A Dangerous captive

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She gave them as much time as possible but as the sun was setting she finally entered her hut. It seemed so full of people and in the middle was Darius, laughing about something that one of his brothers had said. Ayleen smiled hesitantly at her and she smiled back.

When Darius turned and saw her, he came to her and kissed her before proudly introducing her to his family. His brothers all favored each other greatly, and Darius too. It was strange to think that in the beginning all five of these big, strong men had been together inside the small woman that was their mother.

Darius placed his hand on Fiona’s belly and announced that they were expecting triplets. His brothers laughed and slapped Darius on his back but his mother stood there looking skeptically at Fiona for her belly as of yet showed no traces of one, much less three babies growing within her.

“I realize that it may be hard for a non-believer to understand but the gods talk to me, tell me what we should do. What we should not do. They have power.”

“But how can you know that already you carry a child, much less three?”

“The gods have told us. The village saw the sign.”

The woman looked at her hesitantly and Fiona smiled, wanting to break the tension. “I am sure that you must be hungry. Continue with your visit while I prepare some nourishment.”

Ayleen wanted to help but she smiled and shook her head and encouraged the girl to spend time with her family. It did not really take that long to prepare the food and soon they were all sitting around eating and talking.

 

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Darius wanted to get to know is family again, it had been fifteen long years since he had left to find his own way in the world and of course his family wanted to know about him. They were most curious about how a fearsome, warrior like man such as him had gained the love of the stunningly beautiful Fiona.

He began his story by saying how much he regretted being so much like Wolf, taking young women from their homes to use for his pleasure, "The only saving grace in that is that it brought Fiona and I together." He smiled lovingly at Fiona and stroked the back of her hand.

When he got to the part where Fiona had rendered him impotent whenever he tried to possess her, his brothers laughed uproariously in disbelief and dismissed it as being due to the amount of wine Darius must have drunk.

"You may laugh but I was not drunk for a whole seven moons, Fiona had the power of the gods to protect her from me, I can prove that to you with Fiona's help and permission. I am sure that while you were in Wolf's clutches you had feelings for a special woman in the camp but you were not allowed to act upon your feelings because they were being used by Wolf and his men, what if I were to bring those women here and invite you to use them, would you believe me then if each time you were within touching distance of your chosen woman your cocks would shrivel like a winter's leaf from a tree, I will show you the power of the gods and you will worship them as I do, are we agreed?"

His brothers scoffed at the idea that they would become limp when they wanted to penetrate their chosen woman but agreed anyway. Darius sent for the four named women, Mara, Kina, Greta and Luna, each one a beauty in their own right. They were told that they were to discard their clothes and make themselves available to their chosen brother. The women were willing and eager and each enticed their man to embrace them and take them, Darius's brothers were also eager as they had not been with a woman for months, ever since they had become Wolf's prisoners. Each one approached their woman with their cocks hard and throbbing but as Darius predicted as soon as they were within touching distance their cocks wilted and became limp. Each one tried to make excuses why that should happen but Darius told them to move away and when they did their cocks grew hard again, three, four times each brother tried but the result was the same.

"Do you believe me now? Will you swear our allegiance to the Gods that have this power over you?"

The four brothers agreed and Darius laughed, "I think both you and your women have suffered enough, each of you take your woman and do whatever you wish."

The hut was soon left with just Darius, Fiona, Ayleen and her mother.

"Now that is out of the way we must think of how we can sway the villagers opinion in Ayleen's favour."

 

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Once his brothers has left with their women and it was just the four of them - Ayleen, Magda (Darius’ mother) Darius and herself, Darius brought up what was on his mind.

Now that is out of the way we must think of how we can sway the villagers opinion in Ayleen's favour.

Fiona shook her head. “You know that we cannot do that, my mate. We cannot sway the villagers. If anyone can speak for her, it cannot be either of us.

That was when Darius told her of Hetta and her offer to speak for Ayleen.

“That is good. Hetta is well loved by the village. Did she say anything of her mate, Igor? He is your man, love, but is he someone that your men trust? Would he speak from the heart?”

Darius nodded and left taking Ayleen with him. That left her alone with Magda. Both were quiet for a moment.

“Do you really carry three?”

Fiona smiled and nodded. “Give me your hand.” Magda was hesitant but did so and Fiona places the woman’s palm upon her belly.

“Close your eyes.” Magda frowned and looked quizzically at her. “You want to know the truth?”

Magda did so, and suddenly the woman gasped, her eyes flew open to look deep into Fiona’s eyes.

“I saw them!”

Fiona smiled before hugging the woman. “Come, I will take you to the fearann. You can stay there until your sons have built a family hut for your family.”

 

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The day of reckoning for Ayleen dawned bright, warm and sunny, the trial was due to start midmorning, The villagers began to arrive and discuss their views, standing in groups, some arguing among themselves. In general the consensus seemed to be that Ayleen was a willing spy and as such she should pay the ultimate price.

The trial began with Fiona laying out the facts as they were known, Darius did not speak in case he was accused of bias with Ayleen being his sister.

Several people spoke up to give their views but they were not regarded as important in the community.

Darius spoke quietly to Fiona,

"It is not looking good for Ayleen, we need someone of substance to speak for her."

The arguments raged back and forth and it was getting to the stage where a vote needed to be taken.

