Hearts of Malice Ch. 06

Loretta straightened her back and put one of her hands on the back of the Princess' head. Their eyes met and for an instant time stood still until finally they kissed each other hungrily, their irrepressible love for each other fueling their lust. The knightess' free hand found Elisa's clit and mercilessly toyed with it.

With each climax that shook her, Elisa's pussy tightened and wettened around Loretta's cock while the entrance of her womb yawned open. Despite her ardent desire to please, the Princess' rhythm became unsteady, her strength drained by her repeated orgasm. Thankfully, Loretta's own orgasm wasn't far behind.

The knightess suddenly wrapped Elisa in her strong arms, tightly hugging the Princess. Deep inside of her pussy, Elisa could feel yet another liquid manifestation of the knightess' love and she came as well. Loretta's load joined the remains of the previous ones inside the Princess' womb. Elisa's pussy couldn't contain Loretta's immense load and it began to pour out of the Princess.

The two women basked in the afterglow of their simultaneous orgasm and the warmth of each other's arms for a minute until Loretta's cock finally went flaccid and flopped free of Elisa's depths. They shared a brief kiss, then the Princess rose to her feet, dripping semen out of her pussy.

"I wish this moment would have lasted forever." Loretta was still laying down on the floor, rubbing her eyes.

"I don't. Others will come. Happier, untainted ones. We will find a way out of all this, and we will be happy together, forever." Elisa offered her hand to the knightess who unhesitatingly took it.

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Loretta was walking down the jail's damp hallway with the Princess at her side, leaving the horrid cell B23 where Loretta had spent a few dire hours and a few pleasurable moments. The knightess was terribly aware that she still wore dirty, torn prisoner's rags that barely hid her body. With each step Loretta was afraid that her cock was going to slip out of her pants.

But more than her indecent appearance, she was mulling the events of the day. Urilesh's smirk, Sofia's warm mouth, Elisa's embrace, the thoughts raced through her mind and the knightess struggled to think coherently. Still, there was something that weighed down her heart and that she couldn't keep quiet about anymore.

"Princess, there's... There is something I must confess."

Still walking, Elisa looked at Loretta with a slightly worried look on her face. "Yes?"

"I... huh... I-I..." Loretta stopped and took a deep breath. "I had sex with your sister."

"Wh-- Why? When?" Elisa' eyes grew wide in surprise then she frowned.

"This morning. I was already quite aroused and she... she deceived me. She was dressed just like you and pretended to be you..." The knightess lowered her eyes in shame.

Elisa relaxed her shoulders and she let out a deep sigh. Her face softened in a faint smile as Loretta continued to clumsily justify what she had done.

"But w-we didn't go v-very far... I just... she... her mouth..."

On her tiptoes, Elisa put one of her fingers on Loretta's lips to silence her. "That's enough. Thank you for telling me." With that, Elisa resumed her walk towards the staircase that led out of this damp, dark place and left the confused knightess hanging.

Quickly catching up and overtaking the Princess, Loretta stood in front of Elisa and looked her in the eyes. "So... You're not angry?"

"Of course not, big dummy." Elisa shook her head and smiled. "Sofia is the only one responsible. Besides, we look exactly the same, I can't blame you for loving her body as much as mine."

"No, no. Please don't say that." Loretta bent down slightly to line her eyes with Elisa's. "I fell in love with you, your heart and your soul, long before I began lusting after the perfect young woman you became."

The couple shared a short but passionate kiss then hand in hand they walked towards their freedom. Suddenly, Loretta stopped the Princess with her arm, putting one of her fingers on her own lips to ask for silence. Heavy footsteps could be heard coming from the staircase.

Loretta pointed to an open cell nearby. "Quick, hide." She whispered.

The two women rushed inside the cell and hid as best as they could in the shadows engulfing the corners of the small room. The footsteps grew louder and louder until they were joined by the clinking of metal chains and voices.

"This guy is a beast! I heard he took down twenty of us before being finally stopped!" The first voice commented.

"Oh come on. No one can be this good with a sword." A second man answered.

"Rumors are that the throne room is littered with bodies now!"

"You're too gullible."

Two guards passed by the cell where Elisa and Loretta were hiding without as much as a gaze toward it. They were escorting a tall man with white hair covered from head to toes with chains that tightly bound him. He was also gagged with a large piece of fabric.

"Sir Reinhold..." Loretta let out under her breath.

