Evercrest Vampire Truth

Chapter 9: Badlands, deserts, and things unseen



The next morning Ester had greatly improved. She could now consume like any ancient vampire could and many of her pathways were healed and detangled.

Suzan had accomplished much in helping her pathways but they were also untangling and regenerating themselves as well. When she awoke this morning Suzan and the others could sense a difference about her. Because of the initial change in her pathways she also gained access to ancient vampire memory.

She woke up and began meditating just like Suzan had taught her.

Suzan woke up, her body intertwined with Dylan's, but she was a bit confused. Something had awoken her but she could not identify what it exactly was. She looked around the room, her eyes narrowed. She didn't understand what had happened until she allowed her perceptions to move throughout the transport SUV.

She had quickly found Ester in the main SUV and saw how her magical essence and aura were competing with each other as they kept rising at an increasing rate. She focused on her for a moment and smiled. She was meditating just as she had taught her but she had already learned how to alter it a bit so that it was becoming the best method for her.

Suzan went to extricate herself from Dylan's body. Just as she thought she would be free Dylan let out a breath wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her back into him.

He breathed into her ear as he kissed her neck. "where are you going?"

She smiled. "It is time to get up."

"Mmmm. Aren't we on vacation?"

"No. This is not a vacation. We are just traveling home."

He held her tighter and kissed her neck and shoulder. He then breathed into her ear as he spoke.

"Home?" He kissed her again. "I am glad that you already consider it your home."

"Of course I do." She kissed the arm holding her to him.

"I need to get up. Ester has improved a lot and I told her that I would help her train today."

"Mmm… how… will… you… help… her…. Train?" between each word he kissed her on a different spot of her body. She closed her eyes and relished the feeling of his lips on her skin.

She felt her body tingle in response to each kissed and she suddenly found herself thinking that she could stay in bed for a few more moments.

She turned in his arms and began kissing his chest and abdomen.

"I am going to help her learn how to focus, understand her condition, and how to continue improving her magical pathways."

Dylan paused for a brief moment. Then he kissed her forehead.

"Okay. But I need you to help me first. Sometimes I think you forget about me."

She rolled her eyes. "And how can I help you?" She pushed her body into his and began kissing his hand. She kissed his palm then slid his fingers into her mouth one at a time. She gently sucked each and looked up at him with a soft smile on her face.

His eyes softened as he moved under her and placed her on top of him. She straddled his body, her hands lightly pressing down on his chest. She smiled at him innocently, a sly question in her eyes.

She bit her bottom lip as her smile broadened. He moved beneath her and began to slip inside of her.

She raised her hips a bit, rising to her knees and bringing her face closer to his. She only allowed the tip to enter and held the pose for a long moment. She lowered more and kissed him passionately as she pressed her hips down to his and allowed him to slide deep inside her.

Her muscles tightened around him as a small moan escaped her lips.

It began slow and steady, at first. Her walls tightening around him only occasionally as she began to slide up and down along his length. She bit her lower lip again as she arched her back and raised her chest up.

One of his hands found one of her large breasts as the other slowly slid up and down her back as he began to match her movements with rhythmic thrusts. He gritted his teeth as he fought to hold himself as he felt her warmth spreading over him and she became wetter with his every action.

He abruptly put her onto her back, never slipping free, and began moving faster and faster. She seemed to grip him harder and harder with each of his thrust. Her soft hands slid over him causing him to loose himself in all the sensations of her.

He pulled from her and began to kiss her mouth, he bit her lip, then kissed her chin, neck, and between her full breast. His mouth was seeking and her body moved beneath him in a way that said she wanted him to know every inch of her.

Their mouths met over and over again reminding him how much he loved the taste of her.

He turned her onto her stomach and kissed the back of her neck and down her spine.

When he slid back inside it was again like a long lost home. Like this was were he belonged and would always belong to him no matter what.

He hated thinking that she was his but his soul told him it was true. His heart said he could never deny it and his brain said if anyone tried to take her from him he would cause them far more than acute pain.

