Chapter 468: Best Efforts
Syd relaxed back into the pile of pillows behind her and let out a languid hum of satisfaction. When it came to sex, she usually preferred an active role. She loved to see her lovers squirm under her ministrations and there was no bigger turn-on for her than the sight of their faces lost in abandon to an intense climax. That was another part of why she loved having more than one body. Having multiple points to view her surroundings from made it much easier to observe her lovers mid-fucking.
All of that said, Jadis had to admit that sometimes it was nice to lay back and let others focus on her.
“Ah, that kind of tickles,” Syd murmured with a giggle hiding in her chest.
“Deal with it,” Aila replied in a playful whisper. “I’m not done yet.”
“You’re so mean to our stud,” Kerr commented in mock admonishment. “Even after that thorough fucking she just gave you?”
“Less talking, more licking,” Aila ordered as she used a grip on Kerr’s right horn to shove her face against Syd’s torso.
“Yes, ma’am,” Kerr complied with relish.
Syd twitched as the therion’s rough tongue dragged across the muscled expanse of her toned stomach. Her long lick scooped up an obscene amount of still hot cum that Syd had just pumped into Aila’s core. Most of the load had spilled out across Syd’s thighs and stomach thanks to how Aila had been riding on top of her, so the redhead had decided to show her appreciation for the three orgasms she’d received by cleaning up the mess with her tongue. Kerr had, being the good friend that she was to her fellow lover, decided to help.
Aila’s mouth suckled against the side of Syd’s stomach where a long line of sticky seed had dripped down. She slowly followed the trail up, being careful to catch every bit of the sweet cum all the way until her nose bumped against the side of Syd’s cock, which was currently flopped across Jay’s belly in a semi-turgid state.
Without breaking eye contact, Aila opened her mouth and ran her tongue across several inches of Syd’s twitching length. Swiping up so much of the Nephilim nectar that it was spilling out and dribbling down her chin, Aila carefully showed Syd her mouthful of cum before closing her lips and audibly swallowing.
“For being a prim bitch, you are such a messy eater,” Kerr murmured before reaching across Syd and dragging Aila closer to her by the back of her head. “Let me get that for you.”
Kerr put on a show of enjoying licking Aila’s chin clean of the cum that had dripped over it. Being careful to lap across her neck and cheeks just to make sure nothing had been missed, the gray-maned therion finished by running her tongue against Aila’s lips. In response, Aila caught Kerr’s tongue in her mouth and sucked on it, turning the action into a deep kiss that lasted long enough to make both women breathless.
When the two broke apart from their lewd kiss, they stared into each other’s eyes, panting heavily. The moment was broken when Syd’s thick member unintentionally slapped heavily against their chests where they were pressed together across her torso.
“Sorry,” Syd said with a heated grin. “That was too hot.”
“My turn!” Kerr cried out as she unceremoniously pushed Aila out of the way before climbing on top of Syd to impale her pussy on her throbbing shaft.
Aila rolled her eyes in exasperation at the wild woman’s behavior. A second later, she forgot all about her frustration with Kerr when one of Syd’s fingers ran teasingly across her dripping slit.
“Sit on my face?” Syd asked with a hopeful smile.
“Well, when you ask so politely,” Aila replied.
So far, the lovemaking that night had been a slow burn. Even Kerr, who was now eagerly grinding her sex against Syd’s crotch, was moving at a slower pace than usual. Jadis didn’t know why, but there was just something in the air that seemed to push them all towards a more sensual, languid sort of lovemaking rather than the rigorous sort that was more typical of their nights together.
One possible explanation for the slower pace that Jadis could think of was the fact that Severina had chosen to stay with them that night.
While Sev had been visiting Jadis’ bedroom regularly for some private time since their return to Eldingholt, that was exactly what her nights with Jadis tended to be: private. Out of all of her lovers, Severina was the one most hesitant to engage in group activities. Not that she was opposed to the idea of having sex with or in the presence of the rest of Jadis’ lovers. Jadis had made sure to discuss that with the Seraphim at length to be sure of her comfort with the prospect. Still, despite her admission that she was fine with the idea, Sev had not slept with the whole of the group in the same bed yet, instead opting to catch Jadis when she was alone or with only one or two of her other lovers. After a quick romp between the sheets, the paladin would usually retreat for the evening and return to her own estate in the city.
Tonight, however, Sev had joined Jadis and everyone else when they had retired to their bedroom after their family dinner. When it had come time for everyone to make their way to bed, Noll had chosen to use one of the open bedrooms on the second floor, while Meli had insisted on sleeping inside the greenhouse once she knew of its existence. Jay had politely escorted the Dryad to the glass building, along with Tegwyn and Severina. It would have been the perfect time for Sev to take her leave while they were outside. Instead, as soon as Meli had been settled and Tegwyn had headed off to one of the other apartment buildings where he pretended to not share a room with Vera, Severina had followed Jadis back inside and up the stairs to the third-floor room.
Jadis had purposefully chosen not to call attention to the fact that the reserved Seraphim had joined them. Instead, she just included her with the same love and care that she showed all of her lovers. Everyone else followed Jadis’ cue and also refrained from making mention of the unexpected change in behavior. Even Kerr held back from any serious teasing. The others were also careful not to push Severina, giving her space so that she could get comfortable and relax in the group environment.
Of course, some awkwardness was inevitable.
“You really are so pretty,” Sabina told Severina as she blatantly admired the woman’s naked body. “I can’t imagine how you never slept with anyone before Jadis when you look as beautiful as you do.”
“…I had other priorities,” Severina told the smith with admirable patience.
“Oh, I know what that’s like,” Sabina said as she crawled over Dys to get closer to the paladin. “I sometimes went months without doing anything except for smithing. No time for anything like sex or even masturbation! I was too tired from working all day. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out.”
Sabina flopped her sweaty, naked body across Severina in her single-minded pursuit to get to the other side of the bed, making the other woman twitch in surprise as she pressed her tanned body against Sev’s pale skin. Sabina cozied up against the Seraphim’s right side, creating both a distractingly attractive picture for Dys as well as forcing the paladin to squeeze her body in tight against Dys’ body, which was something Jadis definitely appreciated.
