The summer air felt warm and a soft breeze ruffled the bottom of Ashlin's robes. The velvety material caressed the bare skin beneath it, causing a shiver to run down her spine. Usually she didn't change into her ceremonial robes until she got to the clearing, but tonight she wanted to feel the silky material against her naked body.
She knew that she wouldn't run into anyone else this deep into the woods. And if she did, she would just inform them that they were trespassing on her property. But even if she knew that no one else was around, she still didn't want to risk going completely naked until she got to her ritual site.
Her nipples hardened under her robe at the thought of tonight's ritual. Usually she didn't mix sex with magick, but tonight she planned on making an exception. Ever since she left her husband a little over a year ago, Ashlin hadn't had a real man between her legs. Not that she even counted her ex husband as a real man. Tonight, however, she hoped that she could fix that or at least thrust things into motion.
She still couldn't believe she had asked her mentor for a lover spell, but desperate times called for desperate measures. She knew that if she really wanted to she could find a man to have a quick screw with her. But she wanted something more. She needed something more. She wanted the intense passion that came from having sex with someone special.
Ashlin couldn't help but think about Nate when she thought of screwing someone special. Too bad he was her ex husband's best friend. She'd had a small crush on Nate even before she and her ex had officially called it quits. Ashlin couldn't see how such a sweet and honest man could be friends with her horrible ex husband, Eric.
Looking back on it, Nate was one of the main reasons she had stayed with her ex so long. Now that she no longer had anything to do with Eric, she had seen little of Nate. Other then in her dreams that is. They'd started out innocent enough, but as the weeks went on they had become more and more erotic. Now she woke up almost every morning wet and aching between her legs.
But she hoped to fix that problem tonight, if all went well with her spell work. She knew that she couldn't have Nate, but maybe she could find someone like him. And if nothing else, tonight would at least ease the ache between her legs. That is if it worked like her mentor, Sage, told her it would. She had every faith that Sage knew what she was doing, and that if she said this would work, it would.
Stopping in the pathway, Ashlin took out the hand-written instructions she had been given and read them over again. Her mentor had told her that she needed to follow them exactly in order for the spell to work properly.
After checking over the instructions one last time, she slipped the piece of paper back into her basket and hurried on her way. The sun would be setting soon, and she still had to get things set up and the fire lit before it got too dark to see. Luckily, she knew that her clearing was just around the next turn.
Ashlin walked into the middle of the clearing to her work area, which consisted of a stone circle, fire pit, and a large, flat altar stone. She got the fire going first, and when she was satisfied with it, she started laying out the things she would need for the ritual ahead.
She first retrieved a dark red altar cloth out of her basket, which she laid over the stone altar, making it look like a stone bed. Sometimes Ashlin used the stone like a bed, like when she wanted to do her meditations laying down. Ashlin reached back into the basket, and pulled out the ritual mask and other tools she would need to get started.
Quickly, she set up everything, and in no time she called the quarters and cast the circle. She took in a deep breath and let the power around her flow over her skin, bringing it to a new state of awareness. She could see the light from the energy of the sphere swirling around her, making her feel more at ease with what she was about to do.
Knowing she was safe gave her the clear mind she needed to perform her magick without fear. Ashlin raised her arms to the sky and spoke aloud the words her mentor had taught her would begin the ritual, and a flash of red light shot from her fingers as she spoke the last of the words. Slowly, she slipped her robe off, letting her naked body feel the cool breeze. She stood for a moment beside the fire wearing nothing more than her ritual mask and a smile. She could feel both the warmth of the flames and the coolness of the night on her naked body. She had always been told that she had a wonderful body, with a stomach flat and toned and large, firm breasts. She had golden skin from being outside and her long, light brown hair was bleached from the sun, making it look almost blonde. As she thought about her body, she started to run her hands slowly over it. To her surprise, she found her nipples were still hard and erect. She couldn't help rolling the buds between her fingers, making them even harder.
She gave a little moan as she continued to roll and twisted them between her digits. She could feel herself getting more and more aroused until she couldn't take it anymore, and bit by bit she slid one of her hands down her body until she found her warm, wet slit. Slowly, she explored the outer area, running her finger through her tangle of lower hair. Her fingers made small circles over her dripping sex as she continued to explore herself.
She let out another moan as she felt how damp she was becoming. She had never touched herself like this out in the open under the stars. In fact, she wouldn't have even thought of it, but she'd been told that it was part of the ritual she wanted to perform. Her mentor told her that she needed to pleasure herself like she wanted her future lover too, and that she had to think about him while she brought herself to orgasm.
She hadn't been sure she could do it until that moment. Now all she could think about was how hot she was, and how much she wanted release. She imagined that her hands belonged to her lover, and that he was the one bringing her this great pleasure.
