She jumped at her name through the gentle kiss, “Hmm?” It was all she had the strength to get out as her stormy eyes locked with his. Her face flushed softly as he caressed more of her and her skin bumped up out of a response. She liked it and for this Simone, it was completely new. Her eyes wandered down his chest and looked at all the different scars.

She hadn’t gotten a good look when they had bathed because she had slipped and fallen in the water. Her mouth went dry before leaning down and pressing gentle kisses along his neck and chest. She was nervous as was evident from how red her face remained but soon she was unbuttoning the front of her blouse for him.

Simone barely had any confidence in herself as she looked away in embarrassment. She had never really had much of a body past a good looking face, at least in her opinion. Throwing it off to the side she fought with herself just a little bit before she grabbed him and kissed him harder. “I’ve never done anything like this,” she was shy as she whispered it. “Help me?” Had he? She didn’t know in the slightest what she had put him through.

Lewis was surprised at her actions regarding his scars. He had never really noticed them, and they didn’t mean much to him, but now that he was feeling…something…he wondered what it looked like to others. Did they see him with pity? Or fear? Courage? Or disgust? Simone had chosen affection.

Still, when she removed her blouse, Lewis blushed. This feeling….it was similar to what he had felt with the guide when they had finished off Greed and Envy, but it was…less a need, and more a want. It was controllable. The urges to feel something. However, instead of the need to feel clarity, this was the desire to make her happy.

“I’ll be gentle,” he said softly as he leaned in, kissing her back. He kissed down to her neck, gently biting. Memories of what Lust had done to him combined with his experiences with the guide had left him with little useful information here, but that didn’t stop him from feeling her out. He let go of her finally, and kissed her again. Lewis pushed her into her back, once more nibbling at her neck and collarbone, trailing more kisses down to her breasts. He licked her nipple gently before taking one in his mouth, gently sucking on it.

He had barely any idea what he was doing, and was waiting on cues from Simone’s reactions. Harder? Softer? More? He could almost feel what she wanted, as if reading her emotions.

There was a nod and a smile as she took in a sharp breath. Soft moans left her lips as he nipped at her. Her body twitching at his touches. It was familiar with him where she was not. At least a part of her was. Simone’s fingers reached up and ran her fingers through his hair as he sucked on her nipple. A light happy whimper left her mouth as gripped his hair. It was a lot to take in as he shifted to the other breast.

He kissed back up her collarbone after he was done before making it to her lips. They kissed softly for a few before Simone moved her hands from around his neck to his pants. Unlacing them seemed a bit more of a challenge but she got it done and helped him with her skirt as they slid everything off.

She held her breath as she looked him over from head to toe. Simone appeared to enjoy the view before pulling him down to her and kissing him. Her hips softly grinded against his as she parted their lips to taste him some more. Simone could be brave if she really wanted too and let her hands wander down him. She felt his muscles, his hips, and finally, her hand found his shaft. She momentarily stopped what she was doing blushing at him. Her hand taking his fully as she caressed and rubbed, it was only after a few seconds did she go to kiss his neck and lightly bit at his shoulder.

Whatever self restraint and hesitation that the two of them had was slowly starting to crumble as they explored each other. Simone was getting more courageous with her touches, finally her cool grip wrapping around the shaft of his cock, the cold a stark contrast from the heat they were both feeling. Lips crashed against each other as each of them grew bolder, Lewis’ free hand exploring her body, playing with her breast for a moment before realizing that she had a little more control over him that he had on her.

Still, as Simone started to slowly stroke, Lewis found himself once more buried in her neck, biting at her softly. Both of them were moaning in almost harmony, their souls in a form of resonance as they felt each other on a whole new level. Finally, though, without speaking they both pulled back, or only for a moment. He adjusted himself, sitting on her legs so that he could see her full body beneath him.

Simone blushed, looking away, but her smile was clear as day. “You’re beautiful, you know,” he said. It was strange, but he meant it.

