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In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
My life changed after I had an
Anyway, I was having some drinks
There were reports of power
People were talking about
What we did all agree on was
And we were all enjoying it. One
I went to the men’s room since I
I have to admit I didn't argue.
Anyway, I had a night such as I
While she was fucking my brains
I was starting to look lithe and
"Oh, what a pretty
"I just love a big
We were into the third hour of
By the end of the evening she
By this time I was only partly
When I woke up the next morning
I found out in the shower that
I wasn't sure if I was doing it
It was as I started to get
Even in its flaccid state my
I didn't try to pursue any of
Monday morning is always the faculty
She is a bulky woman. She always
The rumor is that she's engaged
Anyway, she's a nasty piece of work.
Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!
Today was no exception. As usual
At the end of the meeting Ms.
As the door closed behind the
"What did you think you
"Ma'am?" I responded.
"Playing with your.. um..
"I'm sorry, Ma'am. It gets
"That's, that's, Um,"
"That's not possible,"
"Well it is true," I
"Nothing you can do,
Without any fuss I pulled my cock
"That's impossible,"
Without seeming to realize what
"It's not even hard,"
Slowly, she ran her hand up and
"This is not
"But I am," I assured
"I'm not.." she
Her grip tightened and she sped
That didn't seem to occur to
She just kept pumping and
"I'm going to cum," I
She didn't even slow down. I
She stared as my cock head
I saw her tongue swipe across
When it was clear that she had
She was looking at her hands as
"Put that away and get
I tucked my still stiff cock
As I left she was still sitting
The next day Ms.
I had spent the previous night
So I showed up at her office at
Of course she made me wait.
After a while I was ushered into
"You may leave,
Turning to me Ms.
As she was ranting I got more
So I stood up, walked around her
She stopped talking, thank God,
Her eyes flitted from my face to
"No," she was trying
"Your problem, Ms.
"No! That's not,” she
"Take it out, bitch!"
"No, you can't make
"Do It! Do it Now! We both
She didn't look me in the eyes, but
"I can't believe I'm
"I'm not making you do
"No," Her tongue came
"Go ahead," I
In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
Some background might be of
"You bastard!" she
"Won't you come in,
"Call me Toni and you're
"Wha,” I started before she
"Before I met you I was a
"Now, I'm this, this, this,
"Here, sit down, Toni, tell
As she sat down her short skirt
"You look good, Toni"
"Look good? Look
"I look fabulous! I look
"All the girls in the
"But,” I started again.
"And this! How do you
"Before I met you I was a
"Just look at all of
"I can't escape the
"So,” I tried again.
"And that doesn't begin to
"He wasn't even half your
"I can't get over how good
"What have you done to me?
"I need you to do that
"I need to feel you push this
"Uh," I started to
She was fondling my semi-hard
"Oh, yes! It's just as big
"I want all I can get,
By this time she was kneeling in
"Yes, I like how that
"Now for the main event! I
"But, Antoinette, aren't
"I told you, call me Toni!
So I did! We spent the next few
As we kissed goodnight she
The next time she rang the bell
After entering my apartment she
"Fifty-eight inches,"
"And I'm so much different!
"I can't help it! I've
She extended her tongue to lick
She stepped closer to me. I
"But I still crave this
And she spent the rest of the
And after each eruption she
She would shiver those massive
One of our favorite things to do
When she left, hours later, I
She gave me a tender kiss
"I can't wait to see what
I haven't seen her since. I
Being a Junior Accountant at an
Not! It's horrible!
At the end of another day I
As I'm sitting there I see
She ignored me as she went by. I
And as I'm sitting there,
The light dims, the sounds fade
"Don't panic, you're
"Naw, I'm not an E M T.
"My name is," the
Okay, now that was scary. No one
"I can tell you are not
And here comes a well stacked
"Have fun, kid," says
Then the next day,
"Hey! Stop staring at my
I had been gazing dreamily at
As if in slow motion I watched
In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
Author's
It
My name is Chestina Smith.
