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  She made sure she got it all, and then stood, and we started to wash up. It was also convenient that we could do each other’s backs. I’ll admit it, I was completely spoiled, Lilliana made it hard not to be.

  I pulled her into a soft kiss, as the shower washed off the suds, and then turned off the water. A quick few words of Latin in my mind, carefully enunciated silently one by one, and we were both dry.

  She smiled and said softly, “Thank you.”

  I kissed her again, “Isn’t that my line?”

  She blushed but didn’t look away from my eyes as she said sultrily, “Oh no, that was all my pleasure as well master.”

  I spanked her lightly and she gasped.

  She raised an eyebrow, “That might work, you should punish me when I forget to call you Shawn.”

  I snorted, “More like I should withhold punishment.”

  She pouted at me, but her lips twitched with amusement, and agreement no doubt.

  I claimed one more kiss before we parted and got dressed.

  Chapter 2

  It was my first joint council meeting, but I wasn’t too nervous. I was only unsure about the fae. The other three I had solid treaties with, and one of those was my wife, who I cared about, and she seemed to care about me. So far, my harem of two hadn’t soured that, it helped that Karen also slept with Malina and Lilliana, hopefully that would make it less complicated as time passed.

  Before we left the mansion, I went ahead and did the partition spell, and moved my innate abilities to my second mind, and then casted protection spells for physical, general magic, and the four elements. So I held ten thoughts in my mind, but with the partitions I could hold sixteen, so it was hardly a strain at all.

  With my primary mind all I had to hold was the partition spell, I admit I was a little disappointed it hadn’t been five minds, but I also had to admit five was still a stretch for me. Still, for a few moments I’d held two spells, three inherent abilities, and then casted partition, a sixth thread of thought for the brief moment it took me to hand then all off.

  I was definitely getting better.

  Malina reminded me, “Don’t forget Shawn, they may have treaties with you, but they aren’t your friends. Be wary, they can still betray the treaties even though you can’t.”

  I nodded, “I don’t think they will, but you’re right, I won’t gamble my life or soul on it Lina.”

  Malina smiled softly, “I don’t mean Karen, I think you can trust her. Not just because she loves you, but because the pact with her does involve the treaty. Just Darren and Dion, and be extremely wary of Elissa. I don’t trust her at all, she’ll try to seduce you. I don’t begrudge you a fuck, but I advise you not to give in to her or underestimate her.”

  “Did my uncle?”

  Malina nodded, “And she’s the reason he left us behind for these meetings, because they’d spend a day or two together afterwards and fuck. She’s not just incredibly beautiful, she’s also like me in that she can use her magic alluringly. Don’t underestimate her appeal, keep your magic protections up at all times. I have my suspicions she was somehow involved in your uncle’s death, but I can’t prove it.”

  “Alright, I’ll be careful.”

  She moved even closer to me in the back of the car, Lilliana was driving, and she slid up onto my lap and kissed me. It was soft, sweet, and lingering.

  Then she sighed and played with my hair for a moment.

  “Any other advice?” I asked, I asked slightly bemused at her gentle and loving treatment.

  She smiled, “You’re doing well, although I’d feel better if you made more pacts soon. Mostly to secure your family line, but the others wouldn’t go amiss either.”

  I nodded, “I’ve been thinking about that too, just one hidden and Karen’s child aren’t enough by a long shot. Maybe after the meeting? Lia, any advice?”

  Lilliana shook her head, “Just what she said, beware the fae, and don’t ever leave me behind. It’s bad enough we have to wait outside the room.”

  Malina slipped off my lap, and then cuddled up to my side. Another thing I needed to get used to, I’d expected a succubus to be a sex addict the way she was, but I hadn’t thought she’d loved to cuddle so much. I knew she was a woman who couldn’t be easily pigeonholed, no woman could, but it still surprised me.

  It was also very pleasant.

