Author's note: Don't forget to read the first two chapters! As usual, the following chapter contains mind-control and bisexual sex, as well as unprotected sex.
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My first thought, which just goes to show you how different I've become, was that the guy was cute. Extremely cute.
If Tanner and I were built more for show, this guy's build was completely natural, the result of years of athletic movements. He was much slimmer than either of us, but still well built, and a deep tan only available to those who have spent their entire lives outside. His facial features were youthful beyond compare, with sparkling green eyes, a small nose, full lips, and a delicate jaw line, his whole head topped by short, dark hair.
He had that boy band kind of face that girls fell in love instantly with, and while he was fucking hot, he was also just, extremely cute.
My second thought was that guns weren't permitted on campus, license or no. Not, he has a gun pointed at me, just he has a gun, and he shouldn't.
My third thought was that he must be one of our two other roommates, and that he had come ahead of schedule.
My fourth thought was when common sense started kicking in, and I realized he had called me an incubus. Well, fuck. I'd only been fully aware of my powers for a couple hours, and I had already gotten caught. It must have literally been a record.
This upset me for a number of reasons. No normal person would walk in on a threesome and think, incubus. A normal person also wouldn't bring a gun on campus. Furthermore, how did he know I was an incubus? Even if someone was aware of their existence, they still shouldn't have determined I was one just from this scene. So, either this guy was completely unhinged, or he had a method of sensing me or my powers.
It could be possible, I guess, that he can just look at some supernatural beast and instantly recognize them. But I wasn't completely sold on that front. That meant he must have sensed my powers somehow after walking into the room.
That's right! He didn't know I was an incubus until he walked into the room. Likely I had leaked some kind of energy when I was seducing Crystal, and that's what he picked up on. But obviously his powers weren't too developed since he could only sense it after walking into the room. I could work with that. I just needed to buy some time to think.
Somehow, I was able to remain calm and think all this through logically in the span of a few seconds. Since I wasn't about to admit I was, I had to feign ignorance, andβ
"Oh my god!" I exclaimed, panicked, grabbing the clothes on the floor to cover up my dick. Thankfully, Tanner and Crystal followed suit, helping to sell it. "I'm sorry, I didn't think anyone else was coming todayβWHY THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE A GUN POINTED AT US?"
"Shut up, incubus," he coldly told me, but there was a flash of worry in his eyes.
Somehow, I needed to convince him I wasn't an incubus, without him noticing any of my powers. If I played with his libido he would surely notice, and he would shoot me before I could ever touch him. I needed to convince him with only my voice.
Once again, a gear clicked into place. Incubi were masters of seduction, so obviously they had a number of techniques, ranging from the brute force lust I had just used, to much more... subtle means. An advanced incubus could seduce any person without using any powers, relying solely on literal seduction techniques, and slowly adjusting them to how their prey reacts. I couldn't possibly do that currently, but what I could do was use my powers subtly.
"Why do you keep calling me an incubus?" I asked, floating a trickle of power into my words. I was gambling, but I was hoping he wouldn't be able to sense the increase in power in the room until it was too late.
"Don't lie to me," he snapped, "I've studied enough energy patterns to recognize even a rare one such as this."
My lips twitched as I tried to cover up a smirk. Whether he realized it or not, he just answered my question, and probably said more information than he should have. That single sentence told me more than enough.
One, I was right in my assumption that he had sensed my powers in the air. Two, different creatures apparently give off different energy patterns. Three, he couldn't sense the slight increase of power. Four, apparently, he studied various patterns, which meant there was some organization dedicated to hunting or locating monsters. Five, he had never encountered an incubus before, so any strategies he had would be completely theoretical.
All in all, that sentence told me if I played my cards right, I'd have him.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I exclaimed. "Look, I'm sorry we had a threesome in the living room, just please, don't shoot!"
A flash of doubt and uneasiness crossed his eyes. Partly because my power was telling him to believe me, and partly because those sentences were technically true.
"I won't, as long as you let your victims go," he said, shaking his head as if to shake away his doubts.
"Victims?" I asked. "What are you talking about, these two? They're completely fine. Besides, they wanted to have a threesome, right?"
"Y-yeah," Crystal said, nervously.
"Yeah, dude," Tanner told our roommate. "I came to college for debauchery!"
"Get away from him, and nobody gets hurt," he continued, but a little slower this time.
Crystal and Tanner looked to me and I nodded, letting them know they should. We had to play this carefully.
"Look, let's be calm about this," I said, slowly and forcefully, underscoring with just a tad more power than before. "I'm Derek, room C. That's Tanner, room D, and she's Crystal from down the hall. This is also a student dormitory. If you shoot that thing, everyone's going to hear it and come running. If you kill me, or them, people are going to ask questions. Put. The gun. Down."
I flooded my voice with power at the end, and in a daze, he complied, falling prey to my persuasion and logic.
"Make a move and I'll still kill you," he said, a tad slurred.
"Okay, okay, I understand," I told him. "Do you mind telling us your name?"
"Benjamin, but my friends call me Ben."
"Okay, Ben, what room are you in?"
"A."
"Nice, I hear that one has the largest closet. Where are you from, Ben?"
"I'mβI'm from Ohio."
I frowned. Obviously there was more to the story, but Ben was still able to hold it back. It wouldn't be good to keep pressing there; I'd have to circle back around to it.
"Cool, Ben. I'm from in state. What's your major, Ben?"
"Officially it's an Anthropology and History double major."
Good, he was admitting to withholding facts now. A little more and I should be able to convince him to tell me everything.