(Introduction: The following story is something of a sequel to 'A Lesson for Lilah'. 'Lesson' began as a bit of a lark, turned into the idea for a story, which then became an idea for a compilation. What follows here is 'episode 1', as it were.)
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Though I am now an old hand at what I do, there was once a time in my life that I was less than a novice. And what is that I do, you might ask? Well, I am a doloremancer, that is, I practice pain magick. This was no decision I made, no lark that I simply chose to follow, but a proud heritage. Allow me to explain.
I am half human. My father, at one point, was a powerful politician. As he is actually still in a position of power, I shall not mention his name, but he is no longer powerful in and of his own right. No, these days he is the lapdog of my mother. My mother, on the other hand, is as powerful as they come, and a real bitch. I don't mean that in any derogatory fashion, either. One of her official titles is "Bitch Queen of Hell'. Her name, though not her True Name, is Rahzorra, and she has many other honorifics: Mother of Succubi, Goddess of Pain, and Whore of the Unholy to name a few.
I wont frighten you with the specifics of exactly what methods she used to seduce my father. Nor will I tell you of her reasons for bearing his offspring, for honestly, I do not know them. Why she sired me, what plots she thinks I will advance for her, I do not know. What I do know is that from the moment that my cock was able to thicken with lust, I carried with me her unholy thirst for inflicting pain. More than that, I possess the ability to absorb that pain, turning into the most powerful of arcane energies.
This is not the story of my abilities, however. This is the story of how I came into possession of my pet, Lilah. What I have presented thus far is merely setting the stage for what is to come.
I was far younger then than I am now, but old enough to be considered legal for all things but the drinking of alcohol. I was attending university, largely because college is such a fertile garden of innocent young victims seeking experience that it was a veritably endless supply of power. In those days I used my powers with impunity, not realizing the dangers the world held, even for one such as I.
I had learned how to make do with the lesser order of sex magick as well, for 'quick fixes'. And admittedly, even half demons just get horny every now and then. It was in the afterglow of having sated such appetites that my mother made her appearance.
Though the dorm rooms were designed for two occupants, I had used my dark magicks to ensure that I always had privacy. My roommate during my freshman and sophomore years spent his nights sleeping in the Dumpster just out back of the place, every night certain that he rested well in his warm bedwaking each morning in a stupor haze, certain he'd drank too much the night before. My dweomers were strong, even then.
I lay on the bed of my dorm room, the girl I had used to sate my lusts was sleeping peacefully in a sticky, sweaty mess of her own making. My demon heritage affords me a need for much less sleep than full blooded humans require, and thus I lay there awake, soaking up the last of the erotic energies that seeped from her body. I gazed at the ceiling, fighting the darker urges that churned inside me, when a flare of reddish-yellow light filled the room, an effect I had seen many times before.
My eyes were drawn to the corner of the room, just at the foot of my bed, and there I saw the familiar shape of a hellgate. Flames licked away from what amounted to a wound in the fabric of reality. From this jagged rip issued forth the distant screams of the damned mingled with the sound of clinking chains, laughing Infernites, and the approaching hiss of one of Hell's Highest seeping through the torn seam.
I won't attempt to describe her fully, as your human mind could not grasp the fullness of her appearance any more than your human language could express her True Name. I will say this much, my mother embodies all that is lust and madness in one form. To look upon her is to desire her, despite the fact that her form has very little of humanity about it. Her skin is blacker than any night, her many eyes blaze yellow, her many hands tipped with clawed fingers capable of tearing flesh with ease. And the horn, oh, the horns... I have a theory that her horns are the very root of how we have come to call our sexual excitement 'horny'.
My infernal blood made me proof from her aura of sexuality, thankfully, else I'd have mother issues of a totally different sort. As it was, I glared at her as I stood naked from the bed, glancing once down to the sleeping form of the girl. A whisper and a gesture was all it took to ensure she would sleep through whatever was to come, for I did not want to answer her questions, nor did I want to kill her. "Mother, you really should have phoned ahead." My voice contained within it all the disdain I carried for her.
"I see you are as impudent as ever, My son." Her voice carried with it a multiple tonality, as if she had multiple throats through which to push her words, underlying this was a sound akin to a pit of snakes all slithering across one another. I raised my chin, meeting her gaze defiantly. "Good. That will serve you well in the future. And me as well."
She assumed that any mention that something I would do might in any way serve her would raise my ire, and she was right. "What do you want? And make it quick, as you can see, I am busy."
She laughed, "You are done with your 'business', My son. I can smell the scent of spent sex on both of you, whatever else you wish from this mortal will wait till morning. As for what I want?" She raised one of her right hands, and in her palm materialized end of a chain, the length of it leading back into the hellgate. "I come with a gift. Surely you have not forgotten that tomorrow is your birthday?"
"I want nothing more from you, mother. Don't you think you've cursed me enough?" I replied, true bitterness nearly causing my voice to crack.
Again she laughed as she tugged the end of the chain and another form resolved from the hellgate behind her, the chain in her hand leading to a stout bronze collar about the neck of the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. Her skin was dark blue and smooth as porcelain, broken only by the arcane sigils etched into her flesh. Her form was feminine, so very feminine, except for the subtly twisting black horns that rose from her forehead. She was young, as succubi went, so her horns were only perhaps two inches long, but already they drew her facial features up in an exotic fashion, her vividly lavender eyes were cast down to the floor. Of course, she was naked, and bereft of any bodily hair, but streaming form her head were waves of silky, raven black hair that draped over her shoulders to tantalizingly cover her lush breasts.
"Lilah, meet your new Master." My mother's voice contained in it the sound of a predator teasing its prey, but which of us she was teasing, I was not sure. I realized much later that it was, of course, both of us. My mother receded into the hellgate and the wound in space/time sealed up as abruptly as it had opened, leaving this beautiful creature of seething sexuality standing before me, the chain lead of her collar dangling between her perfectly formed curves. The demoness simply stood there, eyes cast to the floor.
One of the many gifts afforded me by my mother's infernal heritage is the ability to sense the emotions of those around me. While demonic emotions are of a different quality than mortals, they do still have them, and this particular demon was angry. In fact, angry didn't even begin to express it, she was practically seething. I could relate.
"What is your name, demon?" I demanded of her. I had already heard my mother refer to her by name, but I wanted to hear this demoness speak it herself.
"Lilah," She said immediately, but with obvious aggravation in her voice. Unlike the higher order of demons, succubi have voices that are close enough to human in tonality that nobody but the initiated could hear the difference.
I began to suspect something, something truly intriguing, so I decided to test it. "Come closer, Lilah." Again, immediately upon hearing my words her feet began to move. I could tell by the way her feet shuffled that she actually was trying to fight it, but she was compelled to obey. As she got closer I reached out and took hold of the chain, pulling it taught, pulling her closer to me. I saw her eyes flare from lavender to red as her anger rose, and her fists even clenched as I jerked the chain to one side so I could examine the collar.