Chapter 70 POV: Lover
Aila was so nervous she didn’t know what to do with her hands, her feet, or any part of her at all. Her romantic encounters heretofore had been woefully lacking, her first experience just fumbling hands in the dark of a hayloft with a boy from her village when they were teens, the second a more intimate but brief affair with Hartwin, a slightly older man who joined the army only six months after their relationship became physical. Her experiences were few, only with humans, and only with men. She didn’t have the least idea how she was supposed to approach something carnal with a fellow woman.
Except, Jadis wasn’t a woman, was she? She was achingly beautiful, her features perfect in such a way that inspired envy, with a stunning figure that was apt to turn heads no matter how tall she was. And yet, she wasn’t human, she was a Nephilim. And, apparently, Nephilim meant she was at least partially masculine, at least in the quarters that counted for such things. Aila had seen the evidence well enough after the dance ritual and had at least caught a glimpse of something imposing when she saw whichever Jadis naked in the door that morning. So yes, she knew for a fact that for purposes of—well, of sex, Jadis had the one part she was familiar with well enough to know what to do.
However, even if Aila knew what to do with a partner who possessed the right equipment, she didn’t know what she was supposed to do with three partners. What, were they going to take turns with her? Based on what Jadis had asked her a moment ago, she doubted it. Even so, what was she supposed to do? Just lay back and let them have their way? What level of participation was required from her?
As Jay’s face hovered inches away from hers, the size of Jadis making Aila feel small and delicate in a way she hadn’t ever felt before when with someone, she rushed to ask a question.
“What ritual are we doing right now? The one that’ll empower me, or the one that’ll empower you?”
Jay’s gaze focused on Aila’s lips as she spoke, her eyes heavy-lidded. “Dunno. How about both at the same time? There’s some overlap in the requirements.”
Aila shook her head as her breath quickened with the proximity of Jadis’ two other bodies leaning in close on either side of her. She was suddenly feeling far warmer than she was moments ago.
“No, that won’t work. You can’t perform two rituals at once. You have to choose one or the spell won’t take hold.”
Jay hummed contemplatively, not drawing her face back in the slightest. With how close she was, Aila couldn’t help but notice how sweet she smelled, like some fruit she’d never tasted before.
“Not very efficient,” Dys murmured next to her ear, sending a thrill up her spine. “We’d be done faster if we could do two at once.”
“Not that I’m disappointed,” Syd whispered in her other ear. “Just means more time to explore and have fun with you.”
“You pick,” Jay said, licking her own lips, drawing Aila’s gaze to her soft, attractive, shockingly kissable mouth.
Aila had to think for a moment about what Jay, or rather, Jadis, was telling her. Her thoughts seemed to be moving a lot slower than normal.
“Um, I don’t know what’s involved in either,” she finally got out, finding it hard to meet Jadis’ piercing gaze now. “Maybe the one that isn’t as, um, intense? Just to ease into things.”
All three of Jadis’ bodies chuckled around her, the throaty sound sending more shivers up Aila’s spine in a pleasing way.
“So, the one that’ll empower you will take an hour—” Syd started to explain.
“An hour!?” Aila squeaked. “Of sex?”
“Yup,” Dys said, grin blooming across her face. “No specific number of climaxes in that timeframe, but we’ll have to work out at least one to satisfy the other needed aspects.”
“Should probably start with that one if an hour seems daunting,” Syd said, her tone teasing. “Lascivious Empowerment, the ritual that increases in power per number of participants, requires two hours of non-stop fucking. Should probably work our way up to that.”
Aila’s mouth fell open at the explanation Jadis was giving her. How was she meant to go for a total of three hours of sex? Her experiences with Hartwin had only gone for about fifteen minutes including the foreplay, never mind her clumsy encounter in the hayloft! How was she, or Jadis for that matter, meant to last for so long?
“I’d really like to kiss you right now,” Jay intoned, voice low and intense. “We’ll have to for the ritual later, but I want to do it now.”
The earnest, almost desperate request kickstarted Aila’s brain. She didn’t know how she and Jadis were supposed to go for multiple hours, nor did she know what she was supposed to do with a woman, carnally. But she did know how to handle a kiss.
Taking the initiative, she closed her eyes and leaned forward, pressing her lips up against Jay’s own.
Much as she expected, Jay’s lips were soft and warm. Her firm pressure was reciprocated in a gentle way, as she could tell that Jadis was holding her strength back. She knew how strong the absurdly tall giant was and even disregarding what had to be a significant attribute boost, the Nephilim had muscle to spare. Still, Jadis’ kiss was tender, almost caressing.
