Chapter Four
The weather was perfect for a trek through the woods, and Mahini’s face was bright with enthusiasm as we hiked away from the town walls. I cast one last look at Bastianville over my shoulder before it slid out of view behind the trees, but I knew the other women and the Elder Council would be able to handle things in my absence. They’d fared just fine while I traipsed across the countryside chasing down runaway dukes, and we weren’t going to be gone for long anyway.
“This is nice,” Mahini breathed after she’d inhaled the fresh, earthy aromas of the forest outside Bastianville, but then she flashed me a wry smirk. “I feel spoiled.”
“You deserve to be spoiled.” I clasped her hand warmly in mine. “You work your ass off for our little family, and you’ve stood by my side since day one. Do you remember the day we met?”
“How could I forget?” Mahini’s icy gaze danced with amusement. “It’s difficult to erase the day I thought I was going to die from memory, after all.”
My own memories of the countless times she’d died that day flashed through my mind, and a shudder shot up my spine. I was grateful for my ability to reset time since at this point, I didn’t think I could ever live without the desert goddess.
“I’m glad I showed up when I did,” was all I said. No reason to burden my newest bride with the pain of watching someone you love die before your eyes.
“It still amazes me how you knew the perfect time to arrive,” Mahini murmured. “Even after knowing you for so long, your power still astounds and surprises me, Bash.”
I squeezed her hand. “You’re not so bad yourself.”
“I would be dead several times over if it weren’t for you,” Mahini pressed with a shake of her head. “I could never thank you enough, even if I spent all my days trying.”
“Thank me by giving me a strong, healthy baby,” I said, and I placed a gentle hand across her stomach before I met her eyes. “That is the most incredible gift you could give me.”
“I wish I had as good of a wedding gift as Eva gave you.” Mahini smirked. “But it was far past the time when Caelia should have joined our family, so I don’t begrudge her the opportunity to surprise you.”
“Having the chance to go on one last quest with you before the baby comes is the perfect gift.” I grinned. “If we hurry, we can reach the Great Catacombs of Legend before dark. I spotted some rain clouds, so I’d like to get inside the tunnels before it comes down.”
“I suppose we should get our ‘asses in gear,’ as you have said before,” Mahini replied with a twinkle of amusement in her ice-blue eyes. “It is strange. I haven’t been in this direction since we went to the copper mine. That feels like almost a lifetime ago…”
“It was so sexy how you were slicing through the goblins,” I complimented as memories overpowered me. That was when the two of us had really learned how to work as a team, and I placed an affectionate hand on the hilt of my feather sword.
“Expecting trouble?” Mahini’s eyes flicked to my fist and back to my face.
“Not at all,” I chuckled. “I was just thinking about when we found this blade in the mine. I’ve had it for a long time now. I’m due for an upgrade.”
“It’s hard to fight with old weapons when we get shiny new armor,” Mahini teased. “But you’re right. You need something that carries the weight of your position. You’re the Archduke of Bastianville and the God of Time, not some random mercenary.”
“That’s a good point,” I said. “But I’m familiar and comfortable with the blade, so it’s hard to discard it without the replacement being totally awesome. I suppose I’ll just have to wait until I come across the perfect thing.”
“I hope we find you an upgrade soon,” Mahini said with a look of complete understanding.
I was stoked there was an experienced warrior among my women, and while Evangeline had been trained by masters during her upbringing, there was nothing quite like the comfort I felt when discussing such things with Mahini. This was exactly what I’d hoped our honeymoon would be like, just the two of us talking blades and memories as we hiked through the woods.
We came to the entrance of the mine, and we took a short break with the workers. It was nice to catch up with Willihard, Niconor, and the other miners since they spent most of their time outside of Bastianville’s walls. I informed the two trusted men about the mission to find the library, and I instructed them to get in touch with one of my women for more details.
Then Mahini and I continued upward to the mountain. The slopes angled more and more sharply as we drew closer to the foothills, and soon we were huffing and puffing. We took breaks often, and Mahini’s eyes were full of desire as we exchanged the water skin.
“You know…” Mahini said in a low, husky voice as her eyelashes lowered seductively.
“What?” I chuckled.
