I hold the back of Leon's head and help him sit on the curb. "Keep your head down. It'll pass," I tell him.

I sit beside him, watching him taking deep breaths to stop the vertigo.

We're at the entrance to the Rumen's market. I teleported here with him.

Teleportation is taxing on first-timers. But I knew Leon can handle it.

"I fainted the first time I teleported," I say.

"What?" he says.

"Not just the first time. More like first twenty times. Usually, I got all the spells working right from the start, and I got the teleportation working, too: always ended up at the spot where I needed to be, but the toll it took on my body was too much, so I kept fainting every time."

He laughs.

"Nara and Jenny still don't let me forget that."

He raises his head. "Alright. I'm fine now. Let's go."

I take his hand and lead him into the market. Even though, everyone here can recognise me, no one will tell anyone about me and Leon being here. I've like an unofficial loyalty of everyone at this market.

Leon seems thrilled to be here. It was the same for me on my first time. Even if you're a witch, the magic you see in Rumens market always leaves you spellbound. And it's not just the magic, it's also the people and the lively vibe of a busy market.

We stop at few shops to eat snacks, and also at the shops Leon wanted to take a closer look at. He particularly liked the singing plants.

After showing him around as much of the market as possible, I take him to an underground egg shop. From dragons to hippocampus, you can buy eggs of any kind in here.

But I'm not here for the eggs. I take Leon to the very back of the shop.

A young girl, sitting on a stool in front of a doorway that's covered with black curtains, notices me. She gets up, bows and moves the curtains away. "Master said, it's ready," she says.

I thank her before me and Leon get in.

Inside is a stone passage called Quizan Tongdao. It's a chinese invention. The passage can take you to any dimension you want without hurting your body. It's a better alternative to teleportation.

I take Leon's hand and we walk through the gateway.

We come out to a forest.

"Where's this?" Leon asks.

"Home."

"Home?"

I nod as I lead him to a nearby path that goes to my house. "Technically, my birthplace. My mom stayed in this dimension during her pregnancy. She was helping a nearby village build a hospital. When the due date arrived, she decided to give birth here instead of risking my health by teleporting back to the coven."

The pathway comes to an end, near a large mansion.

"My family and coven members visit this dimension often, and used to stay in this house. But, few years ago, we built a bigger housing area few miles to the east and that's where they go now. So, I took this house. It's mine."

As soon as we reach the front door it swings open.

"Mistress, you're home!" exclaims Porter while beating his wings excitedly and giving me a hug.

Porter is a Thesmanis, small creatures that look like chubby lion cubs with wings and a flat tail. They often work as house helpers.

After he got to hug me to his heart's content, he lets go of me and turns his attention to Leon. "Is he..." whispers Porter to me.

"Yes, he is," I say.

"Master!" shouts Porter. "It's my honour to meet you," he says, bowing to Leon. Leon looks surprised, probably by watching a creature looking like that speak and act like us.

"Nice to meet you, too," Leon says unsurely.

I laugh before telling him, "This is Porter. He takes care of the house."

I show Leon the house. It's a very bright and open house. Breeze always seem to flow across the corridors.

Then I take him for a walk outside. We follow a path in the forest to a cliff. It gives a wonderful sunset view, so we decide to stay there for the rest of the evening.

Him and I take seats on a large stone near the edge. I cross my arm into his and lean my head over his shoulder, watching the sky turn orange.

He sighs. "I wish the day wouldn't end. I don't want to go back yet. I want to stay with you as long as possible."

Our date was only for a day. Leon has to return to his pack by night since he has an early business to take care of tomorrow morning.

"You know what's the best part of this dimension, Leon?"

"What?"

"Time flows fast here, literally. Two days here is like one day back at our dimension."

He whips his head towards me. "Are you telling me it's not evening there yet?"

I smirk. "It's barely late morning there."

He smiles. "Then we can spend the night here."

"I don't know about that," I say, thoughtfully.

"Come on. Do you want to go back this soon? We can spend tomorrow here. You can show me the village you were talking about."

Well... I do want to show him few more places before we leave, but... oh, what the heck, we'll crash here for tonight.

"Okay," I reply.

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Whenever I'm here, Porter cooks quite a feast for me for dinner, but today, he has outdone himself. Definitely, for Leon. I see a lot of meat on the table, and I don't even like non-veg.

Porter seems to like his new master.

After dinner, I discharge Porter of his duties for the day so he could go back to his home. Before he leaves, I ask porter to prepare one of the guest rooms for Leon.

