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Aimee - k - Chapter
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AIMEE'
Chapter IX
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"Master
Darynn, please be brought forward."
Darynn rose
to his feet and allowed his to colleagues to lead him
into the moon-shaped circle that was the petition floor for the
main
council of Mages. Around him sat his thirteen peers, each of
whom had
heard testimony from himself, Bethsany, and Aimee', as well as
additional testimony from several of Bethsany's girls and two
of
Teltirray's servants. Still, he had to admit, the council saw
things
differently from most people and he didn't know what their decision
would ultimately be.
From the center
of the council, Talen Silisto leaned over and
looked down at him. "Master Darynn, the court has reviewed
its findings
and considered your testimony. While it would normally be outrageous
for a mage of your standing to defy the wishes of a fellow mage
and
teach that mage's student something other than what was requested,
we
find in your case that you taught Aimee' precisely according
to the
wishes of Teltirray as best as you, yourself, could interpret.
If
Aimee' sought additional learning from you and your library,
as long as
her demanded studies did not suffer in the process, that is the
mark of
a good student, and you, sir, are to be rewarded as a good nurturer
of
that student." Master Silisto smiled, and Darynn grinned
back. "This
court finds you innocent of any wrongdoing. Would you please
be
returned to your chair?"
"I would,
sir."
"Aimee',
please be brought forward."
Aimee stood
and, like Darynn before, allowed herself to be led to
the center of the circle. Darynn watched the hold of her head
and found
himself admiring the strength she was showing, as well as the
nervousness locked into her shoulders. She looked up at Mage
Silisto,
the hood of her cloak thrown back.
Mage Silisto
examined her carefully. "Apprentice Aimee', the court
has examined your conduct and your testimony, as well as that
of your
teachers and those who know you, and we can find no evidence
of
wrongdoing. As a mage, Teltirray had few peers, and in his speciality
he had none. As a man, however, Teltirray was more monster than
human
being, and with your revelations and those contained in his journals,
we
hereby remove his name from our ranks as an honored member."
"Also,
this court has examined Teltirray's last moments in detail.
Without formality, this ruling will probably face challenge,
but we
rule that you and Teltirray engaged in duel, one which he unfairly
skewed in his favor, and that you are therefore to be benefitted
in the
manner of one who has won duel. In the presence of a Will or
Deed of
Estate, you are entitled to half of Teltirray's estate holdings.
Without such a document, you are entitled to all." Aimee's
mouth
dropped open, and Darynn followed suit, stunned by the generosity
of the
ruiling. Talen Silisto slapped his palm on the wood of the table
for
silence, and when he got it, he turned to another standing there.
"Ricar, is there such a document?"
"No such
document will be found," Ricar stated evenly.
"Is there
such a document," Silisto repeated. Darynn wondered at
why Silisto needed to repeat it.
Ricar stared
at the mage, anger written across his mouth. Then,
slowly, he smiled. "Master Silisto, I submit to you that
no such Will
or Deed can be found."
Satisfied,
Silisto turned back to Aimee'. "You are now the holder
of the title to Teltirray's estates. This is the ruling of this
mage's
court." Silisto slapped his hand upon the table. "Recorder,
let it be
known that Master Darynn has been cleared of all charges. That
Apprentice Aimee' has been, as well. That the court rules in
the duel
of Aimee' and Teltirray, that Aimee' is the living victor. And
finally,
that the Council of Mages grants Aimee' a white card admission
to the
College, to reside with Master Darynn-- " An uproar started
in the
audience. Darynn looked stunned, but most of them were beginning
to
applaud!
Silisto banged
his hand on the table. "ORDER! I will have order
in here!" He took a deep breath. "To reside with
Master Darynn, who
has been neglecting his duties as a mentor for far too long recently,
until such time as she earned the title of Mage."
The smell
of her hair bothered him. But he wasn't sure why, or
even in what way, it bothered him, but it did. He tried not
to listen
to his feeling, but they would not go away merely from wishing.
"Sir?"
she asked gently.
"Aimee'?"
"I wanted
to ask you... you said once, just eight months ago, that
you were prepared to love me." She turned around, slipping
her arms
into his cloak and holding him close. Surprised, he looked down
at the
top of her head, inhaling the soft smell of her hair again.
"Would
you... are you ready now?"
"I..."
He stood, flustered, then finally smiled. "I think so,
Aimee'." Much to even his surprise, he felt his erection
growing under
her influence. As he reflected on her touch, he realized that
Bethsany
and her girls still held no interest at all for him. Instead,
Aimee'
challenged him, excited him, because of her talents, her magic.
And he
wanted to indulge himself in her spirit and her body.