“No one can see or hear us,” the desert goddess explained with a wink. “Besides the animals, anyway.”
Then, to my utter astonishment and joy, the tanned beauty dropped her pack and fell to her knees in front of me. Mahini gazed up at me with eyes full of need, and her tongue darted out to moisten her dry lips.
“It is our honeymoon.” I shrugged, but then my fingers moved to undo the straps keeping me decent.
Decency went out the door when we did, it seemed, but who was I to complain? I was about to get a blow job from a valiant vixen while the breeze rustled my hair and the birds sang love songs in the background.
My life was awesome.
“Mmm…” I tangled my fingers in Mahini’s hair as her ministrations increased in speed and pressure. She’d gotten really good at sucking cock since we’d first experimented with it, and I thoroughly enjoyed her newfound talents.
“I want to taste you,” Mahini said as she came up for air, and she rubbed the head of my cock against her wet lips. “Will you unleash your seed in my mouth?”
“You don’t want me to make you come, too?” I arched an eyebrow.
“I am already carrying your child,” Mahini pointed out with a one-shouldered shrug. “It is not as though we could have two.”
“There’s twins,” I said, but then I realized we were getting off track. “But it doesn’t matter to me. I’ll come wherever you want me to.”
Mahini flashed me a devilish grin, but then she got back to work on my dick. She sucked and swirled around the head before she bobbed down the shaft all the way to the bottom, and I hissed with pleasure when her nose hit my groin.
It was enough to make me explode deep inside her throat, and I held her head still while I gently rocked my hips back and forth. Then I let her go, and she pulled off my slippery cock while a long tendril of saliva dangled to her lips.
“That was amazing,” she breathed as the fire in her eyes burned into my soul.
“You’re amazing.” I shook my head in awe. “My knees are shaking now.”
“Would you like to take a short reprieve from our hike?” The look of concern on her face was adorable.
“Just a little.” I smirked. “You nearly sucked the life out of me.”
“Is that possible?” The desert goddess tilted her head to the side.
“No, I’m joking,” I laughed as I raked a hand through my hair. “Almost had you, though.”
“I will take your strange words as a compliment.” Mahini’s lips twitched into a smile. “But it is truly the least I could do after everything you have done for me. You saved me, Bash, from more than just death. You have given me an honorable life, and I would do anything to defend it.”
To my surprise, her blue eyes filled with emotion, and her lower lip trembled.
“Come now,” I said as I took her hand. “This is our time to celebrate our union. No tears.”
“I apologize for my strong display of emotion,” the typically stoic warrior woman said as she swiped her fingers across her eyes to clear the droplets. “I just… feel such an overwhelming sense of gratitude for everything you’ve given me… A reason to live, duty, a family to protect, and the glory of battle all wrapped up together.”
“Do you think… Maybe the pregnancy hormones are kicking in?” I squeezed her fingers warmly. “You’ve been a… tad… more emotional lately.”
I braced myself for the hormonal face biting reaction, but none came. Mahini merely blinked at me with sudden understanding, and then she collapsed against my chest with a sigh.
“Oh, Bash, I thought I was losing my mind.” Mahini’s voice sounded so vulnerable and raw. “I can live with a temporary affliction, though.”
“I can’t wait to experience all of it with you,” I said, and then I jerked my chin toward the trail up the mountain. “Shall we continue?”
Mahini nodded solemnly, but there was a new twinkle in her eyes as we pushed ourselves up to our feet. Our fingers found each other instantly, and we exchanged a loving smile before we turned back to the road ahead. The rain clouds grew thicker in my peripheral vision, and the wind began to kick up, so I wasn’t sure how long we’d have before the downpour started.
We reached the path leading up the side of the cliff a short while later, and memories flooded my mind. I’d once fallen to my death on the way down from the catacombs where I’d been summoned, so I knew the steep ramp-like path was dangerous. I kept my grip on Mahini’s hand as we began our ascent, and the breeze grew stronger as we rose above the tree line.
“You know, it feels like forever since I’ve been here,” I said in a nostalgic tone.
“A lifetime has passed,” Mahini agreed, but she had no idea just how right she was.
