Chapter 3, Angel in Disguise?

Story by Slivertide on SoFurry

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#3 of Tales of Fate

A word to the wise and non matured.....

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A word to the wise and non matured.....

This following segment is sexually explicit. Male/ female

These characters are my creation.

Chapter 3 Angel in Disguise?

Rick looked around after he woke up in that small bed he was using. He looked around at the small room he was using in the house of Merelda's brother. It had been a whole week since their departure of the burned formations up in the woods. On that first day the two of them had traveled into town and made way for her kin. Her brother, a farmer had happily given them the extra space he had, which really wasn't much but it was easy to find a way to aid the living costs. Rick had volunteered his service to Jaeden, the older brother, to aid in on the property and with maintenance.

Actually considering the living situation, Rick was doing about as well as one could expect. Much to the shock of the two little girls in the household, it seemed that Rick was completely bare of any natural markings except for that starburst tattoo across his back. See he decided that even in the cold it would spend the day tending to the grounds shirtless. He reckoned that the hard work would keep him warm in the snow and he had proven himself correct.

In the first few days Merelda had kept to herself, battling the loss of her beloved mentor and care provider. Eventually one morning she came out and joined everyone for breakfast. Everyone smiled at her, the young girls wouldn't let go of their aunt's legs, not till their father had to pry them away long enough for her to sit down and get comfortable.

At the end of the first week, the snow was starting to lessen finally. A few birds were out and about. Rick had seen a family of Sladgets sneaking into the shed and then running off again as he approached. Merelda seemed to be at eases again at least on the outside. As he sat there watching her clean some laundry on a washboard, he could see the tension within her softly rippling muscles. He sat there and watched her for some time. Eventually he must have fallen asleep since Merelda had looked up to him only it wasn't Merelda, it was Roxy looking at him. She smiled at him and he couldn't help but smile back. He lifted from his seat and approached her, but she brought up her hands to his chest and pushed him away with a sad look.

"I'm sorry Rick, I can't join you in your life"

Rick looked at her, trying to register what she had said. She looked at him still wearing that sad look. She took his hand and placed his hand to his chest, her eyes looking into his and then she spoke softly these words 'Don't you worry ok Rick, I'll be ok'. Rick wasn't given ample time to say anything before Roxy faded away and he opened to his eyes, his arms were crossed on the surface in front of him, his head resting on them. He looked up to see a smiling Merelda taking a quick break from the laundry. He simply smiled at her and went off to spend the rest of the day helping chop some wood.

That night he toiled in his dreams, he'd been having dreams of Roxy, repetitive things of seeing her earlier. Rick couldn't shake it from his mind. At one point he had woken up and spent a few hours getting back to sleep. Once he did back to sleep he was plagued with such awful dreams.

Rick was hiding around a corner, a fear gripping his heart. He peered around the corner and into the darkness of the hall he had only just recently emerged from. Rick took a deep breath and started moving back into the shadowy passage. He spent some time groping along the wall with his hand, to make sure he didn't come across any passages he couldn't see. It felt like eternity, the trip down the hall at least. The walls around him became less and less fashioned and more natural. Then he could see some light, he stepped up close to it and peered out of the cave entrance. He was looking upon a burning building. Near the building a tall yet hunched form was pacing about. It had what could only be gears emerging from between its shoulders. Unable to decide for himself, Rick's feet carried him forward. Merelda's footfalls joined his own, only hers were hastened as she rushed to his side. Rick turned to her look at her, able to control his feet again. Merelda screamed, but Rick couldn't tell if she was trying to tell him to stop or if she was angry at him, her voice was not there. To Rick's absolute confusion Merelda faded from his sight. After a bit he looked back to the creature. Jergal realized he was being watched and turned his attention to Rick, offering him an impossibly wide grin before walking into the burning structure. Rick went rushing in after the demon only to sudden awake feeling like he was burning.

Rick up and rubbed his eyes not sure what to make of the dream, he looked down to his arm having noticed a tingling sensation. His arm was a darker shade of red than normal. It was as though he had touched something hot with it. He rubbed his arm gingerly and sighed in relief that it wasn't much of a burn, just more of warm spot.