Me and Leon sit in the garden till late night. Once I feel ready to sleep, we get back inside the house and I give him directions to his room.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm sleeping in your room," Leon says.

I shake my head. "Your room is ready. Porter ma—"

"No. Come on, we're all the way away from Red Peak where I'd to sneak into your room. There's no one here except us. We're sleeping together."

I breathe out tiredly and mumble, "That's exactly why we shouldn't sleep together."

"I won't pull any moves on you. You're already tired. We'll just go to sleep, okay?"

Since my eyes are struggling to stay open, I give up and let him follow me to my room.

As soon as I enter I go straight for the bed and into my duvet. "Good night," I tell him quietly before letting my eyes finally shut.

He climbs up and lies down beside me, and for a minute it seemed like we'd settled in for the night for real, till — he turns to my side and slowly slides near me and kisses my neck.

I groan. "Go to sleep."

"In a second," he says before slightly moving on top of me and kissing me down on the front of my shoulder.

His hand runs up my dress.

"Leon," I say under my breath. "I'm sleepy."

"You sleep," he says while continuing to kiss me down my chest.

As soon his lips touch my breast, my sleep goes away. This is why I didn't want us to sleep in the same room.

When I push his shoulders away lightly, I realise he's not wearing his shirt. And whatever little sleep, or restraint, I might've had is now completely gone.

This is the first time I've touched his bare shoulders.

He brings up his face and kisses me on my lips. I take the chance to feel his back. My arms barely cover his muscular back.

He moves his head to my side and rubs his body over mine. I moan instinctively as I begin to feel warm between my legs.

Then he brings his face back down to my neck and starts to kiss, while his hand slowly tears through the side of my dress.

After my torn dress slips down, I arch my chest into his to feel his bare chest. Holding his hair tight, I start kissing his lips fervently. I've never felt desire like this before. The closest I've felt to something like this was in the garage when things got pretty hot.

But that was nothing compared to this.

While he continues to kiss me back, I start to pull him by his shoulders closer to me. Kissing is not enough, and it was putting distant between our bodies.

As if he found out what I was thinking, he quickly moves his kisses down my body. I dig my nails deep into his shoulder when I feel his warm mouth between my legs.

The pleasure keeps building up, making me moan multiple times, as he continues.

But before I could get my release, he brings up his face to my side and swiftly takes off his pants. He moves his pelvis on top of mine, his length touching my crotch.

He whispers into my ear, "I want to enter. Can I?"

He's the worst of all: asking permission after putting off my release and positioning himself like that?!

"I'm going to kill you," I say in between my strained breathing.

The man seems to know a yes when he hears one as he pushes into me right away.

The pain makes me cry out and push myself away from him, but his strong arms hold me in place. He waits till I start to breathe, somewhat normally, again, before moving inside me.

The first few times were giving me even more pain than the last one, till the pleasure hits me at last. I bite down my lips to hold back my moaning, at least by even a little if possible, because I want to hear him.

As he picks up his speed, his breathing and voice becomes strained, and he starts to moan, just like that day in the garage.

Probably because I heard his turned on voice, I get my release first, but he wasn't long after as his entire body soon tightens above me as he comes inside me. While he's still breathing fast, I feel his teeth sink into my neck.

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My mind wakes up while my eyes are still closed. And it's trying to recall something. Something important.

As soon as it remembers, I instantly open my eyes and sit up on the bed.

Leon hurries from the nearby table he was sitting at and sits in front of me.

While my breathing starts to pick up speed, he says, "You okay? You need to calm down. It's okay."

I look at his face. His voice was soothing to hear, but his face is making me angrier, as I see his poorly concealed smile.

If he was wearing a shirt, I would've grabbed his collar. So instead, I crush the bed sheet. "You! You!" I say as I come to feel with every second more acutely the burning sensation on my neck.

"You mated with me!"

He stops trying to hide his smile and grins widely.

Seeing his reaction, I cry out. He blocks his ears till I'm done.

"I TOLD YOU TO STAY IN YOUR OWN ROOM!"

He nods. "I know. You did." His smile gets wider at that.

"Oh my God," I say, burying my face into my palms. If I could weep, I would.

While I try to control my anger and a million thoughts of how my mom could kill me, Leon discreetly shifts closer, and hugs me.

After a minute of staying like that, the creases over eyebrows disappear and I start laughing. He starts laughing with me.

Finally, I react how anyone should in my place.

Smiling, I move away from him to see his face.

He pulls my face to his and starts kissing.

For the first time in my life, I kiss him back without an iota of reservation, because what's the point of holding back? He's mine already.