Every one calls me Tina. Tina
They explained to me that one of
Anyway, Chestina Lovebody, had
Anyway, to move this story along
So, I'm Tina Smith, PhD. Not
I was lucky to get a position at
As a member of the faculty I've
Anyway, things have been unusual
Another thing is that the co-eds
Now they wear heels. Stiletto
When I got there the door was
But it was happening. All of the
When I first came here there was
And I've noticed some odd
So, to sum up, I'm a
So today I got to the office and
Well, the crate held an ancient
So, okay. I grab a couple of
So, another mystery to be
By the time I had uncrated it
I took a moment to look in the
After a great night's sleep I
Back in the office I did my
Taking off the drape once more I
I couldn't find a seam in the
I stepped back to take in the
As I did so I felt that feeling
Two nights in a row I had a
The next day I got another,
After a few hours of work I
Several times during the course
The next week passed without
And then the next weird thing
I went to my hairdresser for my
So I'm sitting in the chair.
"Huh?"
"When did you start to dye your
Huh? What are you talking about?
"Well your roots are coming
"Nothing, I guess. Just
And that is what we did. For
At the same time that my hair
I was rapidly becoming a
At the same time that the hair
Some other things were also
I had always been pear shaped.
And anyway, my clothes did not
By this time I'd sort of put two
Losing weight and going from
And the flow keeps on coming. My
Below my perky handful of boobs
And I liked it! Looking at
And I needed clothes to match
When I had tried on some things
I tried on tight and low cut.
My old choices for pants and
Paradoxically, I found that some
So, tight and sexy or loose and
I went back to the office the
But I wanted to see if the
So I called in one of the
"Jane, I want you to stand
I let her stand there for a
That night I went to one of the
I even gave one of my dance
What I was thinking was that it
In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
That night we watched a movie we
At one point I excused my self
"Um, I like the feel of my
"Look who I found,"
"Um, yeah," responded
That night I had a hard on as I
Over the next couple of days
Other time she would just cup
I made sure to not be home alone
She would stand where Chelsea
It wasn't my imagination. One
"I can't believe it,"
"And that's the other
I love giving blow jobs! And I'm
"Have you ever had a deep
"I'll show you," she
Just as she was licking her lips
Chelsea came in and announced
As Chelsea turned into the
"I want this to be
I admit I loved the blow job,
Chelsea was noticing the change
One night Veronica pranced into
Ronnie sat down across from me
"Fine" I replied, as
"I bought this blouse a few
Slowly she raised her eyes to
The blouse was open to the
Stopping a step in front of me,
"I will have to replace
"It's only a couple of
"What do you think, Darren?
It was too much for me. She was
She enjoyed all the attention
Veronica continued to gasp and
While I remained fixated on
"Oh, I've waited long
"Oh, My, God!" she
With loud slurping sounds she
Up and down she went, slow and
"I think you will love
"I love giving
Slowly she began to work. She
Pausing from time to time she
Gasping for breath she rose
"The best, Ronnie, the
Still smiling at me she made a
"Now, honey," she
Without a word I slid between
She grabbed my cock and pulled
"Now! Push it in now! I
I leaned into her, making my
"OH!, Oh, Oh, Oh, that is
Following her orders I pushed
Soon enough I was pushing all
In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
After the Brubakers had left The
"You did a great job,
But don't worry, I've got a
I had argued with It and we
So I was now hauling a foot long
I was just getting used to
"I understand that you are
Mr. Brubaker had been so pleased
The endowment came with funding
And now I was starting the process
Mrs. Anderson had been the
All anyone could say about her
Although, now that she had drawn
But I knew that I had to at
"That's fine, Mrs.
