The Heartstone Saga by Archibald Bradford (short novels in english .TXT) 📕

not be repeated while your brave and stupid bond-sister leads her brave and stupid army into the Chimera’s very obvious trap. We Witches help sideways.” She finished, repeating her earlier claim.

Suddenly she leaned over, as if unable to help herself, and licked the sweat off of Nina’s cheek with a moan.

“Ah! The power in your anger and pride! I could wield even the forgotten Wyrds if I could put a harness on it!”

Olena grabbed her chin and licked her again, seeming to savour the taste of her.

The tiny giant was no stranger to having her face licked by other monster girls, having grown just as accustomed to it as Nameless.

But it was a sign of loving affection when Erica and Milly did it; their instincts and kind hearts driving them to care for her and the others, to groom their hair, or sweep away their tears.

This... was not that.

This was lewd and selfish and just fucking awful.

“You suck.” Nina said with a sniffle as she trembled in place.

“Only once in the last fifty years. And my… former fuck-buddy wasn’t really into it. As for your contempt, I ask that you consider this-” Olena swallowed suddenly as genuine emotion found her again, having to take a deep breath before she could continue; “My son recently lost his child to wasting sickness, and his wife after she tried to kill him in her own grief. And instead of being at his side, I am here. Forced to listen to one immune to that dreadful disease whine because I do not fear her enough.”

Nina’s jaw trembled as she was unable to refute the heartfelt words, but she couldn’t back down.

“You could kill Evadne right?!” She demanded in tearful desperation; “Can’t you just take some blood and give a wave of your hand to make her die?!”

Even emotional as she was, the Gigas still couldn’t struggle as Olena held her tight in her lap, even while the guilt of killing so many innocent monster girls emerged amidst her emotional crisis.

Safe to say, the Witch would have been her last choice for consolation, but misery makes for strange bedfellows.

Olena pulled one of her bone needles out and tapped it hard against the swell of one of Nina’s breasts, the flesh yielding to it only up to a point.

“If my needle could pierce your skin I could curse half the world with the passion and power in your blood. And if it ever pierced the flesh of the demon-touched, I would wither and die in moments. Life cannot spring forth from ashes. Magic cannot come from death. Nor can magic influence death. Entropy is not magic. It is nothing. I fear nothing, and so should you.”

“What does that even mean?!” Nina demanded, her pain making her forget her fear of the strange Witch.

“It means the Chimera is not mine to kill. Something you well know.” Olena gripped her tighter in her lap, whispering intently into her ear; “Harness this. You have done so all your life with your rage. Don’t puss out on me now.”

It was at that point that the Gigas finally accepted that the Witch was helping, just in the weirdest and shittiest way possible.

Finally Olena pushed her out of her lap and stood.

“Now you must go. And I must follow. But not you. My curse kept the surviving Ogres in place, but it has since failed. I think they will return to Evadne, but I do not know for certain. I will find them and do what I must, just as you did.” She made a dismissive wave of her hand to send Nina off; “Go, cute little red girl. Whack the Chimera with your silly hammer and spank your glowing sister for me.”

Nina shook her head in wonderment.

“You are so fucking weird.”

“I’ve been called worse. Now run along.” Olena paused and slowly licked her lips, pinching her nipple through her shawl; “Unless you want to mess around? I’m sure the Ogres and the big evil demon lady will keep for at least one good orgasm.”

It was almost hurtful how quickly the mortified Nina fled, Olena’s eyes glued to her ass as she did.

The Witch let out a mournful sigh as she traced her fingers over the saliva on her lips.

“Foiled lust. Worthless. I really need a new fuck buddy.”

Chapter 48:Drowning

Already some of the faster moving Tenebrae had slammed into the wall of Longinus shields with predictable results, but a few of them had chosen to bypass it altogether; because although the legionnaires were dauntless, far too many monsters were agile or athletic enough to simply leap right over them.

Tactically speaking such a reckless assault was unwise, as the humans and monsters waiting immediately pounced on them when they landed on the other side, but it often came with a terrible cost.

There was a painful scream as a young Aegis cadet was taken down by a charging Wolfen, darkness in her eyes as she ignored the glancing blows from the Antlions’ cudgels and proceeded to rip the poor woman apart.

The first casualty of the day.

Meanwhile one of Alcaia’s Amazons grappled a struggling Lapine to the ground, the pitiful creature hissing and spitting at her as the much stronger warrior restrained her with sheer strength.

“Bind her! Quickly!” The Amazon called out.

Amidst the Aegis group supporting their center, Grant sent Linda over to trap the girl’s hands and legs with her clay.

They had barely carried the bound girl off when the bulk of the Tenebrae slammed into the Antlions’ shields and combat began in earnest.

The pride of Longinus held, but the assault continued unending, with more and more Tenebrae trying to claw or push their way through to take revenge for children not their own.

And just as she had with Avita’s workers, Volka was right there to