“If we hurry, we can reach the catacombs before dark,” I said as I hurried my pace. “It took me almost an entire day to reach town on the way down, but I hadn’t settled into my full powers at the time.”
“We should watch our step,” Mahini warned as she eyed the steep drop off on the side of the path. “It would be deadly to fall down.”
“Truer words have never been spoken,” I chuckled as the memory of my own fall down the very same path came to mind.
The two of us continued our trek up the side of the cliff, but then we came to the crossroads where the path diverted into two directions. One trail led forward to the catacombs while the other disappeared around the curve of the summit.
“We’ll have to double back to this point if we take shelter in the catacombs for the night,” I said with a thoughtful frown. “Or we can pitch our tent somewhere near the junction?”
“I’d like to see the Great Catacombs of Legend,” Mahini mused. “It would be worth the extra walking it will take.”
“It’s settled, then.” I grinned.
We reached the opening on the side of the mountain a short while later, and we paused at the entrance to light the torches we’d brought with us. I peered around at the damp stone walls and uneven rock floor, and I listened to the sound of water dripping from somewhere deeper within the tunnels.
I remembered there being tons of traps and obstacles to navigate between the entrance and the dais where I’d awoken that very first day in Sorreyal, but I was tempted to go reread the text declaring me the Great One of Legend. I’d memorized the words at the time, but so many days had passed since then that I’d begun to doubt my own memory.
“Come on,” I said to Mahini as I held out my hand, and the desert goddess immediately accepted it. “Let’s go a little deeper.”
“I’m by your side,” Mahini breathed, and her icy gaze reflected the shimmering light of the torches.
I made a new save point just in case I’d forgotten some hidden trap since I’d last been in the catacombs, and then I proceeded to lead Mahini toward the chamber where the evil sorcerer had summoned me. We triggered bear traps with the handle of an unlit torch, jumped over pits full of sharpened logs, and skirted around the skeletal remains of former adventurers and wild animals.
We found a couple of chambers where bears had obviously been making their home, and I put as much distance between us and those rooms as I could. We’d have to pass back by them on the way out, but I knew the warrior woman and I could handle a few fur balls.
Then we arrived at the spot where Raijin Thornheart brought me into this magical medieval realm, and my eyes immediately went to the wall where the text declaring me as the God of Time had first appeared.
It was blank stone.
I frowned in confusion as I crossed the threshold, but then a gust of air blew up from the ground, and my armor clicked together with a metallic sound.
“What was that?” Mahini’s hand leapt to the hilt of her blade as her sharp eyes scanned the room for threats.
“Magic,” I chuckled, but I crossed the room to the blank wall where the words had previously floated.
What did I expect?
The text had been almost holographic, and I’d been able to pass my finger right through them, so I shouldn’t be surprised they were gone, but a part of me was still disappointed. Mahini came to stand by my side, and she shot me a curious sideways glance before her eyes carved into the empty stone wall.
“What are we looking at?” the desert goddess asked, and I could hear the amusement in her voice.
I couldn’t blame her. I probably looked like a crazy person just standing and staring at a wall like that, but I couldn’t help it. I urged the words to appear, but nothing happened.
“Words,” I sighed as I raked my hand through my hair. “They’re not here anymore, but they used to float right here.”
“Float?” Mahini’s brow furrowed in confusion. “How can words float?”
“Like I said.” I smirked. “Magic. This is the room where I was summoned to this world.”
“W-What?” Mahini’s eyes widened to the size of saucers, and she instantly turned to analyze the room around us.
It looked much the same as it had before, except less gore was visible. I’d left the room in a mess of dead bodies and fallen weapons, but they were all gone now. Something had dragged everything away, or eaten the remains, but I spotted a couple of bones and scraps of armor scattered across the floor.
“A sorcerer by the name of Raijin Thornheart performed a ritual or spell of some kind that brought me from my world to this one,” I explained in a gentle voice, and I reached for Mahini. “There were fourteen assholes with him, and I had to kill them all just to escape this room, but they were idiots if they thought they could summon a god and live to tell the tale.”
“I don’t understand.” Mahini shook her head like she was trying to dispel a nightmare. “A sorcerer brought you here? I thought you came here on your own…”
Mahini’s ice-blue eyes cut into my very soul, and the confusion I saw there hurt my heart. Trepidation filled my veins as I realized the desert goddess was probably going to freak out if I kept talking.