"Tomorrow will be fine, and
The next morning there was a
As she approached I looked her
She was wearing sky high heeled
She endured my examination with
"Excuse me for saying this
"Yes, I know. I started
"Oh? How long have you been
"Almost three weeks,"
"Three weeks?" I was
She continued. "I have not
"That's an apt
"It's not just my looks
"I've seen the list of the
"Let me show you what I
She dropped the blazer to the
Her sweater was not low cut,
Those massive torpedoes were
Her skirt dropped away as she
I could peek below her bosom to
Moving languidly, she slid her
After a slight pause she drew
Her bra, even as large as it
This was the body of a top heavy
She swiveled my chair so that I
As I sat in anticipation I felt
As I watched I saw them
She was allowing her breasts to
I had had titty-fucks in the
She slowly removed her
"My ex-husband used to
She leaned toward me. Her
She was pulling herself to me,
"To think I used to sit at
"Pilates has been amazing!
It was a staggering sight and I
"Oh, you like what you see?
"And they get boners. Just like
So I unzipped and reached in.
"Oh, it's so pretty!"
She leaned over and ran her lips
"If I had more time I'd
With some difficulty she stood
"Sometimes I have trouble
With a grunt of effort she
I didn't need anymore encouragement.
"Oh, yes, yes Yes!"
"More, more," she
Acting in the spirit of the
Mrs. Anderson wailed in ecstasy.
I grabbed her shoulders to hold
Within a few minutes she was
I slowed down again to let her
"Don't stop, don't stop!
I was looking at her, watching
In the Smokey Mountains of
Now, here’s another legend
A 10-part series, based on the posts by D D D Dave.
The day I met God, started off
I'm an Adjunct Professor at
One of the few perks for an AP
It's quiet, I can nap or read or
I'd just settled in when Jillian
I'm sure that you've seen
Without acknowledging me she
"Crap" I muttered to
The book was an old one. Bound
Look; I'm a boob man. Always
What it was about was about a
It seemed to be a collection of
"What is it that you seek,
"Huh?" I had thought I
"I asked what is it that
"Wha,” I never was the
"God! You summoned Me! Get
I summoned? Me?
"Um, I don't know what
"You red from the book. You
"There was a time I could
"Um, I have no idea?"
"Let me explore." I
"Alright. I'm up to date. Here's
"But there are still some
"You do however, still
"Um," I broke into the
"Look inward, sonny boy!
"Guh, you mean,” my voice
"Well," I temporized,
"I damn well would, kid! I
"Well, this is your lucky
"Your life is about to
"Have fun, sport!" The
I looked around. No one was with
When I went to the front desk no
"Working too hard," I
A week later I noticed that my
Otherwise, nothing happened. I
The Presence may have been right
A few weeks after what I had
In fact, thinking back on it, I
I had almost recovered from that
Another break from the usual.
In the next week over a dozen
She was flirting with me! That
Slowly it sank into my brain
Then Alice, another Assistant
"I need a hand. Can you
Sure enough, I was just tall
"Oh, goodie! You found
"Glad to help" I
"Umm," I was
She could feel it as well.
"Umm, I never noticed how
"Umm," Her eyes were
"And how could I have not
She licked her lips while
"I can't wait to see
"Now you just stand still
Deftly she unfastened my belt,
"Jesus! This is a nice
"This is the nicest fucking
"Urgh,” It was all I could
Her tongue flashed out.
"What a pretty cock! I just
Reaching up from her kneeling
"Oh, you feel so good!
