Chapter 2: Consolidation and Testing
That night after going back to my tent with the book, I couldn't sleep. I had told Katie it was a better idea if we slept by ourselves and she agreed, not like she could really refuse or I would've pushed that thought to her anyway. I needed time to think about what this meant. Where there limits to what thoughts I could send to certain people? Was there a limit to how many people I could have this link with? Would there be any consequences to myself? What was the real cost of this using this book? My mind swirled with the possibilities but also made me paranoid that someone could easily take away this newfound power. I eventually blocked it all out and fell asleep with only a couple hours before dawn and a new day filled with uncertainty.
A little after dawn Katie woke me up for breakfast in such a nonchalant manner that I had thought maybe last night a dream or figment of my imagination, until I felt the book under my pillow. As I got some jeans and a t-shirt on, I noticed she was waiting for me outside my tent. As we walked to the group she started to speak "I don't know what got into me last night, but I just really wanted to have some fun last night. I haven't done or said anything like that since I was back in college about 4 years ago. I hope it doesn't make things weird between us or you think that I'm going to be like that all the time around you."
Immediately after her saying that I could hear her thoughts and what they said was "I don't want things to be weird because I loved how things went last night." At that point I knew I wanted to take her, make her mine, leash her mind and body to myself. I smiled and sent a vivid visual sequence of me slapping her in the face with my hard cock and then erupting all over her inviting mouth with my cum. She immediately stopped walking as I could see a distracted look on her face. I took two steps back and said "Don't worry, I don't think anything will be weird between us. I like fun too, the kind of fun you're thinking about." I gave her a firm smack on the ass and kept walking to reach the mess shelter.
What was that? I had never really been that forward about something sexual, I was also more of the slow, safe type. Maybe it was because I knew I could command her thoughts and there was no real chance of rejection. Who knows, but I liked it and would have to be careful.
Nothing eventful happened that day. The Project lead gave kudos to me and Katie for staying and opening the room and it's artifacts to the group. We dug out some more of the area and found a lot more artifacts, but they were all mundane in my mind. Next to what I had in my tent, these items were just objects that would now collect dust in a museum or some rich guy's personal collection. Nothing with life or power. As the day came to a close, I was getting excited about returning to my tent and reading more, finding out more. I had also caught Katie glancing over a lot throughout the day and hearing a multitude of thoughts, most were about sex and questioning why all of a sudden that seemed to be what occupied her mind most of the day. Maybe it was because I was having fun pushing thoughts of sex acts into her head, knowing she couldn't have release. I was having fun toying with her.
After dinner I told the group that I was still a little tired from the night before and was going to try and fall asleep early. I opened the Tome and was thumbing through different spells on pages, reading them to myself and the side effects. Some seemed quite useful and others didn't. I didn't get very far before I heard a familiar voice outside my tent "Wes...Wes? Are you there?" It was Katie and I think she might've followed suit to go to bed early as well, although I could hear in her head there was no thought of sleeping.
"Yes?" came my reply.