The idea came to Aila’s mind that Jadis might be letting her set the pace when after a short while the kiss lingered with no further advancement. Since she had already taken the initiative once, she decided to continue the trend. Aila parted her lips, letting her tongue slip out and flick against Jay’s, seeking admittance.
Jadis parted her lips and allowed her entrance. Aila was pleased to find that the giant tasted as sweet as she smelled. But after only a second of exploration, Aila was reminded of the extreme size difference between them.
Jay’s questing tongue played with hers, the fleshy muscle dwarfing hers in what was likely an unconscious act of dominance that thrilled Aila in a peculiar way. Letting Jadis push her own tongue into her mouth, she was almost overwhelmed by the powerful length invading her. She lost track of time as the kiss persisted, but by the time Jadis pulled away, Aila was breathless and dizzy.
“You have no fucking idea how hot it is to watch us making out,” Dys said from the side, making Aila jump.
She’d honestly forgotten for a moment that their kiss had an audience. Sort of. By the Gods Jadis’ class and skills made this whole thing confusing.
“Wish you could see, actually,” Syd said before planting a wet kiss on Aila’s neck, making her breath quicken. “It’s a real experience.”
“You could put on a show for me,” Aila pointed out, the words springing forth before she’d properly thought them through. The passionate kiss had truly melted her brain.
“Ah, wait, I didn’t mean—”
“Sure,” Dys grinned, cutting Aila off. “I don’t mind at all.”
“How do you think we do all these rituals alone anyway?” Syd teased, giving her a wink.
Before Aila could say a word more, Syd and Dys closed the distance between themselves and began to kiss inches in front of her face. There was no chaste start to the kiss this time though, the two immediately sucking on each other’s tongues in an erotic display that made Aila’s heart beat near out of her chest.
As she watched the impassioned exhibition, Jay’s hands stroked up and down Aila’s sides, never quite going anywhere indecent, always staying above her tunic, but managing to light a fire in her belly that burned stronger than any time she’d been with another before.
“You know, I’ve never kissed myself before now,” Syd commented as she and Dys briefly separated, giving Aila a smoldering look. “It’s nice, but I always know what I’m about to do so it doesn’t have the same pleasure as when I kissed you.”
“Want to join us?” Dys asked, bringing her face closer to Aila’s in anticipation of her answer, the answer that Aila herself knew she was going to give.
“Yes,” she breathed out, leaning forward in her seat and joining lips with Dys.
As their tongues met in an erotic battle, a third entered the fray from the side. Syd’s kiss quickly joined Dys in a synchronized attack clearly meant to tear down all her defenses and leave her a breathless, moaning mess. Being on the receiving end of the more pleasurable version, she could well see just how Jadis’ enemies would fall so quickly to her coordinated assault.
While the three-way kiss continued, Jadis’ hands were not idle. More than just two were running along her sides now. Multiple pairs of hands were stroking her arms, shoulders, stomach, thighs, and calves, still avoiding the spots that were feeling the most needy. Aila was starting to suspect that Jadis was doing it on purpose, drawing the petting out.
Was that how they were meant to last an hour? Slowly tease one another for an extended period, edging each other along until enough time had passed that the ritual would be satisfied? The plan made sense, logically. Aila could appreciate the entirely reasonable solution to the problem.
In that moment, however, she did not want to be logical or reasonable.
“We’re wearing too many clothes,” Aila panted, briefly breaking away from the kiss before diving back in.
While Jadis made no verbal acknowledgement, she must have agreed because suddenly the hands that were upon her were pulling and tugging, unbuckling her belt and pulling her tunic over her head and her pants off of her legs. Faster than she could ever have accomplished on her own, Aila was naked and she hadn’t even left her seat on the chair.
Jadis had stopped moving then, her two— what, extra bodies? Spares? Additions? —were no longer kissing. All three were staring at her with longing gazes, making Aila feel extremely self-conscious all of a sudden.
“What?” she asked, her previously unused hands moving to cover herself.
One hand each from Dys and Syd moved to catch her limbs, firmly holding her back from covering her chest or groin.
“Sorry Blue,” Jay whispered in that deep, intense, odd accent of hers. “You’re just so beautiful. I couldn’t help but stare.”
Aila flushed, both at the compliment and at the pet name Jadis had bestowed on her.
“You don’t need to flatter me. I know I’m too thin to be—”
Her self-deprecations were abruptly silenced by Jay leaning in and stealing her breath away with another kiss. A short eternity later, after their lips parted, Jadis practically purred in a trio of tones.
“You’re lovely. Petite and delicate and absolutely stunning. Now don’t say anything else negative about your looks because I’ll be forced to persuade you otherwise and I really want to use my mouths in other ways right now.”
“What other ways?” Aila asked, twisting nervously under Jadis’ continued penetrating stare.
