6 comments/ 6459 views/ 11 favorites Haven Ch. 01 By: Drakan I finally got the balls to submit something. Yes I know it is small but I had to post something before I lost the nerve. There is no sex yet, it's hopefully going to be a nice long journey. ************************************************* "Eirienel," boomed the voice of the Almighty. "You have broken one of the Master Laws without permission, and know its consequence. You are to be banished from the High Realm to the mortal world. The added punishment for breaking the Third Master Law will be for you to completely enter the Third Dimension like as a mortal. You shall receive no mercy nor will any call for aid be answered by any in the High Realm, and any who do answer your call will suffer in your fate. However, as you were deceived into breaking the Law your powers will not be bound. I sincerely wish that this had not occurred, but it has and your sentence has been set. You have until the Earth completes half of its rotation before you must leave. Farewell Eirienel, you shall be missed." And with that Eirienel's world had come to an end. She was sentenced to almost the same punishment as the Fallen. Wait no that was wrong, as soon as she was remove from the High Realm she would BE a Fallen, cursed to the Mortal Realm until she was killed since she was cursed to fully enter the Mortal Realm. As a Hunter she had answered to High Anhie Uriel personally, now she would be a Fallen, the worst fate an Anhie could suffer. Looking up she saw High Anhie Uriel standing before her and also the fact she was no longer in the Throne Room. The change in location was the final blow since only the Almighty can change an Anhie's location without them noticing. Never again would she see the wonder and glory that surrounded the Almighty, forever banished to serve Satan.That viper would enjoy torturing one who had a part in his casting out. "Eirienal," Uriel's voice broke through her darkness. Standing as beautiful radiant as only one of the High Anhie could, Uriel stood before her with a sad smile. "There is not much time before you must leave. I have some words that I can say before you leave, listen carefully and keep them in your mind and heart." Eirienel knew that for Uriel to be able to tell her anything the Almighty must have not forbidden it, unlike when Arathius was banished for aiding the Fallen. That was one other mercy the Almighty had allowed, his time in the Mortal Realm had changed him. "Satan is not the only power in the Mortal Realm, if you can find one of the other powers you may be able to avoid Satan's grasp. The one whom I know would take you in has disappeared from our knowledge otherwise I would send you there. There is still a chance since you will fully enter the Mortal Realm, because of that Satan nor any other power will feel your presence until they are in striking distance. You however will feel them and this will aid you in hiding. Unfortunately, you will have to relearn your powers since they will manifest in different ways. There is only one other thing I may tell you and that is to warn you. Always avoid the low places in the Mortal Realm, the Fallen have a natural preference for the lower darker places of the world. You must resist this at all cost for if you don't Satan will take you. Now you must go your time here has come to an end, farewell Eirienel and remember my words." As soon as Uriel had finished she started falling, the High Realm wasn't literally above the Mortal Realm like humans had believed for so long. It was a separate dimension from the Mortal Realm, with a wall preventing anything mortal from passing through. Yet still Eirienel felt like she was plummeting, plummeting to the Earth. She tried to open her wings and slow her descent but only then did she realize she didn't have wings anymore! She streaked towards the ground at impossible speeds, passing through a thunderstorm the ground rushed up and all went black. The first thing Eirienel noticed was pain, a severe breathtaking pain all along her body. She couldn't focus on anything else because of the pain, pain wasn't foreign to her since she was a Hunter but never this much pain. She just laid there in some sort of room that had a small window as slowly, incrementally the pain faded to an ache. Gingerly she looked around the room. She saw the small window letting sunlight in, a wooden door, and three iron bound chests one small two large. Eirienel had absolutely no idea where she was, there was no hole in the ceiling so she didn't fall through the roof. Slowly she sat up, only then did she notice she wasn't wearing her white robe. She wasn't wearing aside from her arm band! She saw that the door had a locking bar on it so no one was coming in that way. Finally standing up she looked over herself, no cuts, no bruises, no broken bones just a dull ache she couldn't compare to anything since the only pain she ever felt was momentary. Since she determined she wasn't in immediate danger she shuffled over to the chests. There were no locks on them but there was a fine layer of dust, there was no dust in the High Realm since there was no death. The room was set up like a storeroom waiting for someone to actually come by and use the stuff. The first large chest contained shirts, pants, socks, and a few coats. The second held underwear, which she immediately started looking through. They were organized by size the smallest on the top, Eirienel started digging close to the bottom. After some time she finally found a black bra that actually fit her, her next problem was the panties. After some more digging she gave up on finding anything that wasn't a thong, see through, or both. Grabbing a matching thong she gratefully put the underwear on and somewhat covered herself. It felt strange wearing something aside from her robe, it felt different. Only then did she feel something growing in her. Compared to her previous experiences it felt slightly wrong. She tried pushing it away but she couldn't, it only settled low in her abdomen. Ignoring the feeling she went back to the first chest and picked out a pair of pants. The pants were jeans she had never worn them before but unlike most Anhie she was frequently sent to the Mortal Realm on missions, she wasn't completely clueless. Her first attempt at trying on a shirt she grabbed one that was so tight it wouldn't even fit over her chest, the second one did actually fit to her surprise. Pulling on the shirt and jeans that feeling came back to the forefront. The pants caressing her legs and butt and the shirt over her chest and stomach felt good. Eirienel put on some socks and found three pairs of shoes, sadly only one pair fit and it was some slightly spiked boots. It took a little getting used to but after some time she could comfortably walk in them. Finally Eirienel came to the small chest inside was some money, obviously there was no money in the High Realm since everything was provided. Yet again her limited experience help her she knew you needed money to buy things like clothes, food, and places to sleep. At the thought of food her stomach growled and Eirienel jumped. Her stomach growled! That meant she was hungry and she needed food. Then the thought led into another one, the Almighty's words rang in her head again. Like as a Mortal. She was Mortal! She had to eat, and sleep, and use the bathroom, everything a Mortal had to. In the chest she also found a wallet, a silver watch, and a silver necklace that had some