"They are going to see that you are not in the cell anymore." Elisa whispered in Loretta's ear.

"And we need to free Sir Reinhold. I'm going to take care of them, stay here."

"I can ask her if you need help."

"No need. I will take them by surprise."

With that, Loretta slipped out of the cell. Thankfully, the two guards were laughing and chatting with each other, easily covering the low sounds of Loretta walking barefoot on the dirty floor. A shout of surprise tore the almost darkness of the prison and was followed by a short commotion until finally, silence came back.

"You can come out." Loretta shouted to Elisa, a bloodied sword in hand.

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"Thank you, Loretta."

The last chain that had bound Sir Reinhold fell down to the floor. Thankfully, the guards were carrying the required keys to unlock them. Sir Reinhold stretched his bruised body, then he picked up a discarded sword on the floor before facing Elisa.

"Princess Elisa, I am glad to find you alive and well."

Elisa smiled and nodded in turn. The demon in her head was getting agitated and the Princess struggled to focus. She distractedly observed as Loretta and the knightess' leader exchanged platitudes.

"It would be for the best if you didn't mention me to Reinhold. We have... a history together." Urilesh warned.

"It would be for the best? But for who?"

"For both of us. Always for the both of us."

Elisa chuckled out loud, drawing the attention of Sir Reinhold. He frowned and ran his hand in his hair. "The whole castle has gone mad. Princess Sofia sits on the throne and Wilhelm and his guards protect this illegitimate Queen."

"What are you suggesting, Sir?" Loretta asked. She was gazing at Sir Reinhold with puppy eyes and Elisa couldn't help but feel a smudge of jealousy. The Princess wasn't used not to being the sole center of Loretta's attention and devotion.

"It would be pointless to stop Sofia if Wilhelm still hold the castle in his grasp. I can't believe that all the guards and knights are as corrupt as Wilhelm is. We just have to offer an alternative, and the more reasonable one will join us. You are the alternative, Princess Elisa."

"Why do you think anyone would rally behind me?" Elisa inquired, surprised. "I'm... I'm nothing but a spoiled little girl."

"You are your Father's daughter. And you are quite well loved. Trust me, it'll work. But I abhor this place, let's first get out of here."

As the trio headed toward the staircase, Elisa somewhat dragged her feet, staying a few steps behind. She was ruminating on Urilesh's warning. Sir Reinhold may have had a plan, the Princess still believed that Urilesh was her best bet to stop Sofia dead on her tracks. Discreetly, she grabbed Loretta's sleeve to get the knightess' attention.

"Urilesh is getting a bit agitated around Sir Reinhold. It's almost as if she was afraid." Elisa whispered to the knightess, trying her best to make sure Reinhold couldn't hear her.

"Why do you make that sound like a bad thing?" Loretta played along, whispering as well.

"Because whatever I want it or not, she and I are linked. He must not learn that she's here with us."

Loretta frowned, visibly torn between her two loyalties, then she nodded. "What are you suggesting then?"

"Reinhold's plan is good, we have to keep control of the castle. But he can rally knights and soldiers on his own, he doesn't need us. Meanwhile, we storm the throne room. Urilesh will deal with any opposition and we will capture Sofia, ending all of this."

"Lest you forget, my powers are not limitless, at least not while I'm stuck in your body. If the so-called opposition is substantial, I may require assistance."

Elisa promptly ignored Urilesh and instead put her hands around Loretta's. "Do you trust me?" She asked the knightess.

Loretta bit her lower lip, then nodded. "I do. I'll convince Sir Reinhold."

The knightess promptly caught up with Sir Reinhold and walked by his side. "Sir, huh, the Princess is thoroughly exhausted, physically and mentaly. She needs a rest."

"You can't be serious. A traitor sits on the throne and all she cares for is a nap?" Reinhold snapped, glancing at the Princess behind him.

"She had had a rough day and--"

"So did both of us, Loretta. Yet here we stand, ready to act."

"She's not like us. If you want her to be of any help, you need to let her rest. Give us an hour or even forty minutes. I'll guide her to her room and protect her."

Reinhold rolled his eyes and sighed. "Very well. But this is a terrible idea. My influence is lesser than hers."

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After a brief stop in Elisa's chamber where the Princess got a change of clothes, Loretta and her were now in the knightess' room. The castle was eerily calm, and the duo had managed to avoid all the patrolling guards. The knightess silently hoped that Sir Reinhold were also able to avoid danger and had managed to rally men to Elisa's cause.