"You look so damn
She grabbed my cock in one hand
Her mouth was flashing up and
"I need to feel this in
I moved into position between
"Oh, that feels so good
At first I was so caught up in
As I watched, her hair lightened
"Oh, baby, I want to drink
No one had ever offered to do
"Not yet," I
"When ever you're ready,
I watched as she moved. Her
At the same time her waist drew in,
Finally I could take it no
"Now," I groaned as I
My shaft seemed longer than when
She was groaning and moaning
The Greeks spent their combined fortunes to decorate the cedar
Ajax was buried with plenty of scented bags to disguise the smell
That was the tale; the Truth; I had revealed to the Teucer and the
"The daughter of Typhon, eh?" Eruthros chuckled. "It
"Oh, he did that alright," I met his gaze, not sure if I
"Atta says he shouted his war cry multiple times," Queen
That got more nods all around. It was hard for these men to stay
"We do not forgive you for what transpired before the Walls
"Please, call me Aya," Aya smiled up at the gruff
That got nods all around. Aya took out the blade she had kept in
"You knew the man," she commanded in her piping voice.
I went forward to place the dagger on the sarcophagus, Chaz, as my
How important the Egyptian Rite folks were wasn't something I
Personally, I would have felt better if Pamela had come, but she
She had given me Chaz as my other family member to stand by my
Aya had decided it would be bad for her morale if she sent me
It was serendipity that on the same day of the funeral, the final
The unit's overall commander considered massacring the lot yet
They were alone, yet she and her lone tank were expected to turn
The unit commander knew that minutes were something they may not
The immediately turned 17 precious T 72 into so much burning
The crew of the T 95 Degman suspected they could bring their tank
Two SU22 were turned into fireballs with two more limping back to
The Amazon commander was using her smaller mortars to drop hate on
At the point they decided to start exchanging RPG fire with the
The moment the central defensive line beat back the attack by the
Then it was the job of the remaining T 72; the best tanks in the
In a flash, all of the M 84 reactive armor on the front and the
The M 84 instantly launched a disruptive cloud of smoke grenades
With the tank withdrawing, the APC's had to withdraw around the
And then a miracle occurred.
The T 72 pulled up short and shifted their fire from trying to dig
Her barrel shifted and then was wreathed in smoke as she took
The next salvo of ATGM was simply too much for the remaining
Her timely arrival and superior placement of her small command had
It was a complete disaster for the Angolans. Their conscript
In the capital there was complete panic. Their army hadn't been
The South Africans were coming, but so was the United Nations and
They also called on their countrymen to rise up and take up arms
Elections were promised as was a new constitution. It had been a
While some of their leadership living in exile griped about the
No one wanted that so the Amazons got their small archipelago, the
As for that Amazon Commander? By midnight that evening, her
If only she knew her Queen had almost died that very day, but she
'I love more than I hate'.
I had been babbling that for twelve weeks. I'd convinced others to
'Love more than hate?' Hate had bourn Eruthros through the Endless
In the last minute of Eruthros' life, he had thrown away that
Had he thrown his body over Teucer? Highly understandable. Teucer
Had he taken himself to safety? No one was immediately trying to
Eruthros deliberately ended his life with no greater certainty
He threw himself on Aya. That was the instinctive human reaction.
The rest of her bodyguard was too far away. We; Queen and
What followed was a deliberate decision which could never be
Laying prone and unmoving, the enemy might shoot him, or they
Moving would ensure the assassins kept firing at him (and Aya). If
"Har nahkuitki."
Eruthros' last words; 'have no fear'. Was that aimed at calming
I was looking at him, still trying to figure out a way to get to
I saw a high-velocity round transect his torso as he pushed
"Har nahkuitki."
His lips muttered the words as blood spewed forth from his mouth
His left thigh flexed, surging him forward. The left palm directed
By the time the left knee returned to his chest, Eruthros' body
He refused to let go despite the hydrostatic shock ripping his
"You know nothing of what you speak of, Ishara, yet you
"Don't know, don't care. It was all before my time. I care
"We are not merchants," Jana's eyes narrowed.
"No. I didn't imply you were. If you want new sandals for
"Our prestige cannot be bought," she 'explained'.