He caressed
her hair slowly, and her hands stroked his back, his
fingertips arousing the skin and causing his muscles to tense
up almost
painfully. "Come with me, Aimee'," he said. She smiled
and took his
hand. He led her to the bedroom. "Sit."
She sat.
He sat opposite her, his hands folded in his lap. "I
feel... uncomfortable. I have no idea where to begin with you.
And,
more honestly, I am frightened of you."
"If you
do not wish, sir..."
"No,
I have no desire to go back on my pledge. Aimee', this may
sound odd, but while I love you, and I feel lust for you, and
at my age
I should have the wisdom to understand what I feel in here, I
do not."
He tapped himself on the chest to emphasize his words. "Men...
Men are
easy, compared to you."
"You
taught me, many months ago, not to be afraid of what I wanted
or what someone else asked of me. If I could do it, and I wanted,
I
should." She smiled. "I learned that lesson very
well." She rose and
removed cloak, tossing it onto the chair by the bed. "This
room has so
much magic in it. I can feel it when I breathe."
"Yes,"
Darynn replied. "I have had many men in this room, and
cast
many more spells." He grinned. "Shall we perform
one, tonight?"
She stopped,
surprised. "You would do that with me?"
"It would
seem the natural course of action. You are an
apprentice. I am the mage. I am supposed to teach you things.
Why
don't I show you, by example, a kind of scrying I'm familiar
with?"
"Please,
sir!" she smiled. Darynn reached out and pulled her
close, pushing up the cuff on her left sleeve, exposing her wrist.
He
knew she was watching as he lowered his head and kissed her wrist,
gently. The taste of her skin was unlike anything he had ever
tasted.
It was salty, like the skin of men, but it was a different quality
from
any salt or sweat he had known with men. He could not even begin
to
place the differences.
She stood,
silently, while he reached out and untied the bows that
held her tunic closed in the front. He admired the smooth flawlessness
of her body as he exposed it, inch by inch. Her breasts, still
growing,
were already large mounds projecteing away from her body, each
nipple
pointing away from the other. He quietly cursed himself. For
a sex
mage, he had damned little vocabulary to describe the beauty
of a
woman's body. And he did find her beautiful. Her beauty was
bound in
the way she breathed, in the way her chest rose and fell with
the
excitment that was building between them as student and teacher,
friend
and lover, and he hated to admit... man to woman. The raw flux
of power
between two loving men was one thing he appreciated. Yet the
strange
flux of power, filtered by the differences in the sexes, made
for a kind
of magic he had never known.
As he pushed
her shirt down off her back and she shook her hair to
free it where it had become caugt in the collar, he ceased cursing
himself and smiled. He took her cheeks in his hands, lifted
her mouth
slightly, and kissed her. And then he laughed.
"Sir?"
"Oh,
Aimee', what I have been thinking in the past few minutes is
just not fit. Are you ready to share the weaknesses of an old
man?"
"If they
are yours, sir, I will always be ready."
"Very
well." He rose and slowly led her to the bedside,
encouraging her to get in. She lay down on the covers and, together,
they worked off her breeches. "Aimee', I have been considering
what a
fool I have been for denying myself the special kind of magic
that
happens not between two men, but between a man and a woman.
And then I
realized how few people ever learn of the love between man and
woman,
even when they are made to learn that." He shook his head.
"You are the
first woman I have loved since my mother, and you may be the
last. It
is not... It is not that I have discovered women, Aimee'. It
is just
that I have discovered you."
She smiled
and reached up, pulling him down beside her. "Sir, one
thing I have not yet had the pleasure of is one of my own kind.
But I
dearly wish it. I wish to learn."
"I am
afraid I shall have to send you to a specialist for that,"
he
mused, laughing. "That sort of thing is beyond my understanding."
"Yes,
sir," she replied, grinning. "Remove your clothing,
already!"
"I have
to prepare for the spell, first. Wait here." Darynn rose
and left the room. He walked down the corridor to his magickal
pantry,
recovered the items he required, and returned. Aimee' was idly
stroking
her skin, scratching or self-pleasuring, he couldn't tell, and
she
smiled as he walked in. "I waited."
"I see,"
he replied. "Come, apprentice. Help me arrange this
spell. I will need this powder dripped into the groove on the
floor
that encircles the bed, and I will need these candles inset into
the
holders at points 1, 21, 41, 61, and 81. Clear?"
"Yes,
sir. Is there any need to care for the colors?"
"Good
question, apprentice. No, not this time."
"Yes,
sir." He watched, somewhat detached at the beauty of her
body but thrilled with the eagerness in her soul, as she placed
the
candles down and began the slow and rather dull task of encircling
the
bed with the mix he had given her. He stripped off the plain
blanket
and put in its place a large, blue comforter onto which were
sewn
magical runes and sigils. "Aimee'?"