A commotion broke out at the back of the crowd and a member of Wolf's men now known as The Scum, tried to force his way through,

"I will speak for her, good people of the village put away the hatred in your hearts, this poor girl was put in a position from which there was no escape. If she refused to act as a spy Wolf would have thrown both her and her mother to us followers and her brothers would have been killed,,,, very slowly. She did not know that your Lord Darius was the leader here and even if she did know he was her brother she could not reveal herself as if Wolf did not receive regular information from her the same fate would befall her family. she is not a traitor in the true sense and now I offer myself to take her place if you need someone on whom to take out your anger."

Darius could not help but applaud the courage of the young man, AYleen stepped forward and spoke for the first time,

"Good people, he speaks the truth, I had no choice if I was to save my family, here you see an honourable man who offers his life in exchange for mine, I beg you, do not do that."

The villagers talked among themselves and finally one man was sent forward to speak for them,

"We find Ayleen sister of Darius Long Tongue guilty of spying but not guilty of treason she must be punished for her crime so we have decided she will be a slave to the Fearann for three full moons, the man who spoke for her has proved his bravery and committed an act that deserves recognition so henceforth he shall be known by the name of Godric the Fearless."

 

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Darius’ family, save Ayleen, stood together while the trial carried on before the villagers. Magda, surrounded by her sons stood stoically by watching her daughter face the villagers. She had wanted Darius to protect his sister, yet she understood why he could not.

Poor Ayleen stood on the platform facing the villagers, her eyes wide with fright yet a stubbornness to her chin, determined to face her fate as proudly as possible. Darius and Fiona were required to stand apart from the young woman, making her feel truly alone.

Things were not looking good, and in her mind she wondered if death would be quick or slow and painful. Suddenly the sound of voices from the back of the crowd could be heard as one of Wolf’s men stepped forth to speak for her.

She recognized him. He had been one of the nicer men that had raped her. He had always spoken kindly to her, and sex with him had been gentler than with most of the others. She had never known his name.

Still, she was shocked when he announced that she spoke the truth and offered to take her place in death. She looked at him, surprised. That one of Wolf’s men would do that shocked her. Perhaps the men were not that bad after all.

After she spoke out in her defense, telling them that if they needed someone to pay the price for what had been done that it should be her and not this man, the villagers talked amongst themselves some more before coming to a decision.

One man stepped forward and pronounced sentence.

We find Ayleen sister of Darius Long Tongue guilty of spying but not guilty of treason she must be punished for her crime so we have decided she will be a slave to the Fearann for three full moons, the man who spoke for her has proved his bravery and committed an act that deserves recognition so henceforth he shall be known by the name of Godric the Fearless.

Ayleen’s knees felt as if they would give way in relief as her Mother burst into tears of gratitude and her brothers cheered. She looked at the man that had spoken for her, he now known as Godric the Fearless. The man stood looking at her, a proud smile upon his face. Ayleen colored as she shyly smiled before the man was cut of from her view by her family as they gathered round her, giving her praise and hugs of love.

Fiona stood watching as Darius crossed to his sister and placed her in a bear hug, swinging her around. But Fiona had seen the look that had passed between Ayleen and Goodrich just seconds before and suspected that the man had felt something for the young woman since she and her family had first been held captive by Wolf.

Perhaps soon... after the woman had served her sentence...

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We are stopping the story of “A Dangerous Captive” at this point. I am in need of a break for several months. In the new year, we will pick our story up and we hope that you will continue reading it as we still have much to reveal. In the meantime, Cumnchat will still be writing with other writers and we hope that you will read those stories.

Enjoy the holidays and I will see you in 2020.

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OOC To all our readers we're back, hopefully back with a vengeance.

For the next couple of weeks the village was a hive of activity as the villagers worked to repair the damage caused by Wolf's attack on the village. During the day Darius and Fiona saw little of each other but the separation only ignited the fire that burned within them for each other. After their evening meal they would retire to their hut and once alone they were naked and exploring one another's body with their hands, fingertips, lips and tongues. All who passed within a few yards of the hut could hear the impassioned cries of ecstasy coming from the hut and they would tell their friends,

"They never stop, Darius must have the stamina of a thousand men."

In truth it was not all Darius for as soon he began to flag Fiona revived him, teasing him with her voluptuous body
voluptuous body which was beginning to show signs of her condition; her breasts were large and heavy with protruding nipples that Darius played with every chance he got, Fiona, in turn stroked, sucked and licked his large swollen cock, swirling her tongue around the purple head, this inflamed Darius's need and he would take his mate again and again encouraged by her cries of passion and the arching of her back as he fucked her and made love to her.

Something happened one day that brought the villagers and Wolf's men closer together and ease the tension between them. The rains had come and the river where the women did their washing was now a raging foaming torrent.
Nineteen year old Serenity was pounding her clothes on the rocks that littered the banks of the river when her best dress slipped from her grasp and washed away, she reached out to grab it and overbalanced into the foaming torrent and was swept along the torrent, her head bobbing up and down as she screamed for help. One of the SCUM was chopping down trees along the bank and heard Serenity's cries for help, he sized up the situation in an instant and plunged into the fast flowing water and caught Serenity by her hair as she floundered in the river, with a huge effort he dragged her to the riverbank and safety. As he tried to climb out himself he slipped and disappeared back into the river and wasn't seen again.
The incident was reported to Darius and Fiona , after much deliberation they pronounced the man as worthy of a name as recognition of his bravery, he was named Hubert and a gathering of the villagers paid tribute to him.

