I held her hand and after another quiet moment she burst out ughing.

  “What?” I said.

  “I’m just-” she could barely speak, she was ughing so hard. “I’m imagining a crowd of adults- bwahahaha! Pying and watching- hahaha! Battenball! What do kids do in Castletún? Work day jobs while their parents py games?”

  I didn’t answer. The sad fact was that kids used to py battenball all the time, but now they had no time because they did have day jobs in the workhouses. Not wanting to spoil the mood, I simply ughed along with her and changed the subject.

  After that our conversation loosened up. We talked until the sun was down, still sending golden rays across an orange, cloud speckled sky. Meliss? yawned and stretched her slender form.

  “I guess it’s getting te,” she said.

  “I’ll walk you home,” I said.

  “I live by the ke,” she said with a wry smile. “It’s a long walk in the dark.”

  “I’m sure the sight of the water in the starlight is more than worth the trek.”

  She nodded and led me down the valley slopes. We talked less on the walk, but the silence felt natural and comfortable. At one point she embraced me, nuzzled my neck, and took a deep breath.

  Her hair smelled of lemons.

  At the ke shore, we sat huddled up, watching the reflections of the stars vanishing and materializing as inky bck clouds drifted by.

  “It’s not safe for a human to walk so far in the dark,” Meliss? said. “You should stay with me tonight.”

  “Alright,” I said. “Where’s your house?”

  “We’re in it.”

  “Do all fairies live outside?”

  “No, house fairies don’t. And some of us live in fairy houses, if a human or elf builds them for us.”

  “You can’t build your own?”

  “Well… I suppose we could if we really wanted to. But it’s kind of a material thing, building. You know what I mean? Plus most of the fairies here are herbage spirits, so we’re rather comfortable in the outdoors.”

  “Even in the winter? Don’t you get cold?”

  “We feel the cold, but it doesn’t affect us the way it does your kind. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you’re plenty warm tonight.” She gave me a squeeze. “But first, let's wash the day off.”

  She stood up and stepped into the ke. Her bustier and gossamer skirt shimmered and vanished, revealing her ass before she knelt into the shallows.

  “You’ll keep me warm in there?” I asked.

  She turned to me and scrambled to cover herself with her arms. Her face blushed, worry lifting the inside of her brows as though she only just noticed me. “Oh… I guess this is the coldest pce around isn’t it?” She folded her arms under her breasts, lifting and squeezing them together. They weren’t the biggest breasts in town, but definitely rger than Lavendu’s.

  “Alright,” she said, standing. “Stay close to me.”

  The first step into the ke was like plunging into knives. A gasp tore from my throat, my body instinctively recoiling—but then Meliss?’s warm, glowing hand csped mine, and heat surged through me, chasing the cold from my skin like the sun banishing frost. The water still felt as cold as ice, but the needling pain of it was repced with soothing relief against my now radiant and hot skin.

  We moved deeper into the dark water and floated among the twinkling stars. Meliss? washed and massaged my back. The scent of fresh lemon zest filled my nose. She slid her fingers over my arms and across my chest, pressing her soft breasts against my bare back. Every touch sent blissful vibrations through me.

  I turned and poured water over the green glowing fairy. I washed and massaged her shoulders. She hummed as I pressed my fingers into her delicate skin, sliding and squeezing my way down to her fingertips. I rubbed her back down to her hips—slid my hands around her waist and up her smooth stomach. I grasped her breasts and pulled her into me. She gasped as my iron shaft slid across her supple thighs under the water.

  The lemon scent in her hair intoxicated me. She swiveled her head and pressed her lips against mine. We kissed in the starlight for a long while. She wiggled her ass against me as I continued to wash and massage her body. My hands felt so rough and coarse against her perfect skin.

  She turned and washed me as we continued to kiss—our tongues sliding against one another—her humming and moaning into my mouth. Her hands slid down my abdomen and wrapped around my cock.

  “It might take a while to get this part clean,” she said with a grin.

  I kissed her again and reassured her, “Take all the time you need. Now that you mention it, looks like I missed a spot myself. I moved my hands over her tits and thered up her breasts.

  “Mmmmph,” she said, kissing me deeply as she continuously stroked my member. We remained like this for a good long while.

  Eventually she slowed and embraced me. With a ugh she pushed away and dove into the water. The cold came stabbing in the sudden darkness. My teeth cttered as I watched her shimmering green light swim away under the water.

  She popped back up some yards away. “Why don’t you chase me? Or can’t you swim?”

  Far too cold to move or speak, I simply shivered in the dark.

  “Oh no!” she said before swimming back in a hurry. I’m not sure I’d ever felt anything as relieving as her warming touch at that moment.

  “I’m so sorry Jethro,” she said, rubbing her hands all over me. “I forgot.”

  “It’s alright,” I said as I struggled to stop shivering, “I think I’m fine. Let’s go back to shore.”

