The Triskele Consort Ch. 10

"Yes, Lindsay," Tr'skel replied, turning to me, "when Tel used the combined powers of the estar to re-form your body, his bond with you gave him an understanding of your desires and hopes for the future. He took advantage of your unfortunate situation to provide you with the means to achieve them, a gift to his dear slave."

"He gave Lindsay the power to create new life?" Gyn asked, disbelievingly.

"No." Tr'skel replied. "He gave her the power to transform the love that she and you share into new life!"

Gyn took my hand. "I've always known how much you wanted children, my darling." she said. "But I never knew how to talk to you about it!"

I squeezed her hand. "That's OK, baby." I said. "Knowing that you understood was all I needed. But now we WILL be having a child of our own!"

"But what exactly does the resonance of their estar energies have to do with the Master-slave bond between Tel and Lindsay?" Gyn asked.

"The melding of two demons results from the compatability of their essences, the merging of their energies to form an unbreakable joining between them." Tr'skel replied. "The resonance between Lindsay and Tel allowed their Master-slave bond to form in a similar way. The bond between them is particularly strong as they are both estars, an unusual master and slave combination to say the least."

"An usual pairing altogether." Gyn said, looking at me with wonder. "Such resonance between estars is almost unheard of, two estars have not mated in centuries. But Lindsay was already melded with me." Gyn said. "Are you saying that the resonance between them is stronger than my meld with her?"

I took her hand and looked into her eyes, smiling. "Two estars mated very recently, beloved," I said quietly, "they are now having a youngling together." Her beautiful green eyes widened as she realised what I meant, than she cried out softly with joy and hugged me tight.

"Lindsay is correct." Tr'skel continued. "Your individual essences have joined to create what is best thought of as a single essence, half of which resides within each of you. Melding combines both halves for an instant, and on rare occasions they unite completely."

"How does that differ from the resonance of two demonic energies?" Gyn asked.

"Resonance does play a significant part in the meld," Tr'skel explained, "but it is merely one aspect of the joining of demonic essences. The essence of one demon may resonate with many others, but true melding only occurs once in any demon's lifetime."

"I have melded twice." Gyn said, hugging me tightly to her. "And I formed a Mistress-slave bond with a Pleasure imp, centuries ago."

"Linz'carn." I said. Tr'skel raised an eyebrow at this information, but otherwise seemed completely unperturbed. "Indeed." he replied, then nodded to Tar.

"As requested by the Lord Tel'estar," Tar reported, "I have found the record in the archives of the training of a Pleasure imp sent here by Tor'kelar, father of the Lady Gyn's mate." He opened a large, ledger-like volume at the correct page and handed it to Gyn. My beloved began to cry softly as she read the entry in respect of her lover of so many centuries earlier.

"Property of the Tor'kelar estate...a She-carn, given name Linz by owner...responds excellently to command and requires little correction...displays elegance and poise when adopting service positions...carriage graceful and very pleasing to the eye...very sexual in nature and wonderfully skilled in all forms of pleasure giving...eager to please and very quick to learn..." she read aloud.

"Linz'carn was trained as a slave here?" I asked.

"Of course." Tr'skel replied. "I only saw her once or twice while she was here, but I am still surprised that I did not realise how closely you resemble her until Tel asked me about her, Lindsay. My apologies."

"...final assessment: excellent slave who has truly earned her brand." Gyn finished reading, closed the ledger and handed it back to Tar'skel without a word. I hugged her tight as she sat in silence for a long moment. Then she looked at me and smiled.

"That description...reminds me of someone." she said softly as she looked at me, eyes shining with love.

"Hardly surprising, I suppose!" I replied, smiling back at her.

"The resonance of Linz'carn made Lindsay part-demon when I transformed her, allowing us to meld," Gyn said to Tr'skel, "that much at least is certain, Uncle. But HOW was I able to meld twice?"

"The implications of indefinite regeneration for melding are still uncertain, Gyn." Tr'skel replied. "As far as is known, NO demon has ever melded more than once, except for you. An extensive study of Demon lore has yet to provide an explanation for how this could have happened."

"But it most likely has something to do with me?" I asked, intrigued.