"The man proved himself as worthy of a name and to be forever remembered. He gave his life to save one of our own, we pray that the gods will look kindly upon him."

Darius declared to the gathered villagers with Fiona standing beside him. After that it was mandatory for the women to have a rope tied around their waists when washing their clothes in the river.

 

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It was obvious that for the most part, the scum that occupied a portion of the village did indeed wish to get their names back. Fiona suspected that being crammed into a tent with other men had lost its appeal since they were surrounded by others living comfortably in nice dry huts. The straw on the raised floor stayed dryer longer and the constructed holder at each doorway assured that the straw and thresh was less likely to be lost from wind and foot movement in and out of the hut.

Meanwhile the babies continued to grow inside of her. She found herself turning to Magda, Darius’ mother, amazed that the small woman had birthed five boys at once. The woman was very knowledgeable and would give her advice as to what to do once she reached her final moon cycle before the babies were born.

Still, for now she and Darius could still enjoy each other and frequently did. Teasingly sometimes Darius would press his lips to her sex and snake his incredibly long tongue up inside of her, telling her that he was whispering to the babies. She could not help her cries of ecstasy that filled the hut as her back arched in a frenzy of passion while she filled his mouth with her desire.

The gentle swell of her belly made her appear further in her pregnancy than she actually was and though not producing milk yet, Darius seemed to enjoy the already heavier breast and larger nipples that she had, frequently playing with them, sucking and nibbling on them. He was careful each time that they fucked, gently petting her belly and talking to the babies.

There was one thing that she needed to inform Darius of. She decided that it might be best to let him now so that he could talk to his family as she realized that this may be a bit different for them.

They lay on their pallet, their limbs intertwined as Darius patted her belly.

“My love, I should tell you that in about a month or so, we will be required to perform another ceremony. Mabon will be where we celebrate the harvest and you shall need to perform another ceremony like the one we did after our mating. Because of the blessing of the babies that I carry, this winter should mean that we will have plenty of food. However, I know that your family may not be accustomed to our ways and you may want to acquaint them with what we will be doing.”

And then, as Darius pondered just what he would need to tell his mother and brothers and sister, Fiona rolled over so that her face was in his groin whereupon she held his cock in one hand while lifting his heavy balls with the other hand so that she could lick them. He gave a groan as her tongue ran along the underside of it, it’s large purple head swollen and needing relief.

Soon she was sucking on it and hoping for his seed on her tongue.

 

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Darius knew that he needed to speak to his family about the impending ceremony and hoped they would understand that it was expected of him and Fiona to demonstrate to the villagers and the gods that their love for each other had not waned since their public mating. He had no doubts about being able to perform in front of the villagers as before but he was not sure that his family would approve. He gathered the all together to explain the ceremony and the reason for it, he asked Fiona be present as well so she would not feel excluded because they were not actually married but cohabiting and living as man and wife. His mother's face showed her displeasure at the situation but his brothers congratulated him on her beauty.

Ayleen did not seem to care one way or the other as her mind was constantly on Godrich the fearless who had spoken for her at her trial and she wanted nothing more than for him to approach her with the intention of bedding her. She gave him every encouragement by wearing a shift with no support for her ample breasts and letting him see how they swayed and bounced, if she saw him coming towards her she would quickly pinch her nipples so they grew hard and erect pressing against the material of her shift. As time went by she became more desperate and bolder until one day she had pinched her nipples to hard pebbles and as Godrich sat down she put a hand on his thigh and arched her back,

"What must I do to awaken that sleeping snake you keep hidden? I have sampled it before but that was forced upon me, now I wish to become better acquainted, have I not made that clear to you Godrich."

"Please forgive me Mistress Ayleen, I did not want to appear presumptuous and claim that you owed me for what I did but I have dreamed of you ever since that first time when you protested vehemently. Now you you have declared your feelings for me I think that if we took a walk in the woods you will find my snake awakening."

He smiled and took Ayleen's hand and they walked into the woods together.

 

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She could tell that Magda was not exactly happy about what would be happening. And she seemed to have the mistaken idea that they were living sinfully. Fiona could see that Darius was unsure exactly how to explain things to his family and that it would fall to her to step in.

“Magda, Darius and I are indeed blessed to be joined as mates, according to the gods. My Mother was a Priestess Perfect, as was her Mother, as was her Mother before her. In fact, as far back as our elders can recite, that is the way that it is. The same with my father. As soon as he joined and mated with my Mother, he became our Priest. The same as Darius.

The gods kept me pure, so that no man ever lay with me until I took Darius as my mate, and No other man shall lay with me. And should something happen to my beloved, I would be filled with grief. Yet no man shall ever lay with me other than Darius. No other man shall ever give me children, save my mate, Darius. And I shall raise my eldest daughter in the ways of the Priestess Perfect.

When my mother was killed when she fell from a height, my father was filled with sorrow, yet he continued his duties as Priest for our village. And he trained me in the ways of a Priestess, teaching me what would be necessary to be a Priestess Perfect.

So you see, we are mates one to the other, and to no other. Now, we have a ceremony occurring in about a months time. It is important that we perform it to ensure that the food for this winter is plentiful, and we perform it before the adults of the village to show that we hide nothing from our people. Darius will mate with me before our people, and my swelling belly shall prove that the gods will ensure that our food shall be plentiful this winter. The gods expect this from us and we freely give it.”