"Almost
done, sir," she said.
"Join
me when you are."
He knelt on
the bed, naked, as she joined him. "Now, cross your
legs, close your eyes, and hold out your hands."
She did as
she was told. He looked at her, naked, vulnerable...
and yet, he knew that if he were to arouse her anger, she would
prove a
challenge, possibly a mortal one. Unlike Teltirray, even if
he did not
see all of it, he knew the source of her power and he respected
it. He
reached over, doused the oil lamp, and settled himself before
her,
taking her hands in his. He closed his eyes.
Slowly, he
began chanting, swaying back and forth, feeling the
power that was already heavily invested into this room even when
no
magick was being performed. His soul reached out, examined everything.
His hands moved up her arms, and she mirrored his movements,
until his
forehead touched hers. Their hands roamed, and slowly he felt
her open
herself to him. For the first time, he sensed her hidden heart,
which
she had kept protected from Teltirray for all these past months.
Her
mouth began to move, although no sounds came out. He could hear
her
breath shaped into words and knew that those words were echoes
of his
own. She was losing herself to the spell, and that was as it
should be.
His hand caressed
her breasts, and hers stroked the hardened
muscles of his chest. Beneath her soft teats he could feel the
strength
she had earned through Teltirray's unfortunate "ministrations."
He
worried that he was being inept, or too rough, to the delicate
flesh of
her body, but she never said a word other than the whispered
spell of
scrying they worked together.
His mouth
touched her shoulder as they leaned together, and her
voice suddenly took form. She took over the speaking of the
spell, as
his mouth explored her soft skin. Once more he was fascinated
with a
taste, a texture, a sensation utterly unlike that of any man
or boy he
had ever enjoyed. He pressed her down to the bed, feeling her
body
underneath his own. His skin came to life with every inch pressed
to
inch, and the mana flowed about them in torrents Darynn had shared
so
few times in his life. His mouth found her nipples. They were
not so
unlike men's, perhaps a little larger than most men he had been
with,
but not the largest. He learned to appreciate the feel of her
breasts,
the wonder and excitement inherent in them. He was fascinated,
yet the
spell called him on. There was more to do. He kissed her belly.
In
his mind, the spell wove on and on, and in his ears Aimee' chanted
flawlessly words she had not known an hour before. His mouth
trailed
down to her sex.
The scent
was... distracting. Interesting. Nothing to write Thom
about. He lowered his lips to her furred mound, slowly extending
his
tongue, tentatively tasting her flesh. The words to the spell
came a
little more breathlessly from her throat. He pulled his head
back
slightly and looked down, taking in the sight, comparing the
pink flesh
the color inside a seashell before him with what he knew in his
head.
He licked where he thought her clit should be, tasting at it.
Her legs
spread slowly wider, and a small moan ran in the undercurrent
of her
chant. He looked up and her face showed how lost she was in
the magic
and the pleasure of power.
He licked
at her harder. His jaw was experienced enough with the
taste of men, but she was proving difficult to follow. He grinned
to
himself... his problem was that the target was so small!
He was apparently
doing enough, for her chanting changed in pitch
and timbre as she approached her orgasm. He decided to let the
spell
rise with her. They didn't have to be joined at the hips to
make this
work; he had succeeded many times while sucking seed.
He allowed
her to continue weaving the spell; he fed it to her mind
even as his mouth fed on the taste and feel of her cunt. He
licked with
enthusiasm, appreciating the way she responded so fully. It
was
different from men (he couldn't stop making the comparison),
but he had
no trouble recognizing it. He pressed his mouth against her
cunt,
licking her harder. He lay against the bedspread and felt his
erection
pressing against the rough cloth. Her orgasm was growing; he
could feel
it in her legs and see it in her heart. She growled underneath
the
chanted her spell, and he could hear the thickness in her voice
that
heralded the loss of control. Her voice grew louder as the muscles
in
her legs trembled and shook. He changed to course of spell from
its
rotating-growing phase to the outward-seeking phase, and she
screamed as
she came, the magickal words shouted from her mouth as a cruder
lover
would shout obsceneties.
His vision
blinked momentarily, and when he looked again the sky
had opened up above his head and the world turned below him.
Only one
moon was in sight, but it was clearer and more radiant than he
had seen
it in many a year. He turned around slowly, and Aimee' floated
besides
him. Her eyes were closed and her chest was heaving, one hand
over her
breasts as if to feel the air entering and escaping. "Aimee',"
he said.
"Apprentice."