"Without a doubt." the High Lord of Discipline answered. "You are the only hu-man known to have undergone partial transformation to a lesser Demon, Lindsay. We now also know that your transformation was based upon the resonance of a Pleasure imp with whom Gyn shared a Mistress-slave bond. Somehow, Gyn had remained bonded to the resonance of Linz'carn, which allowed her to meld with you through the resonance of your essences."

"But shouldn't my transformation have made me a carn?" I inquired. "How am I an estar at all?"

"I transformed you with estar energy, baby." Gyn explained. "The energy within you, your essence, is that of an estar, although your nature is that of a Pleasure imp. I should have realised sooner!"

"That would seem to be correct, Niece." Tr'skel replied, smiling. "Lindsay became an estar when you made her part demon, Gyn, and your Mistress-slave bond with Linz'carn allowed you to meld with her!"

"That means," Gyn said after a long silence, "that it was my own actions that made it possible for Lindsay to meld with me. I unknowingly transformed her from the hu-man she was into a demon mate for myself!"

"For you both to mate," Tr'skel added, "Lindsay's essence needed to resonate with yours, Gyn. However, that means..."

"...that her essence ALSO resonates with my brother's." Gyn continued. "I made Lindsay and Tel's bond possible!"

"So, Lady Gyn'estar, Mistress of my heart," I said, looking deeply into her eyes, "You MADE me your own. But you ALSO made me Tel's! NOW will you stop obsessing about Tel stealing me from you again, please? It's interfering in my plan for reconciling you both!"

Gyn smiled. "It's a bit messy, being mistress to a Pleasure imp who also has a master," she said. "But his devotion to you is obvious, my darling, and I finally understand why. I am getting used to the idea, believe me."

"Gyn, our life together so far and our future together have been the result of accidents and coincidences." I said. "My meeting Tel was one, a meeting which has had wonderful consequences for us, in the end. Can't you take the negative as well as the gloriously positive?"

"I can!" she replied, smiling. "In fact, I think we should tell your Master our news right now, don't you, beloved?"

"I already know." said Tel'estar, stepping from behind a tall book shelf. "And I'm absolutely delighted for both of you!" I squealed with delight and ran into his embrace. He hugged me tightly as he looked over my shoulder at Gyn. I turned to look at her as she spoke.

"Eavesdropping, brother?" she said, but she was smiling widely!

"I had no idea how you would react to what you have just heard." he said. "Of course, it MUST remain a secret between those of us present. Demonkind almost became extinct in the past because some thought they had more right to this world than others. The division and resentment that this knowledge could cause are risks too great to contemplate!"

"But why did you tell us at all, Master?" I asked. "Sharing a secret only increases the risk of discovery!"

"Because we had no choice!" Tr'skel said. "You two are having a child together now. You must know the truth of how it came about."

"We have told you the secret of Indefinite Regeneration," said Tel, "because we have something very important to ask of you both."

"Which is?" Gyn and I said in unison!

"Your child must be trained to invoke the incantation. Demonkind is currently completely dependant on Lord Tel'estar." Tr'skel said. "Someone MUST be prepared to take his place should anything ever happen to him!"

"Why would our daughter be the one to take Tel's place?" Gyn asked.

"Because your daughter will be my heir, she may therefore someday be High estar. She must be trained for the duties and responsibilities that would entail." Then he grinned. "How do you know your baby is a girl, by the way?"

"For the same reason that you have concluded that she will be an estar." Gyn replied, smiling. "Two female estar parents, one female estar baby!"

"But Lindsay is part hu-man, and was once male, remember." Tel said.

Gyn kissed me softly on the bosom, over my heart. "Lindsay was NEVER a man, Tel, she just looked like one." she said, looking at me lovingly. "The most womanly part of her was always there, long before I ever met her!" I kissed her, tears forming in my eyes.

Gyn then looked at Tel. "Assuming that we agree, how will this training be given?" she asked. "We don't live with you, and we can't disrupt her childhood by constantly moving between residences."

"Come home, Gyn." Tel said. "If you, Lindsay and the baby all live with me, then she can train as she grows. It will be completely normal for her."

I had been watching my He-demon lover and master closely all this time. I somehow knew that there was something he wasn't telling us!

"Tel, Master," I said sweetly, but my eyes made it clear that I wanted an honest answer! "what haven't you told us?"

He smiled ruefully. "There truly is a bond between us, my dear little pet." he said. "Very well, but this is more of a hope, an intuition, than a certainty. I used my control over the powers of all estars to give you your transformation ability. It is my hope that your child may naturally possess the control that took me so long to acquire!"

