We take a nap, and we wake up to a delicious smell around dusk. I change into my harem outfit with the face veil so I attract even less attention. We followed the smell that woke us all up to the dining room, where there was a bunch of food and Anton. A human servant with 2 slave bracelets, that most probably seal mana on one hand and one that is enchanted with the slave enchantment. The slave enchantment makes it impossible for them to defy their master's orders. He is briefly in sight, but he turns, avoiding our gaze and leaving the room immediately out of a door on that side of the room. Anton says when we get there, sipping his wine again, "Every mission goes better when you are not hungry. I recommend not eating too much, though." He says as he motions for us to eat.
I remove my veil while at the table. I look to the side and see that he even had the foresight to prepare a plate for Kenji and Sky. Awwww. It is almost like he cares or something. I say, to not sound like an ingrate, regardless of his intentions, "Thank you for the food." Anton has that 'You're welcome' face while he continues to drink and sip wine. Lifting his glass in my direction as his response. This man is always drinking that addictive wine. How does he stay employed? He must have a high tolerance and also be high functioning and have a high success rate if he has been in that guild for so long. I feel like they would have kicked him out centuries ago if he were a incompetent drunkard. He is a vampire and isn't human so it could be he can't get shit faced because of his race or that he has a higher tolerance. I kind of want to test this out since I am now a vampire myself, but tonight is NOT the night for that. Only water for now until the coast is clear, now that the mission is upon us. Don't want to take any chances.Though the smell of the blood wine is very enticing and I find myself licking my lips towards the bottle.
We are eating in silence while I think of our mission tonight. It is probably not going to be smooth sailing. I keep thinking of ways it can go wrong in a mental spiral until Anton says a little obnoxiously, "Do you guys always eat in this unbearable silence? Did someone die? It feels like we are going to a funeral after we eat." I sigh after I wipe my mouth elegantly, habitually as always, "Just deep in thought." Leo, Kenji, and Sky are too busy stuffing their faces aggressively, so I am pretty sure he was talking to Lysara and I. Lysara says while wearing a slightly concerned face while eating, "Same." Anton curtly laughs, "Talk about vague. Though it doesn't take a genius to figure out what about. Don't forget you are stronger now. Why don't you try jumping as high as you can when you leave, and you will see just how much you have changed. It might settle your nerves a bit."
I replied after wiping my mouth after a bite, "You know? You are right. I was thinking about this situation as if I were still human." Anton says, wearing his usual sly expression, "You will very soon adapt, though. Since this is your reality now." He is right, and the sooner I get acclimated to this new reality, the better it will be for everyone. Anton chuckles and says, "I can see the crown princess in you when you eat, you know? You might want to keep a lid on that if you want to keep your cover." We mainly eat at the inn because of my eating habits. My elegant posture could be explained by being a priestess, but the elegant manner in which I eat screams noble birth. We are very aware of it. I replied, "It isn't something I can just turn off now. It feels natural at this point. Who knows? Maybe with time, I can learn how." Lysara glances at me with a worried look as she finishes up eating. She knows my queen's training was a huge source of my childhood trauma.
She has been helping me in her own way, like during that harvest festival when I danced with joy for the first time. Before Lysara, I never would have thought I could dance like that. I was so miserable and driven by sheer desperation. People in my situation couldn't dance like that. I was a breath away from taking my own life back then because I was too terrified to live. I have someone to live for now. I was like a bamboo tree being bent to the point of almost breaking under all of the pressure, and then Lysara came along and became my support beam. I am not fighting alone anymore. By this time, everyone is done, and I am the last to finish eating... as usual.
I stand and bow a little to Anton, "Thank you again for the food and hospitality, Anton." Anton says while sipping his wine, "You are welcome, miss priestess. Come back and visit sometime. The door is always open to 'family'." I think about it, and we are technically family now. I am of his blood now. That is a weird thought. I ask, truly curious, "So what are we now?" Anton chuckles, "I guess I could be your fun uncle. I am not a good enough person to want to take your father's role." I laugh, making light of his comment, "He isn't either." We all laugh a bit, and I wave to Anton, "Until we meet again, Anton." He waves with one hand as he sips his wine with the other, and we make our exit.
