The Assassin and the Sorceress Ch. 10

Adrielle entered the courtyard early one morning. It had been one of those sleepless nights. She couldn't stop worrying about Morgana. The foolish woman had sold her soul to the devil long ago, and now it seemed to fall on her and Hassan to figure out how to save her. Yet after days of searching, they had come up with nothing. Was it even possible to help her?

As soon as the light of a new day started to come through her narrow window, Adrielle had given up on the concept of sleep and thought maybe the peaceful ambience of the empty courtyard would help her put her mind at rest.

Somehow, the air in the courtyard always seemed to be the perfect temperature, almost surely the effect of one of Morgana's spells. Even in the first light of day on this summer morning, there was enough warmth to feel wonderful on her bare skin. She had rarely seen the courtyard so quiet. The only sounds were chirping birds in the small orchard of fruit trees that grew around the perimeter, and she gentle splashing as the giant stone face continuously poured water into the Roman bath that took up the lower half of the courtyard.

Adrielle took a glance at some of the stone statues that adorned the area. Even though she had seen them countless times, she never tired of looking at them. They were fully nude figures, and carved with absolutely scandalous proportions and detail!

Adrielle looked up to the terrace overlooking the bath where she intended to try to relax, and realized she wasn't alone. People in Morgana's castle were seldom up with the sun, so she was surprised to see she wasn't the first one here today. Cateline was sitting on one of the stone benches up there. She didn't look up or seem to notice Adrielle as she ascended the steps to the terrace. The constant trickle of water coming from the fountain might have concealed the sound of her bare feet padding up the stone steps.

Cateline looked lost in her thoughts, maybe not unlike Adrielle.

"Couldn't sleep either?"

Cateline jumped a little. "Oh! I just needed to be alone for a little bit."

"Me, too. Want to be alone together? Or, if you'd rather have some peace..."

"No, you're fine. Maybe a little company would be nice. Your company, at least."

"What do you mean? Did you and Guarin have a fight? Did he say something to you?"

Cateline sighed. "No, not really. It's more what he didn't say."

"What do you mean? Is he not speaking to you?"

"He is. It's just..."

"You can tell me what's going on. You know I'm here for you, Cat."

Cateline paused for a good while, deciding if she wanted to say anything. Finally, she sighed. "He won't take anything seriously. He wants to pretend nothing happened. He's trying to act like his normal self, but I can tell he's forcing it. He's hurting, and he won't admit to it. And every time I try to get him to tell me how he's really feeling, he changes the subject. He makes a joke. I'm trying to have a serious discussion with him, and he makes a joke out of it! It's so infuriating!"

"Yeah, even I could tell he's not his normal self. I can't imagine what it's like for his own wife! What kinds of things are you trying to talk to him about?"

Cateline looked around, as if making sure there were no eavesdroppers, and then said in a hushed voice, "That we need to leave this place. I know you're trying to find a way to get out of here. I want you to take us with us when you do, but he wants to stay here. HERE! Under HER roof! Under HER rules! As if she never hurt us! Did you know that Guarin and I were both virgins when we met each other? We've been together for almost three-hundred years now, and up until then we stayed faithful to each other. Neither of us had ever taken another lover. We were pure. That's what Morgana and Gwendolyn took from us!"

"I'm sorry to hear that. I've never seen a pair of lovers closer than the two of you. Do you think it would help if I talked to him for you?"

But before Cateline could answer, two voices appeared in the courtyard, laughing jovially. When they turned to look, they saw Lucilla and Sasha entering the courtyard. They were certainly an interesting pair to see next to each other. Lucilla was tall, slender, and statuesque, while Sasha was short and curvy, and their personality differences were even more pronounced, though they seemed to suit each other well.

There came a loud smack, and an even louder shriek as Lucilla smacked Sasha hard across her bare bottom, followed by more laughter. It sounded like they were coming straight for the terrace where Cateline and Adrielle were sitting.

As Lucilla and Sasha reached the top of the steps, their laughter quieted as they noticed the other two women in a private conversation.

"Oh, I'm sorry, are we interrupting anything?" Sasha asked, politely.

Adrielle turned to Cat. That question was hers to answer.

"No, it's fine," she answered, quickly. "I thought I needed to be alone, but maybe I just need a distraction."

"I understand," said Sasha. "Well, Lucilla and I were just going to enjoy the atmosphere out here and have a little girl time. If you want to join us, that is."