"So she may be a super-estar?" I replied. Gyn snorted, trying very hard not to laugh at my awful pun, but Tel grinned widely!

"Not the expression I would have used, but that is the hope of Lord Tr'skel and I, yes." he replied.

Gyn and I looked at each other for a long time. Finally Gyn spoke for us both.

"If our daughter may someday be High estar," she said, "she will need to be trained for the duties and responsibilities of the Office. Considering the sacrifices that you have made on behalf of us all, my brother," and at this she smiled at him warmly, "and the support that Lindsay gives you as your 'little pet', our duty as the two estars closest to you is clear. Lindsay and the baby will live with you. I will take over your work in the Hu-man Realm altogether, so that you may attend to training your niece for her possible future role as High estar."

Tel was visibly stunned! "I would NEVER ask that of you, Gyn! Why not come home and live with Lindsay and your daughter as a family?"

"Lindsay already shuttles between us both, Tel," she replied, "and as she will attest, I often receive visitors at all hours, come and go from Earth at irregular intervals. Our daughter will have a more stable upbringing this way."

Tel'estar looked at me. I nodded.

"Of course, if I should actually SUCCEED in saving humanity from itself, then I can come home for good!" she added.

"And she will of course stay with me and Baby whenever she can!" I said.

"Of course, beloved!" Gyn exclaimed as she hugged me tight. "We will be together as much as my work will permit. But now we know the burden that the High estar has carried all this time on behalf of Demonkind, we shall make whatever small sacrifices are required of us to assist him!"

"Pee-yew!" I said in disgust. "This stuff really STINKS!"

It was after breakfast the following morning that I found myself standing in a shallow bath while Lara used a liquid solvent to dissolve my latex-like artificial hide, my own skin now reddened, raw and sore in places where she had needed to scrub hard to remove the deep crimson substance from my body.

"I need to do this as quickly as possible, Lindsay, to minimise your inhalation of fumes from the solvent." Lara said, "My apologies for the harshness. I never expected you to be expecting!"

"It's fine Lara, I understand. Do whatever you need to do." I said, as she bent me from the waist and made me grip the side of the bath. I squealed loudly as the thick hard bristles of her brush scraped hard and fast across my bum!

I eventually emerged from a proper hot bath, after Lara had finally managed to scrub off the last traces of my body decoration. My metal body jewellery had been removed before the scrubbing treatment, so I now lay spread legged on a leather couch, my knees sharply bent, as she applied a regenerative ointment to the punctures in my nipples and inner labia.

"Kala'estar, a cousin of Tel and Gyn, created this ointment. She is an expert in regenerative healing." Lara explained as I felt the piercings tighten and shrink as she rubbed generous quantities of the preparation into them. "She is also the most highly skilled estar in the area of transformation, helping those who wish to change their physical appearance."

"There are demons who are unhappy with their form?" I asked, somewhat surprised!

"It is not as rare as you might think." Lara replied. "I should not say too much, but I know of quite a few She-bels who were once She-kans! He-demons have become She-demons, and vice-versa, also."

I thought of the astonishingly beautiful Felis'bel, feeling sympathy for any She-kan who might envy her!

"And yet the most beautiful of all She-bels is mated with a He-kan." I mused aloud.

"Yes." Lara replied. "Truly, the mind is an enigma. I prefer to deal with healing the body."

Lara closed the apothecary jar containing the healing ointment. I tried to sit up, but she gently held me in place.

"I would like to give you a...parting gift, if you will permit me, Lindsay." she said, holding up a tiny gold barbell piercing. "As your pleasure pearl is already pierced..."

I smiled at her. "Thank you, Lara." I replied. "That would be a lovely memento of our time together!"

Shortly afterwards, dressed in a short red leather skirt and a matching tiny laced jerkin, I was making my way past the inner entrance to the Great Hall when I noticed Felis inside, looking up at the statue of Korbis'bel. I slipped in through the double set of doors and approached her as stealthily as I could.

"Unless you can stop breathing, you will never be able to catch me unawares, Lindsay!" she said without turning around. "Have you hurt your ankle, or something? Your gait is a little off, I can feel it in the vibrations of your footsteps."

