Mark's gifts continued to evolve. After opening a door to a whole new realm of his powers with Rebecca, he decided to use his latest talents to help Candy live out her most intense fantasy.
*
For really the first time since he had discovered his gifts, Mark had the sensation of falling asleep without choosing to. He always felt so virile and energetic after sex, and he was doing it so often, sleep had become almost totally superfluous to him. He reasoned it was the ease and comfort he felt at the sensation of Rebecca's lithe body, her soft skin against his as he lay in her bed that induced him to it, the gentle rise and fall of her chest against him, her contented murmurs, her leg intertwined in his.
Even so, he wasn't disappointed. He was glad to lay there with Rebecca. His experience with her had been as fulfilling and remarkable for him as it had for her and he was grateful to her for it.
As his conscious mind drifted into slumber, Mark immediately became aware of an entirely new sensation. He understand that in the real world his body was asleep, but his consciousness was not. He remained aware and there was a few moments of unease as he became accustomed to existence as consciousness without a body.
Quickly though, he discerned the purpose of this kind of waking dream. Without any active decision on his part, his consciousness drifted towards his connections.
For a moment, he felt Eleni's presence, felt the glow of her warmth as she continued to encourage him in this new exploration of his gifts.
He could feel that Candy was dreaming again and slipped into her mind. It was the same dream he'd experienced with her previously, her haphazard purple-blue hair that he knew so well in the real world replaced by a long, soft sheen of blonde hanging luxuriously around her shoulders. And her dress, a short red thing without a back that revealed almost her entire upper body. It was tied around her neck with a thin strap and two pieces of the fabric hung loosely over her voluptuous breasts and didn't come together until just above her waist.
As before, she was totally alone though surrounded by a mass of people and activity and he could feel the intensity of her anticipation, her desire.
*
The following morning, as Candy awoke in her studio apartment not all that far from where Mark was sleeping peacefully with Rebecca, she almost regretted returning to wakefulness.
Though of course she'd had the dream before, for the past two nights she dreamed more vividly, more memorably than she ever had. And though Candy had always considered herself an intrinsically sexual person, rarely had her dreams focused on her sexual fantasies so heavily or so consistently.
So she groaned as she stretched and her hand fell almost involuntarily to her pussy.
Her recent experiences with Mark, the quiet guy who frequented the bar where she worked, felt like they had released a new wave of sexuality she hadn't known existed within her. Since that first night when she'd locked them into the bar and he had ravished her, made her cum like she'd never cum before, she had had several more encounters with him, each more explosively pleasurable than the last.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of her experiences with Mark was that she never felt any pressure, there was never any discussion of dating or relationships, although they obviously enjoyed each other's company outside the sexual realm. Still, it was generally just about the sex. Really, really fucking incredible sex.
And although she had never really felt unusual about her pretty high body count when it came to people she'd slept with, she found that since her first encounter with Mark at the bar, she was almost voracious. She'd slept with three other guys since then and although they were not the extraordinary, almost otherworldly encounters she'd had with Mark, she nevertheless enjoyed them thoroughly. Even with other guys, she found she was cumming faster and harder than she had before she met him.
And for the first time in her life, her fantasies, her deepest and most intimate desires, were almost constantly at the front of her mind. She put it down to that first night with Mark, taking the decision to lock the door and kiss him hungrily when they were alone together. For the first time, things she'd felt only existed in the realm of fantasy seemed possible in the real world.
And that thought brought her back to the dream of the last two nights. Her body squirmed again and her hand dug in between her legs as she recalled it now, the adrenaline that coursed through her as she stood at the bar, waiting, hoping.
"Fuck it," she said aloud and more or less jumped out of bed. After having the dream the previous night, she had found the dress she wanted online so she went straight to her laptop now and ordered it for same day delivery. She had a couple of nights off from the bar. Why wait? Even as she sat at the laptop she found it hard to keep her hand from between her legs such was the anticipation she felt at the prospect of living yet another fantasy.
*
At Rebecca's apartment, Mark found he was grinning as his body woke, his consciousness rejoining the real world, and he thought about going out to buy some new clothes. He'd need to look his best to fit in with the up-market clientele at the bar he knew Candy would go to that night.
And then he felt Rebecca's exquisite body stir nest to him and she flexed and stretched. He looked into her mind briefly, checking for any sign of regret about their extraordinary encounter the night before but he found only the same contentment and fulfilment he'd sensed before she slept.
He was a little glad there was no sign of Jennifer in the apartment as he showered and then shared breakfast with Rebecca. Of course, he had no doubt she would find out about what had happened, or the gist of it anyway, but he was happy to be able to spend this time with Rebecca, just the two of them.
As he had the night before, he knew he was feeling more than the pleasant contentedness he'd become used to after a successful application of his gifts. As they sat at the kitchen table, he found he couldn't help looking at her, couldn't help his mind looking forward to the next time he'd be able to sit with her like this and he accepted that, his gifts notwithstanding, he genuinely liked her.
They each committed eagerly to a second date before he left and, as he had expected, he got the quite a grilling from Pete and Jennifer when he got home, although he gave little away.
As he had planned, he went shopping for some new clothes. He kept in contact with Candy's mind throughout the day, her eager anticipation at what was ahead feeding his own.