Chapter 1
Beth took the necklace out from its packaging. The chain was silver, the pendant some dark stone she couldn't identify. From a distance it seemed as opaque as onyx, but when she held it up to the light she thought she could see smoke writhing inside it. She laid it in a copper bowl surrounded by five candles, a pentacle connecting the candles. As per the instructions, the pentacle and surrounding runes were drawn in blood. It had been an awkward conversation convincing the local butcher to give her a pint of pig's blood. He thought she was going to try and make her own black pudding as a treat for her husband. Beth had a whole different treat in mind.
She tore open a firework casing and carefully tipped some of the contents into the bowl. Then, she took the knife and cut her fingertip, allowing several drops to fall into the bowl. She began to incant the phrase she had rehearsed earlier, took a match, and threw it into the bowl.
The pyrotechnic powder flared explosively. White sparks and blue flame erupted from the bowl. Chemical smoke started to fill the room. And then, the small amount of firework fuel began to fizzle out. Beth chanted harder, faster, fearing she had been duped by a wily shopkeeper and that instead of surprising her husband with an amazing anniversary gift like she had promised, she would be left foolish and naked in a bedroom filled with smoke and pig's blood. Her heart raced.
The flames turned a deep red. The stone glowed, giving off an unearthly black light. It pulled the shadows toward it, darkened the candles, and made the red fire seem like the only light source in the universe. Beth looked deep into the flames. The aroma turned from the smokiness of cheap fireworks to exotic spices. Slowly, the fire rose up and contorted. From the bowl came a dancing figure and a low, silky voice.
'What do you want, human?'
'I want to be more beautiful,' Beth replied without hesitation. She wasn't a bad looking woman, but now, in her mid-thirties, time had taken its toll on her as it did to all women. Subtle lines had begun to creep in, once proud breasts needed a lot more support, and her stomach muffin-topped over her jeans. Meanwhile, her husband had gone from boyish good looks to rugged manliness. A couple of years ago he had started hitting the gym and it had paid off. He looked good. Really good. And other women had noticed.
Jake seemed happy with her, but now and then she would catch some waitress or stranger flirting with her husband. So far the girls were doing all the flirting, but Beth was anxious. Surely it was only a matter of time before her looks went further south and Jake fell into bed with some barely-twenty-something bombshell bimbo. So she wanted to win him back before she even lost him, and keep him close. She wanted the quick-fix only occult magic could provide.
'There's a price,' the silky, feminine voice in the fire said.
'Name it,' Beth asked. According to the shopkeeper, she was only dealing with a lesser demon. An imp, really. The price should be affordable, and not at all like giving over her soul or unborn child or something equally undesirable.
'I wish to feel the sun on my face. The wind in my hair. I wish to have a face and hair to feel these things, and more. I want to be inside your body, in total control, for seven days in every month.'
Beth paused. She hadn't expected this. 'So, you possess my body?'
'Yes.'
'And then you leave? How do I know you will leave?'
'That will be the promise. The compact between us. The stone will honour our agreement.'
'A week is too long. A day.'
'Two weekends.'
'One weekend.'
'Fine,' the demoness said with some irritation. 'The last weekend of each month. From Friday 6pm through to Monday 6am.'
'Deal.'
The red-and-black flame hissed and sputtered. It shot up into the air and floated level with Beth's face. She gaped in confusion. Before she could react, the fireball flew forward and leapt down her throat. She instantly blacked out.
When she woke up it was late. Her husband was due home soon. They had a restaurant booked. She put the light on. Her body was still the same. She felt no different. Had the smoke gone to her head, made her hallucinate and black out? She sighed, cleared away the candles and blood, and then caught sight of herself in the bedroom mirror. She was still naked. Still aging and sagging.
She ran her hands over her stomach and imagined it firm. As she thought about it, a change came on. Creases and folds receded, fat faded, and skin became taut and smooth. Beth gasped. Her hands trailed upward, to her breasts. She cupped them, supported them, made them seem perky and full. Then she let go. Her breasts stayed exactly as they were, as if supported by invisible hands.
She grinned, and as she did, teeth turned radiant white. Eyes gleamed. Hair grew, cascading over her shoulders like a silken waterfall of lustrous auburn. Elsewhere, hair receded, leaving her pussy perfectly smooth. The sag and cellulite in her buttocks vanished, leaving a round, peachy bottom with the springy youthfulness of a teenage gymnast.
The changes rippled through her until she stood in front of the mirror beholding an idealised version of herself; she wasn't just young and beautiful again, she was better than she had even been, a best case scenario of what she could be.
Perfect fingernails brushed back her mane. It nearly reached her buttocks. Jake would like that. He always had a thing for long hair, but hers had always turned to split-end central by the time it reached her shoulder blades.
Thoughts of Jake came to the front of her mind as she heard his key click in the lock downstairs. In a moment he was about to get his surprise gift.
Chapter 2
The room was dark when Jake entered. 'Beth?' he called out.
'I'm on the bed. Get undressed and join me.'
She heard him undress, clothes falling to the floor, and then felt his weight on the bed as he searched for her. Questing hands landed on her thigh, and moved up to her stomach. There was a brief pause and then his curious fingertips traced her flat belly. 'You feel good,' he murmured. A hand went down to her snatch. 'Wow, you waxed. You've never done that before. Is this the surprise?'
'It's only part of it, darling. Kiss me.'
'Ok,' his weight shifted. She expected his face to come down on hers; instead there a sudden kiss on her clit, followed by a deft tongue flicking and licking it. Sparks erupted behind her eyes and she gasped. She had never been
that
sensitive before! She wondered what other surprises the demoness had thrown in.
Jake continued to expertly lap at her clit. She quickly came to a screaming climax, and before she could catch her breath, her husband had positioned his cock over her dripping wet slit. 'Put it in me, please,' she begged.
'Christ,' Jake grunted as he pushed his cock in. 'That's fucking tight.'
Beth could only burble some nonsensical reply, but she seemed happy, deliriously so. Her cunt was virgin-tight again, and way more sensitive that it had ever been before. Every thrust threatened to make her explode with sexual pleasure. Jake rammed away, savouring the tightness and coming to a quick orgasm, but not before Beth had come two or three times. The demoness had really delivered.