“That said, it’s great that I have the time to have sex most nights nowadays, even though I’m still so busy crafting enchantments and making new equipment. Especially since Jadis and everyone are so beautiful and fun and we try so many interesting things when we have sex that I probably never would have even thought to try before I met Jadis. Do you want to grow a penis?”
Severina had looked like she was handling Sabina’s verbal avalanche well up until the last sentence. Her whole body jerked in shock. Clearly, she had not expected the question.
“What?”
Severina’s unusually inarticulate reply did nothing to dampen Sabina’s continued gushing.
“Do you want to try having a penis?” Sabina asked again, as though she thought Sev just hadn’t heard her. “Like Jadis has? Or like Sorcha! Look, she has one right now, and I promise you she didn’t have that before Jadis did a ritual to give her one.”
The half-elf pointed at her goblin friend as though Severina could have somehow missed the fact that Sorcha had a huge cock hanging between her legs. Said goblin cock was currently being tenderly stroked by both Jay and Eir’s hands while the woman was nestled between them, so thankfully Sorcha didn’t notice Sabina pointing her out. Jadis was fairly certain that would have just embarrassed the blue-haired witch and made the conversation between Sabina and Severina even more awkward.
“I am aware of the ritual and its effects,” Severina managed to reply after a few moments to gather her wits. “I simply had not given the idea much consideration before now.”
“Maybe you should?” Dys suggested as she joined the conversation. “I’d be interested to see what you would be packing if you did have a cock.”
“I bet it would be super pretty, too,” Sabina added encouragingly. “Just like Thea! When she has a cock, it’s kind of smooth and delicate looking despite its size, unlike Bridget who has a really thick and veiny dick. Very powerful and intimidating.”
“Thank you?” Bridget said in tired confusion from where she was recovering nearby. “I think?”
“You’re welcome,” Sabina rolled over and kissed the Orc on her check before rolling back and pressing herself in close against Severina again. “Anyway, what do you think? Want to try it out?”
Severina hesitated, her brow puckered in thought. Jadis was glad to see her blonde angel didn’t instantly reject the proposition. She was on Sabina’s side in the unexpected discussion; Jadis would love to see Severina with a cock. However, she knew the idea wasn’t for everyone, so she wasn’t going to push it on her if Sev decided she wasn’t interested in trying it out.
“I don’t think I want to do that,” Severina said slowly, her blue eyes darting between Sabina and Dys. “At least, not right now. Maybe another time.”
Jadis was a little disappointed by the decision, but she quickly shook the feeling off. It was hard to be in a bad mood when she was actively making love to her lovers, anyway. Sabina was similarly unbothered by the paladin’s polite rejection, though her next words caught both Sev and Dys off guard.
“That’s fair,” she nodded while closing her warm eyes. “I can’t have a penis for long because I’m way too sensitive and having a cock makes it hard for me to even concentrate! I tried just walking around with one and I just couldn’t do it, I was way too distracted by the feeling. But I think you should try it eventually, since it is a lot of fun and lets you feel closer to Jadis than you’d think would possible when you put it inside of her pussy. I think everyone has tried it at least once, even if they prefer having it the other way around, which is the way I like it best. Everyone except Alex, actually. Which kind of makes sense since she has all of those tentacles to play with, but also kind of doesn’t because Jadis can’t fuck her right now, but really that shouldn’t stop Alex from growing a cock and fucking Jadis instead. Actually, why haven’t you, Jadis?”
Now it was Jadis’ turn to twitch in unexpected shock. Despite all of the lewd and even perverse sexual activities she and her lovers had performed together both recently and in distant memory, Sabina was right. Jadis had not yet performed the ritual to grow Alex a cock.
“I’m honestly not sure…” Dys replied in a low, wondering tone. “I guess I was just… really focused on the tentacles.”
Dys looked over to where Alex was resting next to Thea. The two were partially intertwined, with the Demon spooning the shy human while several of her black and blue tentacles gently slipped across her skin, petting and stroking the half-asleep woman. Both of them were worn out and drowsing since Jay and Dys had focused on them both earlier in the night, but at the mention of her name, Alex had perked up and was looking at Dys, Sabina, and Severina with her three neon-blue eyes.
“Alex,” Dys motioned with one hand towards her demonic mate. “I’m sorry, I never asked. Were you interested at all in going through the ritual to grow a cock?”
Alex stared silently at Dys, her eyes unblinking as the small movements of her limbs stilled. After what couldn’t have been more than a few seconds, she moved across the bed to join Dys, carrying a sleepy Thea with her.
“Yes…” Alex answered Dys’ question. “I want… To try…”
“Alright then,” Dys smiled at her mate. “Let’s do it. Thank you for the idea, Sabby.”
“No problem!” Sabina said as she let Alex deposit Thea into her arms. The smith happily wrapped the somewhat more wakeful woman in a tight embrace as she leaned them both back against a fluffy pillow. “Who’s going to help do the ritual?”
Since the ritual required three participants, Dys turned her gaze onto the Seraphim lying next to her.
“I know you don’t want to grow one of your own right now, but how about helping Alex out? Would you be willing to give us a hand?”
Severina again looked hesitant about the suggestion. The angelic paladin had interacted with the demonic paladin plenty of times in the past, at least on a social level, however they had never been intimate with each other before. In fact, Jadis was certain that Sev had never been in the same room as her and Alex when they were making love before that night. She didn’t think Severina had a problem with Alex, not since they spoke with each other all the time without issue, but for someone who was a rather reserved virgin for the past couple of decades, the Demon and all of her many tentacles probably came off as intimidating to say the least.
“I will help,” Severina finally said with a small nod of her head. Then, turning to look at Alex, she added, “If you wish for me to.”
“Yes…” Alex replied without any reservations as she moved to sit on top of Severina’s bare thighs.
Dys was already hard since both the conversation excited her, and her other two bodies were still actively engaged in lovemaking of their own. Sitting up, Dys smoothly positioned herself behind Alex, letting the Demon press her back against her to her own comfort level, since that was where her tentacles sprouted from her body, other than the little ones on her head. Alex’s three huge tentacles she used for mobility wrapped around Dys’ waist and legs in a right embrace, letting Alex draw tightly against her without crushing the medium-sized tentacles that extended from small holes along her spine.
Once Alex was comfortable, Dys did something she hadn’t done in far too long; namely, she placed her cock against her Demon lover’s core.