  We pulled over in front of the Holiday Inn and turned into a parking spot, and then we all got out and moved inside. It wasn’t hard to figure out where to go, down the hallway I spotted Christabel, who was Dion’s right hand vampire, and a couple of mages I didn’t know, but were probably guards for Karen. When we reached them, Lilliana and Malina joined them and I headed into the meeting room warily.

  I recognized Darren and Dion of course, and Karen. I wanted to give her a kiss hello, but that wouldn’t have been prudent. The one being in the room I didn’t know was breathtakingly gorgeous.

  Elissa of the fae had long straight ash-blonde hair, old gray eyes, and a willowy body at five foot nine. She wasn’t ripe or voluptuous, but she was incredibly beautiful and perfectly proportioned. She had the kind of face that would make most model’s weep in envy.

  Still, she had nothing on Malina or even Lilliana, but she was very different. I could see why my uncle fell for her, she would be new. I also had the feeling if I didn’t have protections up that beauty would be magnified greatly, as Malina had said, so I kept them up. She also had a cold calculating face, which was actually a turn off.

  I had no doubt she could turn on the charm, so I memorized that face as it was now, so I’d be wary if she tried in the future. I wouldn’t underestimate Malina’s warning, I knew it wasn’t anything as silly as jealousy. If my succubus was worried, so was I.

  I nodded my head in greeting as I sat down at the table. I wondered if I had been late, or the rest had just come early.

  Elissa asked impatiently, “Why are we here Dion?”

  Dion replied, “There is another warlock in town. I believe he’s making a bid for the city, or at the very least to replace Moore.”

  Elissa looked almost bored, “Why do you think that?”

  I was shocked. He hadn’t told me that, and by the terms of our pact he only had ten hours to tell me of news like that. Then again, maybe he’d called the meeting right away, so technically it hadn’t been ten hours yet. Still, it was sneaky, I’d have preferred a head’s up before the meeting.

  Darren spoke up, “Some of my pack were attacked by demons.”

  Dion added, “So were my vampires. They were minor, and we were able to dispatch them, but it’s clearly an attempt to stir the pot.”

  Elissa snorted, “How do we know it wasn’t Moore?”

  I frowned, “I’m under treaty, it wasn’t me.”

  Elissa looked like she might argue that, but then simply nodded.

  “I will remain silent, I thank you for inviting me to keep me in the loop, but this isn’t my concern.”

  Dion nodded at Elissa, “Understood. But the rest of us are under treaty to join forces and root out this outsider. I would appreciate a statement of neutrality.”

  Elissa sighed, “I suppose, I’ll not interfere, or assist the invading warlock.”

  As far as I knew a Fae couldn’t lie, but they could twist the truth handily.

  Dion smiled, “Good, now to our response, I have my vampires blanketing the city. So far nothing, but we’re looking. As soon as we find him, or evidence of him, we’ll send out word to everyone else.”

  I asked, “Did the demons damage anyone?”

  Dion and Darren shook their heads.

  I frowned, “I’m not sure what I can do then, outside of randomly search the city and try to feel his magic. I’ll consult with Malina after this of course, but I can’t trace without a signature.”

  Darren waved that off, “We understand the limitations. My shifters will also keep an eye out, and I also believe the one in the most danger at this table is Shawn. Under the spir
it of mutual support, I’d like to offer him the benefit of more protection.”

  I froze as the implications raced through my mind. I knew a part of it was on the level, it had to be or he’d be breaking the treaty, but I also had the feeling he was using this as an excuse to place a spy around me. Much in the same way I’d been using Dion’s spy group through our pact together, to keep an eye on all the other supernaturals in the city. It would break the treaty if he attacked me, so it wasn’t to find my weaknesses, probably more to just keep tabs on my activities.

  Two things occurred to me. Lilliana would be pissed if I let anyone near me that wasn’t safe by use of a pact, and the second was that I couldn’t possibly refuse Darren without insulting his honor. I was in a corner. No one had ever said the bastard wasn’t cunning.

  I nodded, “That is most generous. I’d be willing to accept anyone who would agree to a small pact. Say, they’d be sworn to protect me as long as they live under my roof.”