His family was quiet, almost as if they were not sure that they understood correctly. She did not reveal to Magda of how Darius had kidnapped her for the purpose of making her his sex slave, as he had done with other women. And how it was her and her gods that had changed him. That would be up to him to reveal that if he wished to do so.

Fiona could feel that Ayleen had other things on her mind. Through Fiona’s explanations she was quiet and spoke nary a word. As soon as the conversation turned to other things, the young woman slipped away and Fiona suspected that it was young Godric the Fearless that she thought of.

As Ayleen and Godric headed off into the forest, the young girl was excited. And to know that he too thought of her excited her even more. Soon the two were laying in a hidden thicket, where the two of then cuddled and kissed while his snake found life and began to grow. It was a natural progression when soon Godric the Fearless happily fucked the pretty Ayleen, the woman that he had spoken up for, had offered his life for her. As he sucked on her hard nipples, soon he was filling her womb with his seed, their cries proof of the affection that had blossomed between them. Ayleen had a few weeks left on her sentence to serve the fearann, but from the way that he spoke of building his hut large enough for a family, she suspected that he would be asking her to be his mate. and she most certainly would say yes.

 

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After Fiona had spoken to his mother and his brothers and sister Darius thought they understood even if it it seemed sinful to them.

"I understand your reluctance to agree with our ways but the villagers expect it and our influence diminished if we do not perform the ceremony, you do not have to attend but it is our wish that you see that it is not a carnal act but one of love between Fiona and myself, similar to renewing our oaths to each other as you, mother, did with father before he passed away."

Magda hugged Darius and said

"I can see that you love Fiona with all your heart and you now believe in her gods as sincerely as we believe in ours so you must carry out what is expected of you."

They made love gently that night and as they lay in each other's arms Darius spoke,

"I hope that my family will attend the ceremony so they can see our love in its purest form."

Ayleen and Godrich's return to the village did not go unnoticed and Ayleen was asked,

"How could you after what he had done to you? Did he force you again, did he hurt you?"

Ayleen smiled serenely,

"It was wonderful, he is so kind and gentle, I want to be his woman and bear him many children, I must speak to Darius and ask his permission."

 

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Ayleen was known as a cheerful and helpful person, spending much of her time working in the fearann as had been decreed. She still had some time left on her sentence but she really did not find helping out here such a bad punishment. During the day she always helped out the new mothers, longing for her own baby. She would play with the children and would mend their torn clothes and help prepare their food.

She also did the laundry for the women and children in the fearann, working hard at the river. Anytime that she was there, Godric would happen to come by to check on her. There would be stolen long glances between the two, though after a while the other women noticed and came to expect the man to make an appearance whenever Ayleen was there.

Meanwhile, Fiona stood watching the comings and goings of the village. Already her stomach was starting at show, the three babies that she carried making her appear further along in her pregnancy than she actually was. Her shift still hid her joy to all but the most critical eyes, but soon her swelling belly would be apparent to all.

There had been two other babies that had been conceived on the night of the ceremony and those two babies would also be considered special blessed. In fact, their little village was growing quite fast, what with the inclusion of Wolf’s men and the people that those men had held captive, and now the additions of the new life that she could feel growing in various bellies. She had already put in motion the increase in the size of the fearann. The building was starting to get cramped and the extra room was needed. And Darius was seeing to the clearing of a few more trees so that he could expand the outer walls of the village so that there would be more room for the huts that were being built.

Looking up, she saw Hetta walking across the center of the village, smiling and happy.

“Fiona, dear friend, I have news!”

“You are with child.” She could feel the new life growing within the woman’s womb.

“You knew! I can keep nothing from you.”

Fiona laughed and placed a hand upon her friend’s belly, feeling the spark of life that grew there. “She is a fine baby and will bring you and Igor much joy.”

Hetta’s eyes grew wide. “She? You said she!” Her hand quickly went to where the baby grew, though as of now there was no outward appearance of it. “I must go tell Igor.”

And with that Hetta ran off in search of her mate to give him the news.

 

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Darius was a large man in size, not just in the size of his manhood but in bulk as well whereas Fiona was much smaller and petite so as Fiona's belly began to swell rapidly Darius spoke to Fiona about their lovemaking, he did not want to hurt the babies with his bulk aying on her nor be quite so vigorous in his thrusting, he was not prepared to only make love every other day or less, declaring that Fiona was his mate and should take him and not refuse him.

They discussed it quietly and Darius suggested that they should adopt a position each time that would not put extra stress on Fiona and they agreed that Fiona should sit astride him like riding a horse, this would enable her to control the depth of his impaling manhood and the pace also, if she felt any discomfort at all it would be easier for her to dismount. Darius was happy with this as it enabled him to handle Fiona's ballooning breasts and suckle on her protruding swollen nipples. He also claimed, with a smile, that once the babes arrived he would not get a look in so he should spend as much time as possible playing with them.

Spring was upon them and love was in abundance in the air, Hetta was with child and according to Fiona it would be a girl, the two women who had fell the night of the mating ceremony were being well looked after by the other women and some predicted that it would not be long before Ayleen became pregnant.