Had I said too much?
I considered resetting back to my save point, but I decided to ride it out for the moment to gauge Mahini’s reaction a little more. She was a strong, stoic warrior woman. If anyone could handle the truth about how I arrived in Sorreyal, it was her.
Finally, Mahini shrugged and waved a dismissive hand. “Who am I to comprehend the ways of the gods? I accept I will not always understand, but I trust you completely.”
“Good.” I let out my breath in a long sigh of relief, and then I gestured to the wall. “This used to have words on it describing me as the God of Time, but I had no idea what that meant when I first read it. Then I began to discover the full extent of my abilities, and the world has been my oyster ever since.”
“What did it say?” Mahini’s eyes lit up with curiosity as she scanned over the empty stone wall.
“You have been called, O Great One, to save this world from its destruction,” I said in a clear voice as the words flowed from my memories like water over a falls. “Heed your power and use it well, for with it you shall defeat every foe that dare stray across your path. For you cannot fail when you can repeat your attempts as often as you need. Go forth, God of Time, and return hope to the heart of this world.”
“Hmm.” Mahini bit her bottom lip as a line of concentration creased her brow. “Repeat attempts? I don’t understand.”
“Part of my powers,” I explained simply.
“You are incredibly powerful,” Mahini murmured, and her eyelashes lowered ever so slightly as a seductive smile stretched her lips. “You’ve done nothing but amaze me since the day you saved me from the kobold horde.”
“Let’s set up our campsite,” I suggested, and I headed toward the entrance of the chamber without another look back at the dais where I’d died more times than I could count.
We returned to the main entrance of the catacombs, and we built a fire just inside the opening so the smoke would be able to escape. The rain started as we were spreading out our sleeping pads, and the two of us huddled around the flames as the raindrops pinged against the stone outcropping outside.
The dry entrance worked perfectly as our campsite for the night, and after a quick meal of travel rations, the two of us snuggled up into our blankets and prepared to get some sleep. Then Mahini’s hands slipped inside my pants, and a devilish smirk tugged on her lips.
“You’re feeling frisky,” I observed as I shoved my pants off my hips.
“I want to get my coin’s worth,” the desert goddess teased, but then her fingers curled around the shaft of my already-hard cock. “It seems I’m not alone.”
“I can’t help it,” I chuckled. “You’re constantly turning me on.”
“I love your strange words,” Mahini breathed as she worked my dick in her fist until it was throbbing. “I want to hear more. Tell me about these ‘moo-vies.’ You’re positive it is not something cows make?”
Mahini stroked my cock with perfect rhythm and speed while I described things from Earth to the tanned beauty, but it didn’t take her talented digits long to extract my explosion of essence. She licked her fingers while I sucked in my breath, and the pleased smile on her lips as she sucked the white tendrils clean made me want to go again.
So we did, and this time I filled up her womb like I had wanted to do all day.
The next morning, we were on the path again before dawn, but Mahini had to vomit first. Once her morning sickness had passed, we headed back to the junction where the paths diverged. This time, however, we went up further into the mountains instead of down into the town, and my eyes scanned the side of the slope ahead of us.
It looked steep as fuck.
Fortunately, the path zigzagged in such a fashion, we wouldn’t have to approach it head on. It would take longer to take the less straightforward route, but I was sure our bodies would be grateful in the end.
Conversation was sparse as we mounted the hill, and the desert goddess seemed content to scan the surrounding area with a scrutinizing gaze whenever we paused to catch our breaths. Then Mahini suddenly whipped out her bow and notched an arrow before I’d even spun to see the large grouse flapping away from the mountain.
Mahini released her arrow and her breath in the same instant I saw the bird, and the next thing I knew, the projectile struck the flying creature with a thud. The fowl fell with wings flapping in the breeze, but then it landed within eyesight of where we stood.
“Wow, Mahini.” I let out a low, appreciative whistle. “That was an excellent shot!”
“Thank you.” The desert goddess puffed out her chest in pride as she trotted over to retrieve her bird. “It was a lucky sighting. It’s almost past their migration season.”
