‘You almost didn’t. You damn idiots.’ said Prendergrass. ‘Youalmost self-destructed! Luckily for you I’ve seen it happen to asorcerer once before and knew I had to stop you.’
‘By all the gods, I didn’t realize! I lost control.’ repliedAquitain.
‘Miranda had enough internal power to create a storm lastingfor hours and you wanted to release it in seconds. That’s madness!If you release power too quickly it explodes. That’s why mostsorcerers die young! You know that!’ said Prendergrassangrily.
‘Oh Well! We know now. Next time we’ll play longer on theclouds.’ She replied with a giggle.
‘I’m sorry for not asking your permission to do what I did butyou were sort of lost in the storm and I couldn’t think of anyother way.’
Miranda gavehim the hand signal to mindlink and then hugged into him and kissedhim erotically mouth to mouth. Aquitain created a mindlink butinstantly he was flooded with feelings of love and passion sostrong from both Miranda and Gizel that he wilted at the knees.
‘What’s up not enough stamina!’ said Miranda holding him up.You better change to your bear form next time.
‘Calm down Miranda. Calm down Gizel. Two on one is a bitunfair.’ he said finding his feet again. Then he noticed LordDarkmantle.
‘I’m sorry Lord Darkmantle! I had to fix Miranda’s problem.Now that we have the belt it shouldn’t happen again.’
‘I will ban you from the stronghold if you do any more of thatstuff here. Please keep well away from here if you get the urgeagain don’t come in until you cool down.’ he said and leftthem.
‘Gizel I’m very sorry that happened. I have never dominated awoman’s mind with dishonourable intensions. Your mental statelooked dangerously unstable. I only did what I did to save youboth. Will you forgive me?’ He said to her privately through theirmindlink.
‘My Lord you have taken me on a journey to the realm oflegends. We have shared our souls in a way that only the gods know.I have been one with you. I know your intensions were honest andworthy. You saved my life and Miranda’s. You have made me feeltruly a part of our family. I trust you with my body and spirit. Iam your servant. I love you unconditionally. Command me and I willfollow.’ she replied radiating love.
‘Oh dear. Miranda won’t be happy!’ thoughtAquitain.
‘Mandy. God that was amazing! Your mental state lookeddangerously unstable. I only did what I did to save you both. Icouldn’t avoid it with Gizel. Will you forgive me?’ He said to herprivately.
‘Tain! Oh God Tain! I know you always try to do your best.Don’t try any harder. Wow. It was unavoidable as both our spiritswere together. You saved us in the most beautiful way imaginable.You gave us a taste of the world of the gods. No one would everwant to forget that. I’m not jealous. I’m sure she will never bethe same. It will bond us together as a family. She will becomemore devoted to us.’ replied Miranda still breathingheavily.
‘Mandy I can feel both of you. I can feel your spirits almostas if I were touching them. I can taste your kiss and hers. I canfeel your breasts and hers. I can feel … It has bonded you andGizel to me in a way that is extraordinary. It’s as if our spiritshave been mixed. I feel like I love both of you so much that it’spainful. I’m sorry that’s not fair to you or her.’ Heasked.
‘Cool down Tain! You’ll get me going again and this time Iwill self-destruct.’ said Miranda.
‘Tain you and I are not children any more. You’re my chosenand a Lord of this realm. Many of the Lords have several chosen tosatiate their desires. If one is ill or with child there is anotherto take her place. Those women gain status and feel blessed to bechosen by their Lord and the Lord gains status by having thosewomen.’
‘To help bind the Lords together you will need power andstatus. It is customary here for the First Chosen to approve of anyothers. Gizel is a good strong woman. You know her now as I do. Sheshared my pain without complaint. She is now a part of our family.I want her to remember our experience together. I want her to beclose to us. I will not object if you were to want her to be yoursecond chosen.’
‘Okay Miranda! If it pleases you then I will consider makingGizel my second.’ He replied.
‘Thank you Tain! You’re so wonderful.’ she replied.
Aquitain shapechanged Gizel’s body back to its normal form and moved Gizel’sspirit back into it and sealed the connection. He then moved backinto his little green crystal body and sealed himself in.
Miranda andGizel hugged and kissed each other and began chatting like oldfriends.
The strongholdwas quieter than usual. In several places hidden from view nakedcouples lay in sweaty embraces trying to recreate the feeling. Inother places people just sat or stood gazing into the distance witha happy joyful look upon their face. They were happy and contentwith the world.
When Mirandawalked down the corridor to visit Darkmantle everyone now saw herdifferently. She was dubbed the Princess of Pleasure by the guardsand she was destined to dominate their dreams for weeks. They jokedthat now they knew why the Warden wore a crystal body. A normalbody would perish when he lay with the Princess. In truth he hadgained immense status among Darkmantle’s people.
Chapter 18 ChasingSnowbelle
That evening they allfinally sat around to discuss the future. Aquitain had originallysuggested they not discuss anything until after the stronghold wasprotected against the Mentarin and everyone was in agreement. Nowit was time to discuss the difficult issues.
They startedwith the Hidden One settlement, as it was close by. Both Mirandaand Aquitain gave their impressions of the short time they spentwith them and of course, the leader’s proposal about joiningtogether. Gizel tried really hard to sell the idea of an allianceand she explained a lot about the Dark One society and how itoperated.
Darkmantle andPrendergrass listened carefully but could not be convinced thathaving the Hidden Ones on side would be any advantage. He wasadamant that none
