She straddled me, one hand on my chest, the other reaching down between her legs to guide me inside of her. With a moan, she pressed down, and I placed my hands on her full hips as she enveloped me. She finally managed to bring my member fully inside her, as her pelvis met mine. She rose up and down, getting faster, her flesh slapping against me. Her breasts bounced up and down in time with her torso.
I held her waist with my hands, and we looked into each other’s eyes. Amelia’s forehead glistened, and she bit her lip as she panted with the exertion.
Her tight walls squeezed against my cock, which throbbed with each motion. I could feel myself climaxing as my balls clenched.
Amelia’s breathing quickened, and I guessed she was on the verge too. I thrust against her, and we cried out together.
As my seed poured out into Amelia, my vision exploded with light. My whole body pulsed with energy and pleasure washed over me in waves as I was emptied.
A cold chill rushed over my skin as I was hurled into another reality.
I saw before me a vast realm of ice. Immense stalagmites rose out of a wasteland, towering above me. The ice melded into walls of blue, gleaming in the pale light. At the top of this tower of ice stood a woman, clad in white fur, with a diadem of silver atop her fair brow.
She gazed imperiously out over the ice at the army of mighty creatures gathered before her. Thousands of Beasts and monsters paid her homage. Giant bears, mammoths, trolls, and all manner of other creatures were assembled.
The ice queen beckoned, and the animals roared. They stampeded toward the horizon, following her command.
Then the vision faded.
Amelia knelt over me, a look of concern on her face. “Is everything all right?”
“Yeah,” I said, pushing myself upright, sitting facing her. “I feel great.”
“You were out for about a minute there.”
“I had some sort of vision,” I said. “I saw a vast realm of ice, and a queen commanding an army of ice monsters. And all this happened just as we both climaxed.”
Amelia’s mouth dropped, and she pointed to one side of me. “What’s that?” she asked.
I glanced down. There was a flickering blue light shining from somewhere.
“It’s your Cold tattoo!” she said. “It’s shining with light, and look, it’s completely healed!”
Amazed, I sat up and raised my arm. As I did so, I felt my Mana stir powerfully, running to and from between my pool and the newly healed tattoo. The blue light suddenly flashed out brightly, then died away again. Experimentally, I flexed my hand, pushing some Mana through the Cold tattoo and onto my hand. There was a crackling sound, and a thin coating of frost formed around my fingers.
“You used Cold magic,” she whispered. “But… you didn’t have the affinity, and now you do? How. . . how is that possible?”
I shrugged. “I have no idea.”
“I have the cold affinity already. Is it possible that I helped you unlock it?”
“Maybe it is. I remember having a vision a bit like this when I first slept with Katlyn, but I’d assumed it was because we were both already drunk. When we both came, I saw a lake of fire, filled with exploding geysers of magma. A woman with fierce red eyes commanded an army of dragons and other infernal creatures. And my body was flooded with heat.”
Amelia put her hand to her lips. “I remember reading that Ink Mages could access all the elements. That’s why I thought you would have been able to cast Cold spells before. Perhaps you need to unlock them first.”
“I guess that would explain why I can now use both Fire and Cold tattoos. But how do I unlock the other elements then?”
Amelia smiled conspiratorially. “You’re just going to have to find women to sleep with who have affinities with the other elements.”
We both laughed.
“That sounds like an exciting way of unlocking my powers,” I said. “But are you sure you don’t have a problem with that?”
Amelia looked serious again. “You’re an Ink Mage. Your mission is to unlock your elemental affinities so that you can face the darkness that will threaten the Kingdom. The prophecy said you must find faithful companions, not just one. I couldn’t possibly keep you for myself. Besides, I don’t mind sharing.”
I reached over and gave her a hug. We were reclining on her fur cloak, basking in the heat of the fire.
“Well, I guess we will have to keep an eye out for women with elemental affinities as we travel to the mines.” I laughed. “This will be quite the adventure. I’m glad to have you by my side for it.”
Amelia traced her finger against my tattoo again. “I wouldn’t miss it.”
She laid her head against my chest, and I wrapped the cloak around us.
Tomorrow morning, we would begin our quest.
Chapter Seven
I woke slowly. Birdsong filled the air, and the early sun streamed through the canopy onto my face. Amelia lay with her head nestled into my chest. I lay quietly for a moment, thinking over all had happened; the battle with the slavers, the fight with the Beasts, the tattooing, the prophesy, and then our wonderful sex last night which had somehow awakened a Cold affinity in me.
“Ink Mage,” I muttered to myself. This destiny might bring me danger in future, but for now, it felt pretty good.
Today, we would decide on the next stage of our journey. Amelia had said that before she was waylaid by slavers, she had been traveling to Brightwater, a town which was near here, and intimately connected with the trade in Beast Cores from the northern mines. Picking up that journey seemed like a good way forward for us.
We were naked, wrapped in Amelia’s white fur cloak. I slipped out of Amelia’s sleepy embrace and stirred up the embers of the fire, adding sticks and blowing on the embers