Without waiting for a response, he moved his leg between hers, forcing them apart. This part, at least, he learned from Lust. He moved down, placing his head between her legs, licking almost teasingly at her warm pussy He could feel her breaths catch, and her body tense and release. She wanted it, and Lewis could feel it. There was little reason to deny her, and his tongue parted her lips, tasting her. It was familiar to him, tasting similar to Lust, but this was somehow less harsh, and felt more genuine. He hungrily lapped at her, running his tongue across her clit, focusing on it briefly in intricate and chaotic swirls. Simone’s moans grew louder as she tried to stifle them. One hand gripped the sheets beneath her as if holding on for dear life, the other entangled in Lewis’ hair as she pushed down, practically begging for more.

It didn’t take for Simone to be pushed over the edge, crying out suddenly as her mind went blank from an orgasm. Her entire body tensed completely, and her grip on Lewis’ hair was almost painful. As she came, Lewis smirked, unable to contain his pride in her pleasure, her legs quivering as the climax took it’s full course.

Simone’s body finally relaxed as the pleasure started to ebb, her pants mixed with a tiny bit of laughter. It was amazing, and this was only the start.

Lewis wiped his face with a towel, still smirking. Just like her, he knew this was only the start. There was much more to come…

—

For several hours, they explored each other in many different ways. Simone tasted Lewis’ cock, taking the full length into her mouth. Lewis played with every inch of Simone’s body, finding every pleasure point as they tested the boundaries of their pain and pleasure. Simone found her desire to be choked, and loved fighting back…all a part of the intense pleasure. And finally, Lewis took Simone as a lover would on their wedding night. His cock slid into her, and she gripped his shoulders, her moans mirroring his as they fucked the rest of the day away.

At some point, they both fell asleep, each entangled in each other, their naked bodies in a loving embrace. It would be like this until the next morning when they would finally awaken…

Simone shouldn’t have even blushed at those words but she did anyway. She had never heard those words from anyone, that she could remember, and while older Simone would have winced – She didn’t. She loved that Lewis liked the way she looked.

They spent the entire day in what seemed like a hazy gaze. They explored everything that they might like and found a few boundaries that each wouldn’t cross. It was hectic and she found herself checking to make sure everything was real every once in a while. This was different for older Simone too as she bared witness, he knew the real her. However, she couldn’t forget what she had to do. This was all so temporary to her just like everything else had been.

The next day they slept plentiful as the day before’s activities had worn them completely out. Simone was wrapped around Lewis and Lewis had a good grip on her as well. She woke up and blinked a few times trying to make sense of it all. She could still feel his heartbeat so close to hers. She kissed his neck and snuggled into it.

“Gods you two have made a mess in here,” Angela finally opened the door smelling nothing but sex. Simone pulled up the blankets to cover her chest more than what Lewis was covering for her. “What it at least fun?” The goddess poked fun at Lewis. “I brought you breakfast since you two have got to be starving you were fucking all day.”

Was it really all day? Simone was bright read as Raine brought in different fruits and entrees. She wrinkled her nose a bit but Angela shook her head at her. No questions, right. “Here’s some juice, it will help with your energy! It’s made from the berries in the gardens!” Raine said cheerfully as she put the pitched down with some cups.

“We’ll leave you two be to eat, get dressed, and meet me in the clinic. Won’t be too hard to miss it since you aren’t that far from it.” Angela left them be again and Raine was looking at them curiously before she left.

“Is that really what it smells like!?” There was a surprised noise from Angela smacking the bird upside the head as the door closed.

"Good… Morning Lewis," Simone said shyly as she tucked some of her hair behind her ears. Maybe it had mostly been a dream? Was that even possible?

Lewis was slow to wake up as Raine and Angela invaded their space. Invaded may have been a strong word,a s technically Lady Angela was the owner of the whole realm they were in, but it felt as though she were breaking some kind of code to personal privacy. Not that the Goddess of Life and Love would be shy to sex or the after of it all.

Once that ramble of thoughts sorted itself off, Lewis had a general idea of why she had come in. And she was right. They were both starving. The first thing that he did was immediately down the juice that was given to him. If he was embarrassed that Raine or Lady Angela could see him naked, he didn’t show it.

