turned as Artimas and Summer came closer. Summer stepped away from Artimas and stepped into our shared embrace. The deep kiss she gave me was very passionate and when she pulled back. I looked at Elizabeth, “That makes me feel like taking you back to bed right now.” Summer laughed and Elizabeth grinned, “You have a class.” I smiled as I looked at Artimas, Edward and Selina, “She is a spoil sport, but she’s right. If you would like to stay and spend the day, I think you might persuade her to spend some of it with you.” Artimas smiled as Summer left my arms and went into his. Selina sighed, “I wish I could, but there are things that need to be done. Edward and I would like to join you again this evening. You said you would be in the nursery?” I nodded, “The next floor up at the end of the hall by the craftroom on the left.” As they left, I looked at Artimas as he stepped away from Summer, “I need to go also.” Summer held her arm out to Elizabeth and I watched as the three of them left the room. I sighed and went outside to see several of my students arriving. The class was just ending when I felt Elizabeth’s spell. I could tell she was back in the grotto and that the spell was a type of summoning. I looked at Cat as she suddenly stood and looked towards the grotto, “What is it?” Cat looked at me, “Elizabeth is calling.” I laughed as I saw other children or grandchildren of Elizabeth start and just start walking towards the passageway, “Well, go see what she needs.” She grinned, “Yes my husband.” |
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