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  “Good, very good,” I praised, feeling his indecision and desire to please me. “Always treat her tenderly, as if she is special and appreciated. Never forget she is giving you the gift of her body, Melvin. Respect her and that, and she will let you inside of her after you worship her. Don’t believe porn as how women wish to be treated. Even if I bed all five of you, I still give you the gift of me.”

  “You are a goddess, not some slut in porn,” he murmured, kissing along my chin.

  “That is my point. There is no such thing as a slut. That is a term men use to demean women, mistreat them. Playing in bed is one thing, and if she wants that, she will tell you, but never treat any woman as other than a treasure.”

  “I won’t,” he promised, and I believed him, the sweetness practically pouring off of him.

  We kissed for a bit longer and then I ran my fingers along his fly. “Why don’t you sit back over there and I’ll take the edge off for you?” I winked at him when he gave a whimper but did it. I muttered the Kiss of Twenty Tongues spell and left him to enjoy as I crooked my finger at Vincent. “Show me your moves, kettle leader.”

  “I do not wish to lead, I am simply the oldest,” he admitted, running his hand up my arm as he stared into my eyes. He slid it behind my neck as his fingers danced along my ribs on the other side. His lips brushed mine once, twice, and then he teased my lower lip until I opened for him, giving me a kiss that left me breathless but didn’t push.

  “Wonderful,” I praised, moving my hands over his chest. “Oh, you’ve studied how to please a woman, haven’t you?” I smirked when he blushed. “It was well worth it. You are very good for one newer to naked fun.”

  “Thank you, Enchantress,” he breathed, kissing me again, his fingers dancing along my back and over my ass. “I wish to kiss you everywhere.”

  “You will,” I promised. “But you should take the edge off too.”

  He gave a slow nod, getting I was boss even if he might have preferred something else. I gave him the same spell, noting how Melvin had stripped off his clothes during the fun and let that orgasm be his last before the spell wiped him out.

  I stood and went over to Wesley but then backed away, clucking my tongue when I saw he was seconds from pushing me onto the table and ravaging me. “You need to learn patience, darling. There is a time and place for that sort of fun, but now is gentle and teasing.” He nodded, and I went to Rick, moaning as he kissed me, his hands running over my naked back before cupping my ass but not staying there.

  Good boy.

  I stopped the spell for Vincent and started it with Rick as I went to kiss Tyler, moving through the rest of them that way. When I finished with Wesley, he was starting to appreciate not just jumping in, his thoughts telling me he’d never been so turned on in his life. I gave him some fun with the spell and went over to Melvin who ate up every inch of me as I moved from where he sat on the couch.

  “May I join you?”

  His head nodded so fast I thought something might pop. “Please, yes please.”

  I put my knee on the couch and straddled his lap, sitting on his naked thighs. “Did you like my spell?”

  “Yes, it was the best orgasms of my life.”

  “Mine too,” Vincent murmured from where he sat next to Melvin. “I never thought magic could be so…”

  “Magical?” I teased him, smiling when he nodded. “I have many, many tricks like that and better.” I focused back on Melvin as I undid the bow of the nightgown between my breasts, smirking when they both moaned as it slid off my shoulders. “First you kiss, then you lick, next you suck, and then finally you nibble unless she tells you otherwise.” I waited until he nodded. “Show me.”

  He cupped my right breast gently and gave my nipple a soft kiss before lapping at it. Then once it was hard he sucked on it, adding a bit of nibbling and rotating between it all.

  I raised an eyebrow at Vincent when his hand cupped my left breast. He stared at me until I nodded he had permission. I moaned and moved to straddle their touching thighs so each of my knees were between their legs.

  “Lovely, both of you are lovely,” I praised with a gasp as they nibbled at the same time. “Oh yes, well worth the trip to Russia and whatever trouble you will bring.” They flinched, and I realized that was a bit much to say, as playing wasn’t part of the deal, just the icing on the cake.

