"It's time child." Salazar opined. "You have come of age and surely you must be feeling the thirst."
"I don't know for sure father. I have felt I am missing something though." Azraielle replied.
"That's how it starts and soon you will start to feel weak and need much more time to rest. I was nearly your age when I first felt it" the ancient incubus explained. "You must go to the human realm and fulfil your purpose as a succubus and future ruler of the lecherous."
"Yes Father". What else was a young, well young by succubus standards, succubus to do. Salazar is quite old and powerful. He has survived for over a millennia and is loved by the lesser lecherous. He is so powerful he is able to pull the energy he requires as sustenance without ever leaving the realm. Azrie, however, has not yet gained his level of ability. He was correct though, Azrie has been aching for something and its pull is overwhelming.
"What am I to do in the human realm?" She asked, still somewhat unsure of how to fulfil her purpose.
"You must feed on the lust and sexual energy of the humans. To be more blunt you must fuck them. This is how the lecherous survive. The humans call us demons. A bit racist if you ask me... they don't understand that we maintain a balance in the world. We take their lust, amplify it and return to them. Without us they'd lose all desire to sleep with each other. They would go extinct. And while we'd still survive, we would be gravely weakened." He explained.
Azrie knew this already. She wasn't asking for a lesson in history or the great weaving. She is very rare, most lecherous are born with the instinct for acquiring their sustenance. It's innate to them. Azrie though, while knowing about the mechanics, does not feel the instinct. She has no practical experience in the seductive arts. She has never even tried to get someone into bed. Let alone what to do when she has this willing participant there with her. She is what the lecherous refer to as virgin. Her knowledge of sex is strictly academic. The lecherous have something similar that they can experience with each other but its not, well it just isn't sex with a human.
"Father I understand our role in the universe, but I.. Well.. You see father" she stammered.
Interrupting, Salazar nurtured, "I know that you are virgin. Being born to replace me you could be no other way. I have naturally sired many of the lessers however, you are different. In order for you to have the most potential, a chance at being the strongest to live, my knowledge was kept from your conception. The instinct is usually passed on from parents to their young. It is very limited though and cannot grow beyond what it is at birth. You, like myself, were born an empty vessel. You will know a great and growing power the lessers cannot imagine."
This was new information. She had been studying and learning for almost 50 years and this had never come up. "Why am I only learning this now?"
"Because now is the time for you to learn. You will be traveling to the human world to develop your own instinct. Should you fail your studies, and prove unfit to rule, I will fill you with the instinct I would give any other Lecherous. You will retain your mind but your ability will stop growing. You have demonstrated the preliminary qualities we look for in a successor. The final and most difficult challenge will be developing your own instinct to test against mine when the time comes.
I cannot give you any prior knowledge, you must discover for yourself what is going on in the realms, and how you will deal with it. Many of my rivals through the ages failed to unseat me due to arrogance. Most Lecherous do not know the steps each successor must progress through to sit on the throne. Because of that, none of them have been able to match my power. Many have been strong but none, as strong as you will become. You are the next in an unbroken line which has ruled since we were born of the lust which developed within the earliest prehumans. It has been this way because of the methods we employ."
"I suppose I can see the wisdom in that," Azraielle replied, still unsure of how to proceed.
"Little one, I have one final lesson that you must understand. You can still fail but when it is time for you to take the throne, I will be unable to stop you. Now, you must go and begin your practical education."
Without Azrie realizing it, Salazar had been leading her to the portal while they talked. "Go and discover your talents. Learn new abilities and become the queen of the next generation."