For the time being at least this is the last entry in this storyline, but I may continue it at some point. For the time being my plans are to continue with Haunted Incest, Wishing for a Domme and Becoming a Pet.
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After a number of weeks of occasionally noticing something was missing or at least not quite right, I decided to go for a drive. I had been driving for most of the day when a thought occurred to me and I pulled onto a side road. I had a sudden flash of the area at night in the pouring rain. I couldn't remember the last time I had been in the area, but I was certain I had been there when it was pouring. I pulled to a stop and got out. I walked forward until I found myself at the gates of a castle. It seemed familiar and at a touch they opened.
Again I was getting flashes of a night of heavy rain and a dash across the courtyard I was now walking in. I reached the castle and was briefly stopped by the portcullis, but another memory flashed and I reached for the knocker. The knocker proved quite loud, but after several moments no one came and now more determined I knocked again, more vigorously this time. With this knock the sound seemed to fill the entire castle. I was feeling my determination waning when at last the door was opened by a veritable giant. He looked grim as he opened his mouth to speak, when suddenly I recognized him and spoke first.
"Viktor? I'm back, somehow I forgot, everything." A huge grin spread across his face as he opens the door wide and soon the portcullis was raised as well.
"Vincent, it is so good to see you." He took me in his arms and some instinct must have kicked in at the last moment, because while his embrace was tight it was not crushing. At last his arms released me and as I looked around as the rest of those two days I spent there came back to me.
"Vlad, he must have done what he threatened. He made me forget. So how have you been?" He shrugged as he led me to what turned out to be the kitchen, which I now recalled he had intimated was quite modern. However if anything he had undersold it, the set up as everything else looked very expensive and there was even one or two appliances that I didn't even recognize.
"Not much to say. We tend to have very ordered lives. Although I have barely seen Vlad since. The Brides tend to keep him in their tower these days. About the only interesting thing that has happened recently is when Ankhare and I went to see a movie. It turned out to be reasonably good." I nodded as he directed me to sit at the island in the middle of the kitchen where he served me milk and muffins. As I enjoyed this snack he sat across from me.
"Actually now that you're here we've been discussing something that would be best accomplished with you." I carefully swallowed before speaking.
"What would that be?" He smiled as he gathered up the empty glass and the bowl I had pushed back as I had had enough.
"In our extensive library we also have books of magic. In one we found a ritual that will help Victoria." I gestured for him to continue.
"The ritual will not restore life to her of course, but it will make her more solid and while her own abilities will remain undiminished she will be able to experience sensations in her own right." I stood and walked around the island to him.
"What would this ritual entail?" His grin widened and he rose.
"Well, first the ritual requires someone to be the center, they are possessed by Victoria. This center needs to lie with man and woman. The final phase calls for the center to be with the one they love." I stared a moment and slowly nodded.
"You want me to be the center?" He nodded. "But what the last part? I mean I care about you all, but I'm not sure I'm ready to say I actually love any of you." He shrugged.
"Even incomplete the ritual will benefit Victoria. So will you do it?" I nodded.
"How do we begin?" He gestured for me to walk with him.
"We have prepared a space. Victoria is waiting. Anika and I will be first. Then we thought you would want Ankhare." I nodded. He led me to the room where I had stayed previously. Upon entering I noticed the walls had various symbols on it and under the bed was a sheet of cloth with a circle that also had various symbols on it. Victoria was lounging on the bed, naked. Viktor shook his head and although he sounded stern I had come to recognize he was actually amused.