"Maybe I should!" Cateline said, looking hopeful for a moment. "What kind of 'girl time,' exactly?"

"Oh, you know..." Sasha said, coming up behind Lucilla and reaching both hands around to fiddle with her breasts.

"Oh dear..." Cateline said, blushing and averting her eyes with a coy smile.

Lucilla turned around and gave Sasha a deep kiss on the lips. Due to their height difference, Lucilla had to hunch down a little to kiss her, almost like a man kissing a woman. When they were done, Sasha guided Lucilla to a bench, where they sat down next to each other and caressed each other affectionately.

"So, Cateline," Lucilla asked, "I know you and Guarin are exclusive, but does that only keep you from other men, or are women off limits, too?"

"I'm not sure if we've ever talked about that detail in particular."

Adrielle was having trouble reading Cateline. It was hard to tell if she was intrigued or uncomfortable. In a way, Cateline's posture reminded her of how she had felt when she had first started to fall in love with Morgana: a stark conflict between her mind's beliefs and her heart's desires.

"You can think about it, and jump in if you decide you want to," Sasha invited, warmly.

"So, Lucilla," Adrielle said, breaking a brief silence, "Morgana told me you were a priestess of Venus before she found you. Is that true?"

"She was talking about me? But that's fine, it's no secret. I just don't talk about my old life much anymore. Why do you ask?"

"It must have been exciting to worship a goddess of feminine beauty and sensuality. That sounds like a religion I could get behind. Any secret, naughty rituals you can tell us about?"

"Haha! Sadly, no."

"Really? A fertility goddess? Nothing even a little scandalous?"

"I wish! No, most of it was advice on how to be a proper wife. Saving yourself for marriage, the virtues of modesty. It was more political than religious. You know, the Temple used to give fines to women for sexual impropriety."

"What, love?" Sasha butted in. "You aren't going to tell Adrielle about the nipple sucking ritual?"

"The what?" Lucilla asked, confused.

"Or the find-the-marble game! Where one of the priestesses would hide a marble somewhere in her body, and it was up to the initiates to find out who had it, and where."

"What are you talking about?" Lucilla asked, with a confused laugh.

"Oh, come on! Can't you at least play along for Adrielle's sake? She wants a hot, steamy story to get her excited before we begin!"

Adrielle laughed. "Well, I was also curious about the temple."

"Well, if you really want a cult with some wild, secret rituals, you should try the Cult of Bacchus." Lucilla explained.

"Wasn't that the god of drunkenness? Ooo, I'll bet they did some crazy things!" Adrielle asked, again hopeful for an exciting story.

"I never found out, exactly. They were secretive, but drunken, violent, animalistic sex orgies is the word that went around."

"Wait... violent?"

"Apparently, they could lose their humanity when the wine overtook them. Some of the rumors I heard involved blood sacrifices, crime, conspiracies, forgery... although how much of that was propaganda, I can't say. The government didn't like them. Supposedly they once hatched a scheme to overthrow the senate. I don't know how much of that is true, but they did often run afoul of the more... shall we say... 'respectable' parts of society."

"Drunken orgies sound fun, but I don't know about the blood sacrifices or anarchy. Weren't there any cults that let you run around naked and make love to whoever you wanted? With no weird, scary stuff involved?" Sasha asked.

"Not that I ever found. Life with Morgana is the only time I've seen true sexual freedom like what you just described. Or any kind of freedom, for that matter. I suppose it's just human nature to be competitive about sex. Out there, you can't fuck anyone without making someone else jealous, and those in power make stupid rules to make sure you don't go about making them jealous. Believe me, there's little I miss about the life I had before Morgana found me. The world out there is harsh."

There came a loud sigh from beside Adrielle, and she turned to see Cateline. Her head had sunk a little. Lucilla couldn't have known what she and Cat had been talking about, but it seemed she had accidentally given Cat a hard truth even Adrielle didn't have the heart to tell her. Morgana could lose her temper, even act like a tyrant sometimes, but was the world outside any better? Adrielle's profession out there had been murder! At least here, they would never grow old, and had all the luxuries they could want... except, of course, the freedom to leave.

"Wow, Lucilla. Your honeyed, tantalizing words have turned my vulva into a veritable waterfall, a quivering lake of passion," Sasha said, sarcastically.

