The leaves rustled as the breeze picked up. Lia hefted her staff up to conjure some warmth as the wind found its way inside of her clothes. Fire spread within her, repelling the oppressive gale out of her body and warming her clothes, for the fifth time.
Where
is
he?
She leaned against a tree and watched the sun set the dancing leaves ablaze with its remaining light. Darkness was rapidly descending on her, and with it, creatures of the night that she would have to fight against just to get back. An hour, he had said. By her account, more than two had passed by now. The promise of more gold stayed her feet. With her power, swaying away would-be predators was as easy as plucking away unwanted gnats from the communal soup. Which she did for free, by the way.
"A gold piece, for three hours," she'd said, managing a flat tone. As if it wasn't equivalent to a month's pay for her.
"Is that too low?" the young man had responded in turn, a bit too high, lacking the roughened edge some adventurers got over the years. She'd wondered then if he wanted her to use the more...promiscuous side of her powers. Those came at a premium for no reason other than men would pay whatever she asked for. Mostly because she did what they wanted her to.
"You want your cock up my ass?" she had inquired, leaning forward. Probably a runaway from his small country manor then, parting his father of his fortune to stick his dick in places it definitely did not belong.
He did not color like she'd imagined he would. Instead, he smiled disarmingly, "No. I just... I need you to accompany me to Rowan's Barrow. They say it's dangerous and..."
He spoke rapidly and told her of the many dangers he knew about. Not heard, but
knew.
Most of them were true but she did not tell him that it was extremely rare to actually be caught by a goblin, or an orc band. She let him drown in the smugness of his words and tapped the table to the tune of the violinist.
He finally stopped speaking, near breathless. The aroma of his unfinished food caused her stomach to grumble.
"A gold piece then, and a meal," she told him, taking his plate. He looked shocked, and his eyes told her that he thought she was simple. Good enough.
And now, a few hours later, she was staring at the cave he'd disappeared in. Under no circumstances, he'd said, was she to enter. She wasn't one to be curious of what her clients did in caves. Or anywhere, for that matter. She liked things to be simple. Once someone hired her, she clamped down her emotions and did not judge what other people did with their time, or money, until her time was up. But if the man was in danger, wouldn't he reward her if she saved his life? They'd left Rowan's Barrow a ways back, only for him to excitedly walk up to this unremarkable cave. Maybe he was chasing a rumor and didn't want her to see. She yawned as she began walking up to it. Nothing in there she wouldn't be able to match.
Lighting her way with a ball of light, she staggered forward, detecting the man's life-scent. She followed it for a while, raking her fingernails against the walls, marking them for her way back. Her footsteps echoed past her as she tripped against stalagmite. She walked until she heard something. A wet, smacking sound from further up ahead. She paused. Had he been captured by a hag? Normally, she'd simply leave the men to their fate, but something about that smug man's posture made her trudge up further. Reluctantly. She wished she wasn't such a hero. Saving arrogant men from their doom. She readied a fire spell under her breath, and crouched through an opening as the sounds got louder. There, she finally found him.
"Huh," she said, causing all eyes to avert to her. Dozens of glowing pixie eyes trying to discern whether she was friend or foe. Their wings whizzed and created a wind. And in the midst of it all, her client, lying in a pool of pixies, his wet dick throbbing. Three of the fairies kneeled between his thighs, staring at her. His face was hazed in pleasure as he looked at her. So, she wasn't wrong about him. But that did not matter.
She looked up at the sky. The cave opened up here, causing some life to leak downward. Dozens of plants and mushrooms, and the creatures that carried their seeds dotted the rough walls. She even spotted some Bulwark mushrooms. Her hands immediately began itching. This was
far
more pricier than a mere gold piece.
"Hello princess," she heard her client say. The pixies, evidently deciding she wasn't a threat, resumed to work on him. One of them gulped his dick up whole, massaging him with her throat. Lia swallowed. The lust-pixies would probably plop him out of the cave once their needs were satisfied, but sometimes... well, best not to think about that. He moaned as the woman pulled out, lightly kissing the tip before allowing one of her sisters to take the plunge. His gaze landed on her once more. "Like the show?"
She couldn't really be mad at him. If he wanted to risk death and unleash his seed inside a dozen pixies, she wasn't to judge. Besides, he'd led her to this treasure trove of alchemical ingredients. He could do whatever he wanted. She walked over to the neem-vines close by as the sounds of the pixies manically releasing their moans threatened to overwhelm her. Trying to sample their quality before she desecrated the place, she looked closer, noting the wavelength of their crystals.
And then, everything went quiet. She released a sigh and continued to examine the tree. Footsteps shuffled behind her, which she ignored. And then,
smack.
She whipped backward, trying to scare away the fairy who wanted to fuck her, only to be met with the smug gaze of her client. He'd actually spanked her.
"Come on, witch," he said. "I'm tired of dicking down fairies. I want a witch to tame. I'll pay you another gold piece if you bend over, and let me plow you down like you deserve it. Fuck it, three gold pieces if you join the fairies until I'm tired."
She looked at him quizzically. Lots of men found it extremely arousing to put a witch into what they presumed was her place. Somehow, fucking a powerful woman made them feel stronger, even if they were