Darius heard the rumours and called Godric to his hut,

"Godric the fearless you are in my sister's company a great deal and it has been noticed that you both disappear into the woods together sometimes for nigh on two hours, what you do there is no concern of mine, Ayleen is a grown woman but I would not like her to be misled, so if she ever has so much as a bruise caused by you your head will be forfeit.

"My Lord Darius I would never harm Ayleen in any way, she is beautiful and kind, I love her dearly and my head is quite happy to remain where it is."

Darius laughed at Godric's bold statement,

"A man after my own heart, one with a sense of humour when being threatened."

 

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Fiona looked up at the full moon in the night sky and felt the faint stirrings of the babies within her womb. She already knew what she carried as they had already spoken to her and whispered their presence early on. Two boys and a girl. A future Priestess Perfect and two strong men.

She rubbed her belly, swollen incredibly large, and tried to calm down the babies. If she was this uncomfortable with three, she could not begin to imagine what Magda had gone through with five. Frequently various women would ask if they could rub her belly in the hopes of receiving the blessings of a fruitful mating, for it was indeed very rare for one woman to give birth to twins. Never had anyone in the village birthed a triad. And for a Priestess Perfect to have more than one child at a time? Fiona would be the first.

Ayleen’s time with the fearann would be up tomorrow and she and Godric had already petition to Darius and Fiona asking if they would give their blessings for them to be joined as mates. As Darius was the eldest male of his family, plus as the Priest of the village, he had seemed proud to once again be turned to by his family. They of course gave it, and she suspected that soon Ayleen’s belly would swell with new life.

Fiona had been pleased that each time that they had a ceremony, that his entire family had attended and had not seemed offended by it. In fact, at the snow ceremony, two of his brothers had found themselves mates and had quickly built themselves huts as they started their families. Already Darius was talking of enlarging the palisades and Fiona realized that they should name their growing village. She had chosen “Bountiful” and felt that the name would also be a blessing upon the place.

There was a sad note to the time. One of the women that had gotten pregnant right before the snow ceremony had fallen. She had been on her way to the river and lost her footing and had rolled down the hill towards the river and hit a rock. The entire village had pulled together to get her back to the village and her mate, a man name Cray, had been sent for. Fiona had known the man all her life, and he was a gentle soul and his mate, Seta, was sweet and very excited to be expecting her first child - a boy it was.

But the gods decreed that it was not to be and Seta and her babe were soon called to them. Poor Cray was heartbroken and yet she knew that soon there would be other women looking for such a fine man for a mate.

Two of Darius’ brothers had also managed to find themselves mates and were busy trying to increase the population of the village.

She waddled towards their hut and found Darius waiting for her. For one that looked so fierce, Darius could be so gentle with her. He carefully helped her out of her shift and kissed her belly. The babies shifted as they recognized their father.

He helped her lay down upon their pallet lay down behind her. Since the last moon phase she had to stop being on top and riding him as the size of her belly was now in the way and they had adopted this way in which to make love. His braided beard had grown quite a bit but it still had a way to go to be as long as it had been.

 

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Darius lay with his beloved Fiona and reflected how his life had changed, how Fiona had changed his life and made him a better man, people of all ages respected him, instead of being frightened of him they often came to him for advice which he gave freely. Soon he would be the father of three children and responsible for the way they grew up, it was a task that he relished, to shape someone's life from birth, not one but three.

Fiona was warm and comfortable her naked body against his. They lay on their sides as it was the only position that Fiona found comfortable especially when making love, Fiona would hook her top leg over his and her sacred place would available to him to gently slide in and out and then he would ejaculate on her expanded rear and he would rub it into her skin like an ointment. He had found that another advantage was that with one arm over her he could play with her heavy breasts and protruding nipples and on occasion run his fingers through her golden bush, which she seemed to enjoy, reaching gentle calming orgasms as he played with her

Early one morning they were woken by loud shouting, so they quickly dressed and went to see what the commotion was about. The shouting seemed to come from the entrance to the village so they made their way there. Igor was there, his face excited.

"I was just coming to fetch you Darius, guess who appeared out of the woods and asked if he could come in"

"I have no idea, tell me Igor, it can't be Wolf, he's dead"

"We thought this one dead too but he's very much alive, it's.............." Igor paused for dramatic effect.

"None other than HUBERT!"

 

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The sound of loud voices awoke them. Because of the size of her belly, it was harder and harder for her to get up from the ground and so Darius usually had to help her go to bed and rise up in the morning. She now found it difficult to walk and there was a definite waddle to her steps, much like that of the geese.

Darius took off ahead of her, rushing to see what exactly was the commotion was about. Fiona walked at a much slower pace and therefore missed much of the the discussion, catching up only to hear, ...other than HUBERT!

She felt irritable today. She had gotten up for this! She turned and waddled off, leaving Darius to handle all this.

Magda noted the Priestess Perfect (if she remembered it correctly - half the time she called the mate of her eldest the Perfect Priestess, which she suspected did not please Fiona) waddle away from the excitement. She knew all too well how easy it was to not feel well right now. After all, she knew what it was like to have more than one child pressing upon your insides.

She followed the woman, noting that she really did not look good. Her face looked sallow and there was a frown upon her face. Perhaps she should talk to Darius. Magda paused. Normally she would have approached the woman and talked directly to her. But something told her that today was not a good day to do such.

Staying well back, she watched the woman awkwardly walk, a frown upon her face. It was then that she noted that she could see exactly where the Priestess Perfect had walked. There were brown footprints in the green grass. The grass was dying wherever Fiona stepped.