We exit his mansion, and night has completely fallen at this point. The first thing I noticed is that I can see clearly right now. Not affected by the darkness whatsoever. Anton did not mention this, but I guess it makes sense that a race that thrives at night could also see at night. I remember his suggestion of trying to jump as high as I can. I squat to build up power, and I jump about the height of a 2 floored building now. THAT IS COOL. That height will probably be halved in daytime, so I will have to take that into account. I didn't even put any mana into my sandals either, so I would jump even higher with these activated. I giggle when I touch the ground again. Leo's different colored eyes sparkle, "THAT IS SO COOL! I WANT TO BE A VAMPIRE, TOO!"
I put my finger to my mouth, and his ears and tail straightened up in surprise at his volume. I say, "I will have to research how that affects wolfkin before I even think of siring you. Also, it would be best to wait until you are of age. You are only seeing the good parts of this blood so far. You have not seen centuries in the future filled with possible loneliness due to all your loved ones having died already. You would outlive your siblings' great-great-great-great-grandchildren and keep outliving their descendants if you take this blood. This blood can easily be considered a curse instead of a blessing, and it is best to remember that, Leo."
Leo's ears droop as he says, "I didn't think of that. It just seems so cool." I go in front of Leo and bend down and say with a warm smile, "You aren't necessarily wrong there, Leo. To be honest, that was my first thought, too. Get on my back and hold on tight. Also, try not to make too much noise. We are trying not to attract attention to ourselves right now." Leo nods, "Ok, I understand." He gets on my back and I look to Lysara and she nods and we hop on top of the building while Kenji climbs using his kitty cat claws he changed to a small leopard size when we got to the roof and we all start running on rooftops with superspeed and strength and Leo whispers excitedly into my ear, "THIS IS SO AWESOME!" He is having so much fun now, and I am glad.
Once we are several rooftops away, Sky gives us the alarm tweet. We pause, and he comes down and says, "There are a bunch of knights around the inn and guarding the inn stables. It will be hard to get CoCo before we escape without confrontation." I say, "I got a plan. First, Leo needs to get on solid ground and to safety." I jump off the building and put Leo down, "I want you to stay put and hide. We will be back for you. If you feel me going away from you with great speed, then something went terribly wrong, and you will need to go back to your mother. If everything goes according to my plan, you won't have to worry about that, ok? Be safe, Leo." I say as I pat his head. He nods, looking grumpy at my words, and I jump back onto the roof. I say to Lysara, Sky, and Kenji, "So I was thinking we put the knights at the stable to sleep using Lysara's sleep skill while I drop down behind the ones by the inn and take them out at the same time. Kenji will be letting CoCo out, who should be all nice and fed with the inn's complimentary horse feeding service. Sky will be overwatch as usual, providing sit-reps, but also will be giving the mission start signal so we all can start at the same time."
We all have a role and understand what the game plan is, and head out. We are approaching stealthily from the rooftops, and when we get close, we break apart and go to our respective locations and wait for Sky's signal when everyone is in place. There are a few guards by the inn's entrance, so I get on the roof right by the entrance. When I hear Sky, I jump down and flick the back of their heads with my middle fingers, and they drop to the ground, knocked out. I hear yelling, "Let me go, you bastard!" It sounds like Leo's voice. I run to where I hear him, and Tristan is holding him. My stomach is getting knotty just seeing him. I yell, "Release that child!" He looks at me disinterested, "Hey miss, just mind your own business and keep going along. This is none of your conc- Wait." He pauses and looks at me again, closer in the street lamp light, laughs, "Ha! You almost had me fooled, Ariela. I almost didn't recognize you. Cute little trick there. I am still upset that you made me wear a dress the last time. That was rather cruel of you."
I laugh hard, still feeling a fragment of fear in my stomach from when I was human, "HA! Me cruel?! After what you did to me last time, you are lucky to still be alive right now." Tristan then says, looking at me with a glare, "Careful, you are talking to a crown prince. That could be seen as treason." To which I replied, "Firstly, your highness, we are not in Perdita anymore for one. Secondly, you have no sense of personal accountability. How do you expect to be king when you don't even realize that your actions have consequences? Do you know how close Lysara was to killing you that night?" Tristan replies with a gross expression, looking up and down my person, "I was a little preoccupied to notice." I then said sternly, "Let the child go, your highness." Tristan then says while gripping Leo's face as Leo resists his touch, "I found this stray mutt wandering around as I was returning to the inn, and I wanted to discipline it for existing in my presence. I was surprised to see you come to me, though. If you come back to Perdita with me and become my queen, I will let this creature go."
