I was beginning to feel outnumbered in my own party. Things were fine when it was just me and Kelly, we made a good partnership. The fact that she was a woman was entirely incidental. Ziura was a strange addition, but welcome given her skillset. The fact that she was a woman was a given in her situation, so it didn't really bother me. Lorna added some much needed firepower, quite literally, but with now three women and only me representing my sex, I was beginning to understand why some female adventurers complained about 'sausage fests' in their own parties. I thought I heard somewhere that most adventurer guilds count about 1 female member for every 5 male counterparts.
Kelly had met Lorna while she was out investigating, coincidentally the night Ziura and I had first had sex. Kelly had gotten herself into some unexpected trouble and Lorna had saved her, so Kelly offered the unattached mage a position in our party.
She was an elf, so she was slender and tall, and her natural colors were centered around a tree species. She was a few inches shorter than me at about 5'8" or so, but couldn't have weighed much more than 150 pounds with all her gear together. Her skin was the pale brown of birch wood. Her hair was the dirty white of the bark from that same tree, and her eyes had a yellow that I had to assume matched birch leaves in autumn.
She was also, at the moment, intruding on my bath. Not that I minded the view, but I was somewhat annoyed that my one moment of privacy away from the girls was being interrupted by one of them so casually. I so rarely got a moment alone to myself anymore, let alone while being able to relax in a spa.
She reclined nude in the opposite corner of the bath from me, her pale skin glistening in the steam. Her long hair cascaded down her shoulders and into the water, spreading out and floating around her. Her gaze remained firmly locked on me, an almost inquisitive look on her face. Like I was a puzzle that she was in the process of solving. It was somewhat unnerving to have someone stare at my naked body that intently.
Although, I suppose it was only fair, because I couldn't much help but stare at her as we soaked there. We were facing each other, and like I said, I definitely appreciated how she looked. Her lithe body was nearly as slender as Kelly's and she had no shame in showing it to me.
Lorna suddenly stood up. She crossed the short distance of the bath, then squatted down nearly directly in front of me. I'm sure she wouldn't have minded, but I still made a point of not directing my eyes toward her now beautifully exposed groin. The only place I could really bring myself to look at was her face, which was just as intense, but significantly closer.
"Don't you find me attractive?" she asked suddenly.
"What are you talking about?" I stammered, feeling my face flush. Lorna was direct, as most elves were, but that question in this context was a degree of forwardness I wouldn't have expected from anyone.