"I am wearing something new." I replied, smiling. I had been taking shorter steps than usual, as I got used to the spherical ends of the barbell pressing and rubbing against the inner surface of the little fleshy hood over my nubbin as I walked!

"Oh?" she answered. "What is it?"

"All in good time." I said, as mysteriously as I could. "Whatcha doin'?"

She looked up at Korbis once more. "I was wondering what he would think of his great-great granddaughter," she said, "and what I would say to him if he were here." She reached up and touched the carved left hind paw reverently.

"He would doubtless tell you how proud he is of you, Felis the Fierce." Gyn's voice said from behind us. I turned and smiled at her.

"Felis the Fierce." I said. "Sounds good to me. I bet Korbis would have approved!"

Felis sighed and smiled at us both. "Not the worst name a warrior could have, I suppose!"

"Are they going to put that name on your statue?" I asked.

"Oh, please don't bring THAT up!" she replied, flicking me on the bum with her tail. "I'll be here for at least another quarter-moon, posing in my armour while the sculptor makes her sketches! At least the family is enjoying the extended stay."

"Well, I'm saying my goodbyes this afternoon, but I guess this is the right moment for us to part." I hugged her tightly as she wrapped her arms around me, her tail stroking the backs of my legs. "Your tail has become a lot more...active recently!" I said, smiling at her.

"My martial training has strengthened it and increased its range of movement," she answered, as the tip slid up under my skirt and rubbed softly between my bottom cheeks, "and the Amazon within me has been awakened!" Her tail now slipped silkily into the space between my inner thighs and began to slowly caress my swelling sex lips.

"I do hope you're not keeping Felix just for procreation!" I replied, giggling.

"Of course not!" she answered, as the tip of her tail curled upwards so its soft bristles slipped beneath my fleshy hood to press against my nubbin. "But what happens between us stays between us, yes?" she asked, as she pulled me even tighter against her.

"Of course!" I replied, trying not to squeal as the bristles prickled against my tender little love button!

She looked up at Korbis again. "I had better start thinking about a training regime. I have a title to defend, after all."

"You'll have the best personal trainer in the realm within walking distance of your home!" I said. "Tel is already planning a gym for you. He intends for you to be champion for ever, I think!"

"Hold on," Gyn said, taking out her phone, "I want a photo of you two for when I'm away from home!"

I put my arm round Felis's waist as her hand paw reached behind me to rest on my hip, her tail curling round my right calf. Gyn's phone camera flashed twice. Felis and I looked over her shoulder as she showed us the images, one a long shot including Korbis's statue, the other of the two of us standing at its base. Gyn then secured the device in a fastened pocket in her satchel.

"We'll see you very soon, Felis the Fierce!" I said. "Bring the family over when you get back, we'll have a movie night."

Tel'estar, Tr'skel and I were on the platform of the observation tower. A rapta circled in the clear sky as I made my farewell to the High Lord of Discipline. He had one last request of me, however!

"The Consort of Discipline." I said to Tr'skel. "Why do I get the feeling that you have always intended to offer me this Office, my lord?"

"Tel and I created the role for you, yes." he explained. "But the festival has always needed a demon like you, a symbol, someone free of the burden of our past mistakes who can help us summon the future!"

"Why a demon like me?" I asked, already knowing the answer!

"Because you are a Hu-man who has been welcomed by Demonkind as a citizen of our realm, Lindsay." he replied. "The divisions between us that caused the devastation of the Great Cataclysm have finally begun to diminish. We must seize the moment now that you are among us!"

"I am just a Pleasure imp, my lord," I answered, "and only part-demon at that. I am also a bond-girl, property of the Lord Tel'estar. I am his slave and cannot accept the office you offer without his permission." I looked over to Tel, who was leaning against the edge of the parapet, his face inscrutable.

"Lindsay, my sweet little pet, you honour me as always." the High estar said, then smiled. "I could order you to do this as your High estar or command you to do so as your master. But I am asking you to do this of your own free will, as one citizen of the Demon Realm to another. I need your help with my work. Your interaction with Demonkind in general, and now your role as the Consort of Discipline shall be of enormous assistance to me in promoting the message of harmonious coexistence."

I walked to the parapet and stood beside him. I took his hand as I looked out over the Demon Realm, my home now, tears forming in my eyes as I thought of the joy the future promised. I turned back to Tr'skel and smiled shyly.