Welcome back, my lovely reader!
How are you liking things so far, my lovely? Well, it's been a while since our bunny had the lead, so why don't we have some story time with Alice this go around?
Our succubunny is about to have an interesting twist in her life. Let's see how she handles it when some of her past catches up with her.
Let's jump right in!
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Episode 2:
Alice: I never forgot about you
Welcome back, my lovely reader!
How are you liking things so far, my lovely? Well, it's been a while since our bunny had the lead, so why don't we have some story time with Alice this go around?
Our succubunny is about to have an interesting twist in her life. Let's see how she handles it when some of her past catches up with her.
Let's jump right in!
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Episode 2:
Alice: I never forgot about you
Every now and again, I'll get the urge to go out. The succubus in me needs that spiritual energy and I get it in spades from all my lovers. Celestial, lycanthrope, vampire, and even fae. The hunger doesn't discriminate when it comes to that, so it's rare I need to bother going out into the mundane world seeking it. That being said, mundane energy, well... it's like candy, it's really tasty but it's dangerous to have too much, lest you cause problems.
All the same, I wanted to go hunting since it had been a hot minute, so I dressed in something sexy and club-worthy. I chose a snug skirt that came just to my knees with a showy pink top that clung to my chest, showing the curves off, accented with jewelry and a small jacket since it was a little chilly. Of course, I didn't care about the cold but had to keep appearance up.
I took the little sports car into the city, deciding I'd try my luck at some of the local clubs. The scene doesn't really change much when you get down to it. The music and fashion might change, but mundane courting stays the same. It's a jungle of culture and showboating to try for the most prized game. Some will come with friends to just hang out, but most stable people find other ways to spend their time, leaving the scene for the single's looking to hunt.
Of course, the rules didn't apply to me. I gave a knowing grin as I sauntered in, having cut off the whole line and the bouncer letting me pass as if I were royalty, the others in the line looking lucky to have even seen me.
Funny enough, I didn't find much that caught my eye though. The females were all fake and the males were all trying too hard, none of them would be any fun when it got down to it. After about half an hour, I decided it was time to move on. Perhaps I'd look to find a quieter bar to hunt in. Mayhaps find an older mundane that was depressed and could use a little spark.
A faint drizzle had picked up while I was in the club, and my heeled boots clopped against the parking lot as I made my way to my waiting car. Of course, I had felt the presence the moment I stepped out of the club so it was no surprise when I found a rather large male figure next to my sports car.
He was dressed in dark cargo pants and vest, it was clear there was ballistics armor plates under it and he made no attempt to hide the large-caliber handgun at his side. A splash of crimson showed on the side of his coat, a cross that had the base shaped like a sword.
"You've picked a poor night to hunt, my dear," The large wolf snarled the words as he looked down upon me. I showed him a calm smile as I felt myself encircled. I didn't bother looking around but I easily felt the presence of eight more, for a total of nine.
"The crimson shepherds, I'll confess, I thought your little organization was dead." I didn't bother hiding the large sharp teeth as I spoke, offering the wolf an amused smile, hearing a few hammers lock into place on some guns around me.
The wolf held one hand out towards me. "Abomination, you are an affront to all things natural and-"
"I'm going to cut you off there, handsome. Look, I'll level with you, there could be a hundred of you right now, it wouldn't matter. You're all so out of your league, so please, just skitter back into the shadows, okay? I don't want to accidentally hurt one of you," I sighed the words, shifting to put my hands on my hips.
I watched his eyes flick in acknowledgment to one of his companions, rolling my own as I saw where this was going. I prepared to pull the trick my lover did and just suppress the whole area's will, but then my ears perked as I heard another voice call out.
"Leave the vampire be." The words came out deep and full of confidence as another figure stepped forward, having climbed out of a rugged pickup truck that looked like it had seen its fair share of adventures.
My brow lifted at this new male that strode forward, a fellow rabbit, garbed in a similar outfit I might find myself in when going to fight. Durable thick jeans and a ballistics jacket, with heavy combat boots. He held a shortsword in his grip similar to the style my lover, Lorelai sported and I keenly could feel it was blessed divine silver, but he was clearly mundane.