A woman at the other end of town sat there smiling. She knew what happened to rick that night, she had slipped into his dreams to torment him with such a dream, she never anticipated seeing the other girl in it, in the end she was a new tool that could be used. The demoness lifted up her hand studying the thinness of her long fingers. Teresetta's lips curled up in such delight when she looked in the mirror. Her fingers were growing a bit paler, her hair was shortening and changing to a darker hue, a soft scar appeared across her cheek, a former scar from some session of fencing. Soon she had Roxy gazing back at her. Teresetta smiled and spoke softly to no one and yet everyone.

"Welcome to our world Roxy"

It's not like Roxy would ever know, she was most likely dead as of this point. At that thought the demoness smiled and turned away to see which of her clothes would best suit the form. She had herself a peasant's brown dress. After some time of adjusting herself she set off to go introduce Roxy back into the young man's life.

It took a while for the meeting to occur; Rick had been going about his morning duties around the household. It was while he was out tending the grounds that Roxy arrived; she had first spotted him in the fields so she had watched from a distance. Rick had finished his chore and stood up, wiped his brow and glanced in the direction of the girl. At first Rick's heart sank with sadness but as he continued to study her it suddenly started pounding, 'was it really her?' the question raced across his mind back and forth in doubt that it could be. Rick approached Roxy his eyes going wide when he can see her clearly. His feet carried him forward in rush now.

"Roxy........."

"Rick...... it's you"

The two of them came together in a single embrace. Rick's heart was jumping for joy in his chest as Roxy buried into his chest, her arms wrapping tightly around the man's waist, a wicked smile was hidden between her and his chest, 'This was a good start' she thought. The two of them stood there for a while holding on as if for dear life.

"I missed you... so much" his voice cracked as he held her, a few tears forming on his cheeks. It didn't matter to him at the moment that she returned out of the blue.

"I missed you too my love" she whispered that in return doing well at feigning tears. She let Rick lead her away back to the household, she recognized it but didn't show any sign of that. Rick led her in and introduced her to the others.

Merelda sat there with her family listening to Roxy tell her story of what happened to her. It made a lot of sense to her, but still she had an uneasy feeling in her gut, like something was wrong about this whole thing. Her heart pounded with a small amount of jealousy. She knew it was only right that Rick had his apparent love back and in good hands, that didn't help her feeling or the jealousy though. When Roxy had finished telling her story and Rick had told her in front of them his story, Merelda went off to her room and sat down on the edge of her bed. She sat there crying silently not able to understand why she was so upset over this.

Teresetta noted, with a dark thought of amusement, the departure of the other female. To her the cat woman was just competition. Course she knew how to deal with foes, rivals and friends alike. She returned her gaze to the others, easing one arm around Rick and burying into his side. She closed her eyes and sighed.

Merelda's brother had prepared dinner that evening. Everyone person in the household came to the table this night. Even Merelda showed up, she looked refreshed from the bath she had decided to take. Rick and Roxy happily shared every morsel of their dishes. The kids were enjoying their food quite obviously hinted by the pieces of food in each other's hair and the stains on their hands. The parents of those two were talking about their day. Merelda sat there quietly but making conversation every so often so as not to give off any signs of her sadness. When everyone was done, the children took off for the bath, their mother right hurrying after them while Merelda's brother went to tend to the dishes. Merelda tried to hold a pleasant conversation with Rick and Roxy and mentally gave up after a while. She bid them goodnight and headed off to her resting place for the evening.

Rick led Roxy off to bed for the evening, he was thinking of Merelda but only a little, his mind was preoccupied with the fact his girlfriend had returned to him. He led her in and locked the door for the night, and then he went and prepared the bed.

Teresetta looked this male over as he slipped into his nighttime clothes, lifting an eyebrow as she watched. Then she removed her own clothing and stepped over to Rick, she threw her arms around his neck, leaning up and kissing him fully on the lips. Rick showed only a small hint of surprise but returned the passion; his hands relocated themselves to her hips and lifted her bare self off the floor and close to his warmth radiating body. He carried her over to the bed and laid down keeping Roxy close to him. She slid her legs either side of him slowly grinding her warmth against his, her lips departed from his and made their way down his jawline and to the base of Rick's throat. Roxy knew exactly where that spot that would send tingles through the man's flesh was. She nibbled softly there enjoying Rick's content moan. Rick caressed the woman's hips guiding her over him, catching his shaft between her lips until he felt the dipping point into her, then he guided her along his quickly hardening shaft and then up it to bring her back down slowly onto his cock, the average girth spreading her lips and the muscles beyond. Roxy moaned softly near his ear, her nibbling having led her to the base of his ear, wriggling her hips some at the intruder.