Ever since Jadis had found out that Alex was pregnant and would not be pausing the gestation of their succubus child, she had avoided penetrative sex with her favorite Demon. Her Anatomical Adaptation skill allowed her to fuck her lovers with an abandon that would not have been otherwise possible due to her sheer size. The skill offered a protection that Jadis couldn’t begin to undervalue. However, she was far less certain about what would happen if she engaged in her usual sex when there was a growing baby inside of the woman she was making love to. So, in an act of abundant caution, Jadis had not fucked Alex since the Demon’s flat belly had begun to show a change. Maintaining that caution had been an immense challenge for both her and Alex, but they’d managed. Of course, Jadis had still happily used her fingers and tongue to give pleasure to her faithful Alex, while Alex had made good use of her own physical features, demonic or otherwise. Still, it had been many weeks since any of Jadis’ cocks had come this close to Alex’s wet and eager core.
Dys hummed in pleasured delight as she pushed her long shaft between Alex’s thighs, rubbing her full length against her lover’s sopping pussy. Alex shivered as her tentacles twisted and tightened around Dys’ body and legs, showing just how much the simple contact affected her even without a verbal cue. When Dys’ hips softly pressed against Alex’s taught rear, the demonic paladin wiggled her butt to get comfortable sitting on top of the Nephilim’s massive cock.
Looking down and past Alex’s head, Dys could see that her hard member not only had the length to stretch far past the swell of her lover’s very pregnant belly, but thanks to Alex’s positioning, her cockhead was resting in the valley between Severina’s perfect breasts. With how excited Dys was, a veritable stream of clear fluid was dripping from her tip, coating Sev’s chest in a slippery sheen of wetness.
“Ready?” Dys asked the supine Seraphim.
“Do your worst,” Severina said with a challenge in her eyes as she grasped Dys’ dick with both of her hands.
Dys laughed, her white teeth shining in the low light of the bedroom.
“Sev, when it comes to sex, I never do my worst.”
From there, Dys started to shift back while Severina cooperatively moved up the bed to help line them up. However, before either could get far, Alex took control. Using her pair of large, monstrous arms, the Demon wrapped her hands around the Seraphim’s small waist and lifted her into the air. Severina’s arms, legs, and one wing flapped around in the air at the unexpected elevation, but Alex quickly wrapped several of her thin tentacles around the paladin’s calves and thighs to stabilize her. The positioning of her tentacles had the added benefit of allowing Alex to firmly hold Sev’s legs apart, granting easy access to her beautiful pussy.
“This is your show,” Dys whispered into Alex’s ear. “You take the lead.”
Alex tilted her head, gazing at Severina who was showing a bit of nervous apprehension on her face.
“I will not… Do my worst…”
Having declared her intent, Alex placed Severina’s wet lips against Dys’ cockhead and gently pressed them together.
Dys couldn’t help the shudder that rolled up her spine as Sev’s divine warmth enveloped her tip. It really didn’t matter how many times she had sex with her lovers; she never grew tired of the insanely pleasurable sensation of entering into one of her mates. Her appetite for them was insatiable.
Severina let out a small gasp as her own body shuddered from the intense feeling of Dys’ cockhead popping past her pussy lips. Her gasp turned into a long, low groan as Alex pulled her body down Dys’ length. Her speed was invariable; a steady progression that was just slow enough to make both Dys and Severina’s toes curl. When Sev’s hips finally pressed firmly against Alex’s crotch, all three paused to grow adjusted to the new position they were in.
At some point during the slow entry, Severina’s eyes had closed while her mouth had fallen open in pleasurable bliss. Abruptly, those eyes flew open to reveal her strange, cross-shaped pupils as Alex’s human hands cupped her breasts, running her neon-blue fingers across the sensitive flesh and hard nubs of her nipples. Before Sev could say anything, Alex brought her close and slipped her long, prehensile blue tongue into her mouth for a deep kiss.
Dys struggled not to buck her hips at the erotic display, especially when she noticed several of Alex’s tentacles slip around and behind Severina to seek out her round bottom.
“Ah!” Severina cried out in surprise as she broke away from the intense kiss.
The Seraphim’s wide eyes stared into Alex’s three eyes with shock.
“I always… Do my best…” the Demon told her with a grin.
Alex immediately began moving Severina up and down Dys’s shaft, using her great strength to set a steady, almost mechanical pace. Sev let out an inarticulate cry as she was treated to a fucking that was far different from any that she had received from Jadis before. And by the way the Seraphim was quickly falling apart, she was enjoying the intense change.
Jadis had intended to participate more actively in the ritual, but she found that she didn’t need to do much of anything with the way Alex took control of the encounter. When Jadis used her other selves to take a look at what the Demon was doing, she could see that Alex had slipped a tentacle into Severina’s tight ass while two more were rubbing and stroking at the overwhelmed paladin’s clit and lips. Alex had also set about lavishing oral attention on Severina’s tits, using her long tongue to practically wrap around Sev’s breasts in a messy, almost uncontrolled assault that was a stark contrast to the steady rhythm she had set in the pounding she was giving the Seraphim.
Since Alex clearly had everything under control, Dys leaned back and enjoyed the ride.
By the third time Severina’s pussy convulsed in climax around Dys’ cock, Jadis realized that Alex had really meant that she was going to do her best. The Demon was honestly a little scary with how well she could take someone apart with her sexual techniques. Jadis supposed she had a good teacher. Still, with how quickly Severina was turning into a melted puddle, Jadis knew that her divine lover wasn’t going to last much longer under the intense assault. In all honesty, Jadis knew her Dys self wasn’t going to last either, since the steady pace Alex had set was driving her up the wall. The one small bit of saving grace Jadis had thought to do before Alex had begun was to use her Ritual Time Reduction skill. If she hadn’t, Jadis was fairly certain that both she and Severina would have had their brains turned into melted cheese by the eager Demon’s intense ministrations.
“Ah! Oh, gods!” Severina cried out as her body shook in a fourth climax. “Gods! Oh, please—ah! It’s too much!”
“Ah, fuck,” Dys growled in agreement. “Fuck! I can’t hold back any longer!”
Alex lifted her head from Severina’s right breast and looked up and over her shoulder to meet Dys’s gaze.