"No, but a blood feud with House Ishara can be
"You wouldn't dare bring outsiders into this," Klavdiya
"Why not? The offices of Ishara handed House Zorja the coup
"So Klavdiya, if House Meenakshi pursues its blood feud with
"You are still on the mats," Elsa reminded me. Sikia
"And you said something about a lesson being long overdue,"
"Cáel Ishara," Shawnee said in a soft voice,
I fell on my back, carrying Tad fi with me. She gasped out in
"Why does no one tell me this shit?" I moaned.
"You are hard," Tad fi announced. "Are you ready to
"Gossamer Wing," I created a pet name for the augur, "we
"But then we can have sex?"
"Yeah. I'm totally up for having sex with you after they
"Can you find it in your heart to forgive House Zorja?
"Yes," she abruptly cut me off.
What the fuck?
"At this time, my hatred of House Ishara, and you in
She turned to Jana. "Do you agree that we both hate Ishara
Jana studied Mahdi, me, then Mahdi again and agreed. She stood.
"Agreed. He is much worse."
My thoughts on the matter. Woot! I was having sex! Oh, and I was
"My admiration of you continues to increase," Krasimira
"Yay me!" I muttered.
"Keeper, are we done?" Sikia asked Krasimira.
"I believe so," the older Amazon rose to her feet. Sikia
"Mahdi of Meenakshi, you have insulted me and my augur.
"Had you done your job," Mahdi flowed into her fighting
"Whoa now," I struggled to rise while keeping Tad fi
"Don't be stupid, Cáel Ishara," Sikia retreated
"Hold on now," NYPD Sgt. Larisa Kutuzov said in English
"Mom!" shouted Nikita. Marlene followed up with a leg
Nikita was about to charge in when Chaz stopped her.
"Footwear," he advised in the tone of voice I had
"Gale, could you please stay with Tad fi," I tried to
"No," Gale looked me over. "I will fight." No
"I'll take her."
"Tad fi," I told the augur, "I have to go get
"This is not your fight," Krasimira said. "The
"A, she carries my child and B, the deeds being called into
"You told me once they were the Will of Ishara,"
"We are one in the same," I gave a lopsided grin.
"Be careful," Tad fi pleaded. "Your future is a
"Eh, I've been very bad. We'll talk about it later. Gotta
Pamela was giving the ground rules to the 'normals': No 'fair
"This is going to suck," Virginia assessed our odds. Two
Besides Sikia, we had Pamela, Chaz, Virginia, myself and Nikita.
Against us were all three Zorja and both Meenakshi; I imagined
"Damn," a familiar voice from my first days on the job
"Rachel," Elsa looked to her underling, "you have
"It is for Cáel. So it must be for a better tomorrow,"
"Very well," Elsa smirked.
"You!" Mahdi pointed at me, and we both charged. It was
While Chaz was by no means the best hand-to-hand combatant
Of greater importance, Rachel, Tiger Lily and Mona had extensive
Elsa was the most dangerous individual on the mat. Pamela was the
Still, I was facing Elsa, so a judicious bit of treachery was
"Gale," I huffed and puffed, "please retire. I
"What?" Gale snapped. She'd taken a beating, yet
"No, fighting her sister is okay with me," Desiree
"All the other women you have mated with have failed. I
"Oh, you are right," I half-turned. "All the reason
"Really?"
"Of course," I deepened my introspective appreciation of
"Oh," and Klavdiya punched Rhonwenn. That was an 'oh,
Rachel, Tiger Lily and I rushed Elsa. Marlene pivoted to ward
After some water bottles went around and those concussed returned
"Oh," the older woman moaned then, "Ms.
"Avenging you, Mother," Nikita fluffed up the truth.
"Desk Sergeant," Desiree gave a curt nod.
"This isn't over," Larisa winced as she moved to a
"Mrs. Kutuzov, it is over," I headed off a colossal
"We," she looked around. "You kicked their asses?"
"Definitely," Pamela gave a feral snarl.