Roxy gazed down at him and started to slowly propel herself up and down on her thigh muscles, she returned her lips to his and kissed him, her tongue slipping past his teeth to his own and dancing with it. Her fingers found his chest and she pushed up off of him so that she could seat herself upright on him, she grinned as his hands then proceeded up her sides, the tips following the hills that were her breast until they brushed her nipples hardening them quite effectively. Rick was rotating his hips under her. She could sense the muscle movements against her own legs, the throwing forward and the curving upwards back, towards his ankles and back forward from between his legs again. It caused her heart to race and she matched the rotational motion of his movements with some of her own. She rode him for some time, studying the expression on his face, the look in his eyes, the happiness of his heart, it had her smiling but for a different reason. She leaned back and planted her arms behind her, supporting her weight as she showed off to Rick their union, his shaft already glistening from her growing wetness. Rick gazed up at her, his eyes moving up and down her form enjoying every single square inch of it, he couldn't help but lick his lips watching her pussy swallow him up repeatedly.

She surprised him by sliding off of his shaft, she moved back and away from him a bit, leaning down and nipping the tip of Rick's cock. Rick watched her and started to get up to his knees, caressing Roxy's cheek with his fingertips while she gladly wrapped her lips around the neck under the head, she could feel the pulsing of Rick's blood , her tongue was teasing the opening as she used her lips like a suction cup. Rick's back arched in delight as she did this. Roxy smiled as she lifted her face away from his crotch and continued the motion by turning around in front of him, lifting her rear into the air and exposing her tender pussy to him. Rick took the hint and drew close to her, her hand reached between her legs grabbing his shaft and pulling him close. Rick gladly accepted that sliding his shaft up into her, muscles spreading giving the member a path.

He placed his hands upon her sides, one reaching forward along her, exploring all the sensual locations of her side, his other hand caressingly moving up and down her thigh slowly moving towards her inner thigh as he brought his hips back and forth slipping deeper and deeper. The tension was building up inside Roxy as Rick's shaft slid in and out of her. The man was bringing his hips against her from one angle and drawing back at the opposite angle.

Rick was enjoying the softness of her skin having missed it immensely, he had partially forgotten what the skin of her hips felt like yet alone other places of her form, he reached along her inner thigh finding her clit and stroking it tenderly. Roxy's body arched in front of him, her pussy tightening around his throbbing member.

Roxy was shaking now, trying to get a good grip of shift shaft, she even reached between her legs to grasp her man's balls, massaging them with her fingers encouraging him to give her more. Rick happily complied, putting more strength into his hip motions, increasing his speed steadily so as not to be too rough, he could tell she was getting ready to Orgasm as was he.

Roxy started clawing at the bed, almost letting her fingers extend into claws which she had enough sense to decide against. She moaned Rick's name and arched down towards the bed, the tension if in her thighs letting free and sending a flood of her cum down along his shaft and making some splash against his crotch, she kept grinding against his shaft, not wanting to stop till she could feel his own cum. Teresetta let out something of a growl and a human sounding purr as the extra grinding broke Rick's own tension barrier. She tried to catch her breath as Rick's hot cum went shooting deep into her pussy, using her muscles as if to try and keep milking his shaft for more.

Rick slowly slid out of her after spending a bit of time throbbing through the aftereffect of the release while in her. He then moved his own hips back, lowering himself to his knees and elbows, he leaned forward and licked the back of one of her thighs, the rough and yet smoothness of it sending shivers up her spine, she raises herself up and gazes between her arms and legs as Rick's lips move up her thigh, along the inner thigh, she can't help but moan his name softly as he nibbles on her inner thigh. Ricks lips brush over her wet pussy lips and she shivers in such delight as he guides his tongue into her as though it was her own mouth against his. She's clutching the blanket as Rick works his tongue in and against her, some of the cum in her splashing out and onto rick's cheeks, his licks not even being affected by that. Rick kept licking her brushing his tongue along inside her, tracing the walls of the opening into her. He grasped her thighs but not too hard to bring his face closer to her body. Her breaths were escaping her in gasps, his licking building that tension up again, causing her to grind her crotch against his face, and deeply enjoying that tongue of his. Rick inhaled against her warm moist well, drawing in her scent and a chest of air. He did this in preparation for bringing her again. Brushing hips lips along her and then drawing her tongue from her, accompanied by a whimper, he lifts her hips up a bit and lovingly brushes his tongue now against her clit, the so sensitive spot pumping the tension in her up a few notches sending her into orgasm. Rick gladly returned his lips to where they needed to be and guiding his tongue into her cumming self, swallowing her sweet nectar as it arrived.

