Enchantment (91 page)

All
the
air
left
her
lungs
as
Meeka
stood
in
utter
silence.
What
on
Earth
could
Catz
be talking
about?
She’d
never
known
a
n
y
t
hing
else,
a
n
y
other
w
a
y
of
life
b
e
y
o
nd
the
one
she’d gr
o
wn up in.

“Your
m
other
w
a
s
pregnant
with
y
ou
before
she
m
et
y
o
ur
father.
Y
our
powers
co
m
e
from the
great
sorcerer
Tethran
Razisp.
He
is
y
o
ur
true
father.
The
m
iserab
l
e
excuse
of
a
hu
m
an
has alwa
y
s
known
y
o
u
were
not
his,
and
over
the
y
e
a
rs,
his
bitterness
consu
m
ed
both
y
o
u
r
hu
m
an parents.”

Meeka
was
still
unable
to
fathom
what
Catz
had
said.
“
It’s
not
po
s
sible,
Catz.”

“Le
m
r
ens
are
seldom
wrong,”
she
said
confident
l
y
.
“I
can’t
tell
y
o
u
what
exact
l
y
happened between
y
o
ur
m
other
and
Tethran,
but
she
wouldn’t
have
known
he
w
a
s
a
s
orcerer.
M
a
y
b
e
s
omed
a
y
she
will
tell
y
ou about
hi
m
.”

H
undreds
of
questions
flew
through
Meeka’s
m
ind.
Had
her
m
ot
h
er
loved
hi
m
?
Why
hadn’t
s
he
told
her
about
hi
m
? It
explained why
M
eeka
didn’t
look
at
all
like
her
hu
m
an
father.

“Catz,
what
do
y
o
u
know
about
this
Tethran
gu
y
?
Tell
m
e
eve
r
y
t
h
i
ng.”
Meeka
sat
on
the bed
with
her
legs
cro
s
sed.

“Tethran
is
an
all
-
powerful
s
orcerer.
He
is
the
only
sorcerer
we
know
of
who
is
capable
of
m
ind
control.
It
was
ru
m
ored
he
found
love
in
the
ar
m
s
of
one
forbidden
hi
m
,
and
to protect
her, he
returned
to
his
solita
r
y
life.”

Meeka
began
pacing.
“I’ve
got
to
s
peak
to
my
m
other.”

“Listen
to
m
e
careful
l
y
.
You
are
still
in
great
danger,
j
u
st
as
I’ve
said
all
along.
Tethran
is thousands
of
y
e
ars
old,
and
ve
r
y
p
o
werful.
I
don’t
actua
ll
y
know
of
an
y
o
n
e
m
ore
p
o
werful
than he
is,
and
no
one
would
dare
touch
hi
m
.
He
is
old
and
skilled.
Y
ou
are
not.
Other
beings
would do
w
hatever
w
as
necessa
r
y
to
get
hold
of
his
t
y
pe
of
power,
but
no
one
could
possibly
m
a
tch Tethran’s
strength.
Th
e
y
now
have
other
options—that
being
y
o
u
.
Do
y
ou
unde
r
stand
w
hat
I’m sa
y
i
n
g?
Y
ou
are
the
power
th
e
y
will
try
to
seize
and
misuse.
For
the
rest
of
y
o
ur
life,
w
hich
will be
a
ve
r
y
long
time,
y
ou
will
alwa
y
s
have
to
be
on
y
o
u
r guard.”

Meeka’s
head
hurt
again,
definite
l
y
on
overload.
O
nce
again,
the
plaintive
whisper
of
why me
w
a
shed
over
her.
She
wanted
to
run
into
Kerrigan’s
ar
m
s
and
st
a
y
there
aw
a
y
from ever
y
t
h
ing
she
knew,
but
now,
another
m
ore
dreadful
thought
cro
s
sed
her
m
ind.
She
was
a danger
to
an
y
o
n
e
w
ho
w
a
s
close
to
her.
If
she
were
alw
a
y
s
to
be
hunted
b
y
evil,
she
w
ould
be putting
an
y
o
n
e
who
cared
about
her
in
har
m
’s
w
a
y
,
too.
Her
ve
r
y
existence
put
Kerrigan
in jeopar
d
y
.

A
s
if
reading
her
m
ind,
Catz
put
a paw
on
her
hand.
“
M
eeka,
y
o
u will
never
be
alone.” “No,
but
I
should
be.”
M
eeka
l
a
y
back,
staring
blank
l
y
at
the
do
m
ed
ceiling
and
the
fish
s
wim
m
i
ng
back
and
forth.