"This is plain nuts," she shook her head, winced in
"One of the reasons we've put our dating in hiatus,"
Ah, for fuck sakes! I was engaged to someone else and having a
I had so many allies to tend to, but only one who seemed to be
"I'll be right back, friend of a friend in need," and
My British companion had played a pivotal role in the combat and
He stayed on his ass to reduce his height advantage. Letting
Pamela and I had schooled him on Amazon psychology and those
Why? He was conscious of his conspicuous status as a 'guest', knew
Under normal circumstances, the women around him wouldn't have
For the Amazons who thought a male would get all pouty and cry
More happy Amazons because the list's only non-Amazon was a dead
In the hallway, "Tavi, a moment," I called out. She
"Yes Ishara?" she gave me her best neutral look. Yep.
"I beg two favors from you," I quickly went down to one
"I, I will listen," she muttered.
"I would like to know if you are pregnant," I asked very
"If I have a son, he will be given to the Queen," Tavi's
"That's not what he's worried about," I shook my head.
"Huh?"
"He is not like me, Tavi. There is no other in his life, but
"I, I will not leave my House for him," she protested
"He would never ask you. That doesn't mean he doesn't want to
"Oh," she furrowed her brow. "How would this
"I have an 'in' with the Queen," I winked. "I'll
"He knows I will never stop being an Amazon," she
"Absolutely. He is an intelligence operative after all. He's
"Why doesn't he tell me these things?"
"Tavi, he threw his body on top of me to shield me from a
"Oh, what should I do?" she was vexed.
"Go back in there, demand to speak with him and tell him the
"The truth?"
"That you are going to have a little StolgosTomorrow-ite
"Cáel Ishara," she tilted her head slightly, "you
"Nope," I pseudo-confessed. I actually did know
"They aren't 'running around'," she turned to head back
"My fiancé has a three-year old,
In we went. Tavi stormed straight toward the bevy of Amazon babes
"Color Sergeant Tomorrow," she abruptly interrupted. "A
"Ladies," Chaz uncoiled himself from the surrounding
The 150 Condottieri mercenaries stealthed onto the Island of the
When the attack went in, Khalid Adzharia, Brian Fung and Trent
Trent Grant remained a financial investigator though he
Khalid, who had been there the longest, had a different outlook on
Worst of all; one of the ladies was now pregnant with a child who
Trent? Trent had developed a personal hatred for Brooke and, by
Like Khalid, he realized the only escape from this feminist hell
They had tracking devices sown into their clothes along with some
The one monitoring Brian was deeply depressed though. Her 'guy'
The Condottieri did a good job of spoofing the island's defensive
Even as the two ladies went for their sidearms they were
Even as she reported the incident to her superior, she put the
Back at the security base, all those Amazons went for their body
At the same time the on-sight Condottieri commander accelerated
The SD came out on top as they were more accustomed to making head
The Condottieri leader knew he was in trouble when one team
Needless to say none of the men had firearms though they knew each
When death came calling, each man approached the situation
"Pick up the pistol," hissed a coworker across the hall
The two of them; the coworker Amazon and Brian; were now being
"Pick up the damn pistol," she growled his way, and then
It went off, stunning him and knocking him over, further into his
"Don't shoot," Brian pleaded. "I'm a guy; their
"Command; I have a male prisoner here," the merc said
"Let's go," the man directed. "We are getting you
Brian couldn't help but smile. He was escaping and sooner than
Trent's space in Financial Investigations was larger than Brian's
"Here," Laras, the team supervisor handed Trent a
"I, this isn't my fight," he shook his head. Laras
She gave him the firearm and pointed to a thick support column.
"Stay there and be prepared for Amazons to fall back to your
As she rushed off in another direction, Trent contemplated
He ducked behind the column and hunkered down. The grenade went
"Fuck this shit," he muttered before steading the pistol
"Oh God," he nearly wept. "I'm about to die."
