One good blow

"Punish me more sir, if this is a punishment I should have figured out a minor crime years ago." She still wasn't touching me but her words brought my focus back to well, not where it had been going.

"Oh, what makes you think that?"

She looked up and her green eyes shined in my artificial light. "Sir, meeting our lord was scary, and the priest that pulled me off the street were not caring about damaging me. I did choose to act against our lord, after all. But since being here, I have eaten, bathed, and slept with only the fear that this might be a dream. You probably have no idea what a safe warm bed is worth to me, let alone the bath and the meal. You, and your wives" she said wives strangely which made sense as it was a new word to her and its meaning might not be clear yet, "May order me to do anything you wish to pay for these luxuries, sir. If I had known I never would have told the other house where your wife was."

"That is good to hear, but we walk through time backwards, able to see behind us much more clearly then in the moment. Are you enjoying teasing me?"

She rocked back just a bit with a smile. Her mouth was close enough that she could lick me but she was still being careful not to touch me. "Yes, sir," Her smile grew just a little before she spoke again, "but really I am afraid to touch you without you telling me to."

"Ah, as long as you don't intend to hurt me and you stop if I tell you, you may touch me."

Her tongue touched the tip in a quick swipe. "Thank you, sir." I wasn't sure if I felt her say it or heard it because her mouth followed her tongue.

Her hands tightened on the sheets as she moved but I was already distracted by her motion. My magic flowed into her where we made contact, just like it had any time I had sex with my wives.

I could see the damage hunger had done to her body, no wonder the collar hadn't set, it was amazing she could still move at all. She had so little of what should be in a human body left. Her body seemed to have eaten itself with nothing else to eat. Her body had recovered some with the food she had been getting these last few days, but some of the damage looked like it might never recover. Organs were smaller and slightly out of place, muscle had to hurt where they did not look long enough to reach from joint to joint.

I reached and grabbed her shoulders running my hands down her arms as she increased her speed on what she was doing. I felt my own body responding to hers and let my magic build in all the points that touched her as the physical energy rose for release.

When I couldn't hold back any longer my magic raced into her as she tried to swallow the large amount that went into her mouth. She couldn't quite get it all but my mind was watching the effects on her body.

Muscles seemed to grow, organs seemed to pick up speed with what they had been doing. Even her bones seem to become thicker as I watched. She gasped and shifted in my hands which drew my mind back into myself.

My eyes sprung open and I sat up a bit to look at her worried I might have hurt her holding her too hard. She started to lift her arm to wipe her mouth but my grip on her shoulders slid to her upper arms to stop her. Her face and those green eyes that wouldn't quite meet mine looked much better then they had a few moments ago. She had cheeks now and her eyes weren't set as far back. "What is wrong?"

I let go of her right arm and wiped her lower lip with my thumb, when she shook her head. She stopped moving when my thumb touched her lips, she wasn't afraid of me and I didn't see any more pain then I had felt from the start, I was pretty sure she must feel better than she had in a long time. She didn't look up at me or offer an answer to my question. So I shifted to the side and pushed her gently so she laid down in the bed next to me.

I felt panic flare in her for the first time as I rolled to put myself above her. I wasn't currently touching her so my sense of her physically was muted. Looking down at her I froze. She was looking at my chest and I watched as she closed her eyes and opened them again slowly, but her panic didn't eb. I could feel her thoughts running just under the surface so I waited.

For the first time her eyes jumped up to mine but they went back down just as quickly, "I am just tired." I growled and leaned down to snap my teeth next to her ear. She tilted her head but didn't really pull away, she took a deep breath and sighed, "Right, well it wasn't really a lie, sir." I moved back so I could see her better. I felt her tense and heard her mind start racing again as I pushed myself down her body. I was sure why, I lifted my hand to touch her hip and she jumped.

I paused focusing back on her face, "If you don't tell me I won't know."

"Please, don't." Don't? Don't, what? I stayed where I was as I tried to think through what the problem might be. "Please."

She was very senser in her not wanted me to do something. She had jumped when I had touched her, could that be it, "You don't want a turn?"

"No," her response came out quickly as I shifted my weight a bit as I had stopped in an uncomfortable position, "sir. Well yes, I don't. Sorry I am not sure how to answer that."

I shrugged and moved to sit next her. She stayed where I had put her, she seemed to expect me to be mad which just added to my confusion and did make me a little annoyed. Well safer to give her a way to get away from me then. "In that case, go tell Isa that I am awake and would like to talk to her. Be careful not to wake Bella and my girl."

112 almost jumped from my bed and ran out the door, she paused just long enough to say, "Yes, sir." Had I done something that scared her, but I still hadn't felt any fear directed at me. I wasn't sure what I had felt.

I considered her as I tracked her with my magic, I seem to have gotten stronger again. Now I could tell you how many people were on this floor and what they were doing, which was distracting. One room was more then a bit busy even at this hour. I could also now feel what was going on in the room below me, which wasn't anything, I was over an empty room, but now I knew that for sure.

I focused on Isa as she quietly closed the main door to her and Bella's apartment. She had a night robe on, guess I really should have checked the time before asking 112 to wake her. She took two steps towards my door then paused and turned to face 112.

I focused on listening and found I could hear them even through the two walls between me and them. "He didn't." I couldn't tell if she was surprised, angry, or disappointed. Maybe she was all three, women seemed to be capable of experiencing a full array of feelings at the same time, it must be exhausting.

112 held her hands up for a second, "No, mam. You don't understand. I am sorry."