Cha
p
ter
T
w
en
t
y
-
F
o
ur

G
r
i
m
acing
at
the
disgusting
belch
echoing
down
the
hall,
Thalius
shuffled
through
the darkness.
Having
Jager
in
his
ho
m
e
was
the
on
l
y
w
a
y
to
stop
Kerrigan
from
discovering
his
w
hereabouts.
That didn’t
m
e
an
he
had to like
it.
K
errigan
w
ould know he
was ho
m
e,
but
nothing else.
But
it
was
better
to
have
him
there,
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
They
had
m
uch planning
to
do.

Thalius
gagged
at
the
titter
of
the
whore
Jager
had
de
m
anded.
If
there
was
one
thing
th
e
y had
in
com
m
o
n
be
y
o
n
d
a
thirst
for
power,
it
w
as
the
need
for
sex.
Thalius
looked
down
at
his disfigured
bo
d
y
.
He
was
disgusting.
His
knuckles
were
s
o
large,
he
had
a
hard
t
i
m
e
picking
up his
glass.
Warts
were
growing
on
his
face
at
an
alarming
rate.
He
w
a
s
u
sing
w
a
y
too
m
uch
m
agic,
and
it
was
real
l
y
starting
to
affect
his
appearance.
He
hobbled
through
his
opulent
m
arbled
home,
the
cr
y
s
t
al
cane
clicking
on
the
floor
as
he
went.
H
e
wasn’t
able
to
get
around without
his
cane
at
all
n
o
w.

There
were
a
f
e
w
things
to
ease
the
pain:
Sw
i
sh
and
lots
of
it,
m
a
g
ic,
which
he
hated
to
u
se on
pain,
and
occasional
l
y
the
concubines
waiting
for
him
in
his
bedroo
m
.
Thalius
headed
for the
m
.
He
had
time
to
spare
before
he
m
e
t
with
Jager.
He
p
u
shed
the
door
open
to
his
large bedroo
m
.
Instant
l
y
,
th
e
y
slithered
out
from
under
the
bed.
Naked
and
translucent,
they
ca
m
e
his way
with
hands
reaching
out.

They
were
tiny
fe
m
a
l
e
creatures
not
m
ore
than
three
feet
high.
Thalius
kept
th
e
m
half- starved,
kn
o
wing
he
could
control them
better. He
provided
for
their
eve
r
y
need, even
if
it
was
in too
s
m
all
an
a
m
ount.
Truth
be
known,
th
e
y
were
his
s
ex
slaves.
They
thrived
on
m
ale
bodi
l
y fluid.

Thalius
closed
the
door
and
locked
it,
letting
his
robe
fall
to
the
floor.
The
three
i
m
ps
s
wirled
around
his
feet,
licking
as
th
e
y
went.
Thalius
felt
hi
m
self
growing
harder
b
y
the
second. The
first
i
m
p
reached
out
to
lick
his
cock.
Thalius
m
oa
n
ed
as
the
first
drops
of
his
pleasure seeped
from
the
end
of
his
m
anhood.

The
i
m
ps
went
cra
z
y
,
lapping
furious
l
y
at
his
center.
He
felt
his
bo
d
y
being
lifted
and carried.
Th
e
y
laid
him
on
his
bed
and
s
war
m
ed
his
bod
y
.
The
licking
bec
a
m
e
sucking,
and Thalius
felt
the
building
of
his
pleasure
along
with
the
disappearance of
his
pain.

He
let
out
a
sick
laugh,
knowing
he’d
have
to
feed
them
with
his
seed,
and
when
it
w
a
sn’t enough,
his
blood.
His
vision
w
a
s
becoming
cloud
y
.
He
was
close
to
shooting
his
cum
all
over the
m
.

The
first
of
the
three
i
m
ps
i
m
pa
t
ient
l
y
sank
her
tiny
fangs
into
his
twisted
leg.
Thalius grunted
and
thrust
his
head
back
as
his
release
shot
from
his
bo
d
y
.
The
i
m
ps
went
wild,
sinking their
fangs
into
his
bo
d
y
, drinking
their
fill.

“Enough,
y
ou
wretched
creatures!”
He
said,
backhanding
the
first
to
the
floor.
The
shriek caused
the
other
two
to
lift
their
heads
and
shrink
awa
y
. Th
e
y
left
with
snarled
hi
s
ses.

The
pain
su
b
sided.

Ahhh,
much
better.

Sliding
off
the
bed,
Thalius went
in
search
of
Jager.

* * * *

Jager
felt
like
a
caged
criminal. He
hated
being
told
w
hat
to
do.