Crazy Seduction(erotica)

When the energy reached her scalp, she felt Kesini suddenly wake. She felt the being sighing contentedly as the Wild Magic fed along each strand, healing and growing them where necessary. Soon, Kesini was back to full length and strength. She thrashed around, searching for Henry, desperate to hug him, but he wasn’t there. Sandy calmed her as best she could by pulling her close.

“Henry, you need to go back to your body,” Sandy said to Henry, but she could feel him slipping away. “Henry!”

Weary from the ordeal, Sandy looked around her and saw the ruins of her suitcase and its contents. She began picking up her items and dumping them into the case’s intact side as best she could. Kesini put the manhole cover back and scooped up the rest of her scattered clothes.

She made her way into the building with a sigh, spotting the building manager, Johann Bruger, watching her with wide eyes. The lobby was otherwise empty. He stepped closer, his hands clenched together almost as if in prayer.

“You have my eternal gratitude and utmost admiration for dispatching a creature my grandparents spoke of in frightened whispers. I never thought I would ever bear witness to their evil as the night hunters were thought to be extinct. I don’t understand how you did it, but thank you!” The diminutive man bowed to her, and she wearily nodded to him before making her way to the elevators.

Belatedly, she realized her glamor had been in place during the entire fight, so it would have appeared like she had telekinetic powers. She’d also failed to use her shield, but she didn’t know if it even worked against physical attacks. She shook her head weakly as she pressed nine and headed upstairs.

Once inside her unit, locked safely behind her door, she dropped her suitcase on the floor and crawled into bed to have a good long cry, releasing the fear and tension now, when it was safe to do so.

Kesini wrapped herself around Sandy to give her what comfort she could.

Minkah drove the rental car into the underground parking lot of the Manhattan investment house. She looked in the rearview mirror to see if the green light would follow them down the ramp, but it didn’t, so it wasn’t completely mirroring water’s behavior. She didn’t understand this new magic at all!

The Vampires didn’t seem to be affected, Henry seemed to be able to control it though she’d been informed he was a conduit, not a wielder, and the Silver People keeping pace with their car seemed to enjoy it. When she’d been immersed in the light back at the containment facility, she’d barely managed to switch back to her Human form to dispatch the shooters. Her abilities were suppressed by the Wild Magic. That made her very nervous.

Meixiu pointed to the visitor spot she’d been instructed to use. Minkah stepped from the car and immediately prepared for an attack as she saw four large men rushing towards them. They slowed when they saw the four silver escorts standing by the vehicle.

Meixiu moved in front of her, gesturing to remain calm. “It’s okay. They work for Roy. They’re here to help with Henry.” The smaller woman opened the rear door, where Eleanor gently slid out, pulling Henry after her. The security officers took over carrying Henry back towards the elevator lobby, and they followed.

“Here are your keys,” Minkah said, tossing them back to Raymond.

“Do you think the rental place will be open in the morning?” he asked with a strange wistfulness.

She watched him, and the thought of what the morning would bring stuck in her head. She could only shrug.

They walked past the elevators and entered the stairwell, taking them down two more levels where one of the agents touched a wall pad, and the door opened automatically. They guided Henry’s body inside where the tall blonde she’d seen in the museum with Henry stood waiting with an anxious look on her face.

“This way,” she said as she led them through a hall and opened double doors into another large chamber with a large round boardroom table circled by chairs. Beyond that was a medical gurney with an IV prepared.

Eleanor went immediately to inspect the IV and nodded to herself. Once Henry was laid on the gurney, the doctor went to work. The four security officers left to head back upstairs.

Minkah quickly scanned the occupants in the room. It was quite a gathering, and she noticed four wearing cloaks. Glamor issues?

The far doors closed, and she felt a slight change in pressure.

“Okay, we have privacy,” a tall and lovely brunette stated.

One of the cloaked figures pointed a long boney finger at the Silver People. “Who vouches for them?”

The big redhead man was listening to his earpiece. “Hang on, we have another guest.” He nodded to his man by the door, and they opened once more.

Minkah watched Rand von Deussel enter the room. He got three steps inside and froze when he saw the Silver People. His face went into a scowl. “What the hell? What are they doing here?” His eyes locked on Minkah with more than a little anger in them.