“It’s…appreciated.” Whatever the fever dream they had the day before was gone. Lewis was clear headed, and as emotionless as usual. Well, for the most part. He took a glance at Simone, who was apparently uncomfortable being so naked in front of their ‘guests’. There was a twinge of…something in his emotional spectrum, but he ignored it. He gave Lady Angela a look when she asked if it was fun.

“Whatever.”

Once the Goddess and the bird were gone, Lewis got dressed. The food that they had brought was a collection of fruits, and the first thing that Lewis grabbed was an apple. He bit into it, and while he chewed, had an uncharacteristic look of disappointment on his face, but he would not dare say why out loud.

Lewis offered Simone some of the food as well. He wasn’t sure hot to interact with her, but every time he did he felt a twinge of something, but nothing even remotely close to the intensity of the previous day.

“You…look cute today,” he said finally. He wasn’t sure why he said it, and when the words left his mouth, it sounded like he didn’t mean it. But Simone knew deep down that he did, somehow. “We should get going. I let Lady Angela know what she needed to know yesterday. I’m sure we’ll have things to do.”

He wasn’t entirely sure how much Simone knew of what happened in her mind, but he wasn’t about to bring any of it up without a reason. Furthermore, he had to figure out how long he was in there, and what lasting effects there might be.

Ah shit…I hope Lord Raith hasn’t needed me…this could be a problem.

Raine was staring at Lewis who was all naked. Angela smacked her upside the head good again, “Don’t stare its rude.” Raine nodded and helped put all the food out.

Simone was hungry and she got dressed and straightened out her hair, which was a wreck from Lewis pulling it every which way the day before. She took the food he offered her and ate it quietly. Her face lit up red when he called her cute and she looked away from him shyly. “Thank you…”

Lewis wasn’t like others. He didn’t show his emotions, and Simone knew he had them from the day before. Whatever little spell that they were under had shown her who Lewis was when he could feel and she was fine with both.

She finished eating and tilted her head at him. “Was something wrong with the apple?” She was curious but she let it go if he didn’t want to answer her. Simone stuck close to Lewis as they ventured into the main temple.

Simone was bright red as she saw the clergy members with little clothing on and their breasts hanging out. “Is this normal?”

“Of course! A maiden’s beauty should be celebrated! It’s not new for outsiders to ask us about it!” One of the clergy members was excited as they told Simone about it.

“Oh,” she tilted her head but she got closer to Lewis as all the people were scaring her.

They found the clinic easily and Angela was preparing an amulet of sorts. It was a blueish purple crystal on a chain. “Oh good, you made it.” Angela was hustling and bustling around the clinic trying to finish what she was doing. “Until you find the way to kill her for real I’m making this amulet for you. I don’t know how long you’ll have Simone with you.”

The goddess stopped, “Shit.” She should have knocked Simone out first.

“What?” Simone’s heart was beating rapidly. “Kill me? For real?” She took twenty steps away from Lewis. “You brought me here to kill me?! AFTER WHAT YOU SAID?!” She was screaming at him as the panic set in. The shrieks of her voice as reality set in for her shattered some of the vases in azure flames. “Am I just some sort of sick toy to yo–” Angela was quick as she put her staff right through Simone’s heart. That feeling that Simone was giving out was heartbreak and betrayal.

“Sorry about that, it didn’t occur to me that she might not have known about her condition,” she looked at Lewis. “I can restore her to just before but I want to read the curse first.” She pulled out the obsidian staff from Simone as her body slumped to the floor.

It wasn’t regenerating and the curse wasn’t activating as it did before. “I’m delaying it slightly. Can you pick her up and put her on the table?” After he did that was when the curse took hold only Simone was asleep.

“The amulet I made you will allow you to restore memories that you’ve witnessed. After you leave here I can’t just grant her memories back like I am right now. She’ll remember everything up until what I said. This is important Lewis… If she realizes she’s stuck she will panic. She’s dangerous the way she is with the fey magic floating through her. She doesn’t know how to control it.”

