But life was rarely fair or easy.We didn’t get to pick what was demanded of us, and more times than I wanted to think about, people just like them had suffered and died because of this thing.
Relishing one more moment, soaking it in so that I’d remember it forever, I nodded to myself and then squeezed both Temps’ and Lizzie’s shoulders.They jerked, looking up at me with groggy blinks until twin smiles spread over their faces.
“You’re you again.”Temps sat up, holding her arm around herself as she reached for my cheek.
I let my face drop into her palm, closing my eyes for a second.“Yeah, I’m me.But Cerberus is still in here.”
Hello, little witch.
“He says hi.”The girls giggled, and then Lizzie stretched, reaching her arms over her head, which just made her pert tits press up, her nipple hard and delectable.
My cock kicked slightly, and I was getting harder by the second with all this skin on display.Waking up naked with Lizzie and Temps was certainly among my favorite memories, but it was going to be real damn hard to do anything more than fuck them again at this rate.
Your body needs to recover, sage.
Yeah, yeah.Did you have to shred all our clothes?How are we supposed to walk back to the dorms like this?
“Are you okay?”Lizzie put a hand on my shoulder, leaning into my field of view as I pulled my stare away from the ground.“You’re like zoning out or suddenly real interested in leaves.”
I shook my head with a sigh, dragging a hand through my hair.“No, sorry.I can talk with him in my mind.I was complaining about the clothing situation.”
Temps nodded vigorously, her teeth starting to chatter now that she wasn’t curled up next to Lizzie.“I second the annoyance about the clothes.I’m freezing.And we can’t walk back like this.”
See.
Ugh, very well.Have them hold out their hands, and I will direct them to their lodgings.We can travel to yours next.
Unwilling to argue with an elder god, I nodded once and relayed the instructions to Lizzie and Temps.
“I’ll make sure to message once I’ve sorted things out at my apartment.With the very impending rise of this ‘malignance,’ again, Cerberus’ word, not mine, I want to make sure we have everything prepared.I’ll craft a few more tonics and such, and we can regroup tonight.Sound like a plan?”
Lizzie stepped up to me, sliding her arms around my waist for a hug before craning back to look up at me.
“It would be a better plan if we could all be together, but yeah.It’ll do for now.”
I laughed, stroking her cheek and pulling Temps in, too.“I know.Maybe…maybe after all this we can find a way to all stay at my apartment, at least secretly if nothing else.”
“I don’t want you to get in trouble, Caleb.We can handle a short walk across town if it saves your job.”Temps leaned up onto her toe, kissing my cheek, which made Cerberus growl hungrily in my head.“But bamf us or whatever.I’m freezing.My nips are going to pop right off at this rate.”
My brow shot up as Lizzie scoffed and said, “My, my, now who’s got the potty mouth, Ms.Montgomery?”
Temps knocked her with her elbow, and damn, I just want to go back to my apartment with them, snuggle and kiss and fuck until they couldn’t walk, forget all this end of the world shit.But I wasn’tthathorrible of a person.I saved that level of darkness for the bedroom.
I would very much like to see that next time.
That took me off guard, and I coughed slightly as I took the girls’ hands, swallowing hard.Was the ancient deity in my head flirting with me?
“Alright, Cerberus, do your thing.”
With that, I felt magic rush to the surface of my skin.It was an inferno, just this side of painful as the heat swelled, and then a layer of swirling flame surrounded Temps and Lizzie, blinking into nothing and leaving me holding the air.
They will arrive inside their lodging.I would see no one else look upon their naked form.
Ditto, big guy.Let’s go.
And sure enough, using that same pull, Cerberus whisked us through the air, heading back to my far less appealing apartment.Spending a night under the trees as a wolfman truly spoiled me.
Carpetcameupundermy feet, and I steadied myself, throwing my arms out to catch my balance.The landing was a little rocky, but I couldn’t argue with the results.We’d made it back to my apartment in a literal flash, and that certainly beat doing the “Walk of Shame” down Main Street in the buff.