inscription she couldn't read. The last one made her uneasy since she should be able to read and speak every known language. That uneasiness faded as she put it on and a sense of safety overcame her. Once she put the money in the wallet she grabbed a leather coat that fit her and headed out the door. The door led into a long hallway that ended at a metal door. The door felt cold so she put on her jacket and opened the door. And got hit with a blast of freezing cold air, Eirienel had almost no experience with cold. The High Realm was always pleasantly warm and she never fully entered the Mortal Realm before. Hunkering down in her coat she started walking hoping to find something to eat. She had no idea what nation she was in much less the city. At least the room she woke up in wasn't in a bad area, or so Eirienel thought since no one attacked her once she walked or of the door. OK she exited the alley she saw signs in English so she was in either America, the UK or Canada. Eirienel could feel the sun setting and that feeling in her abdomen growing. Uriel's words came back to her about low and dark places. As the streetlights came flickering on her pace got quicker. She didn't know where she was going but something was almost pulling her in a direction. Before she would have immediately fought the feeling and gone in the other direction. As she walked it hit her she wasn't trying to sense other beings! Uriel was right what had been subconscious before she had to focus on now. Slowly her senses opened up and a spear of ice ran down her spine. There were six demonic presences following her, and they were getting closer. She tried to break out in a run but her boots went made for running. She heard the demons chasing after her and felt a myriad of more presences further ahead. She quickly turned down an alley not wanting to go towards that huge group of foreign presences. After she had gotten most of the ways down the alley she saw the brick wall at the end. Turning around she saw the six lower level demons walking towards her unhurried. "It's her alright, the red hair and everything." Said the demonto ether right of the leader. They were in human form so they looked like normal humans. "We found her we should bind her to us, it's been years since we've had a bitch of or own." "No,"said the leader. "The master himself wants this one. However, that doesn't mean we can't have some fun with her first." He continued with a smile that chilled her soul. They kept walking and Eirienel backed up until her shoulders hit the wall. "N..no stay back,." stuttered Eirienel. She knew what they were talking about Binding. Raping a person and forcing a seal on them making them a slave footer the rest of their life, with total obedience no matter their former personality. The only one Eirienel had heard a demon call "master" was Satan himself. Satan himself wanted to rape her and bind her to him. But it looked like the six demons wailing towards her were going to rape her themselves first. Right before they were in arms reach a door opened flooding an arc of the alley in light and some sort of music. "I believe she said no," said a man as he walked out the door. "A human, great something else we have to clean up." Said the second one as the door closed and most of the light disappeared. Almost as one the demons turned towards the man. Eirienel couldn't let the demons kill the man, so she tried to grab the lead demon. It only turned and backhanded her into the wall. Curse it if only I had my powers, Eirienel thought to herself. She couldn't stop watching as the demons approached the man. "That was not a good idea," said the man. His face was in shadows but there was something new in his voice. The demons surrounded him but he just stood there, staring at the one who backhanded her. Slowly the demon's power rose, it had to be slow they were demons. Demons were weakest of the Fallen but a demon could easily kill a man. At once they lunged at the man intent on tearing him apart. They never even touched the man. It looked like he just flowed from one movement to the next. He never stopped moving, but the demons did. Bones snapped, joints were dislocated, it was beautiful and deadly. Every demon was down with most bones broken, except the leader. The man had him by the neck and it was so quiet she could hear him whisper. "That was not a good idea." Then he snapped the leaders neck, and let it fall to the ground. Eirienel stared at the human who single handedly took out five demons and killed the sixth. Then she felt another presence approaching, it was around the corner. Then a Wrath demon in human form turned the corner. Eirienel knew better than to try to take on a Wrath when she was still an Anhie, and now she had none of her strength or powers. For the first time she felt fear, and was completely caught off guard as it started to speak. "Trouble boss?" Asked the close to six and a half foot tall Wrath. "Nope. Just need some clean up, can you and Kis take care of it for me?" Answered the man as he turned to the Wrath. "Got it boss," was all it said before it picked up the closest demon by a dislocated shoulder. The man turned to her and stepped over the dead demon's body. After all that there was not a single drop of blood on him, and she was sure of that since as he came closer she could see him better. He held out his hand to her and the silver necklace became warm. "Don't worry, you're safe now. You can call me J, I'm the owner of Haven." Haven Ch. 02 Here is the next part of the story. Please do not expect them to come this quickly, I have had a rush of inspiration. I do not have an editor yet, but hopefully I'll have one soon. Any constructive comments are welcome, any nonconstructive comments will most likely be ignored. Of course all characters are over one hundred. ************************************ Eirienel stood there looking at the man in front of her. She could feel the necklace grow hot, and almost pull towards him. That not right feeling also pulled towards him but it also felt different, it felt almost hungry. The longer Eirienel stood there the bigger the man, no J he said his name was J. The bigger J smiled, and it transformed his face from the stern mask when he fought the demons. To something warm and inviting. "You are wise to think about it," said J breaking the quiet. "Since I see you're wearing my necklace I know that Uriel sent you." At the mention of Uriel's name Eirienel stiffened. "Yes Miraskar I know what you are." Said J when he saw her stance stiffen up. "I also know who is after you to make you his toy. I am also able to keep him from getting his claws on you." Eirienel studied the man before her, he had to be a human since he didn't give have a presence. He had dark hair either brown or black it was heard to tell in the darkness. She also couldn't tell the color of his eyes, even though it was dark he was handsome. Not beautiful like male Anhie, he was Eirienel guessed just over six feet tall with broad shoulders. As she studied him that feeling grew stronger inside her. "All you have to do is take my hand and come inside, there we can talk. Trust me I wish you no ill will. I swear on my honor that taking my hand will only be a decision to talk." J swore to her. But still she wasn't completely confident in taking his hand. Eirienel finally put things together, she felt like an idiot but the growing feeling in her didn't help keep her focus. J must be one of the other powers Uriel had spoken about. He