Roxy was there chanting his name as he ate her out, her crotch was alive with tingling sensations from all of this. She drew away from Rick and moved to lie next to him, her head near his pillow which is where his legs were. She smiled at Rick noticing the cum bits on his lips and cheeks when he followed her with his gaze. She gently pushed rick down onto his side and cuddled up close to him, her hand brushing along his cock she guided her lips to the tip and brought them down along the side nibbling at the point where his balls connected to it. As she did this Rick drew her crotch close, spreading her legs some and licking her from a different angle this time. The sun was going down and casting shadows through the window around the curtains as Rick and Roxy licked and sucked each other, a few nibbles here and there as they tasted each other fully. Rick had been happily cleaning Roxy's inner thighs of their cum and he went for another round of her fresh cum. Roxy was enjoying herself moving her lips up and down Rick far more and more, till the point where he could be easily pushed over the edge. Together the two of them climaxed, her cum splashing once against across his features and his cum shooting into her throat, her gulps telling him she was eagerly swallowing every drop she can get.

When those two were done they had realigned themselves in bed and fell asleep facing one direction, Roxy was wrapped up in his arms. Only she wasn't asleep yet. She lay there in Rick's embrace letting her mind wander from room to room looking for Merelda's room. She sensed Merelda was tossing and turning in bed, thoughts of Rick in her mind always out of her grasp. A wicked grin passed over her lips as she began her work.

That night Merelda had slipped roughly into sleep, she had dreamed at first that Jergal was around, she did not know the scarred creature's name but she could sense it, it felt quite close which didn't make any sense. In that Dream Rick had approached her one morning. He told her to her face that it could never work out between the two of them. Roxy came in and stepped up to Rick who then laid his arm about the girl and held her close. Merelda wanted to tell Rick that she had had no desire to ever be his, but she couldn't bring herself to lie to him. When she turned away to go try and take her mind off of it , the woman in Rick's embrace had changed form and was stalking towards Merelda's turned back with clawed fingers ready to tear her life away. Merelda not suspecting a thing turned around to see the illusion back of the embrace.

Merelda woke up suddenly in a cold sweat and couldn't figure out what was now causing the blank in her mind from the dream, she saw the woman in her dream as she truly was but her mind refused to admit to seeing it. Merelda sighed and got up, she wiped a damp cloth from the sink across her forehead and went back to the covers and finally managed to sleep. The rest of the night for her was uneventful.

Morning had arrived. Rick had gotten out early into the field. One of horses had died in the night so Rick needed to take care of that. Merelda was in the kitchen cooking some eggs and some bacon when Teresetta arrived in the kitchen. The short fur upon Merelda's arms stood on end and she turned her head only to see Roxy approaching the table. She offered a smile and returned her attention to the matter at hand, thoughts going thru her mind about the strange dream and her lack of memory of it. She gazed at the eggs which were whitening and sighed as she flipped one. She figured she was just a bit tense and needed to relax. She moved to the side and deposited the slightly browned eggs onto a few plates, three of them and then set a few pieces of bacon on each dish, all three of them. Merelda's family was out for the day at the Baron's festival. Merelda told her brothers that she would arrive later with the other two.

Roxy's face brightened when Rick came. He moved over to the washbin and rinsed the dirt off his hands, then he smiled at Merelda who blushed as she smiled back and went to help her set the dishes at the table. When this was all done the three of them sat there and munched on their food. Merelda asked Roxy and Rick when they were done with their own food if they would like to go to the festival with her. Roxy nodded and snuggled close to Rick who nodded too. He'd been planning to do this with Merelda so he figured Roxy may enjoy it too.

When the three of them of had finished their breakfast and washed up they took off into town making their way to the fair. Merelda was leading the way with Roxy and Rick trailing behind. Roxy looked up and glared up at the sky after noticing a long shadow moving across the ground. Rick didn't notice the glare but he did see the shadow so he looked up to see what looked like a blimp moving past. The crowds around them were pointing up as the airship moved past slowly; the air was filled with the excited gasps and chattering of the townsfolk. The sounds of props slicing through the air threatened to drown out the populace. Merelda smile at Rick's interest in the craft, she stepped close enough to be heard.