As his possessive thoughts took control he began plunging into her deeper and harder until her moans became more pronounced and urgent.

Her reactions to him caused him to want her more. They made him want to be one with her and just as the thought entered his mind he felt it.

He thrust forward and it was like something warm and sensual slipped into his soul. His entire being was hot and he tingled all over. He saw tranquil lights, heard soft music and his head buzzed. His being became distant as if he were about to astral project.

And then he felt her body arch against his and tense around him. This brought him back to himself.

He felt heat rush forth from her just as he lost himself. He wanted to stop and prolong things but he knew her too well. His body shuddered as his last drops drained into her.

Still he kept slowly gliding in and out of her. He didn't want to stop until she stopped trembling.

They ended up side by side, panting, hearts racing.

She exhaled deeply, rolled over and kissed his chest. He felt her legs tremble as she moved away from him to leave the bed. He reached for her but decided to let her go.

"Did that help a little?"

"A little. When you finish helping Ester I will need you to help me more."

"When did you get so greedy?"

He looked at her with a face full of shock.

"How can being with the one you love ever be greedy?"

She rolled her eyes as she went to take a shower.

The sleeper SUV's were as big as train cars. They had bed, showers and dining rooms. The main SUV had a dining area, areas for observation, and conversational areas.

A person could go between SUV's by teleporting, the caravan stopping and allowing them to walk to a different SUV, or one of the guards moving them between SUV's by either teleportation or just carrying them across.

Suzan first found Ester and then she teleported to her on the main SUV. She found Ester deep in meditation on the second level of the SUV. Suzan looked out at the terrain. For a long moment she focused on the layers of colored sediment in the badlands around them. She knew that there was a desert ahead of them and before they entered it they would stop at a river within the badlands to stretch their legs a bit and have a rest from the ride.

She did not turn to Ester as she began repairing the young ancient vampire's magical pathways. She slid her magic through pathways and caused them to either clear, untangle, or regenerate. They remained like this for quite some time.

Ester opened her eyes and smiled at Suzan. "Can we practice casting a bit?"

Suzan nodded. "We are supposed to stop for a break. We can practice for a bit. Let's invite the others."

The caravan had stopped and the vehicles had parked in a large semicircle around a vast area. The traveling humans and ancient vampires stood a great distance from the vehicles. Elsbeth was standing before them talking about casting.

She had already demonstrated ancient vampire nature magic.

"Ancient Vampires don't really cast as humans understand it. We just allow the magic that naturally flows through us to move forward and then direct it to act upon whatever we want."

She breathed deeply several times and Suzan saw a twirling stream of green move forward from her to strike a large rock formation hundreds of feet from them. It struck the rock and a perfect circle was blown through it and the magic exited out the other side.

Ester looked blankly at the rock formation and then she turned her gaze to Suzan. Suzan laughed and shook her head.

"Elsbeth I do not think you explained things very well."

Elsbeth returned a shocked look and even pulled her head back in a expression of disbelief.

"Of course I did! How would you have explained it?"

Suzan smiled and looked to Marlon who simply shrugged and folded his arms over his chest. Suzan rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"I would explain in a way that the student may be able to easily understand the process."

Elsbeth looked at Marlon as if begging him for assistance. He simply averted his eyes so she looked at Dylan who's eyes went wide as if begging her not to ask him.

Suzan whispered in Ester's ear and then looked up at Elsbeth. "Go ahead and demonstrate for us again."

Elsbeth narrowed her eyes even as she began another demonstration. Magic moved up through her slowly. When she started her demonstration a great amount of magic moved from the ground and all the life surrounding them. It rapidly flowed into her and then through her quickly, three times, finally it burst forth in a narrow stream and struck a rock formation about fifty feet closer to them than the last.

Suzan looked over to Ester to see her eyes wide open. Suzan nodded and looked back to Elsbeth who now had a look of confusion. Suzan simply shrugged and stood.

"My turn."


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