“Yes… You can…”
Having stated her calm assurance, Alex turned back to Severina and muffled her pleasured cries with a kiss.
Not wanting to disappoint her lover, Dys clenched her teeth while her hands tightly gripped the Demon’s waist. She used all her willpower to hold the tight feeling inside her lower stomach back. Fighting to stave off her inevitable release, Dys focused on the glowing white light that was growing in intensity from Alex’s inner core. As the light grew, the ritual neared its completion. Dys focused on that sign, using it as way of telling herself that she only needed to last a little longer. Just a little longer.
Only a little more.
Almost.
Suddenly, the light flashed bright, its intensity nearly blinding as the neon blue parts of Alex’s skin shone like magically infused eleria while her dark flesh somehow grew darker, like a true absence of light. Reflexively, Dys pulled her demonic lover close as her stomach clenched in the unstoppable height of her delayed climax. Jadis almost didn’t notice that Severina was also shaking in her own orgasm, she was so distracted by the intense pleasure she was experiencing as she unloaded what felt like gallons of her potent seed into the Seraphim’s womb.
By the time she was done with her incredible climax, Dys felt like all of her bones had turned to jelly. She couldn’t help but slump back, causing her still throbbing dick to jostle around inside of Severina. The paladin let out a minor moan of protest, but she was too exhausted from the effort of withstanding Alex’s attentions to do much more than hang limply in the Demon’s grasp.
“Oh, wow…”
Dys blinked the sweat out of her eyes as she glanced over to where Sabina and Thea had been watching the whole encounter. Thea was still lying on top of the smith, her brown eyes wide as she stared unblinking at what had to have been one truly amazing show. Sabina had one muscled arm wrapped around Thea, holding her in place while her other hand was between the human’s legs, gently toying with her sex.
Looking past the two, she saw that Bridget was lying just behind them, her own hand between her legs as she lay propped with her hand under her head. Clearly, she had been enjoying the ritual performance as well. Everyone had, it seemed, as Jadis realized that her lovers engaged with her other selves had paused in what they were doing to watch the climactic finale. Even Kerr had stopped her gyrations so she could turn and look over at the Seraphim, Nephilim, and Demon.
“So? Did it work?” Sabina asked without ceasing her stroking of Thea. “I can’t see a difference.”
Shifting around, Dys extracted her cock from Severina’s depths while simultaneously pulling her shaft from between Alex’s slick thighs. A torrent of cum spilled out from Sev’s pussy, but that wasn’t her focus. Dys instead lifted her pregnant Demon mate up and around so that she could better see her front.
“Alex? Are you okay? Do you feel different?”
The Demon wiggled around in her grasp while carefully setting Severina down on the bed. She moved to stand on her own feet, which Dys let her do. Looking down, Jadis could see that unlike every other time she had performed the Duality of Flesh ritual on one of her lovers, this time, she could not see any difference in Alex’s body. From what she could tell, Alex was exactly the same as before.
“I am… Well…”
Alex’s tone, while sometimes difficult to judge thanks to her strange, multi-tonal voice, was obviously confused. Jadis was confused, too. The ritual had seemed to work. Alex’s body had glowed with the light that normally signaled success. If anything, she had glowed even brighter than normal. In fact, as Jadis ran her eyes over the Demon, she noticed that her blue patches, namely the tips of her tentacle hair as well as her hands and feet, were all still glowing slightly, as though the ritual had instead of granting her a cock, had given her some form of bioluminescence.
“Are you sure—”
As Dys started to ask again after Alex’s well-being, the Demon abruptly shifted forward slightly and lifted both sets of arms over her head. When she did so, Jadis saw two tentacles extend from Alex’s back. These two tentacles were, without a doubt, new. Both were twice the thickness of her usual medium-sized tentacles and their tips were somewhat bulbous, instead of the usual slender point that her other tentacles came to. In fact, the shape of those two tentacle tips was strikingly familiar…
“Ah…!”
Alex jolted in surprise when Dys reached out and ran a finger over a few inches of the right-side tentacle. The reaction was about what Jadis expected and basically confirmed her suspicion. When Dys gently took hold of the tentacle and rubbed her thumb in circles across the tip, she noticed an almost invisible slit open across the top, from which a faintly glowing clear liquid began to leak.
“I guess it worked,” Dys gave her lover a tired but pleased grin.
“Yes…”
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Chapters
- Chapter 684 681: Aerial Altercation
- Chapter 683 680: Clever Girl
- Chapter 682: A Long Day’s March
- Chapter 681: Aerial Altercation
- Chapter 680: Clever Enemies
- Chapter 679: Marching Orders