“Looks like we’ll have something besides travel rations to eat for lunch,” I said with a pleased smile. “As long as you can cook it.”
“I know a fairly simple recipe,” Mahini said. “I can teach you.”
“I’d like that.” I grinned. “This is my favorite honeymoon ever.”
“A tall compliment from the Great One of Legend.” Mahini winked.
“It might be my job to bring hope to the people of Sorreyal,” I said. “But it is obviously your job to turn me on every second of every day. It’s really fucking hot how you can just shoot a bird out of the sky in one shot.”
“It took a lot of effort to get that good,” Mahini assured me with a confident glow in her icy gaze. “Thank you for noticing.”
Mahini strapped her grouse by its feet to her waistband, and then the two of us continued up the mountain. The air grew thinner and harder to breathe, and the trees shrank to scraggly bushes without the deep soil to dig their roots into. I smelled pine needles, our sweat, and distant fires. It was amazing how far we could see already, and I paused to take in the vista.
The desert goddess stepped into the circle of my arms and leaned her head against my chest as she followed my gaze out over the landscape. I stared down at the path we’d climbed up, and I followed the white line all the way to the forest where it disappeared beneath the foliage. My eyes continued to take in the view, and far away, in the form of tiny squares with smoke billowing out, I could just barely make out the structures of Bastianville.
“How much further do we have to go?” Mahini asked as she tilted her head back to gaze up at me.
“To the peak,” I explained as I eyed the snow-capped triangle where it vanished into the clouds above our heads. “Good thing we brought climbing gear. I imagine we’ll need to pull out the rope before too long.”
“That’s quite the distance,” Mahini breathed as her eyes followed mine up the slope. “We can do it, though.”
“There’s no one else I’d rather have by my side on this quest,” I informed her in a serious voice. “Nothing against the other women at all, but I would use so much energy worrying about them, it would take twice as long.”
“Elissa would likely complain about getting too muscular of legs by the end of the trip,” Mahini joked. “She does love her girlish figure.”
“Eva wouldn’t want to leave until noon each day,” I pointed out.
“Caelia would be scared of everything that moved,” Mahini added.
“I’m glad you understand,” I chuckled.
We stood and enjoyed the view for a few more moments as we caught our breaths, but then we returned to our trek up the side of the mountain. We hadn’t gotten very far, however, when Mahini pulled me to a halt to suck my cock again. I exploded all over her face, and she blinked up at me happily as the white tendrils slid down her cheeks.
“You liked that?” I asked.
“I love everything you do,” Mahini assured me as she licked a sticky string from her lips.
The desert goddess had to stop to throw up a few times, too, but after emptying her stomach and swishing her mouth out with some water, she was still never the worse for wear. I started to check in on her as her vomiting grew more frequent, but the stoic warrior woman insisted we continued on at the same pace.
By the time the sun was high overhead, I was ready for a longer break, so I made a small fire, and Mahini stripped the feathers from the grouse she’d shot. I boiled some water to make a soothing tea for the sickly shield maiden, and she accepted it with a grateful smile.
“You’re going to be such an amazing father,” she observed as she sipped her hot beverage. “You’re already so nurturing and protective over the people you love.”
“I’m glad you think so,” I said with a sideways smile. “I know without a shadow of a doubt you’re going to be a kick ass mother.”
“Is that because you believe me to be strict?” Mahini arched an eyebrow.
“I would see it as more fair than strict,” I countered, and my answer earned me a broad smile.
I was already starting to get the hang of this married life stuff, it seemed.
We roasted the grouse as quickly as we could since we didn’t want to use up too much daylight, but we stretched out one of our sleeping pads to make out while the bird cooked. We were lucky we didn’t burn our food with how distracted we were with each other, but the growling of my stomach came to the rescue and reminded me of the meal we were preparing.
We each grabbed a leg, packed up our small campsite, and ate the meat right off the bone while we continued our hike. The meat was juicy and greasier than I expected it to be given that it was a wild fowl, and I wondered if the strenuous exercise we’d been doing made the flavors richer.
I supposed hard-earned meals just tasted better.