The knightess put on the last piece of her battle armor, her armored gloves, and strapped one of her large swords to her hip before turning to Elisa who was calmly waiting sitting on Loretta's bed.

"You look absolutely gorgeous in this." Elisa stated with a faint smile. "Yet I wish that you never have to adorn yourself with this armor again."

Loretta slowly dropped to one knee in front of the Princess. "I will fight your cause, forever and always. Until the very end. But, Princess... If something were to happen--"

Elisa put her finger on Loretta's lips, silencing the knightess. "Don't. We will see each other again once this whole mess is over."

Melancholicly, the Princess gazed outside the window. The sun was slowly setting, the shadows lengthening in the last hour of the day. Loretta joined Elisa on the bed and she couldn't help but wonder on whom the sun was going to rise tomorrow.

"I guess it's time. She's getting impatient." Elisa sighed. "Please don't be at each other's throat instantly." The Princess chastity kissed Loretta's cheek. "I'll see you soon, my dearest Loretta."

The Princess closed her eyes and relaxed her shoulders. Loretta stood up, facing the Princess and intensely gazing at her face to pinpoint the exact moment where the switch was going to happen. And it did happen.

Urilesh opened her eyes and was immediately greeted by the frowning knightess. The demon smirked and Loretta grimaced in disgust. Ignoring the knightess' insistent gaze, Urilesh jumped to her feet and stretched her limbs. Loretta was disgusted at the simple thought of having to fight alongside Urilesh.

"Can I trust you enough not to backstab me at the first occasion?" Loretta finally asked her worst enemy.

Urilesh took a deep breath, then her eyes met Loretta's. "I could ask you the same thing. You are now aware that your sword will kill me for good this time, and that frightens me."

"I would never hurt Elisa!"

"And neither will I. That's probably the only common ground we have, but it should be enough for now. You don't have to trust me, fight for your Princess' life and I'll do the same."

"I can do that." After a minute of awkward silence, Loretta continued. "Do you... need a sword or something?"

"Don't worry. This..." Urilesh snapped her fingers, making the knightess instinctively wince but nothing happened. "... is all I need."

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"Are you ready?" Loretta asked, standing beside the two knocked-out guards that were protecting the golden doors of the throne room.

"I am." Urilesh answered simply.

Loretta nodded, then pushed open one of the large double doors, entering the throne room of Kaedon's castle with Urilesh on her tail. The once glorious room was now a disturbing mess. Corpses littered the sides of the room, and the floor was drenched with blood. The walls and ceiling had been blackened by heat and even the golden throne was stained with blood and one of its armrests had been destroyed.

Sofia was sitting on the throne with two mysterious figures standing by her sides. One was a sulky man clad in black and the other was a tall, exotic-looking woman carrying two curved swords on her hips.

"This madness has claimed enough lives! We don't have to fight!" Loretta shouted, hoping that she wouldn't have to snuff any more lives.

"I think we do. This throne is mine and as long as I breathe, I will not give up on it." Sofia calmly answered. "Kill them."

A torrent of flames poured out of the magician's hands and Loretta jumped out of the way, but Urilesh chuckled and snapped her fingers. The wave of fire split into two, each half harmlessly avoiding both Urilesh and Loretta. The exotic woman drew her swords and rushed toward Loretta.

"I'll deal with the magician. Take down the sellsword." Urilesh ordered as she strode towards the throne.

Loretta acquiesced with a grunt as she blocked an overhead strike from Sofia's sellsword before dodging a sweeping one. Shoving her armored elbows in the woman's ribs, she bought herself enough time to reposition herself, keeping her very aggressive opponent at a safe distance.

Meanwhile, the magician was frantically sending spell after spell hurling at Urilesh and each of them was easily dodged, dispelled or redirected. "I must admit, you're not half bad for a human. But you can't beat me using my own arts, worm." The demon taunted.

As Anton hurled a ball of dark flames at Urilesh, the demon snapped both of hands' fingers. The fireball changed course, now flying toward Anton, and the ground began to rumble.

Despite the shield of pure magical energy that protected him, Anton was sent flying backward by the strength of his own spell and he was unable to notice or react to the nightmarish tentacle made of liquid, dripping shadow that had bursted out of the ground and was now lunging at him.