"That would be the Baron's nephew, Gerrard Lionsbane."

Rick was distracted staring up at the prop driven dirigible listening to Merelda when Roxy whispered something into his ear, 'I need to go talk to farmer who found me'. He nods hardly paying attention quite oblivious to the women's distress.

Teresetta moved into the crowd disappearing, she gulped as she looked around and disappeared into the marketplace making a beesline for her sister's house. She yanked open the side door and stepped in slamming it shut again. She was breathing hard, her hands were shaking as she stood there, black candles lit in the dark place, the walls sporting paintings of darkly wooded forest, the air thick with incense. Drusillia came around the corner into the small room to join Teresetta. Seeing the panic on her sister's face making Drusillia worry herself, she decided to pull her sister close with one arm while caressing her sister's cheek with her other hand.

"What's wrong my dear sister?" She says this in a low soothing voice, most deceiving in comparison to her nature. Teresetta gazes at her and takes a deep breath trying to calm her nerves" Gerrard..." she gulps before being able to continue," is in town"

The ambient heat in the air spikes as Drusillia's anger flares up visibly at the mention of Gerrard. "Does that flamboyant fool know that we're here?"

Teresetta's shoulders lift up in a panicked shrug, not honestly knowing if the demon hunter Gerrard knows of their presence in this town. She looked up at her big sister and took in a deep breath, then she spoke, "it doesn't matter whether or not Gerrard knows that we are here, he's not about to find out anytime soon Dru." Drusillia smiled at her and simply nodded.

Back in the street, Rick and Merelda watched the airship sail off towards the fairgrounds, making it's descent as it went. Rick then looked around for Roxy and remembered that she was taking care of something. Merelda looked to him with a wide smile and the two of them rushed off towards the fairgrounds to see the ship land.

As the two of them arrived, the airship was making its final descent over a wide swath of ground. A man up on the main deck of the vessel was tossing weighted ropes down to the earth and waving at several ground attendants to tie the ropes down. Once the ropes were tightened the airship settled down to rest on landing pads. The props were disengaged and slowly spun to a halt. In a few moments time the wooden door on the side of the hull opened wide and a set of steps were pushed out by a leather clad f00t and dropped to the ground being safely caught by a catch before the movement dragged on the hinge built into the doorsill. Then that boot and its partner stepped down the steps onto the dirt, following them were a pair of darkly dyed silk trousers flanked by a set of blue coattails draping down from a blue doublet. It was a clean shaven Gaishean sporting a wide brimmed feathered hat. The man bowed down to the audience gathering around , removing his hat deftly from his skull revealing black locks of straight hair, draping down as his face nears within feet of the ground and his arm sweeps to the side. Then the man raised himself again and rolled his eyes when one of his Uncle's heralds came rushing forward to announce him.

The herald stumbled to his feet and hoisted the baron's standard into place facing the crowd and then cleared his throat to speak. "Good people of Fairhaven, I wish to present, Lord Gerrard , Nephew of his Majesty the Baron."

The crowd erupted in cheers, though they already knew who the man was. Gerrard's eyes were roaming the crowd; an eyebrow lifting when he noticed the man who wasn't quite Gaishean, Gerrard smiled and offered a smile to the man when he noticed his fine young company, the lovely Merelda. Gerrard always appreciated seeing couples together. He noticed Teresetta making her way through the crowd to the man's other side and made a mental note of the woman's struggling obviously to smile. He slipped a key from a pocket hidden into the side of his trousers and closed the door behind him, locking it with a satisfying click. When he turned around, the herald was parting the crowd to form a path and Gerrard starting making his way down it. His sheathed Saber swinging from his hip as he walked, Gerrard who never spent any moment unarmed strode through the excited crowd, something Gerrard would never feel accustomed to, the joys of owing his own powered dirigible.

Elsewhere in the in the area at the time was scarfaced Jergal. He'd quietly been watching the arrival with the utmost interest. He knew exactly who was on board that craft. He also sensed the demonic distress lingering in the air. A smile formed across his lips after several moments of deep thought. The demon then turned away thus merging into the shadows. Out on the other end of that alley soon emerged a hunched-over beggar draped in a filthy hooded cloak, a burlap sack of some homeless man's possessions over his shoulder hiding the notched ridges of its back. No one would miss the old man who had last owned those possessions. Jergal had a certain destination in mind as he made his way through the crowded avenues. He turned down a side street and waited for the shadows to deepen even further with nightfall.