had told her that he could keep her from Satan and that she wasn't making a decision. That thought decided it. Reaching out Eirienel took J's hand, and immediately that feeling quieted down. She was so shocked she didn't notice the necklace had cooled down too. "How did," Eirienel said despite her resolve to play it cool. "How did I calm your power?" Replied J, with a smile. "Every Miraskar's power will keep growing until a Fior comes in contact with them. The greater a Miraskar's power grows the stronger a Fior can sense them." Eirienel must have looked as confused as she felt, because J laughed. "Don't worry I will explain everything inside." He told her as he led her past the dead demon and opened the door he came out of. ******************************************** Unbeknownst to anyone the Greater Daevon that had picked up on Eirienel's presence suddenly lost it as soon as she touched J's hand. Master it called out using a telepathic connection. Yes Tuiklion came the quiet reply. I had found the presence you had commanded us to find but it just disappeared. I have found the city where it disappeared. What would you have me do? Asked Tuiklion through the connection. Find her and bring her to me. Long have I waited to have my revenge on her, bring her to me alive and unbound. Aside from that I care not what you do with her. And with that the connection ended. Tuiklion had his orders, and he would enjoy fulfilling them. The last time he had been sent on a mission was to pervert the leaders of Rome. He had feasted well on the orgies and blood, maybe he could find some more innocents to have fun with along the way. ******************************************** Eirienel was mesmerized. Stepping through the door was like entering a new world. Leaving the dark alleyway filled with death and pain, and walking into a world of lights and life. The many lights flashing in time with a fast paced music she never heard the like of before. She could literally feel the beat in her body reawakening that strange feeling in her. Now she realized it didn't feel wrong to her anymore just strange. Then a split second after her mind got past the lights and music the presences hit her. This was the place where all those foreign presences were! They almost smothered her in how many there were. "Relax," she heard J speaking into her ear. "Clear your mind and relax. No one here will harm you, filter out the presences you aren't familiar with. Focus on what is familiar." Taking J's advice she tried to calm down and focus on the familiar. Slowly she was able to pick out the presences she could categorize. She felt a few Fallen presences which would have made her bolt for the door if not for J holding her hand. She focused on those presences to the exclusion of everything else. The was the Wrath from earlier and wait now there were two presences that at first felt identical but that was impossible. The second one was just barely different, the Wrath had a twin! They must have been humans who had knowingly sold their souls for something. For them to have been made Wraths they must have wanted revenge. Then she felt a presence that felt like that feeling inside her. She couldn't place it, she must not have encountered that type of Fallen yet, that was rare. She had been a Hunter for almost the entirety of existence. The final one she recognized all too well, it was a Leech. A Fallen that feeds on the emotions that seep from humans. She had heard of Leeches that feed on emotions other than terror and grief, but she had never encountered one before. J had told her, no swore to her, that he didn't wish her to be harmed. She had to trust him, and finally she had regained control. She opened her eyes and looked down the hallway towards the lights. Since she wasn't dazzled by the lights she could see people dancing. Or what looked like it was dancing, most looked like they would be having sex if not for their clothes. On second thought there were a few people she wasn't too convinced weren't having sex. Yet again that feeling spiked inside her, before she could consider it J pulled her towards the other end of the hallway. They stopped at a plain door at the end of the hallway marked with some sigil Eirienel had never seen before. As J opened the door male and female moans came through the opening with wet slapping sounds. Once she could see past the door Eirienel saw a beautiful naked woman lying on her back on the desk. With a likewise naked man thrusting his penis into her. That feeling stopped rising and just consumed her. Almost as if the woman could feel that something consume her the woman turned her head towards the door. "Shit," was all the woman could say before the man thrust hard into her and grunted. That seemed to trigger something in the woman as a look of ecstasy covered her face. She laid her head back and breathed deeply. "Fuck," muttered the man as he leaned forward with his hands on the desk, still inside the woman. Eirienel knew that this should be wrong but she couldn't stop staring. That feeling was in control, she felt something hot and wet between her hips. Her nipples got hard and her bra rubbed against them as she breathed. Between her hips where it was hot and wet it began to feel achingly empty like it needed to be filled. Eirienel felt drawn forward towards this lewd tableau. Before she started moving a cool rush covered her body shocking her back to her senses. The rush originated from the hand that J was holding. It took less than three seconds but to her it felt like an hour had passed. "Yes, we can tell." Said J into silence as the door clicked shut. J must have known what had happened to her, but he acted like nothing had happened. Besides that, he was acting liked it was common place to find two people having sex on what she thought was his desk. "Fuck," said the man again when he realized they had walked in. He stepped back and his penis pulled out with an audible pop. It was still hard and wet with the woman's juice, it drew Eirienel's eyes. With a surge of effort Eirienel forced the feeling back down. She finally realized it was connected to sex, she didn't know why but it was. She just had to deal with it. First she was cast out of the High Realm, then nearly gang raped by six lesser demons. Lesser demons! She used to be able to take fifty lesser demons out as a prelude to the real fight. She had been a Hunter, one of the Anhie tasked to destroy any of the Outsiders that snuck into the Mortal Realm. She had been a warrior when Satan and the first Fallen had been cast out. She personally cast down one of the a Fallen's Generals. Just because she had been cast out it didn't change who she was. It was time she remembered who she was, and act like the being she was. It was past time damn it! Eirienel straightened her back and lifted her head. Yes she had no powers she could speak of but she had her training, she could take on almost anyone. J must have sensed her change because he let go of her hand. Once he did the presences and the feeling assaulted her senses. They nearly overwhelmed her, forcing her to either fight and control them. Or to surrender, and lose herself forever. Her muscles and joints locked, keeping her from moving. She used her will like a shield, covering her keeping the assault at bay. Once she watched and learned she understood what J had said earlier about a Miraskar's power. She was a Miraskar whatever that was, and that feeling was her powers as a Fallen growing. That meant