I see Lysara sneaking up behind him, but I don't want to give her away, so I go along and say, wanting to keep Leo safe in the interim, "Ok, I will go with you. Just don't hurt the boy." Tristan says with a shocked face, looking at Leo, "Just who is this kid that you would throw it all away for?" Just as he says that Lysara makes her move and puts him to sleep, I grab Leo with both hands, worried out of my mind, asking him, "Did that pervert hurt you in any way?" I say as I look over him, giving him a quick health inspection. He shakes his head, "No, he just talked shit." He says as he spits towards Tristan. I pet him affectionately briefly. Kenji and CoCo arrive, and I put Lysara and Leo on CoCo, and Kenji and I take to the rooftops following after them until we get out of town. It is actively snowing now, which is great. By the time they wake up, the snow should have covered our tracks.
Once out of town, Kenji transforms to his full size, and I put his large jacket on and we head out at full speed for several hours. We were running most of the night, so we had a lot of distance between us and them. Leo fell asleep while galloping with Lysara. She was holding him in place with her arms around him while he was sitting in front of her. He was groggy while we were setting up camp, so it was mainly Lysara and I doing all the work. While setting up camp, we decided to skip the next town since they would expect us there and then stop at the next one. They won't expect us to skip a town, and they will assume we changed our initial course since this is still the dead of winter. We will top off on supplies in the next town without stopping and stealthily, so the local population doesn't know the wandering priestess is there. I hate bypassing a town, but we can always return at a later date when it is safer. Staying at the inn here will be extremely dangerous, even for a short amount of time. It will be safer to just get our supplies and get out of town and set up camp. The sun hasn't come up yet, and it is still very dark. We get the tent up and get a campfire going for safety, and I feed my familiars and make sure they are plenty hydrated before I go catch some sleep. Lysara uses her ability to make everyone go to sleep quickly.
We get a few hours of sleep and break down camp, and head out again. We arrive in the next town mid-afternoon, and I keep my veil on while here, and we order our supplies, keeping a low profile, and head out quickly. This is my first time in the sun today since becoming a vampire, and I feel exhausted and heavy. I see why Anton wore shades that one time. My eyes ache in the sun. So I will most definitely have to wear sunglasses now in the sun. It's almost like an invisible weight is on my shoulders, being in the sun. While getting supplies, I bought a pair of sunglasses as well.
I am slowly getting used to the heavy feeling. We travel out of town until around dusk and set up camp. We should be in the clear for the time being, assuming Tristan behaves as I am expecting. Leo asks with his tail wagging, "Lysara, can you tell me another joke?" Lysara says with her tail flickering as well, "Hmmmm. Let me think… I got one. Ok. I need Ari for this one. Ari, are you a pirate?" I shake my head, "No, why?" Lysara then gives the punch line, "Because I treasure your chest and booty." We all laugh, and then Leo asks with his tail still wagging, "Can you tell another one?" Lysara then says while smirking, "At this rate, I am going to run out of material, kiddo... Ok, got one, Leo, who cooks in a lesbian relationship?" Leo thinks about it, "I don't know, who?" Lysara says while smiling a mischievous smile, "Neither. They eat out." We all fall out laughing at the dirty joke. I am getting hungry and also particularly horny as I look at Lysara as her beauty radiates in the dim amber light of the sunset.
I tell Leo, "Can you go in the tent and stay there a while? We want to have some alone time." Leo says while shrugging in teenage apathy, "Sure. Mate to your hearts' content. I will be out of your hair." I blush at his wording, and Lysara purrs and reaches into her bag and pulls out the sex swing, the strap-on on and some lube. We hang it near the fire so we won't get too cold and erect the anti-eavesdropping barrier. Lysara strips and sits in the swing facing away from me leaning forward against another piece of the swing with her butt up showing me everything and she says, "Lick me. Touch me. Do whatever you desire to me." I start by licking up her spine. I then trace my fingers down her back gently then spank her ass pretty hard since she is holding it out as a perfect target while holding her with one hand to stabilize her. Trying my best not to break the swing.