 

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When Darius reached the gate, Igor met him and pointed to a gaunt emaciated figure slumped in the dust, he wore just a loin cloth and his ribs showed under his skin, his hair was long and lank and hung over his bony shoulders.

"Yes 'tis Hubert, I barely recognised him myself." stated Igor, "I can't get much out of him at the moment."

"That is not surprising , he looks half dead, give him some food and wine and let him rest I will speak with him later and hear his story."

The first to bring him food and wine was Serenity the girl he had saved from the drowning.

"I am glad that I am able to thank you Sir." she whispered in awe of the man who had saved her life and distressed at his appearance. However it appeared that he either did not recognise her or remember what he had done.

"Wh..wh..who are you? Do I know you? If I have rendered you a service then I am glad and would gladly do so again." He croaked the words out and his eyes closed and he lay down where he was in the dust in an exhausted sleep.

"Pick him up and carry him to a bed where he can rest, Serenity can you look after him?"

"Gladly my Lord Darius," she replied "I owe him my life."

 

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Fiona could feel herself getting angrier the longer that she stood by the river. She had finally waddled away from the others, seeking solitude by the water’s edge. All around her the air crackled as if lightening threatened to strike.

Even the gods were unusually quiet, knowing that it was not they that were needed. But Fiona felt hopeless. She had not told Darius the secret. The secret of being the Priestess Perfect. The curse of being the Priestess Perfect.

There was a willow tree near the water’s edge. Using the trunk as an aid, she slowly lowered herself beneath it until she sat on the grass, her back against the tree. Slowly, the grass around her withered and died. Where her back rested against the tree, the bark began to singe and char.

Inside her belly the babies squirmed, calling out to their mother. But Fiona could not hear.

*****

Something told Magda that something was deeply wrong. She turned to search for her son. But instead ran headlong into Eric, Fiona's father.

Eric has felt something wrong though the gods had been silent. But the worried look on Magda’s face worried him too.

“Is something wrong, Magda? What is the problem?”

“Your...daughter. The Perfect Priest...”. She shook her head, trying to get the words out.

“Is it Fiona?”

Magda merely nodded. And pointed to the burnt footsteps in the grass.

“We must find Darius!” Eric exclaimed.

In a panic the two ran towards where the crowd had once been gathered by the gate. Now the way was clear and everyone pointed in a different direction that the Priest had left.

Finally, they found him by the back palisades checking on the defense.

“Son! Son! It is Fiona!”

Immediately he seemed to think that the babies were coming and started to run to their hut. It was Eric that stopped him.

“No! It is worse that that. It is the Fearg. The Anger. It arises in a Priestess Perfect that carries a female child within her. It is what I tried to warn you about. Has Fiona told you about it?

Darius seemed to not know of what he spoke about. But Eric shook his head. “She must tell you about it. As it is, you are the only one that can bring her to her senses. In fact, you are the only one that dare approach her. If you can get her to explain the fearg, then maybe there is hope. I faced the same when my mate carried Fiona within her belly. But Fiona was all that she carried. Fiona’s fearg is stronger because of the additional babies that she carries.”

Darius looked confused and worried and Magda pointed towards the dead footprints in the grass that led towards the river.

 

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Eric looked and sounded really worried and when he was told that he, Darius, was the only one that could prevent what appeared to be impending disaster he frowned as he knew nothing of the fearg or the cause, surely Fiona must know as Eric had said that he had to get Fiona to explain it to him. He thought that would be a simple matter as in the time since their mating not one word had been spoken in anger to either of them by the other, their love would triumph, simple.

Darius followed the dead grass footprints to the river bank and spotted Fiona sitting underneath a willow tree, he approached carefully making a slight noise so Fiona would know he was there and he didn't startle her.

Before he reached her he called out.

"Fiona my love what is it? Are you sick?"

It appeared that Fiona didn't hear him for she remained where she was, unmoving, her head resting on the trunk of the Willow and oddly the bark was blackening where her head touched it.

Darius reached her and still she didn't move so he cupped her chin and lifted it for her to look at him. He recoiled in horror as her eyes were red pinpoints devoid of expression.

"Talk to me Fiona, what can I do?"

 

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There was a voice. Far away, as if a whisper, it called to her but she refused to listen. She did not feel good, and it was because of what grew inside of her. At this moment she hated them. Hated herself. Hated everything. Wanted everything to die.

“And you can do it!” A small voice whispered inside of her. It was not the gods. She knew their voices well enough. All her life she had heard them.

”Fiona my love what is it? Are you sick?”

This also was a tiny voice, yet somehow vaguely familiar. She could not place it , and the first voice whispered back.

”Ignore him. It is because of him that you are in this trouble. It is because of him that everything must die. That you must die. Unless...”

The tiny voice tempted her, dangling a possible way out.

”You know that answer. You need not ask me. It is within your power as the pregnant Priestess Perfect. Kill everyone and everything and you will feel better.”

She felt hatred rolling inside of her.

“Mother! No! Mother! You must not.”

She knew who that was. It was the sounds of her babies that she carried within her. The babies that would bring her death.

”Talk to me Fiona, what can I do?”

This voice was closer than before and suddenly a man came into view, though he seemed a long way off, as if standing on the other side of a dark forest. She knew that she should know him but she was confused.

”It is him. The cause of your trouble. He must die too.”