"This is none of your concern, turn and quit this place, Shield." Another one of the shepherds called out behind me.
"Their lot has not been a threat for several years, let her be, or you answer to me." The rabbit narrowed his eyes as I looked him over, appreciating this knight in shining armor as it were, a rare treat I didn't get very often. I was happy to play the role of the damsel.
"My! Quite the brave knight you are, yes, please protect me, dashing bunny," I huffed out with an eager grin, my eyes clearly shifting to red.
"Enough of this, kill him! Kill them both!" The wolf snarled the words as my eyes widened, I didn't expect things to escalate that quickly.
Several guns went off as the brown-eared rabbit snarled and I watched the bullets slow in real-time as he focused, the projectiles just losing their momentum before dropping to the parking lot.
"Shit! He's a mage!" One of them spat out as they drew a combat knife and lunged. I blinked a few times as I watched the rabbit parry the strike, bringing the flat of his blade against the shepherd's skull, sending them unconscious to the ground.
I gave an appreciative huff even as one of the hunters lunged upon me from behind with a sword drawn. I casually sidestepped the attack, it was painfully slow as all of this was, but I could appreciate the chivalry all the same. I gingerly pushed my palm to the hunter's cheek as they were lunging, their eyes rolling up before they toppled to the ground. It seems I got to have a small meal tonight after all, though they didn't get any lewd daydreams from me.
"Bastard!" The wolf had drawn his own sword as he bore down on the rabbit, their size difference stark. I gave a smile as I saw the other seven were already unconscious, the rabbit having handedly brought them all to heel.
"Give it a rest, they're not a threat and if you keep this up, they'll kill your whole organization." The rabbit snarled the words before deftly disarming the wolf, then lunging in and sending a well-placed fist into his midsection. The large male gave a bark as he just doubled over and fell to the ground.
My teeth showed in a wide grin as I clapped my hands. "Bravo, my brave knight... that was magnificent."
"You didn't kill that one, did you?" He spoke out as he sheathed his shortsword and took stock of the area. I felt a ward I recognized go down, a sound suppression one that would have muffled the gunfire.
"I didn't, just took a few sips of their life force and put them to sleep," I hummed the words then showed a grin. "More to the point, come a little closer and let me get a look at my savi-" My words caught in my throat as he stepped into the light above my parking space.
He had one hardened brown eye showing with a large scar raked across the left side of his other eye and cheek, that one simply an off-white. I felt awash with nostalgia as I stared upon him and I saw his eyes suddenly widen, the hardness in the good one fading away instantly as he looked upon me. My own eyes shifted back to blue as I quickly looked him over, trying to process why he was familiar, then I looked and saw a lone sapphire hoop earring in one of his large brown ears.
"It... cannot be..." He muttered out quietly.
I shook my head and tried to push my brain back into working order. "S- Sam? Is that... you?"
His eyes seemed to shudder in their sockets for a moment as he processed me calling out to him, then refocused. His ginger hair was a little darker, with more brown in it, even a little graying at the sideburns. That stood to reason, it had been over a decade since that night, though it all seemed far too soon for me, I suppose that's the price you pay for this. When your body doesn't age, you kind of lose track of time.
"Alice..." He spoke my name as if he were muttering the name of a sacred being. Though I suppose given everything, he'd not be too far off that mark these days.
"Okay... uh... first off... that was really cool, when did you become a mage, Sam?" I put a hand on my hip.
He pursed his lips before looking around at the group of downed shepherds. "Uh... hang on, let me wrap things up, then we'll talk." He focused and I felt some magic build before a gate pushed into existence and a few more figures stepped forth, wearing similar non-descript combat gear. They proceeded to collect the downed hunters and pull them into the gate.
"They'll just get a little education and be released, don't worry about them. Anyway, come on, let's go and I'll catch you up." Sam nodded as he started moving to the truck he came out of.
I gave an excited grin to his back and quickly moved to climb up into the banged-up truck. The inside smelled of gunpowder, worn leather and him. Watching him climb in I couldn't help but flick my ears. "Look at you... just... wow!"
"Yeah... look at me, huh?" He showed me a small smile as he turned the truck over, the window wipers starting up as he pulled out of the lot. "It's been what... ten years?"