Angela waved her hand and the curse came up. She said the phrase and the curse began to rearrange itself. Angela moved around to read it. "No god can break this kid. This… this was crafted to be unbreakable. You will have to kill the caster. This line right here," she pointed at it as she spoke. "The price of freeing her is to have her bare the fey lord's child. Then two lines down say that if it's broken any other way than his death or what he wants that the curse will inflict tenfold on the person who did it. This is a nasty curse. One of my fellow goddesses might be able to find a loophole for you but even with her it might take a while."

Lewis was terrified at the swiftness in which Lady Angela killed Simone. There was a twisted beauty in the efficiency, and had he not had an entire day of sex not a day prior, he might have found himself slightly aroused by it. At this time, though, he was merely in awe at the power that she commanded.

The curse was pretty hard to make out, but the goddess was doing a quick and efficient job at explaining the important details.

“It boils down to killing a Fae Lord,” Lewis said, frowning. This wasn’t some simple assassination. This was a lot more complicated, and more complex. Did he even own a weapon capable of it? As if trying to stand out, he could almost feel an unfamiliar weight at his hip. The bone dagger? It was strange how he hadn’t noticed it till now.

How…? Perhaps it was better not to question it.

“And how exactly am I to track this Fae Lord down? Is there anything in the curse that can point us in a direction?” he asked. He might need to employ that buffoon of a demon hunter. The man could track demons like no other, so perhaps he had a way to track a fae down. Lewis smirked. He did have a few favors he could pull from the idiot.

“And…” Lewis paused. This was difficult to ask, but he knew how these kinds of exchanges went. “What do I owe you for your…assistance? As long as it does not interfere with my master’s tasks, I…can do just about anything that needs to be done. I also have coin…”

“It boils down to killing the fey lord,” Angela repeated his words.

She crossed her arms, “Simone might be able to help you. With what you did, you connected all the different parts of her. In doing so, you let her power free. This is the magic power that’s been building up inside of her… It might also allow the real Simone out to give you hints.” Angela explained easily enough.

“I have no use for coin boy,” the Goddess made gold appear in a pile for her out of thin air. “I rule that domain.” Angela tapped her fingers on the table, “I have a job that I need to be done recently. Like… Really recently. My pregnant daughter was kidnapped about five minutes ago and her lover is freaking out. Apparently a djinn got drunk and married an entire marketplace together… You’ll have to work with him. His name is Raile and my moron of a grandson-in-law is there too. I haven’t met him but my ex-husband couldn’t stop calling him an idiot. Name is… Rhenakos?” She waved her hand not even realizing that they might have the same ideas.

Angela went over to her desk and jotted down the address of Raile’s shop and handed it to Lewis. “She’s on a road to destroy herself and no one can save her. The best thing you can do for her is to give her what she wants. To me that’s the ultimate form of love,” Angela was nonchalant about it because she had seen and heard everything. “By the way, you were maybe in Simone’s mind for an hour at most. Any questions before I wake up sleeping beauty?”

The moment that Lady Angela spoke of Rhenakos, Lewis sighed. Was the Goddess just fucking with him, reading his mind and setting up the events like a set of dominoes? Or was this some greater power at work. Either way, Lady Angela had made her request, and it wasn’t all that difficult to do. Rhenakos could track down magical entities about as well as Lewis could track down non-magical entities. Finding a pregnant woman would be a breeze in comparison. Between the two of them, and even despite Lewis’ hatred of the man, he and Rhenakos could find just about anything if they put their skills and tools together.

“Fine,” Lewis said with a grumble. The Goddess’ next set of words, though, brought an uncomfortable feeling to the bottom of Lewis’ stomach. Those damned emotions…

“You speak of love as if it’s something that can be easily understood,” Lewis said. She was, of course, the Goddess of Life and Love. “Your understanding of it is fair and all, but…” The ultimate expression of love? What the hell was that supposed to feel like? “I don’t understand.” He folded Raile’s address and placed it in his pouch. He had been around Raile a few times, but had never really stepped foot in the shop.

“Don’t bother trying to explain it,” Lewis stated, if a little snappy to the Goddess. “Just bring Simone back and we’ll be on our way. I’d hate to take up any more of your time.” If Lady Angela was anything like Lord Raith, she was a busy woman indeed.