Chapter 29 : Afternoon
After having finished with lunch and its clean up, Anton, Kianna and Fiona had decided to enjoy a little sunshine and burn off some calories outside.
The property that the dark elves little mansion sat on was a large square parcel that encompassed a little over two hundred and sixty acres of lightly forested land. The mansion itself was situated towards the front center of this square, and was only a few acres back from the road. A tall border fence surrounded the entirety of the property while a smaller fenced in section stretched down from the double entryways and separated the mansion, and the area directly around it, from the rest of the property.
When exiting out of the backdoors located in either the kitchen or in the large sitting room that ran along the back of the mansion, one would find themselves out in what was essentially the backyard portion of this area. A tall wooden privacy fence encircled the backyard and separated it from the tree filled acreage that lay beyond it. To the right when exiting from the kitchen was a small playground area complete with a playhouse, swing-set and sandbox. To the left was a large stretch of open lawn. A small grove of trees grew towards the back of this area and a long wooden picnic table had been set up beneath them. Past this lawn, and directly in front of the sitting room, was a very large, in-ground swimming pool.
This pool had an over all rectangle shape with rounded corners, and it's length stretched out towards the back of the property. The corner of the pool that was closest to the kitchen expanded out into a large teardrop shape, and although still connected to the rest of the pool at large, acted as a sort of shallow lagoon area. Surrounded and partially shaded by chest-high stone planters filled with hardy palms, this shallow section of the pool was a perfect place for relaxation.
Set up around this little lagoon, and situated among the planters, were a selection of umbrella covered tables, cushioned patio furniture and long lounge chairs.
It was on one of these lounge chairs that both Anton and Kianna were currently laying together, sprawled out and dozing in the warm rays of the afternoon sun.
Clad in nothing but a pair of swimming trunks, Anton's tired state came to pass after having spent a good deal of time in the pool he was now snoozing by and discovering yet another unexpected fact about the dark elves.
They were surprisingly quite adept in the water.
With their slender frames, lightweight bodies and taunt musculature, both Fiona and Kianna were able to glide incredibly fast through the water with what seemed like an almost effortless ease.
While Anton's bulkier human frame regulated him to more traditional laps, the dark elves would zip back and forth as they smoothly preformed elegant underwater maneuvers that were reminiscent of the dance moves preformed during a ballet.
Once Kianna discovered, to her immense joy, that she could quite literally swim circles around Anton, she gleefully instigated a fast paced game of cat-and-mouse with him by stealing away his swimming trunks and holding them hostage.
After over an hour of playful antics, a surrender was finally declared, and the end result of their merry chase was the now very smug dark elf who was laying on her stomach with her head resting on Anton's bare chest, happily snoozing away and fully content with her victory.
Fiona had opted to stay out of their game, citing her disgust with Anton's nudity as well as claiming that her muscles had still not fully recovered from the night before and were already sore again after just a short time in the water.
When she had inquired as to why Kianna seemed to be so much more refreshed than she was, she was regaled by her sister about Anton's amazing massage. When offered one for herself, she refused, and claimed that she would rather die a fiery death then to be touched by him in such a way.
Despite her attitude, Fiona had chosen to remain close by, as rather than disappearing back into the house where she would be alone, she was instead basking in her own lounge chair just off to the side from where Anton and Kianna were now dozing.
Anton couldn't help but to find it humorous that Fiona had originally been laying on a different lounge chair on the other side of the pool. Far away from where he and Kianna had been swimming. Whenever they had left the water and taken up residence in their current spot however, she had apparently decided it was best to move so as to be closer to them. When she was asked about this, she merely glared venomously and refused to speak on it.
Sighing contently through his nose, Anton cracked open his eyes and glanced down at Kianna. His vision slightly blurred from the sunlight, he grinned softly to himself as her sleeping form came into focus, his grin grew in size as his gaze traveled down her length and came to rest on her bikini clad bottom.
The bikini that Kianna wore was a hot pink in color and was outfitted with metallic, golden colored rings. These rings acted as anchoring points for the material that the bikini was made out of and helped it to keep its shape. The rings on the bottoms rested on the crests of Kianna's hips while those of the strapless top were nestled between her breasts in front and between her shoulder blades in the back.
Fiona's bikini was identical in every way but color, as her's was a bright white rather than pink.
At first glance these bikini's appeared to be several sizes too small for the dark elves that wore them. But it was explained by Kianna that if they weren't as tight as they were, then they would slip off whenever the dark elves moved or twisted too quickly through the water while swimming.
Anton let his eyes linger as he enjoyed the sight of Kianna's bottom rising and falling as her whole body just barely bobbed up and down in time with his breathing. The thin material being stretched to its limit as it was forced to encase her round form was doing a poor job of maintaining her modesty as a tantalizingly tiny bit of her butt cheeks cleavage was peeking out over the hem.
Not wanting to disturb Kianna's slumber, Anton resisted the urge to give her bottom a squeeze and instead draped his arm gently over her back. He was immediately rewarded for this when she sleepily wrapped her own arms around his sides and, while still dozing, pressed her breasts against his body as she hugged herself to him with a sigh.
Fiona clenched her jaw and narrowed her eyes in irritation as she took in the look of satisfaction on Anton's face. Her aggravation with both Anton and her sister's antics had been steadily growing throughout the afternoon, and with this little display, her patience with them was now at its limit. Without even consciously realizing what she was doing, she let her aura flare outwards and fill the area around her.
Anton stiffened and reflexively tightened his arm protectively around Kianna's shoulders as he felt the air around him thicken and become heavy. Concerned for her as well, his eyes immediately jumped to Fiona and he blinked in surprise when he registered the sour expression on her face.
As realization dawned in his mind, he narrowed his own eyes in annoyance.
"...You just always have to be difficult. Don't you." he muttered under his breath as he let his own aura expand out from his being.
Fiona's eyes tightened as she felt the force of Anton's aura press back against her own. Without a second of hesitation she focused her aura back against him. Though in the back of her mind she knew that this was foolish, as she had already gotten a taste of what he could do and knew that he was far more capable than she was. Her aggravation was clouding her judgment however. And despite knowing full well that he was the more experienced between them, she was the dark elf here. And she was determined to show him exactly what that meant.
Sensing her resolve through the force that was now pushing back against him, Anton shook his head and sighed through his nose.
"Stubborn dark elf." he muttered under his breath "Fine then, let's see what you can do..."
A twisted smile spread across Fiona's face as she felt the tide of power roll in her favor. Letting herself go at the prospect of actually beating Anton, she poured everything she had into her assault and made an effort to crush him in a single go.
Her confidence immediately began to waver as she watched an expression of tired disappointment spread across Anton's face.
Shaking his head, Anton closed his eyes and grinned.
Fiona had no time to react as the air was forced out of her lungs by the crippling invisible weight that instantly landed on her chest. All of the power that she had focused against Anton was erased from existence as it was crushed beneath his own wave of might. The power that he had was in its structure no different from her own, but the shear amount of it that he could put forward was leagues above her, and this factor alone left no room for any comparison to be made between them.
Fiona was in essence, nothing but a tiny candle facing the sun.
Anton couldn't help but to let his grin widen and become sinister as he watched the anguish spread across the dark elf's face. Deciding to drive his point home, he let the well of his mana pool open even further and sent the power outwards to flow freely and fill his aura.
