Lost in Eros
Book II: The Forest
Tascha Saved & Caught
Like Don had done a week earlier, while he was with the Crone, Tascha found herself reliving the erotic adventures she had had since waking up in the Manor. The sounds of the warrior women feasting and carousing nearby only taunted her with the thought that someone might remember her and bring her some food and water. Her deliberate mental game of remembering her time in Eros while she hung tied to the big, wooden X-cross served to distract her from not only her hunger and thirst but also from her frustration and dejection at being in this predicament. These depressing thoughts reminded her of the day ...
Was it three days ago already?
She must have been very close to drowning, her vision darkening and her temples pounding, when the strong slender arms had slipped around her from behind and she was hoisted up to the surface of the river. She had gulped air into her lungs desperately, and allowed herself to be drawn to shore. Too weak from struggling against the current, Tascha was limp and useless as she was hauled up onto the sandy bank. She lay there gasping, until she felt soft feminine hands brushing the wet hair out of her face. When she opened her eyes, she saw a beautiful young woman with big eyes of blue-green and long straight hair of emerald green looking down at her with concern.
"Thank you for saving me," Tascha finally managed.
The green-haired girl smiled at her with full inviting lips. She touched Tascha's lips with light fingertips. She licked her own as she traced the outline of Tascha's lips. She looked over Tascha's naked, wet body, and Tascha raised her head enough to see that the girl was also naked and, obviously, wet. She seemed to be very thin, but strong, and quite pale.
The girl looked back at Tascha's face and smiled again, and Tascha thought this smile was a bit friendlier now.
Well, this is Eros, after all
, Tascha thought to herself.
It's probably customary to sleep with anyone who saves your life.
As if she could read Tascha's mind, the girl leaned in closer, brushing Tascha's skin with her wet hair, and kissed her mouth tentatively. The girl's lips and tongue were cool and moist, and Tascha found herself returning the gentle kiss happily. After only minutes earlier thinking that she was about to drown, this interlude was a most welcome turn of events. Tascha slipped her arms around her rescuer and held her body against her own. For some time, they lay there on the wet ground, kissing each other languorously. Then, with a smile, the green-haired girl pulled away a little and then moved a bit lower, so she could kiss her way down the curve of Tascha's breast. Tascha shuddered as the girl took her nipple and sucked on it. Tascha parted her legs in anticipation as she felt the girl's hand moving up along the inside of her thigh.
Suddenly, though, the girl raised her head and looking into the nearby tree line with obvious alarm. In another second, Tascha heard the sound of someone coming toward them through the undergrowth.
"It's OK, that's just my friends looking for me," Tascha smiled at the girl, who immediately shook her head and pulled away from Tascha's embrace. Tascha took the moment to look around a bit more carefully and realized that she was quite a bit downriver from where she had fallen in and, moreover, on the wrong side. It couldn't possibly be Don and the others making all that noise in the woods.
Tascha looked warily at the woods, and then back to the girl who had saved her life. She was alarmed to see the green-haired waif diving back into the water.
"Wait!" Tascha called as she scrambled to her feet.
"Oh, damn!" said a masculine voice behind her. "She got away!"
"Of course she did," said another. "The way you two go crashing about, it's impossible to sneak up on anything!"
"At least we've got a consolation prize this time," said a third.
Being called a consolation prize almost wiped the shocked expression off Tascha's face. Out of the forest had emerged three figures, about five and a half feet tall, with long, dark, curly hair and beards, and bare, muscular torsos and arms. They also had short, curled horns growing out of their foreheads and the hindquarters of goats. Naturally, they also had very prominent and generous male genitalia. Of course, after meeting Ralph the centaur she should not have been so surprised to be confronted by bona fide satyrs. In fact, Ralph hadn't even been the strangest thing she'd encountered since leaving the Manor; there was the demonic guardian of the portal to name just one thing.