- Chapter 678 675: Staging Grounds
- Chapter 677 674: Launch
- Chapter 676 673: Perverse Improvement
- Chapter 675 672: Shifting Solidarity
- Chapter 674 671: Relaxed Review
- Chapter 673 670: Release
- Chapter 672 669: No Relief
- Chapter 671 668: Deserving Attention
- Chapter 670 667: POV Seraphim
- Chapter 669 666: Consensus
- Chapter 668 665: Proposal in Theory
- Chapter 667 664: Imagined Ideal
- Chapter 666 663: Figure Out
- Chapter 665 662: Train Wreck
- Chapter 664 661: Independence
- Chapter 663 660: Dirty Talk
- Chapter 662 659: Reinforced
- Chapter 661 658: Family Trust
- Chapter 660 657: Orange
- Chapter 659 656: Confessions
- Chapter 658 655: Bound
- Chapter 657 654: A Cat in Need
- Chapter 656 653: Calling In Favors
- Chapter 655 652: Careful Examination
- Chapter 654 651: Undesirable Aftermath
- Chapter 653 650: Touched
- Chapter 652 649: A Touch of Desire
- Chapter 651 648: True Lies
- Chapter 650 647: Shattered Expectations
- Chapter 649 646: Stakeout
- Chapter 648 645: A Place to Grow
- Chapter 647 644: A Taste
- Chapter 646 643: A Time and a Place
- Chapter 645 642: POV Severina
- Chapter 644 641: Private Show
- Chapter 643 640: Pieces
- Chapter 642 639: Heroes
- Chapter 641 638: Failure
- Chapter 640 637: Sacrifices
- Chapter 639 636: Confirmation
- Chapter 638 635: POV Mystic
- Chapter 637 634: A Hard Place
- Chapter 636 633: Roc
- Chapter 635 632: Red-Eye Flight
- Chapter 634 631: Choices
- Chapter 633 630: Discomfort
- Chapter 632 629: Most Favored Daughter
- Chapter 631 628: The Verdant Sea
- Chapter 630 627: Speedy Departure
- Chapter 629 626: In the Closet
- Chapter 628 625: Parlour in Red
- Chapter 627 624: Valuable Progress
- Chapter 626 623: Secret Knowledge
- Chapter 625 622: Hall of Memories
- Chapter 624 621: Ancient Dreams
- Chapter 623 620: Old Wounds
- Chapter 622 619: Spoonful of Honey
- Chapter 621 618: Lonely Grove
- Chapter 620 617: Quiet Lands
- Chapter 619 616: Hand in Hand
- Chapter 618 615: Tainted Tea
- Chapter 617 614: Pillar
- Chapter 616 613: Invulnerable
- Chapter 615 612: Touring the Lines
- Chapter 614 611: Spider Dryad
- Chapter 613 610: Survey
- Chapter 612 609: Big Stuff
- Chapter 611 608: Veranda Blossom
- Chapter 610 607: Meeting of Minds
- Chapter 609 606: The Senate
- Chapter 608 605: POV Companion
- Chapter 607 604: Volto
- Chapter 606 603: The Hoard
- Chapter 605 602: Draconic Dinner
- Chapter 604 601: Draconic Debt
- Chapter 603 600: Dragon Fall
- Chapter 602 599: Draconic Directive
- Chapter 601 598: Soaring Encounter
- Chapter 600 597: Contested Airspace
- Chapter 599 596: Regrets
- Chapter 598 595: Embraced
- Chapter 597 594: Salacious Transposition
- Chapter 596 593: POV Amarantha
- Chapter 595 592: Transpositions Reviewed
- Chapter 594 591: Travel Talk
- Chapter 593 590: New Equipment and New Companions
- Chapter 592 589: Princely Bargains
- Chapter 591 588: Unstandard Procedure
- Chapter 590 587: Party Line
- Chapter 589: Princely Bargains
- Chapter 588 585: Tree Hugging
- Chapter 587 584: Honey
- Chapter 586 583: Carving
- Chapter 585 582: Morning Report
- Chapter 584 581: Early and Late Arrivals
- Chapter 583 580: Shield Power
- Chapter 582 579: Hatchlings on Review
- Chapter 581 578: Distress and Undress
- Chapter 580 577: Crashing Hard
- Chapter 579 576: Aura Farming
- Chapter 578 575: Underwater Rite
- Chapter 577 574: Return to the Bathhouse
- Chapter 576 573: Vital Overflow
- Chapter 575 572: Guest List
- Chapter 574 571: Demonic Negotiations
- Chapter 573 Interlude: Twisted Desire
- Interlude: Twisted Desire
- Chapter 572 570: When a Plan Comes Together
- Chapter 571 569: Ambition
- Chapter 570 568: The Other Shoe
- Chapter 569 567: Mood
- Chapter 568 566: Very Good Question
- Chapter 567 565: Bad Idea
- Chapter 566 564: Accelerated Strain
- Chapter 564: Accelerated Strain
- Chapter 563: New Perspective
- Chapter 565 563: New Perspective
- Chapter 562: Replenished
- Chapter 561: Newborn
- Chapter 560: Hope’s Arrival
- Chapter 559: Any Berth in a Storm
- Chapter 558: Belly of the Beast
- Chapter 557: POV Leader
- Chapter 556: Caught Up
- Chapter 555: Pursuit
- Chapter 554: From the Start
- Chapter 553: One Man’s Story
- Chapter 552: Amalgamation
- Chapter 551: Foul Play
- Chapter 550: Ruse
- Chapter 549: Chance Encounter
- Chapter 548: Encounters in Glanum
- Chapter 547: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
- Chapter 546: Last Minute Arrival
- Chapter 545: On the Wing
- Chapter 544: Omission
- Chapter 543: A Justicar’s Strength
- Chapter 542: Overdue
- Chapter 541: A New Look
- Chapter 540: Not Quite Mile High
- Chapter 539: Sample Collection
- Chapter 538: The Unscientific Method
- Chapter 537: Wands in Review
- Chapter 536: Coordination and Confronation
- Chapter 535: Balls and Wood
- Chapter 534: As Long as it Takes
- Chapter 533: Perspective
- Chapter 532: Split Attention
- Chapter 531: Concept
- Chapter 530: Unmoored
- Chapter 529: A Long List
- Chapter 528: A Chance
- Chapter 527: Atonement
- Chapter 526: Spiral’s End
- Chapter 525: Sacrament
- Chapter 524: Certainty
- Chapter 523: Random Chance
- Chapter 522: POV Spy
- Chapter 521: Bedroom Blitz
- Chapter 520: Divine Progress
