**Author's Note: I wrote this in an afternoon. This is my first mΓ©nage.
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"C'mon, V."
"No way."
"Are you scared?" Sylvia goaded pushing her hard lemonade into Violet's hands. "You afraid of ghosts?"
Violet and Sylvia stood in the shadow of the old temple of Eros that stood stoic even in ruins in the silver moonlight.
"It looks like it's going to collapse," Violet complained looking into the shadows of the structure.
"Don't be such a baby, V!" Sylvia gave her sister a flashlight. "I'll be right outside. All you have to do is spend the night in there. Morning is only 5 hours away. And this was your idea anyway!"
Violet mentioned as they were in the planning stages to their trip to Greece that she always wanted to try a love spell in a real Eros Temple. But when the reality set in Violet was having second thoughts. The sisters were about to graduate college next summer and they decided to see the world. Sylvia was a history buff while Violet loved Greek mythology and wanted to visit every temple site as they toured Greece. Right now Violet was regretting her decision.
Sylvia began pushing her younger sister into the old temple with Violet putting some resistance on the way.
"You could use some help in the love department," Sylvia promised. "There's an inner slut in you that wants to break free."
"Some of us are happy with the vanilla of sex," Violet snapped. Sylvia shrugged as she rolled out a sleeping bag at the foot of the altar where a statue of Eros still stood. Vines reclaimed the temple as their home climbing the walls and rain water now filling the once sacred pool.
"See," Sylvia pointed to the silver light streaming in through the ceiling. "You won't even need a flash light."
Violet nevertheless remained apprehensive.
"What about snakes?"
"Christ," Sylvia rolled her eyes. "Since when are you afraid of snakes? You kept one as a pet in high school!"
"That's a pet boa," Violet retorted.
"You're making excuses," Sylvia placed her hands on her hips. "I researched it there are no snakes in the area. C'mon you're a mythology buff you should be loving this!"
Seeing no way out now Violet sighed resigned to the dare and took out candles, a pewter bowl, and some herbs from her back pack.
"Don't you need some sacrifice?" Sylvia asked as she watched her sister set up the altar. "I could find a rat in here or maybe a goat from that farm we passed a mile back? Wonder how much a goat will cost around here..."
"My blood will do," Violet got out her Swiss Army knife her aunt gave to her for Christmas from one of her many travels around the world. "Crap. I forgot a lighter."
"Good thing I still smoke," Sylvia brought out her pink lighter. She stopped trying to quit a long time ago saying it's the quickest way to keep her weight down. Where Sylvia was a size 2 her younger sister Violet was a healthy size 4. She used to be chubby in high school but stress and walking everywhere on campus helped her to lose weight.
"This part I have to do alone," Violet lit the 2 candles.
"I'll be outside," Sylvia called. "Make sure when you ask for a new boyfriend to also ask for one with a hot brother."
Violet chuckled. With the silver blade gleaming the silver light Violet made a small cut into her finger and bled into the bowl where she placed the sacred herbs. Violet knelt before her small worshipping altar and looked up at the statue of Eros.
Behind him almost hidden by vines were carvings of the winged Erotes: Anteros, god of mutual love; Hedylogus, god of sweet talk and flattery; Himeros, god of sexual desire; Hymenaeus, god of the wedding ceremony; and Pothos, god of passionate longing.
Violet hadn't had sex in 6 months. Quite the dry spell. Sylvia liked to get laid at least twice a week. Says it's better than going to the gym. Violet took out a piece of paper. On the paper in blood she wrote her desires then folded it up and burned it, letting the rest turn to ash in the bowl. She never expected the spell to work anyway.
Violet wrapped her wounded finger in a band aid then looked up at the abandoned statue that looked out passively. Long ago this was full of worshippers but now only nature and other four legged furry creatures come in the shadow of this once great god's temple. It made Violet sad. People can be so fickle. She felt a stab in her chest. Heartache from personal experience in fickle devotion.
Violet yawned as sleep suddenly snuck up on her and without warning wrapped her in it's heavy shroud. She laid down on her comfortable sleeping bag, drifting off into a dark sleep that took her away from the waking world. Not only her mind but her soul seemed to travel as her flesh and bones stayed grounded to the physical world.
That's when she felt the soft caress of fingers stroking her cheek. Violet was filled with warmth as if fire ignited in her blood by just a simple touch. Violet stirred feeling a heat blooming in her core as the mysterious fingers became bolder.
Violet tingled at this stranger's touch. Shivers washed over her as she felt fingernails running up her side. The fingers lifted her cotton shirt and once bare flesh met bare flesh Violet let out a groan of longing. Lips brushed her ear whispering something incoherent. Violet was filled with sudden lust and erotic need. Goosebumps erupted all over her fair flesh as the mystery fingers explored her torso and caressed her breast.
Lips nuzzled her neck and Violet pressed against the stranger to find a hard body and strong arm encircling her in his embrace. She turned over though her eyes were still closed. Her body responded to the stranger's touch with eagerness. His mouth was tender, his embrace sure. Violet felt the flick of his tongue seducing her mouth open, licking her lips with his moist tongue.