A Wolf's Howl, A Fairy's Wing

Several hours later, Erik woke up in Emily's bed. In his arms were the lovely Ashcroft sisters.

Last night, after Emily had fallen asleep, Erik had looked over at the two chairs and noticed that Emma had fallen asleep as well, although not before spraying the chair and floor with her juices. Elora, on the other hand, was wide awake, and looking at him with a ravenous gaze, demanding Erik fulfill his husbandly duties to her.

Thus, Erik had put Emma in the bed next to Emily, and then happily tended to Elora's needs as well, before falling asleep between the sisters, and with a satisfied Elora in his soul.

Now, feeling the sister' soft bodies against his, and with his memories of last night, Erik felt satisfied. Dominating Emily like that had scratched an itch he had basically from the moment they met, and it felt good to finally let it out.

It was true that he also enjoyed her fiery personality, though. But he could still enjoy it if it was aimed at other people, rather than him. That said, he wasn't even sure how Emily would treat him from now on.

He lay awake for a while, just enjoying the quiet, until Emma suddenly started to stir.

"Good morning, Master," Erik heard Emma whisper through their bond. "Last night looked amazing, but next time you gotta remember to tie me up and fuck me as well, alright?"

Erik chuckled before agreeing, "Sure, little glimmer."

Meanwhile, on his other side, Emily remained essentially comatose, clearly still recovering from her ordeal the previous day. First getting her corruption cleansed and going through the Heartfire sigil, with all the emotional confrontation that came with, and then the rough night Erik had put her through.

It was no wonder she needed a little more time to recover.

"You should go and prepare some food, Emma. I'm sure Emily could use it later. I'll wait until she wakes up," he then told his maid-wife through their bond.

"Sure!" she responded cheerfully, before carefully leaving the bed, putting on her maid dress again, and leaving the room.

Erik stayed in bed for another hour, just lazily working on his affinities, before Emily finally began to stir.

Her head was lying on his chest, while her arms and legs were wrapped around him, just like she did every time she slept next to him. Only now, she probably wouldn't jump up and act frustrated because of it.

Her eyes slowly opened and she blinked a few times, seemingly a little confused, before finally noticing where she was. "Hnnngh," she groaned. "It hurts…"

"Don't pretend you don't love it," Erik smirked as he slowly started caressing her hair.

"Shut up!" she exclaimed, a little fiercely, before pouting and adding meekly, "Master…" At the same time, she tightened her grip on his body and a wide smile appeared on her face. Even after last night, he still treated her kindly now, and that's how she knew she made the right choice.

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"Oh? It's master now, is it?" Erik wondered with amusement.

"Yes…" Emily mumbled, a little embarrassed still, but no longer hiding herself. "The other one is just for when you're punishing me."

"Fair enough," Erik chuckled. "But now that the heightened emotions from last night have passed, are you sure this is what you want?"

Still holding on to his body, Emily thought back to last night, before nodding slowly. "I never knew I wanted this kind of structure until you brought it into my life, and now I don't think I can go without it anymore. I want you to direct my darker urges, so I don't hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it."

"Can't promise you that last part," Erik carefully shook his head, not wanting her to be disappointed or back out, but also not wanting her to get disillusioned later. "Sometimes people get hurt when they don't deserve it."

"If you tell me to, then they deserve it," Emily giggled, a little playfully, already showing her callous side. Perhaps Elora and Emily had a lot in common.

'She's really putting a lot of trust in me since last night,' Erik sighed inwardly, before responding. "That's a lot of responsibility," he chuckled. "But I'll take it."

Emily smiled and hugged him closer again.

They fell quiet for a moment, before Emily spoke up again, with a slightly embarrassed pout. "So… when do we do it…?"

"Do what?" Erik asked, partly teasing, partly just really wanting to know, as there were two possibilities.

"G— Get married," Emily sighed and stammered a little, still feeling a little surprised at her own words, despite everything.

In response, Erik stopped blocking his newest bond, and talked to her through it, "Who says we haven't yet?"

As it turned out, Elora had created the bond between them last night, after Emily had agreed to marry hi.

Immediately, together with his voice, Emily was hit with a wave of Erik's emotions. "Gah!" she exclaimed in surprise as she sat up and grasped her head. "Wha— What is that?!"

At the same time, Erik also started feeling her emotions, but he was used to it by now. "That's our bond. You're currently feeling my emotions, as I am feeling yours. Just give it a second," he grinned, deciding not to overwhelm her by talking normally. "You'll get used to it. Soon it'll just be like background noise, but a comforting kind."

Emily panted and desperately tried to get all these foreign emotions under control. Erik started soothing her by petting her head. After a few minutes, she calmed down, and nodded to indicate she was alright.

"That's… intense," she chuckled, still reeling a little. "Am I gonna feel this all the time now?"

"It gets more intense the closer we are to each other," Erik shrugged with a small smile. "Just takes a little time to learn its peculiarities."

"I see," Emily nodded with a strange expression. "So, we're married now, huh? Gotta admit, it's a strange thought."

"Well, we have come a long way," Erik chuckled, before slowly leaning in closer to her. "Are you ready for your first married kiss?"

Emily gulped as she looked into his amber eyes, and then nodded slowly.

So they kissed. It was a passionate kiss, full of promise for the future. They were married now, so there would be many more as time passed.

When they separated, a string of saliva still connected their lips, one that Erik greedily slurped up with a smile, causing Emily to blush a little. Despite her usual attitude, this was all still new to her.

"So how did that feel?" he asked, curiously. "And how do you feel after last night?"

"I feel happy, for the first time in a while," she first smiled, before transitioning into a glare. "But it still hurts…" Then she smiled again, lustfully. "So when can we do it again…?"

"Calm down," Erik laughed, enjoying Emily's lascivious side, before smiling mysteriously. "We still need to take care of your other virginity."

Faced with the unknown, Emily once again turned a little meek and embarrassed, but nodded anyway. "Whenever you want… M— Master." She stumbled a little over that last word, still not used to calling him that, but knowing it was really the only way she could address him after last night.

"Good girl," Erik smiled, before kissing agin. "It might be a little while, because I want to take my time, and we still have a lot to do before we leave this place next month."

"T— That's fine, Master, but… we can still do what we did last night again, right?" She grinned excitedly.

Grinning back, Erik nodded. But before he could say anything, Emily suddenly noticed something on his chest.

There was a pair of fairy wings tattooed above his heart, a white light encased by twigs and leaves above that, and now, a dark star with a crimson glow slightly to the right and below the white light.

That was the tattoo representing Emily, and together with Emma's, it formed the beginnings of a circle that would soon encircle his heart, and Elora's wings.

"Right…!" she exclaimed, before touching the dark star, and quickly looking down at her stomach. There, between her navl and crotch, atop her womb, rested the same tattoo Emma had. A howling wolf's head encased in an ornate heart.

A fascinated look rested on Emily's face as she stroked both tattoo's at once while Erik simply watched with a kind smile. 'She can be pretty cute,' he thought to himself.

"You know, I thought I would hate this when I first saw it on Emma back in Frostvik," she mumbled thoughtfully. "But it actually feels kinda nice. Maybe I just needed to be in love to understand?"

With that, Erik kissed her again, before getting out of bed and stretching his hand towards his newest bride. "Come on, little shadow, Elora has a new outfit for you, and we still have plenty to do before we leave here."

Shaking herself free from her thoughts, Emily nodded with a smile, and grabbed his hand.