Patrick could not get Nessira off of his mind after that crazy dream he had, or didn't have. He was still confused by what happened that night and wanted to go back to the shop to speak to her but he wasn't really sure if it was a good idea or not. It was an amazing experience but he wasn't sure how much of it was in his own mind or if she drugged him and then the DVD triggered a hallucination.
He finally worked up the nerve and drove himself down to Lilith's Erotic Emporium. He must have sat in the car for ten minutes at least before he finally turned the car off and headed up the stairs to the front door. He stood there reaching for the handle still doubting whether or not he should go inside but he finally opened the door and walked in. There was a scent of burning incense in inside but he didn't see Nessira anywhere. The more he looked around the stranger the items he saw were. He saw statues of penises and incense with scents like Succubus blood and Incubus musk. He still wasn't sure what half this stuff was or why he stopped in that first time.
"See something you like?" A voice said from behind him making him jump.
"Jesus!"
"Ha, that's payback for last time."
"Haha, okay you got me, um here's your DVD back."
"I see, did you enjoy it?"
"I um... it was an interesting experience."
"So do you believe in the supernatural now?"
"I believe there is something strange going on here."
"Well then, you watched my DVD so I suppose I owe you dinner, if you still want?"
"I um," he said not sure if he wanted to pursue this further.
"That is if you want to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes?"
"I, I think I do."
"Oh really, are you sure?" She said stepping a few inches closer to him.
"I don't know if I am sure about anything but... yeah, let's go deeper."
"Okay, but I warned you."
"So, can I have your number or..."
"Here you go." She said handing him a card for the shop.
"This is all the info for this place?"
"Yup, I live upstairs, and it's one phone number."
"Oh, okay then, so are you free next..."
"How about tonight?" She said interrupting him.
"Really, okay yeah, I'll pick you up here at around..."
"8:00."
"Okay, well I guess I'll see you tonight?"
"Why, you have someplace to be now?"
"No."
"Well then stick around, I can show you some more supernatural stuff if you want?"
"Oh... okay then."
"Good, come with me." She said taking his hand and leading him around the store.
She showed him around telling him stories about all the different statues and ingredients they had for sale. He wasn't sure how much of it was true but the way she spoke about it was very interesting to watch. She spoke of the statues as if they were living creatures and told stories of what they were and what they were waiting for. She spoke of fairies and how they exist in other dimensions and how there are creatures that can cross over with ease.
She showed him different fragrances and incense letting him smell the different scents even spraying him in the face at one point and laughing at him. Nessira wasn't sure why but she was having fun with him. She enjoyed telling him these stories and they both seemed to be having a good time. It was strange but she continued bringing him over to the plants.
She showed him one that had a strange moist hole in it that he could only imagine what it was for. The next one had a long shaft that reassembled a cucumber or something else that crossed his mind. He saw another strange looking plant that looked similar to the first one but it was darker with red veins. He went to take a closer look at it as it snapped at his finger with what seemed to be sharp teeth inside.
"Ah, sorry about that, this one isn't for sale at the moment, not even sure how it got out here," Nessira said picking it up and bringing it out back. "Now stay here like I told you to." He heard her said before he heard a snapping noise and Nessira say. "Hey, knock it off before I give you a root canal!" She said before she shut the door and walked back over to him.
He stopped when noticed something on the counter that looked familiar. It was a small foil package for condoms that looked just like the one from his dream. He read the packaging and it said: "Succubus condoms, for extra protection."
"Well, I see where someone's mind is going?" She said laughing a little.
"What... oh no, I thought... I've seen these before, Succubus condoms?"
"These are actually new, you know what a succubus is right?"
"Female demon who drains the life of a man by sleeping with him?"
"There is usually very little sleeping involved."
"Yeah I know, I mean through sex?"
"Bingo, the best part of these is you only have to use them once, its more like a spell than a physical condom." She explained as he thought back to the dream he had. "So you want to fuck me then?"
"Wait what, I um... we just..."
"Ha, I love this, I'm just screwing with you."
"Oh, yeah of course."
"I mean I run a sexual artifact shop and I've been telling you about the history of sexual creatures for the last 45 minutes, why would sex be on your mind at all?" She said stepping a little closer to him to the point he could smell her scent and it was intoxicating.
"Nessira?" He asked suddenly feeling strange.
"Yeah?"
"I have to ask you something."
"Go ahead."
"It's just..."
"Ask." She said moving closer.
"What are you?" He asked being very blunt.
"That depends." She said getting even a little closer and lowering her voice as she looked up at him.
"Depends on what?"
"What do you want me to be?" She said as she was now only inches from his face as if she was waiting for him to do something but he was confused and turned on and not sure what was going on.
She looked into his eyes and he found himself getting lost in her gaze. She had very beautiful eyes but there was something behind them that he couldn't see but he could feel. There was a lust, a fire behind them but also a danger that he couldn't figure out but he was being tempted by it.
"I um..." he said as she stood there.
