This story is a work of fiction. Any connection to real events or people, past or present, is coincidental. All characters of this story are age 18 or older.
This chapter contains: Tentacles, drugs, mind control, body control, orgasm denial, pregnancy, birthing, creampie, nonhuman, magic, cowgirl, and mind break
THE ENDGAME HAS BEGUN!
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As the crusade marched through the desert, the city of Tarbat continued as normal. The slight economic bump from the invader's buying spree quickly faded. A few months after Lionheart's knights left, they were largely forgotten. Just another army from across the sea that was swallowed up by the demon's desert. What most were unaware of was that one crusader had been left behind. Rather, it was someone forcibly taken. Marisa, the original second in command of the crusaders, had fallen into the clutches of a sorcerer named Hamid. He used his power to turn her into a human doll. She had been his plaything the entire time, subject to his wild and perverse sexual whims. One would figure that Hamid would be more than pleased with having something to take out his erotic desires, and he was certainly happy...for a while.
Hamid stepped into Hestia's bar. It had been months since he had been there. The last time he had, Adrum had ordered him to not come back. Hamid had obeyed all this time because...well, no one disobeyed Adrum. All the same, he was getting restless. He walked up to the bar and sat at one of the chairs. Hestia had been helping another patron and didn't notice him at first. Once she did, however, she bared her bat-like fangs at him.
"What do you think you're doing here?" she demanded. "Are you trying to get us both killed?"
"Come on!" Hamid complained. "Adrum never leaves the beach. He'll never know. Just give me one drink and I'll leave." He laid a single gold coin in front of her. Hestia considered his words for a few moments. Then she snatched up the gold piece and quickly poured him a mug from a casque behind her. She shoved it at him, looking displeased.
"Only one," she ordered. "And make it quick! If he catches you here, it's your ass!"
"Yeah, yeah..." Hamid muttered. As Hestia stepped away to help other customers, Hamid sipped the ale slowly, probably on purpose. He narrowed his eyes, gazing at nothing.
He had played with his doll over and over again, subjecting her to everything he could think of. He conducted experiments, even going as far to use magic untested even by his own ancestors. Every time he did something like that, it gave him a great thrill. Honestly, it was everything he had always wanted, a plaything that could never tell him no. Yet he wasn't happy. It didn't make sense. There was something heavy in his chest, as it there was an iron ball there. He couldn't figure out why he felt this way. Hamid turned his dark eyes towards the chair beside him. Normally on nights like this, he didn't sit here alone.
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Years ago, a fox-man sat in that chair, drinking excessively. He was apparently having a good time, his tail wagging back and forth and a stupid grin on his face. He raised his mug.
"Another round Hestia, you beautiful creature!" Renard cried. Hestia, working behind the bar cleaning a mug, lifted her eyebrow.
"Haven't you had enough?" she asked.
"Whaaaaat? I've barely gotten started!" Renard cried.
"You do know you owe me fifty-seven drinks on your tab, right?" Hestia added.
"Then one more won't matter!" he replied. The bat-woman sighed through her nose. Then, against her better judgement, she poured him another drink. As she slid it to him, he gave her a cheeky grin. "You're a good woman Hestia! Tell you what, I'll help you close tonight. Then you and me can drink together!"
"I'm not sleeping with you, mutt," Hestia said with a hiss.
"Didn't say you were. There's more to me than just my body, you know."
"Whatever." The bat-woman rolled her eyes. She poured herself a drink and chugged it. Renard was annoying as hell, but closing the bar took half the time when he helped. She just needed a few drinks to make him tolerable. She had to be careful not to get drunk, or else she might actually start to enjoy his flirting.
As Renard worked through his latest drink, someone came stomping into the bar. The arrival sat next to him and started banging their fist on the bar.
"Having a good day, Hamid?" Renard asked without looking.
"Bite me, mutt," the man barked. He motioned with his finger for a drink. Moments later, Hestia slid it towards him, which he easily caught.
"She doesn't hassle you!" Renard complained.
"I pay at the end of the night," the sorcerer replied, drinking grimly.
"I guess I can assume she said no?" the fox-man asked.
"She just wants to be "friends" she says. Yeah right, she just wanted some magic dolls for free. Thought flirting with me would get her whatever she wanted. I'm a damned idiot." He drank the entire mug in seconds and then slammed it back down. He motioned for another.
"Maybe you should slow down," Renard offered. "You'll find someone eventually. You just have to be patient!"
"Is that you tell yourself?" Hamid asked him. "Someone will just suddenly forget you're the whore-fox and decide to settle down with you?"
Renard finally turned to look at him, his eyebrow cocked. "You're in a mood."
"Why wouldn't I be?" the sorcerer bit back. "I'm literally judged by everyone in this damn city for who my parents were. I'm the freaky doll guy. Better lock up your daughters, or I might breed more doll mages like me. Can't even get a woman to touch me."
"So negative!" Renard teased.
Hamid glared at him. "Like you're any better? You think sleeping your way through all the women in this city is working? You think some woman is going to suddenly decide that you're a catch? You're going to die alone just like me. Face it, Renard. People may get along in this city because Adrum makes them, but it's the same place it's always been. I'll always be the doll sorcerer and you'll always be the whore fox."
"You think bitching is going to change any of that?" Renard replied, sudden hostility in his voice. It was clear Hamid had hit a nerve. They both turned away from each other, occasionally taking sips from their mugs.
"I found something," Hamid finally said. "It's this old book full of spells my people made. Some of them are...very dangerous."
"Dangerous how?" Renard asked, suddenly sounding worried.
"It tells how to turn a person into a living doll. Someone who would be under my complete control. They could never tell me no. They could never reject me."
"Are you insane?" the fox-man said. "You think people won't notice some woman's gone missing? They'll come after us first, too. What do you think Adrum would do to you then? Unless some woman with no connections to anyone on this continent comes waltzing into your shop, you can never use it."
"So, what do you propose I do? Die alone?"
"We don't have to stay in the city, you know. We could live somewhere else."
Hamid scoffed. "Yeah, let's leave the city and go the most dangerous place in the world. You remember the last time you went out into the desert when you were a teenager? How you came running back chased by pigmen? The only thing you'll get out there is dead."
"Yeah...I guess I would."
They both sat in silence for several moments, heavy expressions on their faces. Ultimately, it was Hamid that sighed. He stood up, dug some coins out of his clothes and laid them on the bar.