- Chapter 519: Willpower
- Chapter 518: Prepared Sniper’s Position
- Chapter 517: Silent Protector
- Chapter 516: Malleability
- Chapter 515: Arcane Improvements
- Chapter 514: Path of the Progenitor
- Chapter 513: Tip of the Iceberg
- Chapter 512: Staggering Numbers
- Chapter 511: Loyalty and Speculation
- Chapter 510: Meet and Greet
- Chapter 509: Falling into Rhythm
- Chapter 508: Family Forge
- Chapter 507: Philosophy and Iced Tea
- Chapter 506: At Ease
- Chapter 505: Regicide
- Chapter 504: The Bold
- Chapter 503: Follow Through
- Chapter 502: Critical Hit
- Chapter 501: Inside Knowledge
- Chapter 500: Mirror Magnification
- Chapter 499: Hindsight
- Chapter 498: Deliberate Reaction
- Chapter 497: Visceral Action
- Chapter 496: Breathe
- Chapter 495: A Greater Spellwork
- Chapter 494: Coming to a Head
- Chapter 493: Command Conflict
- Chapter 492: Reconnoiter and Plan
- Chapter 491: Impact
- Chapter 490: Pulverize
- Chapter 489: Change of Battleplans
- Chapter 488: Push Back
- Chapter 487: POV Maeve
- Chapter 486: Mud and Blood
- Chapter 485: Hold the Line
- Chapter 484: Two Towers
- Chapter 483: Cannonball
- Chapter 482: Aerials
- Chapter 481: Glanum
- Chapter 480: Ancient Sights and New Territory
- Chapter 479: First Class Travel
- Chapter 478: Exhaustion and Preparation
- Chapter 477: Undying Flare
- Chapter 476: Slow Burn
- Chapter 475: A Magistrate’s Touch
- Chapter 474: Vraekae’s Manor
- Chapter 473: Infanticipating
- Chapter 472: A Candid Moment
- Chapter 471: Scent of an Elf
- Chapter 470: Personnel Conversations
- Chapter 469: Afterglow
- Chapter 468: Best Efforts
- Chapter 467: Family Meal
- Chapter 466: Rooftop Sit-Down
- Chapter 465: Check-In
- Chapter 464: POV Pilgrim
- Chapter 463: Background Check
- Chapter 462: The Value of Trust
- Chapter 461: Infiltration
- Chapter 460: Rising Developments
- Chapter 459: Midflight Ruminations
- Chapter 458: Recrimination
- Chapter 457: Burning Flowers
- Chapter 456: Through Fire and Flame
- Chapter 455: Occult Magic
- Chapter 454: Burning Heart
- Chapter 453: Desperate Search
- Chapter 452: Cinders
- Chapter 451: Return to Cold Brook
- Chapter 450: Overdue
- Chapter 449: Cooperation
- Chapter 448: Petty Plots
- Chapter 447: Decency
- Chapter 446: POV Dryad
- POV: Dryad
- Chapter 445: Collusion
- Chapter 444: Brace Up
- Chapter 443: Massage
- Chapter 442: Helping Hands
- Chapter 441: After Dinner Discussion
- Chapter 440: Clan Warsong
- Chapter 439: Proper Definition
- Chapter 438: Prioritize
- Chapter 437: Obstinate
- Chapter 436: A Night in Cold Brook
- Chapter 435: Romantic
- Chapter 434: Unexpected Greeting
- Chapter 433: POV Meli
- Chapter 432: Air Travel
- Chapter 431: Setting Sail
- Chapter 430: Independence
- Chapter 429: Strange Conversations
- Chapter 428: Advice
- Chapter 427: Goals
- Chapter 426: Flight
- Chapter 425: Second Squad
- Chapter 424: Attraction
- Chapter 423: Succession
- Chapter 422: Blessed
- Chapter 421: Secret Consultation
- Chapter 420: Spring
- Interlude: Cullen
- Chapter 419: Progenitor
- Chapter 418: Heaven
- Chapter 417: Decision
- Chapter 416: Transcendent
- Chapter 415: Knowledge Shared
- Chapter 414: Pregnancy Test
- Chapter 413: Ritual Overtime
- Chapter 412: Spectacle
- Chapter 411: Compatible
- Chapter 410: Priorities
- Chapter 409: Family Gathering
- Chapter 408: An Arrangement
- Chapter 407: Meeting of the Minds
- Chapter 406: Sons
- Chapter 405: Character and Honor
- Chapter 404: The Emperor
- Chapter 403: Summoned
- Chapter 402: Herbalism and Witchcraft
- Chapter 401: Silver Lining
- Chapter 400: Difference of Opinion
- Chapter 399: Baby Talk
- Chapter 398: Terrible Explanation
- Chapter 397: Audience
- Chapter 396: A Hero, an Oracle, and a Prince Walk Into a Pastry Shop
- Chapter 395: Unexpected Results
- Chapter 394: Interrogation
- Chapter 393: Sweet and Sour
- Chapter 392: A Private Conversation
- Chapter 391: For Now
- Chapter 390: Kitchen Nightmare
- Chapter 389: In the Company of Heroes
- Chapter 388: The Light
- Chapter 387: Dread
- Chapter 386: Bigger Problems
- Chapter 385: Unexpected Rescue
- Chapter 384: The Chaos of Battle
- Chapter 383: Betrayed
- Chapter 382: Dead Heads
- Chapter 381: Family
- Chapter 380: POV Light
- Chapter 379: Dance to Remember
- Chapter 378: Night of the Ball
- Chapter 377: Dress to Impress
- Chapter 376: Apprenticeship
- Chapter 375: Undercity
- Chapter 374: Mercenaries and Mice
- Chapter 373: Cleaning and Reconstruction
- Chapter 372: Shopping for Smiths and Witches
- Chapter 371: Time to Build
- Chapter 370: The Making of a Hero
- Chapter 369: Forewarned is Forearmed
- Chapter 368: Company Meeting
- Chapter 367: Branching Out
- Chapter 366: A Demon’s Choice
- Chapter 365: A Good Person
- Chapter 364: Perfectly Jadis
- Chapter 363: Stoking the Flame
- Chapter 362: POV Bridget
- Chapter 361: Fireside Council
- Chapter 360: Trummelton’s
- Chapter 359: Encouragement
- Chapter 358: Letters and Words
- Chapter 357: North Gate Reunion
- Chapter 356: Putting on a Show
- Chapter 355: Date with a Guardswoman
- Chapter 354: Makes Sense
- Chapter 353: Date with a Smith
- Chapter 352: Pillow Talk
- Chapter 351: Date with a Priestess
- Chapter 350: Private Show