  I ran my fingers over their dicks to tease them and refocus the fun. I cut off the spell for Wesley and pulled away so they released my breasts. Melvin gave a cute whimper as I went over to the other couch where Rick and Tyler had plopped down, giving them the same fun, Tyler getting bold and teasing the thong as if asking if he could do more.

  I simply smirked at him, letting him know he had to wait. Damn, they were lots of fun.

  Then I went over to Wesley who was sitting on the overstuffed chair and straddled his lap. “Because you went last and were patient, you get to show me your moves on your own.”

  “Thank you, Enchantress,” he murmured, cupping both my breasts and doing as I said to each in turn. “I never thought to ever see natural breasts this amazing, much less touch them.”

  I rewarded him with a deep kiss. “Very good. Always praise throughout. There is no such thing as too many true compliments. Be honest, never fib, as a woman can tell.” I waited until he nodded. “Now run your finger along the thong and feel what you did to me. Then lick it and show me how much you want to taste me.”

  His chest heaved as he did it, moaning at the taste of me.

  I slid off of him and slowly removed the thong, bending over in front of him so he got a good show. Then I moved one of the dining room chairs into the middle of the living area so they could all see it well and sat down, spreading my legs.

  “Vincent, you are the oldest. Show them how to make a woman climax.”

  “We should have run sooner,” he muttered, getting to his feet faster than I would have thought someone his age could as shifters got stronger and faster the older they were, unlike humans. He knelt before me, running his hands up and down my thighs. “I’m not worthy to taste you.”

  I swallowed down something more towards bullying him when I saw the hurt and pain in his eyes, having known that as someone who’d had to run from their home as well. “Give long, slow licks and then flick the clit with your tongue before sucking on it.”

  “We could see better if you were on the table,” Melvin murmured, giving me a worried look that I might get upset.

  “Yes, but then he would not be on his knees before me,” I purred, running my fingers through Vincent’s hair. “I like the idea of corrupting you all starting with this.”

  “Please do,” Vincent murmured before digging in. He was pretty good, a bit clumsy and too nosy but definitely enthusiastic. He gave me puppy dog eyes hoping for praise, which was why I tended to stay away from innocents.

  “You have raw potential,” I told him, unwilling to lie. “But I will enjoy being the one you practice and learn on.”

  “I will get better,” he promised, getting he needed work but made the grade so to speak.

  Melvin, on the other hand, didn’t need much work at all. He gave me a hesitant look as he wiped his mouth.

  “I believe you will be the one to beat,” I purred, leaning over and kissing him. “I know centuries old shifters who aren’t that talented. Always let her know you are enjoying it as much as she is.”

  “I did,” he assured me.

  Tyler and Rick were good, not great, but I enjoyed it. Wesley was impatient again and went right for what he figured would make me finish fastest. Ahh, to be young and stupid and think it was all about the orgasm.

  I raised Wesley’s head to meet my gaze as I stood, looking at the other four in turn. “Let me be clear that this will not become some porn gangbang where someone is slapping me for some ridiculous reason I never understand, nor coming on my face or hair, or trying to choke me with anything I would bite off, understood?”

  I waited until t
hey all nodded, looking like they really understood and were properly warned, before walking over to Vincent. He stood, leaning down and giving me a gentle kiss as his hands moved over my body. I wrapped my leg around his hip, and he got the idea, lifting me up and carrying me off to the master bedroom. He gently laid me on the bed, giving me a hesitant look like he understood I was giving him the chance to redeem himself.

  “I want you, Vincent, this isn’t pity or anything else,” I assured him, wrapping my legs around him. “Show me how much you want me. Make me feel good.”

  “I do want you, Enchantress,” he moaned as I rubbed against him.

  “Soraya,” I gasped as he lined up his dick. “I’m just Soraya when we’re in bed.”

  He pushed in me, gently thrusting deeper each time. “Your name is as beautiful as you are, Soraya.”