that her powers were connected to sex. The jolt of understanding nearly caused that fragile shield she had made to collapse. But she accepted it, and used it. She was a Succubus. A Fallen that used and lived off of sex and lust. She forced all thoughts of sex out of her mind. It was kind of hard since she could smell sex in the air. Also she thought she still had two naked people in front of her. One a muscular man with blonde hair and blue eyes, not to mention a big dick. The other a beautiful woman with long brunette hair and a long lean body with dangerous curves. She HAD to focus. Not on the smell, not on the naked people, and especially not on J. Who in the light made Mr. Fuck look wimpy. Eirienel focused and slowly she found herself gaining ground on get powers. Forcing them back inch by inch, second by second. After what seemed like an eternity she had backed her powers into a metaphysical corner. She knew she could bind them and be rid off them forever. That prospect was so tempting she actually considered it. However, she knew that J despite his claims couldn't protect her forever. Besides she didn't want to be coddled and hidden, it just wasn't her. She knew she had to force her power into total submission. Only then could she really control it and use it. She was a Succubus she had accept it was who she was now. Yes she was Damned but she would rather die now than let her powers control her. Another eternity passed, a second one passed. Her power wouldn't submit, well neither would she. Then she got it. Her power wouldn't submit because neither would she. She was thinking about it the wrong way. Her power wasn't some separate entity, her power was her. Finally she let go and truly accepted her powers and herself. Power rushed into her, filling her but not consuming her. She had already forced control, it wouldn't overcome her again. Power kept coming, flooding her senses and filling every cell. Slowly the power started to change her, reshape her. Eirienel wasn't afraid, she knew no matter what changed she would still be her. The power kept coming making the change speed up. She felt muscles thicken, organs shifting, bones being shaped. Everything was changing she even felt her hair changing, she didn't want her hair to change too much she liked her fiery red hair. She had been one of only five Anhie to have red hair, she had to be careful in the High Realm that she never grew prideful of her hair. But she was no longer Anhie, she was a Succubus. Slowly the rate of change decreased, fading to nothing. However, her power kept growing. It was getting too much, she couldn't take much more. She tried to control it again but she couldn't stop it any more than she could stop the rain by holding out her hand. She felt a new emotion, panic. She mentally clubbed that down. She had to release the pressure or her powers would kill her. She focused, it was a race for her life. She scrambled for some release then she found it. An instant before her powers destroyed her mind she tripped the mental switch. Her powers exploded out of her in a geyser instead of exploding her brain. They rushed out of her, taking every last bit of her energy along with it. She started to feel herself falling but wasn't able to stop it. Then she felt arms around her holding her. She tried to see who it was but sometime her eyes had closed. "Holy fucking Shit," said a female voice. "She just... she just." Stuttered the voice like it was searching for the right words. Slowly Eirienel cataloged the changes she could feel. Her breasts felt constricted, so her bust grew. If possible her jeans felt tighter around her butt but looser around her waist. She also had wings and a tail. The wings felt different than the ones she was used to, and the tail had actually broken a hole through her clothes. "Well,"came the female voice again. "If there was any doubt earlier there is none now. Her sigil and horns mark her as a Vius. That is if that blast of power wasn't a dead give away to begin with." Horns? Eirienel couldn't feel any horns, but then again she potentially wouldn't feel them any ways. Slowly she opened her eyes, as the light blinded her. Finally her eyes adjusted and she could see. Everything looked different, with sharper lines and slightly darker colors. She was also looking up into J's face. She could see his eyes weren't dark like she first thought, they were a dark burnished gold. "You're not human," said a voice with a sultry undertone to it. She realized it was her voice, before she had a voice that used to sing with bells. Now she had a voice that even made her think of sex. Well since she was a Succubus it didn't surprise her. "Indeed," replied J with a smile. "But neither are you." Eirienel thought his voice sounded different, like there was a slight resonance in it. "May I ask who I have the pleasure of holding?" Continued J with a raised eyebrow. His hair wasn't dark Eirienel thought, it was a pure black darker than ink. Finally she realized he was waiting for her to tell him her name. "E..." She started to say Eirienel, but she wasn't Eirienel any more. She had tried holding onto that name but Eirienel might as well be dead. "Erin," she continued. "You can call me Erin." "Well Erin," said J as his eyes softened. "Welcome to Haven." Lifting her up he helped her look towards the desk. Where there stood the man and woman from earlier, except they had clothes on. So she had been out for a while, the question was for how long. "I would like to introduce you to Kyle the manager of Haven, and Selene my main bartender." Introduced J and directed her gaze towards the two now clothed people. Erin could sense that the woman was the one who had a similar presence to her, so that made her a Succubus too. The man though looked human but there was something off, something that reminded her of J. That meant that he probably was whatever J was. Erin nodded to the two people. Selene and Kyle had very different expressions on their faces. Kyle looked ashamed with a slight blush and his head bowed. Selene just stood there with a look of shock and awe mixing somehow. "I would say the pleasure is mine, but you obviously had the pleasure earlier." Said Erin with an impish smile, she was happy. She had accepted who she was why let it bother her? Since she was no longer focused on controlling her power she could get a more focused look at them. It wasn't better since they had clothes on but she would take it. "I'm very sorry Miss Erin, J had told me he would was leaving. And it was the perfect timing...." Kyle told her his blush deepening. "It's perfectly fine concerning me. It forced me to do something that was long overdue. Besides, now I perfectly understand why you would take the opportunity to take a bite of Selene." She replied with a smile. Selene was hot, she was lithe and stacked almost to the point it didn't look natural. Erin felt fangs in her mouth as she herself contemplated taking a bit of a bite too. She also felt her tail start to move restlessly. She focused for a bit and concentrated on appearing human. No one else was in their true form it wasn't polite for her to be. Eventually she got it right and her demonic aspects faded away, but she could still feel them. She looked down at herself and realized for the first time she was wearing all black. Her transformation had stared back when she picked out her clothes, never before had she worn anything but white. As she looked up she saw Kyle now shared Selene's look, J had a