The sharp end of the tentacle pierced through Anton's stomach then coiled around his whole body, immobilizing him and smothering him.

"It's easy to believe you're invincible when you can crush humans by the hundreds with your powers, isn't it? And yet, all it takes is one opponent smarter, stronger or even luckier than you and poof. You're dead. Such is the sad truth. I gave you our powers, but your kind is still as far from us as you were beforehand."

The tip of Anton's finger was frantically waving around and Urilesh smiled. "A last trick up your sleeve?" She snapped her fingers and a discarded sword from one of the numerous dead guards flew through the air and into her open hand. "Then I suggest you finish that spell before I slice your hand."

Urilesh made a show of raising her sword high up in the air, then she slammed it down. But much to her surprise, her sword only cut through the air. In a flash of purple energy, Anton had disappeared, leaving nothing but an empty space where he stood previously. The summoned tentacle quickly faded away, leaving nothing but a dark stain on the floor.

"A little help here! She's pretty good!"

Urilesh sighed then turned to face Loretta who was still fighting with Zahira. Sofia's bodyguard was relentless and her flowing dance-like fighting style put Loretta, the bulky, heavy-hitting bruiser at a disadvantage. The sturdy metal of the knightess' armor had already saved her from numerous wounds.

"Must I really do everything myself?" Urilesh whined, but she still snapped her fingers. Numerous swords rose from the mess of armored dead bodies piled in the edge of the room and began to vibrate, spinning on themselves.

Right as Urilesh was going to fling all of her flying swords at her target, Zahira sliced the palm of her left hand with her own sword. The runes dancing on the blade of Zahira's weapon began to pulse, fed by blood. With a thunderous bang, a wave of harmless energy swept the room, and Urilesh's swords fell to the ground one by one.

The demon raised an eyebrow, then snapped her finger again with no apparent result. "You are a clever little bitch, Sofia. A field of magical nullification. That was a pretty good idea."

As the fight between Loretta and Zahira resumed at full force, Urilesh picked a sword from the ground the old-fashioned way, by bending down. "But thinking that neutering my magic is enough to stop me will be your last mistake, little girl."

With a smirk on her face and a sword in hand, Urilesh lunged at Zahira. Sofia's bodyguard suddenly had two opponents and was forced to fight defensively. While Loretta was slower than Zahira, the foreign woman was not armored, and as such a single hit from the knightess' massive bastard sword would most likely be lethal.

Elisa's body may have been lacking the physical strength to reach the full potential of Urilesh's mastery of her sword; the demon was still a lightning-fast and agile fighter. Zahira found herself quickly losing ground, unable to stand against her two very different opponents.

"What are you waiting for?!" Sofia shouted from the relative safety of her throne. "Kill her! Kill my sister!"

Zahira let out a grunt and tried to focus solely on the smaller woman, directing most of her swings at her, but Urilesh was too fast. Having lost sight of the knightess, Zahira still managed to blindly block a swing from her that would have beheaded the foreign woman.

The demon saw an opportunity and she striked. Zahira managed at the last moment to sway the course of Urilesh's blade, stopping it from piercing through her throat, but instead the blade shoved itself deep in Zahira's right shoulder.

As her opponent was fumbling around with only her left arm usable, Loretta strongly kicked Zahira's left knee, loudly breaking her leg. Zahira fell to one knee, shouting in pain, and the knightess sent her armored fist crashing against Zahira's temple. Sofia's last bodyguard crumbled to the ground, utterly defeated. As soon as Zahira's runic blade left her hand, its power died down.

Urilesh pulled her sword out of Zahira's shoulder with a spurt of blood, then she turned to face the throne. "And now, Sofia, what are you going to do? Beg? Cry?"

Sofia's face was devoid of any emotions. With her arms crossed on her chest, she held Urilesh's gaze without saying anything as the demon climbed the set of four small steps that led to the throne. Urilesh put the very tip of her sword against Sofia's vulnerable throat.

"Urilesh! Don't do this!" Loretta shouted supplicantly. "She will spend the rest of her life rotting in a cell! Don't do this!"

"Why should I care about human's justice?" Urilesh asked, her eyes firmly locked on Sofia's. "She tried to kill me and your precious Princess."

Before Urilesh could achieve her vengeance, the doors of the throne room opened once more to let Sir Reinhold enter alone. Rolling her eyes, Urilesh grabbed Sofia from her throne and threw her down the steps before turning to face the newcomer.