She looked at him, the air crackling around her like a storm in the night sky. She saw him flinch as he felt her power, yet he still he refused to move. She would show him. Let him feel the power that grew inside of her.

“You dare to touch me! For that you must die! All must die!”

Her voice was low and slurred. And not her voice. It was much deeper and full of hatred. Her lip sneered at him, her mouth black and smelled of the putrid bog. It was not Fiona that he faced. It was the devil.

Inside her womb, the babies cried and called out to their father.

”FATHER! SAVE US!”

There was a buzzing in the air like a sky full of angry bees. The flashing lights washed over her skin and bit at the man’s hands. She smiled at his pain.

 

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The air around Fiona crackled and sparked, it felt as though he was being bitten or stung as his hands cupped her chin. Darius wanted to kiss her and tell her that everything would be alright but as he bowed his head towards her mouth it was black and the stench of a swamp and rotting meat assaulted his nostrils and he involuntarily pulled away.

A deep slurred voice sneered at him, not Fiona's voice but it came from her lips,

'You dare to touch me! For that you must die! All must die!' the voice sneered , full of hatred. Darius was at a loss as to what to do, then he heard the voices, three voices talking in unison and he knew it was his babies, their babies, calling to him.

'FATHER! SAVE US!'

Darius knew he was dealing with something he had never encountered before, he had heard tales handed down through the generations how good always triumphs over evil and he wasn't about to let that change not when his families lives were at stake. Ignoring the pain that he suffered just touching his beloved Fiona he wrapped his arms around and cried out to the devil inside her,

"Darkness, pain, death is that all you have to offer? We will fight you for the right to see light, pleasure and comfort, our weapons will probably not harm you but LOVE will, I surround Fiona and my unborn children with my unconditional love,Do your worst to break through if you dare but our love for each other will never let you pass and will destroy you."

There was silence and the skies began to lighten, Fiona was no longer burning hot and her face was back to normal although deathly pale.

"I do believe that good and true love has triumphed yet again," He whispered as he hugged her and they started back to the village.

 

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Anger buzzed around her, filling her with hatred. Yet deep within her was herself, lost and hearing her babies cry. All was red and confusing.

Suddenly, arms strong and kind surrounded her, holding tight. At first his voice was weak - barely heard. Yet as he spoke, it grew stronger and louder until at last he seemed to be shouting in her ear.

Darkness, pain, death is that all you have to offer? We will fight you for the right to see light, pleasure and comfort, our weapons will probably not harm you but LOVE will, I surround Fiona and my unborn children with my unconditional love,Do your worst to break through if you dare but our love for each other will never let you pass and will destroy you.

There was a high-pitched wail if something dying and a memory of long ago, of being in her Mother’s womb and hearing the same battle between her mother and father and evil. And that time her father had fought out the evil with love.

Slowly she became aware of the darkness dying. Leaving. The redness fading away. Slowly she could see Darius sitting beside her, his body shining like the stars in the night sky, his arms holding her and their babies. Until all that was left of the evil was the smell of charred wood and burnt grass. She felt weak and her mate kissed her pale face.

I do believe that good and true love has triumphed yet again

The sun shone bright but she still felt weak as Darius helped her stand. And though her legs seemed wobbly, he helped her back towards their hut. They were within sight of it when she collapsed, unable to walk any further. Without pause he picked her up and carried her the rest of the way. She could hear her father and Magda assuring the villagers that she was just tired from her pregnancy, but the elders of the village had seen the fearg before with her mother, and knew it well.

Once inside, Darius lay her gently down upon their pallet, a worried look upon his face. She clung tight to his hand.

“Please be not angry with me, my love. I knew not how to tell you that I might die.”

A worried look crossed his face.

“Oh, I will not die by choice. It would be the will of the gods.”

He could tell that she was thirsty and dipped the cup into water for her to drink.

“A Priestess Perfect that carries a female child risks this. You see, inside each of us is good and evil. Usually the Priestess Perfect is stronger than the evil. But a female child ensures that the line carries on. And Evil does not want that. It wants to win, to take over the line, and so it tries to turn the Priestess while she carries her eventual replacement, hoping to bring evil.”

She smiled at him. “But you defeated it the only way possible. With love. I remember the battle that my mother had and how my father had to do what you did. Thank you my love.”

She was very tired and welcomed Darius’ arms around her while he stroked her forehead. She eventually dropped off to sleep in his arms.

Her father waited outside the hut until Darius came outside.

“I have been where you are and I understand what you are going through. You did wisely. She is tired and will need much rest.”

 

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Eric's words that he had done the right thing comforted Darius but as he looked at her sleeping he couldn't help being worried about her, she was so pale and tossed and turned in her sleep , Darius tought she might be in shock after her ordeal. As he bent to kiss the stench of the Fearg assailed his nostrils and pervaded the air, it was harmless now but he could not live with odour a constant reminder so he woke her gently and helped her stand effortlessly he lifted her and with her cradled in his arms he carried her to the river and a place where there was a pool of clear cool water and a small waterfall, he walked under the waterfall still with Fiona in his arms then he set her down and lifted the shift over her head so she was naked.

"We will bathe here and wash away the stench of the Fearg then lay on the rocks in the sunshine to dry."