  Darren stiffened, “Are you questioning my honor?”

  I shook my head, “No, nor the honor of who you send. Lilliana is very protective of me, and I’m afraid without a pact things would be tense, she doesn’t trust anyone with my wellbeing except under those circumstances. Considering that fact, an additional person might even be counterproductive to my safety. They’d be free to leave at any time, which would cancel the pact. Of course, if they did attack me for any reason, they would forfeit their soul, but it’s just a formality anyway to make everyone feel secure, since they wouldn’t do that to begin with.”

  Yes, I’d just thrown Lilliana under the bus, but it was also true. Plus, I’d feel a little better about it.

  Karen spoke up, her beautiful voice captivated me, and I tried to keep a neutral face, instead of staring at her like a besotted idiot. I wasn’t sure if I was successful.

  “He has a point and wasn’t exaggerating about Lilliana. I was under the same constraints when I lived with him for a short time. Considering the stakes of betrayal, I couldn’t blame him for asking for such a small assurance. If he dies his line rests on a thin thread because of Clarissa’s actions in the past, any one of us could be replaced much more easily.

  “As far as the warlock, I will put my seers on it, and also have my security teams look for him. Short of catching him within mage sight however, It’s doubtful we’ll find him. The infernal interferes with a seer’s abilities.

  “Once he’s found we’ll respond with a force of ten to team up with your forces, we should plan when and where to meet, I assume you both will be pledging a force as well?”

  Dion nodded, “When the invader is found, Christabel will lead a force of my best people.”

  Darren also nodded, “When it’s time to move, we will be there as well. As far as the pact, I agree offense was not meant, and will send someone as promised if they agree to the stricture. I can’t force anyone to make a pact however.”

  I replied, “I’ll be there, with my allies.”

  No one mentioned that if they didn’t agree to a pact, that betrayal was a possibility to begin with. I honestly didn’t think he’d send an assassin to me, Darren seemed to depend on my family as a buffer to keep peace with the vampires. It was all mutually beneficial. However, I wouldn’t discount Malina’s advice to be wary of him and Dion, and I wouldn’t bet my soul on it either.

  Dion interjected, “We can decide on a meeting place once the interloper is found. It makes sense to gather a mile or so from wherever he is, so there’s no point in picking a spot now. As for fighting together, we all know how to do that except perhaps for Shawn.”

  I nodded, “I have resources to find out how my ancestors did it. I’m sure Malina and Lilliana can brief me on it as well so I know what to expect.”

  Karen smiled at me and then schooled her face. It’d only been a couple of days since I’d seen her last, but it was hard to just sit here like she didn’t mean anything to me.

  There was silence for a moment.

  Karen said diffidently, “If there’s nothing else, we all have a lot to organize and start on.”

  Everyone agreed, and the meeting broke up. Karen and I shared a heated look, but kept our distance. I wasn’t exactly a secret, but we didn’t want to throw it in the other races faces either. The more they believed it was a purely business transaction between us, the safer we’d be.

  When we got out to the car, Malina kissed me passionately as soon as the door was closed. The windows were shaded, so no one was seeing in.

  By the time Lilliana drove off, she’d banished her clothing, and had my pants open. I wasn’t going to object, and leaned my head back as her sweet wet mouth closed over my hardening cock. She didn’t do it for long, as soon as I was hard she straddled me, and sunk down my shaft, enveloping me in her tight wet heat.

  Malina whispered throatily, “Hell fires, I love this cock,” as if she was responsible for its creation.

  She kissed me and swiveled her hips in a way that made me groan in pleasure and push up against her despite our bodies being flush already.

  Malina whispered, “You did very well in there. Darren thought he had you, but you turned it around. Of course, he could still put a spy in, but they’d also have to protect you, which honestly wouldn’t hurt anything. Just make sure whoever it is doesn’t find out where your hidden children are.”

  Malina stopped speaking as an intense look came over her face. She rode me slowly and she leaned forward and whimpered and gasped in my ear as she tightened like a vice around my manhood. I felt her cum around my cock, and soak me in her liquid pleasure. I didn’t see how this would ever get old, Lilliana and Karen were amazing in bed, but Malina took it to a whole other level of ecstasy.