  “Deeper, Vincent. Sit on your feet and thrust deeper as if you cannot get enough of me.”

  “I cannot,” he grunted, doing as I said, making me moan in pleasure as I braced my hands on the headboard. “I do not wish to hurt you.”

  “You won’t. I promise you won’t. More, Vincent. I need more of you.”

  “Oh gods yes,” he growled, giving me what I wanted.

  Melvin moved onto the bed next to me, kissing me as his hand teased my breast. The others followed his lead, Rick fingering me to help Vincent as Wesley lavished attention on my other breast and Tyler kissed along my neck. It had been so long since I’d had that kind of fun with a full bed, I came undone, Vincent following me right over.

  And he looked crushed when it was done.

  I sat up, the others moving out of the way, and pulled his head down for a kiss. “I was so wonderful you could not hold out against what my body demanded. I would be offended if you got embarrassed at that. I deserved that response from you, right?”

  “Yes, you were amazing,” he agreed, the tension easing from his body.

  “As were you,” I purred, nibbling his lower lip. “Any woman who got to feel such passion, such desperation for her would be very lucky.”

  He beamed as he gently pulled out of me, and I remembered why I liked sweet when I felt dark. Honestly, these hawks might have saved me more than I did them given how dark I had been going.

  I turned and raised an eyebrow at Wesley. “Will you take the effort to do it right or go for the orgasm only again?” I chuckled when he frowned. “Then let me teach you.” I moved to straddle his lap and lowered myself on him, taking control of the fun.

  He was very glad I did from the way he finished.

  I pounced on Tyler next, his thoughts so loud it was almost deafening. “Yes, yes, I will teach you anal sex. I’m not sure I’ve ever met a man who’s wanted to try it so badly.”

  Apparently it was everything he’d hoped for and more from what his thoughts said when we were done. Melvin and Rick took me at the same time, desperately wanting it after they realized I was fine with anal sex.

  Yes, very, as well as fine with two at once. It was twice the fun if done right.

  We took a break after that, and I raided the cafeteria fridges for dessert. And then we went back to the fun, my ego completely healed when I ended up wearing out five young, sexy hawks that had nothing on their mind but my pleasure. It was definitely the right move and something I would absolutely recommend to any woman.

  Screw ancients and all their crap. Victor had been a terribly selfish lay, and Andrew was never worth all the crap he came with. Realizing that when my mind cleared from the darkness actually put me in a fantastic mood when I crawled into bed that night.

  I was free. I was finally free of them, my debt, and that part of my past.

  Not all of my past but a good chunk of it was enough to smile over.

  2

  I didn’t sleep long, my mind clearer than it had been in a while, and now that I knew what to do for several situations, I didn’t want to sit on them. First, I popped over to Victor’s nest before they all woke.

  Starting with the three voyeurs who had been part of Andrew’s “prank,” I altered the spell on them. I left what they thought they’d seen, as it was too good to change, but they would no longer be pushed to tell everyone. Instead, for the next few decades anytime they were around a prospective bed mate, they would be brutally honest, not hiding their feelings and even being honest as to how little they would respect them.

  I thought that fairly fitting.

  Then I did the same to Andrew, fixing his dick so it worked again but only if his desires were for the person in front of him. No more getting hard over fantasies or pretending the woman in front of him was someone else. Basically no more easy sluts for him and his ego. He’d have to start working for his sex life, and if that didn’t knock him down a few pegs…

  It would. Quality women wouldn’t put up with his shit, especially when he didn’t have his normal smooth tongue.

  Next, I left a huge assortment of teas and products for the nest in the dining room to thank them for their help, wording the note in a way that made it clear it would be the last time. I thought that was nicer than blurting I was done with them.

  Because I wasn’t, not with all of them. I had made Walter an offer, and he’d gone back when everything went to shit, but I couldn’t blame him for Victor and Andrew. I left an envelope for him with a year’s lease to one of my building’s apartments and a job because while he didn’t need the money, I knew moving and trying to be retired were too much for him.