“They’ve been quite helpful,” Minkah replied.

Rand’s eyes went to Henry on the gurney. “What about him? He’s the source of all this misery outside!”

“Your containment center was compromised, and all the inmates are either dead or have escaped. Henry’s not the source. Mab is. We heard her! Besides, Henry remains in my custody,” she explained.

Rand snorted with a sneer. “So, you believe that story too. You think he’s in your custody? Is that what he told you?”

The doors were sealed again with the privacy field in place.

Minkah glared at the dwarf.

What was his problem?

-=-

Rand knew they’d have one chance to catch them all by surprise and put an end to the source of the chaos. He quickly categorized the threats in the room.

Roy Duncan was an Alpha Were, but he looked tired. His beast-like natural state would make him vulnerable to their initial attack.

The assassin was also a beast, so she was equally susceptible, as were the Succubi for slightly different reasons.

The old Fae was already bruised and bloody. She had no glamor, so her magic must have been suppressed by the Wild Magic outside. She was a minimal threat and would likely be taken out by the initial attack as well.

The Silver People and a few others were unknowns, so they’d have to be careful and strike their target with deadly accuracy.

It was showtime.

-=-

Marisa and Siobhan were standing on the far side of Henry’s gurney, watching him slowly breathing. Meixiu was whispering into his ear, but he wasn’t returning. Siobhan had been visiting Marisa when the skies fell, so she tagged along when Camila picked Marisa up.

The brunette smiled at Lorelei as the tall woman approached. “Hello, I’m Siobhan, and this is Marisa.”

“I’m Lorelei. Is he okay?” the pale beauty timidly asked as she gestured to Henry.

“His mind is traveling outside his body, and Meixiu is trying to get him back,” Marisa explained as she frowned in concern. “He usually responds to her compulsion.”

Lorelei’s eyebrows went up. “Compulsion?”

Marisa smiled slightly. “She’s a Vampire. It’s one of their skills.”

Siobhan was watching the Dwarf who’d just arrived, and something was wrong. There was a suppression of magic surrounding him. It was a shield or some other kind of defense that caused the flow of magic to avoid him.Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.

She reached out to grip Marisa’s arm just as his eyes found hers.

Marisa’s eyes flicked to Siobhan’s, which were widening with alarm. She quickly glanced towards the new arrival and opened her sight. Death radiated from the dwarf. Reacting, she leapt forward, pulling Siobhan up against the gurney as she engaged her shield.

Startled, Lorelei took a step back from them.

Then all hell broke loose.

-=-

Rand’s collar popped open, and Lise-Anne flew out of concealment, slapping her tiny hands together to launch her attack spell. Immediately, the air in the room was filled with fungal spores.

As expected, Roy and Minkah reacted first, choking on the air as it infiltrated their sensitive sinuses. The Fae investigator gasped as she dropped to the floor. The cloaked Succubi behind her soon followed.

Lise-Anne quickly launched her second spell. While the fairy folk were eternally underestimated due to their diminutive size, a senior member like Hoek had centuries of experience building her skills to access and control magic. She was master level, so her next spell sent a tight beam of intensely hot plasma directly at the unconscious Satyr and the females crowding around him. Everyone in its vicinity instinctively flinched away to avoid the energy ripping through the air.

The beam struck a domed shield over the group and rang it like a huge bell as it deflected up to cut through the ceiling. This triggered the sprinklers, whose spray began to clear the spores from the air.

Rand dropped his glamor and pulled his dual war axes from their harness with a mighty battle cry. He launched himself across the room at the Satyr’s defenders. The deadly honed edges of his weapons hungered to bite into the flesh of his enemies. He rarely carried the enchanted axes as he couldn’t draw them without feeding them, but their magic cut through almost everything.

An explosion of white light slapped him back towards the door. Lise-Anne was knocked from the air as well and slammed against the wall. She fell to the floor, unconscious. The remaining airborne fungal spores were reduced to fine ash from the Wild Magic in the intense light. Those that fell from the fungus choking them felt the light pass through them, helping to clear their sinuses.

Sigrid stood between the attackers and Henry, her battle armor gleaming with her righteous fury. She looked to the four stunned Silver People. “Defend Henry. The Dwarf is mine.”