After a while, I grew bored of the same old landscape, so I asked Mahini to walk in front of me, and I watched her ass bounce with each step she took. The new and improved view made the hike much more enjoyable, but I started to feel tingles in my groin the more I watched her move.
Finally, I could take no more of the teasing ass jiggling movements, and I grabbed her by the hand to pull her against me. Mahini gasped as she spun around into my arms, and adoration filled her eyes when she swiveled to face me.
“I want to fuck you on the side of a mountain,” I informed her before I captured her mouth in a passionate kiss, and we both shrugged off our packs without breaking away from each other.
Mahini’s nimble and experienced fingers quickly found the latches and straps of the minimal armor I was wearing. I hadn’t wanted to be weighed down by the heavy metal pieces, but I also wanted to be prepared for anything. There was no telling what else lived in the mountains with the griffon.
Still, it wouldn’t hurt to remove my protective gear for a quick romp in the grass with the beautiful desert goddess, but I moved to catch her up in the undressing department as well.
A few moments later, we both stood naked in the wind, and only a second passed before our lips found each other once more. The taste of sugarcoated cherries I’d associated with Mahini ever since our very first kiss overwhelmed me with desire, and my hands caressed down the sides of her toned torso to rest on the curve of her hips.
“Oh, Bash,” Mahini breathed as her eyelashes fluttered over her blue eyes. “I love you so much.”
“I can tell.” I smirked as I took her hand and moved it to my rock-hard cock. “I love you, too, Mahini. Just look at what you do to me.”
“So firm!” The desert goddess curled her digits around my shaft, and she pulsated her fist up and down the length of my dick as the corners of her lips twitched upward into the hint of a smile.
“Yess…” I inhaled sharply as needles of pleasure permeated every fiber of my being, but I wanted more than a hand job this time, so I grabbed the tanned beauty and spun her around.
“Oh!” Mahini gasped, but she automatically stuck her ass out at the perfect angle.
She knew what she was doing.
The obsidian-haired goddess peered at me over her shoulder beneath lust-hooded eyes, and then she reached back to pull her ass cheeks apart with both hands. The motion revealed the moist, pink folds of her dripping wet pussy, and my fingers instinctively reached for her node of pleasure.
“Mmm,” Mahini whimpered with her bottom lip clenched between her teeth, so I rubbed her clit in a small circular motion. She rocked her hips into my touch, and then even more moisture met my roaming fingers.
“Fuck, Mahini,” I said with an awed shake of my head as I brought my digits to my lips for a taste of her sweet nectar. “Can we just stay on this honeymoon forever?”
“Shut up and fuck me,” the desert goddess requested, and she arched her back to rub her ass against my throbbing cock. “Please?”
I didn’t need any further prompting, and I gripped my dick in one hand while I grabbed her ass cheek in the other. Then I rubbed the head against her opening, and the horny hottie pushed backward into the sensation.
“Patience,” I hissed as a shudder shot up my spine. “Don’t be in such a hurry, woman.”
“I need you inside me, Bash,” Mahini moaned.
“How bad do you want it?” I asked as I inched my cock forward just a little bit, but then I pulled back again.
“Bad,” Mahini whimpered, and a pained look crossed her face. “Please, Bash, fill me up. I want to be one with you.”
With the sound of her begging voice in my ears, I teased her with my cock for a few more moments, but then I grabbed a fistful of her obsidian locks before I slammed all the way inside her pulsating tunnel.
“Oh, fuck, yes!” Mahini moaned in a guttural voice with her back arched in ecstasy. “More!”
“Take it,” I growled as I pulled her head backward while simultaneously slamming my cock inside her to the hilt. “Take it all.”
I thrust rough and fast while the sound of her moans echoed off the side of the mountain, and a flock of birds fluttered from a nearby tree with loud cries of distress, but I didn’t care about disturbing a few fowls. All I cared about was the pleasurable sensations washing over me, and the sounds of my newest bride crying out in delight.
Then I let go of her hair to grab her ass in both hands, and I spread her cheeks apart to get a good view of my thick cock sliding in and out of her tight little pussy. The image of her pink folds stretched around my girth made my balls tingle in delight, and I unleashed a torrential spray of seed deep inside her waiting entrance.