- Chapter 349: Date with a Wanderer
- Chapter 348: Meeting the People
- Chapter 347: Acolytes of War
- Chapter 346: Training Grounds
- Chapter 345: Earnest Discussion
- Chapter 344: Date with a Goblin
- Chapter 343: Lovebirds
- Chapter 342: Blunt Conversation
- Chapter 341: Books
- Chapter 340: Guardian
- Chapter 339: Duty Assignments
- Chapter 338: POV Demon
- Chapter 337: Mate
- Chapter 336: Conspiracy Theory
- Chapter 335: Ancient History
- Chapter 334: Spice
- Chapter 333: Teatime with the Prince
- Chapter 332: Breakfast at Lyssandria’s
- Chapter 331: The Bathing Scene
- Chapter 330: Warm Welcome
- Chapter 329: All Roads
- Chapter 328: Subtext
- Chapter 327: Power Play
- Chapter 326: Eldingholt
- Chapter 325: Greater Good
- Chapter 324: Visitation
- Chapter 323: Doing the Math
- Chapter 322: Reorientation
- Chapter 321 POV: Paladin
- Chapter 320: Fractured
- Chapter 319: Snapped
- Chapter 318: Bear-Room Brawl
- Chapter 317: Resisting Arrest
- Chapter 316: Assumptions
- Chapter 315: Parole
- Chapter 314: Paladin of Jadis
- Chapter 313: Status Sheet
- Chapter 312: Between Friends
- Chapter 311: Getting a Handle on Things
- Chapter 310: Intentions
- Chapter 309: POV Alex
- Chapter 308: Scapegoat
- Chapter 307: Understanding
- Chapter 306: Influence
- Chapter 305: Tense Negotiations
- Chapter 304: VIPs
- Chapter 303: Gathering of Priests
- Chapter 302: The Second Worst Kind of Dinner Party
- Chapter 301: Lares
- Chapter 300: Hearth and Home
- Chapter 299: Return
- Chapter 298: Grub
- Chapter 297: Crate Trained
- Chapter 296: Unexpected Gift
- Chapter 295: A Disparate Gathering
- Chapter 294: First Impressions
- Chapter 293: Language Barrier
- Chapter 292: Reunited
- Interlude: Prince Hraustrekr
- Chapter 291: Light in the Dark
- Chapter 290: POV Enchanter
- Chapter 289: Gifts
- Chapter 288: Twins
- Chapter 287: Better View
- Chapter 286: Tempting Thoughts
- Chapter 285: Whispered Affection
- Chapter 284: Mending and Amends
- Chapter 283: Fruit in a Basket
- Chapter 282: Missing
- Chapter 281: Cold Shoulder
- Chapter 280: Future Plans
- Chapter 279: Easy Decision
- Chapter 278: Peer Reviewed Journal
- Chapter 277: Spoiled for Choice
- Chapter 276: Review Among the Trees
- Chapter 275: Gratitude
- Chapter 274: Old Friends
- Chapter 273: Vengeance
- Chapter 272: Change of Plans
- Chapter 271: Rescuing the Princess
- Chapter 270: Dragon’s Blight
- Chapter 269: POV Smith
- Chapter 268: Possession
- Chapter 267: Demons and Dragons
- Chapter 266: Mad Plan
- Chapter 265: It Worked
- Chapter 264: Ritual Time
- Chapter 263: Of Course
- Chapter 262: Battle Plans
- Chapter 261: Champion of Chaos
- Chapter 260: POV Sabina
- Chapter 259: Guidance
- Chapter 258: Fourth
- Chapter 257: Snow Fall
- Chapter 256: Prisoners
- Chapter 255: Forced Reinforcement
- Chapter 254: Ambushed
- Chapter 253: First
- Chapter 252: Coating
- Chapter 251: Smugglers
- Chapter 250: Sanctuary
- Chapter 249: POV Witch
- Chapter 248: Bigger Growth
- Chapter 247: Big Skills
- Chapter 246: Committed
- Chapter 245: Wailing
- Chapter 244: Terrible Fate
- Chapter 243: Knock on Wood
- Chapter 242: Screams
- Chapter 241: Malice
- Chapter 240: Seeing Results
- Chapter 239: Quartet
- Chapter 238: Working Out the Kinks
- Chapter 237: Collar
- Chapter 236: Awkward
- Chapter 235: Burnt Out
- Chapter 234: Interrogation
- Chapter 233: Conspiracy
- Chapter 232: Hot on Their Heels
- Chapter 231: Tunnel Vision
- Chapter 230: Back to the Depths
- Chapter 229: Nothing is Simple
- Chapter 228: Illumination
- Chapter 227: Exchange
- Chapter 226: Hostages
- Chapter 225: Elites
- Chapter 224: Slow and Steady
- Chapter 223: POV Ambusher
- Chapter 222: Needed
- Chapter 221: Working as Intended
- Chapter 220: Camp Life
- Chapter 219: Trailblazing
- Chapter 218: Second Departure
- Chapter 217: Done Teasing
- Chapter 216: Privacy
- Chapter 215: A Different Kind of Training
- Chapter 214: Double Attack
- Chapter 213: Recharging
- Chapter 212: Familiar Places
- Chapter 211: An Attempt Was Made
- Chapter 210: Enchantment
- Chapter 209: Too Much
- Chapter 208: Taste
- Chapter 207: Heart to Heart
- Chapter 206: Self-Recrimination
- Chapter 205: Catch Me If You Can
- Chapter 204: Bloody Mess
- Chapter 203: POV Sorcha
- Chapter 202: Crossroads
- Chapter 201: D Stands For…
- Chapter 200: Cabin in the Woods
- Chapter 199: Frustration
- Chapter 198: So Many Levels
- Chapter 197: Results
- Chapter 196: Cold as the Grave
- Chapter 195: Frost Drakes
- Chapter 194: POV Professional
- Chapter 193: Silent Night
- Chapter 192: Setting an Example
- Chapter 191: Keeping Quiet
- Chapter 190: Night Watch
- Chapter 189: Not Exactly Roughing It
- Chapter 188: On the Road Again
- Chapter 187: Early Morning Visitor
- Chapter 186: New Toys
- Chapter 185: Size Considerations
- Chapter 184: Even Exchange
- Chapter 183: Experiment
- Chapter 182: Logistics
- Chapter 181: Not Alone
- Chapter 180: Gaze
- Chapter 179: POV Troublemaker
- Chapter 178: Good Girl
- Chapter 177: Considerations
- Chapter 176: Lies
- Chapter 175: Flail
- Chapter 174: Test Run
- Chapter 173: Interview
- Chapter 172: Shindig
- Chapter 171: Politics
- Chapter 170: The General
- Chapter 169: Recess
- Chapter 168: Training Day