  As we left the water our bodies came out dry and clean. I could feel the cool night air, but much like in the water, Meliss?’s proximity kept it from penetrating under the skin. I actually felt amazing, the shock of the cold was invigorating now that it was over.

  I kissed the lovely fairy deeply as I id her down into a bed of soft glossy herbs.

  “Meliss?,” I said, holding her head in my hand. “I know not the full nature or extent of my magical abilities but it’s clear that making love has the potential to unlock them.”

  “Oh,” Meliss? said in a daze.

  “If we continue this way tonight, let’s put our hearts not only to the passion, but to exploring this new magic.”

  Meliss? nodded with a smile and lifted her head to kiss me. I turned her to spoon against me and kissed her neck as I slid my hand down her stomach and in between her legs. She twitched and yelped as I rubbed my fingers all around her tender flower.

  I teased her for a time before allowing the tips of my fingers to slide into her lower lips. She convulsed, so I slowed my approach, gently circling around, occasionally dipping deeper into the wetness of her well. She writhed and smiled as I nibbled her ear.

  Once my fingers were sufficiently wetted, I explored under the lips above her entrance, circling round and round until I found the smooth surface of her clit. She moaned, pressing her head back into my chest. I continued drawing little circles on her, occasionally sliding back inside her, deeper each time. Until my fingers could go no further. I slid them in and out, faster and faster. Then returned to the clit, circling and spiraling with increasing fury.

  “Mmm, hmmmm, hmmmmmm! Yes! Yes! Yes!” she cried, her hips shuddering and convulsing on my hand. “Mmm yes! Yes! Hmmmmm!”

  After a moment I slowed my ministrations, assuming her climax was complete.

  “Don’t stop!” she cried. So I resumed with ever more gusto.

  Her wailing and crying echoed across the ke as her pussy glowed gold and green. For at least five minutes she clung to me, digging her nails into my arms, her pussy shuddering as she bucked her hips against me, screaming all the while.

  Finally her cries turned to panting and her hips came to rest, signally I was free to slow my fingers.

  I stood up to stretch my legs and Meliss? pounced on my cock like a hungry kitten. Slurping and sucking, she moaned in a heated fervor. I ran my fingers through her hair as her tongue slid up and down my shaft and all around my head.

  Her mouth glowed bright green as her head bobbed furiously upon me. She cupped and caressed my rocks with her soft fingers. The glow spread, along with the initial tingling sensation of orgasm, like a rising storm upon the horizon. It came on slow, steadily overwhelming my senses.

  Meliss? never slowed her attack and I was sure I’d be done for at any moment. But the moment was still far off, despite the continual increase of my blinding orgasm. My heart pounded as I teetered on the precipice. Like a freshly poured beer my foam rose to the brim—above the brim, threatening to come pouring over the edge at any moment.

  The glow intensified, golden light curling around her lips as the tension in my core stretched unbearably. How long had I been here? Seconds? Minutes? My body teetered on a knife’s edge, every nerve burning with anticipation, pleasure threatening to shatter me—yet it never broke.

  In spite of the overwhelming sensation, I set my mind to search for any feeling of magic, not that I knew what to look for. To my surprise, the orgasmic bliss immediately rose from my loins and into my arms. My hands glowed gold and felt warm. I pced them on Meliss?’s bouncing head.

  “Mmmmm,” she moaned, every vibration reverberating through my pulsing shaft.

  “Meliss?,” I said with a gasp, “this is amazing! I’ve been at the climax for several minutes.”

  “Mmm, hmmmm.” Her moans grew more excited and squeaky.

  “Oh!” I panted. “I think this is it!”

  The foam finally overflowed from my cup. Rivers of raging white water poured out of me and into the green fairy’s mouth.

  “Mmmf. Mmmmmmm.” Meliss? continued to suck, slowing down and making sure to swallow every st drop of my seed.

  Finally, I colpsed onto the bed of lemony herbs and the fairy crawled up into my arms.

  “I didn’t know one could be at climax for such a duration,” she said. “Is that your power?”

  “It might be,” I said with a deep breath, my perineum still throbbing in the afterglow. “It could also be your own tent power that I unlocked. It seems I unlocked a power in my previous partner.”

  “Ooh! I didn’t realize I had tent powers. Sounds like we’ll need to keep experimenting.”

  “Absolutely,” I said. And at that we drifted off to sleep, Meliss?’s glow softening into the dark of night.

  ***

  A chill ran through my spine. I shifted in my sleep, blinking groggily. The forest had gone silent—no insects, no birds, just the distant pping of the ke.

  Then, a heavy thud.

  My breath hitched. Something massive was moving in the darkness. A warm, rancid wind blew across my face, carrying the scent of damp fur and raw meat.

  I opened my eyes.

  Two burning-red eyes stared into mine.

  A hulking shadow loomed over me—towering. Massive. Breathing.

  ***

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