look of well. He looked amused and his eyes were lighter in color too. "Is there something wrong?" Asked Erin worried that she had already done something wrong on her first day. "It depends on your definition of wrong," replied J. "You just took one of the never before broken rules of thumb concerning Miraskar and shattered it. Guilfor will consider it wrong but she published an entire one hundred and fifty page thesis explaining that previously exceptionless rule." Erin was confused but she didn't show it. "How about we sit down and get comfortable, everything is closed down and the cleanup crew is working." Continued J as he moved towards his desk. Kyle and Selene took the chairs they were by, and J sat behind his desk. That took up all the chairs, with nowhere for her to sit. If it hadn't had the look of routine she would have felt snubbed. It was however routine and Erin could easily tell it was. She had already broken one previously unbroken law, why not possibly another? So Erin sat on the edge of the desk looking at J. His amusement had changed into a real smile. Kyle on the other hand she could see out of the corner of get eye. At first he was shocked, then aghast, then furious, then confused. Erin felt the same way but didn't let it show. "Since we're all comfortable let me begin." Started J and drew everyone's eyes. "Everyone here obviously knows Erin was a Miraskar, a Fallen Anhie that had not transformed yet. We obviously know she transformed in an incredibly short period of time. What you two," he looked at Kyle and Selene. "Don't know is that Erin here transformed on the day she was cast out. Without my help." That last part shocked Kyle and Selene the most. Erin didn't know why, but she wasn't able to compare anything to it. "What you don't know," he then turned to her. "Is that only the High Daevons transformed without any guiding power, even then it took weeks. The only Fallen to transform on the first day and without help was Satan." It she hadn't already been sitting she would have fallen on her ass. "The good news is that we are the only ones who know the circumstances. Satan doesn't know when you were cast out, and only we know about her not needing aid. It will stay that way." When he said that last part that resonance came back into his voice. Kyle and Selene said yes sir while Erin could only nod. "Erin," J said reclaiming her attention. "Except for you all Miraskar need a Fior to aid in transformation. Every being that's not human in the Mortal Realm has to be either a Fior or sworn to a Fior. There are five Fior alive today. Obviously Satan and myself. Then there is Mazu in China, Vladimir in Romania, and Èsù in Africa. In time you will become stronger, possibly even strong enough to become a Fior yourself. However, for that to happen you must at least be able to fight to a stalemate ever other Fior that doesn't ally themselves with you. That means you must individually gain enough power to fight not only Satan but all of Hell to a stalemate." She suddenly got very cold. J was a Fior, that meant he at least had an alliance with Satan. But with him killing the lesser demons and not turning her over to Satan, he most likely had the power to fight all of Hell to a stalemate. Now she understood the flash of expressions on Kyle's face. She was basically sitting on his seat of authority, declaring herself an equal. Oh shit, she really screwed up. J must have seen her face change. Haven Ch. 02 "Don't worry," he said with a smile. "Both Kyle and Selene are scared shitless of you. That leaves where you sit now, which you now understand the meaning of. Or in my lap which also had a significant meaning. If you choose to follow me, in just a short time you will have earned the right to sit anywhere you please. Except my chair of course, that right will take a long time filled with trials. However, you have that potential. If you choose not to follow me I can send you to Vladimir. However, only my followers and Vladimir know about who I am. Long ago I had gone into hiding, and it is not time for me to show myself." Uriel's words came back to her. The one whom I know would send you to has disappeared from our knowledge. "You disappeared, you were the one Uriel wanted to send me to." Erin thought aloud. "Indeed,"replied J. "The host of the Almighty have been my friends for many a millennia. I was not able to aid in the casting out of the Fallen, but Michael and Uriel have spoken of it to me. They spoke of one warrior Anhie, one named Eirienel. A lowly warrior that fought so hard and so bravely that she single handedly slew Sucarriel, Satan's third highest General. They spoke of how Michael wanted her to be one of his Generals, Uriel wanted her to be a Hunter, and Gabriel wanted her to be a messenger. In fact Abbadon was the only one who didn't want her working for him. That's because well, Abbadon is the only one needed for his job. She finally decided that she would rather be a Hunter going out into the Mortal Realm, than a General sitting in the High Realm." Erin felt all her blood leave her face, J had known who she was. Even before he saved her, he knew what she could do. Was everything he had done a ploy? The smile she saw on J's face chilled her blood. "Satan himself has offered an incredible offer for turning you over to him. That alone would be reason enough to for me to risk undoing centuries of work. I was prepared to make a deal with some stuck up bitch turned into some sort of harpy." That cold smile turned into something warmer. "Never did I expect that I would actually like the person. At first I was willing to only offer you protection. Now that I have meet you I know the easiest way to make an enemy of you is to pamper you and coddle you." Erin was speechless, as heat filled his smile. His eyes grew from at first a light gold to a pure golden color. Erin felt her body responding to that look. "Of course the fact that before your transformation you were hot, now well. You can probably tempt even me." Erin saw Kyle's body stiffen at J's words. That meant there was a greater meaning behind those words than J having incredible self control. Erin couldn't see Selene since she was behind her. If she could she would have seen the same shocked expression she had most of the time. Selene was still wrapping her head around that Erin was a Vius. There hadn't been a Vius since Lilith had been killed. The Via were the ruling class of Succubi, the Succubi Lords. And sitting here in front of her surrounded by an aura of causal sexuality sat the first one in three thousand years. For the first time in her life, she felt the bond between J as her Fior and herself as his vassal struggle to hold out against this pull to serve Erin. "In time Erin you have the ability to become a Fior. That would cause the allegiance of all creatures who feed off of emotions to move to you. A Fior's sphere of power are their species. For Vladimir, his sphere are vampires. For Mazu it is creatures that live in water. For Èsù it is most land creatures. For Satan it is the Fallen. For other Fior it is rare for them to take in Vassals that aren't their own kind. For me though my kind aren't as populous as we once were. So those that do not fit in with the rest of their kind or did something that displeased their Fior wander the earth. There are many reasons people find their way to me, though not all of those who stumble upon me stay. Selene is one of those wanderers, so are Kis and Met. In fact Kyle is one of only