She moans and says enthusiastically, "Ooooo. I like this power boost. Hit me more just like that, Ari." She turns to look at me with lustful anticipation with her mouth agape sensually. I continue spanking her with the same intensity until I see she is nice and wet. I stop and I start licking her while she moans. I tease her and lick up her taint and swirl around the rim of her butt. She moans and says, turning to face me, making her ponytail swing around, "It has been a long while since someone has licked me there." While she moans again. I continue to lick her around her ass. Reveling in the sounds of her moans.
After a while, I put on the strap and lube up, and I mounted Lysara. Once she wraps around the dildo comfortably, I start pumping my hips and also pushing the swing to match my rhythm. She moans with my movements, and I start picking up the pace. As I am being rougher with my hips, I am also pushing the swing just as aggressively in time with my movements. She is yelling in ecstasy as her pleasure builds, and after several moments of passionate pounding into her, she has wave after wave after wave of orgasm, and I continue to pump like usual to follow through.
Once she recovers her breath, she asks for some water. I reach into my bag and pass her my canteen. I left it over here since we will need it soon, I am sure. She then says, "Now it is your turn. I want to see how your limits changed." She says with a naughty smirk. "Get in the same position I was in." She said with an authoritative tone. I say, "Yes, Lysara." Once I am in position, I say, while looking back with a flushed face, "I am ready for your punishment, Lysara. Please bully me." She purrs with that sexy voice of hers and says, "Such a bad girl." She smacks me hard on the ass while holding me with one hand so she doesn't break the swing either and I moan in pleasure at the hit.
She does her naughty giggle while wearing that sexy smirk, "I don't need to hold back anymore." She hits me hard and keeps hitting me over and over while I keep moaning. I don't even need to tap out, and she does that naughty giggle of hers, "You are dripping wet from my full-strength spanking." She says as she touches between my legs and gets my juices on her fingers, and then puts her fingers in her mouth to clean them. She puts the strap on and leaves her juices all over it, and approaches the swing and says, "Get out of the swing." I do, and she points to the strap, "Clean it." Knowing exactly what she means, I get on my knees and I start licking the dildo. I try to put it in my mouth like I was trying to 'pleasure' the dildo, but end up gagging instead from it touching the back of my throat. Though I love the taste of her.
Lysara giggles at my effort, "Yeah, that takes practice." I keep licking, tasting her all over it, and attempting to take the dildo in my mouth while continuing to gag. After a little while of me struggling, Lysara picks me up and places me in the swing. She puts me in a leaned-back seated position that has me exposed to Lysara. She lubes the dildo back up, and she comes up to me on the swing. She starts pumping into me slowly, kind of like I was doing her, but just with me flipped over. I moan with pleasure, and she initiates her phantom's kiss. As pleasure starts to climb, she roughly starts to pound into me while aggressively initiating her phantom's kiss. After several moments of her pounding into me, pleasure builds, then my body convulses with several back-to-back orgasms as I scream in pleasure and scream Lysara's name. I can tell she took more out of the phantom's kiss this time, but it felt the same, if that makes sense. My limits were raised so she can feed more off of me. She dismounts me while I stay in the swing, recovering for several moments. She says while licking her lips, "I am so full right now. I didn't have to hold back at all. That was quite delicious." I tell Lysara, "I am feeling a little parched. Instead of water, can I get your neck instead?" She comes over to me and offers me her neck in that sexy way of hers, and I gently take a bite and drink until that point. After I hit that mark I stop and I heal her to close her neck, then lick it clean getting the residual blood, "Thanks, boo." She kisses me on the lips, "Anytime, boo boo. Just let me know when you get hungry, and I will stop whatever I am doing for you." She says as she kisses me again.
In a few days, we arrive in the next town, and first we acquire our rooms, and since we have a lot of the day left, we get started on our usual healing mission. I know doing this puts us in more danger of getting caught, but I want to help as many people as I can with my power while we run, and I am not a weak human anymore. We stay here for about a week and move on to the next place and the next.