Mahini slid off my slick shaft with a sigh, and she licked her lips hungrily as she turned around. Then she began to slowly and gently clean me off with her tongue, and I shivered as the breeze struck the damp parts of my body.
“It was so warm inside you,” I murmured in a loving voice.
The desert goddess pulled my still hard cock into her mouth, and her cheeks sucked inward as she bobbed up and down the shaft. I was throbbing in an instant, and I chuckled in awe at her talent. When I was fully hard again, Mahini stood up, lifted one leg, and then slid herself onto my cock.
It was sexy as fuck.
My hand was under her knee an instant later, and I supported her weight with one arm while I wrapped the other around her lower back. She tilted her head back, and our lips met with ravenous hunger. Her eyes were half-closed and hazy with desire, but she rode me with a steady rhythm for several blissful moments. I explored her mouth with my tongue, and I continued to let her set the pace. I was still coming back to reality after the last explosion of pleasure, so I was in no hurry to relieve my needs. Mahini’s warm, wet tunnel sucked me inside her and pulsated around me like an oiled fist, but her tightness at that angle was unbelievable.
After a few more thrusts, Mahini began to pick up the pace, so I grabbed her other leg and lifted her all the way up. The desert goddess locked her ankles behind my back, and I placed my hands beneath her ass so I could lift her up and down on my dick.
I leaned back to give myself more leverage, and then I plowed Mahini hard and fast while she threw her head back and moaned. The sight of her perfectly-shaped breasts bouncing up and down sent fire through my veins, and I slammed my cock into her as fast as I could to make them jiggle even more.
The beautiful warrior woman’s skin was dappled with perspiration, and her eyes rolled back into her head as a silent moan escaped her open lips. I could feel her shivering around my shaft, and I drove my cock into her waiting tunnel even harder as she climaxed around me.
“I want to… feel your seed… inside me,” Mahini panted out, and she struggled to catch her breath between my hard and heavy thrusts.
“I’m going to give you what you want,” I murmured as I continued to fuck her senseless. “But I want you to beg for it.”
“Beg?” A tortured look crossed Mahini’s face, and I could tell she was getting close to the edge again.
“That’s right,” I grunted. My own desire steadily mounted, but I clamped down on my will-power, and I gritted my teeth with the effort it took.
“Please,” Mahini whimpered.
Her fingernails dug into the skin of my shoulders, and her heels dug into the small of my back, but I wasn’t about to relent my assault on her swollen entrance until I got what I wanted.
“More,” I growled.
“Please, Bash,” Mahini moaned, and she clung tightly to me as another orgasm rocked through her body. “Please, please, please.”
“Tell me to come,” I hissed. I was getting close myself, but I wanted to hear the words come out of her mouth.
“Come inside me, Bash!” Mahini practically screamed as her entire body shook. “Fill me with your seed! Please!”
“Ahh, fucck,” I gasped.
A flood of sperm exploded from the head of my cock to splash against the interior of Mahini’s tunnel, and the white tendrils sprayed out around my shaft. I pumped a few more times, and even more of my seed erupted from my dick to drench the desert goddess’ already dripping wet pussy.
“Gods,” I moaned as my cum-slick cock slid out of her slippery entrance. “I don’t think I’ve ever climaxed that hard before.”
“Happy to help.” Mahini smirked. “Shall we carry on with our quest?”
“I’m a puddle of goo,” I huffed out a laugh, and my knees shook for added emphasis. “Give me a moment to collect myself.”
Mahini flashed me a pleased smile over her shoulder as she headed to where we’d left our clothes and armor in a pile. She pulled on her pants in a tauntingly slow manner, but I merely stood on the side of the mountain buck naked while I enjoyed the view.
I watched with rapt fascination as a tendril of my sperm slid out of her entrance and down her leg, but Mahini saw where my eyes were locked, and she scooped up the white string before she slid her finger between her lips.
“You’re a dirty girl,” I chuckled.
“You enjoy it,” Mahini said with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. “I can tell.”
“I fucking love it,” I assured her.
Then I crossed the distance to my clothes, and I began to distractedly pull them on while I watched Mahini do the same. We were fully clothed a moment later, though, and then we picked up our packs once more. I wasn’t sure how much further I could walk after the energy I’d expended to have sex, but even if it took us a year to reach the summit, it would be worth every second with the sexy desert goddess.