five, not including me, of my kind that actually stay in this area. As for if or when you become a Fior it would take all Succubi and Incubi from Satan, also it would organize most creatures without allegiance. That would also majorly limit the hired help that most Fior use for mercenaries." Continued J in a mix of serious tones but his eyes were light, something Erin connected with happiness or playfulness. Erin nearly busted out laughing because he actually did the whole quotation marks with his fingers thing when he said hired help. J was interesting, in a bordering bipolar way. Something would be serious and he would be just shy of scary. Then the next subject he would be playful like with the quotation marks. Then his eyes grew not dark but dull. "Those two factors alone will force a few Fior, including Satan when he finds out, to prioritize killing you. Erin," said J softly. "You aren't strong enough yet to survive against those odds. By all rights I should have killed you when I realized what just you surviving would cause" Then J's eyes grew sharp and hard freezing her in place. He stood up from his desk with a long and narrow knife in his hands. Erin's heart froze she tried to move but her body wouldn't respond to her. He held the knife out in his right hand and in a flash it struck. Slicing into his left hand opening a gash in his palm. The blood poured out of his hand, and fell on the desk not two feet away from her. It was red but it had a slight glimmer almost like a ruby lit within. Erin still couldn't move. "No my lord! You mustn't do this!" Cried out Kyle from behind her. "Hold Kythiemos. Do not forget your oaths, or I shall forget mine." Came J's voice, that resonance was no longer slight. It filled the room, swallowing every other sound. Erin had heard that resonance before, but Michael the High Anhie had used it to start a war. Erin looked up at J, or what was J. The man before her resembled J but it didn't look like him, for one his hair and eyes were different. They weren't black and gold, they were a pure shining silver. "Erin fol Vius," something shook in her when he added that fol Vius to her name. "By my blood and bone I swear unto you. If you accept my leadership and authority. That ever will I guide and protect you. What power I have will be a shield, and what knowledge I have will be a lamp. Loyalty with loyalty. Honor with honor. Strength with strength. Service for service. Oath for oath." That resonance had faded but still rang as an undertone. Erin knew what J had done, but that is what sent her reeling. J had just made a blood oath. Almost unheard of it was bound to a person's blood guaranteeing it for as long as a both parties lived. He had just sworn for as long as he lived he would always guide her and protect her. Using all of his power to protect her and teach her everything he knew. If she kept her oath, acted honorably, fought for, and was loyal to him he would do the same to her. Never did someone stronger offer their oath first it put the first person at severe disadvantage because they had to have faith the second one would offer an equal oath. J a being powerful enough to hold off all of Hell offered the first oath. He clearly didn't expect her to offer a blood oath as well because he didn't offer her the knife. Erin stood up and with a smile held out her hand for the knife. With a raised eyebrow he handed the knife over. Erin then copied J's move and sliced open her hand. "I Erin fol Vius do swear by my blood and bone. To accept your leadership and authority. To serve and obey all orders. What power I have will be your sword, and what skill I have to be your shield. Loyalty with loyalty. Honor with honor. Strength with strength. Service for service. Oath for oath. Until a time you see fit to trust me of my oath." Once she had said the last word a rush of power left her and a massive rush of power hit her. Knocking her onto her ass on the floor. "Shit,"she heard J say. Slowly Erin stood up and saw what he meant. Unbeknownst to either of them their blood had mixed on the desk, on the knife, and on the floor. Three points of blood to blood contact in a blood oath was not a good sign. It was only supposed to mix on the blade. The three points of contact didn't make it a blood oath, it made it a blood binding. "Erin fol Vius, I order you to keep your free will permanently. Erin fol Vius, I order you to never be forced to obey any order not given to you using your full name during the peak of every third full moon on February the twenty ninth forthwith." Quickly said J once it started to take effect. Just as Erin started to feel herself being dragged under by a heavy weight it disappeared. The weight disappeared but there was still a slight presence in the back of her mind. Then it hit her that was J! If he hadn't given those orders she would have been a mindless slave. A binding like the demons had talked about using could be broken, a blood binding lasted as long as both parties had either blood or bones. She looked up to say something to J but he was kneeling with his head on the desk. Kyle got up and walked over to him and put his hand on J's shoulder. "Ok I'm sure hungry and I'm pretty sure you haven't eaten yet have you Erin?" Asked Kyle as he headed towards the door. "If I know Sparks he still has something cooking." He open the door to the hallway and started towards where before was flashing lights and music it was just plain lighting and quiet. Erin's stomach growled reminding her yet again she had to do things like eat now. Almost all presences were gone, that meant most were dancing before. One still remained behind the bar, she had never felt this kind before either. When she got close to the bar she saw that it wasn't a clear space behind the bar, it was a cleverly used mirror. That wasn't what stopped her though, what stopped her was her reflection. She had kept her red hair but that was about it. She was slightly taller, maybe five ten with without heels. Her skin wasn't pure white it was a light tan. Her eyes were still green but they had a slight almond shape. Her face was perfect, high cheekbones and full red lips. Her boobs were indeed bigger, the bra she had first grabbed said C so did that make her a D? What kept drawing her eyes though was what looked like a tattoo running from her left cheek and down her neck. It made you follow it down with your eyes, and almost forced you to look at her boobs. It gave her an almost wild look, she liked it. "Hey Sparks! Still burning back there?" Called out Kyle once they got to the bar "First you send all the customers away, then you want food? The only way you're getting food is if J himself is with you and no he sent me bull shit." Came back a deep male voice from a door. "Then it's a good thing I am." Said J who wasn't standing beside her half a second ago. Erin was ashamed, she had actually jumped. "How did you?" Started Erin but J put a finger to his lips and winked at her. His hair and eyes were back to what they were before. His demeanor was like it was before the blood oath turned binding happened. Yet Erin could still feel him in the back of her head, it wasn't uncomfortable, just took some getting used to. Thinking back she felt like there was a small surge then the direction it was psychically pointing changed to right beside her. Her eyes went wide, he had just teleported. Moreover he must have used the blood bond to pinpoint where she was and teleport there. That meant he too felt the bond, she