Then a body slammed into him, knocking him to the floor. He was
Trent crawled back behind the column and behind Nadia. When she
"Good job Trent," she grinned. "Now let's kill
"I; ah; okay," he meekly agreed. Honestly, he was
While Trent's group sought out financial opportunities within the
When the assault began, he was at the water cooler, chatting up
"I didn't know we were having a drill?" Mutia, his
"Then this might not be a drill," one of his coworkers
"What are you doing here?" the supervisor asked him. "Go
"No," Khalid protested. "I want one. This is my
"Wait here," the supervisor said. Khalid nodded.
"How do we know you can be trusted?" she asked once the
"Mutia is carrying my child," Khalid explained. "That
"Here," the supervisor said," as she repeated the
"Understood," Khalid nodded. Inside of him a fury was
Someone was threatening his lover and his child, for fuck's sake.
As the sounds of the fighting echoed through the building, the
"Khalid, wait," Mutia called out.
"They are going to the computer room," he intuited. "We
With him in the lead, the Amazons rushed to keep up. Khalid was
"Let's go," he whispered to the rather impressed
And Khalid led the way. As the 'reaction force' burst into the
Still, he had an ancestor in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in
In the classic sense, he went berserk. He fired his weapon on
His fists, forearms, elbows, knees and feet were all weapons and
"We've got a breach on the other side of the building,"
"Sure," he slurred slightly, coming down from that
"You've been shot twice and stabbed once, so I'm just
Khalid looked down at his own bloody body then back up to the
"Mutia?"
"She might pull through," the Amazon shrugged.
"Let's go then," he shook his head a few times to clear
It was something the Amazons had a long history with; those
"Maybe we were wrong about you," the supervisor said to
Even then, over eighty littered the island dead; the Amazons were
Brian had been recaptured, but also was given the possibility of
Brian signed every bit of paper they put before him, such was his
Since he harbored the desire to see his child come into the world,
I biked into work early Tuesday morning. I had spent most of
They hugged me and congratulated me on my victory in the Great
In my mind's eye, I went back over the events as they unfolded,
Yet, real sleep evaded me. Instead I was submerged in a
‘The
Felix was still nursing his hurt hand when I came back from my
"Well?" he smirked.
"Plenty of good news," I smirked right back from the
"Finally, the Goddess Ishara will be watching over us and our
"What is Ishara the Goddess of again?" the
"Oaths, love and medicine," I repeated my answer.
"Fine," the grinned, "is there any goddess in my
"None that bothered talking to me," I snorted. "Want
"Nah... I'm Felix Melena. I work better alone."
"You mean in alone in a team of two, right?"
"Yeah; a team of four actually, Nyilas. Don't forget our
I was ecstatic because they had brought Peppermint down from
Felix had been gifted with a spirited gelding named 'Thunderbolt';
Not that an 'unknown' mare was that much of a possibility. See, we
We had our 24 hours head start on our pursuers, but that didn't
We were to be extracted at Noon; not sunset as we had originally
Heading out, Felix and I were deciding on what the enemy strategy,
I reminded Felix that neither he nor I nor any of the Amazons
This also meant we had to take time for our horses to graze and
The difference was there was no rapid charging across the
Our map directed us to take this route to the first 'treasure
It was a Bonanza! Not for us, but for the horses. We had four bags
By evening we had found our third treasure trove. The second had
We compromised by creating a banked fire. We also decided to sleep
I won the compass toss and got to sleep the first part of the
See, the Amazons are cheating bitches of all cheating bitches and
Maybe Pamela could show up and, after slapping me upside my head,
Also, the way from our fourth treasure to out fifth put us in the
To reduce the size of our silhouette, we dismounted and led our
She was like nineteen years old and I could tell really took a
"You had better keep that promise to that girl. If you don't,
"I know. I know," he grinned. "These are some crazy
I thought we were in safe territory again when Felix finally asked
"Cáel , where have all their dudes gotten off to?"
'Oh shit', I mused. How much of the truth could Felix handle?