“Like this,” Syd answered, planting another kiss on her neck, making Aila arch her back and curl her toes at the pleasantly ticklish sensation.
“And this,” Dys continued, her lips and tongue brushing softly against the swell of Aila’s modest left breast, just barely avoiding her pink nipple.
“And like this,” Jay finished, her mouth hover mere inches over the V where Aila’s legs met and her burning core lay hidden between tightly closed thighs.
Jay gently eased Aila’s legs apart with a strength that she couldn’t hope to resist, even if she wanted to, which she most fervently didn’t. Not that she’d ever experienced anything like Jadis seemed to be intending to do before. Aila wasn’t a prude and she heard more than a few bawdy tales told around the campfire about the kinds of things the more adventurous sort got up to in between the bedsheets. She just hadn’t ever had the opportunity, not with her past lovers at any rate.
Well, it seemed Jadis was eager to help her make up for lost time.
Jay’s lips pressed gingerly against Aila’s slick folds with an almost reverent touch, making her gasp involuntarily. Before she could quite catch her breath from that first gasp, Dys had latched onto breast with full vigor while Syd captured her mouth with her own, large tongue diving deep.
Aila found herself being lavished upon from all angles, Jadis’ multiple hands and lips and tongues treating her like an instrument, doing everything in their power to draw out every moan and groan from her they could. Jay’s ministrations were particularly devastating. It seemed Jadis knew exactly where to put her tongue to both please her and at the same time leave her whimpering for more. Never quite penetrating, never quite putting enough pressure on her sensitive nub, just slipping and licking and tasting, leading her on and on but never satisfying.
“Stop teasing me,” Aila finally broke the kiss with Syd to desperately command Jadis, her hands coming up to wrap Jay’s white hair.
Syd grinned and kissed Aila’s forehead. “At your command, Blue.”
Suddenly a long, thick, wriggling mass was thrust deep inside of Aila’s core. It went so far that for a moment, she thought Jadis had inserted her manhood—was that the right word, her hazy mind asked—and looked down past Dys’ head still latched to her chest only to see Jay’s face between her thighs, her violet eyes twinkling up at her.
“Oh,” she moaned out breathlessly. Jadis’ tongue was so long it was comparable to the last man she’d been with…
That thought was flung from her head as Jay actually began to move her tongue, putting her earlier lascivious attentions to shame. They way she moved and stroked and sucked, practically devouring her burning hot and slick core made Aila’s brain float off into a sea of warm carnal delights, all thoughts and worries scattered to the winds as her cries of pleasure were let out full force with no needy kiss to muffle her.
A second mouth found its way down between her legs, a strong tongue licking against her wet pearl at just the right moment to wring a choking gasp from Aila as she climaxed unexpectedly, so caught up in the pleasure of the moment she hadn’t even realized how close she was to her peak.
Her fingers dug into Jay’s scalp as she felt strong hands lift her up partially out of her chair, lifting her hips high as Jadis continued to draw her orgasm out, lavishing her core with attention as she shuddered and writhed. A mouth was suddenly on hers and she couldn’t even begin to say which Jadis it was as she desperately kissed her between pants and moans.
Either moments or an eternity later, Aila came down from her climax, exhausted and quivering. She stared bleary eyed up at the grinning, gorgeous face of Jadis. It was a face that looked immensely pleased with herself. It was also a face that seemed to shine from within with an inner light, and not in a metaphorical sense.
“…Are you glowing?” Aila asked dumbly, finding it a little hard to focus.
Jadis nodded, leaning down and giving Aila a quick kiss before answering.
“Yup. It’s how I know the ritual is working. We start to glow as it takes effect.”
“Huh,” was all Aila could think of to say in response at that moment.
“Don’t conk out on us just yet,” another Jadis said, leaning into view on her right and giving Aila another quick and sweet kiss. “It’s only been like, what, twenty minutes?”
Aila quailed at the assessment. “That’s all?”
“Yeah,” a third voice said, this one from lower and, breath brushing against her slick folds and reminding Aila of exactly what kind of compromising position she was currently being held in by Jadis, seemingly without any effort at all.
“And I have to tell you, with how you were moaning just now,” Jadis said, placing a kiss on Aila’s core and making her already flushed face burn brighter, “I’m fucking rock hard right now.”
Blinking, Aila remembered what exactly she had signed herself up for. She tilted her head and looked at the Jadis on her right, the one she was pretty sure was Syd. She was still wearing her poorly stitched tunic, but her skirt was gone, revealing the odd sight of what Aila at first thought was an oddly proportioned leg sticking out at a strange angle.
The full realization stuck her only after her shaky hand reached out and touched the pale, throbbing appendage and it jumped hotly in her grasp.
“Valtar save me…”
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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