- Chapter 167: Avatars
- Chapter 166: Creation
- Chapter 165: Table Manners
- Chapter 164: POV Kerr
- Chapter 163: Spar
- Chapter 162: Nerves
- Chapter 161: Morning Surprise
- Chapter 160: Strange Espionage
- Chapter 159: Wolf in the Hen House
- Chapter 158: Uninvited
- Chapter 157: Manticore
- Chapter 156: Back to the Border
- Chapter 155: Kitted Out
- Chapter 154: New Recruit
- Chapter 153: Wanton Replication
- Chapter 152: POV Voyeur
- Chapter 151: Therion’s Just Want to Have Fun
- Chapter 150: Alternate Methods
- Chapter 149: Renovations
- Chapter 148: All Work and No Play
- Chapter 147: Mother of God
- Interlude: Prince Kestil
- Chapter 146: Fortune’s Favor
- Chapter 145: Company
- Chapter 144: POV Guardswoman
- Chapter 143: The Whole Truth
- Chapter 142: Confession
- Chapter 141: Spoils of War
- Chapter 140: Cleaning Up
- Chapter 139: Greater Demon
- Chapter 138: Battlefield
- Chapter 137: POV Thea
- Chapter 136: The Stone, Sieged
- Chapter 135: Where to go Next
- Chapter 134: Bloody Reception
- Chapter 133: Finally Free
- Chapter 132: Dog in a Kennel
- Chapter 131: Good Eating
- Chapter 130: The Hydra
- Chapter 129: The Long Under
- Chapter 128: Fully Powered and Ready to Go
- Chapter 127: Cleric Stats and Next Steps
- Chapter 126: What Military Training Gets You
- Chapter 125: Skills of a Ranged Specialist
- Chapter 124: The Start of an Info Avalanche
- Chapter 123: Too Much of a Good Thing
- Chapter 122: Party Compatibility
- Chapter 121: Sharing is Caring
- Chapter 120: To Ride a Giant
- Chapter 119: Delayed Desire
- Chapter 118: Sneak Attack
- Chapter 117: Frank Discussions
- Chapter 116: Let’s Talk
- Chapter 115: POV Healer
- Chapter 114: Forge On
- Chapter 113: Mistakes
- Chapter 112: Duty
- Chapter 111: Brief Reprieve
- Chapter 110: Into the Spider’s Den
- Chapter 109: Routed
- Chapter 108: Battle on the Docks
- Chapter 107: Time to Run
- Chapter 106: Alawar
- Chapter 105: Meeting New People
- Chapter 104: Job Prep
- Chapter 103: POV Priestess
- Chapter 102: Barbarians for the Win
- Chapter 101: None May Pass
- Chapter 100: Professionals
- Chapter 99: Job Offer
- Chapter 98: The Tipsy Mule
- Chapter 97: Worktable Talk
- Chapter 96: Breakfast Plans
- Chapter 95: Skill Test
- Chapter 94: Please
- Chapter 93: Pool Talks
- Chapter 92: Bathhouse
- Chapter 91: POV Eir
- Chapter 90: Caravan Cleanup
- Chapter 89: Thorn In Their Side
- Chapter 88: Looking Forward
- Chapter 87: Spike Trap
- Chapter 86: Unknown Intentions
- Chapter 85: Get Me Your Manager
- Chapter 84: That’s No Door
- Chapter 83: Adding Mods Makes for a Fun Experience
- Chapter 82: Power Level
- Chapter 81: A Little Embarrassing
- Chapter 80: Aila’s New Class
- Chapter 79: Retreat Isn’t an Option
- Chapter 78: Water Fall
- Chapter 77: Back in the Thick of Things
- Chapter 76: Brand New Look
- Chapter 75: Magic 101
- Chapter 74: Happy Birthday
- Chapter 73: Learning Numbers
- Chapter 72: Marathon
- Chapter 71: Lewd Lover’s Bond
- Chapter 70 POV: Lover
- Chapter 69: Explanations
- Chapter 68: Impulse
- Chapter 67: Armor Agreement
- Chapter 66: Smithy
- Chapter 65: Companion Acquired
- Chapter 64: Cat Out of the Bag
- Chapter 63: The Magistrate
- Chapter 62: Gone and Back Again
- Chapter 61: About Time
- Chapter 60: Interested
- Chapter 59: Chaotic Demon Hunters
- Chapter 58: Awkward Explanation
- Chapter 57: Dance
- Chapter 56: Ritual Talk
- Chapter 55: Badges
- Chapter 54: Picking a Path
- Chapter 53: Waking Up Late
- Chapter 52: Mercenary Compound
- Chapter 51: Far Felsen
- Chapter 50: Victorious Wagonride
- Chapter 49: Beating on a Boulder
- Chapter 48 POV: Cart Driver
- Chapter 47: Talking with a Cart Driver
- Chapter 46: On the Road Again
- Chapter 45: Nighttime Thoughts and Morning Preparations
- Chapter 44: Setting Things Straight
- Chapter 43: Campfire Interrogation
- Chapter 42: Change of Scenery
- Chapter 41 POV: Aila
- Chapter 40: Meeting the Locals
- Chapter 39: Voices
- Chapter 38: Firelite Ritual
- Chapter 37: On the Road
- Chapter 36: Heading South
- Chapter 35: Testing Attributes
- Chapter 34: The Right Class for the Right Pervert
- Chapter 33: Skills and Names
- Chapter 32: Ritual
- Chapter 31: Secondary Class
- Chapter 30: Aftermath
- Chapter 29: Dying the Cool Way
- Chapter 28: The Behemoth
- Chapter 27: Three Weeks
- Chapter 26: Temple Defilement
- Chapter 25: Bones Do Not Float
- Chapter 24: Upgrades
- Chapter 23: Between a Bone and a Hard Place
- Chapter 22: Stalkers
- Chapter 21: Loot Crates
- Chapter 20: Level Up
- Chapter 19: When a Plan Comes Together
- Chapter 18: Short Rest
- Chapter 17: Rude Interuption
- Chapter 16: Self Loving
- Chapter 15: No Excuse Needed
- Chapter 14: Crafting and Conversation
- Chapter 13: No Bones About It
- Chapter 12: No Solicitors
- Chapter 11: The Living Need, The Dead Provide
- Chapter 10: Morning Relief
- Chapter 9: Nighttime Deliberations
- Chapter 8: No Battle Plan Survives First Contact with the Enemy
- Chapter 7: Venturing Into the Village
- Chapter 6: Scavenging for Beginners
- Chapter 5: Mysteries of the Menu
- Chapter 4: No Choice at All
- Chapter 3: Exploration of Self and Surroundings
- Chapter 2: Arrival on Oros
- Chapter 1: Meeting D