"You're right," she conceded with an embarrassed grin. "Maybe vulvas are a more fun topic of conversation," she said as she spread her legs slightly to showcase her own. "How are my lips looking today?"

"Rosy and full, and wanting of a kiss! Or are you asking about one set in particular?"

"All of them, I suppose."

Sasha grabbed Lucilla's small breasts by the nipples and pulled her in for a kiss, a move that usually stoic woman quite a giggle! Sasha, still kissing vigorously, began working her way down to the other set of lips. Sasha and Lucilla were soon in a frenzy of passion and lust, as they kissed and fondled each other with total abandon. They were getting along fine without either of the other two girls, and Adrielle wasn't sure how to incorporate herself in with them. Feeling somewhat awkward, she sat herself down on the bench beside Lucilla and placed her hands on her: one around her back and the other on her inner thigh.

Immediately, Lucilla spared one hand for Adrielle's butt, and turned away from Sasha to kiss her on the lips instead. Well, that had worked easier than she had thought! Suddenly having no set of lips in front of her to kiss, Sasha began nibbling on Lucilla's ear instead, barely even missing a beat.

In a minute, Adrielle felt a set of fingers close around each of her nipples. She looked over, and it was Sasha now giving Adrielle her full attention.

"Not only do we get our lovely new companion, Adrielle, we get the most amazing nipples in the whole castle to play with!"

"Mmm... you really like them, don't you?" Adrielle muttered, as she tried to speak through Lucilla's onslaught of kisses.

"Of course! I freaking LOVE nipples, but yours are the best I've ever gotten to play with! They're literally bigger than my fingertips!"

"Do you mind if I try?" Lucilla asked. "I've been admiring those beauties since you arrived, but I don't think I've ever had the pleasure of touching them."

"Please!" Adrielle invited, thrusting her chest toward her.

Lucilla shifted her whole body to face Adrielle and added her hands to the mix. She began by pinching them between her thumb and forefinger and slowly rotating them back and forth. Adrielle sat there and basked in their admiration as two sets of hands fondled her nipples.

"Oh, wow, these are wonderful!" she complimented her as she gave them a few gentle flicks. They were plump enough that they jiggled for a moment under their own weight after each flick.

"Were these a wish Morgana granted you? A pair of freakishly large nipples to play with?" asked Sasha?

"They're not freakish!" Adrielle squeaked, defensively. "And, no, this is how they've always been."

"Then... daringly out of the ordinary. I didn't know nipples grew that big, naturally. How did you get so lucky?"

"You know, you can have Morgana magic you a pair any time you want."

"Well... I did have her give me bigger breasts. I suppose there's always room for improvement."

"Though, yours are also very nice as they are. Sometimes variety is better than perfection."

As Adrielle and Sasha bantered, Lucilla devoted one hand to each of her lovers, one rubbing the inside of Sasha's thigh, while the other caressed the curve of Adrielle's butt. Lowered her head and bit down on Sasha's nipple. Her nipples were wide and puffy, and the soft nipple flesh easily filled up her mouth. Adrielle nibbled and nibbled, chewing the supple flesh like gum. Gradually, giving Sasha the time to protest, she bit down harder and harder. It shouldn't have mattered with Morgana's spells protecting their flesh from physical injury, but she wanted to be sure it was okay.

"OOOO!" Sasha moaned.

She didn't seem to be in any pain whatsoever, so Adrielle bit harder, trying to find the point where the hardening spell became apparent. At a glance, their flesh didn't feel any different under Morgana's enchantment. It felt as soft and tender as any human flesh should. But soon, she found a point where her teeth couldn't compress Sasha's nipple any further. It was like trying to bite through leather. When she pulled her mouth away, letting the nipple slip out with a 'pop,' there was a circle of shallow teeth marks around the outside of her areola, but no blood or bruising at all.

"Well, now the other one's jealous!" Sasha complained in jest.

But Lucilla responded faster than Adrielle. In a moment, she was beside her, biting and chewing on Sasha's other nipple like a hungry dog. Instead, Adrielle turned to Lucilla to explore her body now. She started by feeling her breasts, then ran her hands down her front until one hand slid its way between her thighs.

Suddenly, there came a faint gasp from the side. Adrielle spared a quick glance to see Cateline was leaning forward, with her eyes glued on the action in front of her. She was shifting her lower body around, restlessly, and breathing loudly through an open mouth. She was really enjoying her show!