"Sir?"
she asked, blinking slowly and opening her eyes.
"Look
at what we have wrought." He reached out for her hand,
and
she took it. Drawing her close, he turned her so that she looked
down
upon the world. "We have left our bodies, so important
to our
pleasures, behind, so that we may see this."
"Is that...
that..."
"That
is Earth," Darynn said slowly. "We are many miles
from it's
surface."
"It's
round!"
"Indeed,"
Darynn said. "And there are other secrets to be learned
from this height. But out bodies will not long stand the strain
of
suspension like this. It is, perhaps, the strongest disadvantage
of sex
magic... the tension of ecstacy, if left too long, will harm
us. And
the pleasures of love make us inappropriate for combat magic."
He
smiled at her. "Come, we must return."
"It is
so beautiful," she sighed.
"It is,"
he agreed, giving it one last glance. He spoke one more
word.
Aimee' screamed
louder, her climax sweeping past her as attentions
returned to her body. Darryn held onto her with his strong hands,
hoping she wouldn't buck too hard and hurt his mouth or nose.
Finally,
her trembling subsided. "Oh, Master Darryn."
"Apprentice
Aimee'... you were most beautiful."
"Thank
you," she gasped, lying down on the bed and breathing hard,
recovering her breath. "That was... the most beautiful
moment of my
life."
He crawled
up and lay beside her, chuckling. "It was probably one
of the most interesting of mine," he admitted. "I
did not anticipate
your pleasure being so strong."
"You
enjoyed it, then?"
"Oh,
very much," he agreed.
She turned
over onto her stomach. Darynn's eyes floated over her
buttocks, so much fuller and rounder than any boy's he had ever
seen.
"Good," she said, pulling herself over his body and
lowering her head to
his cock. Darynn trembled slightly as his cock slid into her
mouth. He
could feel her saliva against his cock, slick and warm when it
was under
her tongue, cool as it slid down his shaft. He heard his own
breath and
found he was hyperventilating. She was good, and he appreciated
her
talent.
She could
take all of it, too, and he looked down to see her nose
pressing against his belly, his entire cock engulfed in her mouth.
She
sucked on his cock so well he felt his own climax reaching for
him.
"Aimee'... I'm going to come soon."
She ignored
his warning, sucking harder, applying just the right
kinds of pressure to his shaft. His cock pumped a little, releasing
a
droplet, his body wound tighter than a watchman's clock. A second
later, it broke though, making him shake and groan as his cock
pumped
her mouth full of his come. Yet, she didn't stop! She kept
sucking it
down, stroking every last drop from his shaft until he became
so
sensitive. "Aimee', I beg of you... enough!"
She rose up
and looked at him. Her eyes were glazed over, tears
streaking her cheeks. He recognized the signs of fighting a
gag reflex,
and smiled, brushing away one of the small streams of wetness
with his
thumb.
She held his
hand to her cheek. "Thank you again, sir. Thank you
so much."
He smiled
and pulled her close, until she lay atop him. "It is I
who should be thanking you," he sighed. "That was
wonderful."
"Thank
you. I tried my best."
"And
you did better than many men I've been with. Which confirms
a
theory of mine."
"Sir?"
she asked.
"I've
always thought it was passion and practice which make a good
lover, not having a similar body. There's a belief amongst inverts
that
only we know how to pleasure one another. You give lie to that
belief."
She nodded,
then laughed softly. "Darynn... When Teltirray was
trying to kill me, one thought that kept going through my mind
was that
if I didn't kill him, I was going to miss class tomorrow."
His laughter
joined hers. "Oh, Apprentice, I do love thee."
"I love
you too..." She looked up into his face. "...Teacher."
They lay together
for a long time, and soon Aimee' had drifted off
to sleep, turning over onto her side. Darynn rose and blew out
the five
candles; most had burned down until they were just wicks lying
in
puddles of wax. He did one last circuit of his home, insuring
that
everything was locked down tight against the cold, winter night,
then
returned to bed, one small latern his only source of light.
As he
looked down at Aimee's sleeping form, he wondered at her resiliency,
and
at his own emotions.
Despite all
that had happened, lust was still not in his
vocabulary, at least not for her. He would never have sought
her out,
and he still had no desire to seek other women at all. Instead,
he felt
admired her and sought to protect her. She was so strong, yet
so young
and vulnerable. One day she would be a great mage, and perhaps
that was
his eventual legacy. It would be the ultimate irony if his greatest
student turned out to be a woman, yet Aimee' had all the natural
talent
to be the greatest of mages.
He lowerd
the lampwick and curled up next to her. After dark, he
thought, not all cats are grey, but sometimes it doesn't matter
what
color they are. |