  She continued to ride me as Lilliana started talking from the front seat.

  “Malina told me we might be group fighting. It’s pretty simple actually. Shifters attack head on, vampires flank, mages and you, will cast from the back. Some assigned to protect our allies, while some mages will attack the enemy. Some few vampires and shifters will stay back as well, to defend the mages from surprise attack from the flanks or from behind. That’s pretty much it, it’s not brain surgery. For more advanced tactics, they’ll be decided on site based on the situation.”

  Of course, Malina was connected to me in the meeting, and had heard everything and passed it to Lilliana.

  Malina begged me in a soft innocent voice that she knew would drive me crazy, “Cum in me Shawn, fill me… Please.”

  Then she came again, and milked me so hard and thoroughly there was no denying her request. Her pussy was magic, literally, and did things to my cock that no normal woman’s body could do.

  I grunted as the pleasure exploded from my center, my cock thickened further as my balls boiled, and my brain was overwhelmed with ecstasy and I just rode the blissful feelings as I filled her.

  Malina purred in my ear, “I don’t know if I should be impressed, or offended that you held your spell through that.”

  I laughed, “You’re welcome to try again.”

  She giggled, “Later, don’t you have something to do?”

  For a minute I couldn’t think of anything more important than another round with my succubus, then I remembered I had some more pacts to fulfill. I figured I’d need at least ten to fifteen hidden children, and I only had one in the oven right now. Hidden that is.

  Karen was also pregnant, but with a girl. She hadn’t told me she’d removed the anti-conception spell and had gotten pregnant without me casting the spell to ensure a male issue. I actually didn’t mind at all, and I was hoping she’d want more later. A daughter appealed to me, though I didn’t think she could take over the family as a warlock, she would still be family, and one I could acknowledge. Her sons would be able to be heirs, so even that concern was covered to an extent.

  Still, I was in a precarious position, and had to get busy with that.

  Malina reluctantly got off of me, and I used a spell to clean us up. She smiled
at me sexily and in a flash had a black dress on with red five inch heels. I fixed my pants, and then brought up the spell in my mind. I casted it, and the knowledge of my possible next pact filled my mind.

  “Oh, while we’re dealing with a couple of pacts, can you both keep an eye out for other demons and the warlock, I’ve got my detect magic going as well.”

  Both of them agreed.

  Lilliana asked, “Where are we going?”

  I smiled, “Metropolitan correctional center.”

  Chapter 3

  “I’m here to visit with Dana Ellis please,” I said politely.

  The guard behind the counter asked, “Name please?”

  “Shawn Derring,” I replied, leaving off my new name.

  He scowled up at me, “You don’t have an appointment.”

  I frowned and used command for the first time, “Yes I do, so type it in there for me, and make sure Dana makes it to the visiting area today.”

  He froze for a second, and then told me to take a seat.

  After some waiting, another officer came and I was led to the visiting area. I thought this situation would be rather complicated, but the chances were good she’d agree.

  Dana Ellis was twenty-two, long reddish blonde hair, brown eyes, and had a generous and attractive figure. She had an innocent pretty face, which I had to admit was a weakness of mine, and I wondered if the spell had taken it into account.

  She didn’t look happy when she came over and sat across from me, but I supposed any reason to get out of a cell.

  “Who are you, and what do you want. I swear if you’re another reporter I’ll leave right now.”

  I shook my head, “Not a reporter. I have a proposition for you. I know you’re innocent.”

  She snorted and said sarcastically, “I see, then why am I still in here then? Quick, let’s tell the guards, I’m sure they’ll let me go right now.”

  I chuckled, “Hear me out. You were in your second year toward a master’s degree when you met Professor Sanders. He seduced you, swept you off your feet, and made you believe he’d leave his wife for you. You believed him. Next thing you know, you’re being arrested for the murder of Mrs. Sanders, and the cops have all this evidence.”