Adrielle decided to let her do her thing. She would come over and join in if she wanted, so she just went back to what she was doing. In minutes, she was so horny she couldn't hold it any longer. While sucking Lucilla's lips deep into her mouth, she reached down and began to stroke herself with her right hand.

"Adrielle, sweetie, you don't have to do that yourself. That's our job today!" Sasha offered, as soon as she noticed Adrielle taking care of herself.

"You just want this pussy all for yourself, don't you?"

"You discovered my ploy!"

"How would you like it, then?"

"Hmm, maybe... all over my face?" Sasha asked, hopefully.

She laid herself down on the ground, and Adrielle straddled her head and gently pressed her pussy against Sasha's mouth. Sasha immediately began sucking and licking, and she seemed to know exactly what she was doing! Even with her enchanted flesh, the cobblestones of the terrace were uncomfortable on Adrielle's knees, but what Sasha was doing felt so wonderful she couldn't bring herself to get up.

"You know," Sasha said after a minute, directing her head toward Lucilla, who was currently fiddling with Adrielle's nipples, "I don't think there are enough pussies rubbing against me."

"How many do you need?" came a soft voice from behind them.

They looked to see Elswyth approaching from the garden, with Genevieve following close behind her, who had apparently also hoped to have some intimate time together at this spot.

"As many as you can find!"

Genevieve gestured for Elswyth to go ahead. "Join in! I'll be right back."

"Where are you going, love?"

"To find more pussies for our friend!" She turned back the way she had come, but then hesitated. "Just pussies, or should I gather a few cocks as well?"

"Let's have it be a ladies' gathering," suggested Adrielle. There were no objections.

Elswyth jumped down between Sasha's legs and began rubbing her vagina against hers, while Sasha continued kissing and sucking at Adrielle's. Sasha reached up and began fingering Lucilla's pussy so she could continue sucking Adrielle's nipples, which she did not seem to want to stop doing.

Soon, Genevieve returned with Fina, Aldith, and Evelune at her side. "We're trying to see how many pussies we can rub against Sasha at once," she explained. They giggled, and approached to find space. Genevieve and Evelune began grinding against Sasha's thighs. Fina and Aldith found space on top of her stomach and breasts, though it was incredibly cramped between Elswyth and Adrielle.

"I think she's up to seven!" Lucilla counted. "Cateline, you could make eight!"

Hearing her name called seemed to snap Cateline out of a trance. Her eyes shot open wide, and she quickly pulled her hand away from her crotch to hide the fact that she had been masturbating.

"What? No, no! I'm fine over here," she said, sounding embarrassed.

"Well, you're more than welcome to watch and keep enjoying the view, if that's your thing," Elswyth offered as she continued scissoring with Sasha.

But right then, she was knocked over by Fina's round butt, and rolled off of Sasha and onto the patio. Several other women were knocked out of position in the flailing, and they tumbled to the ground, laughing jovially.

"Eight, if you count my own!" Sasha announced, proudly. "I was touching it with my free hand."

"Next time, try me. I'm taller, so there'll be more space," Joked Lucilla. "But definitely next time. I'm ready to finish!"

The eight women slowly picked themselves up and spread out into more practical arrangement. Sasha had had quite enough of being on her back, so she got on her hands and knees, grinding her pussy against Genevieve's face while she in turn buried her face between Lucilla's legs. One by one, the girls piled on, until each of them was sucking, licking, fiddling with, or grinding against whatever part of whatever friend they found available. Adrielle laid down on her back and scooted under Lucilla's knee so she could suckle at Sasha's dangling breasts. It wasn't long before she felt a different mouth on each of her nipples. She had to hold Sasha's breast aside for a moment to see it was Fina and Evelune. Fina began rubbing Adrielle's vulva so as not to leave her unattended. She was able to reach Evelune in turn, but there were too many limbs in the way for her to reach Fina's to return her favor. Thankfully, Lucilla saw the need and offered a hand.

They continued on like this like this for a while, occasionally switching positions, as their pleasure built and built. Their gasps and cries of pleasure grew louder and more frequent, even Cateline's, still seated on the bench to the side by herself. She was masturbating so vigorously that, even through the cries of their lovemaking, they could hear the schlick-schlick-schlick as her fingers darted across her glistening-wet flesh.

Suddenly, there came a voice from behind them, cold and cross.