"I'm only telling you this because I like you," I said
"Really?" he studied me. Like he was going to catch me
"Really. Where do you think they get those legion of ninja
"That seems... short-sighted."
"What do you think guys like us are for? Now they won't have
"How come words has never gotten out about this?" Felix
"It has from time to time, but Havenstone makes sure such
"Now that I believe," Felix nodded.
"That they kill people to keep their secrets?"
"Absolutely. They look like the kind of girlfriend who
"How succinct," I nodded back.
"So, are we ever going to see Khalid, Trent, or Brian again?"
"Sure... they are only being kept prisoners and milked of
"No thanks," Felix shook his head then grinned. "They
"Not Brian?"
"Brian was too invested in himself and his weevil-ing ways. I
"Smart move. I have exceedingly low impulse control around
"Yeah," he smiled my way. "I'd trust you in a knife
"What brought that revelation on?"
"Ms. Lee (Brooke). Normally I can mend any fence with any
"So, are you and Gene going to be a regular thing?"
"Yeah. I think so. I still expect me to be getting plenty of
So much like me... I admired that about the guy.
"Once we win, don't ya mean?"
"Sure thing, Nyilas," he chuckled. "I figure it
"That reminds me; Katrina told me they are going to spin
"Clever lady and always thinking ahead. Is she seeing
"No, and dude, you don't want to go there. She is far too
"All the more reason to pursue her," he snorted.
"Go for it," I shrugged. Hey, I'd warned the guy.
"What about that blonde number I saw you with... Elsa was
Oh, he knew exactly who Elsa was, but he was acting all nonchalant
"Yeah. Elsa. What about her?"
"Is she in your stable?"
"Nope. Not really," I shrugged. "Going after her
"Oh, definitely."
"Good luck with that," I sighed. He'd learn the hard
"There is something you are not telling me."
"Yeah. She has the hots for me. Wants to own me... and not in
"Oh... is that your way of cautioning me to be wary of her?"
"Most definitely. Elsa is one scary lady and she already
"What are we?" he was eyeballing me again.
"Hunters on the prowl. Guys who like a challenge. In your
"You mean you are a man-slut," he snorted.
"Got me," I chuckled.
"So, you think she's out of my league?"
"No. I think she is Katrina's friend and Katrina sees right
"How tough was she?"
"Beat me black and blue then choked me out because I wouldn't
"Oh... I'd like to get her on the mats."
"Good luck with that then. Become a 'Runner' and there is
"Corporate confidentiality details, eh? Executive Services
"Why thank you. I honestly never thought I'd get a sincere
"I can be wrong once in your lifetime," Felix laughed,
"Oh... and thanks for the sim-cards. They helped me get off
"No problem. That was Katrina's idea though."
"Well, you got them to us so surreptitiously the Chinese
"Don't you mean those rogue Albanians?"
"Yeah... them too," I laughed along with him.
"I think we can be friends, Nyilas," he grinned.
"I think so too. I didn't think so originally. On the first
"Precisely. You know I had the option of leaving
"And you didn't take it? Who offered you this opportunity
"Katrina."
"It might have been a ruse," I warned him. "These
"I took that into account... but I love the challenge of this
Felix sounded so enthusiastic. I hoped he understood the fate he
Fortune favored us backtracking from our seventh treasure trove;
"Felix," I hissed. "Hide!"
We looked around and found a draw away from the main canyon floor
No sooner had I gotten there than two Amazons came trotting past
The sand floor covered our hoof-falls and we had to go that way
This allowed us to slow down a bit and deviate over to where the
We walked through the rain until the sun set then debated what to
Using a hatchet I cut off a branch from a bush and set it alight
I spotted one Amazon... she was Carla Nemain... and I recalled her
Yours truly took two punishing blows to his ribs while only
"What do you have?" Carla grumbled. "Are you trying
I kept silent, pulling out my second hatchet and pressing my luck
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