didn't know why but that gave her a sense of pleasure. "J! Why didn't you call out instead of Mr unforeseen emergency here?" Said a big man with dark red hair that just avoided having to go through the door sideways just to get his shoulders through. "That's because Sparks you know one place I get my entertainment is by secretly aggravating my employees. If I didn't it would get rather boring with only Kis and Mets bravado show offs and Selene occasionally getting crazed and spontaneously strip dancing on the bar." Replied J with a smile. "Hmpf it has been a bit since Selene went crazed. But there's a new face here that no one had told me about. Hello dear I'm Sparks the head chef here." The least he said to her and offered her his hand. "A pleasure Sparks, I'm Erin." She replied as she took his hand. "Holy shit!" Exclaimed Sparks as he felt her power and dropped her hand. "So the tattoo is your mark, huh I thought it was ascetic." Erin looked at J with a confused look. Never having heard about a mark. With a slight cough he told her. "For most of us we can easily blend in with humanity. However, for people who have serious power there is always one thing that marks us as not human. The humans during the dark ages called it a devil mark. Since back then of it didn't follow their set belief that person either human or not had to either be a demon or serve the Devil. My eyes are my mark, they aren't even my true color but they are as close as I can get them to be normal. Yours is your sigil mark, it isn't the whole thing though. Once you reach your full power it will be all of your sigil." J was interrupted as a glass shattered on the floor. Sparks had dropped it when he heard J say that she wasn't at full strength yet. "I'm sorry Sparks,"said J. "May I fully introduce you to Erin fol Vius, my newest vassal." J had a wicked smile as Sparks' mouth was hanging open. "But there hasn't been a Vius since." Started Sparks but cut himself short. "Since what?" Asked Erin with a raised eyebrow. "Since Satan killed Lilith, Lilith was the last Vius." Said J after a deep breathe. " About three thousand years ago my people and myself were more open, and more populous. Satan had decided that he had gotten tired of us blocking most of his attempts to pervert humanity since the Flood. He declared war, he gathered all of his commanders. And started issuing orders, every commander agreed. Every commander except Lilith. Lilith was the closest friend I had among the Fallen. She also knew that if for some reason I had been killed the balance of power would shift. Forcing the High Realm to intervene and cause massive amounts of damage. Satan's reward for her mutiny was to kill her on the spot. Since she was the only Vius the Succubi and Incubi were left without a leader. They would not answer to any other commander, so they would not fight in the war. Because of Lilith we were able fend off Satan and his forces, and then to counterattack. A counterattack that killed five of his commanders and I personally wounded Satan. However, there is still more grievances to lay at Satan's feet. The Succubi and Incubi hate Satan for his killing Lilith. Between you being a Vius and not following Satan you will gain the allegiance of all phages, not just Succubi and Incubi." Erin was shocked, so there was more to J helping her than cold logic. The last Vius had been his friend and he had a score to settle, it sounded like probably more than one. Besides, he had said he was growing to like her. She didn't know if it was self preservation or something else that wanted him to like her. Erin looked down and somehow a huge hamburger and a glass of some sort of liquid. "You said that you survived because the Succubi and Incubi didn't fight. How could sex demons change so much?" Asked Erin before her thoughts were consumed by food. "I'll answer that one," said Selene beside her. "Most people believe Succubi and Incubi are really just demons that have a lot of sex. In fact while we do have powers that only really aid in finding and enjoying sex, our true strength is only fueled by sex. Low level Succubi and Incubi have been called doppelgangers, because that can look like anyone. High level Succubi can't effectively look like someone else since they have their individual mark. We also are very good spies, most men and quite a few women will say many things they usually wouldn't if they just had their mind blown, among other things." Continued Selene with a sly smile. "Most people know about or can guess about these. However, we can do more than that. You see we also have a type of magic, most of us though can barely light a candle. Only the high levels have major abilities, and were pretty much the only magic users Satan had. Our magic is obviously fueled by sex. That is very different from other magics that use life force or natural energy. With us as long as there is one other person nearby we can recharge our powers. We are also able to rapidly heal injuries from absorbing lust, it doesn't even have to be directed at us. We can heal bones by just walking into a strip club. We can also be quite distracting in battle if we wear our traditional armor. It is said that you know a Succubus killed a man if he had an erection in rigor mortis. Of course all of our powers are relevant to sex but many of our kind have also taken to learning combat skills aside from our powers. There have been cases of the occasional group of demons trying to gang rape a lone Succubi and bind her." Erin remembered what nearly happened to her in the alley. She couldn't fault them learning to fight if that was becoming the norm. She remembered the fear and helplessness that had filled her. She tried imagining another woman in her place, it was wrong. The more she thought the more her anger rose, turning into fury. Selene could feel Erin's anger and at first thought it was at her for bringing up the subject. She was greatly relieved when Erin's anger sharpened into something like determination. Selene was even more confused than before the impromptu binding. She still felt a draw unto Erin but she also felt the oath bond to J. She didn't quite feel caught in the middle but there was still that inevitable, persistent draw to Erin. "Are you going to eat that or try to dissolve it with your stare?" Asked J breaking her thoughts and she realized, her furious staring at the hamburger. "Um, what is that?" Asked Erin with a blush as she pointed at her glass. "That is my special brew. It is a dark ale and was a reason J let stay." Replied Sparks with a crooked smile. "That reminds me, J." He said turning to her left. "Green is coming by around one this afternoon to deliver some more of his wine. He wants to see you about it, said it was important. He insisted even after I warned him." Sparks just shrugged, letting J decide. Erin took the opportunity to pick up her burger. It was HUGE! She could feel that it was still hot and it smelled almost heavenly. She had never eaten a hamburger before so she looked over and saw Kyle had one too. He was just taking bites out of it and obviously enjoying it too. Selene was eating too but it wasn't a hamburger. She had a gigantic hot fudge sundae, Erin was temporarily stunned as Selene licked the spoon. What entranced her was Selene's tongue slowly sensuously sliding up the spoon as she had a look of bliss on her face. Erin felt her power rising and desire swirl in her. Then lightly J rested his hand on her knee, again she felt her powers somewhat