A short while after we’d resumed our hike, we came across an obstacle. The mountain path ran straight into a steep cliff wall before it suddenly ended, and our eyes traveled up the face of the precipice to the top. I gazed from the cliff to the ground as it fell away below us, but we’d already passed through the layer of clouds hiding the peak, so the forest was shrouded from view.
The sun was inching toward the western horizon, and the daylight was fading swiftly. It would be incredibly dangerous to crest the cliff wall in the dark, so I glanced around for someplace to make camp.
“We’ll need the climbing rope to get any further,” I said as I dropped my pack to the dirt again. “Maybe we should stay here until morning.”
“I’ll grab the tent,” Mahini offered as she slung her own pack off her shoulders with a relieved sigh.
We worked together to set up a minimal camp, but there was no dirt to stake the tent ropes into the ground with, so I hoped it didn’t get too windy. Once our tent was pitched, the two of us finished off the roasted grouse from earlier in the day, and then we cuddled up in our sleeping rolls.
Mahini shook me awake shortly before dawn, but immediately after I opened my eyes, she darted out of the tent with a sickly expression. I followed behind her, and I rubbed her back in a comforting manner as she hurled.
“Are you sure you’re okay to finish the quest?” I asked with a worried frown.
Her pregnancy sickness was getting worse instead of better, and I could tell it was highly unpleasant despite the stoic expression on her face.
“We will reach the top,” Mahini declared with a determined lift of her chin, and there was no arguing with the fiery look in her blue eyes.
We packed up our camp, but we left the long lengths of rope and stakes out so we could climb up the sheer cliff wall. I’d never done any mountain climbing before, but with the ability to reset, I wasn’t too worried about my performance.
I made a new save point, though, just in case.
I helped Mahini lash the rope around her waist in a comfortable way, and then I tied the other end of the strand around my own. This way, if the desert goddess lost her grip, I could save her, and vice versa, but I didn’t plan on making Mahini support my entire body weight any time soon.
My first fall happened the instant all four of my limbs were off the ground, and Mahini chuckled as I hit the path with my ass.
Chime.
I got much further during my second attempt, but the moment Mahini began to climb up behind me, I lost my grip and slid backward.
Chime.
By the third attempt, I’d learned a couple of things, and I applied my new knowledge to getting a little bit further up the sheer cliff wall. Finally, I managed to come to a good crevice to shove a stake into, and I hit it forcibly with the mallet we’d brought for just this purpose. Then I wrapped the rope through the hook and tested the strength.
It would hold.
I waited to celebrate the small victory until I’d placed a few more stakes, and I glanced down into the grinning face of Mahini as she followed behind me. Her knuckles were white where she gripped the rock wall, but her delighted expression reinvigorated me.
Moments inched past like hours, and every movement had to be well thought out. I could feel the wind pulling against my body, and it took every ounce of strength in me to keep climbing. Then I heard a yipping, snarling noise from above, and my head whipped up as a frown creased my brow.
Where had I heard that sound before?
The yips increased in pitch and frequency, and I wracked my brain trying to identify the familiar noise. A loud screech pierced the air an instant later, and I recognized the sound of the griffon instantly.
We were close.
A few moments later, my hands found purchase on the edge of the cliff, and I hauled myself up onto the rim. Directly in front of me was a flat area, and a scaled leg filled my vision. My eyes traveled up the leg to the lizard-like body, and realization struck.
Kobolds.
The griffon screech echoed through the air again, and then I saw the great winged beast dart out of a humongous nest that took up the majority of the area at the summit. I blinked my eyes to clear my vision, but when I refocused, I saw the same scene.
The dog-lizard-things snarled and rushed toward the nest, and they were pushed back by the sharp talons of the griffon, but the wise flying creature appeared to be struggling against the kobolds. Then I spotted a second eagle-lion hybrid lunge out of the nest to scrape a razor-edged talon across the stomach of a kobold. Three more of the dog-lizards leapt into their fallen comrades’ place, and the sound of the griffon’s cries turned desperate.
I had to do something.