  I popped home and headed to the huge vault the building had, nodding to the guards. This was the last piece in severing ties with the nest. I wouldn’t bail on Walter, but I was done with them as a whole.

  Starting to my right, I touched everything Victor had ever given me as gifts and sent them to the nest’s party room. Even having the gifts he gave me every year felt like an anchor he kept in my life, and I couldn’t have it anymore.

  It wasn’t as if I enjoyed the gifts. Most of them hurt me to have. They weren’t just locked away in the vault because they were valuable. No, I needed them away from me.

  It took a bit, and I felt my phone ringing in my pocket, not even needing to look to know who it was. I ignored it as I had told Walter to call Tommy if he was going to accept my offer. When I finished, I glanced at the guards with a wince.

  “Please update the inventory, and I apologize for all the work this will cause, as I have no idea how it all works to return gifts,” I admitted. “Or what the accounts do about that.”

  “We’ll handle it, boss,” one assured me, giving me a kind smile. “You do what you need to and we’ll handle it. Things have been boring lately.”

  “Uh-huh,” I chuckled. Our coven was a lot of things.

  Boring wasn’t one of them.

  Now that I felt truly free and ready to put my attachments to the nest in the past, there was one other thing I needed to handle before I could sleep. I was well versed in how to push people’s buttons, and it was time to do that and let out the lingering darkness. The hawks might have helped clear it from my mind, but it would never fully be gone, always there inside of me.

  Time to use it.

  The sun was up in England by the time I finished and popped back home, getting several hours of restful sleep.

  The next morning I skipped my normal workout still, not to keep being antisocial, but I’d gotten a good workout the night before in many ways, so I needed to ease back into everything. Especially my routines as I hadn’t been taking the best care of myself like an idiot. Hey, no one was perfect.

  I swiped my ID and ordered breakfast at the touch screens before heading to my normal table. The cafeteria was a buzz and the moment people saw me cheers erupted. Jerome came racing over and pulled me into a huge hug, twirling us around before setting me on my feet.

  “It was you, wasn’t it?”

  “Shouldn’t you ask me that first?” I teased him, returning his smile. Then I batted my eyelashes at him. “I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking abou
t, good sir.”

  He raised an eyebrow at me and then turned us to face one of the many TVs people had brought into the cafeteria.

  “It seems the enchanter elders have come out and in a big bloody way,” an English newscaster said with a bright smile. “The secretive bunch has not only identified themselves, but opened their private elder estate to the public, which turns out to be a private BDSM club. Pictures given with the press release show rooms full of every sort of device known and a large collection of them in the basement.

  “Announcements over social media were shared millions of times, and invites for any Doms—male or female—were passed along at record speed given it’s some of the most powerful magics asking. Few have ever seen the inside of the elder estate or even knew its location, as enchanters are notoriously a secretive bunch, but while many are saddened to learn it isn’t actually like Hogwarts, I think the rest of us are simply in shock.”

  “We’ve just received a statement from Soraya Devil,” the co-anchor cut in, grabbing a sheet of paper from someone off camera. “Her statement says, ‘I applaud the enchanter elders for their bold move to be honest and open with the world about their lifestyle and to open their doors to those they would never have before. As an elder in America, I understand how hard the job and responsibilities can be, and I don’t even pass judgment on our people.

  “‘Hopefully this is just the start of a new chapter for the elders and all enchanters understanding they are simply people like the rest of us. Some may be closed minded and judge their proclivities, but while I thought it odd to send out gifts of handcuffs, I took it as a sign we’re all in this together, our fates locked together.

  “‘While I found this shocking, it does explain why a bunch of grown men are so dedicated to their second and fourth Wednesday of the month meetings. For centuries I thought them outdated tossers who railed against a single woman handling her own affairs, but now I understand they simply were trying to find me a good Dom as they need. It was sweet of them, but now I know just to spank them next time they’re naughty boys.’”