Chapter 70 - Rapture

Winter closed her eyes, another shiver running through her as Sian said her name.

‘I want to.’ she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

She gently pushed back, shifting the both of them away from the tree a step. She breathed in deeply, taking in Sain’s scent as she felt her return to loosely embracing her. She looked deeply into Sian’s eyes as she allowed her form to shift. The feathers of her wings started to fuse together, their state changing as they shifted to dark membranes that spanned between the spar-like fingers. She reached back with one hand, pulling down the band of her loose fitting pants, allowing her tail to extend and form without tearing through her clothing. Finally, her horns formed from above her temples, extending out and over her head, swept back, like a derivative of goat’s horns.

Sian noticed the changes as the feeling of Winter’s body under her hands became more sensual but at the same time harder and more accentuated. As she continued to look into Winter’s eyes, the copper became more prominent with greater depth as her skin paled to a creamy ivory.

Winter felt a pleasant shock as Sian pulled her even tighter against her, as if trying to make their bodies one.

Sian spoke, her lips still brushing against Winter’s, ‘You are ours, Winter.’

A tremor ran through Winter’s body; feeling it, Sian asked at a whisper, ‘What is wrong?’

Winter tried to kiss her, only to have her frustratingly maintain the distance, ‘You said my name.’ Winter said, her voice wavering, her eyes searching Sian’s.

‘I want you, Winter.’ Sian said, their lips brushing before she kissed her.

Sian pulled back slightly, breaking contact as they breathed deeply, their eyes on each other.

She smiled slightly, ‘I can feel you in my head, Winter.’

Winter panted, her bowed lips parted slightly as her breath caught. She shivered again in response to her name. She could feel Sian’s thoughts as she deliberately brought them to the surface, of her and Antrandis.

‘This is what you wanted, is it not?’ said Sian, leaning in and whispering into her ear,‘Our love, Antrandis. I used to watch you. It made me curious, it woke a part of me, you helped me realise that I was not just an animal that I was only trapped in the body of one. You hid yourself from me, Winter. I wanted to thank you properly.’ Sian kissed Winter’s neck, biting slightly.

She once again looked into Winter’s eyes, ‘Thank you, Winter.’ she whispered before kissing her softly.

Winter closed her eyes as small tremors ran through her. She could feel the pressure of Sian’s body against hers, Sian’s smile against her lips and the promise in her mind. Her brows raised as she felt another hand on her, her Master’s. Heavier and with a firmer grasp, it slid over Sian’s hand at her waist, she heard Sian’s sharp intake of breath. Opening her eyes, she saw his stormy blue eyes over Sian’s shoulder as he kissed her neck, Sian resting her head back on his shoulder. Winter’s eyes met his, flaring lightly as she watched him kiss Sian.

Winter shivered pleasurably as Sian released her and slid around Antrandis, her eyes watching Winter’s face as he pulled Winter tightly to him with one hand pressing her close against the small of her back. The other reaching up and caressing her cheek, then guiding her lips to his with a finger sliding along her jaw. Fire erupted in her mind as their lips touched. She brought her hands up, touching his face as his hand slid around the back of her neck, his fingers entwining in her hair at the nape.

She gasped as he pulled back, his eyes on hers.

Winter drew in a shaking breath, her eyes half-closed, biting at her lip, ‘That is not fair, you…you are…’

She looked into his eyes, her breath in short bursts.

‘Please.’ she pleaded at but a whisper, her eyes flaring in desire.

He leaned in and kissed her. Suddenly she felt Sian’s slender hands on her and the press of her body on her back, between her wings, Winter allowed them to partially span out, letting Sian embrace her even tighter.

‘I love you, Antrandis,’ she whispered into his ear as she felt Sian kiss her shoulder, ‘Sian.’

She closed her eyes as she felt their response within her. Sian sharing a smile with Antrandis as Winter stood slowly without his assistance, steadying herself with a hand. She looked to Sian with a smile before embracing her, her form shifting back to her softer winged body. She concentrated harder, bringing her wings in tight before they slowly absorbed into her back as they shifted state. Antrandis watched in surprise.

‘Winter, your wings?’ he asked.

She smiled, ‘I have all of me now. There are many things that I can do that I couldn’t before. They are beautiful, elegant, but when I do not need to use them I would prefer to be as Sian is. I want to share your bed and the wings would be a hindrance for the three of us.’ she explained bluntly.

‘The others?’ asked Sian.

Winter glanced at Antrandis, then Sian, ‘If that is your will, it can be made so. In their original forms of the succubus they could shift between the demonic and the physical planes forms as needed. They are yours now. Restoring this trait would be beneficial for every single one of them. Especially if your intent comes to fruition.’ she said, knowing his thoughts.

Antrandis nodded, watching her in a new light, seeing her for the first time without her wings, her hair now falling unobstructed down her back, accentuating her tapered waist. Her copper and steel grey eyes flashing as she felt his gaze on her.

‘Your hair has changed as well.’ he mentioned, ‘I can not tell in this light, but it is different, the colouring.’

Sian smiled, ‘She is whole, Antrandis. No longer what the Host defined her to be. She is a part of you, us.’ she looked at Winter admiringly, ‘Winter, your true form is a succubus, does that mean?’ she said looking at Winter.

Winter nodded, smiling, ‘Yes, as you see me now, that is what you both find most desirable. Since you both already had desired me as I was, I have not changed much. My true form has been restored, some elements of that has bled into it.’ she looked at her hands, ‘I can feel the changes, my eyes, hair, I can now manipulate aspects of myself between shifts in form. But this now, how you see me, is your desire, everything else, except the wings and my original state are draining to maintain.’

She smiled, ‘I always found it hard to maintain the valkyrie’s form, its purposeful capacity is useful, but draining during the daylight hours. Not that it matters now.’

Winter closed her eyes, ‘So much power at my disposal. I finally feel alive. My abilities.’ she laughed quietly, meeting Sian’s eyes, then looking to Antrandis, her eyes glowing like the embers of a fire.

‘Now that I am whole, the Winter as I was is overwhelmed, and the Winter that was chained is impassioned. The Winter that now is before you,’ she smiled, ‘What I am, the core of what I am, it is rapturous. I was made to be enslaved to your will, but neither of you wish to subjugate me. You value what I became, and love me for who I was, even broken to such a degree.’

She stared at Antrandis, breathing deeply, her eyes on him ‘I can feel your will, but you refuse to have me enslaved to it, despite that being my purpose. Instead, you both choose to make me your consort, wife and partner.’ her eyes became startlingly intense, she looked from Antrandis to Sian.

Moonlight filtered through the trees, leaving dappled cold light on the forest floor.

‘I can feel your mind, thoughts. Sian…’ Winter smiled, closing the distance between them, ‘Thank you.’

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