He had gathered some moss from the rocks and rubbed her whole body until it was pink, the cool waters pointed her nipples and Darius paid them special attention playing with them as he washed. When he was satisfied he gave the moss to Fiona and chuckled,

"Your turn my love , see if you can restrain yourself from tempting me, i won't complain if you can't, if it were not for our unborns I would have you on yonder rocks,"

Fiona under waterfall

 

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Exhaustion was all that she felt, as if she could sleep for several years. No dreams haunted her yet her sleep seemed troubled, and when Darius awoke her, she was at first confused.

Without pause he helped her to stand and then picked her up in his arms and carried her. She felt weak as a newborn babe, unable to walk. Still he walk, calming her as he headed for the river until she could smell the water. It was a welcome relief when he walked under the small waterfall still carrying her. Soon he had her naked and with a bit of moss, he told her, We will bathe here and wash away the stench of the Fearg then lay on the rocks in the sunshine to dry.

Using the moss, he began to gently rub it all over her body, filling the air with its woodsy smell. Washing away the fearg smell, her vision seemed to clear a bit though her tiredness stayed with her. Within her belly the babies moved, as if pleased to be near their father.

Once finished, he handed a new patch of moss to her and asked her to help clean off the remains of his battle with the fearg. She gladly did so, carefully helping her to touch and clean all areas of his body. She noticed that his manhood eagerly rose to her attentions and was well aware that Darius loved her. The feelings of his love still enveloped her and their children.

Lovingly she caressed that part of him that had blessed her, that had given her these children that grew within her belly. His smile and groan told her that he liked this.

Once clean, he helped her through the water to the rock that baked in the sun. She tried to lay upon it but found herself uncomfortable upon it and finally, taking pity upon her, he let her use his body as a pillow holding her in his arms.

The sun was warm and she could feel the love from her Darius. She soon feel asleep with her hand wrapped around his manhood. It throbbed in her hand and in her sleep he kissed her, and she stirred.

“My Love, your seed has blessed me with these three children. We should soon consider names for them. I feel that our daughter should be named Aideen. It’s meaning is Little Fire, and as our future Priestess Perfect, she will need a fire that will burn deep inside her.”

She stroked his fire as they talked, though, her small hand running up and down his massive member. One of the babies in her belly kicked and she gave a cry. Darius was worried but she smiled.

“They are impatient to see their father. Impatient to see the world. I am fine, but I fear that the battle has made me tired. Please help me back to our hut where I may rest while you check with Igor. He searches for you.” She could feel Igor, calling out as he searched for Darius.

Darius helped her to stand and dress before leading her back to their hut. As they approached, Magda saw them and came to them, offering to stay with Fiona while she slept.

“I understand what she is going through. I will stay with her. Go find Igor. He searches for you. Something about the man that has returned.”

Magda pet his arm and smiled as she sat beside the pallet.

“Do not worry. She will be better tomorrow.”

 

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Darius allowed Fiona to sleep in his arms for a while on the flat rock then helped her to dress and helped her back to the village although she had to lean on him for support as her legs were so weak. As they approached the village Fiona told him that Igor was looking for him. Magda also said that Igor wanted to speak to him about the return of Hubert. With the battle against the Fearg occupying his mind Darius had all but forgotten about Hubert. Magda volunteered to look after Fiona while he went to speak with Igor.

"You wish to speak to me about Hubert then Igor, what has he told you?"

"There is trouble brewing Darius, Hubert said that just a few miles from here a party of men akin to the likes of Wolf are roaming the countryside and ravaging every settlement they come cross, they rape the young women and kill the men who will not join them, I fear it's only a matter of time before we are in their path."

Darius pondered his words for a few moments then reached a decision.

"Our defences are not yet finished and are not strong enough to withstand a sustained attack therefore the only thing to do is to go and meet them before they reach the village, go to the Scum and see if they will fight with us, those that fight will have their names back and treated as one of us."

Igor looked sceptical as he replied, "Are you sure Darius? Are they trustworthy?"

"Bring them one at a time to Fiona and myself, we with the help of the gods will look into their hearts and seek the truth, if they lie then they will remain here those that are true will fight with us, now I must welcome Hubert back myself, he is one that I would choose to lead the Scum Army into battle. For now though Fiona is weak and so we must wait until tomorrow."

 

[Opensesame54321]

Magda sat watching the young woman sleep. It was easy to see why her son had fallen in love with the young thing. She was definitely pretty. What worried her was the power that the woman possessed. Even if she did not believe all that stuff that her son had told them about the woman, even she could feel the power that this woman wielded from within her.

She had been a bit shocked at the ceremony that she had witnessed earlier this year. She had always felt that the joining of a man and woman as something private. That she had been forced to watch the taking of Ayleen virginity by rape by Wolf and Ayleen had had to watch her mother’s rape had not been favorable. That the ceremony that she and the rest of the family had witnessed had been between two that seemed to love each other had been a good thing.

Fiona moaned in her sleep, her swollen belly making her appear ready to deliver her babies now, instead of still having a bit more time to go. She well understood what the girl was experiencing and knew that soon the girl would not be able to stand or walk without aid.

She heard a rustle and knew that Darius approached. She quickly rose and stepped outside to talk to him.

“My son, she rests fitfully, probably because you were not here beside her. But she will soon be unable to walk without aid. She is now in discomfort and her belly will be causing her to be unable to do certain things.” She hoped that Darius understood what she was trying to tell him.

She kissed his cheek and then headed to the hut where she was staying.