relax. The way the bar was set up peoples legs were actually underneath a ledge. Because of that ledge no one but J and herself knew about his hand. Erin took the opportunity to think without her powers to go ahead and bite into her burger. Erin literally moaned as she tasted her burger. It was better than anything she had eaten before. It was almost a sexual experience it was so good to her, she took another bite and moaned again. It was amazing she could tell there was some special seasoning in the meat, and there was a sauce that she had never tasted before. It was red and she saw some of it on her fingers, holding the burger in one hand she put her finger that had the sauce on it in her mouth. She licked of the sauce and sucked some to make sure she got it all and moaned again. It was so good! Erin felt something in the bond she had with J, and she opened her eyes. Haven Ch. 02 Everyone was staring at her with a look of lust and craving in their eyes. Even J had a fire in his eyes, although she felt more through their bond. Erin blushed with her finger still in her mouth, as she pulled it out there was a small pop. That pop made even Selene's lust rise. Wait I could feel Selene's lust too? Thought Erin to herself as she realized she could. "What did you put in the burger Sparks? It's amazing." Asked Erin her blush growing. "Um," was all Sparks could say for a bit. "I put some paprika in the meat, aside from the meat all I had on it was mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato pickles and ketchup. I could get you some more ketchup if you'd like." Continued Sparks once he got his thoughts off how her lips would look on him. "Could you please?" Asked Erin, the thought of more ketchup exciting her. Erin took another bite of her burger and moaned again. Ketchup, why wasn't something so delicious in the High Realm? As Sparks walked back out with a bottle with ketchup in it she felt her eyes light up. As Sparks held it out to her she put her burger down and dumped a huge glop of it on her plate. Then she picked up the burger and dunked it in the ketchup. As she bit into it again she moaned again feeling it low in her stomach. She saw more ketchup on her finger and started to suck it off again. "Sparks I suggest you triple our order for ketchup. It appears the first Vius in thousands of years is addicted to ketchup." He told Sparks with a small smile. "Kyle, Selene." He said turning to them. "I'll take Erin to her rooms once she's done. Could you two make sure things are ready tomorrow? I have a feeling things will get interesting once Erin makes her first public appearance. Also, before you two sleep for the morning make sure Kis and Met have totally erased the earlier attackers? Last time there was a hair they missed." Continued J, as Erin continued eating and moaning like she was getting fucked. Kyle and Selene knew a dismissal when they heard it. They stood up leaving their unfinished food, they had eaten only to help Erin be at ease and eat too. Of course Erin's only thought was of the hamburger and the ketchup. She had pushed everything else to the back of her mind, and focused on the ketchup. Before she realized it she had eaten the entire hamburger and had almost erased the ketchup from her plate. Before she could start licking it up J took away her plate and handed it to Sparks. Erin looked at J with a hurt expression, he had taken away the last of her ketchup! "Don't worry," he said. "There is more ketchup, and the sun is rising. I at least need some sleep after tonight, to handle Green without killing him in the afternoon," "Who is Green?" Asked Erin since her focus wasn't on the ketchup. She had heard him connected to wine but that was it. "Green is a local hill giant and runs the best vineyard this side of France. He is also from France and has an ego so big it forces people to live in separate houses. I usually let Sparks handle Green so the chances of his demise would be reduced. However, Green needs to speak to me for something. He will even risk death since he knows the only reason I didn't kill him last time was because I like his wine so much. That unfortunately is early in the afternoon, and we need sleep." J stood up and took Erin's hand, leading her back to the hallway. "The second floor are the living quarters." He said as he opened a door leading to a spiral staircase. "The people who live here live in suites. There are ten suites each with their own bathroom, two bedrooms, and a kitchenette." Once they got up stairs he led her by the hand down a hallway with doors in it. He stopped at the door at the end of the hall. He touched the door itself not the handle, and lines of writing like on the necklace glowed. "Each door is locked with magic coded to the person or persons living there. Here put your hand on that swirl." Directed J and Erin out her hand on a swirl of script, a jolt of power went through her. "I am the only one who can open all of the doors, to open this door just touch it and will it to open. Try it." Explained J. Erin put her hand on the door again and willed it to open, and it did. "Good now your room is the third one on the left." Continued J as he stepped inside. Erin just stood there in the door amazed, the living room looked HUGE! She stepped inside and the door shut behind her. It wasn't opulent, neither was it spartan. Everything inside it was practical and understated. Like it didn't need to show wealth or power because it was already understood. "The bathroom is connected to both rooms by doors, and yes the doors do lock." Continued J as he started to unbutton his shirt as he walked towards the first door on the left. "What are you doing?" Asked Erin confused. "I'm getting ready for bed, you should be too. We have an early afternoon tomorrow, and you need the rest." Explained J once he got to the door and turned around. Erin just stood there, her eyes drawn to his chest since it was no longer covered by his shirt. "Why are you undressing in my suite?" Asked Erin hoping the delay wasn't too noticeable. "Didn't I tell you? You're staying in my suites since because of the blood bond you are officially the Lady of my domain?" Asked J confused by her question. Erin was shocked into silence, she didn't care if he noticed this time. He had forgotten he hadn't told her not only was she now the second in command over everyone else that had sworn to him but she was sleeping in his suites! That last thought kept going in her head leading to sleeping in his bed and using it for more than sleeping. The feel in him holding her, sliding into her, She saw that fire in his eyes again, yet she felt that through the bond he wouldn't do anything tonight. He walked up to her and pulled her into his arms, even with her boots she barely made it up to his nose. "Good night Mithiya. I'll see you in the afternoon." He said with a kiss to her forehead, and then he let go of her and walked to his room and closed the door. Erin couldn't move, she could still feel his arms around her and his lips on her forehead. Erin didn't know what Mithya meant but she knew that J had used it like a term of endearment. Slowly Erin moved and opened the door to her room. Erin was still in too much of a shock over everything that had happened that day, to process what was in the room. The one thing Erin did know was that once she took J's hand and entered into Haven her life had forever changed. For the first time, once Erin had stripped and got in bed it felt empty with just her in it.